Chapter 18: I drank poison in order to survive
Chapter 18: I drank poison in order to survive
Chu Chengan summoned the system rabbit in his heart... It reminded him that the previous task of watching the Shura field of the two princesses had been completed, and the subsequent plot tasks were still being refreshed, please wait...
It seems that he has to help Lu Zhenqiu complete his task first. It is impossible for there to be pools of water everywhere in the castle. Most of the time, Chu Chengan can only carry the "Mermaid Princess" as his companion. Fortunately, she is not as heavy as before after the transformation.
"I'm really sorry to trouble you..." said Lu Zhenqiu.
"No trouble, just a small matter." Chu Chengan said habitually.
Compared to watching his teammates killing each other, this simple task was not a big deal to him. On the contrary, if he didn't take Lu Zhenqiu with him, he would worry about what would happen to him alone...
There is no one in the palaces of the castle now. Perhaps because the location is high, the city gates are not open and have been pulled down. If you want to walk in, you can only go around the mountain road at the back.
Some people were also afraid that the castle would become the first target of marine life, so when the fire rained down, the people were too far away to hide in the castle in time.
Chu Chengan and his friends found a few rooms and made some repairs there.
Chu Chengan took out the flying knife he had taken from Yan Qing and showed it to Lu Zhenqiu: "I just picked this up earlier..."
Lu Zhenqiu smiled and said, "It seems that you don't have the heart of a bodhisattva to be hopeless."
"I'm not the Holy Father. I know myself. Even if I feel unhappy, I will only be upset for a few minutes... After I have completely digested this matter, I will no longer be affected by it."
Lu Zhenqiu had previously asked Chu Cheng'an to take out the carved needle that was inserted into Yan Qing's neck. After getting the needle, he immersed himself in the pool to wash it clean. There was no other way, as that was his only weapon.
Later they searched the prayer room again carefully, but they couldn't find a place to bury a person, or even a place to hide some ashes or remains or a small box. The whole prayer room was so spacious that only the statue of the deity and the clear pond below could be seen.
Chu Chengan had climbed up to check the statue before, and it was solid. It would be bad to just smash it...
He looked at Lu Zhenqiu, who he had temporarily placed in the pond, and he immediately understood: "There is nothing hidden in the pond, and there is no secret passage or compartment. It seems that we can only look for it somewhere else."
This is still a search and solve puzzle game...
Speaking of a place where the Mermaid Queen's body could be hidden.
There is a treasure room in every castle. There is no king in history who does not like gold, jewelry, and rare collections. Since the mermaid queen was captured, in the eyes of the king, is she also a treasure?
It was a rare moment for Chu Cheng'an to make a normal judgment, and he did not wait for Lu Zhenqiu to explain it to him first.
After hearing his idea, Lu Zhenqiu smiled and said that his idea was quite reasonable. It seemed that all the years of watching Detective Conan were not in vain.
Chu Chengan was quite impressed that he could still joke at this time, even though it was the end of the world outside.
"…You can laugh."
Lu Zhenqiu disagreed: "If I don't laugh, will I cry? Some people get scared to death when they see a situation that is not favorable to them, and then they get scared to death."
"..." Chu Cheng'an admitted that in terms of morale, he was indeed not as good as Lu Zhenqiu.
Soon, they found the place.
There is a wooden sign at the door with a slogan similar to treasure.
It’s a pity that the two heavy doors were locked with a big lock, isolating the treasure inside.
Chu Chengan wanted to try and see if he could kick the lock off with his feet, but Lu Zhenqiu stopped him and said he had a way he wanted to try first.
Well, I'll die if I try. Anyway, it's impossible for me to be better at breaking locks than him, right?
As a result, Chu Chengan watched Lu Zhenqiu pry open the door lock with just the carving needle in his hand. The whole process took no more than three minutes. He was dumbfounded. It was unexpected. This was really amazing...
He couldn't help but ask, "When did you learn the lock picking skill? Did you learn it while learning about coffee?"
"Are you stupid? Medieval locks are not strong enough. Technology is not advanced enough. I am afraid it will break my carving needle, which is the only thing that can save my life."
"Then we really need to be more careful... By the way, do you want Yan Qing's knife? You can use it for self-defense." Chu Cheng'an took out something useful.
"...Humph, I don't want her things, you take them."
After the conversation ended, seeing Lu Zhenqiu sneering at the things of his former teammate's girl, Chu Chengan had no choice but to retract his outstretched hand.
He actually thought this knife was pretty good, suitable for Lu Zhenqiu to use, and he could get it back after throwing it out, which was much easier than finding a needle in the sea...
Seeing his confused look, Lu Zhenqiu had no choice but to teach him a lesson: "Try to use the flying knife yourself first. There will be plenty of opportunities to form a team in the Fairy Tale World game dungeon. Can you improve yourself just by stealing your teammates' weapons?"
"That's right... How could a malicious person not steal other players' items?" Especially weapons that have already been taken out, such as chocolate candies that are hidden, the other party will not know unless you tell them yourself.
Chu Chengan immediately tried the flying knife he had obtained earlier.
…
As a result, after throwing it several times, the flying knife never came back by itself.
It has become a dead object, no different from the knife you usually use to peel apples and potatoes.
"Don't sigh, hurry up and find something before the fire rains down outside."
Lu Zhenqiu was very skilled at summoning people.
Chu Chengan picked him up and threw him into a pool in the corridor outside. He then went into the treasure room alone and began to look for the mermaid's urn among the pile of gold.
Outside, Lu Zhenqiu looked at his beautiful but troublesome fish tail, and his hands gradually clenched into fists.
Chu Cheng'an inside searched and searched. Seeing that he could not find anything in the gold piled on the ground, he began to search for the things in the expensive treasure chest.
Then he heard Lu Zhenqiu's voice outside... It seemed like she was suppressing her pain and didn't want him to know...
Could it be... Could it be that someone came in from outside?
No way? Chu Cheng'an's heart tightened suddenly.
He immediately ran out to see, and found that Lu Zhenqiu had already crawled out of the pond. Not only that, his fish tail had disappeared, and was replaced by a pair of slender jade feet. His skirt and his newly grown legs were all wet.
There was no one around.
Is that him...?
Chu Chengan carefully helped him up.
The bottle of medicine in Lu Zhenqiu's hand fell out at this time.
Chu Chengan was shocked after seeing this: "Did you drink the potion in here? Are you crazy? We originally avoided the mermaid princess from not getting the prince and..." Oh, wait, it seems that the love rival is dead, the story has changed a bit, but...
Lu Zhenqiu said weakly, "I wanted to drink it myself, for my own sake."
He touched his legs and tried to stand up with the help of Chu Chengan's arm. He failed the first time, but he was able to stand up the second time even though it was very painful. It was still not easy for him to walk, as if he would fall down at any time without Chu Chengan's support.
Afraid that Chu Chengan's stupid brain would start to think wildly and wonder why he suddenly abused himself, Lu Zhenqiu explained to Chu Chengan softly while taking a breath and resting: "I am considering that I will definitely need to use my own legs to run in the future. It is impossible for me to ask you to carry me like in the last level in a critical moment? It is not easy for you to carry the fish tail, and I will become a burden to you if I carry it like this."
Chu Chengan said, "Are you angry because I threw you into the pool earlier?"
"...Are you stupid? I've already told you that it has nothing to do with you. I just wanted to save myself. Besides, this medicine is very safe now. Once Princess Hannah dies, I won't turn into foam again. And my throat didn't lose my voice because of the medicine. It seems that the effect of this medicine is not completely consistent with the fairy tale book."
"Is it really just my feet that hurt?" Chu Cheng'an was still a little unsure.
"You've seen it all, haven't you? Where else do you think I'm hurting?"
“…”
Well, he didn't consider Lu Zhenqiu's feelings enough, but Lu Zhenqiu was really stubborn.
Sometimes he felt that Lu Zhenqiu was like a grown-up girl, whose thoughts were hard to guess, so when they were young, they always quarreled over many inexplicable things...
But...what Lu Zhenqiu said just now does make some sense. If there is a natural disaster that is more than just a rain of fire, and he is held and it affects the actions of others, he will definitely not want it.
Lu Zhenqiu held onto the wall and began to practice walking by himself. He urged Chu Chengan to go and find the props they needed to pass the level.
After what Lu Zhenqiu did to him, Chu Cheng'an quickened the pace of rummaging through the drawers. He didn't want to see his teammates get hurt or look in pain anymore.
At the bottom of the tenth box, Chu Cheng'an discovered that there seemed to be something pressed underneath the gold objects. He quickly moved away all the troublesome teapots and teacups inlaid with gold.
During the previous search, if Chu Cheng'an found a container that could be opened, he would not let it go and would open and inspect each one. Only this pressed object was obviously a box, but there was no opening to be found.
This is what my intuition is about...
Chu Chengan picked it up and ran outside in the direction of Lu Zhenqiu.
Lu Zhenqiu also gradually got used to the feeling of being cut by a knife at the soles of his feet with every step he took. The pain was only temporary. As long as he could get out of this game, it would be fine. If he accidentally lost his life here, he would have nothing.
He took the box that Chu Chengan handed to him, and the first thing he did after receiving it was that the task that the system had assigned him to do was refreshed again.
It was at this time that Chu Cheng'an heard the system rabbit calling him to go to another dimension, saying that a new mission had been released.
Did he find the right one?