Chapter 164: Gelton Manor 14
Xu Xinghe's intervention temporarily stopped the dispute between Su Qingyun and Yang Bingyan. Because the strange time was only a few minutes away, Xu Xinghe suggested that the two of them follow him to climb up the tree house first.
He also reminded the two, "Don't forget that the purpose of our trip is to find someone."
So the three of them climbed up the rope ladder to the tree house.
The tree house didn't look big from below, but after climbing up, Su Qingyun discovered that the area inside the tree house was much larger than she had imagined.
The three of them standing inside didn't seem crowded, but they were a little short. Su Qingyun and Yang Bingyan both had to bend over, not to mention Xu Xinghe, who chose to squat and walk.
"It looks like someone lives here." Su Qingyun said to Xu Xinghe while looking at the furnishings inside.
Because there was a wooden table in the tree house, with several cushions placed around it, and a teapot in the corner, but there was no water in the teapot at the moment.
Su Qingyun tried to sit down on the cushion and looked around while wearing goggles.
There is no lighting in the tree house. The dots of light come from some light motes flying around the tree house.
Su Qingyun could only describe them like this: they were very small, like snow but not snow, emitting a faint blue-green light, sometimes going up, sometimes down, sometimes going out, sometimes coming in. When you wanted to touch it, it would float away again, much like an elusive elf.
"What is this?" Yang Bingyan asked.
No one answered her because no one knew.
Just when Xu Xinghe suggested climbing one more level to see other tree houses.
Something strange happened.
The tree house began to twist, just like in Qinggang Town, and it felt like some scene was about to penetrate in.
Yang Bingyan hurried to Xu Xinghe and grabbed his clothes tightly.
Su Qingyun was very calm because she knew that the strange time had come.
In the copy of a single mission, strange time comes, and the only thing the trial-taker can do is close his eyes and adjust his breathing, and ignore what happens around him.
Wait for dawn.
At this moment, Su Qingyun also closed her eyes as she did in the past.
But the system sound appeared.
It appeared very abruptly at the beginning of the strange time, which shocked Su Qingyun, who had experienced thirty-four copies.
The operating style of this copy is so chaotic that there are no rules at all, and her previous experience here is almost zero.
Su Qingyun stood up from the cushion, walked to Xu Xinghe, squatted like him, and listened quietly to the system's broadcast.
[The first phase of the Gelton Manor mission has been completed. Players' points will be displayed on their screens shortly. Additional note: Players who actively advance the plot will receive additional rewards.]
Su Qingyun was completely confused after hearing this. Players who actively advance the plot can get extra rewards, but in the dungeon, it is the NPCs who actively advance the plot. So their function in the dungeon is not only players, but also NPCs?
She turned her gaze to Xu Xinghe, wanting to hear his analysis.
Xu Xinghe didn't comment or analyze the content of the system broadcast. He chose to sit down and said to Su Qingyun and Yang Bingyan, "The scene may change. Get ready."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tree house in front of the three people twisted and changed again, like a Domino card, collapsing and rebuilding, layer by layer, and finally fell into darkness.
Then, a light appeared in the distance, and the light slowly spread out, filling the entire space.
Su Qingyun, Xu Xinghe and Yang Bingyan were either standing, squatting or sitting, bent over, blending into a world of light.
Because there was nothing around except the faint light, the table, cushions, and everything in the teapot in the tree house disappeared.
"What is this place?" It was still Yang Bingyan who asked the question. For her, who had only one dungeon experience, all this seemed terrifying to her.
Although she is quite scheming, she is just a 23-year-old girl.
"I don't know," Xu Xinghe answered her this time. He said, "Maybe it's the next scene we need to explore."
"But the Gelton Manor dungeon has just been opened, and the five-day countdown function has started. What does it mean to change the scene again?" Yang Bingyan was very puzzled.
"No, there's no next scene." Su Qingyun looked around and gave his analysis. "All participants in the strange time trial in the dungeon need to enter their own space and cannot go out. They can't pay attention to any unusual noises. I think this place is a temporary space found for us by the system."
"Temporary space?"
"Yes, it's similar to a transit station illusion between the real world and the strange world, a place for trial-takers to catch their breath."
Today, Su Qingyun was either fighting monsters in the cave or screaming in fear at the sight of rats. After entering the manor, she was never idle for a moment. She was either doing a mission or on the way to do a mission. She was too tired.
Tired to the point of collapse.
"Let's rest here." Su Qingyun held Dianzhi in her arms, sat cross-legged next to Xu Xinghe, and decided to sleep.
Xu Xinghe thought about it and decided to trust Su Qingyun's judgment. He placed the bow and arrow in front of him, crossed his legs and closed his eyes.
Seeing this, Yang Bingyan also hurriedly sat down. She chose to sit next to Xu Xinghe and hugged Xu Xinghe's arm in fear.
Xu Xinghe did not push her away, but adjusted his sitting position to allow Su Qingyun behind him to lean more comfortably.
Soon, Su Qingyun fell asleep.
In her dream, she saw Ye Jian, who was half-kneeling on the ground, covered in blood. Standing behind him were Yin Qi and Xin Yi, both of whom were also covered in blood.
"What's wrong with you?" Su Qingyun asked the three of them calmly.
Ye Jian stood up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his fingers, and replied, "Du Xiaoyue's spirit has changed. She has become a very powerful spirit monster. The copy of "Forbidden Love" is actually a copy that has been contaminated by her."
A contaminated copy?
When Su Qingyun saw the clumsy big spider in the cave, she also felt that the copy of "Forbidden Love" seemed like a contaminated copy. Now after hearing what Ye Jian said, she became confused, because the fact that the copy was contaminated was just her own analysis. She had not heard of any reports of the copy being contaminated in the past year in the copy world.
She had only heard that there were contaminated items in the copy, and that violating the rules would lead to contamination. Could it be that the copy was controlled by the weird world? Was there a world in this world that was more powerful than the weird world?
No one could answer these questions for her.
Su Qingyun didn't ask. She asked Ye Jian another question, "Du Xiaoyue transformed, and you fought her. Does this mean that the appearance of the "Gerton Manor" dungeon is because the system wants the seven of us to deal with her, so it created a fake Du Xiaoyue and pardoned us through a game. If we eliminate this spirit monster, everyone will clear the level?"
Ye Jian didn't answer her because she woke up from her dream.
Su Qingyun opened her eyes and saw the tree house again, but it was daybreak.
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