Chapter 179: Dragon Valley (11)
After being rejected repeatedly by Su Yue, the Duke's expression became quite terrifying.
His nose was moving wildly, as if he was sniffing the scent of fruits in the air, and the skin around his nose was shaking violently.
It felt like the boss in a horror movie whose skin and flesh had been separated, and the skin was about to fall off at any moment, leaving a bloody corpse on the ground.
"I'm so careless, the plasmolysis happened!" Zhao Shuo whispered.
Cang Zhi: “…”
Su Yue: "..."
Now you can complain with a clear conscience when facing such a horrific scene.
The Duke really wanted to expose Su Yue's lie that he "didn't bring back the fruit from the tree". In fact, his eyes had already exposed it. His eyes were fixed on Su Yue's pocket, and it was obvious that he knew the fruit from the tree was there.
If he could reach out, he would definitely go and grab it.
As an NPC, the Duke can make rules and issue tasks, but he does not have the right to forcibly seize the rights of players.
So even if the Duke was furious, he had no choice but to offer repeated inducements: "If you can give us any fruit from the tree, we can stay in a safe area at night and don't have to worry about being attacked by dragons."
"It's okay." Su Yue replied politely, "I just like to be alert at night. I feel uncomfortable when I sleep too deeply."
Zhao Shuo: "Puff."
Duke: “…”
The Duke had no choice but to leave. He seemed very angry when he left. He slammed the door of the library with force. With a "bang", it felt like the whole building was shaking.
Finally, only Su Yue, Cang Zhi and Zhao Shuo were left in the library.
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"Did you find anything?" Su Yue asked.
"There's very little useful information," Cang Zhi said. "It can only be considered background story."
"Oh." Su Yue nodded, "What I mean is that while I was out working for my life, you stayed here and didn't even read a book properly."
"...No. I've seen a lot." Cang Zhi struggled for a moment, but immediately accepted Su Yue's criticism and gave up on explaining. "Forget it, you're right, I didn't look carefully enough."
Su Yue was stunned and stopped talking.
Zhao Shuo, who was watching from the sidelines, was dumbfounded. Although he felt a little restrained in front of Su Yue and Cang Zhi, and didn't dare to think or say anything, his mind was already babbling nonsense:
Brother Cang looked at me silently, but I was so doting on him.
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Their original goal was to find a way to communicate with the residents of the town, or at least understand their language, but Cang Zhi and Zhao Shuo found nothing in this regard in the library.
According to Cang Zhi, the library actually contained quite a bit of information about the dragon race, like an encyclopedia of dragons. Although it might not be helpful for the current situation, Cang Zhi still recorded this information related to the dragon race.
The dragons in this world are similar to the giant dragons in Western legends in the human world. The difference is that they have their own language and even social system.
Adult dragons are noble and proud by nature, and can be called an arrogant race. Young dragons have much better tempers and are full of curiosity about the world.
"What's strange is that I've never seen any legend about 'humans and dragons living in harmony'. It should be said that in these records about the dragon clan, there is no mention of humans." Cang Zhi said.
Su Yue frowned.
This is so weird.
Because before entering the valley, the explorer NPC who led the way introduced that in this valley, people and dragons live in harmony, which shows that this is the basic setting of the game.
But it contradicts the situation in the library.
If the humans and dragons in this town can really live in harmony, given that the library records dragons in such detail that even a scale shed by a dragon can be published in a book, it is impossible that there is no written record of these things.
...Unless this fact is artificially erased.
Taking into account the angry dragons attacking the village, the strange night sacrifices in the inner circle of the village, and the Duke's secrecy about these fruits, Su Yue probably had an idea.
"We shouldn't follow the Duke's instructions this time." Su Yue said, "Starting with the townspeople might be a better approach."
"But there is no way for the townspeople to communicate with us now," said Cang Zhi.
The situation is now at a stalemate. The Duke, who can communicate, is basically untrustworthy. The townspeople clearly have points of entry, but there is no way to communicate.
Su Yue recalled his encounter with the boy in the square. He felt that the boy was the only way to connect with him, because the boy responded to him and seemed to want to communicate with him. However, he couldn't understand what the boy was trying to say, and when he saw the fruit he took out, the boy seemed very scared...
Su Yue thought: "Shuguo, are there any books about Shuguo?"
"A little bit." Although Cang Zhi didn't quite understand Su Yue's question, he still answered truthfully, "But he didn't say anything. He just said that the fruit of the tree is a fruit that stores memories. The dragons will eat it, but it doesn't seem to be a good thing in the true sense. Because the original text says that 'the reaction to eating the fruit of the tree makes the dragons love and hate it.'"
"What does this mean?" Su Yue sighed. He took out the fruits from his pocket and looked at them. The fruits were pink and the skin looked very thin, so the flesh inside gave people a full and crispy feeling. Judging from the appearance alone, the taste should be very good.
However, whenever Su Yue thought of the death-tempting illusion in the cave where he was sitting on a huge bed of fruits, he could not feel any good about these fruits.
Su Yue sighed and put the fruit back into his pocket: "Let's go out and take a look."
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The village is divided into an outer circle and an inner circle. The outer circle is where the residents live, and the inner circle includes the relatively safe altar mentioned by the Duke, as well as a series of functional areas such as the library and restaurant. Su Yue didn't see anyone along the way until he arrived at the altar surrounded by black-robed priests. He found that almost all the players were guarding here.
"You're back." A player saw Su Yue and greeted him in surprise, "Did you bring back the fruit?"
Su Yue pondered for a moment, and finally said, "No."
He was worried that if he revealed the fact that he had berries on him, some unscrupulous players would come and snatch them so that they wouldn't have to hide from the dragons' attacks at night, which would eventually lead to a fight.
When the player heard that Su Yue didn't find the fruit, he didn't seem disappointed. On the contrary, he seemed to be in a good mood.
He even comforted Su Yue: "It's okay, just come back alive."
Normally, it is difficult for people to maintain such a good mentality under the high-pressure threat of death. If this person is not a super optimistic guy, then something else good must have happened. Considering that many players gathered here, Su Yue felt that it was most likely the latter, and something good had happened.
So Su Yue tried to find out, and the other party told him honestly.
"The Dragon God's rage just dropped from 99 to 89. Amazing!" the player said. "If it drops to 0, we'll have cleared the level, right?"
Su Yue immediately thought of the strange and dissolute sacrifice last night. He wondered if it was really related to this, but then he thought it was not right. He had checked the Dragon God's anger value before leaving this morning, and it was still 99.
"When does the anger value change?" Su Yue asked.
"Just now," the player replied. "About twenty, uh, thirty minutes ago."
It was almost exactly after Su Yue met the young man in the town.
Su Yue thanked the player and immediately pulled Cang Zhi out. Some people noticed his behavior, but Su Yue and Cang Zhi had been together since the beginning of the game, so no one thought much of it.
When they reached the corner, Cangzhi already knew what Su Yue wanted to say.
"Any new ideas?" Cang Zhi asked.
Su Yue nodded and took out the fruit from his pocket: "You said this is a fruit that stores memories, and it's edible, right?"
Cang Zhi hummed, then suddenly realized something and his expression changed slightly: "You..."
"All the clues point to that little boy, but we still don't know what the situation is. The little boy reacts to the fruit, so it seems this is the only way." Su Yue spread out his palm, and the pink fruit lay in his palm.
Su Yue said, "I will eat it and see what I can see."
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