Chapter 178: Dragon Valley (10)
Su Yue stood there, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
A little color appeared on his pale face. With the surge of divine power, the love poison that made his blood burn was gradually suppressed, and Su Yue finally opened his eyes.
He wiped his eyes expressionlessly, and there seemed to be faint beads of sweat hanging on his eyelashes.
I’m really… convinced.
He didn't expect that this illusion could actually read people's thoughts... Oh, it could actually extract certain impressions from people's hearts to create illusions.
Su Yue stood there calmly for a while, his whole body emitting a very violent aura. Judging from his posture, if someone was ignorant enough to come and bother him, he might kill that person with a single sword strike.
It took him half a day to adjust himself. Su Yue picked up a stone from the roadside and threw it down the cliff.
Since there was an attractive illusion there, it must be meant to attract people over there. He wanted to see what would happen after people went over there.
The stone drew a perfect parabola in the air and landed on the huge "bed" that looked like a tree fruit with a "pop".
The skin of the fruit bounced up and down twice elastically, and the next second, something horrifying happened.
With a "bang", a huge black shadow emerged from behind the fruit tree. Because the light under the cliff was too dim and the movement was so fast, even Su Yue couldn't see clearly what the black shadow was. He only saw the black shadow open its huge mouth, fly over the fruit bed, and disappear in the blink of an eye.
The pebble has disappeared.
Su Yue touched his nose with lingering fear.
Fortunately, he was calm just now, otherwise the black shadow would have swallowed up his real soul.
Now it seems that the routine in this so-called "fruit cave" is very obvious. The Duke tricked people in just to make them poisoned while taking the fruit.
No matter how careful you are, it is useless because the so-called "ambergris" itself is poison. When you take it, you are already inhaling poison gas. No matter how careful a person is, it is impossible to start guarding before entering the cave.
If one is poisoned by love, he will be tempted by a beautiful woman in human form when picking fruits from a tree. Su Yue was protected by divine power and the poison was not serious. Even so, he still felt the force that was seducing him just now. If he were an ordinary person, he might have followed it in a daze.
At this point, even if you can stay conscious and not fall off the cliff, even if you can withstand the first wave of temptation from the beautiful humanoid, in the next round, when "she" transforms into a familiar and favored figure, it will be difficult for the love-poisoned player to resist the temptation.
After all, even Su Yue himself...
Bullshit.
Su Yue shook off the thought expressionlessly.
Anyway, the ultimate goal of "collecting tree fruits" is to send the player to feed the shadow. This clue has been sorted out, but in this cave, there is also an underwater palace and a dense jungle. Su Yue feels that their existence should not only be for the survival of the shadow monster.
He decided not to think about it for the time being. At the moment, there was no more space for him to explore in the cave. Perhaps he had to wait until the game entered the next stage to have more freedom to explore.
So Su Yue decided to go home.
Following the old path, Su Yue left the cave quite easily. He put the ambergris in his pocket, as well as the collected "fruits". Although these so-called fruits may not be of much use at the moment, they are at least props in the cave, so Su Yue must take them out.
After walking out of the cave and passing through a small path, we arrived at the village again, but it was on the outskirts of the village.
All the players, including the Duke, were in the relatively safe area inside the village, including Cang Zhi and Zhao Shuo. Because they went to the library to look up information today, they were also in the safe area inside and had no way to go to the outer edge to wait for Su Yue.
Only a few villagers can be seen living in the dangerous area on the edge of the village that is prone to attacks by dragons.
The appearance of this village is very similar to what Su Yue has seen in some games. If it is accompanied by slightly gypsy music, he will almost feel like he has traveled to the novice village of a Western fantasy game.
The ground was covered with large brown stone slabs, bearing traces of dragon attacks. The villagers wore clothes that were simple in style but complex in structure, such as a piece of cloth wrapped from the left shoulder to the right hip, and some headdresses on their heads.
There are some small stalls along the street, but there are no fixed stores. This is probably done to minimize losses after being attacked by dragons.
There weren't many people on the street. It was not a prosperous place to begin with, and it became even more deserted after the dragon attack. There were only about a dozen or twenty people wandering around the street.
Su Yue suddenly noticed a problem.
According to the Duke, whenever the dragons are unhappy, they will come and spit fireballs or throw stones. He himself has witnessed the dragons' attacks, and the village has been smashed into pieces.
But under such high-intensity attacks, the villagers seemed to have suffered no casualties?
What's the logic behind this?
Su Yue did not go back immediately. After realizing this problem, he wandered outside for a while. Anyway, the Duke did not require him to go back at a certain time.
He tried to get closer to the villagers. Logically speaking, with Su Yue's looks and godly temperament, he would naturally be approachable and few people would dislike him. But when Su Yue tried to approach an old man who was leaning against a big tree to enjoy the cool air, he found that the old man quickly raised his head and looked at him. He stared at Su Yue, his body leaning back slightly. Su Yue even noticed that his light gray pupils were slightly dilated.
This was clearly a signal that he was not welcome to approach.
Since he couldn't communicate with the villagers here, Su Yue simply gave up on communicating. He walked around the outer edge, trying to find the boy who shook his head at him before. These villagers didn't want to pay attention to him, but at least the boy obviously had some information he wanted to communicate.
Su Yue actually found it.
The young man was hiding behind a tree. Su Yue had been walking around him without noticing, but suddenly his intuition told him to stop. He just heard the sound of branches shaking, so he turned around.
He just happened to see the boy leaning forward to look at him, his brown pupils sparkling in the sunlight.
Su Yue hesitated for a moment, not sure whether he would be disliked like he was with other villagers, but he still walked forward.
The boy opened his eyes wide and huddled behind a tree, looking at him. Su Yue noticed that the boy was also wearing a headdress.
The villagers' headdresses seemed to be of the same style. Su Yue couldn't get too close to see the others, but this boy was unexpectedly friendly to Su Yue, probably because he was young, so he moved a little closer.
The boy's headdress consisted of a thin chain wrapped around his forehead. The material seemed to be silver, and three gemstones were set into the brow. The middle one was larger, while the ones on the sides were slightly smaller. A closer look revealed that the material seemed to be of inferior jade, its color pure but dark. The large gemstone had a slight bulge, like a pointed drop of water.
"Can I touch it?" Su Yue asked.
He extended his hand, and the boy quickly drew back. Su Yue immediately stopped his movements and said, "Sorry."
He thought for a moment and asked again, "Can you understand what I'm saying?"
The young man looked at Su Yue with his eyes wide open and nodded.
Su Yue asked again: "But I can't understand what you are saying?"
The boy shook his head.
Su Yue: "Shaking your head means you understand or not?"
The boy nodded.
Su Yue: "..."
Forget it, don’t worry about it.
He kept observing the boy's expression. The boy looked very young, but he was not short, and his figure was very thin, so he looked small.
Su Yue found that when he got close to the young man, although he did not dodge, his pupils dilated like the old man.
This is usually a sign of irritation. For example, the old man just now probably disliked Su Yue.
But if this young man would be irritated by Su Yue, he should not accept his approach.
Su Yue's mind turned, could it be that the boy's reaction was not because of him, but because...
He took the berries from his pocket.
He only took out a little bit, and before he even handed it to the boy, he saw the boy's eyes suddenly widen. He seemed to want to get closer, but was backing away in fear, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, and shaking his head desperately.
It is indeed a tree fruit.
Su Yue put the fruit back into his pocket, and the boy looked a little better. He tried again, but found that he really couldn't communicate with the boy, so he took the fruit back to the safe area of the inner circle.
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The inner circle is the core area of the village, with castle-like buildings. The duke, priests and other people in seemingly very prestigious positions live here. Su Yue's first thing was of course to go to the library to meet up with Zhao Shuo and Cang Zhi. As soon as he got there, he found that not only Zhao Shuo and Cang Zhi were there, but the duke was there too.
Cang Zhi was the first to see Su Yue, but Cang Zhi was always rather reserved, so it was Zhao Shuo who joyfully called out, "Boss!"
Naturally, the Duke heard this shout. When he turned around and saw Su Yue, his expression was full of surprise.
Duke: “You…are back?”
But the next second he quickly put away his surprise, and perhaps a little disappointment, and said to Su Yue with a smile: "Thank you for your contribution. If you successfully bring back the fruit, please give it to us."
As he spoke, the Duke held out his hand.
Su Yue was originally planning to give the fruit to the Duke, but at this moment he had an idea and recalled what the Duke had said.
If you can bring back the fruit, you can sleep in a safe area at night where you will never be attacked by dragons.
But there is no mention of any punishment for not bringing back the fruit.
Although it is not certain what the fruit is used for, it was brought out with great effort, and the villagers are interested in it.
Besides, the Duke is not a good person and doesn't want to give it to him.
Su Yue: “I didn’t bring it back.”
Duke:?
The Duke's gaze immediately turned to Su Yue's bulging pockets. He obviously knew that there were fruits in the pockets, but as an NPC, he couldn't be as unreasonable as Su Yue.
The Duke continued, not giving up, "If you manage to bring back the fruit, please give it to me. I will ensure that you are not attacked by dragons at night."
Su Yue spread his hands: "I'm sorry, I really didn't bring it back."
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