Chapter 108 The Wandering Travel Group (Thirty-nine)
No matter what is around, it will not endanger their lives. This has just been confirmed.
However, what the players were more concerned about was that apart from the movement from the princess, they did not hear any other sounds.
But because the person who said this was the president, based on the other party's strength, no one would doubt that her judgment was wrong.
The players who were originally struggling with the princess's identity had to put this doubt aside for the time being.
"There were footsteps, but no one was in sight."
Bei Xi added another sentence, while turning his gaze to the princess's right side.
The remaining players didn’t quite understand the meaning of this sentence, but they followed Bei Xi’s gaze.
I found that the middle of the half-human-high weeds, near the princess, was slightly pressed down.
The force was like there was a person standing next to it, but in the eyes of the player, that place was empty, with nothing there.
The princess didn't notice anything. After she bowed, she stood there to figure out the way up the mountain. After pausing for a moment, she casually lifted up her skirt and continued walking up the mountain.
Nan Huan and the others watched helplessly as the princess walked laboriously in front, while behind her, the grass automatically moved to the sides a little, considerately leaving a path for something.
"What do you think is following the princess?"
In the crowd, some players were discussing quietly.
The sky was a little darker than before, and it was in the middle of nowhere. The atmosphere of horror was pushed to its peak because of the scene before them.
Ah She couldn't help but say, "This is called Ghost King Ridge, what else can it be?"
She held Ah Kong's hand and rubbed the goose bumps on her arm. "I think it's the feng shui of this place. It's been like this for many years. It's not much better in Fengmenling. Otherwise, how could they be wiped out by the tour guide?"
When she said this, she suddenly remembered that because of the eldest lady's request, the tour guide had no choice but to follow them into the game, so she quickly turned around and looked around.
"Hey, didn't the tour guide enter the game as a witness? How come we didn't see each other when the four-corner game started just now?"
The scope of her topic was quite wide. Players thought that what was happening in front of them was a horror ghost story one second, and it suddenly became a missing person story the next second.
"The system said she can't participate. She's probably hiding somewhere and watching silently. I think she probably doesn't want to see us, right?"
Nan Huan hadn't seen the tour guide since the start of the Four Corners Game. She didn't suspect that the system would falsify this matter, but she didn't expect that the tour guide, as a witness, was determined not to show up.
After hearing Nan Huan's confident answer, the other players couldn't help but hold their foreheads.
Please be polite. What do you mean by 'don't want to see us'? Please remove the 'we'. After all, they think that the only people the tour guide doesn't want to see are the people who tricked her in.
A She actually wanted to complain, but she had to curry favor with someone so she had to bring the topic back to where it had gone off track.
"Ahem... leave her alone for now. Since the system prompt says it's a 'memory fragment', it means the fragment is discontinuous. Judging from this geographical location, the princess is still in Ghost King Ridge. But why is she here alone? Where are those people just now? And do you think she seems to be looking for something?"
The princess had already folded up the hem of her skirt that was in the way, but she did not stop and continued to look around as she walked.
The players had just looked at the back mountain of Fengmenling. Except for wandering around the foot of the mountain when they were looking for A Liu's body, they really didn't search the back mountain carefully.
At this time, everyone watched the princess busying around for a long time, and then turned their eyes to Bei Xi at the same time.
Aren't you familiar with geographical locations?
If you can feel things that others can't see, then you must be able to discover the things hidden in the back mountain, right?
Nan Huan looked at all the players' eyes, which were all looking at Bei Xi like chicks looking for their mother, and there was a faint glow in their eyes. He couldn't help but laugh.
It’s no wonder that the players don’t understand Bei Xi. She is not someone who likes to show off. If she really discovered something, she would have told them directly, just like she did when she found the strange thing just now. She wouldn’t have waited for them to ask.
Sure enough, Bei Xi just shook his head.
"There's nothing strange on the back mountain of Fengmenling. I'm not sure here. There seems to be some kind of barrier near the top of the mountain. I can't see or feel anything higher."
Bei Xi was not very interested in this matter, her attention was mainly focused on the princess.
Especially from what I saw just now, I found that the other person looked almost exactly like Nan Huan.
The princess's white dress was finely crafted, with exquisite patterns embroidered with gold thread on the cuffs and hem. The accessories and bun on her head were also clearly carefully designed.
I don’t know whether it is the importance attached to the princess or the importance attached to this trip.
Bei Xi pondered for a moment and gave an evaluation.
"Let's not talk about why she came here or what she did. Basically, I think her gestures and movements don't act like a princess of a big country. And to be honest, if this princess appears with the eldest lady, the eldest lady is more likely to be mistaken for a princess."
The players were a little disappointed at first, thinking that if even the president didn't notice anything wrong, then there was no point in expecting anyone else to do so.
However, when he saw Bei Xi looking at the princess without even blinking, he made this comment.
Many people didn’t react. Were they covered in dog food?
Is this reasonable at this moment?
Could it be that we are also part of your play?
Players who don't quite understand the situation dare not speak out. They didn't expect that they would be persecuted as single people for playing a game.
However, Nineteen, who had the longest contact with the eldest lady, completely understood what his president meant.
In fact, she really wanted to say that you are still too naive and have too little experience. Her president was just stating a fact. If she really wanted to praise the young lady, she wouldn't have gone around in so many roundabout ways.
How to say it, Nanhuan has a kind of natural elegance and a nobility that is nurtured by rich material and spiritual nourishment. It is hidden in his every move and has become a natural habit.
But the princess in front of him, whether it was her skillful climbing movements, the casual way she lifted her skirt, or even the way she bowed and spoke confidently just now, she did not look like a princess who grew up in a real aristocratic family.
Nan Huan was very pleased to hear these words coming from Bei Xi's mouth, but she also knew that the others did not understand what Bei Xi wanted to express at all, so she had to give them some subtle hints.
"Did you see her climbing the mountain?"
They were originally following behind the princess from a distance because they had no idea what the thing following her was.
But in just a few words, the princess had already distanced herself from them.
Halfway up, he simply wiped his forehead with his rolled-up sleeves and continued to climb.
Miao Jiang, Alice, and a few other players have already figured out something.
"What's wrong with her movements? They're very smooth? She crawls very fast."
A'She took a look, but still didn't quite understand what Nanhuan meant. The grass here was a bit tall and the road was not pleasant to walk on. She was already slightly out of breath when she spoke.
"Throughout history, have you ever seen a princess from any country climb a mountain so skillfully? She has been climbing for such a long time without taking a break. You are out of breath even more than her."
Now, all the players who didn't understand just now said "Oh" thoughtfully.
Everyone looked at the same time. They saw the princess climbing the mountain with great difficulty, her dress and sleeves folded in a state of disgrace. They turned around to look at the young lady who was walking very gracefully, and found that everyone else was covered in grass debris to varying degrees because of climbing the mountain.
Under the protection of the president, the eldest lady didn't have even a speck of dust on her clothes, let alone grass clippings.
Compared to the dynamic previous scene, this scene is more static.
Just when A'She felt a little sore from climbing the mountain and was about to complain, the scene in front of him changed again.
This time the sky had completely darkened and the moon had climbed halfway up the mountain. However, the scene before their eyes did not change much. It was still halfway up the mountain, and the princess was not far in front of them.
During this time, she should have kept climbing up until she finally discovered the problem.
“Is there something wrong with this mountain?”
The large group finally stopped climbing the mountain, and A She could finally take a deep breath.
"It doesn't look that high. Judging from the time the scene changes, she should have reached the top of the mountain. However, the princess's distance from the top of the mountain seems to have remained the same."
"She should have discovered something was wrong."
Nanhuan had guessed that there would be such a possibility when Beixi observed that there was a problem on the top of the mountain, so he was not too surprised.
"Come closer and check if the mysterious man who was following her is still there?"
At her command, Bei Xi carried her towards the princess, and the others quickly followed.
Halfway up the mountain, the princess was lying in a slumber, half leaning against a bush. She had taken off all the heavier hair accessories on her head and thrown them aside.
The gathered cuffs and slightly loose neckline were all wet with sweat, making the princess look a little disheveled.
However, there was not much frustration on her face. She stared at the moonlit sky with her eyes open, not knowing whether she was resting or thinking about something.
"Hello--"
Suddenly, she spoke out loudly and shouted towards the sky.
I don't know if she was calling for someone or simply venting her anger, but Ah She was frightened anyway. If Ah Kong and Shijiu hadn't grabbed her in time, she would have rolled down with her legs bent.
"They said you're not that easy to find, and it's not easy to get to the top of the mountain."
A She covered her little heart and looked at the princess who was lying on the ground casually, talking to someone unknown.
It should be said that she is quite courageous.
It was so dark, and I was alone, and I hadn’t reached the top of the mountain in such a long time. I knew there was something wrong here, but I could still lie here calmly and talk to an unknown person.
"But I have come from afar. As the host, shouldn't you come out to meet me so that we can talk face to face?"
She said everything she wanted to say as if she was chatting with someone face to face.
"Who is she calling? Is it the person who follows her? Does the other person respond?"
It was too dark, and A She couldn't see whether the mysterious person was still following the princess, so he had to go to see Bei Xi.
"The other party is still following."
Well, it seems that you two are playing face to face, but one of you can't see and the other doesn't show up, right?
The princess seemed to have realized that if she just shouted a few times, the other party would obviously react indifferently, so she had already prepared a way to deal with it.
Since you don't come out after I shout at you, I will keep shouting. You will come out eventually if you can't stand it anymore.
After resting for a while, she simply sat up.
"If you don't speak, I'll assume you can hear me."
A cold wind blew by, and the rustling sound of the grass seemed to be in response.
"I don't know who you are or what you look like, but since you can hear me and you deliberately prevented me from going up the mountain, you should know why I'm here, right?"
She didn't find it awkward since it was late at night and no one else was around.
"No matter whether this matter is feasible or not, I think it is something that both of us need to discuss in detail after we meet. You can't be so unreasonable and directly stop me from going up the mountain."
The princess' words were sincere and well-reasoned, but the main idea was just one - since you're here now, you have to say whatever you want.
"A princess went through so much trouble to come all the way here, just to come to a strange mountain. She doesn't even know who she's looking for, what the other person looks like, or what his name is? So why is she here?"
Ah She listened to a few sentences and thought that he could get some information, but he found that this princess was not only not elegant, but also seemed not very smart.
"Her purpose of coming here was not to look for someone, but to do something after going up the mountain. She found that someone had tampered with her during the process of going up the mountain, and she thought that the person who tampered with her might have some connection with the thing she was doing, so she used this method to get the other party to come out and meet her."
It's not that there is no news at all. Nan Huan still managed to figure out something from the other party's few words.
Bei Xi's gaze was fixed on a hidden shadow behind the princess. The man had been hiding his figure and did not seem to react much to the princess' words, but he did not leave immediately either.
I just followed him from a distance, and I had no idea what it meant.
Without any response, the words floated in the valley.
The princess called out a few more times and found that the other party was determined not to come out. When she spoke again, her tone was no longer as calm as before.
"That's all for the courtesy. If you don't show up or let me go up the mountain, I'll have no choice but to keep shouting."
She said these harsh words, but when she thought about what words to use, she was at a loss.
After all, they were strangers and she didn't know where the other party's weaknesses were. Besides, she had not forgotten what her mission was this time. It would not be good if she offended the other person now.
After hesitating for a long time, the princess skipped the part of saying harsh words and fast-forwarded directly to the part of pretending to be pitiful.
All the players were preparing to see how the princess would use courtesy before force, and learn a few accurate moves that they might be able to use later when they had a quarrel.
As a result, the princess suddenly burst into tears without any psychological preparation.
The aggrieved tone of the voice and the sudden cry made people's scalp tingle.
"Actually, I didn't want to come here, but you see I'm already here, and there are so many people waiting for me outside. If I don't do anything and just go back, it won't be good."
When she said this, she sobbed twice.
"Besides, it's so dark and cold here. If there's a wild beast, I might die here. Can you bear to see me die like this..."
At this point, she seemed to realize that the word was not quite right, and changed the subject, "Did I get bitten so badly that I was unrecognizable?"
The opponent suddenly did this, not to mention the players, Bei Xi even saw the shadow tremble, as if it was caught off guard by the opponent.
When the other one started sobbing, it seemed to think it was a bit noisy and put a little more distance between them.
The princess cried so sadly. She thought no one could see it, so she just howled without any tears.
Sure enough, under the continuous attack of such screams, A She actually felt that the original weird atmosphere had dropped sharply.
A burst of birds and insects chirped in the bushes, and the scene was a bit funny.
Nan Huan had seen many scenes of throwing tantrums, but she was surprised to see the other party acting so naturally with his face against hers.
"How was it? Did the man react?"
Nan Huan approached Bei Xi curiously and looked in the direction she had been observing.
But after looking for a long time, I still found nothing.
"It's too noisy. The other party has retreated five meters away, but hasn't left yet."
"Ah?" Nan Huan didn't expect this result. Why did the distance between them increase the harder he tried? "Do you think that person is trying to stop her from going up the mountain? Who do you think it is?"
"Don't you think it's a little strange?"
Bei Xi did not directly reply to Nan Huan's words, but raised another question, "What is it that requires a princess of a country to come here all the way and do it alone? Why did she go up the mountain, and why was she stopped?"
After listening to what the princess said, it is easy to fall into a vicious circle and look at the problem from the princess's perspective.
But when you change your perspective, you will find that this is not a simple thing.
"You mean, the other party deliberately prevented her from getting close to the top of the mountain..."
Nan Huan understood what Bei Xi wanted to express, and she wanted to say something else.
As a result, it felt like Bei Xi sensed something in an instant and suddenly looked up towards the top of the mountain.
Then, all the players saw the top of the mountain, like a boiling pot, starting to release heat.
But this heat was a black mist, spreading outward layer by layer in the form of onion rings.
The princess was still leaning in her original position, shouting in a pitiful voice, vowing to force out the person hiding in the dark.
The black mist, after moving away from the top of the mountain, slowly took the shape of human-like figures with bared fangs and claws.
I don’t know if it was because he had been confined for too long, or because he was grouchy from being woken up, but he was violently searching for his own prey.
Above the affected forests, the corpses of birds and insects fell down as the black fog passed, and the sky returned to tranquility.
A black fog was about to extend its claws towards the princess.
At the critical moment, a stone from five meters away hit the princess's knee, and she fell uncontrollably.
However, it was supported by a thin layer of black shadow and slid downwards at an extremely fast speed.
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