Chapter 268: White Orchid Rain Festival (Fifty-one)
As Nan Huan's identity changed, the channel through which she could communicate with Bei Xi in mid-air disappeared.
The giant dragon had been standing in front of him without him noticing. The experience brought by the different perspective made Nan Huan feel extremely insignificant at this moment.
It was as if humans had seen a living creature other than themselves for the first time. In panic, they thought that their prayers had been answered by heaven and that a god had really descended.
Nan Huan was wrapped in the human's body, feeling the other's joy, but this joy did not last long, because the dragon's sharp claws had pierced her shoulder.
"You should not have been born in the first place..." The giant dragon looked down at the human. It could have let the other person die quietly, but it chose this most painful way, as if it wanted the other person to slowly, little by little, experience the passing of life. It seemed that only in this way could it get a little comfort from the fact that Xiao Bailan disappeared because of the other person's birth. "Remember, the pain you feel now is not even one ten-thousandth of hers."
Nan Huan could hear the dragon's inner thoughts to the human. At the same time, she discovered that unlike before when she could feel the dragon's emotions but was not essentially hurt, now she was wrapped in this human skin, and her shoulder was slowly oozing blood due to the other's wound.
The situation is different from before. Is it because I used props and almost awakened the Dragon God, so the system changed my identity and wanted the dragon to kill me directly?
This was not good news when his control panel was prohibited from being used, but the excessive fit with this body's senses made Nan Huan speak with great effort.
"Saint..." She endured the severe pain in her shoulder, before the other party's second claw landed, "Or Xiao Bailan...is not dead."
As the first human being born, language was still very unfamiliar to her, so Nan Huan had great difficulty in speaking. Fortunately, the system wanted her to die after this incident. To some extent, she was no longer just a forced observer. One of the advantages of being an eyewitness was that she could communicate.
Therefore, Nan Huan directly brought up a topic that was attractive enough and could stop the other party from taking the next step.
The dragon's claws froze in mid-air, staring at the human in front of it with great suspicion. This was the first time that it discovered something different from before during the process of re-selection. For example, many times before, this human did not remember her existence, and every time she either regarded herself as a god or kept praying for what she wanted. This infinite cycle of choices seemed to be known only to her, and it had happened more than once.
But the human in front of her now seemed different from before. She knew the Saint, and she also knew Little Bai Lan, or maybe she was another choice given by the prophet.
The dragon was silent for a moment, then its claws fell straight down.
"Who are you? Was the prophet sent you?"
The severe pain that Nan Huan had imagined did not come. She was surprised and opened her eyes, which had inevitably been closed due to fear. She saw the opponent's claws across her neck. If she moved even a little, her head and body would be separated.
This was the first time that Bei Xi was not by her side. At that moment, Nan Huan did not have time to think about any tasks or games. She just thought about how desperate Bei Xi would be if she knew that she would be trapped in this cocoon forever, never able to get out, and without even a corpse. She did not doubt at all what she had said to her before about the choice, nor did she doubt her determination. So at that moment, Nan Huan felt regretful.
But no matter how many emotions she had in her heart, now facing the dragon's questioning and the possible outcome in the end, she had to stay rational and fight for it her best.
"No, I'm just a guy who came in here and tried to wake you up."
Nan Huan seemed unusually calm, and his words were much smoother than before. "I know what you've been through. No matter what method the evil god used to trap you here, you must wake up as soon as possible, because only in this way can you have a chance to see her again."
The black aura from the dragon was still spreading, and it was slowly increasing as Nan Huan spoke. It seemed that he was trying to control the dragon in this way, hoping that the dragon would kill him directly.
However, contrary to expectations, as long as it involves Xiao Bailan, no matter how ridiculous it seems within this space and under this circumstance, the dragon will not let go of the opportunity.
"How do you know Xiao Bailan? It's impossible for you to know the other party. You can only be sent by the prophet. What else does she want to do?"
Mentioning the topic of Little White Orchid always makes the dragon angry, especially when he knows that everything is the fault of the prophet but he is powerless to do anything. This kind of rage is more like a way of venting.
In the chaotic world, because of the dragon's anger, thunder flashed from far to near.
Nan Huan now has no wings, no supersonic speed, and no control panel. With just one strike of lightning, she will not be able to complete this side quest, and she may never get out of this cocoon.
"If I was sent by her, I wouldn't be pinned to the ground by you like this. You should know the opponent's methods best. It would not choose this method to test you. If you still have a little memory, you will know that no matter how many times you try, the result is the same...ah..."
Because these words were too direct, Nan Huan had another scar on her shoulder before she finished. She curled up in pain, but insisted on finishing her words, "Someone is taking advantage of your guilt and trapping you in an endless cycle of choices. If you really care about Xiao Bailan, you shouldn't keep dwelling on the past. Find a way to wake up. She's still waiting for you, and all your...ah..."
When the third claw fell, Nanhuan's shoulders on both sides were already bloody, and the thunder and lightning in the distance were also approaching step by step. This made the dragon very angry. Its long tail slapped the ground again and again, as if it was in some kind of anxiety, or as if it was fighting against an invisible force.
"Clan," Nan Huan's mouth oozed out a lot of blood, but when he looked up, he saw the dragon's eyes switching between scarlet and black. He immediately understood that the other party had reacted to his words.
Although his body was already numb from the pain, he still took another strong dose of medicine.
"Those of your kind were trapped in other cocoons because of you, and were forced to make the same choices as you over and over again. You promised them that you would wake them up after everything was settled."
The originally dim sky and earth were illuminated by the nearby lightning. Only Nan Huan was trapped in a corner in front of the giant dragon. The black energy on the other party was ready to move, as if it could sense the giant dragon's unstable emotions.
"She..." The giant dragon looked down at Nan Huan. His voice was different from the previous one, which was firm and fierce. It became cautious and full of hope. "Is she really still there?"
Nan Huan saw the other person's body up close, and it seemed to be shaking violently due to suppressing some kind of power. When he asked the question, the darkness in his eyes seemed to fade away a little.
"Yes, as long as you wake up and go out of here, you can see her."
Nan Huan gave the other party an affirmative answer. She felt that she was not lying. After all, in the selection of the Saint, she was the final winner no matter how you looked at it. In addition, based on what she had seen of the Dragon God when he turned into a human, she could almost confirm certain facts.
Just when Nan Huan was unsure whether the other party had fully come to his senses because of her words, the dragon suddenly roared towards the sky, and a bolt of lightning struck directly towards Nan Huan at such a fast speed that she had no time to react.
Still not working?
At the last moment before closing his eyes, Nan Huan had many thoughts in his mind. If he failed, what would the remaining players do? Would they wait until the wood carvings held out until the last moment, and after the barrier disappeared, would they kill each other with the dragon clan?
Although they were not in the same group and the term "killing each other" was not appropriate here, Nan Huan always felt that this was simply satisfying the evil god and the system, and she felt resentful.
The roar of thunder and lightning made her unable to think anymore, but as tinnitus came, the severe pain she imagined from being struck by lightning did not come at all, and Nan Huan slowly opened her eyes.
He discovered in disbelief that the lightning did not fall on him, but fell a few meters away from him.
At the same time, the last bolt of lightning did not seem to simply fall on the ground, but rather it pierced through the entire chaotic world, because an irreparable crack spread from the ground to the dark sky.
There was a loud click.
The entire chaotic world was shattered like a mirror. The fictional choice scene in front of him was disappearing bit by bit, and the black air on the dragon facing him was also dissipating along with the scene. The dragon in front of him finally returned to its original appearance, its eyes no longer obscured by black, and its gaze at him also gradually changed.
Nan Huan could feel the scar on his shoulder. As the scene disappeared and was restored, he had shed the human shell he was playing and returned to his original appearance.
The dragon's eyes flashed with surprise and regret because he saw his original appearance, which was the same as Xiao Bailan's.
Nan Huan knew that it might feel a little guilty because of its previous behavior, and was about to say a few words to comfort it, but it beat him to it.
"It's really you..."
The giant dragon approached cautiously and put its forehead against Nan Huan's forehead to feel it. It was unknown how it confirmed it, but it said this with certainty.
"If only this moment could last forever..."
These words tinged with regret made Nan Huan realize that something was wrong. When she looked more carefully, she found that the entire body of the dragon was disappearing along with the scene.
"You...what's going on?"
Nan Huan was very surprised. After all, this was totally different from what she had expected when the Dragon God woke up. She stretched out her hand and tried to hold the Dragon God who was so close to her, but he slipped away from her hands like a shadow of light.
[Warning, warning,
It has been detected that the conditions for breaking out of the cocoon have been met. 】
Just when Nan Huan was at a loss, the system prompt sounded again, but this time it was accompanied by an alarm.
Is the mission completed just like that?
Nan Huan was confused, but he quickly dismissed this idea. After all, the system had just reminded him that the mission content remained unchanged and he needed to kill the other party to complete the mission. In the current situation, Nan Huan felt that he should not be considered to have solved the problem of the Dragon God by himself.
Firstly, she felt that the other party would not really disappear just like that, or the one trapped in this illusion was not the real Dragon God. She had speculated this before, and now it seems to have been confirmed.
Secondly, although the simulated scene used for selection has been broken, the cocoon still exists and you are still in it.
The sound that the system made was a warning, not a reminder that the task had been completed.
In addition, Nan Huan noticed that the system prompt said that "the conditions for breaking the cocoon have been met", not that the cocoon has been broken. There is an essential difference between the two.
【bite--
Since the conditions for breaking out of the cocoon have been met, the side quest "Find the buyer who actually owns the dragon scale paper" has been merged and upgraded with the side quest "Breaking out of the cocoon".
Only players who trigger the upgraded mission can enter the upgraded side mission. 】
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