Chapter 269: White Orchid Rain Festival (Fifty-two)
"Still can't recover?"
Bei Xi waited patiently for a while and couldn't help asking. The longer she lost contact with Nan Huan, the more anxious she became. Especially when the images in other cocoons in the air were normal, she had a bad premonition.
"Or you can just let me out from here and into her cocoon. No matter what method you use, I can't wait any longer..."
She really didn't want to pin all her treasures on a single wood sculpture, but the problem was that she had just tried using weapons such as props, but there was no way to break the cocoon created by the wood sculpture. She had no choice but to make a choice based on weighing other issues and protecting Nanhuan. She was even prepared to use every possible opportunity to threaten the wood sculpture in front of her, but she was interrupted before she could finish her words.
"Don't worry. This unilateral interruption of connection doesn't necessarily mean that some kind of danger is approaching. On the contrary, it may be a sign that she has awakened part of the Dragon God's consciousness." The dragon-shaped wooden sculpture looked at Bei Xi who was close at hand, assessed the other party's psychological reception state, and finally had to tell the truth. At the end, as if seeing the distrust in the other party's eyes, he added, "What's more, I care about her safety more than you do. If she is really in danger, I can feel it."
Bei Xi didn't completely believe what he said, but referring to Hull's previous behavior pattern, Bei Xi was willing to believe that he really cared about Nan Huan, so she had to be patient and continue to wait.
At the same time, inside the cocoon where the Dragon God was, all kinds of illusory scenes had completely disappeared with the system's prompts, including the Dragon God, of course. The entire cocoon had completely returned to its blank initial state.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for triggering the upgraded side quest - The Thorns of the Evil God. 】
Only when Nan Huan heard the prompt about task merger and upgrade did he feel for the first time that he was somewhat unpredictable about the system's behavior pattern.
After all, in the first half of the side quests, the system has always acted as if it was on a united front with the evil god, and was eager to use the players to eliminate the dragons in the cocoons and let the two kill each other. If it weren't for the amulet wood carving, the situation in the other cocoons would be really unpredictable now.
Although he could tell from the system and the performance of the black air that restoring the Dragon God's consciousness might bring about different results, he did not expect that because the Dragon God's consciousness had been restored and the conditions for breaking out of the cocoon had been met, the task would be upgraded instead.
Of course, Nan Huan had experienced the upgrade of tasks in other copies before, which basically required certain conditions to be triggered, but this time it seemed a little different, because the side quest "Breaking the Cocoon" was strictly speaking, serving the side quest "Finding the buyer who actually owns the dragon scale paper", which was equivalent to a sub-task.
It stands to reason that upgrading a general task will only increase the difficulty of the original task, and the nature of the task will not change much. So according to this logic, the content of the main task will generally not change. In other words, normally, even if the task is upgraded, the new task she gets should be based on finding the buyer who actually owns the dragon scale paper, or requiring them to meet certain requirements before they can trade with the buyer, or finding out some pattern.
This was the first time that Nan Huan had seen such a thoroughly upgraded side quest, and the name of this quest sounded no different from the previous ones. Moreover, she didn't think it would be an easy quest if it involved the word "evil god".
However, the system did not give her more time to think.
【Task Description:
You finally discovered that the lanterns in Manager Liu's shop were actually cocoons that trapped the entire dragon clan.
Even the so-called residents of Bailan City became pythons to feed the evil god.
Many years ago, an accident occurred during the last Rain Festival. The Dragon God did not arrive as promised. Instead, the evil god nurtured by malice showed signs of being born.
The entire Bailan City's residents were controlled by the evil god. They gradually lost consciousness, lost their human instincts, and became pythons to feed the evil god.
Regardless of whether they are dragons or humans, their remaining consciousness is hidden in the thorn bushes by the evil god. Find them, rescue the trapped dragons, and let humans believe in the dragon god again. 】
Well, there is indeed something strange. Although Nan Huan still doesn’t know what the evil god’s thorn bush is, the system now feels that it can do what the saint and the dragon god have failed to do time and time again.
Although she had inevitably confirmed her connection with the Saint, Nan Huan did not think that she could do what they had not done, especially after having learned in the past in Bailan City how cruel and hypocritical humans were.
Although Nan Huan had many questions in his mind, he still waited patiently for a few seconds.
"That's all? Listen to yourself, is what you say sensible?" After confirming that the system had reported all the information and re-entered the silent period, Nan Huan finally couldn't help it.
But the system selectively ignored her question. Nan Huan sighed and chose to compromise in the silent confrontation.
"So I'm the only one who can enter this triggered mission?"
She did not forget what the system said when the task was upgraded before, but this situation forced her to confirm it again.
[It is detected that the difficulty coefficient of this task is relatively high. Players can freely choose five teammates of their own. The selection time is 30 seconds, and the countdown begins. ]
It was not known whether the system had compromised to some extent, or whether the original arrangement was like this. Just when Nan Huan thought that the other party would not respond, it actually spoke for the first time.
"The time is too short. Shouldn't I ask for other people's opinions before I choose them? If I just choose someone I hate and then try to kill him, wouldn't that violate the principle of fairness of the game?"
Nan Huan tried to bargain again to test the system's principles on this issue, but this time the system did not compromise. Only the cold countdown reminded Nan Huan that he needed to make a choice as soon as possible.
【30, 29……】
Nan Huan actually didn't have more choices, especially when the system accurately proposed the number of team members, she realized that the system might have arranged this mode a long time ago.
On the other side, just before Bei Xi’s patience was exhausted, there was finally some movement in the cocoon.
【bite--
It is detected that you have been chosen by the player 'Miss' to become a teammate, and are forced to enter the upgraded side quest - The Thorns of the Evil God.
You have no choice, you will enter in five seconds, please be prepared.
5, 4...】
As the system's prompt sounded, the images that were originally hanging in the air disappeared one after another. A huge black hole appeared in the pure white cocoon, and Bei Xi was sucked in uncontrollably.
And the dragon-shaped wooden sculpture's expression relaxed a little at the moment the black hole appeared. Then, at a speed that Bei Xi didn't even notice, it squeezed into the other party's control panel and followed her into the black hole.
In addition to Bei Xi, the other three teammates selected are President Hongfen, President Alice, President Barbie and President Working People.
After silently reciting these names in his mind, Nan Huan discovered that a black hole had appeared in the air above the cocoon, and he was being sucked in uncontrollably.
Presumably this black hole is the so-called 'thorn bush' of the evil god.
Nan Huan initially thought that this was just a symbolic name given because of the mission requirements, but after being sucked in, Nan Huan found that this was not the case.
After discovering that entering the black hole did not bring the dizziness that the game had brought in the past, Nan Huan opened his eyes and saw endless black air, which transformed into black thorns on thorn trees, hanging on dense branches, stretching as far as the eye can see. In the midst of the large black and oppressive atmosphere, there was a blue flame in the center, which was spreading to the surroundings little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After the stained black thorns came into contact with the blue flames, they quickly transformed into the mark of the evil god and regained their power.
It's like an update that spreads from the central area to the surrounding areas.
The endless black color seemed to have no end in sight, but the speed of the blue flames was very fast. Nan Huan knew that if it was not stopped, one day, this patch of black thorns would turn completely blue.
Nan Huan didn’t know what would happen after it turned completely blue, but she knew it would not be a good thing.
So what is presented before me now, is it a friendly reminder from the system, a display of fearlessness from the enemy, or just some additional information about this mission?
Nan Huan didn't know, she only knew that for the first time she felt the insignificance of human beings in the face of these things, and the vastness of the evil god's thorn bush.
After she had taken a comprehensive look at the thorn bushes in front of her, the system considerately slowed down its speed, allowing Nan Huan to observe the thorn bushes from a close distance.
As she slowly approached, she realized that calling these thorn bushes was really an injustice to them. After all, in terms of size, each tree trunk was as tall as dozens of stories, and each thorn made of black air was much larger than she had imagined.
Moreover, when she got closer, the black air was like a predator released by the evil god, wanting to devour all living creatures that entered here. If Nan Huan had not entered here because of the mission, she felt that she might not be able to leave this place safely.
This flight did not last long, and soon Nan Huan's speed slowed down. After selecting a target among the huge thorns composed of a large amount of black air, Nan Huan felt that he was out of control and accelerated directly into the black air.
Nan Huan was caught off guard and had no idea why the system had come up with this suicide process. Just when she wanted to try to see if there would be any obstruction in absorbing the black air, she discovered that she seemed to have passed through the outer layer of protection and entered another space directly.
The evil god's thorn bush is not barren. Each wrapped thorn seems to represent a space.
The space she entered was not as scary as it looked, and it was even a little too familiar, but it was very different from any scene Nan Huan had seen so far.
At the same time, the teammates she summoned fell into a brief silence due to the excessive amount of information or the scene before them.
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