Chapter 288: White Orchid Rain Festival (Part 71)
That black orchid was different from the colorful orchids before. It was a completely pure orchid watered with blood and had a strange aura.
In just a few seconds, the skin on President Miao Jiang's body began to dry up, as if in an instant, not only the blood in her body, but also the water was absorbed.
The black orchid was like a giant parasite, desperately absorbing energy from the host until the host could no longer provide it with energy.
All this absurdity happened in the blink of an eye, and the players nearby didn't even have time to react until they saw this grotesque scene up close. They couldn't help but scream, feel nauseous and vomit, and were even afraid that they would be the next one. However, the mandatory restrictions of the system made it impossible for them to do anything, and in the end they could only watch it all.
Among them, the Gambler's Guild President was only surprised for a moment at first, and his sword-like eyes quickly retracted, looking at the evil god on the altar who remained silent for the time being, but had a dim gaze.
"Miss, something happened to Guild President Miao Jiang," someone finally caught up with the situation on the communication channel of the First Guild Alliance, and told the others what they had seen. "Is it related to the black water that the other party had taken before? And I remember that on the first morning, Guild President Miao Jiang clearly did not complete the task of blooming. But at that time we all thought that she would not die if she did not complete the task. But now it seems that she had already triggered the death rule at that time. I just don't know why the problem happened only now, and the flower grew from her body. Others don't have this problem for the time being. I just don't know if everyone is safe?"
I don't know if it was intentional by the system or an accidental reason, but in any case, the teams of the Guild One Alliance and the Anti-Guild One Alliance were separated. Moreover, they were the farthest away from the protagonist of this blossoming incident, the eldest lady and the other guild presidents. Under the premise that they could not move, it was difficult for them to find out by themselves what was going on in the bustling place over there.
Fortunately, the player closest to this side saw clearly how things developed and was not completely unaware of it, but this scene still caused a small-scale panic.
Nan Huan had just caught something from the fragmentary words shouted by many players, but her face remained solemn, as if she had guessed what had happened just now. It seemed to be just a prelude, not an ending. She first looked at her control panel to confirm that all props and potions could not be used, and then tried to move it with all her strength, only to find that it still failed. However, the system's ability to restrict seemed to be weakening.
"Wait a minute, no matter what happens, everyone must remain rational and not panic. Also, keep trying to move, and take the medicine as soon as you can move..."
Nan Huan tried his best to keep his voice steady, but his tone was very serious. However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by President Alice, "Miss, what's the matter? Please explain it clearly. Our people are not afraid of anything..."
"I'm going, my flowers..."
"My flower bit people? Will we also be sucked dry by the white orchid, just like the Miaojiang leader?"
"Oh my god, why does the system restrict us here?"
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For a moment, the loud shouts of the players completely blocked Alice's doubts. Except for President Miaojiang who had already offered sacrifices to the gods, the rest of the players noticed at the same time that the flowerpot that they had been holding in their arms suddenly beat like a heart that suddenly revived.
Then, the motionless leaf suddenly became hungry as it woke up. The entire petal was directly attached to the players' arms. The leaf looked harmless, but when it was attached to the player's arm, it directly cut a hole and started the self-service mode.
Since most of the players hadn't figured out what was going on, they didn't think about the flowers in their hands and the weird things that had happened two nights in a row.
It was not until the flower in my arms revealed its true face that I finally realized the truth.
On the Guild Alliance side, because of the eldest lady's reminder, although the players were panicked at first, they quickly calmed down. Although the feeling of blood constantly losing in the body was very maddening, they realized that this loss was on a different order from the orchid that was parasitic in President Miaojiang's body. In short, they would not die for a while.
So the players from Guild One quickly calmed down, slowed down their breathing, and at the same time, followed the request made by the young lady, began to try to break free from the feeling of being restrained.
"I was wrong. Our people are still afraid of death." President Alice took two breaths with a hiss, calmed down and answered her previous question, "Miss, is there any problem with the president?"
She paused for a moment, thinking of the unconscious President Yi, and turned around to find that, as expected, even though President Yi had fallen into a coma, Bai Lanhua beside him had not let him go.
The eldest lady frowned, not knowing what she was thinking. After a long while, she responded, "It's okay for now, but if this situation continues, no one will be well."
After she finished speaking, she turned her eyes again, wanting to check the other side where the noise was more intense, and added, "But this situation shouldn't last too long. After all, the players on the other side may not be able to hold out for that long. The system probably doesn't want to cause a large-scale massacre in this way."
"Ah? What do you mean?" The Red Princess was a little intolerant to pain. The bleeding wound always made her feel like her body was slowly cooling down, so she was a little distracted by what the young lady had just said. "No one can hold on for too long? By the way, young lady, how did you know in advance that something was going to happen? What should we do next?"
"The other players who drank the water mixed with black gas have been making louder noises than us, didn't you notice?" Nan Huan knew the current situation. Apart from himself, the rest of the players seemed to be in bad condition, so he had to use the answer to divert everyone's attention. "They were panicked at the beginning. No matter how bad they were, they were the best in other guilds. They should have found out soon that even if their blood was sucked, they would not lose their lives for a while. Logically speaking, they should not be so noisy, but their movements have not decreased at all. Our situations are no different, except that we have never drunk the water with black gas, so the water is probably taking effect now."
The remaining players were a little stunned. Although they discovered this situation on the first night of the mission, they thought at that time that this difference would only affect the size and color of the flowers. They didn't expect that there was this meaning. Thinking of this, they were somewhat fortunate that the eldest lady discovered the problem at the beginning, otherwise they would be howling here now.
"But don't flowers usually become noisy at night? Why did they become like this in broad daylight today?"
The Red Pink Club President slowly caught up with the train of thought, but still didn't understand why these things suddenly changed their nature.
"That's related to the second question you asked just now." Although Nan Huan still couldn't move, she was observing the flower in her arms with sharp eyes. Her own flower, like the others, tried to suck Nan Huan's blood at first, but the moment the wound was cut, the flower seemed to have found some mark engraved in its soul and suddenly retreated. But it was not known whether it was too late or was bewitched at the beginning. In any case, it was still occupied by Nan Huan's blood.
If the flower had a human expression, it would have revealed a look of disgust, because it had retreated back into the flowerpot in a panic, and tried to increase the distance between itself and Nanhuan's blood. However, the flowerpot was restricted to Nanhuan's arms by the system, so even if it wanted to move farther, it was limited to the range inside the flowerpot. The blood penetrated into the branches and leaves of the white jasmine like sulfuric acid.
"What's the matter?" The president of Hongfen Club was waiting for Nanhuan's next words with her neck held high, but seeing that the other party was stuck here, she couldn't help but ask another question.
But before Nan Huan could speak again, everyone caught a glimpse of the flower in the eldest lady's arms. It looked like it had eaten something dirty. Its green leaves were shaking and swaying back and forth, as if its stomach was churning. Finally, it couldn't hold on any longer and was falling towards the eldest lady's arms. It seemed that it wanted to vomit something like before. But before it opened its bloody mouth, the eldest lady said coldly, "You dare to vomit on me. When I can move again, I will feed you some more of my blood in the next second so that you can vomit everything at once."
The curse was so vicious that the flower in the eldest lady's arms stopped its bloody mouth abruptly. Under the expressionless cold face of the eldest lady, it moved its half-dead body along the edge of the flowerpot until it moved to the other side of the flowerpot. Finally, it could no longer suppress the churning in its stomach and vomited all at once.
Not far from the eldest lady's feet, many white bones soon appeared.
The strange thing is that not only did this white orchid not fail to grow because it did not suck the eldest lady's blood, but after spitting out these filth, it even began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye. The white flower grew bigger and bigger, and the color became more and more transparent.
"Is he so wise as to know the current situation?" The president of the workers' guild was surprised, and then realized that he seemed to have spoken the truth at this time when he obviously shouldn't have joked. He hurriedly tried to bring the topic back to the topic seriously, "Is it related to the system's previous prompt to speed up the game progress? The white orchid is the sacrifice we prepared, and it is a necessary item to become a saint. Now the process has advanced to the final White Orchid Rain Festival, so everything we are going through now is to complete the preparations for the White Orchid Rain Festival?"
Nan Huan wanted to nod at first, but when he found that he still couldn't move, he gave up, "Yes, and it should be more than that, because in addition to white orchids, there are other..."
"Hey, I can move, I can finally move..."
"Hurry, hurry, prepare the medicine for everyone to take first..."
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Before Nan Huan finished her words, she heard the voices of several players. She could feel that the control power of the system was weakening, but she still needed a while before she could move. However, those players with more aggressive personal skills were already able to move slowly. Nan Huan took a quick look and found that there were people from both camps.
But everyone's condition is not very good now, so she silently swallowed the words "be careful".
The moment they were able to move, the white jasmine flowers of all the players grew more than double, from their original seedling state to mature white jasmine flowers. Except for the pure white flower that looked most like a white jasmine flower raised by the eldest lady, and the pure black orchid that grew out of the body of President Miaojiang, the flowers of the remaining players were still colorful, and even looked somewhat normal against the pure black background.
The moment everyone recovered, the flowers seemed to have absorbed enough nutrients and returned to their previous silent state. On the Guild Alliance side, most of the recovered players hurriedly searched for potions to heal the wounds of the remaining people who had just recovered and the Guild Leader. However, on the Anti-Guild Alliance side, some players wanted to kill the flowers that attacked them, but were stopped by someone.
"Have you forgotten what the butler told you? The sacrifice is more important than your own life. Look at the president of Miaojiang."
I don’t know if it was because the threat was too great, or because there was a strange black orchid growing on the body of President Miaojiang who died with his eyes open, but for a moment no one dared to do anything to the flowerpot. However, everyone still tried to put the flowerpot as far away from themselves as possible.
After Nan Huan recovered, he checked Bei Xi's condition immediately. Her wound was not deep and was healed in a short while. However, before Nan Huan could check the situation on the altar, he heard the sound of something flying rapidly in the air.
The sky suddenly darkened, a strong wind blew up, and no one could open their eyes. Dark clouds descended on the sky without warning.
Nan Huan spent a long time distinguishing before she realized that the dark clouds on the horizon did not seem like static dead objects, but rather like living things that were constantly moving and crowded together. She squinted her eyes, trying to see clearly what it was, but could only make out a vague shadow.
Until suddenly, a tongue of fire appeared in the air without any warning, lighting up half the sky. Against the backdrop of the red flames, the crowded black objects shaped like dragons finally revealed their true appearance.
"Do you see a dragon in the sky? Could it be the Dragon God?" A player from the Anti-One Guild Alliance stared at the sky in amazement and shouted. Before he could finish his words, he was slapped on the back of his head by another player, "Don't you think the one on the altar looks more like the Dragon God?"
"Miss, that is..." Lingyue took a long time to finish her words, and her tone sounded a little stuttering due to her anxiety.
"It's a python, not a snake." Nan Huan responded simply. He was hesitating whether to alert everyone, but then he realized that the appearance of those giant pythons did not seem to be targeting them.
Then the next second, the giant pythons plunged into the sea of fire without saying a word.
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