Chapter 290: White Orchid Rain Festival (Seventy-three)
President Alice didn't understand what the eldest lady meant at first, but when she looked in the direction she pointed, she saw the doll being blown away, while the evil god was still standing intact on the altar, and even his calm eyes showed no greater ripples, as if he didn't care at all about the attack.
"What's going on? Is the system protecting her as well?"
President Alice couldn't believe it. After all, the system had just pulled them out of the previous mission for the sake of so-called fairness, and in the blink of an eye it had become the evil god's umbrella of protection. She really couldn't figure out the purpose of the system doing this.
Instead, Nan Huan glanced at the evil god and dragon god who were occupying one side of the altar, and replied affirmatively, "No, the system is protecting us. We can't attack her, and she can't hurt us directly."
President Alice keenly noticed that the eldest lady used the word "directly". Just because they couldn't hurt them directly didn't mean they couldn't use some indirect method. When she was even more confused, the eldest lady didn't keep her in suspense any longer.
"No matter what the system thinks, it has created a relatively fair environment for the evil god and the dragon god, attempting to use the final 'White Orchid Rain Festival' to verify who can truly descend in the end." The eldest lady looked at the black dragon scale paper in the sky that was exchanged for the giant python's sacrifice, and found that they seemed to have passed a short period of confusion, as if they had found some target, or as if they had finally gathered some kind of power. Then she had to speed up her speech, "So our current goal is not only to complete the main task. If possible, preventing the evil god from descending and allowing the dragon god to descend smoothly is the best result. But if we can't have both, then we must give priority to destroying the evil god's arrival. I have a bad feeling..."
Nan Huan has actually always been very careful about how she expresses herself. Now that Bei Xi has fallen into a coma, she has no choice but to become the decision-maker of the five major guild alliances. She needs to take various aspects into consideration, such as their combat power, the players' mood, and the upcoming battlefield. At this time, it is really inappropriate to say something uncertain and ambiguous to dampen the players' mood or cause panic.
So rationally speaking, she should not have added the last sentence at this time, but ever since she heard the system's prompt to advance the game process, she has been feeling uneasy. This was not simply due to Bei Xi's coma and the lack of their main combat force, but due to the evil god's operations in the thorn bush.
The evil god used the mission to let them enter the thorn bush, perhaps to first use a fictional scene to test the final appearance of the Bai Lan Rain Festival, but for some unknown reason, the evil god suddenly gave up this idea and directly dealt with the residents of Bai Lan City, causing the system to directly speed up the game process and enter the Bai Lan Rain Festival in the real copy.
In other words, the evil god can't wait any longer. The benefits gained from taking such a huge risk must be huge, so the other party is willing to make such a choice. Although Nan Huan is not sure what will be brought about by this behavior, she is very sure that the danger this behavior brings to them and even the impact on the entire game are very great.
The players present were all the best from their respective guilds. After hearing what the young lady said, they all understood the underlying idea: we could fail, but the other party could never succeed. The mission was very difficult, and whether they succeeded or not, they would have to risk their lives. They had already experienced the combat power of the evil god. Although the other party was now in a restricted state and could not directly harm them, the fact that the other party could still control the giant python to create withered dragon scale paper in this state showed that the other party's ability should not be underestimated. Not to mention that if they failed, the evil god's ability would only become more powerful.
"Miss, we all understand the current situation." President Barbie temporarily shifted her attention back because of this sentence. "Considering the relationship between the evil god, Man Wugui, and the entire game, I believe that all the players present will no longer simply regard this game copy as an ordinary copy, and this main quest as an ordinary main quest. We have all been deceived into this game of life and death because of different contracts. I think if one day we can't escape the fate of death, I think we will still want to know the real reason for all this before leaving."
What President Barbie said was very pertinent. Because of the contract, players cannot reveal the reason for their contracts, so President Barbie's wording was very cautious and did not trigger the penalty rules or death rules of the game. However, Nan Huan still saw the heavy consensus in the eyes of all the players except himself.
"Okay, I understand." Nan Huan knew what President Barbie meant by this. She didn't let the other players wait too long. She just raised her head with a clear look in her eyes and looked at everyone seriously. "I will find out the cause and the instigator of all this. As long as I am alive, I can't make any promises to everyone, but as long as I am alive, I will not give up the search for the truth, nor will I give up the search for a way for us to return to normal life."
【bite--
It is detected that the trust level of the potential target Barbie is 80. Do you want to use the skill "I am the eldest lady"?
Note: This skill does not require points to be used. After completing the faith ceremony, Barbie will automatically become the eldest lady's 'die-hard believer'. 】
As soon as Nan Huan finished speaking, he heard a series of prompts from the system.
【bite--
The trust level of the potential target Alice has been detected to be 80. Do you want to use the skill "I am a big lady"?
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【bite--
It is detected that the trust level of the potential target, Hongfen, has reached 80. Do you want to use the skill "I am the eldest lady"?
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【bite--
It is detected that the trust level of the potential target worker is 80. Do you want to use the "I am the eldest lady" skill?
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The reminder sound, like an alarm clock, squeezed into Nan Huan's mind without any explanation. In a trance, she saw that the trust values of all the players in the guild alliance began to change. Even the trust values of several guild leaders suddenly reached a historical high of 80. The trust values of the remaining players varied depending on their level of trust, but all remained above 50.
I don’t know if it was because of Nan Huan’s words that worked, or if they finally let go of everything else under the circumstances and chose to believe that the eldest lady could lead them to find the truth and return to their previous life. In short, their trust in the eldest lady increased to a certain extent.
Nan Huan temporarily rejected the question about using personal skills, then retracted his gaze from the numbers above the heads of other people, "Okay, there's no need to express extra sincerity here. We have more important things to do."
These words moved the remaining players to retract their diverted attention and return their gaze to the sacrifice. After all, the voices from the Anti-One Guild Alliance next door were becoming increasingly noisy, and it seemed that they had different opinions on whether the evil god was an ally or the culprit who killed President Miaojiang.
"Since we entered this instance, the butler has already told us what we need to prepare for the White Orchid Rain Festival. Although he is in league with the evil god and is trying to influence us in some details to make us believers of the evil god, the general process and items required are correct. If we want to complete the White Orchid Rain Festival, we need to rely on these things, just like the evil god created the withered dragon scale paper."
In the distance, the shiny black withered dragon scale papers were flashing a strange light, mixed with an unknown restlessness.
"I remember when the system announced the main quest, there was a hint that only the true saint would be chosen to complete the White Orchid Rain Festival." The Workers' Guild President has taken the lead in following the eldest lady's thoughts and began to diverge, "But the system directly chose to speed up the process, which means that all of us can temporarily use the identity of the candidate saint to perform the Rain Festival. The white orchid that the butler gave each of us is a sacrifice. At the same time, we also have to write the sacrificial words on the withered dragon scale paper. That's basically it. Now we have to find the dragon scale paper first."
"But hasn't our mission about dragon scale paper been upgraded?" The Pink Guild President grasped the key point. "We can't just follow the evil god and find a few giant pythons. Besides, the giant pythons are obviously not on our side, and it's even more impossible for them to volunteer... Hey, why did you hit me?"
Before she could finish her words, President Alice knocked her down, "Although the mission has been upgraded, don't we already know who the trader is? He must have the withered dragon scale paper in his hand. The upgrade of the mission doesn't mean that this thing will disappear for no reason, right?"
"Oh, right, right," the Pink Club President covered the back of her head that was hurt by the blow, and suddenly changed from a depressed state to a very positive look, "Then why are you still standing here? Let's go find it together quickly?"
Of the three traders they had to choose from before, Yizhihua has already been recruited by the eldest lady, and the lantern shop had obviously discussed with the evil god and directly tricked them into the cocoon, so it must be that only Old Man Zhang has the dragon scale paper specially left by the dragon clan. Now all they have to do is find him quickly.
President Hongfen was in a hurry to go find someone, but before she could move, she was held down by President Alice, "Be quiet, haven't you noticed that there has been one person missing from our team since a while ago? By the time you think of this, it will probably be too late. Stand here and wait, don't run around."
Nan Huan was actually happy to see the two of them communicating in this way under such circumstances. It seemed to relax the heavy atmosphere a little bit, but the players of the two guilds naturally didn't think so.
The players of Subcutaneous Bone all knew the relationship between their president and President Alice. They all felt it was unbearable to see the other party ordering their president around like a child.
The players from the Fairy Tale Realm kept pulling at their president's collar from behind, asking him to be more restrained. No one dared to laugh at the Pink President. After all, her illusion could make them experience the most painful thing in their lives at any moment. So they were worried that their president would be standing still in the next second, so they tried their best to stop their president's suicidal behavior.
However, the two parties involved did not care about the opinions of the people around them. They went to the side in a friendly manner and prepared to use force to temporarily establish their authority. However, before they started to fight, they saw the eldest lady glanced at the entrance and her face completely sank. "The result may not be good. We should think of other ways."
Old Man Zhang was not bewitched by the evil god, so he was one of the few people in Bailan City who was conscious. So after coming out of the evil god's thorn bushes and figuring out the current situation, Nan Huan immediately asked Lingyue to find Old Man Zhang to get his things. The other party's consciousness had not dissipated, so his life should not be in danger.
But Lingyue was gone for too long, and communication was interrupted several times, which made Nanhuan feel increasingly uneasy.
The moment the other party stepped into the courtyard, Nan Huan could clearly tell that something must have happened from the other party's running movements, rapid breathing and nervous expression. Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Lingyue was already in front of her.
"I'm sorry, Miss, I didn't find Old Man Zhang." She was running as fast as she could, so her breathing was not very even. But she couldn't take a deep breath at this moment, so she had to report the situation as soon as possible. "I have searched the entire Bailan City and used all the props, but I didn't find him. The entire Bailan City has now become a real empty city. Except for those Bailan City residents who have lost consciousness, there is no normal person left. In addition, Old Man Zhang's yard was completely burned down. Not to mention the withered dragon scale paper, there is not even a blade of grass left."
Lingyue was the one who went to look for him under the order of the eldest lady. She naturally knew how important it was to find Old Man Zhang and how important the dragon scale paper in his hand was. But such a living person just disappeared in Bailan City. The house was also burned cleanly, leaving nothing behind.
"It's not your fault. I was careless," Nan Huan quickly took the responsibility. "It must be that the evil god did something. She knew from the beginning that Old Man Zhang had the withered dragon scale paper in his hand, but he always had a wooden amulet with him, so she couldn't get close to him. But later..."
Later, Old Man Zhang gave the amulet to herself. The evil god must have taken this opportunity to find the other party, but she did not get the dragon scale paper. She was worried that Old Man Zhang hid the dragon scale paper somewhere in the house, so she had to destroy the evidence.
Nan Huan thought at the time that the system would not allow the evil god to do something that violated the fairness of the game, so he did not go directly to find the other party. Instead, he wanted to complete the task of the third shop first and try to get clues. However, he did not expect that the system's restrictions on the evil god were limited to a certain range and were not 100% complete.
"So what should we do now? Will we be unable to complete the White Orchid Rain Festival without this thing?"
Some players in the crowd suddenly spoke up. The situation, which had been taking a turn for the better, suddenly turned out like this. Any normal person would feel frustrated. Except for the eldest lady, the remaining guild presidents all thought of something at the same time. They all looked at the eldest lady silently, but remained silent.
At this moment, the dragon scale papers that had been deadlocked in the sky, either because they had finally accumulated their strength or because they were sure that Nanhuan would not be able to find the dragon scale papers for a while, finally found their target.
They quickly locked onto their target, and while the players were gradually ignoring them, they took advantage of the wind and swooped down into the Anti-One Guild Alliance team at an extremely fast speed.
"I'll find a way to fix the dragon scale paper. The system won't give you a problem that can't be solved. Those fake dragon scale papers have been put into action. Don't let the people on the Gambler Guild's side have a chance to write anything on them. If they can be destroyed, that would be even better."
Nan Huan came back to her senses briefly. Now the opponent was far ahead of her, so she had to temporarily make destroying the opponent's arrival her first goal. In fact, before the eldest lady finished speaking in the communication channel, some players with offensive skills had already run out of the team first, and President Barbie was very careful to leave guards beside the eldest lady and the first president to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to do something else.
The situation on the Gambler's side was not too good either, because after the death of President Miao Jiang, several people in the team headed by the Doll, including the Corpse Driver President, the Judge President, and the players of their guild, all said that since the Evil God could use this method to kill President Miao Jiang, he could naturally destroy himself easily, especially since the other party did not look like a decent person at all.
The Gambler's Guild President knew clearly in his mind that the Miaojiang Guild President was dead, and there was still the black lotus left by the evil god in his body. He had no choice but to go to the evil god and help him complete his descent. Of course, he quickly understood what the evil god needed from the current situation, and also realized something from the doll's attack behavior, so when those black fake dragon scale papers flew down, he even opened his arms to accept them.
The people in the team have two minds, and it is not something that can be completely resolved with just a few words. Moreover, he does not think that the evil god has not thought of this and has set up some backup plan on the fake dragon scale paper, so he is not worried about the current split at all.
The fact was just as the Gambler's Guild President had expected. The first people chosen by the dragon scale papers were players like the Gambler's Guild President who had completely chosen to stand on the side of the evil god. After being touched, the dragon scale papers changed from their original black appearance that could not be seen in its entirety to a real piece of black paper. When it fell into the hands of the Gambler's Guild President, it was not known whether it was accidental or intentional that it directly cut the other party's hand, and the bright red blood was directly printed on the paper.
In an instant, the Gambler's Guild President felt a familiar sacrificial speech emerging in his heart, as if the sacrificial speech had been dormant in his heart and was awakened by the dragon scale paper just now. The next second, he used his cut fingers to begin writing his own sacrificial speech on the fake dragon scale paper.
This feeling doesn't feel like being controlled, but more like I have suddenly become a bystander, watching my every move.
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