Chapter 292: White Orchid Rain Festival (Part 75)
Although Nineteen did not fully understand what the eldest lady meant, she was already clear that the eldest lady specifically told Lingyue these words because, on the one hand, the other party seemed to have anticipated some situations due to her personal skills, and it would be more appropriate for her to be responsible for handling the emergencies later, while she was left here to protect the safety of the president.
"Keep in touch at all times. The situation may not be that bad. Even if it comes to an absolute last resort, I know what choice the president would make if he were awake now."
Nineteen didn't waste any words, because the Anti-One Guild Alliance, led by the Gambler President, had already started to talk nonsense, and they didn't have much time left. After she gave instructions to Lingyue, she took a few people to guard the President.
Lingyue understood the meaning of her words, and the uneasiness in her heart eased a little. She just nodded heavily and ran towards the direction of the eldest lady.
On the other hand, because the black lotus on the body of the Gambler's Guild played a subtle role, the Anti-One Guild Alliance that was temporarily abandoned by President Barbie and others made great progress. The new black energy released by the Evil God was all used to stop Yizhihua from rushing into the sea of fire. However, President Barbie's focus at this time was all on clearing the roadblocks. There is strength in numbers, and the Evil God is still restricted, so the lethality of the black energy is not strong. Yizhihua saw the opportunity, turned over and jumped directly into the sea of fire.
She did not look back, nor did she leave any words, nor did she even give the players time to say goodbye or express regret. However, because of this situation, everyone felt so heavy-hearted that they were speechless.
The eldest lady had rushed to the front of the sea of fire in a short time. The red fire set off her thin but firm body, making her look like a god in a myth. Seeing this scene made the players feel a little better.
However, this situation did not last long, because almost at the moment when the flower disappeared into the sea of fire, the eldest lady's body caught fire without any warning.
At first, the players didn't realize that the flames were not the reflection of the sea of fire, but more like they were burning directly from the young lady's body. Sparks soon jumped on her snow-white wings, but the strange thing was that the flames seemed to be torturing the young lady, making her feel the pain of burns, but did not leave any marks on her body.
In this state of severe pain, Nan Huan could only barely maintain his balance, staying at the nearest position, waiting for Dragon Scale Paper to emerge from the flames.
As for the current situation, or the prompt about "backlash" that he heard again a few seconds ago, Nan Huan had actually foreseen it. At that time, in order to protect Yizhihua's name, he made her his believer. It was not like he had to deal with those dry bones personally. Nan Huan barely failed to stop Yizhihua's suicide this time, but it was obvious that in the system's shallow understanding, this was also an act of not protecting believers, and naturally suffered backlash.
Last time, she used the bloody plague to deal with those dry bones, and suffered the backlash and experienced the same effects of the bloody plague. This time, she did not stop a flower from entering the sea of fire, so naturally she had to experience the pain of being burned.
The fire did not leave any marks on her body, but Nan Huan could feel the burning sensation on her skin. Soon the pain began to invade her inner flesh. The fire flowed through every pore, into her bones and flesh. She could no longer tell what the pain felt like, because her whole body felt like being repeatedly roasted in a high-temperature oven.
When the players reacted, they had already started using props in a hurry to put out the fire on the young lady and pull her down from mid-air.
Although Lingyue did not follow the eldest lady into the evil god's thorn bush, she knew that A Liu and Yizhihua had become the eldest lady's believers. After all, she had once asked the eldest lady to do so, but the eldest lady did not agree. So now she finally understood why the eldest lady had said those words to her before.
Without having time to think, she wrapped a piece of clothing directly around the eldest lady's body, trying to put out the fire, but it had no effect at all. The clothing was draped over the eldest lady's body, but it did not block the fire at all. Lingyue even saw that the fire seemed to be growing on the eldest lady's body.
However, when President Barbie, President Alice, President Pink and President Workers saw this situation, they did not rush around the eldest lady like everyone else, but directly pulled her down from mid-air.
"Don't get close to her yet, the props are useless," President Barbie finally settled the eldest lady in a place, and then hurriedly told others to pay attention to the appearance of dragon scale paper.
"Why does the backlash look like this?"
Although Lingyue had glimpsed some facts due to her personal skills, it did not mean that she knew everything. For example, she had never realized that the "backlash" would be like this, so she had to ask President Barbie, who seemed to know more details than her.
"I don't know the details, but it was like this in the thorn bush," President Barbie was in a dilemma. The eldest lady's consciousness had been evaporated by the high temperature and the fact that President Yi hadn't woken up made her even more worried. "It should be some kind of personal skill of the eldest lady. The system set up a mandatory rule based on this. The purpose is to punish the eldest lady, and only punish the eldest lady. But when they were in the thorn bush, President Yi hadn't fainted yet, so the eldest lady finally made it through, but now..."
Her mind was in a mess, and she didn't care about the other players present. She just instinctively narrated the information about the eldest lady. After all, Lingyue could say the word "backlash", and maybe the other party would have some way. She said all this as if she was desperate and looked at Lingyue with expectant eyes, "So do you know if there is any other way?"
Silence is the most useless at this time, but no one has any answer now. The burnt smell in the air stimulates the hearts of every player.
Boom boom boom——
There was a loud crashing sound coming from the distance, with obvious anxiety, as if some giant beast was eager to get out of its cage.
The players looked towards the source of the sound and saw the shadow on the right side of the altar which had faded even further. The system's restrictions on the Evil God and the Dragon God were obviously different, or perhaps their initial states were completely different. Therefore, when the Evil God was controlled, in addition to being unable to directly harm the players, he could also use his black energy to create some trouble for the players or achieve his own goals.
But the Dragon God was different. She was always like a giant beast trapped in a small space. She had already lost most of her vitality due to the control of the evil god. Now seeing Nan Huan's burning appearance, she thought of something bad. She tried desperately to leave this foot and a half inch, but she was powerless, so she had to use her body to hit the invisible cage.
Her eyes were completely filled with scarlet, as if when the little white orchid was destroyed thousands of years ago, after so many years, the other party was still suffering because of her. This realization made her even more irritable.
Nan Huan still had a slight consciousness now. On the one hand, she understood that this backlash was different from the one in the evil god's thorn bush, and it should not last too long. She just had to endure it. On the other hand, she was always thinking about the dragon scale paper. She didn't want to let Yizhihua's efforts go to waste, and she didn't dare to faint completely.
"Didn't I tell you not to let anyone get close to you?"
Nan Huan opened his mouth with difficulty, looking at Lingyue who was nearby giving him water and replenishing his water, and asked helplessly.
"Anyway, the fire can't burn us, so it won't affect anything." Lingyue sniffed. She could see the pain on the eldest lady's face, and the smile she forced out to avoid worrying them. "You already knew it, so why didn't you stop Yizhihua? Is it worth it?"
Lingyue is different from other players in the guild. When she first got to know the eldest lady, it was from her predictive skills. She knew very well who the other person was even before she got to know her. Her trust in the eldest lady had reached the standard of a believer since the first time they met, so she now feels a little unfair about the eldest lady's actions just now.
After all, she felt that there must be some players from other guilds who, after seeing how the eldest lady treated Yizhihua, although they knew that the other party was doing it for the sake of the entire group, might still feel uncomfortable in their hearts.
Not only did the young lady shoulder such a responsibility alone, but she also suffered all the pain she deserved. She was not even sure how long this so-called "backlash" would last, or whether the other party could survive it, so her tone was a bit aggressive.
"If it were you, you would make the same choice as me, right?"
Nan Huan could no longer control the expression on her face. The high temperature still made her head dizzy and it was difficult for her to absorb the oxygen in the air. However, she still spoke softly.
Normally, Lingyue would carry out any order from the young lady without any compromise, except this time when her life was in danger. She also never expressed any opposition to the young lady's words, but firmly supported them. However, after hearing what the other party said this time, she suddenly became like a child and said, "No, I will definitely stop Yizhihua. What does this mission and this world have to do with me? If I were you, I would take the chairman with me wherever he goes and would not care about this mess anymore."
She said this in a loud voice and did not hide it from other players on purpose. Of course, she did not say it on purpose in order to gain any sympathy from them. This was completely different for the young lady now. She just felt that no matter in the scene she saw with her prophet skills or in the actual game process, things seemed to be developing step by step towards a situation she did not want to see. This made her feel incompetent and she could only do nothing in the face of this situation.
After hearing Lingyue's words, the other players couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
Indeed, just as Lingyue said, even if the eldest lady and the first president were the first to discover this copy, and even that something was wrong with this game world, they could selfishly ignore it. With the abilities of the two of them and the ability of a guild, they could really be hands-off and at least have peace for a certain period of time. But it seems that the eldest lady is trying to save more people in every copy she enters, and is also taking the initiative to assume more responsibilities.
"You don't understand..." Maybe talking to Lingyue distracted her briefly and made her not pay attention to the pain in her body, but before she could finish her words, her whole body suddenly spasmed and the unfinished words were strangled in her throat.
And suddenly, a piece of golden paper jumped out from the sea of fire which had been silent for a long time. At the same time, the fire that was wrapped around the young lady was extinguished instantly.
President Barbie and the others had already made preparations. As soon as the fire stopped, they cooled down the fire, used medicines, and thoughtfully arranged a few people to take down the dragon scale paper as soon as it appeared.
The people guarding the sea of fire were of no use in the end, because that piece of golden dragon scale paper, unlike those fake ones, did not need to spend time accumulating strength and looking for the target. The moment it emerged from the sea of fire, it locked onto the eldest lady.
"Time is running out," Nan Huan forced herself to stay alert after a few breaths. The pain in her body had not completely disappeared, and her face was still extremely pale. "Send a few people to continue to interfere with the people on the Gambler's side, and the rest of you start praying to me devoutly. I hope we are not too late and can make it in time."
"The birth of the evil god..."
With the blessing of the evil god's black lotus, the Gambler's Guild President and other players from the Anti-One Guild Alliance wrote notes with their own blood on the fake dragon scale paper. And without knowing when, they all knelt down in unison, reciting unfamiliar sacrificial words, writing them stroke by stroke on the dragon scale paper.
Nan Huan briefly explained what to do next, and then her attention was attracted by the real dragon scale paper in her hand. To be precise, once she came into contact with this thing, her mind seemed to become much clearer, and all those trivial matters disappeared in an instant. Her mind became much quieter, and a sacrificial speech gradually emerged.
Nan Huan didn't know what was broken on his finger, so he tried it and found that he could just write the sacrificial words on the withered dragon scale paper.
But the moment she put pen to paper, Nan Huan felt that this withered dragon scale paper seemed to be alive. When the wound on her finger touched the dragon scale paper, she could clearly feel her blood being sucked away bit by bit by something. She couldn't be sure whether it was the words on the dragon scale paper or the dragon scale paper itself.
It seems that writing the sacrificial words is not that simple. Except for the players who stayed and began to pray devoutly, President Barbie brought a few players to continue to interfere with the situation on the Gambler's side. They soon discovered that compared with before, both the Gambler's President and other players were much thinner than before.
Yes, they were shrunken, just like a normal person who had lost a lot of water in a short period of time. Looking at the dark red color all over the fake dragon scale paper wrapped in black air, President Barbie was sure that they had lost more than just water. "Oh no."
She realized belatedly that the eldest lady seemed to have deliberately concealed the truth about the prayer from them. When she rushed back to the big and small Ji, she had already seen the dazzling gold on the golden dragon scale paper. Moreover, unlike the gambler's guild president who could be woken up at the beginning, the eldest lady was now completely unable to be woken up, and only the blood in her body was constantly flowing out.
This was the last piece of dragon scale paper. President Barbie and the remaining presidents were not willing to take any risks. They could immediately decide on a person to replace the eldest lady, no matter who among the four presidents it was. She thought they should all be prepared, but they didn't know if it would be effective to replace themselves, and whether it would be a waste of the only dragon scale paper. Among so many potted flowers, only the one raised by the eldest lady could be called a 'white jasmine'. The other party was the saint who deserved to be chosen.
If they had known the news before, they would have definitely felt relieved, after all, the real saint was in their team. But now that they saw what it took to write the sacrificial words, no one could be happy.
"What's going on? Do we need to write the sacrificial words in blood?" The Red Pink Guild President was slow to realize the key point. "How long is this sacrificial word? Several players on the Gambler Guild's side are almost unable to hold on. They have no reaction at all. What about the young lady? Her injuries just now haven't healed completely yet? What kind of perverted Bai Lanyu Festival is this?"
She had barely even breathed a sigh of relief because the young lady had survived the fire, but suddenly she discovered a more serious problem. Her throat seemed to split and her questioning tone became much higher.
"I don't think blood is the most serious problem," the Workers' Union President grabbed the hair on the back of her head that was already sticking up, adding another dose of drastic medicine to the situation that was already worse. However, it was obvious that the Workers' Union President's emotional intelligence was not very low. He said this without greeting everyone first, which not only scared the others, but also seemed to be cursing the young lady, because as soon as she spoke, she received several cold stares for no reason.
Before the Vice President of the Tenth Guild, Invisible Man, could use the gesture of pulling the corner of his clothes to signal his president to be more tactful, he saw President Barbie waving at the other players who were glaring at him, and then turned to the Workers' President, "Please explain it in detail. Is there anything else we should pay attention to? Or did we miss something?"
She knew that the Workers' President had no ill intentions. During the time they had been together, she knew that due to her personal skills, the Big Workers' President often appeared to be in trouble, but in fact she was very smart and could always quickly catch up with the Big Miss's thinking and discover the highlights of the tasks, so she knew that since the other party said that, she must have discovered something.
"I'm sorry, that's not what I meant." The Workers' Guild President realized that what he said just now was a little inappropriate. "Of course I hope that the young lady is safe. What I mean is that according to the previous mission prompts, blood should not be the first thing that puts the young lady in danger. After all, among the three of devout faith, bright red blood and withered dragon scale paper, bright red blood seems to be the most middle-class one."
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