Chapter 295: White Orchid Rain Festival (Seventy-eight)
They have tried to get through the black gas in between, but there is currently no way to get through it. There is even the danger of being swallowed up if they get entangled for too long. The players have to temporarily put aside the idea of stopping Man Wugui from continuing to chant the sacrificial words and praying for the birth of the evil god.
After President Barbie's attempt to take the dragon scale paper failed, President Alice and the others reached out to wake up the young lady, but the young lady was just like she was at the beginning, with no reaction at all. The dragon scale paper was getting redder and redder, the young lady's face was getting paler and paler, and the Dragon God showed no signs of recovery and was getting weaker and weaker.
The figures of the Gambler's Guild President and other players next door could no longer be seen, and Man Wugui was the only one left in the entire courtyard. However, even so, she alone exerted the momentum of thousands of troops, and the torn hole in the air was still transmitting a steady stream of black air.
The prompts of the main task are still vivid in my mind. If you become the chosen saint and successfully complete the Bai Lanyu Festival, you can obtain the fragments of the faith totem, or if you successfully survive the Bai Lanyu Festival, you can still leave the dungeon alive.
Originally their goal was to pray for the Dragon God to descend while preventing the birth of the evil god, but now it seems that they have lost the opportunity to pray for the Dragon God to descend. After all, the eldest lady has been angry for such a long time, but the Dragon God did not get better immediately, and he did not want to recover some strength because of the eldest lady's prayers just now, so the players have lost information about the first goal.
Although the eldest lady had said before that after the evil god was born, perhaps something even more terrifying would happen, but the reality was that they couldn't even get close to Man Wugui now, let alone stop him.
President Barbie was one of the few remaining presidents who had not completely despaired because of the current situation and still had a trace of rationality. The moment she looked at President Alice, President Workers and President Red Pink, they had confirmed in the brief eye contact that they had to pull the young lady out of the sacrifice first, and save her life no matter what. Even if the evil god was really born later, they could still think of other ways and could not let the young lady waste any more time on the matter of the Dragon God.
But unexpectedly, the young lady couldn't be awakened at all. The blood-red words on the dragon scale paper were still flashing, as if she had not completely given up.
Lingyue was also worried, but she had no other choice. She knew that the reason why the young lady couldn't be woken up was because she didn't want to wake up. But although the Dragon God was in a bad condition, the sacrificial words on the dragon scale paper were still flashing. Did this mean that there were other ways?
"Why are you going crazy at this time?" The Red Pink President was not paying attention when she saw Lingyue sitting next to the eldest lady. She imitated her and made eye contact and began to recite the sacrificial words. She quickly slapped her on the forehead and said, "You won't be able to wake them up later. When your president and the eldest lady wake up and come to us for help, where can I find someone for them? Stand still and don't get involved."
President Hongfen's spirit was almost on the verge of collapse. The remaining five players from the guild disappeared in the blink of an eye. Now President Yi and the eldest lady were in an uncertain state of life and death. She didn't dare to lose another person in the team, so she pulled Lingyue up and threw her to Nineteen, who was worried that he might bring President Yi here at some point.
"No," Lingyue usually only communicated smoothly with the eldest lady. If she was farther away, she would only communicate with players from one guild. She was not the type who was good at communicating with other guilds and players. She thought no one noticed her. Now she was suddenly pulled by the Red Pink Guild President and had to explain dryly, "I saw that the words on the dragon scale paper did not disappear, but were still flashing, and the eldest lady has not woken up. Maybe she is unwilling to give up. Maybe we should try again. There is still a possibility?"
The condition of the Dragon God is getting worse and worse, which is obvious to all, and the condition of the eldest lady is not good either. Even if the Dragon God still has a chance, in the current situation, it is useless even if the eldest lady is exhausted. Therefore, most of the players have almost given up on this main task. In addition, the appearance of Man Wugui and the disappearance of other players in an instant have made the players' not-so-good mood even worse.
"Don't make things worse. If you have time, you should try to find a way to wake the young lady up as soon as possible." The Red Pink President rejected her proposal without a second thought. After all, she didn't dare to take any more risks. "The young lady said before that once the evil god comes, unimaginable things will happen. Although we don't know what it is, more people means more strength. As long as we can get out of here alive, we still have a chance. So staying alive is the most important thing. Do you understand?"
In fact, President Hongfen rarely spoke in such a serious tone, but she did not force Lingyue to take any measures. After admonishing her, she turned her head and looked at President Barbie and the others, "We have to deploy as soon as possible. The players from the other five guilds disappeared almost instantly. If we follow the requirements of the main quest, we only need to survive until the end of the sacrificial ceremony..."
The remaining four presidents have already begun to formulate a retreat and concealment plan. They are very clear that the evil god in normal state is no match for them all put together, so the option of a head-on attack is out of the question. If the completion of the sacrificial activities means that as long as a god descends, it does not matter whether it is the evil god or the dragon god, then there should be a glimmer of hope for them.
The other players, except Lingyue and Nineteen, seemed to have finally found their backbone and listened carefully to the deployment of their respective presidents.
Their leader was still in a coma, and now even the eldest daughter had no reaction. They really looked like two homeless children, but neither of them had too much worry on their faces. Nineteen was thoughtful about what Lingyue had just said, "Don't worry about it. Even if there is still a glimmer of hope, don't you find that our prayers are different from the eldest daughter's?"
Lingyue was injecting medicine into the eldest lady to replenish her strength, but she looked like she didn't want to give up. After hearing what Nineteen said, a look of confusion appeared on her face.
"Devoted faith is not that simple, otherwise the prayer of the Gambler's Guild President would have worked, instead of us taking the lead. The young lady has a different identity and her beliefs are naturally different from ours. But I agree with you that it is not time to despair yet..."
"Don't you need to explain it to them?"
Lingyue pointed at the players behind her who had already started to act according to the deployment, and was a little confused. Nineteen was very smart, so her words would definitely be more useful than her own.
However, Nineteen still shook his head. "But what Guild President Hongfen said is right. Miss is not in a good condition right now. Whether she can hold on to the end depends on luck. We two can rely on this bit of luck, but other players can't. What's more, our team leader is still unconscious. If we really reach a desperate situation later, we can't become a burden to everyone, right? I believe that if the Guild President wakes up, he will make the same choice."
Lingyue didn't say anything else, because she knew that just like the eldest lady had just asked her to guard the crowd and not let anyone get close, the eldest lady and the president would always make the same choice.
"But there is one thing I want to make clear to you. If Miss wakes up in a while, I will take her away immediately. After all, I promised the president that you don't want Miss to die here, right?"
Lingyue nodded sharply to make her position clear. Although she agreed to the eldest lady's request, at this moment, nothing was more important than the other person's life.
Nan Huan was actually unaware of what was happening in the outside world, because she was desperately trying to find the breath of the Dragon God in a state of meditation and establish some kind of connection with him, but the process was not smooth.
I am Xiao Bailan, and no one believes in you more than me.
I was born into this world because of you, and this world has become a much better place because of your existence.
The gentle breeze blowing through the mountains is your gentle care, the colorful butterflies lingering around my ears are your childlike company, the sunny days are you accompanying me, and the stormy days are you protecting me. At that time, I thought that those silent days would be the happiest time of my life.
But later, when I was able to live with you in human form, I understood what it meant that desires are endless. When one desire is satisfied, another desire will be born. This is called greed.
But the root of all your suffering is because of my birth. Sometimes I wonder, if I were not there, would you still be living a carefree life in that chaos, never having to see the dangers of the world, and never having to endure so many hardships.
In the chaos, Nan Huan seemed to see scenes from the past again, and a voice emerged in her heart. She couldn't tell whether it was her own or Xiao Bailan's, or maybe they were the same person, but those memories were forgotten by Nan Huan for some reason.
When she finished her last sentence, the entire chaotic space shook violently for a while, as if someone did not agree with her idea of never showing up. Nan Huan seemed to have finally caught a little bit of the Dragon God's breath from the shaking, and she was ecstatic.
I know you can hear me, right?
If you don't agree with what I say, please wake up quickly and refute me. Do you think that if you leave me by dying together with the evil god, I can continue to live alone with peace of mind?
I told you it's impossible. Have you forgotten the previous experiences? I won't live alone. A world without you, even if it's sunny and bright, is far inferior to the empty world when I was born. So don't leave me alone.
I believe in you devoutly. Those so-called trials are not important at all. It is because we are disdainful that we have come to this point today. Shouldn't you wake up quickly and show that prophet that we have been right all along?
These words that were suppressed in Xiao Bailan's heart, poured out all at once through Nan Huan's mouth. The chaotic world was still shaking violently, and the breath of the Dragon God was also increasing, but there seemed to be some subtle differences. However, Nan Huan could no longer care about so much at this time, and had to keep going. She had already memorized the sacrificial words.
The chaotic world began to shake, a crack appeared in the gray sky, and sunlight came through the crack.
Nineteen and Lingyue, who were guarding Nan Huan, were the first to notice something was wrong because they were the first to hear a banging sound. At first they thought that the sound was from Man Wugui next door who was doing something weird again. But after they observed that Man Wugui was still praying devoutly and there was no movement at all, they realized that the sound seemed to come from the eldest lady.
But before the two of them could figure out the source of the sound, they saw something flying out from the eldest lady's body at a very fast speed and stopped directly in the air above the altar in front of them.
Then the two of them took a closer look and realized that it was the dragon-shaped wooden amulet that the eldest lady got from Old Man Zhang in the linear mission. It was only the size of a palm, and because of the lifelike carving, it looked very vivid, but at this moment it was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the layer of wood attached to its body was slowly detaching in a strange form, until the scales inside were revealed, which looked very similar to those of a dragon god.
And after it began to grow wildly at a certain speed, the Dragon God, which had not changed for a long time, finally seemed to be connected with the eldest lady. The color that had been almost faded suddenly began to recover, from light pink to bright red, and the dragon bone that had been displaced was also restored inch by inch.
"What's going on here?" President Alice turned around and suddenly saw two dragons on the altar. She was a little confused. "What's going on? Miss accidentally invited two dragons?"
Her mood fluctuated so much that she had not yet recovered from the tension of facing the strongest combat force. When she turned around, she found that the eldest lady had actually persisted and her voice became much higher-pitched, which attracted the other players to turn around and check. However, this joy did not last too long, because there was movement on Man Wugui's side.
To be precise, unlike the eldest lady who worked silently and then suddenly appeared like a bolt from the blue, the evil god had been recovering at a visible speed since Man Wugui began to chant the sacrificial words.
The disappeared black air soon returned to its original position because of the Wugui prayers. Even because of the Wugui prayers, her body gradually turned from virtual to real. At first it was just a large piece of black air, and then it turned into a human-like substance composed of black air, and finally a familiar figure stood on the altar.
"Miss...Miss?" President Hongfen was so surprised that she almost lost her voice. She kept pulling at President Alice's sleeve, as if she had encountered something inexplicable.
President Alice subconsciously grabbed the other's wrist and said without turning her head, "I know it's shocking, right? It's also the first time I've seen two dragons so imposing. Why are you stuttering while you're talking... um?"
But before President Alice could finish her words, President Hongfen slapped her on the back of the head, and then forcibly turned her head around to face the evil god again. Seeing the shadow on the altar that was almost indistinguishable from a human image, she finally understood why President Hongfen suddenly stuttered.
"Although he looks almost identical to the eldest lady except for his eyes, this person doesn't look like a good person at all."
President Alice finally found her voice, and even at this time, she still didn't forget to make a joke.
Maybe she was too calm, or maybe what she said made some sense, so after she finished speaking, the remaining players actually thought about what she said, felt that she was right, and temporarily stood there, observing each other.
"What are you looking at?" President Alice was just talking nonsense in a nervous state. Seeing that everyone was still in the mood, she quickly scolded, "Didn't you see that she has completed the ritual and completely transformed into a human form? What are you still standing there for? Get into a fighting stance and capture her. Is the young lady still here? We didn't help her just now, so we must not let her down now. If the young lady wakes up and sees that you can't even stop a faker, where will my face be?"
President Barbie couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, but she also knew that they had to guard this last barrier, otherwise the eldest lady's final effort would be in vain.
Then, without her further instructions, the remaining players had already formed the formation they had previously agreed upon and were guarding behind the black gas barrier. However, their mood at this moment was very different from before.
If it was a hopeless battle before, then now the only chance of survival is behind me. How can I let the enemy break through me and reach my back?
But they also had to admit that when they confirmed that the enemy had a face exactly like the young lady, they felt a little crazy for a moment.
Although the two have completely different temperaments, the evil god's eyes are completely black, and even if the face is exactly the same, when it is placed on her, just as President Alice said, the other party always gives people a sinister feeling.
Just when everyone was concentrating and thinking that the evil god had a physical body and would come directly towards them, but contrary to everyone's expectations, after she gained enough energy and had her own body, the first thing the evil god did was to hold the already weak Man Wugui in her arms. A pair of wings made of black air stretched out from behind her, and she carefully wrapped Man Wugui in the black air. Then the black air took Man Wugui and disappeared in front of everyone.
In the next second, in full view of everyone, the evil god passed through the black gas in the blink of an eye. The black gas poured towards everyone like a wave. The attack came too suddenly and many players did not react at all. Fortunately, President Alice reacted the fastest and used the Rabbit Hole skill to save the front few players and prevented them from being contaminated by the black gas. Otherwise, they would have become like the other five guild players who disappeared.
The evil god was more aggressive than they had imagined. They could hardly catch sight of his movements. If they did not have more people and better props, they would have been wiped out the moment the other party attacked.
And at this time, in the back, Lingyue discovered that the eldest lady's condition was not good at all.
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