Chapter 262: White Orchid Rain Festival (Part 45)
【bite--
No dragon aura was detected in the cocoon, and the player's character image was not generated...】
Before Bei Xi opened his eyes, the system started to act up again, emitting an electric sound that tortured his ears.
【bite--
The breath of dragons has been detected in the cocoon, and the player's character image is being generated...
Failed to generate the player's character...
Changes in the task operation within this cocoon have been detected. Warning, warning...
Unknown error has been corrected, unknown error has been corrected...】
The system seemed to be having a seizure. Bei Xi listened for a long time but still couldn't figure out what was going on. However, because the previous system errors were all caused by Man Wugui, he was ready to fight the moment he opened his eyes.
However, unexpectedly, she did not see any factors related to Man Wugui in the cocoon. Besides her, the only thing in the pure white space was the dragon-shaped wooden amulet floating in front of her.
Everything just happened so fast that Bei Xi didn't have time to confirm it until she saw the dragon-shaped wooden amulet surrounded by a faint red color, which was very similar to the dark red on the dragon god she had seen before. Then she finally understood that this thing was not something Nan Huan asked her to keep for her own safety. It was also true that she saw it turn into a cocoon to stop her from touching other lanterns.
"Don't just stand there. The energy and strength I drew from her are not enough to last long."
Under Bei Xi's cautious gaze, the amulet spoke first. Its voice was very similar to Bei Xi's. Except that it seemed a little labored due to physical reasons, there was almost no difference.
"Inside the cocoon are dragons controlled by the evil god. They are the last of their kind. If someone enters the cocoon and kills them, that would be terrible."
The red light around it expanded outwards because of the urgent tone, turning into a faint red light and flying into the air.
It fell on the white cloud-like boundary, and like cotton candy meeting water, it spread outward rapidly, and then formed one transparent mirror after another, and those mirrors reflected the conditions inside the other cocoons. Bei Xi discovered the cocoon where Nan Huan was at the first time.
After all, the dragon god with his own face and a long red tail is very eye-catching among the dragons.
"Anan just reminded our people not to rush into action. So half of the people here will not be so anxious, but the situation of the other half is hard to say," Bei Xi reacted quickly. Although she was very confused about the identity of the amulet and why this task required the player to become exactly the same as the dragon in the cocoon the moment he entered the cocoon, she knew from the tone of the amulet that the first issue was not to care about these things. "Since you can let me see the situation in other cocoons, can't you just stop it?"
The amulet was small and lifelike in carving. It was almost proportionally smaller than the Dragon God. Bei Xi took a closer look and found that the other party's facial features were no longer dull and lifelike, but had become very lively.
But I don't know if it's because the man and the dragon can feel the familiar breath of each other, or because from the look of the Dragon God's face, they seem to have some kind of close connection. If Nan Huan were here, he would definitely hug this little thing in his arms, but Bei Xi never got close to her, and the amulet always kept a certain distance from her.
"I only had too little contact with her, and she..."
The amulet hesitated for a moment, and felt that the following words were not appropriate, so he did not finish them directly, but changed his words, "My current power is still very weak. I can only intervene in the setting of the cocoon to this extent without being discovered. The scope of my intervention is very limited..."
Bei Xi derived several pieces of information from the other party's words. First, the 'she' the other party was referring to was undoubtedly Nan Huan. Second, the power of the amulet was greater than they imagined. If the other party was the small wooden sculpture that was separated from the Dragon God's body at that time, there should be a way to awaken the other party's power, but it did not state it directly, perhaps because of the limitations of the game or other reasons. Third, it could intervene in other cocoons, but could not completely prevent everything that happened in the cocoons.
"Then take action first and limit the contact between the two parties."
After comprehensive consideration, Bei Xi quickly came up with a very effective solution.
After the attempt to trap President Yi and the eldest lady in the evil god's charm realm failed yesterday, President Gambler and President Miaojiang almost fell into the hands of the two. If it weren't for the housekeeper's sudden room inspection, he would not know what the situation is now.
But at the same time, it also made the president of the Supervisor's Association more aware of the power of the evil god. However, after he returned to the high priest's mansion, no matter what method he used, he could not make the black lotus in his body reappear. He also went to find the housekeeper, and kept testing the existence of the evil god and whether it had anything to do with the high priest, but the housekeeper avoided the question.
If it weren't for the actual feelings during the mission and the sight of the black lotus, the Gambler's Guild President would have thought that it was all a dream.
So in the morning, he had to follow the main force to the lantern shop. After all, if the evil god's actions in the mission made the Gambler's Guild President realize that the other party also seemed to want to get rid of the first president and the eldest lady.
If the other party is unwilling to show up, do you need to show your loyalty first? So although the Gambler's Guild President came to the Lantern Shop, what he was thinking about in his mind was how to use the tasks that might be triggered to deal with the president and the young lady, especially after a night of cooling off, his restricted personal skills can finally be used again.
The Gambler's Guild President was full of confidence, but he did not expect that the trigger of this side quest was actually a single-player item. Before he could react, he was sucked into the white thing that was said to be a lantern, but was actually a cocoon-like thing.
He is a common man. Since he cannot kill the president and the eldest lady for the time being, he might as well complete the task first. The system's prompts this time are much easier to understand than before. It is better to strike first and gain the upper hand. This is what he is best at.
Just when he wanted to observe the opponent's appearance and determine its weaknesses before taking action, he was shocked to find that the opponent was almost identical to the dragon he had seen up close in the pawn ticket. Then, the moment he lowered his head, he discovered that he had turned into a dragon for the second time in this copy.
The Gambler's Guild President belatedly realized the intention behind this mission. It seemed that those awakened dragons were all controlled in the cocoons, so now the system wanted to use them to kill these dragons.
But this seems to be inconsistent with the plot outline of the copy, or...
The Gambler's Guild President narrowed his eyes and felt a sense of déjà vu from this side quest, but he was very cautious and did not act immediately. He just used a prop to avoid the opponent's attack.
Use the time of dodging to activate your own personal skills.
[If I kill the dragon, how much impact will it have on a guild getting the Faith Totem Fragment of this instance or winning this instance?]
There is a limit to the number of times he can ask questions using his personal skill, and the Gambler President is unwilling to waste time on other issues, but he is not sure what the connection is between these two seemingly unrelated events.
Just when he thought that his personal skill might not be activated because of this problem, the Gambler's Guild President seemed to sense something, and closed his eyes incredulously, and golden light flowed.
When I opened my eyes again, my left hand was 70% and my right hand was 30%.
There is a 70% probability that there will be an impact, which is simply unbelievable for the Gambler's Guild President. For a gambler, even a 1% probability means it is possible, but now it has reached an astonishing 70%, which is simply an invitation for the Gambler's Guild President to take action.
His own skills are not offensive, but that does not prevent him from having a few hunting props in his hands, which can help him fight with the dragon behind him. Especially from just now, he discovered that the dragon behind him, not knowing whether it was because he was trapped here or for some other reason, his ability was much weaker than the ones he had seen in the pawn ticket.
The Gambler's Guild President used inertia and after a turn, he suddenly turned around and wanted to use the weapon in his hand to hit the dragon behind him. Just when he was about to succeed, the entire pure white space shook violently. On the mirror-like transparent ground under his feet, a transparent barrier quickly rose up, accompanied by lightning, separating the two dragons that were originally entangled together and looked almost the same in appearance.
【bite--
Changes in living conditions inside the cocoon have been detected, and side quests are beginning to escalate...】
The system prompt sounded, and the Gambler's Guild President was forced to retract his weapon. He looked at the other side through the transparent barrier and saw the dragon clan grinning at him. He had been thinking about other things just now, but now he realized that the condition of this dragon clan was not right. After all, the dragon clan he had seen in the pawn ticket before was not so brutal that it would attack anyone it saw.
Moreover, this mission is a bit strange. It has just begun and he has not triggered any fundamental changes. Why would the environment change for no reason? And it seems that the system is not the one that directly contributed to this change. Why does the mission suddenly need to be upgraded?
Just as the Gambler's Guild President was puzzled, the sound of Zila's electricity suddenly stopped, and then the system's sound returned to its original state.
[It has been detected that the living environment has returned to its original state, and the side quest remains unchanged. 】
The Gambler's Guild President frowned and found that the transparent barrier in front of him did not disappear because of the system's prompt, but the side quest did not change. He tried the barrier in front of him and found that it could not be broken by props or skills at all. At the same time, he felt subtle changes in his body.
Except for the players and the president of a guild alliance, who did not actively attack after hearing the eldest lady's words and entered the cocoon, but were still observing the environment inside, the other players had already started to attack, but none of them achieved any good results as they were all interrupted by this strange prompt from the system. After they reacted, they discovered barriers that they could not cross no matter what, as well as subtle changes in their bodies.
Bei Xi, who was in the cocoon, naturally heard the system's prompt sound. She looked at Nan Huan in the mirror and found that the other party had finally been able to take a break from being chased, so she withdrew her gaze.
"The system can't sense your presence?" Bei Xi didn't know how the other party did it, but this situation didn't seem to solve the fundamental problem. "The barrier can't be broken, the mission can't be completed, so they can only be trapped in the cocoon now?"
The amulet said with some embarrassment, "It can sense it, but for some reason, all the changes I made will be rationalized by it, and then some other details will be derived. Now it depends on her."
The amulet seemed a little afraid to look into Beixi's eyes, as if it had noticed something, and first turned its gaze to Nanhuan in the mirror.
Listening to the incoherent prompts from the system, Nan Huan knew something was wrong, but now the communication channel was blocked and no one else could be contacted, so she could only figure it out on her own. Before she could smooth out the scales that had stood up due to her rapid hiding, she felt that her hands were out of her control and stopped in mid-air.
The Dragon God, who was blocked by the barrier, looked like he had lost his mind. He wanted to swallow himself into his stomach and kept hitting the transparent barrier.
The pure white space suddenly changed inside, and a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the air. Everything in front of her disappeared instantly, including the pure white border like cotton candy and the transparent water surface that could reflect her expression like a mirror. The whole space became gloomy, but not completely dark, except for the transparent barrier that was still standing in the center. Nan Huan observed that the environment on the opposite side also began to change, as if in sync with the side she was on.
Her body was changing. Her upper body, which originally maintained a human appearance, was gradually disappearing and she turned into a real dragon. Then, boundless darkness continued to attack her, and she seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Although Nan Huan could not move, she could see the situation on the opposite side. It was difficult for her to describe this state of closing her eyes but still being able to see, as if she was stuffed into a huge shell, but she still retained her consciousness and could see everything inside the cocoon.
The two red dragons gradually transformed into golden color, as if carrying holy light. I don’t know if it was because the sky was too dark or because the surroundings were so quiet, but the two dragons fell into a deep sleep.
It lay on the ground, its huge body covering the land. It seemed to be the only creature in the world. It looked very leisurely, yet revealed an unspeakable loneliness. Here, what happened on both sides of the barrier was exactly the same.
Compared to his inability to control his own body, Nan Huan discovered that the Dragon God over there seemed to be free. Even at the moment when the sky darkened, its angry eyes seemed to reveal a sense of anticipation and happiness, as if it really liked the upcoming situation.
Time was passing by quickly. Although the sun could not be seen, the body of the dragon had been buried by the gradually rising mountains. The dragon's sleep nourished the earth. The land began to breed new life, green buds began to break through the soil, and streams began to flow, until Nanhuan felt something gently falling on his forehead.
As the Dragon God on the other side moved, she shook her forehead slightly and uncontrollably, as if she was very protective of the thing on her head. Nan Huan couldn't see what was on her forehead for the time being, but the Dragon God's movement reminded her of the task description.
So now, because my face has become exactly the same as the Dragon God, I am experiencing the beginning of his long life?
But she always felt that something was wrong. After all, the task description said, "What would it be like if you were exactly the same as before and made the opposite choice?" But now she could hardly move, let alone make any choice.
Suddenly, something seemed to be growing on her forehead and Nan Huan sneezed uncontrollably. She felt something sliding down her forehead and onto the ground. The Dragon God nudged the ground next to him with his nose, as if to apologize and also to comfort her.
I don't know how many days and nights had passed, but a green bud finally broke through the soil next to it. In the dim environment, the Dragon God's heartbeat kept getting faster and faster. He cherished and protected the bud, protecting it from wind and rain, watching it sprout little by little, and finally a pure white orchid bloomed on the branch.
The flowers swayed in the breeze, as if they were acting coquettishly. The Dragon God approached cautiously, sniffed the scent of each flower, and couldn't help but gently touched it. The white petals trembled slightly, but did not dodge. It held up the ignorant branches and leaves, looking at the giant in front of it, but was not afraid at all.
The dim sky seemed a little brighter than before, and there were more and more lives on the earth. Suddenly, a butterfly landed on the branch of the white orchid. The latter shrank in fear and was scared away. The branch of the white orchid flew towards the butterfly, seeming to be very curious.
But before the butterfly could fly far away, it was wrapped by the long dragon tail and sent back to the branch of the white orchid. Amid the dragon's roar without scaring the flowers, the butterfly danced around the white orchid, trying to let the white orchid see its appearance clearly, as if it was simply playing with a child.
The white jasmine flower cannot leave this place for its growth reasons, so the lying dragon keeps staring at the flower closely, and uses its tail to collect new and interesting things from far away, and sends them over all at once, watching them sway happily in the wind.
That must have been a very beautiful day, Nan Huan couldn't help but think, there was only a dragon and a flower left in the entire world, and they couldn't even communicate with each other, but they had an inexplicable connection in their hearts. No matter how big the world is, the only place I am willing to stay is always by your side.
But it was destined that such days would not last long, until Nanhuan heard a pleading voice in this silent world.
“Since God gave me life, why didn’t he give me food and health?”
"Am I going to die like this, without even seeing the sun?"
"If that's the case, then what's the difference between me and a flower or a tree?"
…
Nan Huan couldn't find the source of the sound. It seemed very far away, but also very close, because she noticed that the branches of the white jasmine were also startled, as if they were unfamiliar with the sound, but they were a little at a loss because they could understand the meaning of the other party's words.
On the Nanhuan side, before the giant dragon made any move, it saw the other side of the barrier first. The Dragon God was the first to let out a shrill dragon roar. She had only heard this sound on the altar where the saint was being eaten.
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