Chapter 59: Red Sea of Flowers on the Plain
Xie Liang woke up in Xu He's arms again. He transitioned quickly from being uncomfortable at first to feeling comfortable now.
Before opening his eyes, Xie Liang smelled the strong scent of roses. This time, the ground was covered with crimson roses.
There are quite a few Adventers participating in this dungeon this time, estimated to be fifty or sixty at a glance.
Xie Liang and Xu He stood aside, waiting for the vortex gate to open.
Suddenly Xie Liang saw a familiar face in the crowd. It was the bus driver from before. He didn't expect to meet him here.
"Brother He! Look, that's Dai Tian." Xie Liang pointed at Dai Tian.
Xu He looked in the direction Xie Liang pointed: "Hmm."
Dai Tian also looked at them at this time. He gave them an ambiguous smile and continued to be surrounded by the people around him.
Suddenly someone patted Xie Liang on the shoulder from behind. Xie Liang turned around and saw Hong Guo.
"Hey! Xie Liang!" Hong Guo was wearing a red suit and looked like a capable woman.
"What a coincidence." Xie Liang said.
"It's not a coincidence. Things like this will probably happen frequently in the future," said Hongguo.
Xie Liang was puzzled: "Why?"
"The sect has long stopped accepting new members, and the existing ones are mostly dead, so the chances of encountering them are higher."
During the conversation, Long Qingye walked out of the crowd, followed by two men. It seemed that they knew each other.
After Long Qingye came over, he said to Xie Liang, "How about it, have you changed your mind?"
Xie Liang: “Not at all.”
Hearing this, Long Qingye put his arm around his shoulders and whispered in his ear, "Don't you want to try it with me?"
Xu He looked unhappy and reached out to knock Long Qingye's hand down: "Don't touch him."
"Mr. Xu, do you have any manners? What does it have to do with you?" Long Qingye said unhappily.
Xu He glanced at him and said nothing.
The two men following behind Long Qingye walked up and made a brief self-introduction to Xie Liang. One of them was called Liu Hao and the other was called Zhang Minghui.
After a while, the waves of the Vortex Gate began to surge, and the crowd began to move towards the gate restlessly.
The man named Liu Hao sighed, "I remember when I first got involved here, I would always see some newcomers crying and shouting that they wanted to go home to their parents. Now, I feel like I've calmed down."
"Stop talking nonsense and go over there quickly." Hongguo said.
"No rush." Long Qingye said lazily.
After that group of people entered, Xie Liang and the others also entered.
After a burst of white light, the fragrance of roses rushed into Xie Liang's nostrils.
Xie Liang opened his eyes and looked around, only to see the vast plains covered with bright red roses, stretching for dozens of miles. Against the backdrop of the blue sky, this place looked like a kingdom of roses.
Among the neatly arranged flowers are some workers, who are busy working with their heads down in the sun.
In the center of the plain stood an English-style manor, and the Adventers were walking towards it in twos and threes. Xie Liang looked around but didn't see Xu He.
At this time, a breeze blew by, and the branches of the roses were slightly lowered. Only then did Xie Liang vaguely see several people walking towards him in the distance, one of whom was Xu He.
After a while, Xie Liang and Xu He walked together.
When they reached the manor, Long Qingye and his group were already there. Standing on the nearby pillar was a middle-aged man in a black suit, resembling an NPC, who was constantly checking the black watch on his wrist.
Liu Hao said to Zhang Minghui, "Such a large manor, but all of it is planted with roses. They are not meant for admiration, are they?"
Zhang Minghui just glanced at him, then turned his head to look at the clusters of flowers swaying in the wind, and ignored him.
Liu Hao: "Can you please stop being so lifeless all day long?"
Hong Guo said intoxicatedly, "Don't say anything! These are all passionate and unrestrained red roses. How beautiful!"
Xie Liang leaned against the pillar, thinking that the man looked like an NPC. After thinking for a while, he walked towards the man in a suit who looked like a butler.
He walked up to the man and said, "The weather is really nice today, and the flowers look even more beautiful."
The man in the suit glanced at him and then looked down at his watch.
Just when Xie Liang thought he would ignore her, she suddenly heard him say, "I still prefer roses in the rain."
Xie Liang immediately reacted and continued, "Each has its own beauty. This rose must have taken a lot of effort to bloom so beautifully."
The man in the suit sneered, "You'll know."
At this time, a group of descenders walked towards Xie Liang.
As they approached, they asked the man in the suit:
"What is our mission?"
"How many days is the deadline this time?"
"Damn it! I'm allergic to pollen, don't tell me this mission has anything to do with these damn flowers!"
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They chatted back and forth, but the man in the suit did not answer.
About an hour later, the man in the suit finally spoke again: "Follow me." After that, he raised his hand high and led everyone into the iron fence of the manor.
Xie Liang and his group followed the crowd, looking around at the interior of the manor.
There are many flower beds inside the iron pear flower fence, and the flower beds are full of roses, all red, as if this place only needs a touch of strong red.
The man in the suit led them to the open space in front of the main gate of the manor, where four maids were waiting.
The middle-aged man said to the maids, "Call them over."
The maids said respectfully, "Yes." Then they turned around and ran away in two directions.
More than half an hour later, they came back with the four of them.
The four men were all wearing blue overalls and carrying a cloth bag. The handle of a pair of scissors was exposed from one of the bag openings. They looked like gardeners in charge of roses.
The middle-aged man said something to the four of them. They nodded, then turned and walked to the front of the descenders and began to pick people.
The people they chose stood in the queues they requested.
Xie Liang was picked aside by a female gardener, and Long Qingye was also picked to join Xie Liang's team.
However, Xu He and Hong Guo were picked by an old man and sent to another queue, while Liu Hao and Zhang Minghui were assigned to another side.
The adventers were divided into four groups, each belonging to a different gardener.
Xie Liang wondered whether he should switch teams, and quietly slipped over to join Xu He's team.
At this moment, screams suddenly came from the crowd.
It turned out that there was a person who did not want to be separated from his companions, so he quietly slipped away to his companions' team. He was discovered by the gardener of that team, who cut off the person's fingers with scissors.
Hearing the sound, the man in the suit walked over to that team, took out the bloody long shears from the gardener's cloth bag, and suddenly stabbed the man with the broken finger in the neck.
The man was stabbed in the neck by the man in the suit with a pair of scissors. The man fell to the ground, covering his neck and screaming. He died from excessive blood loss after a while.
After dealing with the man, the man in the suit threw the scissors to the ground and waved to a place not far away. The maids came over and carried the man's body away.
The middle-aged man pulled out a handkerchief from his suit pocket, carefully wiped the blood off his hands, and said nonchalantly, "It's better for everyone to be obedient."
Then, four teams followed different gardeners and walked in different directions.
Xie Liang's team was led by a capable female gardener to a row of low-rise houses behind the manor.
The female gardener pointed to the row of low-rise houses and said, "You will live there."
She then told them to gather at the iron fence the next morning and then left.
Xie Liang walked towards the bungalow and entered a room at random. The items inside were very simple.
There were only two rusty iron beds in the small room, and a small wooden table between the two beds.
Long Qingye followed Xie Liang in and sat down on the iron bed.
At this time, other visitors wanted to come in. Long Qingye walked to the door and said, "Sorry, this place is full of people." Then he took the key from the door and closed it.
Xie Liang's stomach suddenly growled, and he helplessly sat down on the bed, holding his stomach.
Long Qingye looked at him and jokingly said, "What a greedy little pig."
When Xie Liang heard this, he got goosebumps all over his body. What's wrong with this guy? He speaks so strangely.
"What a greedy little pig! He entered the dungeon without even having time to eat."
Long Qingye smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you to find something to eat." Then he opened the door and walked out.
Xie Liang followed Long Qingye and walked towards the front of the manor.
They didn't find any food, but they did find Xu He and Hong Guo looking around in front of the iron pear flower fence.
Xie Liang then realized that Xu He had been looking for him, and Hong Guo had been looking for Long Qingye.
According to what Hongguo learned from the workers here, there are identical bungalows built in the four directions of the manor, namely, east, south, west and north, surrounding the manor like four brackets.
The four gardeners they had met were responsible for managing these newcomers. Only after passing the test on the third day, which was the so-called interview, could they stay as gardeners and enter the interior of the manor.
At this time, everyone was still free to move around, but they were not allowed to enter the manor. Most of the people gathered on the flat slope outside the iron pear flower fence, admiring the beauty of the rose plain.
It was already dusk, and fiery clouds gathered in the sky. The brilliant red of the plain and the orange-red of the distant sky reflected each other, shining brightly and looking like a fairyland.
Gentle breezes blew towards you, and the stronger scent of roses filled your nose, making you almost intoxicated in this orange-red world.
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