78. A Mysterious Dream Fairy Tale (1)
Competitive Dungeon - "The Mysterious Fairy Tale"
The first thing I did after agreeing to team up with Xie San was to prepare for the dungeon three days later.
"I used Ghost Coins to exchange for a week's time. I entered the dungeon three days later. I have a team card, so I entered the dungeon from the game lobby."
A smile slowly spread across Xie Zeyuan's sickly face, pale and eerie. He said in a low, hushed voice, "Let's try a dungeon first. If we both feel it goes well, perhaps we can consider forming a long-term, fixed team."
Qin Fu'an had no objection to either of these arrangements.
The only thing I care about is: "Where are you? I'll come to your location to log into the game."
I can't send my little phoenix to Kong Yu every time. Just one day of this has already cost Kong Yu ten years of his lifespan. If this happens a few more times, Kong Yu will probably break off all ties with me.
Xie Zeyuan paused for a moment, then coughed and laughed: "Mr. Qin, don't worry. After becoming a formal player, you won't affect the life forms around you the moment you enter the game, otherwise this world would have already fallen."
If every time someone enters the game, they bring a large number of innocent people into the game, then dangerous elements only need to find the places with the highest traffic to enter the game. One person tells ten, ten tell a hundred, and society would never be as stable as it is now. The officials of both the underworld and the living world should have realized the existence of the game long ago.
Qin Fu'an suddenly realized, and after swirling the teacup between his fingers, he placed it steadily on the table.
"In that case, let's exchange contact information."
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"Dad, could you please not send me away next time?" The little phoenix squatted on the back seat. Even though it was just a baby bird, it still had to listen to its father and obey traffic rules.
Kong Li peered out the car window, her beautiful eyes fixed intently on the receding scenery and buildings.
Qin Fu'an glanced at the rearview mirror, completely oblivious to the little guy's beady eyes, and simply asked, "Don't you like going out?"
"no."
The little ball of fur answered quickly, puffing up its cheeks: "I'm just afraid you'll secretly throw me away!"
Qin Fu'an: "..."
With your tiny, palm-sized body, you'd be unwanted even if you gave it away; you'd probably have to pay extra for it. You're small in stature but have a lot of cunning.
Before Qin Fu'an could answer, the little phoenix slumped back in its seat, paws raised, and asked in a soft, childish voice, "Daddy, Uncle Kong said that human children have to be raised by their parents until they are 18 years old before they can become adults, and that they will continue to be raised after they become adults and will not be kicked out of the house. So, are you going to raise me until I am 1,800 years old?"
"Humorous!" Qin Fu'an was amused. This kid really dared to think. "Ask Kong Li when I kicked her and the other kids out of my house?"
Suddenly called upon, Kong Li turned her head in a daze, thought seriously for a moment, and answered, "When I was 1 year old~"
Meeting the little phoenix's stiff, incredulous, beady eyes, Kong Li nodded and obediently explained, "It's true, when we were 1 year old, Brother Fu'an said we wouldn't die, so he packed us up with our luggage and sent us home."
Little Phoenix: "..."
Little Phoenix: "…………"
Please stop talking and let me have some peace and quiet.
Qin Fu'an couldn't stop laughing. When they arrived at the door, he opened the car door, reached out, and scooped the withdrawn, fluffy little ball into his hand.
"What are you daydreaming about?" He smiled and gently flicked the little phoenix's crimson brow with his finger.
"...Dad, are you going to kick me out when I'm one year old too?" The little phoenix looked dejected and listless.
Qin Fu'an pretended to ponder for a moment: "Hmm...that depends on your performance."
The little furball stared blankly with wide, beady eyes: "Perform? If I act like I'm half-dead, Daddy, you won't kick me out?"
Kong Li, standing next to her, leaned back in shock: "!!!"
Qin Fu'an: "Pfft!"
He found that the little guy's way of thinking was quite unique.
After bringing the two little ones into the house, Kong Li went to find toys as if she knew the way well, while Little Phoenix squatted listlessly in front of the flowerpot in the study to complain.
It wasn't until Qin Fu'an lured the two cubs out with phoenix feathers and peacock feathers that the two cubs were finally brought out.
The phoenix feather was obtained by exploiting the game's system. The peacock feather wasn't particularly valuable, but Kong Li liked it very much because when she was little and missed home, Qin Fu'an would use her father's feathers to comfort her.
"A little gift." Qin Fu'an grabbed a handful of the fluffy ball and crumpled it up, making it all messy and crooked.
The little phoenix was already embracing the bright red, burning phoenix feathers, completely mesmerized.
Just this one phoenix feather is enough to ensure that he lives peacefully until he is two or three years old!
"Dad, did you go and dig up my ancestors' graves?" The little phoenix snuggled up to him, sniffing the phoenix feathers while its little eyes kept darting around, whispering a reminder: "You can dig up other phoenixes' graves, but not my parents'!"
"..." Qin Fu'an gave it another rub, sounding annoyed.
For the Phoenix Clan, death is rebirth, and failure to rebirth means annihilation—they have no graves whatsoever!
Having finally found something productive for his two children, Qin Fu'an went to the study and took the plants on the table outside to bask in the sun.
Just a day ago, he knew nothing about growing flowers and plants.
He returned a day later, having completed his studies, but still didn't understand.
But it doesn't matter, he smuggled the nutrient solution from the previous instance.
Qin Fu'an poured the nutrient solution into the soil around the plant's roots and touched its branches and leaves with his fingers to feel the life force flowing within.
It's probably because of the damaged root system that even with nutrients, the absorption rate is very low, but you can definitely feel an increase in vitality.
Qin Fu'an breathed a silent sigh of relief.
It's good that he's still alive; this is his most important savings for his wife.
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Two days passed in the blink of an eye. After receiving Xie Zeyuan's message, Qin Fu'an glanced at the two little ones fussing over the flowers and plants in the back garden, then lowered his eyes to reply to the message.
Soon, the boy who was sitting on the recliner, covering his face with a book and basking in the sun, suddenly disappeared into thin air.
The little phoenix, noticing this, widened its eyes once again.
Oh my god!! My dad has disappeared again!!!
Kong Li was also stunned: "Wow!! Brother Fu'an's invisibility technique is amazing! I want to learn it too!!"
Little Phoenix: "..."
I see through everything, but I won't say it.
The peacocks are all slow-witted, hmph~
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Game lobby.
Qin Fu'an stood on the bustling street, casually tossing a coin and catching it.
"Mr. Qin." A young man with delicate features but pale complexion, tall and thin, as if he had been ill for a long time, walked to his side. He wore a black robe with wide sleeves and slowly bowed. "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Qin Fu'an glanced at him, rubbing the two coins with different patterns on their sides with his fingertips, and hummed cryptically, "Let's go."
From the moment Xie Zeyuan approached him, Qin Fu'an could clearly feel that there were many more gazes fixed on him, and all of them were filled with obvious malice.
If Xie Zeyuan is so cunning, why did he deliberately send me to the game lobby to enter the dungeon? Besides fishing for those guild members with ulterior motives, wasn't he also using the same method to tie me to the same boat as him?
However, such scheming would not disgust Qin Fu'an, after all, he was no better.
Under the scrutiny of countless different gazes, Qin Fu'an and Xie Zeyuan arrived at the entrance to the instance.
[Player Xie Zeyuan is offering you a team-up card. Do you accept?]
Click to accept.
[Team successfully formed.]
[Please select a dungeon——]
Qin Fu'an was no longer in the game lobby. In the familiar void, Xie Zeyuan was not by his side. Only the light screen emitted light in the dark void.
Qin Fu'an looked at the available dungeon types on the light screen.
[Normal dungeons, Hard dungeons, Evil dungeons, Competitive dungeons, Cooperative dungeons, Double Points dungeons...]
Qin Fu'an and Xie Zeyuan did not discuss this beforehand.
In fact, for the two of them, what they enter is not important; what is important is to get enough "tails" to follow them in.
Therefore, after a brief moment of thought, Qin Fu'an chose the competitive dungeon without hesitation.
[Competitive dungeons are being randomly selected—]
[The dungeon is locked. The dungeon shop is now open for a limited time of 5 minutes.]
The familiar screen was now piled high with unfamiliar products.
Toys, dolls, paintbrushes, cardboard, medicine, energy...
This is the first time so many dungeon-related items have appeared. Is this really the treatment that official players receive?
Fortunately, he didn't have decision-making difficulties. After quickly browsing through the items, Qin Fu'an decisively chose a toolbox and five energy blocks.
It cost a total of 4100 Ghost Coins.
It's worth noting that these items are no longer limited to use in the current instance.
Similarly, the number of players in this instance cannot be determined from the inventory.
[Player detected entering dungeon. Live stream will start simultaneously. Please prepare for the live stream.]
[Current instance name: *The Mysterious Fairy Tale*.]
[Current instance type: Competitive - Multiplayer - Hard]
[A childhood cruelly abandoned by other children has retreated to a city called Fairy Tale, where every human who enters Fairy Tale harbors equal hatred.]
[Dungeon teleportation in progress—]
...
Qin Fu'an seemed to be experiencing a long dream.
He tried to open his heavy eyes, but just then, a melodious narration rang in his ears: "A new batch of toys recently arrived in Fairy Tale City, and they have been warmly welcomed by all the residents of Fairy Tale City."
"But the residents of Fairy Tale City don't know that these seemingly worn-out toys are actually disguised by humans with ulterior motives. These evil humans have all received a job: someone hired them to enter Fairy Tale City and obtain enough Toy Hearts. The more intact the resident's body, the purer the energy of the Toy Heart. No one knows what kind of storm these evil humans will stir up in Fairy Tale City."
"Let us sing a song in advance for this grand death!"
After he finished speaking, Qin Fu'an was finally able to try to open his eyes.
The next second, he looked at his reflection in the mottled glass after being washed by the rain and fell into a strange silence.
A black teddy bear made of Lego bricks.
No wonder his eyelids felt heavy. Fortunately, his body was able to move around on its own in Fairy Tale City, otherwise he would have been waiting to die at the very beginning.
Qin Fu'an stepped closer to the glass and carefully examined his reflection.
Meanwhile, viewers who received the broadcast notification also observed and discussed the event with curiosity and enthusiasm, and took screenshots like crazy.
Because this teddy bear made of building blocks is really cool and cute!!!
It has a pair of deep green eyes! It also has round ears, and its hands and feet are all round. Its body is also made of small red building blocks that form a round smiling face.
It's cute, scary, and super cool!
But while the audience was frantically taking screenshots, the little bear being praised was earnestly asking a question with its round hand raised:
"Will a live stream be considered a violation if a teddy bear isn't wearing clothes?"
023, who was secretly watching the live stream: "..."
[Author's Note]
This is a leave request form:
I'm going to Ganzi tomorrow to take care of some things, so I'll probably need to take three days off. I'll make up for the missed update when I get back! Thank you all for waiting, my darlings! The new story will feature three incredibly cute kids!
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Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution:
Yu hanggg 20 bottles;
8 bottles of crimson;
Five bottles in a lifetime, ten years;
Blue Frost Sugar, Lonely Boat in the Rain, Moon Window, Cat Loves to Climb Trees, I Am My Wife's Dog, Yuhe 1 Bottle;
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
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