"Fuck, my head is going to explode. What the hell is this!" The little bear was running so hard that he could hardly breathe.
"Let's leave here first and take the middle road." There was no time to think about it. Escaping was the most important thing. Yue Ya put away the camera, held Fei Fei in one hand, and ran at full speed towards the middle road.
The sound of the monster crawling behind them continued unabated, and the two crossed the intersection and continued running forward.
The bamboo in the field of vision quickly retreated, the sound of wind in my ears became louder and louder, bamboo leaves fell, scratched my cheeks and arms, and blood appeared instantly.
These bamboo leaves could only cause some minor wounds and could not kill them, but the constant harassment and frequent pain made them irritated.
Yue Ya turned his head to avoid a bamboo leaf that was flying towards his eyes, took out an umbrella from his backpack and threw it to Little Bear: "Catch it."
The little bear caught the umbrella and said, "Is this umbrella useful? I feel like it will be cut by bamboo leaves."
Yueya: "Try it."
This umbrella was given as a gift in the dungeon, without any instructions, and I have never encountered a situation where I needed to use it. Yue Ya doesn't know what it is specifically used for, maybe it's suitable for blocking bamboo leaves.
The little bear opened the umbrella swiftly, and the bamboo leaves that were flying towards him were all blocked by the umbrella, without any damage to the umbrella.
"This umbrella is a magical tool, thank you!" Little Bear gritted his teeth, his eyes fierce: "I will blame the boss of this dungeon for all the tortures I suffered in the side quests. When I catch him, I will pay him back double!"
Yue Ya ran behind the little bear and avoided some of the bamboo leaves' attacks, feeling a lot more relaxed: "Catch him and beat him up first."
This road was the same as the previous one, with only bamboos, and it seemed to have no end, constantly wearing away their patience.
As they ran, they had the illusion that they had returned to the previous road.
Little Bear was sweating profusely and out of breath as he ran: "There seems to be no... movement behind us... Are those monsters not catching up with us?"
Yue Ya moved his ears and found that the horrible crawling sound had indeed disappeared, but he caught another sound, the dragging and slow sound of footsteps.
He stopped and turned to look back the way he came.
A white-haired old lady was standing on the road with a cane, slowly looking up at him.
The old lady had kind eyes and a gentle smile on her sagging face. She said in an old and kind voice, "You young people have great physical strength. You run so fast. I am really envious of you... Where are you going?"
They ran all the way here and had never seen the old lady before, nor did they know where she came from.
Yue Ya didn't answer the old lady. He looked at the bamboo forests on both sides. There were traces of monsters crawling on the ground. It seemed that the monsters had crawled back into the forest.
Seeing that he didn't reply, the old lady slowly walked over with her cane and coughed a few times: "Don't worry, I don't mean any harm, I'm just a little lonely, and I want to chat with young people when I see them. I know the village well, you can ask me if you need to find the way, I'm sure I can help."
Little Bear looked at Yueya and said softly, "What do you think? Do you want to ask?"
Yueya thought for a moment and said, "She must know where it is, but we can't mention that name. I'll ask, and you can act accordingly."
When the little bear mentioned "little butterfly" when asking the NPC, the NPC went berserk. This shows that "little butterfly" is a taboo word in this small world and must not be mentioned. If it is mentioned again, the consequences may be more serious.
The little bear nodded and held up an umbrella to block the bamboo leaves that fell on their heads.
Yue Ya checked the player's backpack and found that the key to the jewelry store was gone, but the butterfly embroidered puppet on the keychain was still there. He took out the butterfly puppet and showed it to the old lady, and asked her in a gentle voice: "Grandma, we found this thing and want to return it to the owner. Do you know who it belongs to?"
The old lady came closer, squinted her eyes at the butterfly doll, and clapped her hands: "I know, I know. This was made by the little girl next door. I taught her how to embroider. The little girl is very skillful and later she did better than me."
"I want to return the things to her. Can you show us the way?" Yue Ya slowed down his tone.
"I'm planning to go home too. We're on the same route, so I can take you there," the old lady bent over and coughed twice, looking a little distressed. "But I lost a small cloth bag containing my grandson's things. Can you help me find it?"
System prompts:
[Help the old lady find things, and she can lead the way for you. ]
This is the exchange condition proposed by the NPC. If the player refuses, he will naturally not get the help of the NPC.
Yueya asked the old lady: "What does the little cloth bag you lost look like? Where did you lose it?"
The old lady gestured with her hands: "The small cloth bag is only the size of two palms, green in color, tied with a slipknot, and contains spinning tops and marbles for children to play with. I just went into the woods to look for bamboo shoots, and I think I lost it in the woods."
After the old lady finished speaking, she pointed to a place in the bamboo forest. Yue Ya looked over and saw that the area she pointed to was covered with traces of monsters crawling.
Little Bear complained: "This is clearly a trap for us."
Yue Ya spread his hands: "We still have to enter this pit."
Little Bear: "Well, I've got another account for the boss."
[It’s so miserable. I know there’s a pitfall but I still have to go in.]
[Obviously, this old lady is the only clue to Little Butterfly’s home. If we miss them, they will have to wander around in the bamboo maze, being chased by monsters. By then, Xiao Feng will be dead.]
[When you mentioned the little butterfly, I subconsciously started to get scared. I always felt that all kinds of monsters would be stimulated and crawl out from the ground.]
[The NPC who asked the anchor to retrieve the pearl hairpin is Little Butterfly’s mad husband, the boss of this dungeon, right? Because the pearl hairpin is too hard to find, the boss himself can’t find it, so he asked the player who did the best job yesterday to find it.]
The old lady pounded her legs, sat cross-legged on a stone by the roadside, and said with a smile: "You should go early and come back early. After dark... the road will be difficult to walk on."
The road becomes difficult to travel after dark.
This sentence makes people think of many things.
We still don’t know what Xiaofeng’s current situation is, and time is indeed a bit tight. Yueya and Xiaoxiong looked at each other and walked into the woods.
There are not many dead leaves in this forest, and the traces and footprints of the monster crawling are still clear.
Following the old lady's footsteps, not far away, Yue Ya saw a man wearing a straw hat squatting in front of him, holding the old lady's small cloth bag in his hand. The style was the same as the old lady described.
"Hey, big brother," Little Bear raised his voice and greeted him, "You picked up the cloth bag in your hand, right? The owner is right behind us. We were asked by her to find the things. Leave it to us."
The man in the bamboo hat turned his head, revealing half of his unshaven face. His lips were grayish white, not the color of a living person. He opened his mouth and said something. His voice was so soft that Yue Ya and Xiao Xiong couldn't hear it clearly.
Little Bear: "What did you say?"
The man in the bamboo hat raised his head, and underneath the bamboo hat was a face without eyes! Just like those mannequins without facial features in shopping malls!
The man in the bamboo hat held up the small cloth bag and said in a hoarse voice, "Do you want it? Leave one of you to accompany me, and I will give it to you... I am so lonely... so lonely... so lonely..."
Little Bear took a deep breath and said, "How old are you...how old are you, and you still need someone to accompany you?"
The man in the bamboo hat lowered his head, trembling all over: "But, but I am just very lonely! Otherwise, all of you can stay and keep me company...keep me company!"
The evil spirit of the man in the bamboo hat became stronger and stronger. The bamboos around him swayed violently and the bamboo leaves fell more frequently.
Yue Ya felt the murderous aura. The evil spirits in this small world seemed to be particularly prone to going berserk.
The little bear reached his hand behind his back, clenched his palm, and an iron rod appeared in his palm.
Yueya gently touched her shoulder. He looked at the man in the bamboo hat and smiled faintly: "I won't let you be lonely anymore. Can you please stop losing your temper?"
This sentence miraculously calmed the man in the bamboo hat who was on the verge of going berserk. He stopped trembling and asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, I never lie." Yue Ya smiled even more deeply, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle and not aggressive at all: "Give me the things first, and I will naturally keep my promise. You also know that we can't run away, right?"
[If the anchor talks to me with this expression and tone, I will give him whatever he wants!]
[This expression shows that he is about to start to trick the NPC]
[Yuezai won’t just take it and run away, hahaha]
The man in the bamboo hat was confused by his attitude and handed him the small green cloth bag. He said in a deep voice: "If you dare to lie to me, I will curse you."
"Don't worry, let me see what's in the bag first." Yue Ya took the small cloth bag, opened it and checked, and there were indeed the spinning top and marbles that the old lady had mentioned.
"I found the right one." Little Bear whispered to Yueya, "Are you sure?"
Yueya nodded, put the small cloth bag into the player's backpack, took out the camera, and smiled at the man in the bamboo hat: "I'll take the things, and I will do what I promised you."
The man in the bamboo hat laughed excitedly. He floated into the air, bringing up two huge black iron chains under his feet, shaking the entire bamboo forest!
The man in the bamboo hat dragged the chain to Yue Ya, pinched his shoulders with his skinny hands, and almost stuck his weird face to his: "Tell me...who of you two will stay with me?"
Yue Ya looked normal, and said nonchalantly, "Step back first, and I'll tell you."
The man in the bamboo hat thought he had nowhere to escape and couldn't do anything special, so he stepped back.
"Get ready, I'm sending you a new friend, you must catch him." Yue Ya raised the camera and pressed the delete button!
The multi-handed villager who was sucked into the camera by him before was released and crashed into the man in the bamboo hat!
The man in the bamboo hat was so frightened that he trembled and quickly opened his arms to grab this "new friend" and tied him up tightly with chains.
The villagers who were sold looked confused: "What's going on?!"
"Little bear, run!" Yueya turned around and ran.
The little bear followed closely behind, and the two of them returned the same way and quickly left the bamboo forest.
[It turns out that this NPC was the one who was tricked, hahahahahaha]
[I almost forgot that the anchor just caught a ghost with the camera. What should this trick be called… Making the best use of it?]
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