Chapter 460: The Forsaken Realm of Gods (49) (1st + 2nd update) [VIP]
In order to prevent the information from being inaccurate, everyone then separated to ask their own questions. After more than ten minutes, everyone gathered in the middle of the street again.
"I was also asking about the bridge leading to Nanda City being broken, so we can't get in now."
"The waterway should still be open to people now, but only adventurers."
"Where are the vendors?" Yun Guang asked.
"No, merchants can't come in," Xu Zichen shook his head. "They said that the closer we get to Nanda City, the more dangerous and narrow the waterway becomes. The river is not deep either, so it's only suitable for adventurers in small boats, not for deep-draught cargo ships."
Only the outer part of the waterway in Nanda City can be called a "road". The closer to the main city, the more dangerous the river becomes. There are almost a dozen large and small waterfalls in the first half. Only adventurers dare to walk here. Those who can walk here are not ordinary adventurers. They must be fearless and have strength.
"What about the bridge? Why did it suddenly break?" White Eth frowned. "I didn't quite understand. What do they mean by vines and bridges?"
"Rice noodle rolls," Guan Hongyan pulled Lu Changfeng, "You were lying on the side of the boat looking down, didn't you see the broken bridge that guy was talking about?"
"I don't remember..." Lu Changfeng shook his head, "but I did see a boat in the river."
When he was in the sky, he did vaguely see a boat passing by in the river, but at the time he thought they were just ordinary adventurers. He did not expect that they were people who could not enter Nanda City and had to turn back.
"Nanda City... I remember their bridges seemed very special," Enoch recalled, "They were all built with extra-large vines from the mountains."
"What is a super-large vine?" Guan Hongyan turned her head.
"It's a very large vine," Enoch was at a loss for words, and could only raise his arms as horizontally as he could to form a very large circle, "each one is this thick."
"So thick?" Guan Hongyan's pupils trembled. "This is thicker than many tree trunks, right?"
"Almost," Enoch recalled, "The mountain road leading into Nanda City is very dangerous. Some places are impossible to reach with human power, and most people don't have the means to cross these places like mages or alchemists. So there are many bridges between these roads. The bridges are all built with these huge vines. Specific spells were used during the construction process. They are very strong and generally won't collapse."
This is obviously the second case.
"It seems that the death of the earth veins caused the death of the huge vines that built the bridge, so the bridge collapsed," Yun Guang analyzed, "Because we came in from the sky, we don't know what happened underground."
Although it seems like this inexplicable "plot necessity" is pushing them to travel through the four main cities before leaving here as in the plot, but in terms of whether it is reasonable or not, this reason is actually quite reasonable...
The most obvious sign of the decline of the earth veins is that all the plants will wither and die. It is also reasonable that the huge vines used to build the bridge withered and died. They did not use the normal way to enter Nanda City, so they found that the bridge had collapsed after entering and no one could get in at all.
"So now... we go to Winterdre according to the guidance of that inevitability?" Zhao Yinglai raised his eyebrows, his face a little sour, "Why do I feel like you are playing a joke on us?"
"Staying in this space shortens one's lifespan," Su Hao nodded in agreement. "The earth veins are starting to decay. Every second we stay here means we live one second less. Is this inevitability deliberately trying to trick us?"
"What do you mean by staying here for one more second means living one less second? Isn't that nonsense?" Guan Hongyan complained speechlessly. "If we stay here for one more second, we will live one less year. If one second suddenly fails, it will be the turn of Delmis's domain."
She pouted and looked at Dermis: "You will revive us, right?"
If they were unfortunate enough to die here, Dermis wouldn't ignore them, right?
"Will we still die after being resurrected and turned into undead creatures?" Zhao Yinglai looked over curiously, "If we can't die, then you can turn all of us into undead creatures, and we will be invincible, right?"
The entire organization was a legion of the undead, she couldn't even imagine how cool it would be!
Bai Jinshu: ...
"You won't die. After you become an undead creature, no one can kill you except me, but you will be controlled by me," he said in a cold tone, "Next, if I tell you to go left, you can't go right. Are you sure you want to become like this? If you have thought it through, I can kill you right now."
A faint blue light appeared in his hands, which looked exactly like the flames in his eyes.
"Oh, forget it," Zhao Yinglai was able to stretch and shrink, "I suddenly felt that it was great to be a living person. The good thing is that I can live."
"Stop joking," Yun Guang interrupted Guan Hongyan who was about to say something, "The longer we stay here, the greater the damage to our bodies. Now that we have confirmed that the elemental elves are not in Nanda City, should we prepare to go to Dongdelei immediately?"
He is asking for everyone's opinions.
After discovering most of the answers in this world, the "inevitability of the plot" seemed to have little to do with their exploration. Now this inevitability was certain of their desire to find the elemental elves to ask for clarification, and forced them to go to the last main city, East City.
The decline of the earth veins will only become more and more serious. It took the ghost ship nearly two days to get from the Perrin Mine to here. So the flight time from Nanda City to Dongdelei will only be longer.
The longer I stay here, the more damage my body will suffer. I need to ask everyone for their opinions on whether I should continue.
The members of the exploration team fell into deep thought.
"How many problems are still unresolved? Can we leave here and analyze them slowly?" White Eth frowned.
"Why did the elemental spirits appear? What did Lao Zhang do to become Enoch? These are the two," Xu Zichen whispered. "The former is easy to deal with, but the second one, as for Enoch..."
They can leave here at will, but it is hard to say about Enoch and Hector, the indigenous people. If they are left here, Enoch will most likely die along with the decay of the earth veins.
Wouldn’t the second one then remain an unsolved mystery?
"Tsk," Guan Hongyan said unhappily, "I feel really bad."
This feeling of being forced.
It would be fine if it was during the exploration phase, but now it was just one step away. This thing was forcing them to go to Winter Lei City at the cost of their own health, just for the inevitability of the plot. It was natural for her to be unhappy.
"So you really want to go?" Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows.
"I don't really want to," Zhao Ying said honestly, "Is this still a choice?"
"Of course," she saw a hint of a smile flash across the half of Delmis's face that showed emotion, "If you all don't want to go, then let's go now. As for what the rules are and what Lao Zhang's situation is, it's none of our business."
"Teacher..." Hector spoke anxiously.
"I won't ignore you. You can switch to studying the dead," Zhao Yinglai heard Delmis' voice, "If you are dead, it would be most suitable for you to be a necromancer. Then you will be my most talented student."
she:?
Delmis said this with a wry smile on his face. Did he really think so?
【Well...theoretically.】
[That’s indeed true.]
[Don't tell me, other mages say they want to die because of what they have learned, but we necromancers really want to die. If I get too excited about learning, I will just hit my head against the wall and die.]
[But the distance between death and becoming a necromancer... well, I won't say more, or else the ground will be filled with necromancers. ]
[There shouldn't be a fool who would slit his throat after hearing what Deshen said, right? ]
[Ah? I've already sharpened the knife, but you told me I can't wipe it. Forget it.]
[You don't want to wipe it off? Then I won't wipe it off either. ]
[You all won’t die? Then I won’t die either. 】
Yun Guang's eyes flickered slightly.
He didn't think that Dermis really wanted to kill Hector, but Dermis's tone... made him feel like he wasn't talking to them, but rather like he was performing for some "other person" who didn't exist in the exploration team.
Use extreme language like "kill Hector" to express your determination.
"Is this true?" Guan Hongyan rolled her eyes and pulled Hector, "Why don't you die now? This way you can become a necromancer as soon as possible and save your sister when your world is destroyed."
"Why don't we send you home early while there's still time?" Xu Zichen added fuel to the fire.
"Is your mother's cooking delicious? You can't eat after becoming a ghost, right? How about you eat something good before you die?" Su Hao said sincerely.
Hector stammered: "...Ah?"
Couldn't he just choose not to die?
"I'll contact someone now," Guan Hongyan opened her watch and quietly nudged the stunned Hector with her elbow. "If it doesn't work, we'll leave now. Whether we can survive here depends on the efforts of the Perrin Mine and the efficiency of Weiyu Company."
"I think it's okay." Zhao Ying came and pulled Hector to prevent the boy from saying anything.
Bai Jinshu crossed his arms and said, "Then remember to tell your friend that if you leave now, the confirmed reward cannot be refunded."
"Wait for me while I bargain with you." Guan Hongyan clicked her watch in a serious manner.
Temporary group chat:
Guan Hongyan: [What are you doing? Who are you acting for?]
Yun Guang: [Did Delmis deliberately let something think that we didn't intend to go to Dongdelei according to necessity? ]
Xu Zichen: [So are we going or not? ]
White Moth: [It doesn't matter whether I go or not. Why do I feel like I'm having more difficulty breathing? Is it because I'm not a human? ]
Su Hao: [How about you get an oxygen cylinder from the mall? ]
White Moth: [It’s fine if your dimension discriminates against non-humans, but why do you attack and bully moths indiscriminately? I’m speechless.]
Guan Hongyan: [So after all this talk, who are we acting for now? What should we do next?]
Delmis: [Wait.]
Bai Jinshu raised his head and looked around.
All the n.pcs seen on the streets looked listless. Apart from the players dressed in colorful clothes, there were basically no races other than humans to be seen.
The gate of Nanda City should have been the most prosperous place here. In addition to shops, many horse-drawn carriage rentals for adventurers and merchants were located here. Now the door of the stable is closed, and one can vaguely see that most of the horses in the stable are on the verge of death.
One of the professions that players can choose is the [Beast Tamer], and the location of the [Royal Circus] is in Nanda City, probably behind this stable. Now that the earth veins are exhausted, their profession should be the most affected. Bai Jinshu narrowed his eyes and saw that the door of the circus was gently pushed open a crack.
A short-haired human girl walked out of the door, with various bruises and blues on her arms. If she appeared in other places, it might be considered as being beaten, but since she appeared in the animal trainer's place, it was probably caused by the daily process of taming wild beasts.
The girl had a worried look on her face and walked a few steps toward the shop where they had just asked questions.
"Angelo," she waved to a clerk in the shop, "where are those mages you knew before?"
"Which mages?" The clerk poked his head out and looked in the direction she came from. "Amy? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," the human girl named Amy lowered her voice in worry, "but the rest of us here..."
Most of the animal trainers are mixed-bloods, and now most of the animal trainers except for the pure-blooded humans are unable to get up.
"Let's not talk about this anymore," Amy waved her hand quickly, "Are those wizards you knew before still in Nanda? The rest of our circus wants to find some wizards!"
"What are you looking for a wizard for?" The clerk looked in the direction of the circus in confusion.
"When the leader was here, he once said that in order to prevent wild beasts from rioting, he asked a wizard to plant some magic patterns under our circus to make the animals docile," Amy replied in a low voice. "Now they can't get out of bed. I'm the only pure human so I'm fine. I wonder if it's because of these magic patterns, so I want to ask a wizard to come..."
"Not all mages can do this," a voice suddenly came from not far away, "What kind of magic pattern did you bury in the first place?"
Amy looked up in confusion and saw a group of people standing on the other side of the road.
The person who spoke was a man wearing a wizard robe and a hood, half of whom was a skeleton.
"Not all mages can handle magic patterns," the man raised his lips, revealing a kind of smile that Amy couldn't understand, "Only spell mages can do this, ordinary mages can't do it either."
"Ah? What should we do?" Amy didn't care about the man's strange appearance and ran over quickly. "Do you... do you know how to deal with it? I don't know what kind of magic pattern it is, but the leader said it was some elemental magic pattern, and he got it from a friend's factory."
"Alchemy Workshop." Bai Jinshu said.
"Yes, yes, Atelier Alchemy!" Amy's voice rose several degrees. "You are a mage... no, a spell mage?"
"I guess so." Bai Jinshu looked the girl up and down. "Why did you come out to look for the mage? What did your leader say?"
"No," Amy clapped her hands awkwardly. "I just thought of it while sitting in the room. They... couldn't get out of bed. They said it was hard to breathe and they had no strength to move. It was very similar to the behavior of the beasts after they were locked in a specific room by us. So I wondered if there might be something wrong with the magic pattern..."
The surrounding exploration team members also came over.
"Do you know what magic patterns are in those rooms?" Bai Jinshu asked.
"I'm not sure... I just know that Atelier Alchemy also uses it." Amy was visibly more embarrassed. She clapped her hands before answering, "How about you come with me to take a look... I can pay you! Our circus is very famous and has toured the continent many times. Have you heard of it? The [Royal Circus]! We will definitely not delay payment!"
"There are many kinds of magic patterns in the alchemy workshop," Bai Jinshu nodded vaguely, "Lead the way, I'll go take a look."
Amy instantly breathed a sigh of relief, and the exploration team members looked at each other.
Su Hao: [Took the bait? ]
Yun Guang: [This girl doesn't seem like the one who is pushing us forward.]
Guan Hongyan: [Just like we are being pushed, she is also being pushed, but why is it the magic pattern? ]
Lu Changfeng: [Sister Yan, could this be a trap? After we get there, they will force us to go to Dongdelei.]
Xu Zichen: [I think with Delmis here, this kind of trap is unlikely to succeed and is not even within the scope of consideration.]
Zhao Yinglai: [If you are worried, just let me and Delmis go in. It doesn’t matter if I get caught. ]
Yun Guang: [No need, Delmis seems to be confident, let's go together. ]
Bai Jinshu, who was walking in the front, was indeed confident.
He even looked at the decorations around the circus with great interest.
It can be seen that this is indeed a large circus. They passed by the stage just now. In addition to the circular stage in the center, the surrounding seats can accommodate at least several thousand people to watch the performance at the same time. There are also many circus-related paintings hanging around the corridors. Compared with the circus in the ordinary world, the circus in the Western fantasy world is bolder and more interesting. Just now, he even saw an elephant with a pair of wings.
"That's Grover," Amy noticed where his gaze was and spoke with a bit of sadness, "He was raised when the captain was here, but he died a few days ago."
"Did your leader pass away?" Yun Guang asked in a gentle voice.
"The leader... the leader is not here at the moment," Amy thought they were worried about the remuneration. "If you want remuneration, the deputy leader can make the decision! The deputy leader has been taking us on tours for the past few years!"
"Where is the room you are talking about?" Bai Jinshu interrupted their conversation.
"We're almost there," Amy trotted a few steps and led everyone through an open space surrounded by iron fences. "It's in front. Previously, these rooms had been used to hold new beasts that could hurt people. I released them all a few days ago. There are no animals in there now."
"Maybe the smell is not very pleasant," she added belatedly, "because there are snake-mouthed talllegs here..."
Although it’s not a big deal for her, it must be uncomfortable for outsiders.
"It's okay," Bai Jinshu bent down and went in, and Lu Changfeng hurriedly followed behind.
"Dermis, do you need us to dig it up?"
In his concept, the magic pattern is buried underground and needs to be dug up to be seen.
"No need," Bai Jinshu looked around, "Only incomplete magic patterns are needed, complete ones are not."
If the magic pattern works normally, he will be able to determine the use of the magic pattern here.
He suspected that what had been driving them across the continent was not the "inevitability of the plot" but a certain consciousness.
This suspicion began when I met Enoch.
If they really entered the inevitability of the plot, shouldn't they land in the Novice Village as soon as they enter the space? That way they can follow the player's process all the way to the end.
There is no reason to reach inevitability halfway.
They entered into inevitability after meeting Enoch. Before that, in Rossburg, they encountered no obstacles or pushes. They could go wherever they wanted and do whatever they wanted.
Everything started to unfold after meeting Enoch.
If Enoch is Lao Zhang, then the inevitability of the plot is just as Yun Guang and the others said belatedly. In fact, it is not them who are in the inevitability of the plot, but Lao Zhang who is being pushed.
So he tried his luck.
If they leave now, Enoch will definitely not be able to leave here alone.
For the exploration team members, this space is not a regular exploration. If they want to leave, they can leave immediately. This consciousness drives Lao Zhang to travel all over the continent. But if they don't plan to follow its drive, what can this consciousness do?
The highest combat power on this continent, namely the professional mentors of the sixteen professions, all disappeared a few years ago. Delmis is invincible here. It is impossible for someone strong to come, right?
Since force doesn’t work, he can only use soft means, so Amy who suddenly appears now is most likely the “soft” embodiment of this consciousness.
What does it want to express?
"Here are the magic patterns that inhibit the flow of elements." Bai Jinshu tried a few small detection methods and soon discovered that the magic patterns buried under the room were those that inhibited the flow of water elements.
"The leader said that this room can only hold aquatic creatures," Amy said with admiration, pointing to several houses in the distance, "that one can only be held in the forest, and that one can only be held in..."
Bai Jinshu's mind was no longer on her voice.
Magic patterns that inhibit the flow of elements are very common. Basically, all alchemy workshops have them. Otherwise, the purity of the product cannot be guaranteed. In fact, the purity of the product is indeed related to the quality of the relevant magic patterns. When he forced Hector to learn several other elemental magics before, he also used the method of suppressing the fire element.
Once an element is suppressed, it loses all activity and cannot produce magical reactions with any living creature.
Why did this consciousness lead him to see this?
He frowned slightly and turned to look at Enoch.
Enoch was still looking at the other houses following Amy's introduction.
What does it have to do with the flow of elements to push Enoch to travel through the four main cities as in the plot...
"Travel through the four main cities." Bai Jinshu whispered unconsciously.
"Travel across the entire continent?" A flash of light suddenly occurred to his mind.
What drives Enoch is to make him like the plot, or to make him like the purple-haired adventurer?
According to the legend, the purple-haired adventurer who traveled across the entire continent saved the continent after traveling across it, so if they refused to travel across the entire continent, they would not be able to save Slenkmed.
The end of Slenkmed is related to the decline of the earth veins, so what does this magic pattern mean...
After Amy finished introducing all the houses, Lu Changfeng, who was standing closest to Delmis, suddenly heard the necromancer muttering something in a low voice.
He pricked up his ears and vaguely heard a sentence: "It means that the earth vein is not declining?"
Bai Jinshu suddenly squatted down and covered the ground with his entire hand.
What if it’s not that Slenkmed’s ground veins are dying, but that their ground veins are blocked?
The magic power has never been exhausted, it has just lost its activity and sunk deep into the earth veins.
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