"1097?" Lin Hu finally realized that although 1097 rarely came out, not coming out and losing contact were two different things, and the feeling was different.
"When are you coming back?" Lin Hu asked.
[1097: Just now.]
"What have you been doing these past two days?" Lin Hu asked 1097 as he walked inside, holding up a small nightlight.
[1097: Haven't I always been here?]
Um?
Lin Hu: "You've been out of contact for several days now. Is there such an irresponsible system?"
[1097: That's probably because it's been updated again, and the update time is quite long.]
Lin Hu was puzzled. Was there really such a stupid system?
"You haven't updated yourself, don't you know?"
Lin Hu turned out of the cave entrance, thinking he would reach an open area, but unexpectedly, three branching cave entrances appeared in front of him.
Lin Hu asked 1097, "Which way?"
[1097: The one in the middle.]
"OK, I'll listen to you. If I'm wrong, it's your fault." Lin Hu gave an OK sign and smiled.
Now that someone is there to talk to him, Lin Hu is not so scared anymore.
Lin Hu encountered several more forks in the road, asking for directions to 1097 each time, before finally arriving at a cave entrance with an iron gate.
"Is this the treasure?" Lin Hu stopped in front of the iron gate and asked 1097.
【1097: Yes.】
"What kind of treasure is it?" Lin Hu rubbed his hands together, eager to figure out how to open the iron gate.
[1097: I don't know.]
"Stop pretending to be cute, can't you detect things?" Lin Hu brought up the 1097 system interface and reached out to poke at the screen.
[1097: I can only help you detect dangers and some small treasures within a 500-meter radius. The treasures here are too high-level for me to detect.]
So high-end?
Lin Hu was worried: would there be any danger in retrieving the treasures inside?
[1097: Don't worry, host, there will be no danger. If you do encounter danger, you can spend 100 level-three crystal cores to escape to a secluded paradise~]
Lin Hu: The moment you appeared, you tried to steal the crystal cores from my pocket!
"Thank you for reminding me!" Lin Hu looked at the system interface of 1097 with a forced smile.
Because he was entangled by vines similar to ivy, he searched for a while before finding a cracked stone wall next to the iron gate.
I reached out and pressed the button, and the door opened automatically.
Lin Hu had a vivid imagination. As soon as he opened the door, a mechanism was activated. He dodged to the side, but nothing happened.
Lin Hu slowed his pace and breath as he walked in. Even though it was night, it was still very dark around him, only illuminating a small area around him.
"Wow!" Lin Hu suddenly tripped over something unknown under his feet and almost blurted out a national treasure, but luckily he covered his mouth in time.
Looking down, he saw an iron chain as thick as a bucket, and it was this thing that tripped him.
Lin Hu was always paying attention to his surroundings, so he felt as if the iron chain had run over there on its own.
The chains stretched endlessly into the darkness.
"Phew~"
A wave of heat rose beside him, and Lin Hu felt as if he were being watched by something very close.
Lin Hu raised the nightlight higher, trying to shine it further, but it didn't help much.
At this moment, a pair of golden eyes slowly opened behind Lin Hu, and he stood in the middle of those eyes, being watched.
[1097: Host, watch out behind you!]
1097 spoke up to remind him, and Lin Hu immediately reacted, running a few steps in the direction he came from to increase the distance.
He bent down and rolled the small nightlight in his hand back to where he had just been.
The nightlight illuminated the way, and it finally stopped after hitting something.
Lin Hu also saw what the owner of the gold glasses looked like.
It's a dragon!
The dragon looked at the small nightlight at his feet, and after a few seconds, he raised his head and roared.
The sound was so loud that it even created a shockwave, forcing Lin Hu to cover his ears, bury his head, and squat down.
Suddenly, clusters of flames lit up in the grooves of the surrounding stone walls, instantly illuminating the entire cave.
Lin Hu had clearly seen the dragon's appearance; it was a giant dragon with a golden body and five toes on its claws.
It may have refrained from attacking Lin Hu because its body was bound by countless iron chains.
Lin Hu was very excited when he first met Long, but he didn't show it on his face, afraid that he would anger Long if he was too excited.
[Lin Hu: 1097, don't tell me you have to kill it to get the treasure.] Lin Hu shouted to 1097 in his mind.
There is only one dragon living in the middle of countless iron chains, and there is nothing around it. In the past, rewards or treasure chests would only drop after killing monsters.
He naturally assumed that the so-called treasure could only be obtained by killing it.
But that's a dragon!
He not only dared not kill, but he also couldn't kill.
"What did you say? You want to kill me?"
Before 1097 could answer, a child's innocent voice rang out around Linhu.
"Who?!" Lin Hu cautiously observed the surrounding movements.
"Me!" Jinlong moved his body, raised his head, and stared at Lin Hu with his eyes shining with golden light.
You can't tell if he's happy or angry.
Lin Hu was shocked: Mind reading?!
“That’s right!” The child’s voice rang out again, and this time Lin Hu clearly saw that the voice was coming from the dragon’s mouth.
Lin Hu was terrified, feeling that even though the dragon was chained up, it could easily crush him. "I didn't mean to kill you, I was just talking nonsense."
“That’s not what you just said.” The dragon head moved forward and stopped less than a meter away from Lin Hu.
Lin Hu felt an invisible pressure, swallowed hard, and laughed it off, saying, "You misheard, I wasn't talking about you."
"I've seen things like you that walk upright a few times. What are you?" the dragon asked Lin Hu curiously. This was the first time it had communicated with a creature that walked upright on two arms and two legs.
That doesn't sound like a nice thing to say; it sounds like something's off.
“Humans,” Lin Hu replied.
"Human? Human? You are human?" The dragon had heard of humans, but it never expected that the one in front of it would be like this.
"I've heard that humans have unlimited power. Can you let me out?" The dragon's childish voice was filled with excitement and longing.
【1097: Host, he is the key to triggering the treasure, but you don't need to kill him. Instead, you need to save him to get the treasure.】
Also, from now on, don't talk to me. He's a dragon, and I'm afraid he'll sense my presence, which could cause trouble.
Lin Hu had been worried about what trouble might arise, but then he realized that Long was watching him closely and he was afraid that his thoughts would be revealed, so he quickly tried to think of something else.
The voice of 1097 rang out again.
[1097: Host, there is a way to release this dragon.]
Go find Duan Linzhou; he has a family heirloom jade that can untie all the restraints on the dragon.
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