Chapter 94: Cave of Sorrow (3) Hell Bubble
In the copy.
When a special character invades a dungeon, the system will not give any prompts. Players do not know that the source of fear, Pegana, has descended into the dungeon, and nothing has happened. For now.
Aunt Zhang led the three people and walked through many twists and turns into a ravine. In front of them was an old Chinese-style house.
The wooden door was covered with yellow talisman paper, and the paper lanterns creaked and shook. A copper lock with green rust hung on the door. Aunt Zhang asked them to wait for a while. She said that at this time, Wu Xiang and the Ghost Doctor were communicating with each other, and they could not go in to disturb them.
"When does Lord Wu Xiang usually communicate with the Ghost Doctor?" Gao Mengtang asked.
Aunt Zhang didn't expect him to ask this. She choked for a moment and said, "Oh, I don't understand the spiritual things about Wu Xiang. When you feel the call of the Ghost Doctor, you will have a spiritual connection, right?"
After that, she took the three people to a pavilion beside a small lake and served them some fruits, vegetables and snacks.
"Judging from the way you are dressed, you must be from a wealthy family in a big city," said Aunt Zhang.
Gao Mengtang is the second-generation rich man Meng Yiqiao, Wei Wei is the second-generation rich man's friend, and Xiao Canglan plays Gao Mengtang's sister. After the three of them traveled through time, the system gave them a set of clothes that looked very expensive.
"An ordinary family." Gao Mengtang nodded with a smile.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the woods beside them. It was not loud, but it was thrilling in the silence of the valley. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, but saw nothing.
The bushes showed signs of being trampled.
Aunt Zhang's lips trembled with fear: "Young man, let me tell you, there is something strange going on in Changming Village recently. You should be careful at night and don't go out casually."
"Why?" Gao Mengtang asked, "Is the protection of the Ghost Doctor no longer effective?"
Aunt Zhang waved her hands repeatedly, indicating that this could not be said: "How can a person understand the mind of a ghost? Be respectful and careful, and leave the rest to fate."
After chatting for a while, a little girl in a dark brown cheongsam came out of Wu Xiang's house. She looked about 11 or 12 years old and called Aunt Zhang to go to work. When the little girl saw Gao Mengtang and others, she was not very enthusiastic and did not even say hello.
"New guests?" The little girl raised her chin towards them and asked in a connoisseur-like tone.
"Miss Xiuhong, they are the ones who chisel the blood." Aunt Zhang said respectfully and even bowed.
After hearing this, Miss Xiuhong said "Oh" coldly.
The three of them were listening and thought the conversation between the two was very interesting: "Aunt Zhang, what does 琢xue mean?"
"In our dialect here," Aunt Zhang said, "it means to visit the mountains as a guest."
"Come in and work, why are you dawdling?" Miss Xiuhong scolded. Although she was young, she was quite arrogant. "Do you want a sedan chair with eight bearers to invite you?"
Aunt Zhang ran into the ancient house of Prime Minister Wu, leaving Gao Mengtang and the other two in the pavilion.
"Just now, they said '钻xue', which seemed to be a code word." Wei Wei tapped his palm with his pipe.
Code language is also called slang. Wei Wei had entered a tomb raiding dungeon before, and encountered NPCs speaking slang to each other. At this moment, he reacted very quickly.
Gao Mengtang also found this conversation strange: "What does 琢xue mean?"
If people could guess it, it wouldn't be called industry jargon. They had just entered the dungeon and knew too little, so it was useless to sit here and daydream. They sat in the pavilion and stared at the lake in a daze.
Blind, unable to see anything. He was bored and released the bubbles he had stored. The bubbles made by [Ice Cup Bubble Shadow] looked no different from soap bubbles, colorful and floating slowly around Gao Mengtang.
Gao Mengtang closed his eyes, felt the breeze from the lake caressing his cheeks, and imagined himself taking a bath.
But the wind is blowing stronger and stronger.
It was getting colder and harder, scraping at his face like a knife. He raised his hand and touched it, his skin was dry and flaky, and there was a crack at the corner of his lip, bleeding.
Oh. I don't know which great god has started to make trouble again.
"Wei Wei, is there something wrong?" Gao Mengtang asked.
No answer.
If Gao Mengtang could see clearly at this moment, he would not speak so calmly.
A colorful, gorgeous, yet eerie light enveloped the small pavilion by the lake. The light was like a colorful toxin, charming but deadly.
A cold wind suddenly blew and pressed towards the small pavilion. The sky and the earth suddenly changed color. Dark clouds covered the sky and white mist floated out of the ground.
Xiao Canglan and Wei Wei had already become like puppets under a spell, one of them putting the pastry into her mouth, while the other continued to smoke, neither of them moving.
Only their eyeballs could move. In just a few seconds, bloodshot eyes covered the whites of their eyes. They tried their best to look towards Gao Mengtang and wanted to call for help, but the inexplicable extreme fear made them unable to open their teeth.
The source of fear - Pegana.
This name appeared in Wei Wei's mind. He was about to start the slaughter...
Gao Mengtang: "Wei Wei, please say something."
A voice with the same tone as Wei Wei sounded: "It is normal for strange things to happen in a dungeon. Your Excellency the Blind One does not need to worry."
"Yeah. That's right." Gao Mengtang said.
No! That's not me! Wei Wei shouted in his heart, but he couldn't move at all.
A ball of flesh crawled in from the aurora that enveloped the pavilion. When Wei Wei saw that thing, his heart sank completely.
That is the entity that is the source of fear.
The powerful life form from the other world can crush the player to ashes with just a stretch of its hand, just like crushing a bug.
If the entity appears, how can they survive?
The flesh ball was covered with colorful hairs, like the cap of a poisonous mushroom, and among the hairs, there were colorful eyeballs.
With a "pop", the ball of flesh split into eight pieces, revealing a red cavity, and dozens of tongues covered with barbs stretched out.
Wei Wei's fearful eyes were covered with despair. Hot tears flowed from Xiao Canglan's eyes.
It's over.
The dozen tongues did not rush towards the two of them, but instead rushed towards Gao Mengtang.
Interesting. This mortal was actually safe and sound in his [Magnetic Field of Fear].
Pei Jiana stared at Gao Mengtang with dozens of eyes, stretched out his tongue and licked his face.
"Hey, naughty girl, stop it." Gao Mengtang thought it was Freesia playing tricks, so she pushed the tongue away.
Something didn't feel right. Is the tongue of a freesia so sharp?
Maybe it touched her shark teeth.
Pegana's licking stopped for a moment. Who are you calling a naughty girl?
He did not give up and approached again, licking Gao Mengtang's hand.
The presence of the source of fear nearby is enough to make a mentally fragile person completely collapse. If it is directly touched, even the strongest person will be overwhelmed by fear.
However, this time, Pei Jiana licked for a long time, but Gao Mengtang did not show any sign of fear.
"Naughty, Xiao Canglan, stop licking me." Gao Mengtang pushed and refused a few more times, feeling something was wrong. Why was Xiao Canglan licking him?
His expression changed: "Freesia, is that you?"
"Princess?" The same voice as Xiao Canglan's sounded in Gao Mengtang's ears.
Judging from the direction, it was a bit far from Gao Mengtang. It shouldn't be Xiao Canglan licking his hand. Gao Mengtang frowned, leaned over to touch it, and touched a fluffy thing.
Country, furry, loves to lick people.
Gao Mengtang: "Dog?"
Pegana: “……?”
You are still not polite even when you are about to die.
A long and distant howl emanated from the open cavity, like the wind blowing through the empty space, whimpering and miserable.
It felt like a grenade exploded in Wei Wei and Xiao Canglan's ear canals, shaking their brains to the point of splitting them open and causing dirty blood to flow out of their earlobes.
Gao Mengtang: "The dog is barking?"
Pegana: ???
It's no wonder that he mistook Pegana for a dog. He couldn't see and touched a hairy thing. Even if he had an incredible imagination, he couldn't guess that this was a strange species with a hairy head that could be split into eight petals, dozens of eyes, and a tongue full of barbs.
What's more, when Pegana screamed, it really sounded like a wolf howling.
"What a rare dog," Gao Mengtang patted Pegana's head. Three or five colorful eyes quickly closed under his palm. "Wei Wei, what breed of dog is this? Do you know it? It barks like a wolf... Why are you ignoring me again?"
"I can't recognize it," Pegana imitated Wei Wei's voice, "It must be a village dog."
Gao Mengtang: "Dogs all bark, don't they bark woof?"
"The game copy is not very similar to reality, which is quite normal."
Gao Mengtang touched the "dog hair" and nodded: "Yeah, that's right."
As soon as he said this, he felt something was wrong.
Wei Wei was strict and cautious, and would not miss any details. In just five minutes, there was a strong wind and dogs barking like wolves, so how could he keep saying it was normal?
"I want to eat pork belly." Gao Mengtang said suddenly.
"Okay, I'll find a way to have the kitchen make some pork belly for you."
Something is wrong.
Caught off guard, Gao Mengtang stopped stroking and suddenly exerted force to press down the "dog's neck". A bubble floated out from the palm of his other hand and pressed it on Pegana's head.
Pegana didn't even try to hide, it was just a bubble...wait.
Where is He now?
Dozens of colorful eyes suddenly opened wide, filling the entire body, staring at the surroundings in 360 degrees.
The rolling red magma, the black chains hanging from the heights, the wandering ghosts and spirits, the never-ending screams.
Where is this? Hell?
More than a dozen tongues spurted out of Pegana's body cavity, trying to tear open a crack in space and escape from here.
But one of the basic rules of [Ice Bowl Bubble] is: by default, the small world inside the bubble can only be punctured by [000 Blind People].
The life form trapped in the bubble cannot escape even if it makes a scene.
Pegana was panicked, with dozens of tongues dancing in the air.
It really is hell. That person just now…cannot be called a “person”, should it be said that the powerful being just now is the god of death?
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The [magnetic field of fear] dissipated immediately, and Wei Wei screamed and fell to the ground. Gao Mengtang groped to find his body and helped him sit up: "What happened just now?"
Wei Wei coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and was unable to speak for a long time. He used up all his remaining strength and drank a bottle of physical potion before he could speak: "The source of fear, Pegana... He attacked us."
"The source of fear?" Gao Mengtang was confused. "The dog?"
Wei Wei: "...It's not a dog. That's not the point."
He stood up and asked with difficulty: "Pegana is one of the gods in the other world. How could you trap him in a bubble?"
Even if a player possesses a heritage-level artifact, he is still a player after all, and should not have the power to contend with gods.
Gao Mengtang: "I don't know either. Let's not talk about this for now. How serious are your injuries? Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"It's okay." Wei Wei swallowed a mouthful of blood. He Luo struggled to crawl out of the pipe, and the dark green tentacles wrapped around him and Xiao Canglan's bodies, healing them.
He Luo was unable to completely heal the wounds left by the source of fear. Xiao Canglan relied on the blood of the dead to recover 80% and was alive and kicking. Wei Wei only recovered 10% and was still very weak.
After confirming that they were out of danger, Gao Mengtang felt relieved, but anger rekindled in his heart.
Pegana actually dared to hurt his people. If he had reacted half a minute slower, Wei Wei would have fallen at his feet.
Gao Mengtang rolled up his sleeves and rushed into the bubble with great momentum.
This is a small hell world he fabricated in his spare time, referring to 3A games and fantasy films.
In the bubble hell, Pegana rushed around randomly.
When he saw Gao Mengtang, he attacked with all his might. After a series of dazzling moves, Gao Mengtang's hair was not even messed up.
"Dogs shouldn't bump into their owners." Gao Mengtang said calmly.
He still couldn't see clearly. The world authority of the Black Tower game copy should be higher than his bubble world authority. After entering the copy, the [000 Blind] identity card took effect. Gao Mengtang could add invincibility, golden body and other settings to himself, but the visual impairment debuff bound to the identity card could not be suppressed.
But Gao Mengtang already knew that Pegana was not a dog. He called him a dog now, completely on purpose.
Gao Mengtang floated in the air, his voice and echo collided with each other, stretching far and wide, and the shrill ghost howl was one or two thrilling notes.
"Now I give you two choices. One, be trapped in hell forever. Two, come out with me and be an obedient dog."
How could the source of fear be a dog for others? Pegana launched a more fierce attack, and a wall of air blocked Gao Mengtang, silently telling him that this was a system setting that you couldn't change, and players had to abide by the rules.
"Who are you?" Pegana's strength was exhausted and his attacks gradually stopped. "The End of Fate - Death?"
His voice was clear and melodious, like beads splashing in all directions, melodious and beautiful, but Gao Mengtang was in no mood to listen: "Make a choice. One or two."
When Gao Mengtang had a cold face, his perfect appearance made him look distant. Pei Jiana had seen many humans, but never such a beautiful one.
"No, you are not the God of Death. The original form of the God of Death is a giant spider." Pegana said mysteriously, "The God of Death is not that powerful. You, you are above the destined end."
What nonsense is this? Gao Mengtang thought, he is just a game player.
You still have to pretend, Gao Mengtang said softly.
"I don't have much patience. I'll ask you one last time. Since you're stuck here, you might as well be an obedient dog."
Pegana roared: "I will only be a loyal dog to the wise king!"
Hearing this, Gao Mengtang was shocked. Pei Jiana was actually related to the virtuous king?
"I will meet with the King and tell Him all about your bullying of me!" Pegana was so angry that the colorful fur on his body exploded. "Just wait, the King will find out!"
The Wise King, the Supreme Being and the only true God in the mouth of the Enemy Rabbit. Gao Mengtang was very unsure when he brought him up. But he knew how to pretend.
"It seems that you have ruled out option two and have chosen to stay here forever," Gao Mengtang said leisurely, "I wish you good luck. When you meet the wise king, please give him my regards."
After saying this, he turned around and pretended to leave.
A space rift appeared and swallowed Gao Mengtang's body. When Pei Jiana saw it, he tried to rush over desperately, but was held in place by an invisible force and could not move at all.
As the crack shrank, only a beam of light came through. He finally said, "I choose two!"
He tried everything, but couldn't leave. If Gao Mengtang really left, he would be trapped here forever. As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. He will go out first, and he will always find a chance to defeat this person.
Gao Mengtang was secretly delighted, but on the surface, he spread his hands nonchalantly and said, "Forget it. Why would I fight with the virtuous king for a dog? I can't raise a dog raised by someone else."
"Don't go!" Pegana was anxious. "I have never seen the wise king, nor am I his loyal dog. I have only heard of his epics and legends."
"I, I will be loyal to you."
Pegana closed his eight-petal mouth, curled up into a fur ball, and collapsed on the ground, pretending to be good and weak.
"Do you see that crystal?" Gao Mengtang pointed to a suspended octahedron in the center of Bubble Hell. "Put your soul into the crystal and I will take you out."
Pegana got angry again: "Selling your soul?! This is impossible?"
Gao Mengtang didn't hesitate: "Goodbye."
"Wait, wait, don't turn around and leave just because you don't agree with me," Pegana stuck out her tongue to keep him, "I'm pretending, isn't that okay?"
Up to now, Pegana still hasn't realized the seriousness of the problem. He has always believed that he was careless and was ambushed, so he was put into the bubble.
After you get out, be more careful and find time to burst the bubble, and the soul will naturally return to His hands. How can the source of fear not be able to deal with a soap bubble?
The colorful fluorescence filled the suspended octahedron, and the blood-red hell was illuminated with a variety of colors and splendor.
The small world created by [Ice Cup Bubble Shadow] has little impact on the outside world. When the bubble is broken, the illusion of the inner world can only appear briefly.
If Gao Mengtang let Pei Jiana go, he would not be able to take Him back anytime and anywhere.
The situation is different when the soul is placed in the bubble. In the world of the Black Tower, the soul is far more important than the body, and the soul can control the body. In this way, the bubble can summon and capture Pegana at any time like a Poké Ball.
Pegana didn't know this and was still dreaming of shattering the bubble.
As soon as he returned to the dungeon, Gao Mengtang ordered him: "Heal Wei Wei."
Hearing this, Pegana sneered in his heart. He is indeed a bluff, and he can't even heal his wounds. No matter what the origin of this trick is, just burst the bubble first.
Dozens of tongues aimed at the soap bubbles, attacking them hundreds of times in just a few seconds.
The bubble bounced left and right, without changing at all.
A question mark slowly emerged in Pegana's mind. A claw stretched out from Meatball's body, aimed at Bubble, and slapped it with all his strength.
The bubble emerged from between his fingers, floated into the air, and turned back into a sphere.
"You like bubbles very much," Gao Mengtang smiled, "You can live in a bubble forever."
Pegana was angry and anxious: "Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!!"
Liar, conspirator, devil who trades souls! The wise king will punish you!
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