Chapter 105: Round 19, Cycle 23
"You've overstepped your bounds."
A man's cold voice sounded.
The mountain honeysuckle was so cold that it fell to the ground again.
"You should remember that the order given to you by the family did not include [threat], so are your current actions violating the family order?"
The man stood in front of Honeysuckle, wearing his leather shoes that were always polished to a shine.
"Do you think I should report this to the family and punish you?"
"Xiaofu..." Shan Rendong said, clutching her shriveled chest, which was constantly sprouting bloody tentacles. "You really have become the steward...?"
The boy who used to live in the slums, always had a runny nose, was always sick, and was always so timid that he hid behind himself.
It turns out we have come so, so far now.
He really became a star that is irreplaceable no matter where he goes, just like the wish he made.
But Xiaofu, you took the wrong path, you took the wrong path...!!!
"Are you Honeysuckle?" the man squatted down and asked.
Mountain Honeysuckle felt her eyes, which were covered in blood, being wiped clean. She opened her eyes and looked at the man.
"Is there anyone else who looks like me...?"
"Have you been there?" The man's expression became even more serious. He grabbed Shan Rendong's neck and asked harshly, "You were the one who stole the things there?!"
"You... [Copy] me?!" When Shan Rendong heard this, she suddenly understood why the servants had always stopped her from going upstairs when she returned to the family in the past.
——It turns out they secretly copied the [Copy] array she used back then!!
But [Theft]? ...
Shan Rendong covered up his cough with laughter and said, "Hahahaha... How can that be called [theft]?!"
"I just took back what was mine..."
She reached out and wrapped her arms and tentacles around the man's neck, forcing him to let go and lower his head.
"You--!!" The man put his hands on both sides, trying to break free.
"What a pity, Xiaofu," Shan Honeysuckle came forward and smiled, "You couldn't kill me."
"You violated the family's order...hahahahaha...is there any way for you to survive?"
"Why not just... follow me?"
"Xiaofu."
Honeysuckle wiped away the slightly condensed frost on Xiaofu's eyelashes, her voice soft and gentle, just like before.
"Winter is not cold anymore, it's time to go home."
…
——"Mountain Honeysuckle, I'm leaving."
——"...You still agreed to them, didn't you?"
——"Yes, but so what, they are not as cruel as you said——"
——"Xiaofu."
——"What?"
——"...When winter is no longer cold, come home and be with me."
^
"team leader?!"
Yu Yuanxiang actually saw Tang Xiqin's appearance in the exploding [magic] wave, and she shouted out in worry: "Captain?!!!——"
A vast cloud of dust suddenly appeared in front of her, almost blocking her entire vision.
Just when she wanted to reach out and grab Tang Xiqin——
"Hey, wake up," someone suddenly shook her from behind, "We're back to reality."
Yu Yuanxiang turned around and saw Tang Xiqin looking at her speechlessly, then striding towards the ceremony hall.
"...Captain?" Yu Yuanxiang asked tentatively.
"What? If you don't hurry up, we won't be able to get in." Tang Xiqin yawned, without looking back, walked straight forward and opened the door of the ceremony hall.
"Oh, okay."
…
Enter the ceremony hall.
All around the empty hall, there were tunnel entrances of various styles, flashing lights of different colors.
"Tsk," Tang Xiqin frowned in distress, "It seems I'm a step too late."
Following her words, Yu Yuanxiang looked at the huge pocket watch hanging right above the innermost part of the hall.
——[25:61:999999%#@%#%#@……]
"Captain, the time on that watch!"
Before Yu Yuanxiang could finish her words, when she blinked and opened her eyes again, the time on the watch returned to normal.
——[20:02:03]
"What's wrong? Isn't it a normal time?" Tang Xiqin asked, crossing her arms over her chest. "Yu Yuanxiang, you haven't come out of that illusion yet, have you?"
"Yes... but Captain, don't you think the energy here is somewhat familiar?" Yu Yuanxiang shook his head and said.
"Familiar?" Tang Xiqin's answer was a little strange. "It's your imagination. Why don't I feel familiar at all?"
"...Captain, have you found the way? Which way should we take to find Minglin?" Yu Yuanxiang took a few steps back stiffly and changed the subject. "I'm a little worried about her."
"Oh, this one."
…
The two of them kept walking further into the tunnel.
Yu Yuanxiang felt her head getting more and more dizzy. If she hadn't prepared some stimulating medicine in advance, she would probably have collapsed right now.
"Captain," Yu Yuanxiang finally couldn't help but ask, "How long do we have to go?"
"How much longer...will we have to walk...?"
Yu Yuanxiang raised her head and discovered that the captain, who was originally full of energy, had turned into a mummy without her knowing when!
"Captain?!!!!" She covered her throat tremblingly, took several steps back, and almost staggered as she shouted, "Is it you?! Captain?!!!"
"How long... do we have to walk...?" The mummy's eyes were empty. It waved its hands and slowly moved towards Yu Yuanxiang.
“Captain, Captain!!! Wake up!! Captain!!! I’m Yu Yuanxiang, wake up quickly!!!!!”
Yu Yuanxiang's hands uncontrollably gripped her throat tightly, and the sound came out in a squeezed voice.
"I'm Yu Yuanxiang, Captain! Wake up!"
But until the mummy walked in front of her, she was unable to successfully wake up the captain.
Yu Yuanxiang looked at the mummy, which was left with only a skeleton and a layer of skin, and exerted more strength in her hands.
She pinched herself and gradually fell to the ground due to lack of oxygen.
“Captain…Captain!!!” Yu Yuanxiang closed her eyes in pain, “It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me!!!”
"It's all because of the curse!"
"It's the [Curse] that made you like this, not me, it's really not me!!!"
"Cough cough cough cough cough!!!!!!"
"Ah...how much...longer...do we have to walk..."
The mummy pounced down!
Yu Yuanxiang felt that her body was being gnawed.
One bite, two bites, three bites...
Soon, she was no longer breathing.
^
"Bang!"
He Yuezhe hit his head directly against the wall, making a dull sound!
"Sister Xiaoyu, that person has disappeared!" Qu Biexing's weak voice rang out, "She, she can [walk through walls]!?"
"Hiss..." He Yuezhe rubbed his forehead which was a little painful from the collision, and reached out to touch the wall in front of him.
"Probably not. This wall is hollow. Maybe something doesn't want me to leave here."
"Sister Xiaoyu, what should we do now?"
"Host, because of the energy amplification effect of this wall, a group of people are rushing towards you right now!!!"
"What should I do? Should I keep running?"
“…”
"Hmph..." He Yuezhe chuckled, climbed onto the high stool at the bar and sat down, "I'll save this question for those people later."
…
"Hey, you must be Minglin, the one who just started school a few weeks ago! I heard you took the third path, which makes you a true genius!"
A neatly dressed man, or at best, neatly dressed, rushed out from the crowd.
He looked He Yuezhe up and down in a flattering manner and said weakly, "Hey, great genius, how are things at home?"
"What are you asking?! It's completely meaningless!" Another man who had been standing at the front of the crowd grabbed the man who rushed over, "Don't you know you can't ask these questions?!"
"When did the rules become a thing in Area A9?!" The man who rushed over raised his eyebrows and shouted.
"Two."
He Yuezhe held the two men down with his dagger out: "Arguing is not a good habit."
"You...this, this is--!!!" The man standing at the front of the crowd was stunned and stood there not daring to move at all.
“Hey, look, you’re not as brave as me oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!???——” The man who rushed up turned his head, and the arrogance in his mouth disappeared instantly.
"laugh……"
The dagger cut through the two men's clothes and stopped just before their flesh.
"As expected, you've stopped arguing." He Yuezhe casually curled the corners of his mouth. "Can I speak now?"
Are you actually afraid of [rules]?
It seems that these people are not without restrictions.
That's easy.
"Sure, please, please tell me..." the man who rushed up replied timidly.
The man standing at the front of the crowd glanced at the two of them with disdain and said nothing.
"Well, I want to ask what time it is now, is that okay?" He Yuezhe smiled fakely.
"It's... September 5th... at night... 8, 8:30..." the man who rushed up replied.
"Okay, then... let me ask you again why you came to see me?"
As He Yuezhe asked, he picked up a cup of unknown substance from the bar and smashed it directly into the face of the man in the front of the crowd.
Perhaps due to the pressure of the dagger, the man did not resist, but just glared at He Yuezhe fiercely.
"Looking for you...?" The man who rushed over seemed startled, and his words slowed down. "T-T-T... Because we need... We need a [Magician]..."
"Okay, then following this question, why do you think you need a [Magician]?"
"Because, because... because we need a [Magician]..."
"Bang--"
The man who rushed up was suddenly punched by a group of people at the same time, and he was immediately knocked out along the bar!
"If you don't know how to speak, then don't speak! Don't think this is Area A9 and there are no rules!!!"
The man at the front of the crowd yelled, "Who do you think you are? You're such a good-looking fellow, it's a relief to have a say! Do you really think you're so awesome?!"
“Ugh—!!”
The already dirty clothes of the man who was beaten flying became even dirtier. Various liquids and food stuck to him, giving off a strange smell.
The tentacles quietly stretched out from under his clothes and licked those things bit by bit.
"And you, a mere new Magician, are acting so arrogantly here??!!!"
The man at the front of the crowd turned around and shouted behind him: "Hurry up, everyone, divide her up quickly--"
“Crack.”
"Oh, it's the 23rd cycle, haven't you had enough?"
He Yuezhe looked behind him and saw an unknown person holding an old-fashioned camera and pressing the record button, and raised his eyebrows.
"How's it going? Did I smile better this time than last time?"
“Gurgle gurgle…”
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