Du Ze stared at his hand. It looked perfectly normal.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Xiu's voice came from the side. "I've been looking at my hand since yesterday."

Du Ze stretched out his hand, stroked his fingers across Xiu's palm, and then bent them through the gaps between his fingers - he held Xiu's hand tightly, palms together, fingers interlocked.

There was no transparency or shadow, and the penetration I saw yesterday was like an illusion.

Du Ze sincerely hoped that it was an illusion, or that the instability of space caused that situation. After all, his hand was illusory only for a moment when he just returned to the round hall, and it returned to normal before anyone noticed. Du Ze found various reasons to reassure himself, but when he thought of the scene he saw in the time corridor, the blood in his body seemed to solidify.

——You will never find him!

Will he disappear...

Not being stolen, not being hidden, but truly disappearing from this world.

——So what if you become the Supreme God! You are the only God in the world!

Du Ze held Xiu's hand tightly and blurted out impulsively: "——" Don't climb the tower.

Unable to make a sound. Du Ze pursed his lips. He would be silent when he told the truth about this world, and would be silent when he told spoilers that would affect the subsequent events. The invisible existence silently showed him: You are not the protagonist, you cannot dominate the plot; you are not the author, you cannot edit the plot; you are just a reader, you can only watch the plot.

Seeing Xiu's concerned look, Du Ze opened his mouth, but the only thing he could say was: "...We will soon reach the fifth floor."

Xiu thought Du Ze was counting on his hands, so he smiled and nodded. "Well, let's go in and take a look."

Du Ze was led by Xiu into the light gate. At the moment when he was engulfed by the light, Du Ze was still thinking: Judging from the scenes seen in the time corridor, the God of Creation must be one of the people who knew about his disappearance.

He couldn't stop Xiucheng from becoming a god, so he had to find the reason for his disappearance immediately.

Before he opened his eyes, Du Ze heard the rustling of leaves in the wind, and he felt that he was stepping on a soft carpet like a sponge. Du Ze looked down and found that it was a thick, phosphorescent moss, which sank softly when he stepped on it, and it was very comfortable. Dots of fluorescent light danced in the night, and Du Ze looked up and saw the huge moon in the night sky. He subconsciously glanced at the battery level of his headphones. Judging from the battery level, it should be morning now, and the night should be the setting of this copy.

There was a magical mist all around. Although it was dark, everything was clearly visible. The tall fences formed a wall, spreading out to the left and right with no end in sight. The place where they were was like the entrance to a fence maze. On the opposite fence wall, there was a sign. Everyone came closer to take a look. Except for Du Ze and Ariel, the others had no idea what the complicated and fancy words said.

That's Elvish.

[Dear adventurer, this is the fairyland.

You only need to walk to the exit of the maze to reach the fairy kingdom, without doing anything else.

There are certain dangers in the maze, and the equipment in the treasure chest can help you.

Watch out for the vines. 】

Du Ze translated the sign to the others. Xiu heard the last part and suddenly asked, "Vine?"

Everyone was confused, even Ariel. The treasure chest written on the sign was just below the sign, and Enoch had opened it with his quick hands. Inside was a bow and a barrel of arrows. Enoch took out the bow and pulled it casually.

"This bow is not as useful as my dagger!" Enoch pulled out another arrow and was surprised to find that the arrow head was made of mercury iron. "Hey! This arrow is good."

Ariel was the only archer in the group, so the equipment was given to her. Du Ze read the sign again. It was easy to tell from the information on the sign that this was an elf dungeon. This time, the tower was very generous in showing the way to pass the level and even kindly provided equipment. A certain silly and cute kid who was almost tortured by the tower couldn't help but wonder - would this dungeon maze be difficult?

"Moir," Xiu said, "fly up and take a look at the whole picture."

Du Ze deeply understood what the gap was. While he was honestly thinking about the so-called first law of the maze, Mengzhu had already thought of a way to pass the level quickly (by cheating).

Are you stupid? Grandpa can fly~

Mor transformed into a dragon, spread his wings and flew. However, the moment Mor flew high, the tree fences that formed the maze wall suddenly grew as if sprinkled with golden pebbles - how high the black dragon flew, how high it grew. Mor's dragon flame hit the tree fence wall, but not even a spark was raised. There was no need to test it again, everyone knew that the tree fence wall here was invincible and immune to any attack.

If you can't cheat, then you can only pass the level honestly.

There were no monsters in the maze, and the road was wide enough for ten people to walk side by side. Du Ze stepped on the sponge-like phosphorus moss and walked in the maze surrounded by tree fences. Everything in front of him was covered with a hazy halo. If this was not the dangerous tower, this would be a very enjoyable thing. All dungeons were relatively easy at the beginning. After walking for a while, they encountered the first fork in the road.

Now was the time to test one's luck. Just as Du Ze was about to ask for help to repair his hero's halo, he saw Ariel suddenly walk to the fork in the road and squat down, as if observing something carefully. Before anyone else came closer, Ariel stood up excitedly, pointed at a knotted grass at her feet, and gestured to Du Ze in Elf language.

"She said, go to the right." Du Ze translated Ariel's words word by word: "There is a sign here."

According to Ariel, this knotted grass is a common sign used by the elves in the forest to tell the elves what is ahead. Du Ze couldn't help but want to call Ariel a little angel - with a little angel, mom doesn't have to worry about me getting lost in the forest anymore.

Under the care of the Elf Princess, they were just strolling in the Elf Maze like in the back garden. Every time Du Ze was happy, the tower would always give a stupid cute boy a stick to let him know what the cruel reality was. When the group passed the third fork in the road, Xiu suddenly stopped and looked back vigilantly.

Even though his feet were covered in thick moss, Du Ze could still feel a rumbling vibration coming from afar, like a ferocious beast that had just awakened, rushing towards them with great momentum. Soon, Du Ze saw what it meant to... "Watch out for the vines."

Du Ze and his friends were stunned to see the vines covering the sky and the ground rushing towards them like a flood. Xiu reacted the fastest and decisively used fire magic: "Fire Wall!"

Five three-meter-high fire walls suddenly appeared. Facing the blazing fire walls, the vines showed no fear and passed through the first fire wall in an instant. The jumping fire element not only did not cause any damage to the vines, but made them grow even more violently - the vines could actually absorb magic! Xiu noticed this with his sharp eyes, and he immediately removed the four fire walls at the back and stopped the Fire Phoenix from casting spells: "Don't use magic!"

The vine that rushed in front of everyone was like a long tentacle, and the fire phoenix cried out, and its wings grew bigger. The falling feathers were like sharp blades that cut the attacking vine into pieces. Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the severed vines grew new tips in an instant and recovered almost without any gaps.

More and more vines surged up. Due to the venue, Mor could not transform into a dragon, and could only stretch out his right claw to tear the twisting plants. Under the joint attack of everyone, more and more vines were cut and fell to the ground, almost forming a small mountain. However, the vines' attack did not slow down at all - everything they did was like using a cup to transfer water from the sea to another place in vain.

Du Ze was being repaired behind him. He thought of the hint on the sign at the entrance to the maze. Did he really need to use the equipment provided by the divine tower? However, Du Ze saw that although the arrow shot by Ariel could break through the vines and penetrate deep into them, just like when they used swords to cut, the vines quickly reassembled after being broken. He couldn't use magic attacks, and physical attacks were almost ineffective. The vines in front of him were incredibly strong. Du Ze even suspected that this was a must-escape level set by the divine tower. It felt very cruel to have a chase battle in the maze.

Ariel was not careful and stepped on the juice flowing from the vines on the ground and almost slipped. Enoch held Ariel who was about to fall and used teleportation to avoid the attack of the vines. Seeing that they had no way to deal with the vines on the opposite side and would enter a vicious cycle if they continued to waste time, Xiu issued an evacuation order. He and Rachel stayed behind and let the others escape first. Du Ze was about to turn around when a vine about the thickness of his wrist came over with the cover of dead plants, wrapped around the ankle of a silly and cute person and lifted it up.

"Du——"

Du Ze only heard half of Xiu's shouting when a vine hooked onto his earphone cord and pulled it, taking away his private money and trying to escape. Du Ze, who couldn't live without his earphones, quickly grabbed the vine that was about to retract, and was pulled into the embrace of the vines. Countless vines surrounded him from all directions, they tightly wrapped around Du Ze, and the slightly rough surface rubbed against his skin, causing a stinging sensation. Du Ze was dragged deeper by the vines. He wanted to struggle, but his whole body was tightly wrapped by the vines, leaving him no room to struggle or escape.

一道光劈開了杜澤上方的藤蔓，杜澤擡眼看去，發現修竟然也沖進藤蔓中。修不顧将他包圍的藤蔓，神色冷峻地将杜澤身上的藤蔓盡悉斬斷，他伸出手，抓住杜澤的手想要将杜澤拉出來。然而藤蔓流出的汁水将杜澤染得遍身都是，滑膩的汁液讓杜澤的手變得比魚還滑，修稍不留神就讓杜澤的手溜滑了出去。

複原的藤蔓将要将修包裹，修不得不再次将周邊的藤蔓除去一遍。杜澤努力擺脫藤蔓向修蹭去，此時又有一條藤蔓纏住他的腰往後一拉。杜澤下意識地揮舞着雙手，卻不小心抓住一顆綠色果實，近乎反射地用力一捏。

啪。

狂舞的藤蔓突然像是感受到了莫大的疼痛開始顫抖，最後軟軟地垂下，開始枯萎。在外面的人錯愕地看着突然死去的藤蔓，他們沒時間多想，連忙将卷入藤蔓深處的杜澤和修拉出來。

伊諾克好奇地問：“發生什麽事了？”

“裏面有顆果實，應該是它們的弱點。”修只解釋了一句，就去查看杜澤的情況。

此時杜澤整個人異常狼狽，全身上下都是藤蔓的汁水，雖說并不難聞甚至帶點香甜，但滑呼呼地讓人感覺很是怪異。火鳳凰嘗試落在杜澤的肩上，腳一滑直接摔了下去。杜澤無言地瞧了一眼那只呆萌寵，然後找了個隐蔽的地方，忍不住拉開了衣服來看。走過來的修一眼就看到杜澤背上被藤蔓磨出的印子，那鮮紅的條形痕跡，淩亂地印在白皙的皮膚上，看起來就像是被淩虐過一般，透現着一種奇異的色香。

修忍不住伸出手，想要撫上杜澤的背，此時靜止不動的藤蔓卻突然出現了異響。

杜澤按了按肚子上的紅印，有些地方磨破了皮，一按下去又癢又痛。他的耳機滲了水陷入罷工狀态，直到修拍了拍他的肩，杜澤才發現周圍又出了狀況。從枯萎的藤蔓中爬出了一群瓷器人——如果不是他們逼真的表情，杜澤真以為那是一堆工藝品而不是一群生物。每個瓷器人大約半米來高，他們一見到外面的人就開始嚎啕大哭，一邊哭一邊說着什麽。

見杜澤沒帶上耳機，修知道杜澤聽不見，他在杜澤手中寫道：[他們說他們是被藤蔓捉住的瓷器人，請求我們送他們回家。]

看起來是神塔安排的支線劇情，據瓷器人所說，他們的家就在前面，看起來應該不會很費功夫。

在衆人簡單地整理了着裝後，一行人帶着瓷器人出發了。然而一上路後，他們才發現那群瓷器人有多麻煩。瓷器人只有半米來高，走路的速度慘不忍睹，他們還不能跑，作為易碎的瓷器人，跑起來一旦磕上了什麽就會碎得稀裏嘩啦。修召喚出萌寵團，本想着讓寵物載一批，他們每個人再抱着兩個走，但是一旦抱起瓷器人，才發現那看似脆弱的瓷器人到底有多沉。

由于以上原因，一群人行進的速度嚴重拉下，他們花了半天的時間才走到了下一個岔路口。此時問題又來了，精靈做的标記告訴艾莉兒應該走右邊，然而瓷器人卻說他們的家在左邊。

杜澤看着那群可憐兮兮的瓷器人，都已經走到這裏了，再送一段路也沒差。而且說不定這是一個支線任務，送這群瓷器人回家也許可以刷到對付副本BOSS的道具和信息。

于是杜澤一行人向左邊走去，加上休息的時間，在一天後他們終于到達了瓷器人所說的家。那群瓷器人興高采烈地對他們說謝謝，然後和他們的家一同消失得無影無蹤。

這就……沒了？！

說好的獎勵呢！除了一張好人卡他們什麽也沒收到！送了這麽久，好歹請他們喝口水啊混蛋！=皿=

眼前空蕩蕩的草地像是在嘲笑他們，就算是再怎麽怨念也無濟于事，一群人只能原路返回。杜澤等人花了半天的時間返回岔路，剛走幾步，地面就傳來了熟悉的震動，藤蔓再次出現。

“破壞它的果實。”

相較上次的狼狽，這次得知藤蔓弱點的一群人淡定多了。果實長在藤蔓深處，必須使用遠程武器攻擊，神塔提供的弓箭在這一刻體現出了它的價值。艾莉兒瞄準了深處的綠色果實，藤蔓像是感覺到危機般抽回了枝條，将果實層層護起。

精靈公主松開弓弦，箭矢穿透了數十層藤蔓，分毫不差地刺中了果實，将其炸裂。

所有藤蔓像是按了暫停鍵般變得僵直，然後軟倒枯萎。正當杜澤等人準備繼續前進時，倒下的藤蔓中再次爬出一群瓷器人。歷史開始重演，那些半米多高的小玩意兒哭着求修把他們送回家。

修沉思了一陣，然後再次帶上了瓷器人，似乎想要再确定一次結果。

結果是，他們又收到了一張好人卡。

衆人沉默地看着瓷器人連同家一齊消失，為了将這批瓷器人送回家，他們又一次地錯開了正确的道路。還沒等伊諾克開口抱怨，藤蔓又出現了。不知道是不是錯覺，杜澤總覺得這一次的藤蔓比初見時要大上許多，每一條藤蔓都有兩尺來寬。艾莉兒馬上拉開了弓，找準了果實射出箭矢。

“咻——”

箭矢穿透了護住果實的藤蔓枝條，在即将刺中果實的那一刻失去了力道。艾莉兒有些詫異地瞪大了眼睛，剛剛那一箭她已經使出了所有力氣，然而卻無法穿透藤蔓——那綠油油的植物好像比上次堅硬了一倍還有餘。

“把箭給我！”

修接住艾莉兒扔過來的箭筒，千變在手中變成了生命之弓，他閉上眼睛深吸一口氣，再睜開時，天藍色的眼眸被碧綠所取代。銀色長發的精靈拉開了弓，幾乎是在剛瞄準的那一刻松開了手指。

“轟——”

藤蔓顫抖地倒下，枯萎萎縮。看到之前的情況，所有人都明白這意味着什麽：藤蔓越來越強了。

伊諾克瞄了一眼藤蔓，随即将注意力集中在修身上，他異常興奮地圍着銀發精靈轉圈：“嘿，你又變回來啦！這是幻術還是武技？教教我嘛。”

“……”

修一臉寒意，杜澤心驚膽戰地看着萌主，精靈修沒人族修那麽好說話，某只蠢萌生怕修舉弓就将那個晃來晃去的二愣子射個對穿。不知是不是傻人有傻福，修還沒來得及手刃二貨，又一群瓷器人出現在所有人面前，瞬間拉走了萌主的仇恨值。

面對哭得稀裏嘩啦的瓷器人，修僅僅只是掃了一眼，便冷漠地轉身離去。

“藤蔓很可怕，不要丢下我們——”

“求你們幫幫忙，送我們回家——”

……

瓷器人的哭喊聲逐漸遠去，杜澤甚至聽到了幾次清脆聲響，像是那群驚慌失措的瓷器人努力地向他們跑來，卻不小心摔倒破碎。這些聲音交雜在一起，沉甸甸的讓人萬分難受。

“別想太多。”似乎察覺到杜澤壓抑的心情，修開口道：“那是陷阱。”

杜澤知道這一切都是神塔的安排，所以他只是感到壓抑而沒有反對修的選擇。

在迷宮的入口，神塔挂上的牌子上寫道：你只用走到迷宮出口就可抵達精靈國度，不用做多餘的事。

此時杜澤終于明白了“多餘的事”究竟是指什麽了，從之前的情況來看，瓷器人不能給登塔者帶來利益，并且将瓷器人送回家是一件非常耗時而不讨好的事。如果在這種條件下還将瓷器人送回去，那靠的僅僅是一種助人為樂的熱心。

按杜澤平時的做法，他肯定願意将那群小家夥送回去，但這裏并不是做好事就會得到贊揚的地方，神塔會将登塔者催化成它所想要的狀态，如果反其道而行之，甚至有可能會招來死亡——規則赤。裸裸地暗示着登塔者去漠視瓷器人，如果登塔者将時間花在“多餘的事”上，越來越強的藤蔓和越來越少的箭矢将會讓登塔者長眠于此。

真不愧是規則，不愧是……精靈副本——那個美麗的種族付出了熱情，拿走了神射。

回到之前的岔路口時，修因形态轉換失去了意識。莫爾背起修，他們根據艾莉兒的指路再次踏上了正确的道路。精靈幻境中無論何時都是黑夜，雖然眼前的場景還是一如既往地夢幻，但杜澤現在只想趕緊通過這個迷宮，才不會感到那麽壓抑。

一天過後，修還沒醒來，他們就再次遭遇了藤蔓的襲擊。從最初的兩天到一天半再到現在的一天，藤蔓出現的間隔越來越短了。相較第一次見到的藤蔓，此時的藤蔓不僅變得粗大，上面甚至開始稀稀拉拉地長起了尖刺。艾莉兒拿着弓箭不知所措，她雖然能瞄準果實，但她的力道不足以破開現在的藤蔓。莫爾和老約翰等人正好相反，他們雖然具有力量，但要射中那無時無刻不在變幻位置的果實，實在是強人所難。

So the group chose a more adventurous method. Moore took the initiative to rush into the vines. The moment he was surrounded by the vines, he instantly turned into a dragon and pushed away the surrounding vines. Rachel and Old John took the opportunity to clear a gap, allowing Ariel's arrow to pierce the fruit deep inside.

The third round of vines was solved without any trouble. Before the porcelain man came out to ask for help, Du Ze and his group left immediately. Judging from the previous situation, the next vine might appear in half a day. On the way, Xiu finally woke up. He quickly figured out the situation and took Ariel's quiver and put it on his back.

With the Lord of Moe in charge, Du Ze felt much more at ease. When he saw the ferocious Lord of Moe solve the fourth round of vines with just one encounter, at that moment, a certain silly and cute finally realized what kind of nemesis Xiu in elf form was to the vines with long-range weaknesses.

The cute Lord completed a double kill; the cute Lord is on a killing spree.

Even though the frequency of the vines' appearance has been shortened from half a day to hours, and even though the vines have been strengthened to the point where they are covered with thorns and their juices contain strong acid, they can only be trapped in a tragedy where they die as soon as they appear, and they cannot even lick the land ten meters ahead.

The vine said that it used to be a mighty and strong man, until it fell to its knees... oh no, until it was hit by an arrow.

When the Lord of Moe had already reached a state of transcendence, they finally walked out of the maze. The scene before them was exactly the Elf Kingdom that Du Ze had seen. Across from them, a huge lake surrounded the Tree of Life. The wind blew through the leaves, making a rustling sound, as if inviting them - obviously, that was the end of the Elf dungeon.

Enoch and the demon sisters had never seen such a beautiful place before, and they were stunned for a moment. The tower completely simulated the elf kingdom, and Ariel felt like she was back home. She quickly led everyone to find the elf's wooden house on the tree. The wooden house had everything except living people. It seemed that the tower was just a scene.

After running around in the maze for so long, everyone was tired and found a wooden house as a resting place. Du Ze was naturally assigned to a room with Xiu. He also felt very tired. Every time he killed vines, there would always be porcelain people asking for help. The first time he refused, he couldn't bear it. The second time he refused, he felt guilty. The third time, the fourth time... he soon became numb and learned to ignore it.

All kinds of information filled Du Ze's mind, about the divine tower, the rules, the God of Creation... Even though he felt tired, Du Ze didn't want to lie down on the bed to rest. He was in a daze for a while, and then walked out of the wooden house.

The huge moon almost filled the entire night sky. After staying in the eternal night for a long time, time became a little confusing. Du Ze just sat down on the tree branch when he heard someone walking up to him. Even without turning around, Du Ze knew it was Xiu.

The tree branches trembled slightly, and Xiu sat down beside him. Du Ze suddenly felt that this scene was familiar, whether it was the glowing lake or the flying light spots, even the person sitting next to him, they were exactly the same as that night.

At this time, Xiu stretched out his hand and gently touched the back of Du Ze's neck. When Du Ze turned his head to look at him, he raised his lips slightly and smiled.

"Do you want to hear me sing?"

The wind blew up the elf's silver hair, disrupting time and space. Du Ze stared at Xiu in a daze, as if he had returned to that night in the elves. At that time, a silly reader heard his favorite protagonist confess to him, and was so scared that his soul almost jumped out.

Thinking of the scene at that time, Du Ze turned his head and couldn't help but smile. Xiu looked at Du Ze's profile, lowered his head, and came over to kiss the upturned corner of Du Ze's mouth.

"I like you, Duze."

Xiu murmured, his voice was very soft, and he read each word one by one, pouring out unfathomable emotions.

"I like it very much. I like it so much that I am a little...overwhelmed..."

The voice of the elf is like a mellow wine, which makes you drunk if you listen to it for a long time. Du Ze was held in Xiu's arms, and he sighed with satisfaction, as if he had received a supreme gift.

"One month's time, and I own you."

Thinking about the one-month appointment, Du Ze suddenly realized that it seemed that Xiu had always been the active one, while he was always in a passive state.

He likes to repair, why can't he take more initiative?

Du Ze reached out and hugged Xiu.

For example, right now, he really wants the two of them to be closer together, preferably without any gaps. If so, it should be able to dispel some of the uneasiness, right?

Du Ze pushed Xiu away. The silly boy who just wanted to take the initiative stared at the person he decided to pursue. He wanted to speak but had no idea what to say, because he cared too much and became extremely nervous.

How should I express this? Let's have sex, honey? Something seems wrong...Emma, ​​isn't it just a date? I've seen a lot of this online, and this kind of situation is definitely, that's it——

Under Xiu's gaze, Du Ze had a cold face and reflexively said the first line that came to his mind.

"Face me head on."

…

…Fuck!!!

The author has something to say: Reader: Facing me...wait——

Protagonist (decisive): Okay.

Reader: —Ah, there is a serious misunderstanding here!

Protagonist (dragging the reader away): You don't have to be shy, I understand.

Author: Internet language can cause great harm to people.