Chapter 114.
Ning Xuanqing faced the same ending every time - watching his parents die in front of him.
She tried everything she could think of to reverse her tragic fate.
However, every effort seemed to fall on deaf ears and was of no avail.
This time, it was even her turn to kill her parents with her own hands!
This heavy sense of self-blame and despair weighed on her heart like a huge rock, almost suffocating Ning Xuanqing.
Suddenly, she saw a piece of glass fragment at hand, the sharp edges flashing dazzlingly in the sunlight.
Ning Xuanqing slowly stretched out his hand, ready to use this invitation to death to end this painful cycle.
At this moment, a slender wrist grabbed the piece of glass in her hand with such force that the skin on the palm of the hand was cut.
Ning Xuanqing looked up in a trance and saw Tang Yu's face. A trace of confusion and puzzlement flashed in his out-of-focus eyes.
She murmured to herself, "Don't worry about me, this is just another reincarnation... I will do better if I do it again."
Tang Yu shook her head. She slowly pulled down Ning Xuanqing's hand holding the glass fragments, her voice firm.
"Xuan Qing, this is an illusion created by the copy to torture you. No matter how many times you repeat it, the ending is already determined. Let what happened pass."
Ning Xuanqing's green eyes flashed with pain, and she asked unwillingly: "How do you know it's useless?"
Tang Yu glanced at the gear of fate hanging on his wrist and said, "I saw it."
The gears of fate rotated slightly, and the phantom of the gears seemed to be reflected in her eyes. In the millisecond void, Tang Yu saw countless thin lines of fate converge at one point.
That was something that Ning Xuanqing could not change no matter how hard he tried; it was already destined.
Finally, Tang Yu brought Ning Xuanqing back to the white maze and met up with Li Jia who was waiting there.
She immediately turned around and went to look for Tian Xun.
Passing through the pure white wall, Tang Yu's vision suddenly became clear.
In a barren and desolate open space, Tian Xun's figure was stretched out in the afterglow of the setting sun. He was fighting a desperate battle with a huge and ferocious beast.
This beast had fur as black as the night, eyes that glowed with a faint green light, and every roar it made seemed to shake the heavens and the earth.
Even Tian Xun, who possessed amazing strength, found it extremely difficult to fight against this beast. Each of his attacks seemed to be hitting soft cotton, unable to cause any substantial damage to the beast.
The fight between the two sides was too intense, and Tang Yu was unable to get close for a while. He could only stand in a safe range and watch the fight quietly.
The beast that was fighting with Tian Xun was not actually a real external enemy. It was the concrete form of Tian Xun's deep fear, doubt and anxiety.
In his fight with the beast, Tian Xun was actually engaging in a silent and fierce battle with himself.
If the beast is not defeated, it means that Tian Xun's inner struggle and contradiction cannot be resolved; and if Tian Xun is defeated, it means the double destruction of his soul and body, which means he is doomed to die.
Tang Yu, who was watching the fight from the side, had a sharp gaze. She had already seen through the nature and outcome of this fight.
Seeing Tian Xun gradually showing signs of fatigue, Tang Yu's eyes became more and more solemn.
The pair of gears seemed to sense her emotions and began to turn. As they slowly turned, it seemed as if some force was pulling at the most delicate balance between heaven and earth.
The beast, which had been extremely ferocious, suddenly lost its rhythm, and its attacks became hesitant and chaotic.
Tian Xun keenly captured this rare loophole, and a gleam of determination and hope flashed in his eyes.
He took a deep breath, gathered all his strength, and launched a final charge at the beast with the force of thunder.
At that moment, time seemed to freeze and the air was filled with tension and anticipation.
Then, Tian Xun punched the beast hard in the chest, making a deafening roar.
The once invincible beast finally fell down under Tian Xun's persistence and hard work, and turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated into the air.
He slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, but his face was filled with indescribable victory and relief.
Tang Yu slowly walked to Tian Xun.
Hearing the footsteps, Tian Xun stood up suddenly and raised his fist in alert reflexively. When he saw a thin girl standing in front of him, he was stunned.
"Who are you? How did you get to a place like this?"
Seeing the strange look in Tian Xun's eyes, Tang Yu had to explain the whole story again.
After a while, Tian Xun followed her into the pure white maze with half belief and half doubt.
In this S-level copy, the four of them finally got together again.
Tang Yu glanced at his teammates and said, "Let's go out."
Li Jia belatedly asked, "Wait! Where's Tang En?"
Tang Yu raised the gear on his wrist to show the three people, and said in a calm voice: "He is here."
This trip to the S-level copy caused heavy losses to the group of five. If Tang En had not overdrawn his life, all of them would have been trapped in this strange maze forever.
The S-level copy is still too difficult for them.
Li Jia's eyes were red as she silently digested what had happened. She said in a tearful voice, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't brought you out, we wouldn't have been blocked by the alliance."
It was the Alliance that surrounded the five of them in the central square, causing a large-scale fight that eventually led to them being sent to the dungeon.
Ning Xuanqing's expression was not much better. She said in a deep voice: "We are all responsible for this matter. We were careless at the time and did not expect the alliance to do this."
Perhaps it was because they had returned alive from the S-level copy that gave them a sense of confidence, so that they underestimated their enemies and were ambushed by Qiao Feichi.
Tang Yu added: "The appearance of the S-level copy this time is too abnormal. I suspect there is something behind it."
Ning Xuanqing immediately understood what she meant, "You mean..."
Tang Yu nodded and said, “It may be related to Silla.”
She clearly remembered that when the first penalty was imposed in the middle area, they were clearly to be sent to an A-level copy, but immediately afterwards, a string of garbled codes appeared and they were actually sent to an S-level copy.
How come there is suddenly an S-level multiplayer copy?
Tang Yu had reason to suspect that this scheme was jointly set up by Xila and Qiao Feichi from the beginning to the end.
That nice old man came from that mysterious research institute, and his appearance in the middle area was probably Sheela’s doing.
In this way, Sheela is also inseparable from that research institute.
Thinking of this, Tang Yu took a deep breath and said, "After leaving this copy, I will go to the research institute to find out the truth."
Li Jia immediately asked, "Do you know how to get to the research institute?"
Tang Yu: "Well, Tang En told me."
"Then we'll go with you."
Tang Yu shook his head and said, "No, I have to go there by myself."
Li Jia was anxious: "Why? Do you think we are holding you back? Why don't you bring Tian Xun with you? He can fight."
Tian Xun nodded and was about to speak, but Tang Yu directly denied it.
She pointed to her head and explained, "The door to that place is here, you can't get in."
Tang Yu has not forgotten her experience in the maze world. She has a vague feeling that she may be inseparable from that research institute.
However, his memories of the research institute were vague and messy, just like a stack of crumpled documents. The only way for Tang Yu to piece them together was to enter it.
If it is true as Tang En said, that the root and truth of everything lies in that research institute, then the danger inside will be unpredictable.
Tang Yu didn't want to see any more casualties among her teammates, so she told a harmless lie.
Ning Xuanqing stared at Tang Yu for a long time, and then said, "Go ahead, be careful."
Tang Yu nodded: "Yeah, I know."
Under the guidance of the gears, Tang Yu led his three teammates and walked silently in the pure white maze.
When the exit of the maze is within sight, the clearance information of the copy also comes in due course.
'Cleared the S-level multiplayer dungeon maze, and each person who cleared the dungeon will be rewarded with 10,000 points!'
'Get the unique super S-level item, the Gear of Destiny!'
'Get the B-level item miniature maze model!'
'Get 1 A-level skill-enhancing item, get 2 B-level skill-enhancing items!'
Perhaps because there were other props to supplement the rewards this time, there were not many skill-enhancing props as rewards.
What concerned Tang Yu more was that the pair of gears left behind by Tang En were actually directly transformed into copy reward items.
And it is super S-level!
Tang Yu has two S-level items on him. One is the mysterious red scarf that he encountered in Shiqing Street.
The other is the backpack she brought out from the C-level copy. Later, that copy was upgraded to a B-level copy because of her cooking. The backpack was also upgraded to an S-level item with special growth potential as a "copyright" reward.
And now, the pair of gears that originally belonged to Tang En were distributed as rewards by the copy, and were also defined as super S-level.
That might mean that Tang En's skills actually have great potential for development, and even his special abilities have some irreplaceable functions!
'Super S-level item, the gear of destiny - at the cost of sacrificing your soul, you will gain the mysterious power to shake the trajectory of destiny!'
Although Tang Yu did not fully understand the specific function of this super S-level item, it was transformed from a part of Tang En's body.
Therefore, including Tang Yu, the four of them can establish some kind of strange mental communication with the gear of fate.
After Tang Yu left the copy, he went directly to the research institute. At this time, none of the five people knew what the situation was in the middle area.
To be on the safe side, they made a brief distribution of the props before leaving the copy.
Because the parasite in Tang Yu's body came from unknown sources, the skill-enhancing props she used were completely ineffective, so the pile of skill-enhancing props were given to Li Jia to take back to the guild.
Tang En's gear of destiny was still held by Tang Yu, and the speed brooch he left behind also skipped the roll point stage and was given to Tang Yu.
The A-level prop miniature maze model that was a reward for completing the game was also given to Tang Yu.
'A-level prop miniature maze model - a projection of a divine relic carrying endless mystery and legend!'
'Item function: It has a strong control effect on strange creatures, and its control power weakens as the level of strange creatures increases.'
Li Jia was unable to accompany Tang Yu to the research institute, and wanted to lend his gold card to Tang Yu, but was rejected by Tang Yu.
Tang Yu raised the boning knife in his hand and refused the weapon gift from his teammates.
"I will come back alive."
Li Jia felt that this was like setting a flag. She couldn't help but her eyes turned red again. She choked up and said, "Why don't you not go? It's very dangerous."
Tang Yu did not answer Li Jia's words. She patted Li Jia's shoulder, glanced at her teammates, and said, "You go back to the guild home first. I will come back to find you after I finish my work."
The tone was so relaxed, as if he was just going out for a walk.
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