Chapter 125 Sea Festival
The dungeon cycle lasts for seven days, and during these seven days, Shi Qing helped me get to know his team members.
At least on the surface we became familiar with each other, but their wariness towards me didn't decrease at all.
[This is probably to let the host know that the world does not revolve around you! ]
…What kind of situation is this that requires me to suddenly start lecturing you on the truth of life?!
Don't talk like I was a giant baby!
As I got to know her better over the past few days, I also learned that the girl named A'ran is actually almost 30 years old and has been in the overlapping period for almost ten years. She is one of the very few people who have awakened her innate skills.
Her ability is to gather the power in her soul and find the most suitable weapons for others.
It sounds very similar to the setting of Zanzerodao in Death Zero.
Everyone's weapons are different, and some even have no offensive power. In this overlapping space, she can move sideways just by relying on this ability.
And that bone spur is the most suitable weapon for me.
...Honestly speaking, after hearing this, I'm already feeling lucky that I didn't get a mecha.
That's too hard to explain.
However, that bone spur is really useful. It can be used as a sword and has a built-in buff that can burn others. It is very sturdy and can be stored in the body at ordinary times. When you want to take it out, you only need to think about it. And the most important thing is that probably because it is really made of spine, it can be bent when necessary.
Can be straight or bent.
【Your best point is your bone spur. 】
What else???
"Sangsang, see you in the next dungeon."
We were standing together, but they were supposed to be going to the same dungeon, while I was going to the deep-sea dungeon alone.
Before leaving, Shi Qing smiled and helped me tidy up my clothes and hair, then waved to me.
I waved back at him, and then everything went black.
"In the 30th season, the V-61 zone adaptor Shi Sang will enter the next competition venue in fifteen minutes.
Current competition points: 10 (the top three in each competition receive 10, 5, and 1 points respectively, the bottom three will be deducted 1, 2, and 3 points respectively, and no points will be awarded in between.) Points ranking is conducted every quarter.
Please try your best to survive and win the game.
When I woke up again, I was lying in a water tank, about half of my body was submerged in water. It didn't affect my breathing, but it did make my clothes all wet.
There are dozens of identical water tanks around, and there is a person in each tank. Many people have woken up one after another, looking around in confusion, and some are trying to open the top of the water tank to get out.
Fifty-one people, plus me.
Season 30, Venue 26, Competition Theme: Sea Festival
This is a planet where 80% of the planet is covered by the ocean. All people and creatures depend on the nourishment of the ocean, and the ocean also nourishes its people.
There is still one month left before the Sea Festival that takes place every ten years, and you are the priests of this Sea Festival - please make sure to evolve a fish tail before the Sea Festival begins to adapt to the underwater environment and successfully swim to the altar in the deep sea to complete the sacrifice.
The Sea Festival is the most important festival on this planet. Please... be respectful.
This time the voice had a strong sound of the sea tide, but the words in this section were different from those in the harvest season, the numbers were also much different, and the mission itself was suspenseful.
[Host, I just looked up the information. This venue number represents the difficulty. The four-digit venues like those in Harvest Season are considered low-end. If it weren't for the unfortunate encounter with you and the protagonist, the casualties wouldn't be so severe.]
Double digits are basically considered high-end venues—you can feel the local specialties everywhere, but he seems to be locked up by something.
Didn’t he say that if I came to this world, he would be able to come back?
【Let's see if we can run another telephone line.】
Then there was silence in my head.
The pager on my waist no longer lights up. This special phone is invisible to everyone except me. I even keep it on my waist when I take a shower.
But I'm more curious about how the system is so skilled at pulling the phone lines—
Has the system ever had a side job?
Then I saw the light on the pager at my waist flash. It was the color of the starry sky. I was so familiar with this color. It was the same color as Villar's big eyes.
[Xiaoyu... I'm... sizzle sizzle... Don't come... sizzle sizzle. ]
The light turned ocean blue.
The starry sky color and the sea blue color switch from time to time, and then the sea blue becomes solid.
"A-Sang, you're here."
The sound of the ocean waves and many other indescribable sounds almost gave me problems.
"I'll wait for you here."
Then the lights stopped flashing, and I felt suffocated for a moment as if I had just been soaked in sea water. Then, looking at my reflection in the water tank, I saw scales on my face, faintly visible beneath my skin.
Alienation seems to have begun.
...But for me, it may not be considered alienation. It can only be called becoming a non-human again.
But Villar's condition was clearly not good.
He's my brother, so stop fighting. If you want to fight, go to the dance studio.
…
Probably because it was a high-end venue, there were no newcomers here. Everyone seemed to be used to it. No one was shouting or overly scared. Instead, they tried to get out of the water tank, but no one succeeded. Half-kneeling in the water tank was not very comfortable, but not fatal.
I also feel comfortable soaking in the water, but I don't know how long this will last. I don't think I have to wait until I'm transformed enough to go into the sea before I can come out, right?!
The living environment of mice is not so bad!!!
And the system, Villar's phone line was not properly connected, so even your own phone line was unplugged?!
“Crack—”
Until a door slowly opened in the darkness and a group of people walked in.
In front was an old man in white robes and two middle-aged men, and behind were people who looked like guards in tights. Their faces were painted with some totem-like patterns, as well as various ornaments with very marine characteristics. There were even some scales on their faces, which were not sure whether they were real or pasted on as decoration.
And it has a very fragrant smell, at least it smells very fragrant to me, some people don't seem to react to the smell of a very fragrant smell.
Following a gesture from the leading old man, the guards behind them stood in front of each water tank. Then the middle-aged man next to him pressed the switch on the wall, the cover of the water tank above our heads opened, and then a weapon like a gun was pointed at my head.
The same goes for others.
"Priests of Arinea, you have awakened once more."
The old man said this as he stood in front of us.
"Please follow us to our habitat for the next month."
These guards did not touch us, and even kept a certain distance from us. A few of them seemed to have come in together. They looked at each other and attacked at the same time, but this group of guards did not fire a shot from beginning to end. Instead, they made way after being kicked away.
The four men just ran out of the door and disappeared.
I looked at the old man who was in the lead. His expression didn't change at all, as if he wasn't surprised at all.
"Please come with us to the habitat."
He repeated it again, and I looked at the movements of the people around me and stepped out of the water tank.
There was a sudden pain like a needle pricking my foot when I stepped on the ground.
Ah this.
I want to be a little mermaid before I even grow a fish tail, right?
But the pain was not enough to make me notice. I stood on the ground without changing my expression and looked at the guard next to me who was wearing a black tights.
He looked very young, a head taller than me, about two meters tall, with wheat-colored skin, totems filling his forehead and chin, and blue eyes.
After everyone came out of the water tank, the guards standing nearby automatically led the way for us.
The middle-aged man behind the old man pressed another switch on the wall and opened a door opposite the door they came in.
I seemed to hear the sound of waves.
When I walked out of the door, there was a beach outside. I looked back and realized that this was an island. Extending from the island to the sea were various metal pipe racks made of unknown materials, with various buildings and facilities built on them. People came and went, and when they saw us, they all smiled friendly, and there were children waving excitedly.
It's more like the coexistence of primitive and high technology here, and it's hard to describe the feeling it gives me.
This copy is clearly about alienation, but I haven't seen any alienated people here so far - is it because only contestants can be alienated?
And what will happen to the four people who left first?
…
The old man took us into a white building. The walls inside were covered with various paintings, which looked like religious paintings, but it was obvious that the paintings were about the story of the sea and the origin of the people here.
I focused my attention on the "god" in the middle with golden eyes and long blue curly hair.
Then that familiar feeling of being watched came back.
Okay, this time it’s the stalker brother, right?
"Five thousand years ago, our ancestors accepted the command of the sea goddess Arinea and stepped onto the shore to build their home on land. Two thousand years ago, Arinea's priests emerged from the sea to lead us in celebrating the Sea Festival."
"This year marks the 200th Sea Festival, and the Sea God has sent us his treasures." The old man pulled out a scroll, and my brows twitched. "Not long ago, the Sea God issued an oracle, declaring that if you fulfill your priestly duties, you will be able to meet the Sea Goddess, Arinea."
"This is an unprecedented honor—"
The old man's expression became crazy. I observed the expressions of the other contestants calmly. Most of them looked serious. Well, for the contestants, the concept of "God" was not a good thing.
Although I can tell with my nose that it was this guy named Arinea who abused his power for personal gain.
It is highly likely that other people will not be able to see him.
However, I am not very enthusiastic about the mission in this world - after all, I am mainly here to rescue Villar.
Is this a family conflict or something?!
It seems like a kidnapping, but the reality is that one of my toxic fanboys has kidnapped another brother. How can I rescue this brother? Urgent, waiting online.
I didn't listen to what the old man said next until he turned on a switch and a long corridor appeared behind the white building.
"Inside are your rooms, one for each of you, divided according to the numbers on your hands. I hope you can complete your priest duties as soon as possible."
Then the person disappeared, leaving the contestants looking at each other in confusion.
I raised my hand and found a monster-shaped font on the back of my left hand. I could see that it meant "51". The color was a bit like the color of the local totem. When was it painted there?
Everyone walked in with caution, and I blended in with the crowd without being noticeable.
The rooms are pure white, and each room has a window that overlooks the beach outside. A white robe and a gauze dress are hung on the wall. The door is transparent, and there is no privacy at all. The room is only about 15 square meters, half of which is a pool. The water in the pool is very clear, but you can smell that it is sea water. Then, above the pool is the water tank where we woke up at the beginning.
When did they move here? Or do they just look the same but are not actually the same?
I sat on the bed, and my clothes were completely dry without me noticing.
Because this is a copy related to the ocean, I wore a very light T-shirt and shorts this time. If it weren't for the wrong environment, I would really look like I was on vacation.
【Ahem... I'm back, host.】
Wow, that doesn't sound good to you.
[Wow, the phone line almost burned out. I had to go to the main system and cry about it before I could reconnect it.]
[However, I have obtained some information from the main system, so I can give you a hint of the questions——]
Only contestants who survive the Sea Festival can leave this world. During the Sea Festival, the island will be flooded, and the entire island's population will be sacrifices brought by the priests to the sea god.
【So if you can't breathe underwater, you will definitely die. 】
I:……
Isn't this a bit too scary? I thought the contestants were the sacrifices, after all, that's how it's usually written, right?!
No, do the people on the island know?
They know, they are voluntary, and they want to return to live in the sea.
But they came ashore five thousand years ago!
[After all, being on land isn't a guaranteed job these days—]
…Please don’t suddenly let out such a corporate slave lament!!!
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