Chapter 31 Chapter 31 The Third Wish
System 05 let go of his hand expressionlessly. Chen Mu rubbed his stomach. System 05 probably used the strength card in that attack just now. In any case, it hurt quite a bit even through the armor.
System 05 turned around and scanned the hall with his flashlight. After the darkness receded, the people in the hall disappeared. He could clearly see that this was a banquet hall. In the middle of the hall, there used to be a young man wearing a crown. But when those people were dancing, he didn't see that young man.
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He had a vague feeling that the crowned boy was the master of this castle, and everything he encountered was also guided by the crowned boy. Did the original investigators go crazy after seeing this? There must be more than one...
"Since you are dead, the Twin Lotus should not be able to survive either." System 05 suddenly said.
Chen Mu was staring intently at his back. Hearing what he said, he replied, "Since you don't want it, it's dead."
System 05 didn't speak for a moment. Chen Mu saw the rising anger from his motionless back.
When System 05 was still in that world, he'd considered that Chen Mu might struggle to adapt after his departure, so he'd cultivated twin lotuses with him. Twin lotuses were extremely rare, and the Chen family, guilty of possessing them, had been exterminated by the Hongde Patriarch. After the Chen family vanished, the twin lotuses were no longer seen in the world. System 05 had spent over a thousand points to find the twin lotus seeds, and together with Chen Mu, they nurtured them, hoping they would bring comfort to Chen Mu.
Later, the twin lotus gained intelligence and would stroke the corner of Chen Mu's clothes whenever he passed by.
In the S20 world, only a few people with extremely high cultivation can see System 05, but the Twin Lotuses have been able to vaguely sense the existence of System 05 since the birth of their consciousness.
Sometimes when Chen Mu is unable to take care of it, System 05 will come out to talk to it and water it. It is not easy to grow twin lotuses, and System 05 takes a lot of care.
The twin lotuses he'd left for Chen Mu were plucked and used to make elixirs after Chen Mu's death. System 05 was furious. He wanted to beat Chen Mu up, but wasting another Strength Card wasn't worth it. Besides, they were still in the castle, so the overall situation was more important...
"...It's almost changing shape!" He almost squeezed the words out from between his teeth.
Chen Mu hummed casually, then faced System 05's fist. He thought for a moment and didn't dodge, but the height difference between the two bodies was too big, and Chen Mu was still wearing combat boots, so the punch only hit his shoulder.
With a loud bang, the punch was so powerful that Chen Mu fell to the side and grabbed System 05's waist. The two rolled on the ground. System 05 frowned, pushed him away, and stood up, only to find that he was actually in the middle of the banquet.
The music sounded in his ears again, and he found that his brain became chaotic and his body wanted to dance uncontrollably. He seemed to see the dancing crowd again, and an urgent heart urged him to join the dance.
Chen Mu grabbed him, and System 05 quickly came back to his senses. Chen Mu said, "It was the same thing just now on the first floor. You wanted to go upstairs, but I was entangled with those things at the time and couldn't stop you."
Because of the special nature of System 05, mental attacks had little effect on him, but he was still affected.
"Didn't you hear the dance and the music?" asked System 05.
Chen Mu shook his head.
It seems that it is directed at him alone.
At this moment, there was a sudden clicking sound under their feet, and the circular stage under their feet was actually lifted up. Chen Mu immediately came over and stared at the surroundings vigilantly. System 05 endured it again and again, but still stayed away.
Chen Mu said helplessly: "At least let me protect you."
System 05 looked down at the slowly rising platform: "You're quite disgusting."
"Um?"
"You're saying it as if I'm being unreasonable. As for why I'm angry, you should know exactly." System 05 said, "You know, I left the Twin Lotus specifically for you."
Chen Mu smiled and said, "I know."
"You abandoned it."
"In other words, you abandoned me and it." Chen Mu said: "You don't want it anyway, so why would you care about its life or death?"
After he said this, he thought System 05 would be furious, and even prepared to bear the consequences. But System 05 was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed. "Abandonment has a prerequisite. It's only when you belong to me and I belong to you that it's called abandonment. You and I have always just been partners in completing missions, so how can we use this word? So, according to you, I've also abandoned Li Shanyue? Then Li Shanyue will come to me later..."
Chen Mu covered his mouth with an extremely gloomy expression. Li Shanyue was the first host bound to System 05 that he had ever seen. When he saw System 05 standing behind Li Shanyue and he was just a bystander, he never thought that he would be so jealous, angry, and sad.
"Don't be unreasonable. Control your emotions." System 05 patted his hand, motioning him to let go, and chuckled, "You still have to protect me."
Chen Mu gritted his teeth, let go of his hand, and tried to restrain his expression.
At this time, the platform had stopped and they were sent directly to the third floor. Behind them was a wall and in front of them was a long corridor. The end of the corridor was pitch black.
There are murals on both sides of the corridor, but they are difficult to see clearly in the dark environment.
Physical cards consume more points. Even an ordinary flashlight requires 100 points. However, physical props from the main interface can ignore all restrictions. System 05 just held up the flashlight and shone it on the wall.
Now it could be seen very clearly. It was an empty village. Further ahead was a scene of two groups fighting. One of them was short and had horns on its head, while the other was strong and powerful, with the head of a bull and the body of a man... System 05 looked at it for a while and confirmed that what was depicted was a battle between the Cumans and the Minotaur.
The battle scene was vividly depicted, exactly as they had witnessed it. As he walked forward, the image shifted, the numbers of both sides increasing. At first, System 05 thought it was an increase in both sides' involvement, but later realized, since he was viewing it in reverse chronological order, the numbers were actually decreasing. He continued walking, and suddenly the Kumans disappeared. The mural showed the Minotaur settling in the area. They had been there for a long time, but the further he went, the better the surroundings became, because at that time, the Endless Water Source Magic Circle had not yet had such a severe impact on the surrounding area.
Until another battle broke out, this time between the Minotaur and another group of people. Those people wore clothing in a completely different style from the Holy City. In reverse order, System 05 knew the result from the beginning. Those people lost, and the Minotaur occupied this place.
System 05 suddenly stopped.
This ancient castle appeared a year ago. Why does it record the battle between the Kumans and the Minotaur that they just experienced?
He recalled the first scene of the mural: the empty village, both the Minotaur and the Cumans, all dead.
"whee."
System 05 swung the flashlight, and the white light just happened to illuminate the little girl at the end of the corridor. She looked directly at System 05, facing the light, and asked, "Do you realize it?"
System 05 said nothing.
Chen Mu said calmly: "They are already dead."
The little girl smiled. "A year ago, everyone in those two villages died. So no matter what you do, nothing will change anything."
So what did they encounter?
System 05 thought about this and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He bent down and pressed his stomach. A strong urge to vomit came over him, and his throat stretched and contracted. A small piece of black stone mixed with mucus came out.
He had eaten a piece of black bread in the Minotaur, but it was so hard that he only ate a small piece.
System 05's face turned pale due to physiological reaction. He wiped the corner of his mouth, stood up and looked at the little girl.
The little girl said, "You eat this and you won't eat the food I prepare for you."
"I don't eat Avengers' food." System 05 waved his hand casually. "Then who are you, kid? It seems you've been following us for a long time."
The little girl's face changed slightly.
System 05 smiled. "Then let me guess, little girl. The escaped sacrifice, the village's first avenger."
The little girl screamed in pain. She lowered her head and saw a hole in her stomach. The hole grew bigger and bigger, and her lower body gradually turned into a mutilated shadow.
She roared and attacked System 05, who dodged to the side. Chen Mu behind her raised his heavy sword and chopped it down at the little girl. The little girl was severely injured and retreated screaming.
Chen Mu pressed on, his advantage. He was a swordsman, both heavy and light, and used it equally, completely reducing the dimensionality of the Avengers. The little girl, revealing her true face, was no match for him and soon lay dying. When she was cornered, System 05 called out, "Wait."
The little girl stared at him angrily.
"It seems I guessed right." System 05 asked, "Don't get excited. Let's talk. When did you become an Avenger? Did you kill everyone in that village?"
Except for the last one, the others were indeed killed by the Avengers.
"I only killed the blacksmith's son. How the others died is none of my business." The little girl was recovering from her injuries, and she wanted to buy time to find an opportunity, so she answered in great detail: "After I fled to the mountains that day, the village chief brought the others to look for me. There were too many of them. If I had just run aimlessly, I would have been caught sooner or later. But luckily, it soon became dark."
After dark, she heard a faint conversation. At first she thought it was the village chief who came to see her, but soon she realized something was wrong.
She was completely in darkness.
"I stared into the darkness and heard a voice from the bottom of my heart." The little girl looked down at her empty belly. "I've heard the legend: don't go out at night, don't stare into the darkness, don't talk to shadows... I know they are the Avengers, but I volunteer to be their food, to become the new Avenger..."
"It's better than being a sacrifice." The little girl suddenly raised her head, smiled strangely, and then disappeared into the corner.
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