Chapter 287 Nightmare Octopus King
After getting acquainted with his current body, Mu You didn't waste any time. He hurriedly threw a few fish from the fishing net into the fish basket, and then headed towards the castle with the fish basket on his back.
A large number of creatures are distributed along the road, not only humans and elves, but also all kinds of strange humanoid creatures.
What's even more weird is that everyone here has a smile on their face, but it's not a normal smile, but a very mechanical and dull smile made by forcibly stretching the facial muscles, as if everyone here just Like puppets on strings, he looked extremely horrifying to a living person.
There is no way, Mu You can only try to make the same expression as much as possible, so as not to make himself look out of place.
While heading all the way to the castle, Mu You was also quietly counting the number of elves present.
He found that there were quite a few living elves here, and he saw at least twenty more along the way. And judging by their attire and actions, they are all doing some relatively easy work, such as watering flowers and maintaining plants, etc. There is no hard work, and it seems that the status of elves here is not low.
"Idlers stop!"
Going all the way to the castle, Mu You was stopped by two octopus soldiers in front of the door and asked him what he was here for.
"Bring lunch to Lord Zubac." Mu You replied with a 'smile'.
The two octopuses glanced at the fish basket behind Mu You, and let him in without any difficulty.
The interior of this castle is much larger than it looks from the outside. The corridors and decorations inside are extremely gorgeous, and even the entire floor and walls are carved with clean and flawless gemstones. At first glance, it is not a castle that normal people can build. What's even more outrageous is that this castle is only a normal space below three meters, and the area above three meters is completely covered by sea water, and there is no shelter from the area below, but the sea water above will not submerge, which completely violates physics. law.
But considering that this place is a dream after all, it shouldn’t be surprising how unreasonable it is.
There are also many staff in the castle, and there seem to be more elves inside the castle.
Everyone you meet along the road will greet Mu You with a smile and nod, and Mu You has no choice but to respond one by one, trying not to show his flaws.
Mu You was wandering around in the castle. He didn't know where the kitchen was, and he didn't plan to go to the kitchen. This time he came here just to investigate information, and it was only half an hour. He had to hurry up.
But when passing through a corridor ahead, Mu You suddenly saw an octopus coming out of the corner.
This octopus is bigger than the octopus soldier outside, its skin has also turned red, and it wears a chef's hat on top of its head. In addition, there are some people carrying fish baskets like him in front of it, nodding towards the octopus After saluting, pass by it.
Muyou's secret path is not good, so it must be unlucky to meet the cook, right? He just walks around casually, can he also walk to the kitchen?
What Mu You didn't know was that because the castle was too large and there were many forks, there was a design to prevent getting lost. Anyone who entered it, even if they walked unconsciously, would only go to the destination of work, and wanted to go outside the work place. place is impossible.
Unable to use the hermit card and the invisibility cloak, he had already encountered Mu You and couldn't avoid it, so he had to keep smiling and continue walking forward.
When passing by the octopus chef, he also imitated the actions of the person in front of him, nodded and saluted, and then continued to pass.
At first, the red-skinned octopus didn't pay attention and passed by, but just when Mu You thought he had passed, the red-skinned octopus suddenly turned around and stopped him.
"Stop!"
Mu You had no choice but to stop, thinking that his expression was caught by it, but the octopus chef walked up to his fish basket, looked in, and scolded: "Why is there only half a basket of fish? At least the fish must be full Come again with a basket, you bastard!"
The octopus chef cursed, and then cast his eyes on Mu You's face: "A face you haven't seen before, are you a newcomer? Newcomers dare to be lazy on the first day, you should fight!"
As soon as the words fell, the octopus raised a tentacle and pulled it towards Mu You.
But this time the 'Octopus Whip' was stopped in mid-air.
Mu You grabbed the octopus tentacles with one hand, his eyes turned cold.
This octopus seems to have a high status, and there is no one on both sides of the corridor at this time. Mu You is already considering whether to kidnap this octopus directly and ask it from its mouth to get information faster.
"what you do?"
Octopus was taken aback when he saw the tentacles being caught, but when he looked at Mu You again, he found that the smile on his face became slightly distorted, and something abnormal flashed in his eyes.
"What's that expression on your face? You, do you want to rebel?" The octopus chef's tone became vigilant, with a faint sense of fear, and he hurriedly tried desperately to withdraw his tentacles, but found that the other party's strength was stronger than his. Much more, holding its tentacles firmly like a rock.
This kind of octopus with special abilities is very weak in combat power. At this time, it was countered by someone, and it suddenly began to panic, and Mu You's eyes became colder and colder.
However, when the on-site battle was about to break out, a voice suddenly came from behind the two: "Master Chef!"
Mu You looked up and saw a female elf walking towards her, holding a dinner plate in one hand, also walking over with a smile on her face.
"Master Chef, what happened?"
"Merry, you came just in time!"
The red-skinned octopus saw the elf as if it saw a savior, and hurriedly said: "Here is a newcomer who doesn't know the rules, help me subdue him!"
"Okay, Master Chef." The elf smiled and nodded, and lifted the plate gracefully aside, and the plate hovered in the air.
Immediately, the elf turned his eyes to Mu You, kept smiling, and rushed over with a stride.
Mu You subconsciously wanted to resist, but at this moment the elf shouted: "Don't move!"
Mu You hesitated for a moment, and was thrown to the ground by the elf in the next second.
The elf had quick hands and feet, and in the blink of an eye, he locked his hands behind his back and pinned him to the ground.
Of course, this is not because the elf can say anything, but because the smile on the elf's face suddenly disappeared when the opponent rushed over, and instead gave him a suggestive look.
This made Mu You immediately realize that this elf has autonomous consciousness!
That's why he chose to give up resistance.
"As expected of Mei Li!"
Seeing that Mu You was subdued by the elves, the red-skinned octopus nodded in satisfaction: "This newcomer must be suffering from amnesia, and he can't distinguish between reality and dreams. Take him to the electrotherapy room and correct him. bad habit!"
When the elf looked at the octopus, the mechanical smile resumed on his face.
Immediately, she gracefully **** Muyou and lifted it up. After nodding with the octopus, she turned and left the corridor.
Mu You didn't resist, and let her carry it forward.
When he came to another corridor, the elf opened a door and walked in. After closing the door, he threw Mu You on the ground.
"You can get rid of the control of the dream on the first day. It seems that you are not an ordinary newcomer... Tell me, who are you?" Stiff muscles.
"I was entrusted by your elder, Harrington Xiu, to rescue you who have been released from prison." Mu You said, fiddling with his hands behind his back, and easily broke free from the rope on the back of his hands. The other party just tied it up just to make a show, and it was not tied firmly at all.
The movement of pinching his face froze, his pupils shrank slightly, and he turned his head to look at Mu You in disbelief: "What did you say? Elder Harrington? He's still alive?"
Mu You shook his head: "He died three hundred years ago, his bones are all white, and now there is only a wisp of remnant soul left..."
Mu You didn't hide anything, and told the elf what happened to Harrington.
"It turned out to be like this..."
The elf's expression was a little painful after listening, it was the kind of sadness that wanted to cry but had no more tears to shed.
The prison escape plan was not designed perfectly. They had just sent Elder Harrington away, but they were discovered by the Octopus King, and the army was dispatched to hunt them down. In the end, no one was allowed to escape from the prison.
All the elves thought that Elder Harrington had been caught by the octopus soldiers and executed by the octopus king after he was sent out at that time. Unexpectedly, the elder was still alive, living alone in a small space for hundreds of years, and has been Till the day of my death, I still think about them.
"What is this?" Mu You didn't give the elf girl any time to be sad, looked around the environment, and quickly noticed the pool in the center of the room.
The octopus asked the elf to take him to the 'electrotherapy room', and the so-called electrotherapy room in front of him is not a laboratory full of various electronic equipment as imagined, the room is empty, only in the center, placed A bed, next to the bed is a huge pool, and in the pool is a three to four meter long transparent jellyfish, slowly wandering in the pool, with electric sparks flashing from time to time on the whisker-like tentacles at the tail.
"This is the pet raised by the Octopus King, the electrotherapy jellyfish. Its original function is to help people forget some bad memories, but it was cultivated by the Octopus King as a brainwashing tool."
The elf explained: "Some people with strong mental abilities have a chance to recover their original memories after entering here for a long time, which is what those octopuses call 'insomnia', and these people will be caught immediately. Get up, and after being shocked by this jellyfish again, you will forget about the awakening, accept everything here again, and lose your resistance."
Brainwashing jellyfish, and this kind of creature...
Mu You was speechless secretly, and then looked at the elf: "Then you have also been electrotherapy?"
"I don't, but I'm one of the people in charge of the electrotherapy room, so I have personally seen the pain of many compatriots undergoing electrotherapy... These octopuses are very sensitive, as long as they show any signs of abnormality, they will be pulled here for acceptance electrotherapy."
The elf shook his head and sighed, "It's probably my luck. When I woke up, I happened to be in the electrotherapy room, and I was witnessing the electrotherapy process of an elf sister. The excessive panic made me control my emotions. His acting skills have fooled many octopuses, and he has been performing for hundreds of years since then, and he has not revealed his flaws yet..."
Mu You looked at the elf woman in surprise. She could wear a painful mask and act for hundreds of years without breaking down. This woman's psychological quality is absolutely incomparable!
"So you have restored the memory of all the elves here?" Mu You asked again. The other party happened to be in charge of the electrotherapy room, and had awakened his memory again. It is said that he must release more water to his fellow clansmen in the future, so that they can also restore their memories.
As a result, Mu You was a little surprised by the other party's answer.
"No. I will bring them to electrotherapy as soon as I meet people of the same race who have recovered their memories..."
"Why?"
The elf shook his head helplessly: "The main body of the octopus king is the 'Nightmare Octopus', a creature that feeds on the dreams of creatures. Although it devours us, it will not kill us in a short time, because it depends on us to produce dreams."
"Even if the compatriots are awakened, there is no hope of escape. They will only suffer mental torture in vain. It is better to sink into the dream like this, remembering nothing, but there will be no pain."
After feeling a lot of emotion, the elf looked at Mu You: "What about you? How did you awaken your memory? It takes more than ten years for most people to come here before they have a chance to awaken. For those who awakened on the first day of their arrival, I would Never seen."
"I have some special means, I can always keep the memory, and I can exit the dream at any time..."
Mu You didn't say much on this issue, but hurriedly asked: "Now I need to know, how many elves are left here? Where are they imprisoned in the Octopus King?"
"There are sixty-seven living elves left. As for the location... It is said that the location of the people imprisoned in the Octopus King's body is not static, but will slowly move to the center with time. Now seven hundred years have passed, probably Already near its heart."
Mu You was overjoyed after hearing this. It's not a coincidence for the heart, he just got a vampire bottle to **** the blood of the heart, which can kill two birds with one stone.
The question now is how to move to the King Octopus's heart without disturbing it.
The elf didn't know what Mu You was thinking, looked at him in deep thought, and suddenly said: "If you want to save us, then there's no need. If it was seven hundred years ago, it was still possible. At that time, the dream of the Octopus King It is still in the establishment stage, and it is not stable. We often have the opportunity to wake up and return to the original body, which is why we won the opportunity to escape from prison.”
"But now we people have been sleeping in the Octopus King's body for seven hundred years, and our bodies have already been completely wrapped up in the depths of the Octopus King's body. If you want to save us, it is impossible not to disturb the Octopus King, and how could the Octopus King let it go? His prey was taken away?"
"So, if you really have the ability to come in and out here at any time, I hope you leave immediately, go back and tell Elder Harrington that all the clansmen who were swallowed by the Octopus King have already died, so that he doesn't have to worry about us anymore, and then send the Great Elder and his Bring the bones back to the clan. The bones and soul of an elder, I believe the elves will pay you enough."
Following the female elf's words, a new reminder suddenly appeared in Mu You's mind.
【You triggered an optional task: a request from the elf Meili. 】
[Task content: Find the elder Harrington Xiu, and deceive him with white lies, telling him that all the elves here have died, and bring his remnant soul and bones back to the elves, so that they can get the power to transform into elves. Chance. 】
【Mission Reward: Harrington Xiu’s Elder Token, and an unknown reward from the elves. 】
【Note: 'The Request of the Fairy Mellie' is an optional task, and only one of 'Harrington Xiu's Last Wishes' can be completed. 】
Seeing the optional mission description in his mind, the first thing Mu You noticed was not the mission itself, but the last sentence of the mission content: the chance to transform into an elf!
"Can an elf that has been dead for many years also be transformed into an elf?" Mu You hurriedly looked at the elf Mei Li and asked.
Mei Li was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Mu You to ask this suddenly, she nodded, "Yes, but it needs to be an elf that died naturally, and it must be a pure soul without regrets and worries, because after transforming into an elf It will lose all memory and become a brand new life form, if there is any concern, the transformation will not be successful."
The reason why Mu You asked this was because he remembered the dead ancient tree of knowledge at home, and that tree needed the fusion of an elf to be revived.
Now, looking at the description of this new mission, the dead elf elder on the third floor seems to meet the conditions for transforming into an elf: he did die of normal old age, and his only thoughts are these imprisoned elves.
If you can help him solve the only concern, maybe you can persuade him to go to the earth and take the initiative to merge with the ancient tree of knowledge!
(end of this chapter)