Chapter 493 The Competitive Race
"What happened?" Mu You asked curiously.
Fuya hurriedly described the experience in the game just now.
Mu You frowned after hearing that, the weirdness in the future has mutated, even the goblins can attack, and it seems to have a certain infectious ability, which can turn normal goblins into weirdness.
This is probably the reason why Fuya has never encountered any weirdness in the future. The weirdness of the last era is not offensive to the native creatures of Sky City, but will actively help them repel outsiders. For the goblins, there are only benefits and no harm, so the goblins deliberately let the weirdness grow wildly.
In today's Bitter Garden, the weirdness has become a real 'pest'. Of course, the goblins can no longer ignore it. Every time one appears, they will be wiped out immediately, which creates the illusion that there is no weirdness.
"In short, the only information now is this place called 'Dark Cave', right?" Mu You looked at Fuya.
"It's just a possibility... That impostor said that there is no such place in Bitter Garden, and it always feels like it's just a name he made up to save his life..." Fuya was helpless.
Mu You nodded, he is not as pessimistic as Fuya. Compared with the past, Bitter Garden and the future, many things have undergone drastic changes, just like Luohua City and Glory City, what does not exist in the future does not mean that it did not exist in the past.
Thinking of this, he hurried back to his game.
【You asked the fairy girl and Tina, do you know a place called 'Dark Cave'? 】
【The faces of the two goblins suddenly changed when they heard the words, and they showed surprised expressions at the same time. 】
["The Dark Cave, the full name is 'The Darkest Cave', it is a forbidden area in the Garden of Bitterness. It is said that there is a real **** under the Dark Cave, and all goblins who enter there will be infected with a terrible curse. , and even a place for discussion..." the fairy girl explained carefully. 】
【Tina glanced at the fairy girl with some surprise: "You are just an anonymous fairy, how do you know this? This should be a secret that only the upper-level fairies have the opportunity to hear..."]
【"Ah... because I used to be at the top..." The fairy girl lowered her head in embarrassment. 】
【"I see, did you make a mistake and you were deprived of your name..." Tina instantly understood the situation of the goblin girl. Now that Na has become the person in power, she will amend this outdated law as soon as possible, and restore her identity."]
【"Thank you..." The fairy girl looked at Tina gratefully. 】
Mu You was overjoyed when he saw the conversation between the two in the text, there really is such a place!
【You hurriedly asked about the exact location of the 'Dark Cave'. 】
【The dark cave is located in the south of the central square of Bitter Garden, about 130 miles away, in a saline-alkali wasteland where not a single blade of grass grows." Tina said. 】
"Huh?"
Mu You stared blankly.
This location description, other people may not feel it when they see it, but he immediately thinks of a place: the underground city!
As the city lord, Mu You is very familiar with all the building layouts in Sky City, and the location Tina mentioned at this moment corresponds to Dawn City, which happens to be the entrance of the dungeon!
【You ask Tina, what is the relationship between the dark cave and the dungeon? 】
【"Dungeon?" Tina looked at you with some doubts, and exchanged glances with the fairy girl, both showing confusion. 】
【"In Bitter Garden, there is no place called 'Dungeon'." Tina said. 】
No dungeons?
Unexpectedly, as the creation template of all sky castles, there is no dungeon in this original sky castle? So where do the people here usually go to level up?
etc…
Bringing up the dungeon, Mu You suddenly realized a more important problem:
Their twelve sky cities are all driven by the remains of gods buried in the deepest part of the dungeon.
Then what is the power source of this original sky city?
You must know that this bitter garden was created together when the gods joined forces to create the Astral World.
At that time, the Protoss was obviously still in its heyday, and all the gods were present. It was impossible to kill a certain **** temporarily and use his remains to build a city, right?
Humans can do this because the Protoss has long been extinct, and they dare to be so unscrupulous without restraint.
However, in the heyday of the Protoss, it was a civilization that started with faith. Using the remains of a certain leader as fuel must be unreasonable in their internal ethics.
Here comes the question, if it is not a divine skeleton, then what else is the power source?
Mu You hurriedly took out the miracle magic lamp, and asked the lamp **** to come out for consultation.
"The drive for Bitter Garden?"
Deng Shenmei was a little impatient to be woken up in her dream, but she was quickly stunned when she heard Mu You's question.
"I really haven't noticed this..."
"Ah? Didn't you say that you participated in the creation of the astral world?" Mu You looked at the lamp **** unexpectedly.
"I participated in the creation of the Astral World, but I only participated in a small part. To be precise, I was only responsible for the design of the world's lamps and lanterns. I don't care about the rest..." The lamp **** was asked a little Embarrassing, how can one or a few gods handle a project as big as the creation of the world? To be precise, except for a few special gods, in fact, most of the gods only participated in some corner work .
"But it's true, your Sky City is driven by the skeleton, and the Bitter Garden also needs something of the same level as a power source. What could it be... By the way, who was in charge of the Bitter Garden at the time... No , It's too long ago, I can't remember clearly..." The lamp **** muttered to himself trying to remember, but unfortunately he didn't recall any useful information in the end.
Mu You had no choice but to give up, and returned to the game. Since he couldn't find the result after looking for the lamp god, he might as well go to this 'dark cave' to have a look in person.
And the future saint seems to have disappeared here, and his intuition told him that this place is likely to be the key to solving this mission.
But before he set off, he was going to meet the old woman who yelled at them before.
This person saw through their fool status at a glance just now, and he was so excited, he obviously knew something.
In the enemy's territory, he should have been the one fleeing, but Fuya's actions just now provided him with inspiration, and sometimes he doesn't need to be so disciplined.
【Tina passed by the door and wandered around for a few times. After confirming that no one was following her, she hurriedly waved to the darkness behind her. 】
【The watchman shouldered a comatose woman, stepped out of the darkness, entered the building quickly, and put down the elderly woman on his shoulders. 】
【"Oh, I'm a pacifist. This kind of wicked thing should be left to No. 2..." The watchman muttered, looking at the unconscious woman on the ground, his face was full of guilt. 】
【"Troubleshooting! How can a big man be more of a wife than a woman? Tina doesn't want her family member to be an indecisive person!" Tina put her hands on her hips and stared at the watchman in dissatisfaction. 】
Mu You looked at the hints in the game and smiled.
Just now he arranged for the watchmen to follow Tina to kidnap this woman.
Instigated a second-five boy, and he was also a high-ranking second-five boy. The almost impossible thing of kidnapping a high-level person in the Fairy Kingdom became extremely simple in an instant.
At first, Mu You was worried that Tina would be reluctant to do this kind of goblin internal strife, but it turned out that he was too worried. When he proposed the kidnapping plan, the goblin saint even faintly showed expectations, and immediately agreed , Take the initiative to set off with the watchman.
In just half an hour, she took advantage of her status as a saint, walked into the old woman's mansion openly, knocked people out and kidnapped her, without arousing any suspicion during the whole process.
As for the identity of this old woman, he has also heard the explanation from the fairy girl. Her name is 'Olmedo'. It is said that she is the contracted servant of the former fairy king. There is no such thing as a long human being.
At the same time, Olmedo is the only remaining 'gardener' in the goblin country, responsible for guarding and cultivating the 'Bitter Mother Tree'.
The Bitter Mother Tree is the sacred tree of the elves, and its status is no less than that of the world tree of the forest elves, because this tree is the birthbed of all elves.
Fairies have no concept of marriage and having children, and they are not born by female fairies, but 'knotted' from trees.
The bitter mother tree will produce a batch of flower buds every few years. When these flower buds are fully mature, they will 'bloom', revealing the fairy larvae bred in it.
The role of the 'gardener' is to rely on superb cultivation techniques to ensure the healthy growth of the bitter mother tree, thereby stably producing a population for the goblins.
It is said that in the prosperous period of the fairies, there were many gardeners at the same time. Under the joint care of the gardeners, the mother tree grew rapidly, and the population of the fairies also exploded. Unfortunately, with the passage of time, more and more humans mastered the gardening skills. Few, until now only Olmedo is left.
In this case, her status goes without saying. Although she doesn't have any official position in name, Olmedo is even higher than Tina, the saint, in terms of prestige in the elf country.
【You stretched out your hand and cast Holy Light on the unconscious Olmedo. 】
【Under the warmth of the soft holy light, this old human woman moved her eyelashes slightly and slowly opened her eyes. 】
[After Olmedo woke up, he subconsciously covered his swollen head and looked around. He quickly realized what he had done, and hurried back nervously. He leaned against the wall, looked at you vigilantly, and said angrily: Fool, It really is you, what exactly do you want to do? 】
【"What do you know about the Fool?" You asked. 】
【Olmedo ignored you, but glanced between you one by one, and finally settled on Tina. 】
[Looking at Tina standing next to you, Olmedo's face turned red and then pale, and he said angrily: "Saint Tina, do you know what you are doing? Why did you choose to join forces with these fools, don't you Want to betray your race?"]
【Facing the old man’s questioning, Tina just smiled contemptuously: "Hehe, of course Tina is loyal to the fairies, but your old-fashioned ideas have long been outdated. Tina is just saving the fairies in her own way."]
【"Saint Tina, you must have been deceived by these foreigners. Believe me, they will only bring disaster to us!" The old man hastily advised. 】
【"A foreigner? Olmedo, have you forgotten that you are also a foreigner!" Tina sneered. 】
[The old man was taken aback when he heard the words, clenched his fists, and his face flushed: "I have been working for the goblin clan for three thousand and four hundred years! I have never left the Garden of Bitterness in these years. After leaving my homeland, I have already regarded myself as a member of the goblin clan! Your Highness, over the past three thousand years, have I ever felt sorry for the goblin clan?"]
[Facing the old man's tearful accusation, Tina just looked at her calmly, and after she finished speaking, she said coldly: "Eight hundred years ago, the last fairy king, Orenz Blesser, was your contract." The goblin disappeared for no reason."]
【"Only one month after the king disappeared, you announced the so-called 'Cradle Project' in the name of the gardener, saying that you would gather all the newly born elves and carry out unified secret cultivation. The reason is that the elves The future of the family as a talent pool.”]
【"Out of respect for your hard work for so many years, no one doubted you at that time, and everyone silently supported your decision. But now that so many years have passed, what is the result of your training?"]
【"Why hasn't anyone seen those young fairies you collected? Where did you hide them? Why did your majesty disappear in the first place? Who is betraying the fairies?" Tina said clearly A lot of hard work has been done, and the suspicion is directed at the old man. 】
Mu You raised his eyebrows at the texts that kept popping up, as if he had caught up with the scene of eating melons.
He only now understands why Tina chose to support them so decisively before. It turns out that the Fairy Kingdom has been leaderless since a long time ago.
And judging from Tina's doubts, this woman does have a lot of problems.
【The old man was stunned for a long time when he heard the words. After a while, he suddenly showed an extremely tired and wry smile: "I really can't hide it..."】
【"Hidden?" Tina stared at the old man condescendingly, and snorted coldly: "Olmedo, are you admitting that you are lying? Then quickly recruit them according to the truth. After all, the newly born fairies in these years have been taken care of by you." Where did you hide it?"]
【"Your Highness, I have never hidden anyone..." The old man sat down on the ground and sighed: "The reason why no one has ever seen these newborn fairies is because...they don't exist at all..."]
【"What do you mean?" Tina frowned. 】
【"The bitter mother tree has stopped growing since eight hundred years ago, and has never produced any fairies since then..." the old man said bitterly. 】
【"What?" Tina was shocked. The fairy girl not far away also covered her mouth in surprise. 】
"Oh?" Mu You looked surprised.
The mother tree of the elves does not bear fruit, that is to say, the population of the elves stopped growing eight hundred years ago. At the same time, elves are not immortal. Every day, some elves die due to various reasons. Under the circumstances, the population of the goblins is destined to decrease.
This mother tree is the only source of population for the elves. Once it stops growing, it is equivalent to fundamentally depriving the elves of their ability to reproduce. For a race that has lost its ability to reproduce, extinction is an inevitable result.
【"Why did it suddenly stop growing?" the watchman asked out of curiosity. 】
【As a result, the old man looked at him with a sneer: "Shouldn't this be a question to you fools?"】
【"Ah?" The watchman was stunned, scratched his head, and said in embarrassment: "I'm sorry I didn't quite understand, how can the mother tree of your elf clan get involved with us fools?"]
【"Because, eight hundred years ago, the day the bitter mother tree stopped growing was the time when your first fool was born... At the moment you were born, we just started to perish. Do you think it has anything to do with it?" The old man said coldly Humph. 】
【"Ah...could it be just a coincidence?" said the watchman. 】
【"Coincidence? Four hundred years ago, one of your fools landed on the Bitter Garden for the first time. The moment he landed, the bitter mother tree immediately began to wither rapidly. No matter what I did, I couldn't stop it until the fool left , the withering just stopped, is this a coincidence?" the old man sneered. 】
【"This..." The watchman had nothing to say. 】
(end of this chapter)