Chapter 495 To the Dark Realm
【"Are you Gargamel?" The watchman looked at the girl in surprise. 】
【"Yeah, why... do you know us? Are you our alumni?" The girl who called herself Gargamel scratched her cheeks and became a little embarrassed: "When I graduated, I told everyone that we were going back to our hometown for a blind date. We are still single, and we are still shrinking in the fairy city as an explorer, planning to die alone, I am afraid we will be laughed at again..."]
【"Oh, don't worry about this, we are not your classmates, and we promise not to reveal your recent situation." The watchman waved his hand and said. 】
【"That's good..." Gargamel heaved a sigh of relief. 】
Mu You was a little surprised when he read the text, but he didn't expect to meet the young Gargamel here.
However, from her words, Olmedo probably didn't tell her that they came from the future. When the watchman explained to Olmedo and the others before, Gargamel's name was not mentioned, only that "a wizard in charge of the gate" sent them here, so she should be aware of what happened in the future now. is ignorant.
Mu You didn't intend to tell her, because the old Gargamel in the future obviously didn't know that he had traveled back to the past. Telling the other party here may change the direction of the future.
Insignificant changes like the inscriptions he and Fuya made on the stele before, because no one else participated, would not have any actual impact. But right now, directly causing a living person to have a contradictory past, the impact will be unpredictable.
Unless it is necessary, Mu You still hopes that everything can develop according to the original history as much as possible.
Recovering his senses, Mu You continued what he hadn't done before, and switched to the perspective of the No. 2 clone, preparing to inform the herbal collector about the dark cave.
【The darkness in front of you seems to be in some kind of extreme darkness. 】
【You hold your breath and focus carefully, carefully relying on your hearing to identify the dangers around you. 】
【You suddenly moved, using all four feet together, moving quickly across the wall like a gecko. 】
【And just as you left, you heard the sound of a sharp object colliding with a rock from the position just now...】
"Um?"
Mu You was stunned, what's going on?
Why is the situation of the two avatars more outrageous than the other? It's fine if Linglong drags the little spider to eat the overlord's meal, so what is the herbal picker playing? Blindfolded battle royale?
Because he switched to the perspective where he could only see the avatar, his description of other senses was very vague. In such a situation where both eyes were black, Mu You couldn't judge what happened for a while.
Thinking that he hastily cut out the private chat of the herb picker, and sent a message to the other party to ask.
A prompt pops up as a result: [Your avatar is in a special area, and the message cannot be conveyed. 】
"?"
Mu You was even more confused. This was the first time he encountered a situation where private chats could not be sent, special area? Where the **** did this guy go?
Afterwards, Mu You continued to try some contact methods, but the results were the same, the information could not be conveyed at all, and the picture was always pitch black, making it impossible to judge. The only thing that can be determined now is that the herbal picker is still alive.
【Seeing that everything is ready, you gave the team the order to start. 】
Unable to contact the herbal picker, time was limited, so Mu You could only put it down first, and lead the team towards the dark cave.
The actual distance is farther than imagined. There is no way this place is not like their sky city, which can be teleported at any time, and can only be walked by two legs.
In addition, there are all kinds of weirdness along the way, the more you go to the center of Sky City, the higher the density of weirdness, and they have to avoid any weirdness in advance, otherwise once they are approached by weirdness, they will immediately recognize their fools Identity, when the time comes, it will be the rhythm of poking a hornet's nest again.
Just stopping and going like this, the team of three people and two goblins finally arrived at the destination after a full two days and two nights of driving.
At this time, there are only 47 hours left before the five-day time limit for the mission, which also makes Mu You a little anxious. Will the last two days be enough for them to explore this cave?
【On the barren saline-alkali land in front, there is a tiankeng with a width of tens of meters and a radius of several tens of meters. Looking inside, it is pitch black, without any light coming out, like a bottomless black hole. 】
【You are about to approach the tiankeng for a closer look, when suddenly a plump, spherical woman jumps out from a clump of wild grass next to it, whose appearance makes you feel both strange and familiar. 】
【"Huh? Linglong?" The watchman was also taken aback when he saw the person coming, and then asked in surprise: "Why did you become a fat man?"】
"Is it really Linglong?" Mu You's face was weird, because he had received a message from Linglong before, saying that he had arrived at the place ahead of time, so when he reminded a woman to jump out, his first reaction was Linglong, but he didn't expect that Linglong Turned into a fat man?
【"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooows explain. 】
[Linglong looked at you aggrieved, and shed tears on the scene: "Woo, it's all your fault, you, why did you give me the attribute of gluttony, she is a girl, don't you know that obesity is the biggest natural enemy of women? I I really don't want to become a fat pig...although it's really delicious..."]
"..." Mu You was speechless, this was not controlled by him, he only adjusted the ratio at that time, which specific evil attribute appeared on whom was random, and Linglong could only be said to be unlucky.
【You asked how Linglong came back, did you pay for the meal? 】
【"I don't have any money... so I can only mortgage the spider..." Linglong spread her arms and pretended to be innocent. 】
"?" Mu You frowned, and was about to say something, but a prompt popped up again.
【As soon as Linglong finished speaking, the pink-shelled gluttonous demon spider poked its head out from behind her shoulder, looking curiously at the strangers around you. 】
【"Just kidding, the spider is so cute, how can I be willing to sell it?" Linglong stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Actually, I signed the contract of sale and promised to work for others afterwards until all the debts are paid off." Only then will I return my freedom, oh, but the female boss promised to take care of the food, so it’s okay.”]
"..." Mu You was speechless again, her abacus was too obvious, was it just for food? There is a shadow pompom in her body, so she wants to escape the bill, isn't it just a random thing? It is said that the boss dared to accept her after seeing her appetite, which is also a big heart.
【"So, ontology, what is the situation now?" Linglong asked. 】
【"Look for yourself." You directly synchronized the memory to Linglong, and at the same time received Linglong's memories from the past two days. 】
While making a choice in the game, Mu You suddenly felt a bunch of extra images appear in his mind, and after a brief look, his expression suddenly became strange.
What did this guy do? It's fine to overeat, why are you molesting the female boss in public?
But this style reminds Mu You of the Rose Queen that Fuya met. The two have the same tonality, so they are really Linglong, right?
【"If you are ready, come with me. Here is the escalator built by the previous exploration team." Gargamel carried the package and walked to a certain place on the edge of the tiankeng. There was indeed a rope ladder hanging on the edge of the cliff, leading all the way down. in the dark. 】
【You also signaled the watchman and Linglong to get ready to go. 】
【"Looks like I can only send you here." Tina said with her arms across her chest. The fairy girl and Tina, because they are fairies, can't get close to the dark cave, so they can only stop here. 】
【You look at the fairy girl, thank her for following her these past few days, then say goodbye to her, and see you by fate. 】
【The fairy girl looked at you, hesitated to speak for several times, but unfortunately she didn’t say anything in the end, she just smiled and waved to you: "Be careful all the way..."】
Mu You sighed, the story of this goblin girl was not found until the end...
As for the "goodbye by fate", it should be impossible. If he goes down, he will probably have no chance to come up again, and when he comes back here, it will be at least four thousand years later, and at that time, the goblin Is the girl still there?
He hasn't forgotten the result of Linglong's previous divination. The other party's time is running out, so this walk is basically a farewell.
Time was running out, and Mu You was not hesitant. After saying goodbye, he directly manipulated the character to follow Gargamel down the rope ladder.
Linglong took a meaningful look at the fairy girl and Tina, and followed with the little spider.
Now only the watchman, the fairy girl and Tina are left on the edge of the cliff.
"Miss Tina, it seems that we are destined to be unrelated." The watchman spread his hands helplessly: "I'm sorry that I failed to fulfill my promise to take you to meet the royal family. I hope you can find a more competent contractor in the future..."
"What's your tone? Are you pitying Tina?" Tina flew into the air with her chest folded, and sneered arrogantly: "Don't get me wrong, why do you think Tina made a contract with you in the first place? Tina is pure You are just using you fools to find the royal family... What? Don't you think that if you leave now, you can make Tina feel sad? Don't be sentimental, Tina didn't care about it for a moment oh!"
The fairy girl said with a ruthless face, and turned her back at the same time: "What are you still doing in front of Tina? Why don't you leave now, Tina can't wait to find the next contractor!"
The watchman looked at the small red figure in mid-air, smiled helplessly, thought for a while and said nothing more, sighed softly, came to the edge of the tiankeng, and slid down the rope ladder.
Tina heard the movement of the rope rubbing, and then subconsciously turned around, but there was nothing behind her.
"They're all gone..." Tina stared blankly at the dark abyss ahead.
"Hmm..." the fairy girl responded.
"It's just the two of us... Do you want to go back? Or stay here and wait... Maybe they will..." Tina hesitated on the spot and said to herself, but she didn't hear the voice next to her after talking for a long time. Responding, she subconsciously turned her head to look.
As a result, I saw the goblin girl beside her with dull eyes, staring blankly at the tiankeng in front of her, and traces of black air gradually gushed out of her body.
"No, you can't leave... There are still things to talk about... very important things... you can't... just leave like this... you can't..."
The fairy girl muttered to herself in a low voice, her tone became more and more excited, and the black air on her body became more and more entangled.
"No way, but at this time?" Tina was startled, and hurriedly floated in front of the goblin girl, shaking her shoulders with both hands: "Hey, cheer up, think about something happy... eh!"
Before Tina finished speaking, she was roughly pushed away by the fairy girl.
The goblin girl was completely wrapped in black air at this time, her eyes were hollow and bloodshot, and her face became ferocious.
"I won't let you go... find you..."
The girl kept repeating these two sentences, and suddenly broke out at an unprecedented speed, and plunged headlong into the sinkhole.
"Hey, goblins can't go in!"
Tina saw the figure of the goblin girl disappearing into the darkness, she held her head in frustration and shouted, "Really, why are you all so self-willed..."
Tina looked at the black hole in front of her hesitantly, swallowed her saliva, her eyes quickly became determined, and she also flew in: "It doesn't matter, just die..."
…
【...You slid down the smooth rock wall along the rope ladder, and soon came to the 'darkest area'. 】
【It’s pitch black in front of you, you can’t see anything, you can only use your senses such as hearing, touch, smell, etc. to explore everything around you...】
"oh?"
Mu You stared blankly. This so-called darkest area doesn't even have night vision? Is this a direct deprivation of vision?
However, this description reminded him of a herb picker immediately.
The angle of view of the herbal picker before seems to be in this situation too. Could it be that he has come in ahead of time?
Thinking of this, Mu You hurriedly opened the panel, tried the private message sending function, and sent a message to the caller and Linglong each.
The results both prompt 'in a special area, sending failed'.
"Sure enough!"
Mu You was completely sure now, the herb picker seemed to be really here. It's just that what is this place, even the communication of the Fool's system can be blocked.
【"Be careful, it's completely dark in the dark cave, and all the magic and lighting equipment will be sucked away in an instant, so the eyes are useless here, we can only perceive the surrounding environment with our ears, nose and hands. "]
[Gargamel's crisp voice came from not far below you: "But everyone, don't panic. This place not only closes our vision, but also strengthens our other senses. As long as you get used to it for a while, you will soon be able to adapt to it. His actions, at least the small-scale scenes around him, can all be reproduced in his mind.”]
【"Hey, it's true, the lamps don't turn on at all! It's amazing!" You heard the sound of a watchman fiddling with a jack-o-lantern from above, but to no avail. 】
【Yes, there is no need to try. Our expedition team has already tried all the lighting methods imaginable, but none of them succeeded. Here, no light can be produced! Otherwise, we don't have to work so hard...ah! "]
【Gargamel's voice stopped abruptly. 】
[Suddenly you feel a faint light coming from above. When you look up, you can see the jack-o-lantern in the watchman's hand, emitting a soft fluorescent light, illuminating the four of you who are hanging side by side on the rope ladder. s face. 】
【Girl Gargamel's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief: "This is impossible? How did you do it?"]
(end of this chapter)