Du Ze stared at his hand. It looked very normal.
"What's wrong with your hand?" Xiu's voice came from the side. "I've been looking at my hand since yesterday."
Du Ze stretched out his hand, his fingers passing through Xiu's palm and then bending through his fingers – he held Xiu's hand firmly, palms together, fingers interlocked.
There was no translucency or shadow. What he saw yesterday was like an illusion.
Du Ze sincerely hoped that it was an illusion, or that the instability of space had caused that situation. After all, his hand only became illusory for a moment when he returned to the rotunda, and before anyone noticed it, it returned to normal. Du Ze found various reasons to reassure himself, but when he thought of the picture he saw in the Time Corridor, his blood seemed to freeze.
– You'll never find him!
Will he disappear …
It wasn't snatched away, nor was it hidden. It had truly disappeared from this world.
– Even if you become a Supreme God, so what? You're the only God in the world!
Du Ze held Xiu's hand tightly and blurted out: "–" Don't climb the tower.
Can't make a sound. Du Ze pursed his lips. When he tells the truth about the world, he will be silenced. If he says it will affect the subsequent spoilers, he will be silenced. The invisible existence silently showed him: You are not the protagonist, you cannot dominate the plot; you are not the author, you cannot change the plot; you are just a reader, you can only watch the plot.
Seeing Xiu's concerned eyes, Du Ze opened his mouth but in the end, the only thing he could say was: "… We'll be on the fifth floor soon."
Xiu probably thought Du Ze was looking at his hand, so he smiled and nodded. "Well, let's go in and see."
Du Ze was led into the door of light by Xiu. At the moment when he was engulfed by the light, Du Ze was still thinking: from what he saw in the Time Corridor, the God of Creation was definitely one of the people who knew about his disappearance.
He can't stop Xiu from becoming a God, so he must immediately find out why he disappeared.
Before he opened his eyes, Du Ze heard the wind rustling the leaves and felt himself stepping on a soft sponge-like carpet. Du Ze looked down and found that it was a kind of thick, phosphorescent moss. When he stepped on it, he sank into it. It was very comfortable. Little fluorescent lights danced in the night sky. Du Ze looked up and saw the huge moon in the night sky. He subconsciously glanced at the battery of his headphones. Judging from the battery, it should be morning. The night should be the setting of this instance.
The surroundings were filled with a magical haze. Although it was night, everything could be seen clearly. High hedges were woven into walls that stretched out endlessly to the right and to the left, and where they stood was like the entrance to a hedge maze. On the opposite hedge wall, there was a sign. The group of people looked at it, but other than Du Ze and Ariel, no one else could understand what was written on it.
It was Elvish.
[Dear adventurers, this is the Elven Fantasy.
You only need to walk to the exit of the labyrinth and you will reach the Elven Kingdom. There is no need to do anything else.
There is a certain amount of danger in the labyrinth, and the equipment in the treasure chest can help you.
Be careful of the vines.]
Du Ze translated the sign to the others. When Xiu heard the last part, he suddenly asked: "Vines?"
Everyone was confused. Even Ariel was at a loss. The treasure chest written on the sign was below the sign. Enoch quickly opened it and found a bow and a quiver of arrows. Enoch took out the bow and pulled it.
"This bow is not as good as my dagger!" Enoch pulled out an arrow and was surprised to find that the arrowhead was made of mercury iron. "Hey! This arrow is good. "
Among the group of people, only Ariel was an archer, so the set of equipment was given to Ariel. Du Ze read the sign again. According to the information on the sign, it was easy to see that this was an elven instance. This time, the god's tower was very generous in showing them the way to clear the labyrinth and even kindly provided the equipment. Some stupid, cute person could not help but wonder – this time's labyrinth won't be very difficult, right?
"Moore," Xiu said. "Fly up and see the whole picture."
Du Ze deeply understood what the gap was. While he was honestly thinking about the so-called first law of the labyrinth, the Moe Lord had already thought of a fast (cheat) way to clear the labyrinth.
Are you stupid? I can fly ~
Moore transformed into a dragon, spread his wings, and took off. However, the moment Moore flew high, the hedge that was woven into the labyrinth suddenly grew as if it had been sprinkled with gold. It grew as high as the black dragon flew. Moore's dragon flames hit the hedge wall and did not even create a spark. There was no need to test it. Everyone knew that the hedge wall was invincible and immune to any attack.
Since they could not cheat, they could only honestly clear the labyrinth.
There were no monsters in the labyrinth and the road was wide enough for ten people to walk side by side. Du Ze stepped on the sponge-like phosphor moss as he walked through the labyrinth of hedges. Everything in front of him was covered with a hazy halo. If this wasn't the dangerous Tower of God, this would really be a very enjoyable thing. All the early stages of the instance were relatively easy. After walking for a while, they encountered the first fork in the road.
Now was the time to test their character. Du Ze was just about to ask for help from Xiu's protagonist aura when he saw Ariel suddenly walk to the fork and crouch down, seemingly observing something. Before the others could approach, Ariel stood up excitedly, pointed to a knotted grass at her feet, and gestured to Du Ze in elven language.
"She said, go to the right." Du Ze translated Ariel's words: "There is a mark here."
According to Ariel, this knotted grass is a common way for the elves in the forest to tell the elves what is ahead. Du Ze couldn't help but want to call Ariel a little angel – with a little angel, my mother no longer has to worry about me getting lost in the forest.
Under the care of the elf princess, the Elven Labyrinth was like a stroll in the back garden. Every time Du Ze was happy, the god's tower would hit some stupid, cute person with a stick and let him know the cruel reality. When the group passed the third fork in the road, Xiu suddenly stopped and looked back vigilantly.
Even though the soles of his feet were covered with a thick layer of phosphor moss, Du Ze could feel a rumbling vibration coming from afar, like a beast that had just woken up and was aggressively rushing in their direction. Soon, Du Ze saw … "Pay attention to the vines."
Seeing the earth-shattering vines rushing towards them like a flood, Du Ze and his companions were shocked. Xiu's reaction was the fastest. He decisively used fire magic: "Wall of Fire!"
Five three-meter-high walls of fire appeared out of thin air. In the face of the raging walls of fire, the vines were not afraid at all and passed through the first wall of fire in an instant. Not only did the jumping fire elements not cause any damage to the vines, but they also made the vines grow a bit – the vines can actually absorb magic! Xiu's sharp eyes saw this and he immediately removed the four walls of fire, stopping the Fire Phoenix's spell: "Don't use magic!"
The vines in the front were like long tentacles that rolled towards them. The Fire Phoenix let out a cry. It extended its wings and its feathers were like sharp blades that cut the vines into pieces. In front of everyone's astonished eyes, the vines that were cut off instantly grew new spikes and recovered almost without any gap.
More and more vines rushed up. Because of the terrain, Mo Er could not transform into a dragon and could only stretch out his right claw to tear the twisting plants. Under the joint attack of the group, more and more vines fell to the ground, piling up into a small hill. However, the vines' attack did not slow down at all – everything they did was like using a cup to transfer water from the sea to another place, futile and ineffective.
Du Ze, who was behind Xiu, thought of the instructions on the sign at the entrance of the labyrinth. At this time, should they really use the equipment provided by the god's tower? But Du Ze saw that although Ariel's arrows could cut through the vines, it was the same as if they were using swords to cut through the vines. After being cut, the vines quickly recovered. Unable to use magic attacks, physical attacks are almost ineffective. The vines in front of them are incredibly powerful. Du Ze even suspected that this was a checkpoint set up by the god's tower. Just thinking about it makes him feel miserable.
Ariel was not careful and stepped on the juice of the vines on the ground, almost slipping. Enoch held Ariel, who was about to fall, and used Shadowstep to avoid the attack of the vines. Seeing that they had no way to deal with the vines, Xiu issued an evacuation order. He and Rachel were to stay behind and let the others escape first. Du Ze was just about to turn around when a vine about the thickness of a wrist came under the cover of the dead plants. It wrapped around a silly, cute ankle and lifted it up.
"Du —"
Du Ze only heard Xiu's voice when a vine hooked his earphone cable and pulled it. Du Ze was about to escape with his private money. Du Ze, who can't live without his earphones, quickly grabbed the vine that was about to retract and was pulled into the embrace of the vines. Countless vines came from all directions and wrapped tightly around Du Ze's body. The rough skin rubbed against Du Ze's skin, giving him a tingling sensation. Du Ze was dragged deeper into the vines. He wanted to struggle, but his whole body was wrapped tightly by the vines. There was no room to struggle or escape.
A light split the vines above Du Ze. Du Ze looked up and found that Xiu had rushed into the vines. Ignoring the vines that surrounded him, Xiu coldly cut off the vines on Du Ze's body. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Du Ze's hand, trying to pull him out. However, the juice flowing out of the vines stained Du Ze's body. The slippery juice made Du Ze's hand slippery than a fish. Xiu was not careful and Du Ze's hand slipped out.
The restored vines were about to wrap around Xiu, so Xiu had to remove the surrounding vines again. Du Ze tried to get rid of the vines and rubbed against Xiu. At this time, another vine wrapped around his waist and pulled him back. Du Ze subconsciously waved his hands and accidentally grabbed a green fruit. Almost reflexively, he pinched it.
Pa.
The wildly dancing vines suddenly trembled as if they felt great pain. Finally, they drooped and began to wither. The people outside looked at the suddenly dead vines with astonishment. They didn't have time to think and quickly pulled Du Ze and Xiu out of the depths of the vines.
Enoch asked curiously: "What happened?"
"There is a fruit inside. It should be their weakness." Xiu explained and went to check Du Ze's situation.
At this time, Du Ze's whole body was abnormally embarrassed. His whole body was covered with the juice of the vines. Although it was not unpleasant and even a little sweet, the slippery feeling was very strange. The Fire Phoenix tried to land on Du Ze's shoulder but slipped and fell. Du Ze silently looked at the adorable pet, then found a hidden place and couldn't help but open his clothes to look. When Xiu came over, he saw the marks left by the vines on Du Ze's back. The bright red stripe marks were messily imprinted on his white skin. It looked like he had been abused, and there was a strange fragrance to it.
Xiu couldn't help but reach out and touch Du Ze's back. At this time, the motionless vines suddenly made a strange noise.
Du Ze pressed the red marks on his stomach. Some places were abraded and itchy and painful. His headphones were wet and he was on strike. It wasn't until Xiu patted him on the shoulder that Du Ze realized something was wrong. A group of porcelain people crawled out of the withered vines – if not for their realistic expressions, Du Ze would have thought they were a bunch of handicrafts rather than a group of creatures. Each porcelain person was about half a meter tall. When they saw the people outside, they began to cry and say something.
Seeing that Du Ze didn't wear headphones, Xiu knew that Du Ze couldn't hear them, so he wrote in Du Ze's hand: [They said they were porcelain people caught by the vines and asked us to send them home.]
It seems that this is a side quest arranged by the god tower. According to the porcelain people, their home is just ahead. It doesn't seem like it will take much effort.
After the group of people tidied up their clothes, the group set off with the porcelain people. However, once they were on the road, they discovered how troublesome the porcelain people were. The porcelain people were only half a meter tall and the speed at which they walked was horrible. They couldn't run because they were fragile porcelain people. If they bumped into something while running, they would break into pieces. Xiu summoned the adorable pet group. He wanted to let the pets carry a batch and then each of them could carry two porcelain people. But once they picked up the porcelain people, they found that the seemingly fragile porcelain people were actually very heavy.
Because of the above reasons, the group's speed was seriously lagging. It took them half a day to reach the next fork in the road. The elves' markings told Ariel to go to the right, but the porcelain people said that their home was on the left.
Du Ze looked at the group of pitiful porcelain people. They had already come this far, so it wouldn't hurt to send them a little further. Maybe this is a side quest. Sending these porcelain people home may give them items and information to deal with the dungeon boss.
So Du Ze and the group walked to the left. After resting for a day, they finally arrived at the porcelain people's home. The group of porcelain people happily thanked them and then disappeared with their home.
That's … it?!
What about the promised reward? They didn't receive anything except a good person card! After walking for so long, at least give them a drink of water, you bastards! = Utensils =
The empty grass in front of them seemed to be laughing at them. No matter how much they complained, it was useless. The group could only go back the way they came. Du Ze and the others spent half a day returning to the fork in the road. After a few steps, there was a familiar vibration on the ground and the vines appeared again.
"Destroy its fruit."
Compared to the last time, the group of people who knew the weakness of the vines were much calmer this time. The fruit grew deep in the vines and must be attacked with long-range weapons. The bow and arrow provided by the god's tower showed its value at this moment. Ariel aimed at the green fruit deep in the vines. The vines seemed to feel the danger and pulled back their branches to protect the fruit.
The elf princess released the bowstring. The arrow penetrated dozens of layers of vines and pierced the fruit, bursting it.
All the vines stiffened as if they had pressed the pause button and then softly withered. Just as Du Ze and the others were about to move on, another group of porcelain people crawled out of the fallen vines. History began to repeat itself. The half-meter-high little things cried and begged Xiu to send them home.
Xiu pondered for a while and then brought the porcelain people again, as if he wanted to confirm the result again.
As a result, they received another good person card.
The group watched in silence as the porcelain people disappeared together with their home. In order to send the porcelain people home, they once again missed the right path. Before Enoch could complain, the vines appeared again. Du Ze didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that this time the vines were much larger than when he first saw them. Each vine was two feet wide. Ariel immediately pulled back her bow, aimed at the fruit, and shot an arrow.
"Whoosh-"
The arrow penetrated the vines that protected the fruit and lost its strength at the moment it was about to pierce the fruit. Ariel's eyes widened in surprise. She had used all her strength in that arrow, but it could not penetrate the vines – the green plants seemed to be twice as hard as last time.
"Give me the arrow!"
Xiu caught the quiver that Ariel threw at him. Qian Bian turned into the Bow of Life in his hand. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened them again, his sky blue eyes were replaced by green. The silver-haired elf pulled back the bow and released his fingers almost at the moment he aimed.
"Boom-"
The vines trembled and fell, withered and shriveled. Seeing the previous situation, everyone understood what it meant: the vines were getting stronger and stronger.
Enoch glanced at the vines and then focused his attention on Xiu. He excitedly circled around the silver-haired elf: "Hey, you've changed back! Is this an illusion or a martial skill? Teach me. "
"…"
Xiu's face was cold. Du Ze looked at the Moe Lord in fear. The elves are not as easy to talk to as the humans. Some stupid, cute person is afraid that Xiu will raise his bow and shoot the idiot who is swaying back and forth. He didn't know if it was a fool's luck, but before Xiu could kill the fool, another group of porcelain people appeared in front of everyone and instantly pulled away the Moe Lord's hatred.
In the face of the crying porcelain people, Xiu only glanced at them and then turned away indifferently.
"The vines are terrible, don't leave us –"
"Please help us, send us home –"
… …
The cries of the porcelain people gradually faded away. Du Ze even heard several crisp sounds, as if the group of panicked porcelain people were trying to run towards them, but accidentally fell and broke. These voices mixed together, and it was so heavy that it made people feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Don't think too much." Seemingly aware of Du Ze's depressed mood, Xiu said: "It's a trap."
Du Ze knew that all this was arranged by the god tower, so he only felt depressed but did not oppose Xiu's choice.
At the entrance of the maze, the god tower hung a sign that read: You only need to go to the exit of the maze to reach the Elf Kingdom. You don't need to do anything else.
At this point, Du Ze finally understood what "superfluous" meant. Judging from the previous situation, the porcelain man could not bring any benefits to the tower climbers, and sending the porcelain man home was a very time-consuming and unrewarding task. If they sent the porcelain people back under these conditions, it was only because of their enthusiasm for helping others.
According to Du Ze's usual practice, he would certainly be willing to send the little guys back, but this is not a place where good deeds will be praised. The god tower will catalyze the tower climbers into the state they want. If they do the opposite, it may even lead to death – the rules are blatantly hinting that the tower climbers should ignore the porcelain people. If the tower climbers spend time on "unnecessary things," the stronger the vines and fewer and fewer arrows will put the tower climbers to eternal rest.
Worthy of the rules, worthy of … the elves' quest – that beautiful race paid with enthusiasm and took away the God's Archery.
When they returned to the previous fork in the road, Xiu lost consciousness. Moore carried Xiu on his back and they set foot on the right road again according to Ariel's directions. It was always night in the Elven Dreamland. Although the scene in front of him was as dreamy as ever, Du Ze just wanted to hurry through the maze so that he wouldn't feel so depressed.
One day later, Xiu still hadn't woken up when they were attacked by vines again. From the first two days to a day and a half and now one day, the interval between the appearance of the vines is getting shorter and shorter. Compared to the first time they saw the vines, this time they were not only thicker but also began to grow sparse spikes. Ariel was at a loss with her bow and arrow. Although she could aim at the fruit, she wasn't strong enough to break the vines. Moore, Old John, and the others were the opposite. Although they had the strength, it was really difficult for them to shoot the fruit that was constantly changing its position.
Therefore, the group chose a more risky method. Moore took the initiative to rush into the group of vines. The moment he was surrounded by the vines, he instantly turned into a dragon and pushed the surrounding vines away. Rachel and Old John took the opportunity to clear a gap so that Ariel's arrow could penetrate the fruit.
The third round of vines was solved without any danger. Before the porcelain people came out to ask for help, Du Ze and the others immediately left the place – judging from the previous situation, the next time the vines will appear may be half a day later. Halfway through the journey, Xiu finally woke up. He quickly sorted out the situation, took Ariel's quiver and carried it on his back.
With the Moe Lord around, Du Ze suddenly felt a lot more at ease. He saw the ferocious Moe Lord solve the fourth round of vines in just one move. At that moment, some silly, cute person finally realized what kind of nemesis the elven form of Xiu was for the long-range vines.
The Moe Lord has completed a double kill; the Moe Lord is killing.
Even though the frequency of the vines' appearance has been reduced from half a day to hours, even though the vines have been strengthened to the point where their bodies are full of spikes and their juices are strong and acidic, they can only sullenly fall into a tragic situation. They can't even lick the ground ten meters away from Xiu.
The vines said that they used to be a mighty and majestic man until their knees … oh no, until their fruit was hit by an arrow.
When the Moe Lord became a god, they finally got out of the labyrinth. The scene in front of them was the elven kingdom that Du Ze had seen before. Opposite them, a huge lake surrounded the Tree of Life. The rustling of the leaves in the wind was like an invitation to them. Obviously, that was the end of the Elven Instance.
Enoch and the demon sisters had never seen such a beautiful place and were stunned for a moment. The god tower completely simulated the elven kingdom. Ariel felt as if she had returned to her own home and soon led everyone to the elven cabin on the tree. There was everything in the cabin except for the living. It seemed that the god tower had only simulated the scene.
After running around in the labyrinth for so long, everyone was tired and each found a cabin as a place to rest. Du Ze was naturally assigned to the same room as Xiu. He also felt very tired. Every time they killed the vines, there would always be porcelain people asking them for help. The first time they refused, it was because they couldn't bear it, the second time it was because they felt guilty, the third time, the fourth time … Soon they became numb and learned to ignore it.
All kinds of information filled Du Ze's mind: the god tower, the rules, the God of Creation … Even though he was tired, Du Ze didn't want to lie in bed and rest. He stayed in a daze for a while, then went out of the cabin.
The huge moon almost filled the whole night sky. After staying in the eternal night for a long time, time became a bit messed up. Du Ze had just sat down on a branch when he heard someone come to his side. Even without looking back, Du Ze knew it was Xiu.
The branch shook slightly and Xiu sat down beside him. Du Ze suddenly felt that this scene was familiar. Whether it was the glowing lake or the flying dots of light, even the person sitting next to him, it was exactly the same as that night.
At this time, Xiu stretched out his hand and gently stroked the back of Du Ze's neck. When Du Ze turned his head to look at him, Xiu slightly raised his lips, revealing a smile.
"Do you want to hear me sing?"
The wind blew the elf's silver hair, disturbing time and space. Du Ze and Xiu looked at each other as if they had returned to that night in the elven kingdom. At that time, a silly, cute reader heard his favorite protagonist confess to him and was so scared that his soul almost overflowed.
Thinking of that scene, Du Ze turned his face and couldn't help but smile. Xiu looked at Du Ze's profile. He lowered his head and leaned over to kiss the curve of Du Ze's mouth.
"I like you, Du Ze."
Xiu murmured. His voice was very light, one word at a time, pouring a bottomless amount of emotion into it.
"I like you very much, I like you a little … I don't know what to do …"
The elf's voice was like a slightly mellow wine. If you listen to it for a long time, you will become intoxicated. Du Ze was held in Xiu's arms. The man let out a satisfied sigh, as if he had received a supreme gift.
"One month and I have you."
Thinking of that one month appointment, Du Ze suddenly realized that it seemed that Xiu had always been the one taking the initiative and he had always been in a passive state.
He liked Xiu, so why couldn't he take the initiative?
Du Ze reached out and embraced Xiu.
Just like now, he wanted the two of them to be closer together, preferably without any gaps. That way, he should be able to get rid of a little uneasiness, right?
Du Ze pushed Xiu away. Some silly, cute person who only wanted to take the initiative stared at the person he had decided to make love to. He wanted to open his mouth but didn't know what to say. Because he cared too much, he became extremely nervous.
How should he express himself at this time? How about a kiss? There seems to be something wrong … Oh my god, it's just a one-night stand! This young man has seen a lot of things on the Internet. This kind of situation is decisive, is —
Under Xiu's gaze, Du Ze's face was cold and he reflexively said the first line that came to mind.
"Face me."
… …
… …
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