Roland Empire's Royal Prison, in a certain cell.
A handsome young man sat on the edge of a stone bed. His hands and feet were shackled, and a slight movement would make a clanking sound.
He was wearing a beginner's outfit, and the knitted hat on his head was gone. A pair of pointy ears could be seen through his short gray hair.
"Damn, I went offline to sleep. Why am I still here?"
Lan Xiaoyin scratched his head and looked troubled.
In the void in front of him, a series of bullet comments floated.
[Hahahaha, I just came in to see if the streamer was still in prison. Now I'm relieved.]
[You want to leave at night? Are you looking down on Sister Mary in the cell opposite you?]
In the cell opposite Lan Xiaoyin, a girl was also sitting on a stone bed. Her hands and feet were not shackled, but her eyes were unfocused. She just sat there motionlessly.
This was the status of being offline.
Because she was in a cell, her character would not disappear even if she went offline.
This girl was the player who sneaked into the palace to see Li Zheyu, but was caught and imprisoned. Her ID was Bloody Mary. Because her plot was relatively light, she only had to stay in prison for a month.
However, a month was too long for a player, especially since it was the beginning of the open beta. A month was equivalent to her account being disabled.
However, there was still a chance to delete her account and start over. Bloody Mary did not use it.
After she found out that she could communicate with the criminal NPC in the cell next to her, she treated it as a new way to play. Every day, she would harass her "roommate" to see if she could find a hidden mission.
It was still morning, so she had to wait until evening to go online.
Lan Xiaoyin pouted. He thought that everything would be fine. After all, he had the Elf's talent skill, Plant Transformation. This skill allowed him to disguise as a plant, and it was difficult to be discovered.
He did not expect that when he was close to the mission target, he would be discovered by a ten-year-old child!
[Can we still see Prince Qiong today? The little prince is so cute! It's so painless to be a mother!]
[Indeed, the little prince is cute and cool! He beat Xiao Lan so badly. I want to vote for him on the character ranking board!]
[I have screenshots! I can be Prince Qiong's avatar!]
[Am I the only one who likes the little princess?]
[No, I like it too!]
Lan Xiaoyin looked at the bullet screen and rolled his eyes.
He was not a professional game streamer. He had only started the live streaming channel on a whim after he had gotten the rare race account.
According to the statistics on the forums, among the 100,000 players in Star Age, there were about a dozen rare race accounts. As for his Forest Elf account, he was the only one to show up on the forums. The others were all Sea Elves.
Although the probability was very low, it was considered a benefit for the public beta players. The closed beta players had no chance with rare races.
The rarer something was, the more valuable it was. As the only seedling, he quickly attracted the attention of many Cloud Realm players and brought a certain amount of popularity to his live stream.
Everyone worked together to figure out how to play the Forest Elf. It was actually quite interesting. Lan Xiaoyin also got a lot of inspiration from the bullet screen in the live stream, but some of the Cloud players were especially sarcastic.
[Speaking of which, isn't Xiao Lan looking for the Elven Royalty? Why are you looking for the princess of Roland?]
[No, it must be the princess.]
[If she's not the princess, why is she living in the palace?]
[I went to ask a few NPCs that I know. They really don't know that there's a little princess in the House of Roland.]
[Maybe she's Xiao Qiong's child bride. Hahaha.]
[Childhood sweetheart, I can do that!]
"Is that the main point?"
Lan Xiaoyin fiddled with the handcuffs on his hands and feet. "I'm still chained up. How can I escape?"
[Why do you want to escape? Didn't that beauty say that you'll be interrogated later?]
[Ah, yes, yes, yes! That beauty with brown eyes! What kind of gods are living in the palace of Roland? I hate that the official website doesn't have a setting introduction!]
[For the beauty, Xiao Lan, you have to suffer a little more! Go!]
Because he was attacked by the little prince, Lan Xiaoyin saw Xiao Qiong's name, but the other NPCs couldn't see it because of the level restriction.
The beauty with brown eyes in the bullet screen was actually a man. He had short silver-gray hair and wore coral-red earrings. He was indeed beautiful, but his aura was also very frightening.
Lan Xiaoyin still remembered that he almost slipped away in the chaos, but when he came, he couldn't move. The system notified him that the space around him was confined.
He was really caught off guard and didn't know how he did it.
At this moment, Lan Xiaoyin was speechless as he looked at the bullet screen. [You're a bunch of bastards. Why don't you try to eat prison food yourself!]
In the end, he chose to ignore the bullet screen and dragged his feet toward the iron bars.
Although he lowered the realism, the shackles reduced his agility, and his movements were as slow as a tortoise.
More importantly, there were restrictions in this prison!
He couldn't use his talent skills here, or else he would have turned into a dandelion and flown out.
At this moment, the space outside the cell distorted, and dark lines visible to the naked eye appeared.
Lan Xiaoyin paused. As the silver-haired man with brown eyes appeared outside the cell, his vision was almost drowned out by the bullet screen.
But this wasn't the end. A young man came out of the crack in the space behind the man.
The young man had black hair, green eyes, and a cool face. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Lan Xiaoyin. "He's that elf?"
Cha Mo smiled and nodded. "Yes, I think it's called Blue Mark."
His voice was gentle and polite, like clear spring water flowing past. Just listening to him was a pleasure, but it was quickly interrupted by the black-haired young man's sneer.
"Blue Mark? What kind of weird name is that? "
Lan Xiaoyin was speechless.
Damn, if he knew that this account was a rare race account, he would have given it an awesome name!
But the problem was …
He didn't know! And there was no name changing card for sale in the game!
[Hahahaha, yysy, I like to see the reaction of NPCs! It's so vivid!]
[This handsome guy is so cool! Another new character?]
[I don't know why, but he looks familiar.]
[The color scheme is quite similar to the black panther pet in God's Game.]
[Ah, the beauty is a good match for the cool guy!]
Lan Xiaoyin turned off the bullet screen and looked at the two NPCs outside the cell.
"Brat, how old are you?"
September sized up the elf in the cell. He looked like an adult, but the elf's growth cycle was very long. They would only reach adulthood at 200 years old.
And the elf in front of him gave him the impression that he was too weak, like a newborn child.
Lan Xiaoyin pursed his lips and glanced at the main quest he had received after entering the game.
Find the Elven Royalty.
He was stuck at level five, and had to find the Elven Royalty and return to the elven land to activate his bloodline power to continue leveling up. And Roland's Royal Palace was the only clue he had.
After close contact, he did find a little girl with elven blood in the Royal Palace. She should be the Elven Royalty mentioned in the quest, or she was related to the Elven Royalty.
"I … am in my twenties …"
Lan Xiaoyin said hesitantly.
His character was born in Star Catcher City. According to the setting, he was an elf born in the human world. Recently, the seal on his body had loosened, and he found out that he was an elf in the legends.
As for his age …
How did he know? It was not mentioned in the setting!
The black-haired young man glanced at him and said, "You look quite young."
Lan Xiaoyin was speechless.
At this time, Cha Mo smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, say it in front of His Majesty. Trespassing into the Royal Palace is a serious crime, and it is up to His Majesty to pardon you."
Strictly speaking, the elves were not considered ancient beasts, especially the forest elves.
Cha Mo was not very familiar with the forest elves. Facing an elf of unknown origin who was obviously after his Little Ash, he was cautious.
In their era, the elves who pursued pure-blood were not friendly to half-elves.
Cha Mo and Jiu Yue escorted Lan Xiaoyin to the hall.
There, Lan Xiaoyin saw the silver-haired emperor sitting on the throne. He was as handsome as he was in the videos he saw on the Starry Sky Forum, just like the real king of elves.
Ah, no, he was an elf now.
Lan Xiaoyin straightened his back, but when his eyes met the big bosses in the hall, he could not help but feel weak.
How did the Star Age make the NPCs so lively and have such an aura?
Xu Sili sized him up. With just one look, he knew that this was a player, and the information displayed by the Inspect skill was indeed so.
[Blue Mark]
Identity: Player
Camp: Roland Empire
Bloodline: Forest Elf
Level: lv5
HP: 9000/9000
Mana: 300/300
Elemental Affinity: Wood
Racial Talent: Plant
It could be seen that the basic attributes of rare races were not bad. At lv5, he had 90 points of Constitution and 60 points of Intelligence. If this account could be raised, he would definitely be one of the top fighters among the players.
However, it was obvious that while rare races were good, the prerequisite quests were probably much more difficult than normal players.
Xu Sili looked at Si Sheng. Without needing him to say anything, Si Sheng understood what he meant.
He nodded and took a step forward.
And because of the tense atmosphere, Lan Xiaoyin opened the bullet screen again, but …
[Ahhhhh, His Majesty Xiao Luo sitting on the throne is so cool!]
[This eye contact! Kswlkswl]
[Si Si SZD]
[This is the feeling of being interrogated by three departments. Xiao Lan, you're on your own!]
Lan Xiaoyin was speechless again, but at least the pressure was not as great.
After all, they were NPCs, so what could they do to him?
He was not even afraid of death, so why would he be afraid of being interrogated?
At this moment, he met Si Sheng's eyes. The man's originally grayish-blue eyes had turned dark gold.
"You're a forest elf?" he asked.
[Ding. Si Sheng has used the secret technique [Answer All Questions] on you.]
[Answer All Questions: Secret technique. You must answer the caster's questions without lying. Only death can free you from the spell's control.]
Lan Xiaoyin was confused.
Isn't this NPC's skill a little too overpowered?
Xu Sili looked at him curiously. Is Si Sheng's Answer All Questions effective on players?
Lan Xiaoyin hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, I'm a forest elf."
Since this was already exposed, there was no point in denying it.
"What's your purpose in entering the palace?" Si Sheng continued.
Lan Xiaoyin's eyes turned, and he said instinctively, "No purpose … I just want to admire you and His Majesty …"
[Ding. Through the player's game cabin monitoring, it shows that you lied to [Si Sheng].]
[So, you're dead.]
Lan Xiaoyin was confused.
In the next second, his HP bar was emptied, and his body collapsed. His soul floated in mid-air.
After a short pause, the bullet screen suddenly showed an explosive growth.
[What just happened?]
【66666】
[Answer All Questions! F * ck, is this the one and only godly skill from Game of Gods?!]
[F * ck! If I remember correctly, that godly skill seems to be Xu Sili, the prototype of His Majesty Xiao Luo. Heavenly King Xu got it, and there was a server announcement.]
[Damn, speaking of Heavenly King Xu … What should I do when I see His Majesty Xiao Luo and Si Sheng standing together?]
[I remember that Xu Ge likes Si Sheng a lot. He even posted pictures of him a few times. You can still see them on his Weibo.]
[So Xu Ge's life is complete. He can be with his 2D character forever in the game … I suddenly feel so touched!]
Lan Xiaoyin, who was in his soul state, looked at the comments with a twisted expression.
Hey, hey, hey, he just died for no reason. Why didn't anyone care about him?
And this game even has a lie detection function? It detected that he was lying, so it gave him the Death Escape? This really overturned his understanding of games for the past ten years.
Actually, Lan Xiaoyin wasn't lying on purpose. He just didn't know how to continue with this mission.
From the background information he had obtained, elves were once sold as commodities among the human aristocrats. His parents also ended up in the human world because of this.
And the little girl he saw yesterday didn't have the elves' iconic pointy ears.
In other words, her identity as an elf hadn't been exposed.
If he said it out loud, would it put her in danger and cause him to fail the mission?
In the Star Age, where freedom was so great and he couldn't start over again, he really didn't dare to take the risk.
In the hall, Si Sheng's eyes returned to their original color. He looked at the fallen elf. He didn't need to go forward to know that he was dead.
He frowned slightly and looked back at Xu Sili.
Xu Sili was a little surprised by the player's sudden death, but he thought about it and understood. This was probably the game's mechanism to protect the player.
After all, this was a player. If an NPC could control the player's mind, it would be too scary. Once exposed, it would definitely be resisted.
So when the player was attacked by this skill, they should be able to escape with the Death Escape.
Cha Mo and Ninth Moon were also stunned. How did the elf suddenly die?
Ninth Moon went forward to check and found that he was really dead.
Could it be that he was killed by the master? But the scene just now didn't seem like it!
At this time, seeing Si Sheng look at Xu Sili, Ninth Moon and Cha Mo also looked at the little emperor, waiting for his next order.
Xu Sili's fingertips tapped on the armrest. Everyone was waiting for his decision, including Lan Xiaoyin.
He was almost begging the emperor, hoping that he would be merciful and quickly find a place to bury his body. That way, he could escape after 30 minutes!
However, he heard the young man say, "Put him back in prison."
Lan Xiaoyin: "…?"
No, he was already dead! He was an elf, not a hero. Did this group of NPCs know that he would be revived?
Cha Mo nodded, and the surprised expression on his face disappeared. This elf's death was too strange. Maybe … he had a special way of faking his death to deceive everyone?
Unfortunately, he met the emperor and marshal of Roland.
Seeing Cha Mo take the elf away, Xu Sili got up and walked down from the throne. His time was precious, there was no reason to waste half an hour waiting for the elf to revive.
Moreover, the elf would probably go offline after half an hour. Wouldn't that be a waste of time?
Xu Sili and Si Sheng once again went to the former border of Roland. After a week of farming, the level of the players had increased.
After the last batch of players reached level 20 today, Xu Sili didn't plan to continue participating in this battle.
The construction of the City of the Brave still depended on the performance of the players. He would continue to focus on the five main cities of Roland.
Anyway, after nearly a week of venting her anger, Celine looked much better. Their initial goal of starting this battle had been achieved.
This was the last day of the battle, so he naturally had to give it his all!
Xu Sili looked in the direction of the Royal City and led the players to continue clearing the galactic beasts.
Ten thousand meters behind them, in a tree hole somewhere.
Xu Fengqing entered the game again.
When he saw that the silver-haired man was safe and sound, and that the shadow tent was only about to disappear, he was slightly relieved.
After a few times, he had figured out the safe time.
The shadow tent was controlled by him. When he went offline, it would start to disappear and wouldn't disappear until 20 minutes later. Therefore, every time he went offline, he would have 20 minutes to use.
Senos's condition was obviously much better. His pale and thin face finally had a healthy complexion, and his high fever was finally gone.
However, his body was weak to begin with. After this ordeal, he would need to rest for a while to fully recover.
However, they didn't have this condition.
"When we depart, I'll take you to your companions." Xu Fengqing put away the blanket that covered him and took out a thick coat from his backpack and skillfully put it on him.
"Okay."
Thanos nodded. He put his left hand into his sleeve and looked at his long silver hair that fell to the ground.
He paused for a moment and suddenly said, "Fengqing, can you give me the dagger?"
"What do you want to do?" Xu Fengqing asked.
Senos looked at his long hair. "Cut it, it's too cumbersome."
Previously, when he was in the underground cave, he didn't need to go out, so he kept his hair straight, but now it was different.
Xu Fengqing looked at his long hair. He didn't like men with long hair before, but now he felt it was a pity.
He thought for a moment and asked, "How long have you kept your hair?"
The silver-haired man lowered his eyes. His body was shrouded in sadness and melancholy. He said in a low voice, "About... four or five years."
At that time...
Father was still alive, and he wasn't like this now...
Senos held up the ends of his hair and watched the silver strands slide away from his hand. It was as if he saw the past disappearing into smoke in front of him.
Xu Fengqing pursed his lips and said, "Let me do it. It's not convenient for you."
Senos didn't insist.
He only had one hand, so it was indeed inconvenient.
So, Xu Fengqing bought a hair band from the system store and helped Senos tie up his hair. Then he looked at him.
Senos's mouth twitched, but he found that he couldn't smile.
He stopped smiling and said, "Let's do it."
Then, he kept looking at him.
Xu Fengqing could feel the man's reluctance and pain, as well as his determination.
He didn't say anything. He raised the knife in his hand and cut off all the hair below the belt. The hair band fell, and Senos's long hair was cut to the shoulder length.
Senos looked at the cut hair and wanted to throw it into the fire. But he heard the man say, "I'll keep it for you. I'll return it to you when I find your companions."
Then, he watched as the man carefully rolled up the strand of silver hair in his hand and put it into his Dimensional Pocket.
Xu Fengqing stood up and prepared to take him away to the place where the strange things happened these few days.
At this time, Senos said softly, "Let's throw it away. It's a burden to keep it."
Xu Fengqing frowned deeply.
He looked at the silver-haired man and opened his mouth. In the end, he said in a low voice, "Any memory... is worth cherishing."
Then, he carried Senos on his back and finally left the tree hole where they had stayed for many days.
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