Chapter 41: The Wisdom of the Explosion

Although I would love to make up for last week's share...... But at the end of this cycle, you know.

The previous exam was a graded exam, not a final exam.

So...... This chapter gives a 7000 good.

PS: Thank you to Intix, the passer-by on the other side, and the bee-eater for the reward.

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The process of crossing the dimensional barrier is not as fast as it would be seen by people from both worlds, even if they can see the beginning and the end with just the blink of an eyelid, but it is actually a process that lasts for a few minutes or so.

During this time, all travelers have to confront the distorted, collapsed, or shattered barriers of time and space, and they cannot speak—because the space here is strange, and what seems to be close is actually the result of countless layers, and even if they do, they may not be able to reach the desired location, and it will consume a considerable amount of energy; You can't touch any unknown object floating around you - who knows which dimension it is a dangerous thing.

Yujo Shidai looked at the white-haired woman who was "flying" at the front of the team.

There was only about half a body between her and him, and a faint circle of white light spread out from behind her, mixed with the golden light from his pendant to form a cone-shaped protective film that protected everyone. In this way, even if something unexpected happens during a short trip, they can barely get out.

(She still looks like she has a lot on her mind.) )

Observing Li Bai's side face from the diagonal back, Shidai couldn't help but recall the story that the lion wizard had told him when he was still a child.

(The purpose of the senior's visit to the other dimension was not just for John, I remember she had revealed a long time ago that the opponent we were going to face in the future was somewhere hidden on the other side of the dimension.) )

(Available...... If you say that the mastermind behind the scenes this time ...... It's the great evil god of darkness who has invaded Skyline's body, so now, she I'm facing...... Who could it be? )

This is a question he has never thought about in the past - Li Bai's impression on outsiders is too bright that even if he knows part of the truth, he deliberately ignores it.

"Are you suspicious of her?" The Lion Witch's voice echoed in his head, "Is it wrong to doubt the trust that has been in place from the very beginning to the present?" ”

(If you only look at the information I know, there are many doubts in the seniors...... Juyo also replied to each other in his mind, (such as how she separated from the evil god with this body, and the relationship between them...... I don't know if it's an illusion, but every time she mentions "it", I can vaguely feel something very complicated in that tone...... )

"Even with these doubts, do you still believe her?" From the following words, the lion wizard learned about the current thoughts of the ten generations, and it was curious, "Didn't you think that this person in front of you was probably 'it'?" “

(If I hadn't spent this time together, maybe I would have thought so...... Juyo smiled a silly smile that seemed to the lion wizard, (but you know my habit of lions...... I still like to trust my feelings rather than rigid conclusions...... Although I didn't participate in that training with them, I felt that she was genuinely working hard and genuinely thinking about everyone - such a senior should not be doubted in any way, even if you tell me now that she is 'it', I will never believe it. )

"You're such a strange fellow." The Lion Wizard was silent for a few seconds, "Hmm...... You're also an interesting guy, and maybe that's why you're the heir to the throne. ”

(I'll take it as a compliment on me...... But what is the heir to the throne, that sounds cool? )

Jushiro was intrigued by the Lion Wizard's claim, but he was then distracted by Li Bai's sudden change in complexion.

As if she had discovered something strange, Li Bai's originally calm complexion changed instantly, and even from the angle of the oblique back, she could clearly see how shocked the love in her eyes was.

(She seems to have found something.) Toyo was baffled by the change, and he turned his head to look around, but he didn't see anything worthy of special attention.

"In the dimensional rift, everything is chaotic, including time, of course." The Lion Witch's voice was particularly meaningful, "Her existence is different from anyone else's, and I expected this. ”

"Maybe you can get some ...... out of it Something enough to change her fate......"

The potential lines in this passage were naturally incomprehensible, and he could only roughly guess that this change was more likely to be beneficial to Li Bai, but in fact, it was ...... Li Bai didn't know what this change meant, she just suddenly felt a distortion in her body and soul, a slight crack broke in the depths of her soul, and a huge memory emerged from that crack, she didn't have time to sort it out, and she didn't have time to look at it carefully, the crack closed again, as if it had never appeared, and the memories that emerged also disappeared in an instant, no matter how she thought about it, there was no specific impression.

Before she could clear her thoughts from the confusion, she heard a familiar synthesized sound in her ears.

…… This was the real reason for her panic.

[Detect that you are on a journey into Flotis's plane, and the space-time storm hidden in front of you has 30 seconds to arrive, so you can modify your route or get out of the trip.] 】

This is a sound that is unique to the system.

Despite the countless doubts in his heart, Li Bai still affirmed the identity of the other party for the first time.

In her ...... Now that she is gone with the Lion Witch, there is no way that there is any storage other than the system that can transmit information to her heart.

But how could this be...... Obviously, she had been silent for so long before, and no matter how she acted, she didn't see a response, why did she suddenly have a response here...... Could it be that it's just because the space here is special?

There is also that space-time storm, Li Bai doesn't know what it is, but he can understand it in a literal sense, and it is unwise to confront it.

"If you get out now, will you be able to reach Flotis?" The name mentioned by the system is probably the holy realm they want to go to, there are only less than 20 seconds left, Li Bai feels that it is more appropriate to end the trip immediately if she can, but when this thought is transmitted, she raised her forehead with a look of chagrin and began to sigh - how could she answer her active question with the rigidity of the system, not to mention how much it has recovered at present, even when it was running normally before, it seems that it rarely has a direct reply to itself......

But to her surprise, the system actually responded.

[Detected that the chosen person does not have any memories of Flotis, nor does he have any memories associated with the dimensions of Styler and Venednes, so if the chosen person is still controlling the route, the probability of arriving at Flotis after leaving the trip is less than 29.8%]

[If the control of the line is transferred to the system, and the system assists in positioning, the arrival success rate can be increased by about 50%.] 】

[Hint: Temporal Storm will encounter the chosen person after 5 tick seconds.] 】

"Help me with positioning, and then get straight out...... Right now! Immediately! There is no need to think about what is not understood in the information given by the system, Li Bai twitched his cheeks and gave such an instruction.

Because she's learned...... Or rather, I have really seen what a space-time storm is.

Completely different from what she understood in the literal sense, this "phenomenon" had no characteristics related to the storm, and if Li Bai were to describe it herself, he would probably use the word "healing" - the white light that had been guiding her in front of her slowly disappeared, and was replaced by a spreading purple-black barrier, and every qiē as far as the eye could see was constantly being swallowed...... She didn't want to know where the swallowed things had gone.

Could it be because the passage widened by the Rainbow Dragon is about to close? Or is it just a coincidence that you have encountered a kind of space-time disaster?

Whatever the reason, the most important thing is to get out of here now...... The system faithfully executed the order, and without waiting for Li Bai to let go of her thinking, a hazy will covered her brain, subtly correcting the direction of her progress by a few degrees, and then the "awl" that glowed with white-gold light and also wrapped everyone re-tore open a spot of light similar to the white light before it came into contact with "healing", and plunged into it and disappeared.

…… I don't know how long it was, maybe hours, maybe only a few seconds, Li Bai opened his eyes with great difficulty and began to try to look at the space he was in.

There was darkness in sight, but it was not the darkness with the eyes closed, and I could vaguely perceive the difference in the darkness, which should only be caused by the lack of light.

Li Bai groped and half-sat up, pressed his hands on the ground and clenched them hard, and grabbed two handfuls of delicate sand shuo.

It seems that this is no longer a dimensional gap, have we arrived, this is Flotis?

[The location of the chosen person is the boundary of the ninth dimension of Flotis, and the distance to the passage node of the tenth dimension of Venednis is 268.8 kilometers, and the distance to the passage node of the eighth dimension of Steylor is ...... 19644.03 km. 】

I'm cǎo mud horse!

After all, the distance of about 250 kilometers is not too far, and a healthy adult can walk about 40-50 kilometers a day even if he only uses his legs, counting the distance around the rough terrain and the effort spent resting, this time can be roughly guaranteed to be within 15 or 20 days...... What the hell is that in the back!? The distance from Japan to the extreme edge of the European continent is not 10,000 kilometers. The circumference of the earth is only 40,000 kilometers, and this straight-line distance is nearly 20,000? Not counting the extra distance due to navigating rough terrain?

Li Bai shook off the sand from his hands and slowly rubbed his temples with them.

Her eyes had adapted to the dark environment half a minute ago, and she had confirmed the position of the others lying down one after another, except for the ten generations of this guy who said a few words in his sleep in the process of being helped up by her, the others did not react at all, and it may take a while to wake up.

Looking at the group of people who were dragged to a place by himself, Li Bai became worried, they were currently in a barren desert, and they didn't know if it was because of the "Flotis Boundary" as the system said. If you want to go out, you must choose a direction, but the two points given by the system are not very reliable, the direction to Steyler is nearly 20,000 kilometers, and if you want to go to Venednes...... Hey, what if all the border areas were deserts, she had just asked, and the system didn't know what the environment was near that Rausch "access node", what if it was still a desert, or if all the holy realms, including the edge of Venidnes, were deserts-what would they do?

There was a slight noise under his feet, as if someone was about to wake up.

Li Bai sighed silently, his mind turned, and a soft white light slowly condensed around him, and the speed at which it gathered was far faster than it seemed to the naked eye, and in less than a few breaths, a girl angel wearing a light orange Greek-style dress with light golden wings, elf pointed ears, and long linen hair appeared beside her.

"Lady of the Moon—Elusem." Li Bai whispered its name, she still remembered that she had obtained this card at the beginning, shortly after she came to this world to obtain the electric dragon.

Usually monsters ...... LV3, attack power 750, garrison power 1100...... Hey, I didn't think you had a lighting role back then.

With a little malice in his heart, Li Bai bent down to look at the current situation of the tenth generation - it was this guy who made the noise just now.

"I'm awake." The brown-haired boy leaned against his school bag and squinted at Elusem, who was standing aside.

"This is paradise? Are we hanging. ”

"I'm sorry you didn't." Li Bai pronounced the words in a dry tone, turned the remaining questions of the ten generations into his saliva, and swallowed, "The situation is very bad...... We must leave this desert as much as possible, or we will die here due to lack of food and water. ”

"What kind of place is this......" The second person who woke up surprised Li Bai a little, not either of the two half-muscular men, but the blonde girl who had only completely recovered not long ago.

"Are you awake, Desire?" Li Bai squatted down and helped her up, letting her lean against Lilith, who had not yet woken up, "Do you want me to go to Shiyo to get you some water to drink?" ”

"No, thank you...... Where are we now, Liper? "Her qualifications as a ranger have made Desilei's survival experience in the wilderness far more than anyone here, and she immediately discovered that the ground under her was actually a thick layer of sand, and then showed an expression that Li Bai was quite incomprehensible.

Is that a blessing, or is it uneasy?

"I don't really understand where this is." After hesitating for a moment, Li Bai still planned to share some information with her - since he was an aborigine, he might have heard of something......?

For example, where are deserts, how large are they usually and so on, and it would be better if there were the coordinates of an oasis.

"But I know that this is the border area of Flotis, less than 300 kilometers from Venednes......"

"Less than 300 km!" Desirée cried out, her voice mixed with unconcealable joy and joy, "Then wouldn't we be able to—"

The excitement lasted only a few seconds, and soon she was dejected again, shaking her head and muttering to herself.

“…… What will it be soon? Li Bai's curiosity forced her to continue asking, "Are you planning to go to Venidenis?" ”

She suddenly remembered that the blonde girl had once revealed her last name, which was coincidentally, exactly the same as the pronunciation of the tenth dimension.

"It's useless to go anywhere......" Desilei avoided this question, and just began to explain the story of this desert to Li Bai, her lingua franca was already very good, "Among all the Holy Realms, only the intersection of the Ninth Sacred Realm Floris and the Tenth Sacred Realm Venidenes is the Boundless Desert, and it is impossible to step in here with two feet, and it is impossible to step out with two feet...... There is no example of any magic succeeding here, and the only possibility of getting in and out is through the test of the desert itself, but ......," she lamented, covering her head, "but again, there is no legend of someone who has passed this test, we ...... It's hard to get out. ”

"Trial...... What test? Li Bai felt as if he had heard this statement somewhere.

"Through the pious call of the Lost Traveler, the Desert Spirit will appear before him/her, and he/she will need to answer the question of multiplying his/her age by the height of the Desert Spirit."

"After answering all the questions correctly, he/she also came up with a difficult problem that could stump the Desert Spirit......"

"Only by stumbling the desert spirit on this question can the traveler force it to show it the way out and gain the possibility of life......"

"Uh...... Do we only get one chance to ask questions? Li Bai asked with some pain, she finally felt familiar, this seems to be the scene in a certain perpetual trap card......

"Only once." "And you have to answer all of the Desert Spirit's questions correctly to have a chance to ask!" ”

"What happens if you get a question wrong?"

"Life is swallowed up by the desert."

"Did I get the answer to the question?"

"Same."

I'm cǎo mud uncle!!

Li Bai couldn't help but burst into foul language in his heart again.

"Maybe we should give it a try." She swallowed her saliva, and in the process of Desire's step-by-step explanation, many people woke up one after another, and they roughly understood their current danger, and when they heard the blonde girl's almost affirmative words, their faces were more or less panicked.

"I think so too." Jim untied the crocodile from his back and put it on the sand, untied the kettle from his waist and fed it some water, "Since this desert is full of tests, it represents an opportunity......

"But we don't even know what kind of problem it is." Amon took his glasses off the bridge of his nose and blew the dust on them, "What if you boldly offer to be tested, but if you fail?" ”

"I've heard a few of them." "But they're all very confusing topics. ”

"For example!" Kagurazaka couldn't stand others playing with him the most, panting, "Can you just finish it...... You're going to suffocate me! ”

"For example...... For example, a God with a thousand eyes has several hands, and a God with a thousand hands has several eyes...... What else is there such a problem as how many Grim Reapers are in this world...... What are you fierce! No matter how fierce I am, I'll tell Lipel to beat you! ”

Desilei raised her fist at the broom head that she had been looking at unpleasantly.

"You!"

"Okay......" Li Bai stopped Kagurazaka, who wanted to go crazy, raised his head, glanced at everyone with a strange face, and said, "I think I almost have a clue, so I'll leave the test to complete." ”

"Hey, that's not appropriate." The Lion Wizard jumped out and taunted her, "If I'm not mistaken, except for that powder** (which says Kronos), you're the oldest here?" ”

Only Shidai and Li Bai can see it and hear its words here, so it is not afraid of any adverse consequences.

"Being old is a disadvantage, you have to answer more questions......"

“…… Shut up! Resisting the urge to kill the lion wizard with a sword on the spot, Li Bai looked at the blonde girl with a terrifying countenance.

“…… Call out that Rausch desert spirit. ”

"But ......" Desilei wanted to say something more, but as soon as she met Li Bai's eyes, she immediately gave up the idea

"Uh...... All right! When the Desert Spirit comes out, it may be quite quiet, so everyone will pay attention to avoid the vision. ”

After saying this, Desirée did not wait for the others to say anything, stepped forward alone, facing the vast and endless sea of sand, clasped his hands together, bowed his head, and began to pray.

(Everywhere desert spirits, I challenge you as a traveler...... If it succeeds, please show me the way to life; If you fail, please bury my dead bones. )

In less than two breaths after Désirée finished praying, the sand where everyone was standing began to shake violently, and they hurriedly dragged the others and their luggage to the side, watching in amazement as a huge foreign object gradually rose from where they had been standing, and finally broke through the sand.

The whole body is painted with orange-gold masonry, and the claws and body of a lion are as majestic as a god's male face.

It was an unusually tall and majestic ...... The Sphinx, which is estimated to be at least 20 meters tall and more than 50 meters long, is estimated to be more than 50 meters long.

"Is that you, going to challenge the trials of the desert?" His eyes were nailed to Li Bai's body, and the sphinx's voice like thunder came, "Fearless creature, please tell me your age!" ”

"22 years old." Li Bai replied.

"So, you need to answer my 484 questions."

"I don't have that much time." A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Bai's mouth, and the light path thin sword was instantly held in her hand, and the light skyrocketed more than ten times - she actually slashed this light directly towards the statue's head!

"! Is she crazy!? ”

"Get down!"

The face's neck was slashed with a lightsaber, leaving a mirror-smooth incision, and its head slid diagonally down and smashed into the sand, raising up a cloud of dust.

"Are you still 22 meters tall now?" Putting away her weapon and raising her chin proudly, the white-haired woman crossed her arms around her chest and looked at the huge head in front of her wantonly.

"Audacious." The statue's head was still expressionless, "But...... The trial has begun, your sins have been forgiven for the time being, and even then you still have to answer my 176 questions. ”

"Through the double trial, I will send you all away, but if you fail, all of you will be devoured."

"Lipel it off......" Desilei lay on the ground and looked at Yiqi in front of her, "It should be a person who answers the question one by one!" ”

"No more nonsense, hurry up and get started." Li Bai looked impatient, as if he didn't hear the threat in the other party's words.

"First question!" The Sphinx's eyes flashed red, "The name of the Lord of the Seas?" ”

"Neotellus." Li Bai immediately followed its voice and said the answer.

"Luck can't keep you alive...... Three necks, four eyes, two noses and three mouths, what is this? ”

"Faceless Fantasist."

"What are the specialties of the master of the Dark Sea?"

"The eggs it lays are delicious."

…… The faces of all the people who stayed behind and watched were extremely exciting, and the speed of the question and answer was getting faster and faster...... But no matter how strange and difficult questions the stone statue's head asked, Li Bai could always spit out the answer as quickly as possible.

It's simply ...... It's incredible!

"How many hands does a god with a thousand eyes have, and how many eyes does a god with a thousand hands have?"

"The God of a thousand eyes has two hands, and the God of a thousand hands has two eyes."

"Is it possible for a fish-looking guy to wear a dress?"

"Probably, even though it's so ugly that I can't bear to look at it."

"What's the difference between a seahorse and a seahorse?"

"The latter's teeth are much whiter than the former."

……

The 176 questions ended quickly, and none of them were wrong!

Toyo and the others felt that they had become numb.

Guessing puzzle area only...... What else in this world could stump her?

"Amazing creatures." The Sphinx's head squeezed against the bricks, revealing an expression that was akin to surprise, "I can't wait to taste your soul." ”

"You've gotten through the first trial." It said, "Now, please state your problem." ”

"Remember, you only get one chance; Fail, and everyone will disappear. ”

"Are you so confident that you can answer?" Li Bai looked at it without fear - she really didn't need to be afraid, because in the question and answer just now, she had already discovered one of the other party's Achilles' heels.

"Of course, there are no problems in the world that I don't know." The heads were controlled by the bricks, making them put on a confident expression.

"Oh, then, great desert spirit, please sù me—" The white-haired woman gave a wicked smile.

"Can Soul Eaters Swim?"