"Are they really just going to break up like that?"

"It's scattered, and there's no drama to watch. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info, I didn't expect there to be such a real person in this world......"

The crowd of onlookers finally dispersed, but some of the players were still talking about what had happened before them. Some of them are still speculating about the identities of the two people who have been talking happily with the departed party, others are focusing on the NPC who has only shown a few faces, and some of the teams who have put the next trip on the goal of continuing the mountain have begun to speculate whether the two players who disappeared into the fog before have already understood the secrets of this layer of mist, so they entered the maze alone, and some of them even sneaked into the white barrier. He wanted to follow the two men in front of him, but it didn't take long for him to come back with a black face—the man and the woman from before had disappeared into the clouds with the Norsman who had not appeared since.

Of course, they didn't expect that Duan Qing and Xue Lingphantom Ice were just walking forward with their heads covered.

"This labyrinth works in a way that's similar to Discord's teleportation, where there must be some mechanism in it, or some kind of magic that we can't understand." The two of them pulled the still cowering Yat together, and slowly groped forward, but without the restraints of battle, they could check the mystery of this cloud little by little: "But according to my guess, the latter should be a little more likely." ”

"Because we don't have a magician?"

"And not just for that reason." While taking steps, he paid attention to the movements around him, and Duan Qingtou, who was walking in front, explained without looking back: "There are also those devices that we have encountered before, and...... Have you noticed anything unusual? ”

"What do you mean, this fog?"

"It's all." Duan Qing's arm waved around: "I'll ask more specifically...... Do you feel a little cold in this place? ”

"Cold? Of course it's cold, but it's ...... here" As if realizing something, the woman suddenly paused.

"yes, that's it." Duan Qing snapped his fingers, but in such a fog, this action could only be seen by himself: "We're here...... It's about a few kilometers in the sky. ”

"When we were struggling to move forward in that snowy mountain before, we were so cold that I could barely walk, and I even had negative effects on my body......" Thinking of what happened before, Duan Qing's body shuddered involuntarily: "But look at it now......"

"It's very 'warm' in comparison."

"Maybe it's because ...... We're in the clouds, so there's a way to keep warm? ”

"I don't read much, but you can't lie to me." Duan Qing shook his head a little amusedly, and then continued to elaborate his opinion: "And I remember that Nantieshan said before that the local people call this fog ...... Spiral cloud plank road. ”

"The wind in the sky, of course, should be stronger than usual, but there is nothing here." Stretching out his hand to signal the surrounding situation, Duan Qing looked up at his top: "There is no strong wind, no thunder and lightning, no rain and snow..... Nothing. ”

He turned around and said, "Don't tell me anything about the specialties of Falling Star Mountain, there are enough specialties here." ”

"Maybe that's what Falling Star Mountain is all about." The woman smiled a little awkwardly, but Duan Qing, who had been walking forward, naturally couldn't see it: "For example...... It may be due to some magic and traps designed on this mountain to control the surrounding air flow......"

"Do you really think so?"

"Hmm...... Let's just think so. ”

"Good." Duan Qing in front of him nodded slightly: "It's the same as mine." ”

"Don't do it this way." Xue Lingphantom Ice said a little angrily and funny: "Let's talk about the point directly." ”

"In the previous battle, I was blown up once."

Feeling the aura of the woman behind her suddenly becoming solemn, Duan Qing shook his head meaninglessly and said, "Don't be angry, aren't I fine now...... But thanks to them, I am in the sky beyond the cliffs...... A strong air flow was felt. ”

"The wind outside is still normal."

The woman frowned, as if she realized something.

"This fog...... Eighty percent is fixed here by some kind of magic, it must have a range, up and down, left and right, ......" Duan Qing gestured back and forth a few times: "As long as it exceeds this range, the outside world is a normal world." ”

"What can do that?" Duan Qing spread his hands: "There is only one thing, and that is ...... Unscientific magic anymore. ”

"Well said." Xue Lingphantasm Ice whispered, "But...... It makes no sense. ”

"We need to fix this."

"Since you have found it, you can naturally solve it." looked at Duan Qing left and right, and suddenly stopped: "Hmm......"

"Like...... It was passed back again. ”

"Really? How did you notice it? ”

"I heard something." Duan Qing pouted towards their rear: "Probably ...... The voices of those players who are waiting on the mountain path. ”

"Your ears are so sensitive." Snow Spirit Phantom Ice also looked back at their back: "But...... If they rush in at this time and climb the mountain together, it will be ...... for us It's really a nuisance. ”

"Don't worry, if we have tried many times, I guess we will be as desperate as they are." Duan Qing said in a low voice: "Look at their eyes, there are joy and sorrow, tension and seriousness, but there is no hope. These people..... Probably all of them are old birds that don't see the end, but they haven't given up mountaineering. ”

"Heh......" The woman sighed helplessly: "According to what you say, what are we still busy doing here?" ”

"Have faith, comrade." Duan Qing pretended to be serious and pulled the corners of his mouth: "If you don't work hard, how do you know that you can't do it?" ”

"Hmph." The woman sneered, but still slowly followed: "Don't pour these chicken soups to others, how many people have drunk these useless things, and then crashed to death on the south wall." ”

"Alas, you're such a negative person." Still trying to pay attention to Duan Qing around him, he laughed helplessly: "I don't even want to make a joke, I'm still so lost all day long, how can I be worthy of the name of the goddess, I can't shine on you as a big boy who is so sunny......"

"Big boy?" The woman laughed again: "How do I remember...... What about a little girl who calls you uncle every day? ”

"That's what she shouted ignorantly, don't take it to heart...... Ay? ”

The two people who were chatting indiscriminately suddenly felt the flow of air around them, and just a reaction that might change came from their minds, and a figure suddenly appeared next to Duan Qing and the three of them. Duan Qing looked intently and found that this player who suddenly appeared beside them seemed to be one of the onlookers who had just been watching on the mountain road.

"Uh...... Hehe, hello, hello ......"

Under the gaze of Duan Qing and Xue Lingxuan Bing, the person with the ID name Brother You scratched his head a little bewildered, and finally retreated into the clouds and mist, not knowing where to go.

"Tsk, scare another one away." Duan Qing shook his head: "It's all because your temperament is too cold, and people are afraid of ...... when they see it."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The woman finally involuntarily crossed her waist and glared at her: "Obviously, you stared at those big eyes and looked at people away, what does it matter to me...... And what's the use of you keeping him, can you help us through this cloud? ”

"That's not necessarily, maybe someone is a magician who can see something......"

"I don't know how many magicians have been to this place, how come I haven't heard of anyone claiming to have passed through this place." Xue Lingphantasm Ice continued: "And according to your previous guess, such a big magic fixation method has to be at least someone of Christine's level to see it, but people are only proficient in water magic, and it's hard to say whether this place can be used......

"Wait."

The man with the sword in one hand suddenly interrupted the other party's seemingly endless noise: "What did you just mention?" Water magic? ”

“...... What's wrong? ”

"Don't interrupt. I just thought of something......"

Looking at the man who pinched his eyebrows and meditated, Xue Lingphantasm lowered his head a little funny. She stood in place, looked back and forth, and finally glared at Art, who was also unknown, before reluctantly retracting her gaze: "What did you think of?" ”

"Fog...... Is it caused by water-based magic? ”

"Well, if you ask me, I can't tell." Looking at the seriously thinking face, the woman touched her hair rather helplessly: "I'm not a magician, if you think about it from a scientific point of view......"

"So, if we want to break through this fog, the first thing we need to do is not to find some magic mechanism, but to dispel the fog."

Duan Qing suddenly spoke a fluent word.

"yes, that makes sense." So the woman said in kind, "And then? ”

"Dispel the fog." Duan Qing looked at the other party with some kind of reminiscing eyes: "Before, at the wooden house at the bottom of the mountain, did you buy a stone from a certain merchant......

The two of them looked at each other for a long time, and finally the silence was broken by the snow spirit phantom ice: "Ah! ”

She hurriedly rummaged through her bag: "Where, where...... Luckily I didn't lose it. ”

"That's it."

【Stone of Water (Remnant)】

[A gem that contains the energy of the water element, but after a long period of loss, the power in it has disappeared.] 】

[It seems that in an environment where the water element is abundant, it can freely absorb the power around it and regain its vitality.] 】

[Special Effect: Dispel the fog, unknown.] 】

"This description ......" Xue Lingphantom looked at the stone steadily, "Isn't it different?" ”

"Look at the changes on its surface, and you know!" Duan Qing snatched the stone that was flashing with aqua blue light, and checked it back and forth: "Damn, are these clouds and mist ...... Really full of water elements? ”

"Do you remember...... The diary we found in the Emerald Forest earlier? The woman said thoughtfully, "The water element of this world seems to be good at making phantom ......."

"That's someone's research in the Old Magic Empire." Duan Qing continued: "That's not a generic thing, but...... Since there are ruins in this place, there is a high probability that the ruins belong to the Old Magic Empire......"

In his hand, the surface of the black stone, the flickering aqua blue light gradually stabilized, and correspondingly, the surrounding clouds seemed to gradually dissipate, and the place where the three people were, the range that could be seen became a little farther away.

"This is not just to dispel the fog, this is clearly to devour the fog, is it good......" said these words with some sighs, Duan Qing held the water stone and moved forward little by little: "Okay." ”

"We're finally taking the first step toward a breakthrough."

"Hmph, it's not up to me to ......," the woman behind whispered to herself, and then followed behind Duan Qing: "Remember to return it to me after you use it." ”

"Am I really like a bad person?"

Duan Qing sighed helplessly, and then suddenly stopped again.

"What's wrong?" The woman in the back asked.

“...... You'd better see for yourselves. ”

At their feet, on the sloping ground of the mountain path, the ordinary rocks were finally stripped of their veil of clouds and mist, revealing their true faces—glowing lines, intricately intertwined with each other, interspersed with many intricate carvings, extending along the ground into the mist that they could not see. Under the faint light of aqua blue, those magic patterns still shone with the white light of magic, and I don't know what was flowing like blood in them.

Not far in front of them, the lines of the magic patterns rose upright from the ground like living creatures, intertwining with each other in the white mist in front of them.

"This, this is ......" The three people's eyes widened in surprise: "These things...... Has anyone seen it before? ”

"It should be...... Hidden in the fog. If we hadn't had this stone......"

"Is this what this labyrinth really is?"

"How do I know, but I don't want to touch these things...... Don't want to spoil them either, in case they break, God knows what will happen......"

Several people slowly squatted in place, studying the magic patterns on the ground for a long time, but no results came out. In the end, Duan Qing suddenly took out a piece of bread crumbs and threw it towards one of them, only to see the white light flash in that area, and the foreign object that broke into the pattern disappeared in front of their eyes in an instant.

"That's it!" Duan Qing patted his thigh and stood up with a shout: "We were teleported back by these things before. ”

"So...... As long as we dodge these magic patterns......" Xue Ling's eyes lit up: "Can we pass through these fogs?" ”

"Maybe, but look at it like this......" Looking at the thorn-like network in the white mist in front of him, Duan Qing took a deep breath: "It doesn't seem to be easy." ”

"We've come this way, and where is it easy." Xue Lingphantom Ice snorted disdainfully, but to the other two people, this voice was like a stimulant to lift their spirits: "Finally have such a chance......

"How can you not go on?"

“...... Let's go. Tie the stone tightly around his waist, Duan Qing tried to cross the first line of defense, and then gave a thumbs up to the two people behind him: "If it drags on for a long time, that guy from Nantieshan will probably laugh at us." ”

"It's good that he's not dead, and ...... I hope he won't be so stupid as to run out on his own and experience the effects of this fog for himself. ”

"yes, or we'll have to go back to him."

"Then again, I'm getting more and more interested in that mysterious merchant."

"Don't say it, my heart hurts......"

The three people who were talking to each other gradually disappeared in front of the clouds as a small blue light moved around them.