It was as if there was a sudden accident in the center of the venue, which had always been serious, and the sitting area in the center of the attic suddenly became silent as this topic left the table, and the eyes of the rest of the people belonging to the Qingling Adventure Group also turned to Duan Qing's place with the silent change of the tall magician's hood and the inexplicable question: "What, what do you mean?" ”

"You want to say...... Am I different? ”

Instead of them, the corners of Duan Qing's mouth gradually rose with this question, which seemed to be talking to himself: "What's different about me?" ”

"I've been paying attention to the state of several of you in the past time."

Responding to the gathered gaze, Molnar's voice echoed through the dilapidated attic: "As a guest of the haven, one of the basic tasks I should do is to keep track of the state of the guests, and although your flesh has been hovering around this haven and has never left the place physically, your soul, or the things that represent it, have weakened many times during this time. ”

"Because I know probably more than the average free world dweller, I also understand what these periodic declines represent." The slender arm pointed to his skull, and Molner's next words seemed to have an inexplicable smile: "That should represent your connection and exchange with another world, right?" ”

None of the players answered Molnar's words, but all the players also answered Molnar's question with this strange silence again, and Molnar, who already knew the answer by heart, did not continue to ask, but continued with his explanation full of smiles: "To be honest, if it weren't for my setting as an old-style administrator, I wouldn't have been able to see the meaning of this anomaly in the accumulation of thousands of years of experience and magic, after all, even if I knew so much, I don't know what your world is like, or how it came to be. ”

"But after meeting you, I have some faith in the legends of adventurers." Speaking of this, the tall magician spread his arms slightly, and his gaze gradually fell on the space above the attic: "Because even the weakest adventurer, as long as they have countless opportunities to do it again, they will always have time and opportunity for achievement, right?" ”

"The free world has been going through so long that situations like 'seeing a dead adventurer repeatedly' have appeared in some corner of the world more than once." The players around them fell into a scene of contemplation, and it was Duan Qing who took the lead in breaking the silence: "But the only one who can find this anomaly is you, does this mean that Your Excellency has other unique features?" ”

"Well, I know what you're trying to ask." The hood fell on Duan Qing's body again as his gaze shifted, and Molner lowered his arm as slowly: "I can indeed observe more things than any of the free world inhabitants on those continents, such as your mannerisms, your actions...... Whenever you adventurers want to do something, there will always be endless threads of silk coming from above the endless firmament, falling on you like a raging torrent of elements. ”

"I guess it should be something like the Silk of Destiny." He waved his hand, then lowered his head again as if he remembered something: "But that's different from the real thread of fate. ”

"How do you know?"

"Because I know what the true Silk of Destiny looks like."

The voice slowly answered the involuntary questions of the snow spirit phantom ice on the side, and Molner replied in a mellow voice: "Except for the existence of some special individuals, all the inhabitants of the free world are regulated by the wheel of fate - this is not just some myth and legend, nor is it the doctrine spread by the so-called alliance of fate, but something that really exists. ”

"Of course, in your eyes, they may become chain-like beings." There was a pause in the posture and movement of the speech, and at the same time as his voice paused: "If you continue to grow stronger in the future, you will one day see the existence of these chains." ”

"Aha, then-" Somewhat embarrassed to hide the fact that he had already seen these chains, Duan Qing hurriedly shifted the topic that was enough to shock the other players for a long time after hearing it, "What does this have to do with me?" ”

"Because you don't have a torrent of those elements on you."

Pointing to the top of Duan Qing's head, Molner replied solemnly: "In the eyes of ordinary people, you should be no different from a normal person in the free world, but you don't have the thread of fate as proof of connection to this world. ”

"What the hell are you?"

The gradually serious words drew the gradually serious gaze to Duan Qing's body, and the voice belonging to Molner still kept ringing in the ears of the others: "A rebel who has escaped the control of fate? Or a lost soul from another world? ”

"This, this ......"

Beads of sweat slowly fell from the cheeks of the gray-robed magician, and Duan Qing lost his voice for a while, until the eyes of the surrounding players gradually enlarged with the reverie triggered by Molna's words, and the woman named Xue Lingphantasm Ice interrupted the embarrassing atmosphere with a calm face: "This is your question, Mr. Molnar, and since even an existence like you can't answer this question, then we adventurers can't come up with an answer to it." ”

"Maybe so." Nodding his head slightly, Molner finally slowly retracted his inquiring tone: "But the existing conclusions are enough. ”

"Why, are you willing to trust us?"

"As long as you're adventurers, I can't really trust you."

Shaking his head, Molnar's answer made Snow Lingbing's frown even more obvious: "But since you are not all adventurers, then I have a reason to 'believe'." ”

"I want you to do my bidding...... No, instructed to do it. At this point, he withdrew his arms, and at the same time reappeared in a mellow tone in the ears of the others: "As long as you are willing to believe in me, and complete the task I have given you—"

"I'll just keep this Mr. Magician safe, how about it?"

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"Damn!"

In the evening of the night, above the broken bridge, which had begun to sink into darkness after the sun had set, several members of the Qingling Adventure Group who had left the tower also gathered in the already tattered metal carriage, using this place as their temporary settlement and resting place: "In the end, they still don't believe us!" And he also came up with this kind of coercion! ”

"After all, he is a system administrator, if the situation is really as he said, he has lived in this world for thousands of years, then he has probably lost his original feelings and compassion a long time ago."

"But even if he's a sysadmin! He shouldn't have the permission to change player data at will! This is a violation of the alliance agreement! It is an act that endangers the player's property and physical health! ”

"Let's not talk about whether the alliance agreement is still effective or not, why do demigod-level people in the free world care about the health and property of our players?"

Slanting his eyes at the irascible giant axe warrior who was kicking around in the carriage to vent his anger, Gedmayne, who pouted, then returned his gaze to Duan Qing: "The key problem is-"

"Are you really like what he says you have never been able to leave this world?"

“…… Presumably. ”

Giving a comforting look to Xue Lingphantom Bing, who was hiding with his knees on his knees and not saying a word, Duan Qing then replied with a smile: "I haven't been off the line for a long time since an accident. ”

"There is a real world of players who choose to stay online because of illness or experimentation or whatever." Staring straight at Duan Qing's face, Gedmayne continued to ask in a low voice, "But even this kind of person shouldn't lose touch with the real world." ”

“……”

"The torrent of elements that Molnar mentioned just now should be the flow of data that the player presents when he is connected to this world." Looking at Duan Qing's appearance that he no longer spoke, Gedmayne let out a long sigh: "If you don't even have this kind of thing......

"That's why we're being blackmailed by that guy!" Before the big shield warrior could finish speaking, the rising sun on the side suddenly jumped over: "Damn! Damn it! I won't be held back by an NPC! I'm going to-"

"What are you going to do? Mr. Asahi Tosheng? ”

The irritable voice suddenly stopped in mid-air, and the dagger belonging to the secret whisper Ning Lan had already crossed the neck of the rising sun with her voice at this time: "Are you going to give up the safety of your husband and leave here alone?" ”

"Don't do that, Ning Lan."

The celebratory atmosphere of the pirates in the distance surrounding the bonfire in the center of the broken bridge was also setting off a new round of peaks from the collision of countless wine glasses and singing at this time, in stark contrast to the cold atmosphere formed in the metal tattered carriage, Duan Qing, who was sitting in the corner with his arms crossed, then also waved his hand at the secret whisper Ning Lan, and slightly eased this suffocating atmosphere with a gesture to signal the other party to let go: "This is also a good choice after all, considering the request made by the other party, I think it is better to give up on me alone, It's better for everyone to jump into the sea and be reborn and go home. ”

"Please don't say that, sir." The sound of the wind breaking through the sky immediately sounded in Duan Qing's ears, accompanied by the secret whisper Ning Lan knelt beside him and held his arm tightly: "Ning Lan will always accompany Mr., even if it ...... Even if sir...... ...... forever"

"Don't be in a hurry to say these discouraged words, we haven't fallen into such a miserable situation yet." Reaching out and patting the head of the short-haired maid who was lowered in front of him, Duan Qing's smiling face slowly fell on the other people in front of him: "We have already experienced so many things and overcome so many hardships, what is this problem in front of us?" ”

"The problem at hand is really nothing, but it is beyond the scope of what we can solve normally." His face remained serious, and a dull voice belonging to Gedmayne then sounded in the small carriage: "This is against the system." ”

"That's right! That's right! That's what it means! He stomped his feet with both hands, and then the sudden realization of the rising sun also appeared in front of everyone: "Since you are unwilling to obey his orders, then we will kill him in turn, won't it be over?" ”

"Whisper to me! I'm afraid people won't hear it, right? Gedmane hurriedly reflexively and roared: "And you have also seen that guy's ability, people also have the ability to be infinitely reborn!" How could you possibly kill him? ”

"I didn't expect that the biggest trouble on this trip would be in this place." In the atmosphere that gradually fell silent, it was Duan Qing who took the lead in raising his head in the direction of the tall tower not far away: "Although I have also made assumptions before that Molnar may be the final boss we need to deal with, I didn't expect this opponent to be so difficult......

"If you really have no choice, then you have to follow the other party's instructions." Clapping his body and gradually standing up, the affirmative voice belonging to the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice suddenly echoed in everyone's ears: "Remember that his request was to help him repair the broken bridge, right?" ”

Looking beyond the scene of the pirates gathering into the distance, the white-haired woman nodded in a low voice and said, "We can't choose to leave until this bridge of freedom is completely repaired, otherwise—"

She turned her head and her indifferent gaze fell on the strange magic mark engraved on Duan Qing's neck, and Duan Qing, who seemed to be aware of this sight, then touched the mark a little helplessly, and at the same time replied casually: "Don't think about my affairs, everyone just think it's an easy task." ”

"Easy? Easy fart! Asahi Dongsheng, who was waving his fists, couldn't help but curse a foul sentence: "Such a long broken bridge!" And in the depths of the Endless Sea! Not to mention the technology and means of building bridges, we can't even solve the problem of materials! ”

"Just leave the material problem to Molnar, after all, this guy still has a furnace in his hands." Standing up with Xue Lingxuan Bing, Duan Qing, who was waving his hand, turned to walk towards the lively scene in front of him: "As for the problem of manpower-"

"Let's just start with these guys in front of you."