Chapter 12: Illusory or Reality

Chapter 12: Illusory or Reality

The stone gate was like a huge, swarthy mouth, and the Doras stood inside it, and the one led by them, holding a bright torch in his hand, walked out of it, and the Dora people behind him also walked out. When all the people had come out, it was Dora who was the leader who approached the stone gate and pressed lightly on an ordinary stone. Ye Ci heard the crisp "click" sound again, and then, the stone door slowly rose.

"Now Lord Nobo is relieved, I said at the beginning, it is impossible for the White Elf and Diro to discover this secret, this secret, I am afraid that Darufar will not find out if he comes."

"Be careful to sail the Ten Thousand Year Ship, that white elf is so valued by Darufar, it's normal for Lord Nober to be careful." The leader of the Dora finally had a smile on his face, and he nodded at the other Doras: "Okay, let's go back quickly, we have been here for a long time, but we are afraid that we will be discovered, and we will be met by Darufar or that white elf, and we will even have superfluous things." ”

"Yes!" A group of Dora people lined up in front of Ye Zi in this way and left quickly.

They were still talking in a low voice as they walked, but at this time, no matter what they said, they no longer had any attraction to Ye Ci. Because of the current Ye words, all the attraction is placed on the stone gate just now.

She followed behind the group of people, made sure that they had all left the dark hole xué, and began to crawl in the direction of the tribe, only then did she quickly answer the bottom of the dark hole xué and found Arauna.

"Where have you been?" Arauna crawled out of the crack in the thin stone and let out a long exhale. "Just now I saw a man from the Nobo Guard coming, and he scared me to death, but fortunately he didn't find me, and if he did, I didn't change my clothes, and I don't know how to explain it."

"Isn't this undiscovered?" Ye Ci smiled slightly.

"It's so thrilling." Yalao patted Xiōng's mouth, and let out a long breath, he could see that the search of the Dora people just now really made him extremely nervous, and then he looked at Ye Ci again: "You haven't answered me yet, where did you go just now?" ”

"I went with the Nober Guard."

"Ahh Are the Nob Guards coming? What are they coming to do? Didn't you come to get me! It could be seen that Arauna was very afraid of the Nob Guards, probably because he was often bullied by these people, even though he was now a powerful shaman, but when he mentioned these people, he still sweated nervously.

"No, they're just looking for something." Ye Zi beckoned to Arao and motioned for him to follow him.

"What's that?"

"I don't know about that."

Arau grabbed his hair and looked strange: "Looking for something in the dark hole?" What will it be? ”

Ye Ci looked at Arauna with a smile, then turned around and walked in front, saying as he walked: "Arauna, is there a forbidden place in your tribe?" ”

"Forbidden land?" Arauna followed Ye Ci's side, he turned his head and saw Ye Ci's pointed ears, and he began to stretch out his own ears again, "What forbidden place?" ”

"It's a place where no one can come close." Ye Ci saw that Yalau had a strange face, so he explained again according to the words he could understand.

Arauna shook his head into a rattle and said, "No! In our tribe, there are places to go, and Lord Darufar has not carved out any forbidden places. Speaking of this, he tilted his head and frowned and said, "However, a few years ago, Lord Nobo told Lord Darufar that the magma people in this dark hole are very dangerous, and there will be injuries at any time. Until now, there were restrictions on even going down to the sinkhole to mine. ”

"You mean, you kids can come here casually?"

"Yes! However, how can any child dare to enter the pitch-black hole xué, the magma people in it are very fierce, and the children are scared to death, and they only dare to play outside. Arauna seems to remember the time when she was a child: "When I was a child, I used to take Mara to the underground of the sinkhole to pick up stones to play, but later, the sinkhole was not allowed to enter. Only those with the permission of Lord Darufar are allowed to enter this place. Arauna replied in the affirmative: "I have not been in since I joined the Nob Guard, and I have brought you here according to my childhood memories." ”

Ye Ci nodded, and he had a general understanding of what was going on.

It turns out that this forbidden land has not always existed, but has only recently been slowly formed. Nober's question to Darufar was not recent, according to Arauna, the magma people had it when they were young, but why hadn't Nob raised it before? After he brought it up, he actually invited Darufar to inspect it in person, which means that he is not afraid of what Darufar will find, or he is honest in his heart.

If, if that's the case, what is that door?

Ye Ci fell into deep thought, it seems that it is in vain to think now, the easiest way is to open the door directly, and then go behind the door to see what is going on.

Nobo must be hiding some secret, as the so-called villain is a relative. It's a given.

However, does Darufar have to be a gentleman? If he was a gentleman, why didn't he tell Ye Ci that this was a forbidden place? Did he feel the need to say it, or did he simply forget about it, or did he have something else?

Ye Ci walked in the direction of the stone gate, and at the same time secretly speculated about these things in his heart.

Because it's a holographic game, all the N in all the games are an independent individual, especially N like Darufar, who is a representative of high intelligence, and they are no different from ordinary humans, except for some basic genus xìng left over by N itself, he is basically a living person. He has human intelligence, human emotions, and even more human hope and weakness. Therefore, you need to be more cautious when dealing with such n, if you are not careful, you will be calculated.

Arauna looked very strange, he was chirping and saying something along the way, but Ye Ci was thinking about other things and didn't hear what he said again, just perfunctory to him, he wasn't angry, this is a simple child, he often talks to himself, and it is easy to be satisfied and happy.

Soon, Ye Ci walked in front of the stone gate with Yalauna, Yalau Na looked left and right, and found nothing, he looked at Ye Ci and said strangely: "White Elf, where are we going?" It's the end of here, and we've been here just now. ”

Ye Zi narrowed his eyes and did not directly answer Arauna's words, but walked to the position of the Dora led by him just now, stretched out his hand and carefully stroked the area he had just searched. The movement of the Dora man just now was very fast, so fast that Ye Ci could only see a general range, but there was no way to see which stone it was, so now she could only stroke it one by one. Fortunately, the range is not large, as long as she doesn't miss a stone or a crevice, she will definitely not be unable to find this mechanism.

Arauna stood beside Ye Ci and looked at it carefully as he approached the place where Ye Ci had touched it, and suddenly he stretched out his hand and gently pressed it down on a protruding stone. Next, a rumbling sound was heard, and the stone gate slowly fell.

Obviously frightened by this situation, Arauna jumped backwards, and then hid behind Ye Ci, until he realized that a stone gate had fallen, and then he poked his head out to look at the stone door and said, "What is this place?" ”

And Ye Ci looked at the stone gate in surprise, she looked back at Arauna and then at the stone door, and finally looked at the place where Arauna pressed down just now, but she still couldn't see anything. "Arauna, where did you press just now?"

"Here." Arau looked at Ye Ci a little strangely, and pointed to a protruding stone: "Don't you see such a big stone?" ”

Ye Ci was shocked, she really didn't see it, even if Arauna stretched out her hand and pointed at the stone now, she still didn't see anything, but when she stretched out her hand, it was blank, there was nothing at all! She was shocked! No wonder these Dora people have no fear, no wonder they can't find the mechanism, so it is, so it is!

This mechanism is simply that except for the people of the Dora people's own race, there is no way for foreigners to touch and find out! Ye Ci didn't know what they were getting here, in short, this hidden effect made Ye Ci couldn't help but be amazed.

Ye Ci took a deep breath, she glanced at Arauna, and nodded: "Okay, let's go in." ”

No wonder Nob wanted Arau to follow him. It seems that in addition to hating Arauna, it is also because Arauna doesn't know his secrets at all. He was so relieved that he would let himself enter the dark hole every day, and he was also fearless, because although he was keen, he would never discover this mechanism, and although Arauna was a Dora person, he was not keen and aware of this kind of thing, and if no one pointed out the mechanism, Arauna would never have discovered it for the rest of his life.

Ye Ci couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart. She also thought that Nobo was a relatively low IQ n, but from this matter, this guy was only afraid that he was not much dumber than Darufar, or rather, he would be smarter.

"Do you want to go in?" Arauna looked at the dark cave and shivered. I don't know why, looking at this hole that seems to be a demon's mouth, a deep fear welled up in his heart, swallowing his courage bit by bit.

"Are you scared?" Ye Ci glanced at Arauna, his pale face was full of fear for this place.

Arau took a look at Ye Ci and remembered that when he and Ye Ci first arrived at the pitch black hole xué, Ye Ci spoke to him. He took a deep breath and tried to throw the fear out of his mind, and after a while, he finally calmed down his inner jīdàng before shaking his head firmly: "No, I'm not afraid. ”

Ye Ci raised his eyebrows, this child has grown up, sooner or later, he will become a high-level shaman, or a top-level shaman, Ye Ci seems to have seen that day. She nodded, and walked towards the dark hole, "Do you have illumination?" ”

"Yes." Arau was slightly stunned, hurriedly chanted a spell, lit a bright ball of light in the palm of his hand, quickly caught up with Ye Ci's footsteps, and then followed her towards the bottom of the cave.

It's a staircase that seems to have no end, and it's so overwhelming that it's overwhelming. Ye Ci walked in front cautiously, she magnified her perception to the highest point, and turned all her three million pores into radar, no matter which direction there was any problem, then the arrow in her hand would shoot out without hesitation.

This is Nober's secret, it will not be so safe, there will be a mechanism.

This was what Ye Ci guessed, but after walking the stairs, Ye Ci didn't find any mechanism. Could it be that I am thinking wrong?

Ye Ci stood at the last staircase, looking around carefully, finding nothing, nothing. Ye Ci took a breath, maybe he really thought wrong. She just wanted to step down the stairs, but was grabbed by Yalao Na behind her, Ye Ci turned her head to look at Yalaona, a little strange: "What's wrong?" ”

"Wait a minute! I'll lead the way! Arauna immediately shook his head and signaled that Ye Ci couldn't go down.

"Why?" Ye Ci felt that his perception was much stronger than that of Arauna, and if he led the way, he would at least be able to find many traps, but if he was led by Arauna, he was afraid that he would not be able to find anything.

Arao looked at Ye Ci and reached out to dance in front of her eyes, his expression was as if there was something wrong with Ye Ci's strength. Ye Ci couldn't help but be a little amused, and reached out to pull down his hand: "What are you doing?" I'm not blind. ”

"If you're not blind, don't you see the magma underneath the stairs?" Yalao's face was pale, and Ye Ci's almost stepping on it just now frightened him, so he hurriedly grabbed her.

"Magma?" Ye Ci's face was incredulous, she looked down at the dark ground, where was there any magma? Also, if there was magma, it should be hot, but why didn't she feel the heat at all? Whether he was mistaken or was Arauna hallucinating. She shook her head: "There's no magma here, isn't there the ground of black sè below?" ”

"No, there must be magma." It was rare for Arauna to be so insistent, and he still shook his head, denying the claim, which seemed to him to be full of danger.

Ye Ci frowned, from the point of view just now, what he and Arauna saw were different, who was hallucinating? Ye Ci looked at Arauna, should he believe Arauna? She thought for a while, pulled out an arrow from behind her, and then threw it towards the black ground, and then, she saw that the arrow was swallowed up by the ground in an instant, and there was not even a trace of green smoke left, as if it had been thrown into magma!

Ye Cixin was shocked!

Actually, it's really so!

She has always been extremely confident in herself, but now, but now, everything in reality tells Ye Ci that she is blinded by her own eyes! She looked up at this extremely ordinary cave, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised in her heart, this is like this in her eyes, but what is it like in Arauna's eyes? Ye Ci turned her head to look at Arauna, only to see that although the child's face was pale, his eyes were as tough as thunder, she thought, she might be able to guess what kind of terrible scene it was in Arauna's eyes, but he didn't flinch, but offered to lead the way at this time, what kind of courage should this be?

After looking at Yalaona like this for a while, a shallow smile appeared on Ye Ci's face, and she stretched out her hand and patted Yalaona's shoulder: "Are you sure you want to do this?" ”

"I confirm." Arauna nodded vigorously, then took a deep breath: "My father is a warrior of the Dora people, I will never be a coward, I swear in the name of my deceased father, I confirm that I will do this." ”

Ye Ci raised his eyebrows and did not speak.

And Arauna continued: "White Elf, you have been teaching me from the beginning, you have been protecting me, and this time I will protect you. ”

Ye Ci looked at Yalao Na for a while, and finally lowered her eyelids, took a few steps back, and gave up the position of leading the pioneer to Yalaona, her voice was low and calm: "I give my life to your hands. ”

Ye Ci's words made Arauna's body shake a little, it seems that Ye Ci's words are a very heavy pressure for Arauna, however, this pressure may not be able to crush him, he nodded vigorously, and then walked to the front, stood on the last flight of stairs, took a deep breath, and said to Ye Ci: "In front of us is a piece of magma, and there is a passage through the magma, but the stones of this passage are extremely narrow, you must walk where I have stepped on, Otherwise, it will fall. ”

Although the pitch-black ground in front of him didn't seem to make any difference to Ye Ci, Ye Ci still nodded. She had never been so passive as she was now, everything she saw and heard could be false, she couldn't make any judgments, and in the end she had to entrust everything to an N child, trusting him unconditionally.

This is really too risky for Ye Ci.

However, since ancient times, benefits and risks have coexisted. Ye Ci never thought of herself as a good child, she knew that she was actually only a gambler, and now, she was just going to make a bet with herself.

Arauna began to walk, his steps steady and powerful but slow, as if to make Ye Ci behind him see clearly. He lifted his foot and stepped on a stone, Ye Ci clearly wrote down the stone, and just as he wanted to step on it, he heard a rumbling sound from the top of the stairs behind him. Ye Ci and Arauna both looked back, and it seemed that the stone door at the entrance had been closed.

Ye Ci thought to himself, he knew the location of the mechanism that came in from the outside, but not the location of the mechanism that went out from the inside, even if he explored this forbidden place, he might not be able to get out, which was a bit difficult. However, things must have come to this point, and it is really redundant to think about this question again, and now we have to continue to walk and go to the innermost part to see what can be found.

Ye Ci followed Arauna step by step, she was impartial, she would never act casually, she must have walked according to the place that Arauna had stepped on, which made the two of them a lot easier.

I don't know how long I walked, but Ye Ci raised his eyes and saw a crystal clear lake. However, she did not trust her eyes, but stood still and asked, "Arauna, is there a lake ahead?" ”

"Yes." Although Arauna wondered why such a clear lake could appear in an underground full of magma, he still answered Ye Ci honestly: "There are many flowers blooming on the top of the lake, and it is very beautiful, which I have never seen before." ”

However, these were at a loss for Ye Ci, she didn't see anything, except for a clear lake, she didn't see anything. Yalau Na looked at Ye Ci's dazed look and knew that she was different from what she saw, so she could only sigh: "There are still a few stones and we will go ashore, you follow me." ”

Ye Ci didn't say much, nodded, and quickly went ashore after stepping on Arauna's footprints.

Although Ye Ci didn't think there was any difference between the so-called shore and the place she had just walked through, she didn't believe her eyes anymore.

"In front of me was a very clear lake, full of flowers and mist, I don't know what that means." Arauna stood beside Ye Ci and described what she saw to Ye Ci.

Ye Ci nodded, although all she saw in front of her now were illusory scenes, it didn't mean that she had lost all her abilities. At least she didn't lose any of her map sensitivity. She stood at the edge of the lake, walked from side to side, and finally found a position, took the arrow from behind her, and shot an arrow at the lake. The white bone arrow let out a sharp whistling sound, grazing the surface of the water and speeding away. And the traces it left on the surface of the water have become the best reference for Ye Ci to judge.

Sure enough, where Arauna described the flowers, the bone arrows would be somewhat blocked, and this could be easily seen from the traces on the surface of the water. Ye Ci's memory is good, and after releasing more than 30 arrows, he memorized the location of several relatively large clusters of flowers on the entire lake. Next, what she wants to experiment with is whether the lake water is poisonous or not.

She looked at her body, there was also a grade antidote, ordinary poison xìng can be solved, and even if her blood thickness can't solve the poison, with the support of the blood bottle, she shouldn't be killed. Squatting on the edge of the lake, Ye Ci stretched out his hand and gently stroked the clear water.

The calm water of the lake immediately rippled in circles, and the clear water droplets churned with Ye Ci's hand. There were a lot of beautiful stones under the water, Ye Ci stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful, wanting to test if there was any danger, but nothing happened. Ye Ci straightened up and said to Arauna, "Do you know how to swim?" ”

"Of course, we often deal with mermaids, and if we can't swim, we won't be able to get by."

"Okay, let's swim over."

Arau nodded and followed Ye Ci into the lake. Ye Ci did not forget to explain to Arauna: "I can't see those flowers, so there is no way to test what will happen to them, so don't go near them, and if I do, remind me." ”

Ye Ci was a little discouraged, she didn't have an underwater breathing agent on her, and even the fishing rod with underwater breathing skills was put in the warehouse by her, it seems that the plan never changes quickly, and you will never know what you need. It's a pity that the package on my body is too small to fit so many things. Looks like she'll have to find a way to get a few bigger packages after getting out of here.

Arau and Ye Ci swam slowly in the lake, and Arauna's cane was lit up with illumination, so that the two of them would not lose their direction in the dark environment.

Suddenly, Ye Ci heard some voices, which were very sharp and harsh, which made people upset. She searched everywhere, but found nothing, and Arauna said in a panic, "Look, white elf, you see under the water!" ”

Ye Ci lowered his head at this time, only to see that many mermaid-like monsters were swimming under him and Arauna, they wanted to rush up, but they seemed to be worried about something, so they didn't move forward. Ye Ci threw a reconnaissance technique at them, and found that their level was not high, all of them were ordinary monsters around level seventy, but the number of these monsters was too much.

"What is this?" Yalau was extremely nervous, and grabbed Ye Ci's arm tightly: "They look like mermaids." ”

"This is a water demon." Ye Ci looked at the monster genus xìng in the reconnaissance technique and told Arauna: "Actually, it's similar to a mermaid, they all eat human flesh for a living. ”

"What!" Arona was taken aback, the illumination on the staff was almost extinguished, and the water demon below immediately moved stupidly, and even some brave ones had already rushed towards the two of them, jumping out of the water and opening their bloody mouths to attack the two.

"Illumination!" Ye Ci hurriedly shouted, Ya Lao took a jī spirit and immediately ignited another illumination technique, Ye Ci raised his hand and waved it, and slapped the ball of light raised by the illumination technique towards the water demon who jumped up and pounced on the two. Impartially, this ball of light hit the water demon's face, and the water demon's sharp fingers immediately covered his face, screamed, and jumped into the water again, not daring to come up again.

And taking advantage of this moment, Ye Ci saw the appearance of the water demon clearly.

In fact, the water demon and the mermaid look very similar. However, the upper body of a mermaid is exactly the same as that of a human, while the upper body of a water demon has many fish characteristics. For example, their scales are distributed to the mouth of the xiōng, there are webs between their hands, there are many fins under their arms, their ears are also like fins, and their faces look like those of people, except that they have no eyes in their eye sockets, but a piece of smooth skin.

After Ye Ci knocked out Yalaona's illumination technique, Arauna hurriedly lit another illumination technique and shone it around according to Ye Ci's instructions. The white light shone on the water, illuminating the dark lake with a sickly glow.

The water demon who had been attacked by Ye Ci just now seemed to be injured, and had been curled up in the water demon group, unable to move, while the other water demons surrounded him, looking in the direction of the two of them and grinning their teeth, but they hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, just wandering back and forth under the water not far from the two.

Ye Ci looked at the water demon under the water, thought for a while, and said to Arauna, "Throw this ball of light towards the location of the water demon set, and then click on another one." ”

Arau nodded, and immediately threw the ball of light in his hand towards the most dense place of the water demon, and in his other hand lit up another ball of light. The ball of light that was thrown into the water immediately caused panic among the water demons, who fled in all directions, making high-pitched screams and looking very frightened.

Arauna was a little strange: "They seem to be very afraid of light. ”

"Well, don't you see that they don't have eyes?"

Aruna also saw this just now, so he was even more strange: "Yes, they don't have eyes, why are they afraid of light?" ”

"Ordinary water demons have eyes, but these water demons don't have eyes, which means that it has something to do with the environment they live in. You see, there is no light of day here, so in the long run, the eyes of these water demons have degenerated, and the water demons who have lost their eyesight, their other organs must be more sensitive, I don't know where they are particularly sensitive to light sources, in short, we just need to know that they are afraid of light, so that we only need to light the illumination, then we don't have to be afraid that these water demons will approach us. Ye Ci gave Yalau an analysis of his understanding of the water demon.

Arauna nodded, his hands lit up the illumination to ensure the safety of the two men. I don't know how long I swam forward, Ye Ci stopped again, pulled up the bow and arrows and released arrows in all directions, and the bone arrows brought strings of water marks on the water surface, and Ye Ci used these water marks to reconfirm the direction.

"It's foggy up ahead." Arau reminded Ye Ci, but Ye Ci couldn't see it.

Ye Ci sometimes felt that there was nothing wrong with this, and she could make the most accurate judgment based on the synthesis of what Arauna and what she saw.

"Don't stop the illumination, we keep swimming forward, according to the direction of the bone arrow stagnation just now, I think there should be a platform in front of us." Ye Ci just judged from the sound of the bone arrow after it disappeared that there was at least a hard platform in front of her, but it was invisible in her field of vision.

"I don't know, I can't see, I just feel like there's fog all around." Arau looked around, but he couldn't see anything, he didn't dare to stop the illumination of his hand, and he was even more eager than he had just released.

Ye Ci raised his bow again, released a few arrows in front of him, and after listening carefully to the echo, he said to Arauna: "There is a platform thirty yards in front of me, I don't know where there is a place to go up, you look at it." ”

Arauna kept throwing the ball of light in front of the two of them, hoping to dispel the dense mist, but in vain, they had to swim forward for some distance, and Arauna finally found a black platform in the mist.

"I found out!" Arau said movingly, lighting up the illumination with one hand, and pulling Ye Ci with the other to swim towards the platform. Swimming all the way to the edge of the platform, Arau put the ball of light in his hand on each staircase: "White elf, you look at the ball of light, the place where the ball of light is placed is the staircase." ”

This is a good way, and Ye Ci quickly climbed the ladder. This staircase is not long, only about ten steps, and then Ye Ci stepped on a cold and hard platform.

Ye Ci couldn't see anything in her eyes, it was pitch black everywhere, and she seemed to be suspended above a lake.

"What's on this table?" Ye Ci stood in place, looking around, but found nothing.

"Three yards in front of you is a stone pillar with a book at the top." Yalau looked at the environment in front of him and described Ye Ci carefully: "I don't seem to be able to get close to the stone pillar, I just walked over and was pushed back." You can try it and see if you can touch it. ”

Ye Ci nodded, and walked straight ahead according to Arauna's description, and sure enough, when she walked about three yards, she felt her toes touch something hard. It can be seen that this is the pillar that seems invisible to her. She raised her hand, placed it in front of xiōng and asked, "Is the book in this position?" ”

"A little further down." Arauna is now like Ye Zi's eyes, guiding her in the right direction.

Ye Ci began to correct the position according to Arauna's guidance, and soon, she adjusted her position, took a deep breath, and slowly and gently put her hand down. At the moment when Ye Ci's hand touched the rough touch, she only felt that a white light flashed in front of her eyes, this set of white light was too dazzling, so that she didn't react to what happened at all, and fell directly into vertigo.

And in the dizziness, Ye Ci heard the system prompt sound.

"You've found a mission map: Sachar's Temple."

The Temple of Zachar?

Ye Ci's mind was confused, but it was dazzling white in front of him, and he didn't know where he was, he only felt that his hands and feet were soft and couldn't use any strength. But despite this, there was still a question that kept wandering in her mind, making her already confused mind even more confused.

Why is the temple of Zachar so familiar? What the hell is the place, why can't you remember it at all?

It's always been mushy, and it wasn't until someone was pushing him that Ye Ci woke up in a trance. She raised her head and looked, only to see a person squatting in front of her, against the light, she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but she could hear his hurried voice keep saying: "White elf, white elf, what's wrong with you?" ”RO@。