Chapter 162: Bronze City
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"Yang Kai is finished. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "Walking on the hard and cold wasteland, the cold wind blowing on his face is like a knife blowing his face, but Yi Xuan doesn't feel it at all, he only has that sentence in his mind, Yang Kai is finished, he got Lexa's answer, Yi Xuan didn't even have the courage to stay on the battlefield anymore, he fled after returning to the tent alone, he didn't dare to imagine if he would lose control when he saw Yang Kai again, and he didn't dare to try.
He didn't expect that a simple appointment would make Yang Kai lose his consciousness from then on, Yi Xuan clearly realized that as long as the system is willing, everything is actually out of his control, Zhao Beifeng's blackening can't be stopped, and Yang Kai's amnesia has no way to do it, and the only thing he can do now is to find a way to get himself out of such a fate.
This incident also further reminded Yi Xuan, reminding him that time was running out.
Although there are still six months before the one-year period, Yi Xuan understands that not only is the test itself a crisis for himself, but also the six-month period itself is a threat, maybe when the system will find an excuse to throw himself into a colosseum full of greedy adventurers, like Yang Kai, who finally loses himself in the battle and fighting, if the system really does that, he may say no? After all the previous experiences, Yi Xuan knew that the system could not be violated, not only could he not disobey, even if he was the god of shadows, he also had no way to change a single bit, the ability of his body disappeared when he said it was gone, and if he said that he was restricted, he would be restricted, so what could he do to fight the system?
It seems that he must speed up, Yi Xuan made up his mind in his heart.
From Lexa's mouth, Yi Xuan learned that Mary led the Knights of the Holy Light to join the ranks of the Empire, but because the camp was too large, the place where Mary was stationed was far away from Yang Kai's big tent, although Lexa gave himself a general direction, but Yi Xuan quickly found the camp of the Knights of the Holy Light with the sense between himself and the Knights of the Holy Light and Mary.
Because of its special nature, the Holy Light Knights are a relatively ** space, and more than a dozen tents are surrounded by the belongings and camping vehicles that Yi Xuan originally purchased, and this matter has been supported, and the animal skins used to protect against the cold outside the tent have been covered on it, even if it is separated by a thick tent in the middle of the night, Yi Xuan can also see the warm fire inside, it seems that Mary is leisurely baking the fire inside to keep warm.
Yi Xuan came to the door of the tent, and the two elite guards immediately spotted him, they took a step forward, stretched out their hands in unison, put their right hand on Yi Xuan's chest, and bowed, although it was just a non-self-conscious NP but because of the special relationship between them, Yi Xuan still felt very cordial at the moment, and it seemed that in this game, only when he was with these knights of his own would he feel at home
Without their notice, Yi Xuan stepped in, and as soon as he entered the room, he immediately saw the girl nestled by the bonfire in a daze, with a pair of big eyes reflecting the beating fire, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"Who?" The cold wind coming from the door of the tent made her suddenly come back to her senses, and she suddenly stared at the door, and her face immediately became happy in the next second, and she tensed up: "You can be regarded as back." ”
Yi Xuan's heart breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Mary was still the same Mary before, Mary took Yi Xuan's hand and sat by the fireside, and couldn't help but ask strangely, "Why is your face so strange?" ”
"Oh, nothing, it's nice to see you guys." Yi Xuan said with emotion, his face involuntarily brought out a trace of sadness, and he still couldn't lift his spirits for Yang Kai's complete change in his heart.
Mary stared at Yi Xuan's face carefully, she and Yi Xuan had a heart-to-heart, although Yi Xuan's matter could be hidden, she could still feel a little bit of it, as smart as Mary immediately understood what was going on, and said a little indifferently: "You saw Yang Kai, right?" ”
Yi Xuan didn't speak, the two of them just sat quietly by the fire, they were all silent, when they were fighting for the Tower of Darkness, Mary and Yang Kai got along all day long, to be honest, the relationship was not shallow, presumably Yang Kai was like this, Mary's psychology should also be very sad, Yi Xuan was looking for some words to persuade Mary, but before he could think of what to say, he felt a soft warmth on his shoulder, Mary's little hand patted his shoulder, and sighed: "Forget it, I want to open it, In fact, this is a good thing for him, fully integrating into the world and accepting the identity here will make him live more calmly. ”
Yi Xuan's heart moved, if this was said from the mouth of Lexa or other NPs in this game, maybe he wouldn't feel strange, but Mary, she didn't know that she and Yang Kai belonged to another world, why did she say that? Is it just to comfort yourself? Yi Xuan's mind immediately recalled the strange expression on her face when she discussed the two worlds with Mary before, could it be that Mary actually knew the nature of the world?
This matter is actually not surprising, Yi Xuan had thought before, whether there are countless Marys, or only one, if there is only one, is it Mary who was summoned by himself, in fact, has been summoned by others before? Through the previous conversation with Mary, Yi Xuan had already discovered that Mary had her own consciousness, and she would not find it difficult to accept that she was a summoning hero, and even Mary provided herself with clues, saying that she wanted to concretize herself, so it seemed that Mary knew far more things than herself, Yi Xuan's mind quickly turned these thoughts, and suddenly raised his head and said lightly: "But shouldn't Yang Kai return to the real world be the best destination?" ”
Mary's gaze fixed in the distance, and she didn't care about Yi Xuan's searching eyes, but said lightly: "What's the difference between your world, my world, and this world, for this matter at the moment, it's not all the real world, why care so much." Her words seemed to be talking about Yang Kai, but Yi Xuan sounded like she was persuading herself.
"You know what, don't you?" Yi Xuan stood up suddenly, and came to Mary's eyes in two steps, there was a trace of anger on his face, a trace of surprise, and a trace of disbelief, he didn't expect Mary to know the nature of these worlds from the beginning, from what she said just now, Yi Xuan had been affirmed, but he didn't want to believe that Mary, who he believed in the most, would actually deceive himself, so he asked excitedly.
Mary looked into his eyes with some suspicion, and after a long time, she suddenly sighed, "So you know." ”
"So you really know, why didn't you tell me? Why did you hide it from me for so long? Yi Xuan grabbed Mary's shoulder suddenly, to this quirky girl, Yi Xuan has always spoiled her like a sister, but she didn't expect that she would hide such a big secret from herself.
"You know now. Are you happy? I told you what good it is for you, if you lose hope, you will end up like Yang Kai, a walking corpse, rather than this, I would rather you have the hope of being able to go back and spend this last time happily. Mary said at the end, there was already a hint of sigh in her voice, Yi Xuan's heart suddenly tightened, he knew that Mary didn't lie to herself.
"You're the first master to treat me as a friend." Mary continued, "The first person to manifest me is not just for me to serve you. ”
Master, this word is the first time Mary said it to Yi Xuan, Yi Xuan looked at Mary a little blankly, yes, he is her master, Yi Xuan has always ignored this problem, he has always treated Mary as an equal person, but he forgot that he still has a responsibility to her master.
The two of them calmed down for a moment, and sat quietly next to the stove again, "How is it?" What's next for you? Mary was the first to break the silence, now that Yi Xuan already knew the truth of the matter, she didn't know what he was going to do.
Yi Xuan nodded: "I already have a plan, if this plan succeeds, I" Yi Xuan originally wanted to say that he could enter the real real world, but Yi Xuan remembered the dangers that the merchant said, and finally swallowed his words back, the fewer people know about this matter, the better, so Yi Xuan changed his words and said: "If the plan is successful, I should be able to pass the trial and return to the real world." ”
"You ......" Mary wanted to say something, but was immediately stopped by Yi Xuan's gesture.
"Tell me about your plans, do you want to stay here? I may not be able to protect you when the Great Trial comes, or do you have any other plans? I'll do my best to help you get there. Yi Xuan said these words sincerely, even if Mary was like a promotion template now, he would lose reward points to help her.
Mary nodded, as if she had already thought about this question, but after thinking about it for a moment, she raised her head and said to Yi Xuan, "Please undo my manifestation."
"Unmaterialize?" Yi Xuan didn't expect this strange request, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a while.
"That's right, turn me back into a card, return it to the merchant, and then let him sell me in the original world, so that I can still be my summoning hero, although there is less time to be free, and I will not be wiped out." Mary had a smile on her face as she spoke, and it was clear that she had indeed thought these thoughts after much thought.
Yi Xuan nodded, this is undoubtedly the best result for Mary, as for those knights outside, they will be wise to let them ask for more blessings in the future, Yi Xuan gave them free will, and then took Mary's hand and came to the NPC Mall.
Lifting the embodiment is the same as realizing the materialization, you need to pay reward points, but this thousand reward points no longer have any meaning for Yi Xuan, Yi Xuan took Mary's card, and came to the place agreed with the merchant, because the merchant promised to find the man in black for himself, so the two had already agreed to meet today.
"What's going on?" Yi Xuan complained in a low voice, although this businessman is a little dark, he is never late, what is wrong today? Yi Xuan looked left and right for a while, and suddenly felt a sinking on his shoulder, and he didn't know who patted him behind his back.
Yi Xuan's head buzzed, and he grabbed the other party's wrist with a wave of his hand, pulled it forward, twisted it, and was about to make a big move.
"Don't don't, it's me, it's me." The merchant's characteristic mask and slightly treacherous voice brought Yi Xuan back to his senses. pushed him away and complained: "Who made you appear behind me silently." ”
"Aren't I joking with you?" The merchant moved his arm that was twisted in the activity, although Yi Xuan's template is very high now, but the merchant is also a person with the power of a big snake, and it is not difficult to appear quietly.
"Why are you so late? I thought something had happened to you. Yi Xuan said angrily.
"Of course, I delayed finding someone for you." The merchant said and looked around closely, making Yi Xuan impatient for a while, in fact, except for the occasional NPCI coming in to buy things, most of the time the streets were empty, and there was nothing to worry about.
However, the merchant seemed to be extra cautious today, and after making sure that there was no one around, he still quietly put his mouth to Yi Xuan's ear and said, "I found the location of the projector." ”
"Say it quickly." Yi Xuan said urgently.
"He's recently settled in Bronze City, farming the Flame Crystal Nucleus in the Lava Pool, and if you go to Bronze City to look carefully, you should be able to find him, and if I'm guessing correctly, he should be haunting the tavern." The merchant returned to his normal posture after speaking, it seems that his caution is mainly aimed at the intelligence itself, and it may be a risky thing to betray the hacker itself.
Yi Xuan nodded at the merchant, signaling that he had heard clearly. Bronze City Yi Xuan has heard of this place, the city is built on a volcano, due to the rich geothermal resources, there is an extremely developed metallurgical industry, many advanced forging recipes have to go there to learn, and he is also very rich in mineral resources. If the Alliance's weapon forging holy land is a dwarven city, then the empire's weapon holy land is undoubtedly this bronze city. Yi Xuan usually talked about it when he listened to the players' chats, and knew that although the city was not very big, it would not be difficult to find.
Yi Xuan opened his mouth to say something, but the merchant suddenly made a silent gesture: "You just hear it, don't repeat, be careful" The merchant said and pointed to his ears, which means be careful that the wall has ears, and said: "You see him, don't say that it is the news I gave you, I have never sinned against anyone in this world for so long, and I don't want to be retaliated against for this matter." Got it? The merchant said, the mask on his face was not expressive, but his tone was very casual, as if he didn't really care about the hacker's revenge, he told Yi Xuan just in case.
Yi Xuan nodded: "I understand, I definitely won't leak you." There's one more thing you need help with. Yi Xuan said and handed over the card in his hand.
It has always been Yi Xuan who bought the card from the merchant, and it was the first time that he presented the card by himself, and the merchant took it strangely and took a look: "Mary summons the card, what does it mean?" ”
"I want you to ...... this card" Originally, Yi Xuan didn't know how to tell the merchant, if he was allowed to sell it, it would seem too weird, after all, the value of a summoning card now has no meaning to himself, the merchant would not believe what he said about selling on his behalf, and if the merchant was allowed to sell it, Yi Xuan was very afraid that Mary would become a summoning unit of other NPCs on the second floor, so he paused in the middle of his words, and then with a flash of lightning in his mind, Yi Xuan suddenly had an idea, Immediately said: "Give this card to Vera, the woman who teamed up with me in the first place, this is what I owe him." ”
"That's it......" The merchant looked at the card a little strangely, then at Yi Xuan, and finally reached out and took the card and said, "No problem, I don't care about the grievances between you, but it's no problem to pass things." ”
Yi Xuan smiled easily, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and the next step was to race against time to complete his plan. Yi Xuan said goodbye to the merchant, and couldn't wait to come to the teleportation hall of the NPC mall, the clerk seemed to be used to seeing Yi Xuan's face in the past two days, greeted her familiarly, asked the transmission location, used the teleportation function, and spent 106 reward points, Yi Xuan was directly teleported to the Bronze City.
It was the first time for Yi Xuan in Bronze City, but he didn't expect the air quality in this so-called holy place to be so poor, Yi Xuan was immediately choked and coughed when he was in a teleportation range.
Looking up at the sky, it was gray as if the sky was floating with sand and dust, but if you looked closely, it was a light piece of volcanic ash, and the air was filled with a smell of sulfur and burning, and the sky was almost covered by volcanic ash and smoke, even during the day it was as dark as evening. This strange air reminded Yi Xuan of Silent Hill, but fortunately, there were still a lot of players coming and going around, which somewhat made this weird and terrifying atmosphere less depressing.
Yi Xuan opened the map and looked at it, the scope of the Bronze City was not large, and there were many red-named monsters wandering around, but the city was a safe area, there were no signs of monsters, and the tavern was only two streets away from him.
Yi Xuan's outfit at this time had returned to the costume of a nameless traveler, and he was not afraid that someone would recognize him, holding the staff of the Great Sage of Darkness, Yi Xuan walked forward leisurely, while carefully observing the crowd around him.
There are two kinds of players here, one is well-equipped, and at first glance there are a huge number of experienced senior players, and it is estimated that they are all looking for magic weapons, but at the same time, there are also many very low-level, obviously players who specialize in life skills, and most of the purpose of this kind of players is to find weapon refining methods, or to find someone to learn from them.
Yi Xuan didn't find any trace of the man in black along the way, but he wasn't in a hurry, he didn't expect to meet it immediately, but as long as he had a direction, even if he lurked, it would be worth wasting a week or two to wait for the rabbit. Yi Xuan thought in his heart, and had unknowingly come to the door of the tavern.
Yi Xuan looked up at the sign of the tavern, different from the various names outside, the sign of this tavern has no other name except the word tavern, it seems that this boss is also a pragmatic person.
Yi Xuan pretended to be idle, but in fact he was observing the movements around him, this tavern seemed to be an information distribution center, there were a lot of players and npks coming and going, if the man in black was in this city, this tavern should be said to be the place where he would definitely come.
The front of the tavern was bustling with people, and adventurers dressed in different clothes were very busy coming and going. Suddenly, Yi Xuan found a black shadow squeezing around in the crowd, his movements were fast, and he moved so fast in such a flow of people that he didn't leave his hands like a loach.
Yi Xuan recognized the other party almost immediately, the man in black, it was him, although he changed his outfit, but his body shape, the characteristics of his body movements when he acted, and its ordinary but slightly vicissitudes of appearance Yi Xuan was unforgettable, this is because the image of the projector in the game is completely determined by the subconscious, and unlike the players who use modifiers to modify, the projector basically maintains the appearance in reality because it does not have the attributes of the template, and there will not be much change.
Yi Xuan didn't expect the action to go so smoothly that his originally calm heart suddenly became excited, on the surface it seemed to be calm, but his heart bumped as if it was about to pop out. This excitement is so strong, even more than the moment when he and Zhao Beifeng fought and discovered the truth of this world.
Because this will be his chance to return to reality, it will be his chance to transcend the illusion and return to the truth, and he can't help but be moved.