Chapter 14: The Game
"Sister Ziyuan, how many days of dry food are left?" asked Zuo Congrong.
"Two days to go, what, you still want to stay here?"
"If you don't do that, you can't do it, the situation in front of you is getting more and more bizarre. The problem of dry food was supplemented with animals from the forest, and I brought some spices with me...... It should be delicious. I'm afraid that the kitten will be disgusted, Zuo Congrong took out a few small bags from his pocket and explained.
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"We haven't been to the summit of the main peak yet, it's high, and maybe we'll find something there. ”
"Ah Rong, when we came here before, did this tree look like this?" Ignoring Zuo Congrong's suggestion, Zi Yuan stared thoughtfully at the scenery outside the courtyard again, and after observing it for a long time, he asked.
"Who would have thought of this, didn't we always look at these corpses when we came, let's put these bones away first. "For the observation of details, Zuo Congrong has never cared, even if Ziyuan asks so, Zuo Congrong can't answer, compared to what Ziyuan cares about, Zuo Congrong pays more attention to these corpses. I was busy going to the yard to investigate the situation, but I never imagined that after the independent space of the yard was unlocked, I found that the body had been exposed to the sun for more than a year.
"Don't move here yet, come back to the main hall with me. It was also Aster's iron heart, which had turned into a push of white bones, and Aster still had no intention of collecting the corpses, but said as if he had made some new discovery.
"Haven't you seen all of the main halls, these corpses have been exposed to the sun here for more than a year, and they are still not buried?"
"It's been exposed to the sun for so long, it's not bad for half a day, right?" Ziyuan was willing to listen to Zuo Congrong's suggestion, and after leaving a sentence coldly, he rushed back in the direction of the main hall.
“......。 There's really no way, let's go too, and then collect the corpses, okay. Zuo Congrong reluctantly touched the kitten's head, picked up the kitten and followed.
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"Look!" Behind the main hall, I saw Zuo rushing over from Rong. Shion said, pointing in the direction of the courtyard.
"What's wrong?"
"Telling you that it's like playing the piano to a cow, don't you notice that there is a big difference between that side and before?" Zion explained helplessly.
"Where?"
"Forget it, it doesn't make sense to tell you. Even in the Warcraft Forest, the change of the four seasons is obvious, the leaves may not fall completely, but the color of the leaves will still change, the previous leaves are more lush than now, according to the division of the seasons, it should be about half a year later. It's winter. When I contacted the condition of the corpse before, it seemed that about a year and a half had passed. Shion reasoned.
"A year and a half...... , are you saying that the caster has changed the environment?" Zuo Congrong asked suspiciously.
"It's also possible that the time we were trapped in the yard was out of sync with the time we felt. ”
"There's no way there's such a big gap out of sync, is it? Besides, can you do something like getting time out of sync?"
"Who can tell, isn't the most important thing in this world to be 'incredible'? Either way, these things are just inferences, and it is possible that, as you say, the environment changed before us. Or, where we are now, is a separate space. Let's go. There are indeed a number of questions that need to be explored. ”
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
As soon as Ziyuan's words fell, a vast fluctuating aura suddenly echoed on the top of the mountain, as if inviting the two of them to go, and after the aura appeared, it continued to guide the two of them.
"Go!" The two glanced at each other, and Shion made a categorical decision and walked out first. There weren't many clues that could be found. Since there are still people on the top of this mountain, even if it is a trap, it is worth visiting.
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"Why is it a yard again!" Zuo Congrong said with a sad face.
"Don't worry, since we've been invited. Besides, we had already found the crux of the yard before, and he disdained to use the trap of repetition. Shion said with a relieved heart.
"Sure enough, it's you. Shion said as if she had guessed the identity of this person. As soon as the courtyard door was opened, there was already a person in the courtyard, and it seemed that he was greeting the two of them, it was Gui Chen, who had entertained the two in the previous courtyard.
"The two distinguished guests came from afar, and they were rude and rude. Gui Chen was still as polite as before and welcomed. In Ziyuan's opinion, it is nothing, but Zuo Congrong, who has seen Gui Chen's hideous face, only thinks that Gui Chen is hypocritical.
"Are you the owner of this Tarzan?" asked Shion.
"Your Excellency Fran, I know you have a stomach of questions to solve, but before that, can you let me invite the two of you to the house first, anyway, in this courtyard, it is not a place to speak, outsiders come to see it, and say that my Guifu does not know how to entertain. Gui Chen still invited politely.
"Well, I also want to see what else your Excellency can do. ”
"I was abrupt before, I don't know the depth of the two, I want to see the weight of the two, and I hope the two of them won't be surprised. Entering the front hall, Gui Chen said apologetically.
"There's no misunderstanding about this, I'm still the same question as before, are you the owner of this Tarzan?" Ziyuan repeated again.
"Where does this question start, I'm just the aboriginal of this Mount Tai, not a master. ”
"The corpse outside the courtyard, did you do it?"
"Your Excellency Fran, we can't talk together like this, this Mount Tai is deserted, and it's hard to have a guest, but is it this attitude?"
"Hehe, you are the wicked who sued first. I was worried that I would treat people with sincerity and end up as a skeleton on a barren mountain that no one could keep. ”
"How come, Your Excellency Fran is different from that group of people, I will naturally treat each other with courtesy, Your Excellency Fran should not misunderstand my kindness. ”
"We all know what you've done before, so don't be pretending to be polite here, let's open the skylight and say something, why did you kill those people. "Zi Yuan may still be able to restrain his emotions, but Zuo Congrong, who has personally finished off ten revenant soul entities, will not be so polite, to be honest, Zuo Congrong can sit here is already very good. If it weren't for Ziyuan's presence, I'm afraid Zuo Congrong would have already demolished this mansion.
"Your Excellency. It's no wonder to me, and you don't want to think about it, whose realm is this Mount Tai, how dare I do such a thing that violates human ethics. Do you think I would dare to do this if I hadn't been instructed to do so? In the face of Zuo Congrong's angry questioning, Gui Chen still maintained his due demeanor, still unhurried, and explained in an orderly manner.
"You mean Taishan Mansion-kun?"
"Your Excellency Zuo is a smart person, there are some things, I can't explain, just think for yourself. ”
"You said that Taishan Mansion Jun instructed you to do it, so what is his purpose?" Ziyuan is not as easy to fool as Zuo Congrong. asked.
"Well, to be honest, I don't know too much, this Taishan Mansion has a strange personality......"
"Don't do it, don't do it, don't you have something to say. Gui Chen was about to do something perfunctory, but when he saw that Zuo Congrong's pistol had already been raised, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at him, Gui Chen hurriedly argued.
"Say yes. The premise is that you have to speak well, I don't have the patience of Sister Ziyuan. ”
"This. This lord of the mansion is ...... , Lord Fujun, he will kill me. Gui Chen said embarrassedly.
"Who are you, and why do you live here?" After Zi Yuan and Zuo Congrong exchanged glances, Zi Yuan changed the topic and asked.
"I'm just an adventurer who came here by chance, and I live here by chance, and I have to ask why, how can I answer that. ”
"Then what do you mean by suddenly releasing a fluctuating aura to lure us over?" Seeing that Gui Chen's words were not leaking. Shion asked again.
"I ......" Gui Chen, who didn't know how to answer, suddenly walked to the door and looked out for a while, closing all the doors and windows in the front hall.
"What are you doing?" Seeing that Gui Chen had become so weird, Zi Yuan asked vigilantly.
"You two. I really don't know whether to live or die, even this mountain was created by Lord Fujun, and our current situation is the same as the plaything in his hand. When he gets angry, we don't even know how to die. Two ancestors, don't ask if it's okay again, Lord Fujun can't tell when he will appear with us. ”
"I still have an account to settle with Taishan Fujun, the lives of the villagers, can't just be counted like this, I want to know why Taishan Fujun did something to the villagers. Gui Chen would be afraid of Zuo Congrong, but Zuo Congrong would not be afraid of Taishan Mansion Jun, and asked at the moment.
"Well, forget it, since you want to know, I'll tell you. In fact, this is not the first time that Lord Fujun has done this kind of thing, you think about it, he has lived for more than 3,000 years now, and only one person lives on Mount Tai, how can he endure loneliness, if there is nothing new to mediate life, I am afraid that Lord Fujun has already collapsed. ”
"You mean, it's all just a game of Tarzan?"
"Your Excellency Zuo is really a smart person, just a little bit of it, in fact, you should know better than me, that level of independent space, I'm afraid even if it is two, it is a little difficult to decorate. At my level, I can only play a small role in the yard at most. You have also been trapped there for a few days, and you also know what the situation is inside, more than a dozen high-rank, more than a dozen middle-rank, and ten human beings, what kind of warriors can be said, they can all create a fun drama for Taishan Mansion Jun. It's just that Lord Fujun didn't expect that the abilities of the two of you would be so strong that even a dozen high-level positions couldn't stop you, and even let you crack that independent space. Gui Chen said with admiration.
"Just for a game?" Zuo Congrong, who had just come out of that courtyard, couldn't forget the last heart-rending howl of the person who was called Uncle Yuan by the kitten, and he couldn't forget the ten people who had turned into white bones outside the courtyard.
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"By the way, I would like to ask, a father and son should have disappeared a few days ago, I don't know if they were captured or killed by Taishan Fujun, do you know where this father and son have gone? Shion suddenly remembered something and asked.
"How many days have you spent in the courtyard a few days ago?" Gui Chen thought for a moment, and finally asked inexplicably.
"Seven days, counting our trip from the village to Mount Tai for the past few days, is ten days, plus the kitten's father has been missing for three days when we left, it adds up to a total of fourteen days. ”
"A year and a half...... ...... before you come. Oh yes, I remembered. There was a father and son who died, but because they had just died, their souls were still pure, so they couldn't come in handy. That's why I didn't put it in the yard. Gui Chen thought about it for a while before he suddenly said.
"A year and a half? What are you talking about. Zi Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a bad thought came to her mind and asked in surprise.
"Time passes much slower in the yard than in the outside world, you think it's only been seven days, but it's actually been more than a year outside. ”
"Do you really have such an ability?" Zuo Congrong couldn't help but say palely.
"That makes sense...... What do you mean when you say that the soul is too pure to be useful?" Shion asked after a moment's silence.
"Yes, when man is just dead. There is no consciousness as a dead soul, although some souls have a strong grudge before they die, but even so, the degree of resentment is still a little weak, and only after a period of brewing can the undead completely become a resentful spirit, and only the revenant soul that has become a resentful spirit can be used in the game like that. ”
"Wraith....... So. That courtyard was only prepared after we came here?" asked Shion.
"yes, whoever came. It's all ready-made, the souls of the dead have already been detained, and all you have to do is put into operation after you enter the courtyard and trigger the mechanism. After all, this place has not necessarily been patronized by adventurers for a hundred years, and it has always maintained its spiritual operation, which is also a big burden for Lord Fujun. Gui Chen replied.
"That's a good idea. It's just for entertainment......" Shion said coldly.
"A year and a half...... , it won't be ...... in the village for a year and a half," Zuo Congrong suddenly said as if he remembered something.
"Your Excellency Zuo, rest assured, for the sake of long-term planning, Lord Fujun will not rush to kill them all. In addition, those who do not reach the level of ability or above have a high failure rate. In order to be able to play this kind of game for a long time, Lord Fujun killed only a small part of the village. Gui Chen explained as if he knew what Zuo Congrong was worried about.
"What did you just do when you lured us here with your wave aura?"
"Lord Fujun is planning to let me be used as a spirit medium to create a higher independent space, after all, no one has been here for a hundred years, and you are the only pair of people who have destroyed the last independent space, he has not completely enjoyed it, so ......" Gui Chen was speaking, and his face suddenly changed drastically, and he just said that his face turned pale in an instant. There is no other reason, and another fluctuating aura that skyrocketed in an instant has clearly told several people that Taishan Mansion is here!
"Is that him?" Zuo Congrong asked.
"It's him, it's him!" Gui Chen's face turned pale, and his eyes muttered blankly, as if the king of Taishan Mansion was a beast of flood.
"Optimistic about kittens. Zi Yuan's expression was grim, and he settled down, pushed open the door of the house, and swept straight up to the peak that emitted the fluctuation of ability, and chased towards Taishan Mansion Jun.
"Sister Ziyuan, be careful!" "What kind of person is Taishan Mansion Jun, he is one of the elders who can mediate with the Dragon Clan to compete for the interests of the Human Race and establish a camp, and his strength is probably not as good as even Chen Zhe, the number one master in the camp, and how can Ziyuan be compared. Zuo Congrong shouted uneasily.
It's just that Zuo Congrong's voice didn't play a role after all, and I saw that after Ziyuan rushed to the top of the mountain over there, his figure suddenly paused there, as if he had seen something shocking. Then, when Zuo Congrong and Gui Chen were still looking at her in the distance, her body seemed to have lost its strength and slowly fell to the ground.
"Sister Ziyuan!" The fluctuating aura over there was nothing abnormal, and Ziyuan didn't show anything unusual, it was in this kind of calm place that he suddenly fell into a coma, where did Zuo Congrong dare to hesitate, picked up the kitten and went straight to the place where Ziyuan was.
"Boom!"
However, before Zuo Congrong rushed to Ziyuan's side, another deafening roar came from behind Zuo Congrong. Zuo Congrong was stunned for a moment, twisted his head back in a daze, and looked behind him. I saw that the mansion that originally stood proudly has been reduced to a ruin at this moment. The smoke and dust from the collapse of the courtyard walls and houses filled the air, covering everything inside, but the fluctuating aura that had attracted the asters just now also appeared in the pile of ruins.
Zuo Congrong stood between the two, quietly waiting for the smoke and dust to disperse. Ziyuan couldn't take care of it anymore, at least Ziyuan was just unconscious, and the fluctuating aura emitted could still be clearly felt. But on Gui Chen's side, Zuo Congrong was not sure at all. Originally, Gui Chen did not have a fluctuating aura, and coupled with the fact that too much information had been revealed before, it was conceivable that what Taishan Mansion Jun was looking for must be him.
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Gradually, the smoke cleared, and the situation inside became clearly visible. I saw a pile of ruins, a tall tower stood proudly, and Gui Chen, impressively was inlaid on the top of the tower, only the part above the chest was exposed, and the mouth kept spitting blood, it was obvious that the masterpiece in front of him was made by Taishan Fujun. Below the tower, a black shadow loomed on the side, as if it was real but not real, as if it was illusory. Even at such a close distance, with Zuo Congrong's eyesight, he couldn't even see what the black shadow was as it was. But even so, the fluctuating aura that diffused clearly and accurately told Zuo Congrong that the person in front of him was the one who made Ziyuan suddenly unconscious and made Guichen fall to death.
"Taishan Mansion Jun!" Looking at the tragic situation in front of him, Zuo Congrong shouted angrily. (To be continued.) )