After making a decision, Mu You immediately sent a message to call the three clones back.

[At the end of your cultivation, your fatigue will be dissipated, and your attributes will be fully restored. 】

Three hours later, the time came late at night, and Mu You's cultivation was finally completed.

At this time, both the herb picker and Linglong have returned, and only the watchman is still slowly turning back on the road.

Mu You tried to open the backpack on his body.

This backpack is his special backpack in the astral spirit realm, a few pets such as small spiders, and chocobos that travel on behalf of him, which are usually placed in it.

The backpack cannot be opened in different planes. If the location of the Bitter Garden is really a secluded space, then the backpack should not be able to be opened here, and Mu You didn't have much hope.

But to his surprise, the backpack was actually opened smoothly!

[You open the backpack, gluttonous demon spiders, little phoenixes and little two-headed dragons scramble out of the bag, like pets abandoned by their owners for many days, excitedly circling around you, chattering non-stop on your legs, all of them are coquettish and begging for hugs ......]

Mu You looked at this text message and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Being able to open the backpack directly shows that his current position is the Star Spirit Realm. But why?

Why has no one seen this Sky City for so many years?

After thinking about it, Mu You manipulated the character to place a dark teleportation array in the room and tried to jump into the array.

The result pops up a prompt: [No other teleportation array of yours has been detected in this plane, and it cannot be teleported.] 】

"No other teleportation arrays?"

Mu You's head suddenly became even bigger, he had double-digit teleportation points in the Star Spirit Realm, and all of them were lost...... So is this the Astral Spirit Realm or not?

The more Mu You thought about it, the more confused he became, so he could only put it down first, went out to Xiaoya and asked for some canned pets, sent them into the game, and fed the three pets one by one, and then assigned them to the three clones in turn according to the previous arrangement.

[You gave Clone 2 the task of 'exploring the Land of Calamity', and the herb picker took the lead in setting off with the little two-headed dragon to the north of the Garden of Bitterness to find the Land of Calamity. 】

Sending away the medicine pickers, Mu You found a place where no one was in reality and summoned Linglong alone.

"Why did you shoot before?" Mu You looked at the girl in front of him seriously and asked.

“？” Linglong blinked her innocent eyes and spread her hands: "Body, seeing such a beautiful and lovely creature being bullied with your own eyes, don't you have the slightest urge to be a hero to save beauty?" ”

"Impulse is impulse, the difference between humans and animals is that human reason can suppress a lot of incorrect sensibility, you do this, isn't the task in vain?"

"Oh, on this point, in fact, the task of tracking, I have already completed it." Linglong patted her chest and smiled: "I can guarantee that this kid is a good person and will not harm us, so you can rest assured." ”

"How do you know for sure?" Mu You frowned.

"A woman's intuition." Linglong said confidently.

Mu You suddenly cast her an extremely confused look.

"Hey, what's your expression? You don't want to say that because your body is a straight man of steel, there will be no emotion in your clone, right? Please, people are separated from the skin of a real girl, before I am your doppelganger, I am also a real woman first and foremost, and I have the characteristics that women should have! Linglong said.

"Well, I believe...... But you'd better make up a more plausible reason. Mu You.

"Okay, okay, I'll confess, I actually made a joke before I left." Linglong spread her hands helplessly.

"Oh?"

"Of course, not directly divination of her relationship with us, but by indirect means, confirming that she is harmless to us, or rather, harmless to all, a creature with a truly pure and good heart, and ......"

"And what?"

"And she's running out of time." Linglong sighed: "I foresaw her death in the crystal ball, and it was ...... in the near future"

"...... like this"

Mu You nodded, the doppelganger and the main body only have one chance to synchronize their memories once a day, and today they can't synchronize anymore.

However, he didn't doubt Linglong's words, no matter how eccentric her personality was, she was his doppelganger after all, the bottom line and interests were completely consistent, and she wouldn't talk nonsense on such key issues, she said that she could be trusted, that is, she could be trusted.

"And then? Ontology, you specifically called me out, what's the matter? Linglong found a chair and sat down, found a bag of melon seeds out of nowhere, crossed Erlang's legs and began to click.

She was very sure that Mu You asked her to show up alone, and it would definitely not be just to break a matter with her.

"There is a task, about one of the countries in the fairy territory...... Mu You didn't waste time, and briefly explained to her the situation of the Principality of Roses, and the decision to arrange for her to go undercover in the Principality of Roses.

Unexpectedly, before Mu You finished speaking, he heard a commotion on the other side, Linglong looked at him with round eyes, and the melon seeds in his hand were sprinkled on the ground, looking incredulous.

"Body, you actually ...... Are you going to trade my innocence for information? Linglong looked at him in disbelief, and suddenly hid her face and cried bitterly: "How can this be...... Isn't there no dignity for doppelgangers? Do you know how important the name is to a girl, although I am a doppelganger, but I am also a person, have you considered my feelings......"

"Uh, I mentioned it casually, I said that it was not mandatory, if you don't want to, forget it, when I didn't say it......" Mu You was embarrassed, from Fuya's resistance before, Linglong might also refuse He also expected it, but he didn't expect the reaction to be so strong.

"No, you misunderstood......"

Linglong sobbed and removed her hand, raised her head, and looked at Mu You aggrievedly: "I mean, a girl's reputation is really, really important, so ...... There has to be compensation. ”

“……”

Mu You's head is full of black lines. He instantly confirmed that Linglong didn't care about any 'honor' at all, and pretending to be crying was bargaining with him.

"What do you want?"

The cry on Linglong's face disappeared in an instant, and she put on a smile that flattered the gold owner: "Then let's have a time pocket watch!" ”

In this regard, Mu You threw her a roll of the eyes.

"Ahem, it was just a joke, let me think about it, really, who let you have too many good things in the body......" Linglong decisively changed his words: "Then it's okay to give a secret crystal, right?" ”

When Mu You heard this, he couldn't help frowning and swept his eyes: "You...... Could it be that they have inherited the characteristic of 'greed'? ”

Linglong was embarrassed when she heard this, and stuck out her tongue: "Unfortunately, it's not." My words and deeds seem to be greedy, but in fact, at most, I am playing carefully within the scope of what I can strive for, trying to strive for the best result, which is inherited from your nature. ”

Linglong said a little more straightly: "And the real 'greed' is to ignore the risk and seek what is unobtainable, and the difference between the two is very big. If I am not mistaken, the 'greed' attribute should be in the evil clone. ”

Mu You nodded and agreed with her statement: "Go on, but be serious, we don't have much time." ”

Hearing this, Linglong finally became serious: "Okay, seriously, I have to borrow the shadow pom-pom for a few days, and I will return it to you when the task is completed." ”

"That's pretty much it."

Mu You exhaled, snapped his fingers, and in the shadow under his feet, a black ball quietly floated out of his head.

At his signal, the shadow pom-pom detached from his shadow and swam along the ground, eventually merging into Linglong's shadow.

All three doppelgangers are from the same origin as him, and in the case of Shadow Pom-pom, the other three are also him. So the shadow pompom can be transferred between the shadows of the four of them at any time without any repulsion problems.

This is also a way to temporarily place the shadow pom-pom, and then he goes to open the sub-faith, and he doesn't need to think about the placement of the shadow pom-pom, just throw it to a clone.

"Be careful, investigate on the premise of protecting yourself, and don't expose yourself." Mu You admonished.

At this time, Linglong had already used the shadow pom-pom as a pillow toy, holding it in her arms and kneading and rubbing it in various ways, and the shadow pom-pom was like plasticine, constantly changing shape in her hands.

"Don't worry, the body, leave it to me, we are people from the information age, aren't we just a hillbilly queen who has never seen the world, look at how I handle her!"

After saying that, Linglong automatically returned to Mu You's body, and Mu You sent her back to the game.

[Linglong set off with the gluttonous demon spider and went to the southeast of the Bitter Garden to find the location of the Principality of Roses. 】

After sending away the two clones, Mu You continued to wait for a while.

About half an hour later, the fairy girl who had been away from home for a long time finally returned.

[The fairy girl with a blue nose and swollen face returned from outside, holding the idea of not disturbing you, carrying a flower basket, and drifting into the door very carefully. 】

[However, after entering the door, she found that you had already fully cultivated, and you were standing in the center of the room, looking at her expressionlessly. 】

"You're awake...... This is the pollen I picked today, there was an accident, and some of it was missing...... But I'll definitely pick harder tomorrow. ”】

["Wounds on the body? It's not a big deal, it's just that I accidentally fell, and it will be fine soon, don't worry, it's really ......" The fairy girl waved her hands wildly, and explained to you awkwardly, but suddenly noticed that the nuts and nectar on the table, as before she left, did not move at all. 】

[The fairy girl couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at you with some grievances: "Don't you like it? ] I'm sorry, it's me who is so useless, that's all I have at home, and I don't have good hospitality......"]

Mu You couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the texts, and manipulated the characters to treat her injuries.

[You released the Holy Light Technique, and in the holy light, the injuries on the fairy girl's whole body quickly recovered as before. 】

[You took out the Pen of Order and began to repair the broken order on the fairy girl's wings.] 】

[Soon, the fairy girl's scarred wings were restored to their whole body, and the filth was gone, and they became neat and clean, and their wings glowed in the light. 】

[The fairy girl looked at her new appearance in disbelief, and looked at you in surprise and gratitude: "Thank you......"]

"You're welcome, it's a thank you pollen and your house. You say, "Thank you for taking care of me today, but then, I need to leave." ”】

["Ah......" The smile on the fairy girl's face froze instantly, and after being stunned for a second, she hurriedly said: "But, if you don't have dust protection, you will ......"]

["Actually, I have the dust. "You chose to show the fairy girl the lucky dust you had with you. 】

[The fairy girl looked at the high-grade dust in your hand in surprise, but immediately felt a familiar smell from it.] 】

[The fairy girl quickly realized something: "The person who saved me before was also you?] ”】

[Knowing everything, the fairy girl's expression suddenly had mixed feelings, and her eyes dimmed: "So that's the case...... I didn't need it from the beginning, I was self-inflicted......"]

["Yes...... Stay? The fairy girl raised her head unwillingly, and her voice trembled and looked at you and asked. 】

[Looking at the goblin girl's dejected appearance, you choose ......]

[Stay and slowly explore the hidden stories on her], [Resolutely leave, you have a more important mission].

Of the two options, Mu You did not hesitate and chose 'resolutely leave'.

He could feel that there might be some secrets hidden in the fairy girl, but if he wanted to explore this 'branch', he would have to spend at least a day or two with her here, and he only had four days left now, and the progress of the main quest was almost zero, so there was really no time to delay.

[You shook your head and politely rejected the fairy girl, and the fairy girl's eyes dimmed again. You say goodbye to her, then turn and walk to the door. 】

["Wait, wait a minute......" The fairy girl suddenly stopped you again, and said in a pleading tone: "Then can I help you lead the way?" Although I am a nameless goblin, I have also been an upper-class goblin in the past, and I am familiar with the directions of the various villages and cities in the Bitter Garden, and I will lead the way, which can save you time. ”】

["Please, at least let me do something for you......" The fairy girl's tears were already rolling in her eyes, and she begged you with the most humble gesture. ...... you choose]

Mu You frowned, he was really confused now, why would this fairy girl who met in Pingshui follow him to such a point for him?

Mu You moved through the two options [Agree] and [Reject] several times, and finally pressed 'Agree'.

["Great! Hearing that you finally agreed to let her go along, the fairy girl finally burst into tears and smiled, and her gloomy eyes regained their brilliance. 】

"Alas......"

Mu You sighed. The feeling of this fairy girl was really strange, he could sense that the other party had an inexplicable dependence on him, but he knew that this was not necessarily a good thing, because once he accepted this dependence, it also meant an invisible layer of responsibility.

So Mu You has always instinctively wanted to cut this relationship and draw a line with the fairy girl. However, in the face of the other party's repeated pleas, he finally relented.

Mu You quickly shook his head, since he had already decided, he didn't think much about it, and left the bud room with the fairy girl, and then called out the chocobo.

["Radiant City? This one...... I don't think I've heard of ......"]

As a result, before going on the road, when Mu You told the fairy girl his destination, he got an answer that he had never heard before.

"Haven't heard of it?"

["I'm sorry, I'm so useless, maybe this is a new city that was built after I was stripped of my name? The fairy girl blushed and apologized to you again and again, obviously she had just said such a big thing with confidence, but she didn't know the first place, which made her extremely ashamed. 】

Mu You didn't care, anyway, he knew the general direction, and asked again in the game.

["Then what do you know about the largest city in the southwest?" You ask. 】

["Southwest, the largest city...... Hmm, does that mean 'Falling Flower City'? The fairy girl said uncertainly. 】

"Have you heard of 'Falling Flower City'?" Mu You immediately looked at Fuya who was cooking dinner next to her.

"Falling Flower City?" Fuya hurriedly paused eating, took the mobile phone and operated: "You wait a minute, I'll tie someone up and ask." ”

Mu You sweated when he heard this, you are an eldest lady, why are you so skilled in kidnapping......

Fuya's side moved very quickly, and got the result in a few minutes.

"Oh, I asked, Falling Flower City is the predecessor of Radiant City, but Falling Flower City is an ancient place name, and it was abandoned a long time ago." Fuya said.

"Sure enough, it's a place......"

Mu You nodded, but didn't care, and immediately informed the fairy girl of this in the game, and asked her to help guide Luohua City.

The fairy girl readily agreed, and conscientiously played the role of a guide along the way.

I have to say that the fairy girl is really familiar with the terrain here, and she helped Mu You avoid a lot of checks and obstacles along the way, and in just about an hour, the chocobo flew to its destination.

[You stopped on the main road a mile away from the city ahead.] 】

[It was late at night, and the sides of the road were empty and quiet, except for a few strange creatures wandering unconsciously in the distance. You came to a wordless stone monument erected next to the main road. 】

"A square wordless stele a mile away from the South City Gate, right?"

Mu You looked at Fuya and asked. This was the meeting place he had just agreed with Fuya.

"Yes." Fuya was holding a cup of milk tea at this time, the mobile phone on the table was running the fool game, and at the same time, the TV series was playing on the other mobile phone in front of her, and she was quite proficient in using two things.

"Where am I to you?" Mu You asked.

"Huh?" Fuya was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked down at the game: "You've arrived?" My character has been stopping here, and I haven't seen you, huh? ”

"Is there another stone monument nearby?"

Mu You didn't think much about it, and manipulated the character to leave a star spirit word 'one' on the stone tablet as a mark, and then prepared to ride a chocobo to continue searching nearby.

"Hey, wait!"

Fuya suddenly shouted, picked up her phone in some surprise, carefully looked at the newly popped up large paragraph of text, and frowned: "I suddenly prompted that there was one more word on the stone tablet...... It's so strange, I've been reminded that I'm a 'wordless stele' before......"

Mu You listened but his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "What word?" ”

"A 'one' word."

It's really the words he left!

Then they should be facing each other now, how could they not find each other?

"What's the original text of the game over there?" Mu You asked hurriedly. He had instinctively sensed that there seemed to be something wrong with this.

"Oh, it's 'You are bored, staring at the stele, but suddenly found that the center of the stele in front of you, which was originally empty, showed a faint 'one' word, which is an extremely desolate and ancient handwriting, which seems to have existed for thousands of years, and has long been blurred under the erosion of many years of wind and sand, and it is difficult to make out if you don't look closely......" Fuya retold the game text as it was.

"Desolation? Old? ”

Mu You muttered these two weird adjectives, vaguely feeling that he had caught something.

Thinking of all the details of this day, he is full of weirdness here, and Fuya has never encountered weirdness from beginning to end, the backpack of the Star Spirit Realm can be opened here, but his teleportation array cannot be detected, and the relationship between Falling Flower City and Radiant City, Falling Flower City is the ancient place name of Radiant City......

Connecting everything together, Mu You's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he finally understood something.

Could it be that he and Fuya didn't just land in different locations in the Garden of Bitterness, but even in different eras?

Fuya in modern times, he in ancient times?

Thinking of this, Mu You hurriedly operated in the game.

[You suddenly asked the fairy girl, what year is it?] 】

[Although the fairy girl is strange about your question, she still answers you truthfully: It is now the year 3870 of the Star Spirit Calendar. 】

The Star Spirit Calendar is more than 3,800 years, and there are only more than 100 years left before the Great Calamity, and the year is right!

And the current situation shows that he is likely to be at a certain point in time.

Then, there is only one possibility: it is not time that is confused, but epochs!

He is now in the same period of the previous era, which is ...... In the Garden of Bitterness 4,000 years ago!

And the reason why he couldn't see Fuya now was because although they were close to each other in their positions, they were incomparably far apart—a whole epoch away!

(End of chapter)