Chapter 587: I Am Your Essence
"How?"
Leaving the Zhihai space, several people gathered in the room again, and Mu You looked at the watchman and asked.
The watchman groaned for a moment, frowned, and said: "Gu Snake shouldn't be lying, I can still tell this, without a certain amount of strength support, it really can't scare away the mirage." Besides, listening to its meaning, it seems that the mirage has been the target of bullying by other natural disaster beasts before, and if the mirage tapir finds that the snake is now in a weak state and has been sealed, it will definitely want to retaliate back, and we will also be in danger at that time. ”
Mu You groaned for a moment after listening to this, nodded and said, "Then do what it says." ”
"Huh? Really go unblock, that big guy......" Linglong swallowed. She had been in the Garden of Bitterness for four thousand years, had met the snake many times, and knew all too well the horror of that thing.
Even if the snake was sealed by them now, it couldn't reduce her natural fear of the snake, and if she could, she really didn't want to deal with that kind of thing anymore.
"That's the most feasible thing to do right now." Mu You exhaled.
"The question is, who's going?" Linglong asked.
There is only one way to unseal the snake and keep the snake from getting out of trouble, and that is to let people enter the suppression enchantment, and during the period when the holy spear is drawn, rely on human will to forcibly suppress the snake until the holy spear is resealed.
However, the only person who has done this must have to confront the mirage, and it is impossible to run at both ends, and this matter must be done by someone else.
"I'll come." Mu lobbied.
"Ontology...... Are you sure you can? Linglong looked at Mu You uneasily. You must know that he was a watchman at the beginning, but it was only after adapting to it for 4,000 years that he was able to suppress the snake for a short time, and now Mu You goes in directly without any foreplay preparation, is it really no problem?
"What words. I am your being, and I can do what you can theoretically do. Mu You smiled, relieved a few people, and then made a decision without doubt.
"That's it, No. 1 and No. 2, you go to the Tower of the Brave, bring the Twin Stones, and give me a signal when you're ready." Mu You took out one of the twin stones and handed it to the herb picker.
This stone can be used across borders, has certain 'real' properties, and should be able to manifest in the real world.
"Linglong, you follow me to the Garden of Bitterness. Remember to bring a unicorn arm. ”
"Remember, staying in a mirage for a long time will make you fall asleep, so it's best to get it done in a few hours."
Mu You had already made a decision, and the three clones didn't say anything more, exchanged items, and then started to act.
Ten minutes later, Mu You and Linglong appeared in the Red Rose Academy.
The entrance to the Garden of Bitterness stops at the Forest of Bitterness, which is a must-see. However, the two of them have more time, and the schedule is on the side of the watchman, they need to climb to the top of the tower of the brave, and then transfer to the small island outside the entrance, and in the process, they have to pay attention to the attacks of those mirage creatures at any time, everything is quite time-consuming.
So Mu You and Linglong were not in a hurry, and before going to the forest, the two were ready to stop by to visit an old man.
Mu You came to the front of the No. 1 teaching building of the college and relied on the student badge to get an up-to-date class schedule downstairs.
After some research, he quickly identified the target classroom: Building 3, Room 302, Course: Potions, and Instructor: Gratrix Gesaberberry.
“302……”
The two entered the No. 3 teaching building and came all the way to the third floor, Mu You looked at the door number to look for the classroom, but soon found that the so-called 302 classroom was empty, and no one was in class at all.
Just when he was wondering, Linglong's side was the first to find the clue.
Ontology ......
Linglong stood in front of the door of the large lecture hall at the end of the corridor, whispered to Mu You, and then tapped her chin to the door of the lecture hall in front of her.
Mu You walked over to take a look, and through the transparent doors and windows, he soon saw the thin figure standing in front of the stage of the large lecture hall to teach, it was Gargamel, who had not been seen for many days.
At this time, Gargamel had regained the appearance of a girl, with a single ponytail and a wizard's robe, no matter how you look at it, she is a childish little girl.
But her words and deeds seem quite mature and sophisticated, with a pair of wide glasses hanging on the bridge of her nose, holding a teaching stick, and talking eloquently on the podium, her voice is not loud, but it is just enough to spread throughout the audience.
The entire lecture hall below was full of hundreds of seats, and there were even many students standing in the back row, all of whom listened attentively with serious expressions, and could hardly see desertion.
After a few moments of standing in front of the door, Gargamel seemed to sense the gaze from outside and glanced towards the door.
Then he turned his head to look at the students below: "That's all for today's lesson, and when I go back, I will reproduce today's temperature control experiment by myself, I won't check it, but I hope everyone can complete it seriously." ”
"Class."
The originally quiet classroom suddenly became chaotic, and the students walked out in turn with various experimental instruments.
The petite Gargamel was also in the middle of the crowd, walked out of the door with the lesson plan in his arms, and after watching at the door for a while, he walked towards the two of them.
"Gege sauce, very stylish!" Linglong gave Gargamel a thumbs up and smiled.
"Thank you." Gargamel smiled, then turned his head to look left and right, and asked with some hesitation, "Teacher, ...... Didn't come? ”
"Oh, he's on some other mission." Linglong waved her hand: "Anyway, Gege-chan, why didn't you go to Earth with us in the first place?" And if you want to see him, just go to him. ”
When they returned from the Garden of Bitterness, Linglong invited Gargamel to join them, but she refused.
Gargamel eventually decided to stay at the Red Rose Academy, but instead of staying alone in the Black Forest, he returned to the academy after being introduced by Fuya and became a lecturer in Potions.
At least from today's situation, she was not looked down upon by the students because of her petite size and immature appearance, but her lectures were very popular, and there were too many students who came to listen to the lectures, so she had to move to the large lecture hall to give lectures.
Gargamel smiled and shook his head, "I'll just stay here." The teacher is doing something very important, and I can't bother him at this time. ”
"Gege-chan, you're thinking too much about him......" Linglong was speechless.
"The teacher said that now he has no time to dwell on his children's private affairs, so let me wait for him here...... Ten years at most, and when he finishes dealing with important matters, he will definitely come to me......" Gargamel said with a lesson plan covering his face below his eyes, a little shy.
"Huh? That dead face would say something like that, it's incredible! Linglong was surprised. Although this may seem like another 'pie', this time it should be true......
Gargamel's face turned even redder under Linglong's teasing, and he was a little overwhelmed for a moment.
Fortunately, Mu You relieved her and got down to business.
"I came to you this time, in fact, there is one thing that needs to be consulted." Mu lobbied.
"What's the matter?" Gargamel also got up.
Mu You pinched out a blue caterpillar from his pocket and put it in the palm of his hand: "This child, it has been born for a while, and I have also fed it a lot of energetic things, and there were a few times in the middle that it seemed to have signs of feathering, but in the end it failed, and it always maintained the form of a caterpillar, do you see if something is wrong?" ”
This little guy has a good appetite, eats and sleeps every day, wakes up and plays for a while, and then eats, looking carefree, but Mu You, as its binder, can still feel some of its state changes, and it seems that an invisible shackle has been imposed on her body, which has always hindered her next growth.
The caterpillar was slipped out by Mu You while sleeping, yawned lazily, opened his eyes, and found that he was in an unfamiliar environment, and suddenly a spirit was excited, and he subconsciously wanted to crawl back to his shoulder along Mu You's arm.
However, as soon as he climbed out of the area, he was grabbed by his other hand and sent to a bespectacled human face.
The caterpillar suddenly died, and shrank in the corner of his palm, trembling with fright.
Gargamel stretched out his finger and stroked the caterpillar a few times, but he didn't know what technique he used, and quickly let the caterpillar relax.
Gargamel checked the caterpillar's state and muttered, "I haven't seen this happen, all elf larvae are born and will directly transform into fairy form in a short period of time...... However, I have heard Master Olmedo say that it is best to stay near the Bitter Mother Tree for a period of time after the elf is born, and the energy of the mother tree can help the elf complete its early growth. ”
Gargamel pushed his glasses and looked at Mu You and said, "It should be because it was received to the Star Spirit Realm in the form of insect eggs, and it was too far away from the mother tree, so it was unable to complete the process of transforming into a butterfly for a long time. ”
"So you need to send it back to the mother tree and wait for it to evolve before you get it back?" Mu You frowned and asked.
Gargamel thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I'm not sure, because the mother tree has withered...... The goblins born at the beginning of this epoch all grew up during the period when the bitter mother tree rejuvenated, and then the mother tree withered again, and until now, no goblins have been born, so I don't know if the current mother tree can still help goblins evolve. ”
"So, just let the mother tree rejuvenate one more time, right?" Mu You raised his eyebrows.
The bitter mother tree is actually the tail of the snake, and whether it recovers energy depends on the snake's will, but there are two situations in which it can be passively rejuvenated.
The first is when the snake falls into a long sleep, and the second is when the snake is freed from the sealed spear and regains its strength.
And right now, there's a ready-made opportunity for rejuvenation.
Mu You then explained to Gargamel what they were going to do in the Garden of Bitterness, and invited Gargamel to come with him.
Next, he needs to enter the sealing enchantment, and Linglong needs to operate the Qilin Arm to pull out the holy spear, and then he needs someone to take the caterpillar to the growing place of the Bitter Mother Tree to help it complete its evolution. Gargamel, who had been an apprentice to Olmedo for a while, was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Gargamel didn't think much of it and agreed.
Gargamel then went back to prepare some items, and the three of them went straight to the Bitter Forest, where they opened the entrance to the Garden of Bitterness.
At the same time, the herb pickers and watchmen have also reached the Tower of the Brave and are landing on the top of the tower.
Since both of them have already cleared the level, they don't need to pass one level at a time, just step on the stairs and walk to the top of the tower.
Half an hour later, the two came to the passage above the top of the tower, and saw the soul-attracting lamp at the end of the passage.
In front of the cyan hanging lamp, a faint light came, which was the entrance to the real world, and as long as you passed through the barrier in front of you, you could reach the real world.
"Luckily, I didn't encounter a monster, and I thought I had to fight all the way......"
"It is estimated that the mirage creatures have been sent to the front line to transport mirage, and the core area is empty." The herb picker said, walked to the exit, and poked his head out to look out.
The outside world is still a scene shrouded in thick fog, with white fog and mirage mixed together, resulting in extremely low visibility, and the scene can only be seen clearly within ten meters.
Within a radius of 10 meters, there are grass stems more than 10 meters high and huge pieces of 'gravel' as far as the eye can see.
"This scene is the same as depicted in the game, it doesn't look like a mirage, it's a real scene." The herb picker makes a judgment.
As mentioned earlier, a mirage can only cause a scene to be deranged in the mirage when it is asleep or eating.
When the mirage is awakened, the mirage generally does not appear, especially when it first arrives in a new area, the mirage also needs to observe and determine the surrounding situation first, and will not randomly make the mirage to affect the judgment.
Then the two of them cautiously stepped out of the exit, fully guarded by the fog around them.
Although they have not encountered mirage creatures, the real world itself is full of dangers, and they are almost the weakest existence in this world now, and some large creatures may emerge from the fog at any time to swallow them.
"By the way, are we the first players to go directly into the real world with their real bodies?" The watchman had nothing to say, which diluted some of the tense atmosphere.
Because the island at the exit has been completely explored by the player, it is confirmed that there are no giants, so they dare to come out directly.
"Stop talking, your every move now is in the mirage's grasp......" The herb picker shook his head, took out the twin stone from his bosom, and carved the words 'Arrived at the exit, ready to act'.
"So what, I don't believe it can still understand Chinese!"
“……”
"By the way, Hachi, are you ready? It's your time soon, don't sleep......"
"You see, this guy knew we were coming, but he didn't even send a mirage creature to intercept us, and he obviously didn't take us seriously at all."
"Can this endure? Hachi, this is blatant contempt, I'll surprise it when we meet later......"
"Hachi? Are you talking, Hachi? ”
……
In the stand-up comedy of the watchman, the two soon approached the giant lake in the middle of the island.
Because of the influence of visibility, the two of them walked to the lake until they saw clearly where there were any lakes nearby, and the water in the entire lake had disappeared.
A huge 'elephant's trunk' rises into the sky, submerging into the clouds above and occupying the entire surface of the lake.
This is obviously the mirage's nose, a giant trunk that is so large that there is no edge in sight, and the surface is filled with countless 'holes', which seem to be breathing pores, and at this moment each stomata is constantly spewing out mirage.
"Woo......"
The two of them stood on the shore for a short time, when a distant low sound suddenly sounded in the sky, like a roar from the sky.
At the same time, a gap suddenly opened on the surface of the elephant's trunk in front of him, and a huge eye, emerging from the gap, stared straight at the two of them.
Both of them froze instantly, shrouded in an indescribable coercion, and they only felt trembling, and they didn't dare to breathe, because they had already truly felt the killing intent contained in this coercion, and it was obvious that the mirage had sensed their hostility and regarded it as a provocation.
There was no need for the Mirage to do anything next, and this rapidly increasing coercion alone was enough to pinch them at any time.
"Hi Mirage, hello......"
After adapting to it for a few seconds, the more talented person squeezed out a smile with difficulty, waved his trembling hand, and said in Xingling language: "Don't get excited, I specially brought an old friend to see you, I believe that you acquaintances will definitely be very pleasant to meet......"
At the same time, he frantically called out to the snake in his heart.
"Xiaoba, wake up, it's your turn, if you don't come out again, you're really going to finish playing, one corpse and two lives......"
(End of chapter)