"You are the 'outsiders' who came to this 'magic lighthouse' in order to complete the main quest, right?"

I don't know what Xiao Jing did to 'confess and lenien' with others there before this (a certain article estimates that as long as the other party is willing to ask, she is willing to say... The ant queen who is high on the third floor of the castle (in fact, it is only level with the forehead of a certain text... In fact, if you want to talk to her at the height of 'relative equality', you only need to climb to the second floor of the castle, and the reason why you deliberately run to the third floor is also out of the dignity of her royal family: she is not very tall, but she wants to be a higher person in the position [in this way, she can 'condescend and look down on all beings', and you, you need to raise your head very hard to 'admire' her]) After seeing Wen Bin, without waiting for him to speak, he took the initiative to smile in a friendly manner: " One of them, my family Ling'er (a name I haven't heard... However, from the current occasion, it can be guessed that it must be Her Royal Highness the Ant Princess, who is standing behind her with red eyes at this moment) and Miss Yan have told me before, and I have a general understanding of your current situation......"

"Well, how can I say it... This layer of the lighthouse is a life-and-death pass that has gone through many versions of the game and has been modified and integrated by the designer in many ways: the journey is relatively longer, and the terrain is complex and changeable, and natural and man-made disasters are constantly occurring on the way. You must be very cautious and careful, and you must not be careless. ”

"I say so. You may not believe it yet, but here's what it is!"

"Hmm... To prove this, I'd like to ask you both to take a look at this. ”

As she spoke, she suddenly waved her arm, and with a flick of her fingers, a translucent local map about three feet long and wide appeared in front of a certain Wen and Xiaoqing.

"You see," at the same time, a brown maroon appeared in the Queen's hand at some point. A rich and luxurious long cane. She raised her cane and pointed at the map in front of her at close range, "When you sail here, follow the 'Magic War Drums' (um... Is that thing called a 'magic war drum'? I used to call it a 'stone war drum'... 'Statue of Liberty' on top of the voice. It should be walking on this Tianhe River that looks like a flat river on the surface... But. As a matter of fact. Here's how it looks!"

With that, she held out her other hand. Facing the map, he opened his five fingers at close range, and then lightly pressed it together.

The perspective of the entire translucent virtual local map suddenly recedes back by 300 feet, so that it can encompass and cover more information: at this time, you can clearly see that the Tianhe River recommended by the 'Statue of Liberty' in the center of the 'Magic War Drums' is actually a big pit!

How so?

Because, when the mountains, rivers, and terrain trends drawn inside the entire virtual map are greatly reduced, what is presented is: going forward from the Tianhe River on the side of the 'Ant Empire' is a journey that is almost in a straight line, and the way can almost be said to be 'unimpeded' (except for passing through this heavily guarded 'Ant Castle'), in addition to being much closer, it is also relatively safer;

On the other side, the Tianhe River is like deliberately going around the boss in a completely irrelevant place, not to mention the extremely long journey, which has to pass through the lair of twelve 'bloodthirsty crocodiles' in a row... No matter how you think about it, it is almost impossible to get through it safely.

Well, to put it more simply, that is: if the position of their 'magic war drum' was 'A' before the Tianhe River was 'parting ways' up and down, then taking the side of the 'Ant Castle' is equivalent to drawing a line almost 'diameter' in the middle of a large circle, and it doesn't take much effort to easily reach the destination 'Z'.

And if you go on the side recommended by the Statue of Liberty, it is as if you have walked around the outermost part of the great circle (and it is still the outermost part of the crumpy, potholed, and calamity-plagued area) -- passing through 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'...... And so on, so many nodes, and finally after all difficulties, it takes at least ten times as long as it is possible to reach the location 'Z'.

Moreover, this is only 'possible', and it is more likely that they will 'crash their cars and die' because they have 'gone astray'......

"Ugh. ”

Such a 'frank and true' fact is really unimaginable (and even more difficult to accept)!

A certain article and Xiao Jing couldn't help but look at each other, their hearts were shocked and incredulous, and the first thought that came to me at that time was: My God! Fortunately, I didn't go to the side it recommended... If not, you don't know how to die along the way!

Fortunately!

"Well, but, but—"

Xiao Jing is a good child with a very simple heart, and after looking at the 'virtual map' for a long time, she finally couldn't help but ask stupidly: "Since it is so dangerous and has a bad future, why did it mark a 'recommendation' on it when it told us?"

"Isn't this deliberately leading people astray, harming both others and oneself (if you want them to 'die for a lifetime', then the 'magic war drum' itself is bound to be damaged by Yan Zòng, and it is going to become scum - otherwise how can it threaten the two of them)?"

"I just don't understand, why is that?"

"It's simple. ”

After listening to Xiao Jing's question, the noble and elegant ant queen smiled slightly, and calmly answered with her: "Actually, this is true: when the original version of this game was designed, the river you are choosing now is actually barren, and at that time we had not migrated to settle here, and there was no 'sky city', nothing... Well, completely abandoned, so to speak. ”

"So, when the game system was guiding the player, it was specially marked that you had to take the river over there. ”

"And for that version, it was the right and only way to get to the 'Z' node. ”

"However, because this is a large-scale game with a long history, many years later, in response to the strong opinions and feedback of most players, it has added a new 'side road' on our side of the Tianhe River that can easily pass through this level. ”

"Why?"

"This is mainly because many gamers at that time felt that this section of the Tianhe River had to pass through the nests of twelve 'bloodthirsty crocodiles', which was too dangerous, and the chance of successfully passing the level was only about 6%, and this number was still made by those 'old players' who had died a hundred and eighty times. ”

Therefore, the vast majority of them strongly demanded that the game officials greatly reduce the difficulty of this section of the level. ”

"And at that time, our clan had just migrated over and was building this 'Sky City', so the game official sent someone to contact us, at the cost of our participation and assistance in guiding the follow-up players, to help us build a new home, and reopen the stream, and meet the water of the Tianhe River that originally flowed in other directions to the node 'Z' that the gamers must pass through. ”

"In this way, a new 'shortcut' has appeared, and it has been proved by many practices that it can indeed fundamentally replace the original extremely dangerous Tianhe waterway. ”

"Still, there's a catch, and that's that if gamers really want to choose this side, it's just too easy to get the slightest difficulty at all - and that's not what the game was meant to be. ”

"So, later, under the further coordination between the game official and our clan, such a 'game' was set up: although the 'Statue of Liberty' above the 'Magic War Drums' will still prompt the gamers passing by here to 'recommend taking that side of the Tianhe River', but at this time, there will be 'unfortunately drowned because of this' of our people will appear nearby, and ask players to send it back as a 'formal apology'. ”

"This time I just met my Ling'er......"

"Although this kid is usually naughty, he still brought the two of them over... Admittedly, this is also a test of the player's own character. ”

“......”

Xiao Jing listened and listened, and the whole person was completely stunned: God, she was still there with the group of goblins to coax blindly, not letting Wen Bin send the ant girl over!

At that time, it was rejected by a certain article......

Thankfully, it was vetoed!

Otherwise, it's really going to be a tragedy~

Oh yes!

"I have one more question: what if we had chosen to take the other path, what would have happened to Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

If we were to be killed, wouldn't she have to accompany us to the funeral?

"Don't you know?" Hearing Xiao Jing ask this question, Her Majesty the Queen was very surprised: "She can fly!"

"Huh?!"

...... Sweat to death!

At this point, a certain Jing was finally completely speechless.

But a certain Wen still didn't understand a little, so he continued to ask: "In that case, why did those dwarfs (that is, the 'goblins' in your mouth) feel so angry and angry when I offered to send Her Royal Highness the princess over, as if I had really done something wrong?"

"Because... Actually, this version is the same as before, but with a little 'inducement' added in the middle, in their eyes, that side is the only and correct way, and for them, it is as if you are making a fuss about it. ”

“...... I see!"

I didn't think it was too dangerous when I started to choose, but when I looked back at it, it was really dangerous...... (To be continued......)