Chapter 665: The wind howls at Shenlong Pass, and the foggy border is eager to return home
Chapter 665: The wind howls at Shenlong Pass, and the foggy border is eager to return home
On the city wall of Shenlong Pass, the sea breeze was howling like crazy, hitting people's faces with a salty and fishy smell.
The foggy border was just around the corner, and the air was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
A group of people stood on the city wall. Lu Qiu stood straight with his hands behind his back, his face as cold as iron in winter.
"Lu Qiu, this is a joke, right?"
The military expert's face was filled with disbelief, his mouth twitching, and his voice was a little trembling.
"All the equipment is broken. What kind of operation is this? Is someone doing this on purpose? How much weirder can weird things get?"
Lu Qiu ignored him and swept his eyes over everyone. No one in the crowd dared to look him in the eye.
At this moment, a soldier stumbled up and almost stepped on his shoes.
My tongue was tied with anxiety. "Commander, not only is the equipment in the control room broken... there's also... something!"
When Wu Hen heard this, the corners of his mouth curled up in a playful arc.
"A pile of stuff? Dude, are you signing up for a humorous quest? 'Guess what strange item is hidden in the control room'?"
He teased and poked Lin Qiye who was standing next to him.
"Qiye, come on, guess first. This feels like the beginning of some kind of routine."
Lin Qiye glared at him unhappily, "Stop messing around. Lu Qiu is probably planning to climb over the wall and challenge that thing alone."
As he spoke, his eyes fell on Lu Qiu's cold profile, and his intuition told him that this matter was not simple.
Lu Qiu took a deep breath and said in a voice as low as thunder: "Everyone follow me to the control room."
"Are you sure?"
Wu Hen lazily pulled his arm,
"What if there's a Hell-level monster in there? Then I should at least get some quest rewards first, like damage-boosting potions, escape accelerators, or something like that. I can't do it for nothing, right?"
Lu Qiu shook off his hand, his eyes sweeping across him like a knife: "Do you really take this as a joke?"
Wu Hen spread his hands, looking innocent, "Don't be so nervous, I'm just trying to help everyone relax."
"You have a dead face. I almost misunderstood that the end of the world was going to happen in our Shenlong Pass."
Lin Qiye pushed Wu Hen, trying to slow him down. "But then again, Lu Qiu's expression does fit the apocalypse."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qiu had already strode away. No one dared to say any more nonsense, and the whole team followed him.
They ran all the way to the control room, and the moment the soldier pushed open the door, everyone gasped.
The screens on the wall were all black, and the ground was a mess, as if it had been hit by a storm.
And the most eye-catching thing is that there is a black pile in the middle!
It was about half a person's height, like solidified mud, and still emitted a strange, menacing luster.
"Wow, this is really high-end."
Wu Hen was the first to speak, squinting his eyes and smiling seriously.
"How bad must you be feeling to be this dark?"
"Shut up." Lu Qiu shouted coldly, his tone filled with anger as if he wanted to strangle someone.
"This, what is this?"
The military expert took a half step back and even covered his nose with his sleeve.
"Why does it stink so bad? Is this the remains of some biochemical monster?"
Lu Qiu didn't say anything, but took a step closer and watched the luster of the thing gradually flow.
He was about to reach out and touch the surface, but was grabbed by Wu Hen.
"Are you crazy? If it's poison that triggers the mechanism, I might just give you the first seven meals."
Wu Hen said seriously, "How about letting me do it? I'll have more insurance symbols. Anyway, there's a system, so I can be resurrected even if I die."
Lu Qiu glared at him fiercely, seeming to be irritated by this teasing.
"Shut up. This is not the time for jokes."
"Are you kidding? I'm saving you!"
Wu Hen was unwilling to be outdone, and suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Qiye.
"Qiye, please be fair! Is this thing poisonous or not? Can I touch it or not?"
Lin Qiye frowned, looking at the lump of black mud flowing with luster.
There was a faint dark red light flickering inside, like some kind of immature life.
He took a step forward, his tone extremely cautious: "Don't touch it."
The military expert shrank his head nearby, looking puzzled. "What the hell is this thing? Is it... is it alive?"
"I don't know." Lin Qiye responded with cold eyes.
Just when the atmosphere was getting extremely cold, Wu Hen's system started to frantically pop up a task box in his mind:
[Mission: Use your body to touch strange things and unlock new rewards!
Optional rewards:
1. Advanced Damage-Boosting Potion
2. Extreme Dodge Rune
3. Invincible three minutes skill]
Wu Hen was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth began to rise, revealing a meaningful smile.
"If you want to do something, you should do it to the end. Since the system is so generous, I'll give it a try."
"You dare!" Lu Qiu's voice seemed to explode from the depths of hell, but Wu Hen had already stretched out his hand towards the black mud.
"Don't object, leave some suspense!"
He smiled and waved his hands, "What if there really is a miracle?"
The moment his palm approached, a dark red light suddenly burst out from the black mud, and a powerful suction force directly pulled his wrist.
Wu Hen seemed unusually calm, and even turned back to blink at Lin Qiye.
"Do you think I'll become a brutally beating God Slayer?"
The whole place was dead silent, and no one noticed that the luster inside the black mud was getting stronger and stronger.
At this moment, the system in his mind sounded again:
[Unlock new quest rewards: Gain the skill *Dawnbreak, which comes with domain damage!]
Wu Hen's mouth twitched, and he sighed with emotion, "Sure enough, courting death has miraculous effects."
He slowly pulled his hand out, and a dark red mark appeared on his palm.
The black mud quickly shrank and finally turned into a transparent sphere, floating on Wu Hen's fingertips.
He turned around with a wicked smile and looked at Lu Qiu provocatively: "Commander, should I be rewarded with a few days of leave?"
Lu Qiu didn't say anything, just stared at the sphere coldly, and the words stopped at his lips.
Wu Hen, holding the sphere, raised his eyebrows high, his expression both disdainful and complacent, "Oh, it's quite suspenseful. I like it."
The sea breeze behind him grew stronger and stronger, and the foggy border seemed to be torn open, revealing a huge outline vaguely in the depths.
"Oh, it's very suspenseful. I like it." Wu Hen shook the transparent sphere in his hand. The dark red light inside flickered like breathing, reflecting his cynical smile.
"Commander, this thing won't explode, will it? I don't want to die young before experiencing the pinnacle of life as a God Slayer."
Lu Qiu's face was still gloomy, like the dark clouds before a storm. He stared at the sphere without saying a word.
Lin Qiye walked to Wu Hen's side, carefully observing the sphere with a frown on his face.
"The energy fluctuations of this thing are very strange. It seems like some kind of living creature, but there is no sign of life."
He reached out to touch her, but Wu Hen dodged him.
"Don't touch it. What if it bites you? This is my precious treasure that I risked my life for."
Wu Hen put the ball into his pocket like a treasure.
"What if this thing is a magical weapon? Wouldn't I be rich?"
"When the awarding ceremony comes, I have to think carefully about how to strike a pose so that I can appear both low-key and impressive."
As he spoke, his mind began to imagine himself standing on the podium, receiving everyone's worship, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
"Stop dreaming and think about how to get out alive first."
Lu Qiu snorted coldly, turned around and walked out the door, "It's not suitable to stay here for long, evacuate first."
Everyone followed closely behind and evacuated the control room.
Along the way, Wu Hen was still chattering about his awarding ceremony.
Sometimes he imitated the serious expression of his predecessors, and sometimes he designed all kinds of weird acceptance speeches, which made Lin Qiye roll his eyes frequently.
"I say, can you please calm down? Now is not the time to joke around." Lin Qiye interrupted his fantasy helplessly.
"I'm just trying to ease the tension."
Wu Hen chuckled,
"Thinking about a bright future will give you more motivation to live."
"By the way, Qiye, do you still remember Baili Pang'er? He's the fat guy from the 'Masked' team."
"I heard that when he was awarded the medal, he was so nervous that he almost swallowed the medal. It's funny to think about it."
Lin Qiye also remembered Baili Pang'er's funny appearance and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"That guy is really a funny guy. I don't know how he is doing now."
"Speaking of Baili Fatty," Wu Hen suddenly remembered something.
"I don't think I've asked him the exact time he landed in the Human Circle."
"It seems like it was some time ago..." Lin Qiye tried hard to recall.
"I remember he said it was the 51st year of the New Era."
"New Era 51?" Wu Hen was stunned. "Impossible? I remember the Human Circle plan was launched in..."
He suddenly realized something, stopped abruptly, and his face became extremely serious.
"Wait, New Era 51? Are you sure?"
Lin Qiye was startled by his sudden change, "Yeah, what's wrong? Is there any problem?"
"This is a big problem!" Wu Hen took a deep breath. "The 'Human Circle' plan will officially launch in the 101st year of the New Era!"
Lin Qiye was also stunned. He carefully recalled Baili Pang'er's words to confirm that he was not mistaken.
"But he did say it was the 51st year of the New Era. Could he have remembered it wrong?"
"Impossible, how could I remember something like this wrong?" Wu Hen's expression became increasingly serious, "Unless..."
At this time, An Yuqing came over and heard their conversation, and also showed a puzzled expression.
"What are you talking about? When did Fatty Baili land in the Human Circle? I remember him saying it was in the 51st year of the New Era. I was there at the time."
Wu Hen and Lin Qiye looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
If even An Yuqing said so, then it means that Baili Pang'er was not mistaken, but...
"He was teleported fifty years earlier." Wu Hen slowly said this incredible conclusion.
"Fifty years?!" Lin Qiye and An Yuqing exclaimed in unison.
Baili Pang'er stood there in a daze, completely not understanding what they were talking about.
"What are you guys talking about? I don't understand."
Wu Hen patted his shoulder with a heavy tone.
"Fatty Baili, if you remember correctly, you did land in the 'Human Circle' in the 51st year of the New Era."
"However, the real 'Human Circle' plan did not begin until fifty years later."
Fatty Baili was completely bewildered. "How...how is this possible? I clearly..."
He suddenly remembered something, raised his head, and looked towards the foggy border.
"I remember... I remember that time..." He stopped talking.
"He was teleported fifty years earlier!" As soon as Wu Hen said this, the air seemed to freeze.
Baili Pang'er was even more confused, scratching his ears and cheeks like a monkey.
"What? Fifty years? How come I didn't feel anything? The fat on my belly has been with me for fifty years!"
"So, how come you haven't aged at all in fifty years? Did you eat preservatives?"
Wu Hen looked Baili Pang'er up and down, touching his chin with an inquiring expression.
In his mind, the system was jumping around like crazy: [Trigger hidden mission: Explore the mystery of Fatty Baili'er's immortality!
Reward: One Eternal Youth Pill!] Wu Hen was ecstatic: Wow, this reward is amazing!
Lin Qiye also found it incredible. "Fifty years, even if you are gifted, it is impossible that there is no change at all!"
An idea suddenly struck him. "Wait, when you first landed in the 'Human Circle', did you bring anything special with you?"
Baili Pang'er tried hard to recall, "It seems... I seem to have brought a cushion. Master said it can be used when meditating to calm the mind and concentrate."
As he spoke, he pulled out an ordinary-looking futon from his backpack.
"Futon?" Wu Hen snatched it and looked at it carefully.
"Could this thing be some ancient artifact? Can it grant eternal youth?"
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at the system. Sure enough, the mission objective had been updated: find the secret of the futon!
An Yuqing also came over to take a look. "This futon looks very ordinary. What's so special about it?"
She reached out and touched it; it was cold and she couldn't tell what the material was.
"Ordinary? I don't think so!"
Wu Hen shook his head pretending to be profound.
"This thing might have some hidden secrets!"
The system in his mind started to jump again: [New Task: Feel the magical power of the futon with your butt! Reward: Random skill!]
The corners of Wu Hen's mouth twitched. This system is becoming more and more inappropriate!
"Baili, tell me in detail what happened after you landed in the 'human circle'?" An Yuqing asked.
Fatty Baili scratched his head. "Nothing special. I just ate and drank, played everywhere along the way, and finally arrived at a big palace..."
He suddenly stopped, his eyes becoming a little blurry, "That palace... is so beautiful..."
"and then?"
Wu Hen couldn't wait to ask, "What's in the palace?"
Baili Pang'er seemed lost in memories. "In the palace... there are lots of delicious food, and many beautiful ladies..."
As he spoke, a perverted smile appeared on his face, "They even danced for me..."
Everyone was speechless after hearing this. This guy has been busy eating, drinking and having fun for the past fifty years?
"What happened next? Did you stay in the palace all the time?" Lin Qiye asked.
Baili Pang'er shook his head, "Later... Later I fell asleep..."
"Fell asleep?"
Wu Hen was speechless, "You slept for fifty years?"
"It seems...right..."
Baili Pang'er was not too sure, "When I woke up, I was already in Shenlong Pass..."
"and many more,"
Wu Hen suddenly interrupted him,
"You said you fell asleep? In the palace? And then you woke up in Shenlong Pass? You don't remember anything in between?"
Baili Pang'er thought hard and shook his head, "No..."
Wu Hen and Lin Qiye looked at each other and felt that things were becoming more and more weird.
What has Baili Pang'er experienced in these fifty years?
"That palace..." Baili Pang'er suddenly spoke, his voice trembling.
"I seem to have dreamed about it again..." He pointed in the direction of the foggy border, "right there..."
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw a magnificent golden palace vaguely emerging from the depths of the fog...
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