The Mermaid King was perched in the statue, staring dimly at Josh sleeping underneath.
He entered this copy too early, so early that he was assimilated by the laws of the plane.
He later learned that only when the resentment in the dungeon reaches a certain value can it be judged as a dungeon and generated in the game.
Only in this way can Josh enter this copy.
God guided him here, and deliberately allowed him to arrive so many years early and be trapped here, just like a mistake.
In the endless wait, his resentment towards Josh may grow, just like in Codename 7.
He didn't know whether God would make a mistake. He only knew that if he wanted to escape from the copy, he had to be awakened by someone, activate his identity, and leave the copy in a logical way that could be accepted by the laws of the plane.
And Josh is the one who might wake him up.
In fact, he didn't know how to wake him up.
The only thing that can be known is that Josh cannot recognize him. Once Josh recognizes him in the copy world, he will immediately be noticed and erased by the plane law.
That's why he entered Josh's mind several times, planting hints in her without letting her remember him.
*
The next day.
Qiao Xi and Yu Ze went to Granny Cao's house early in the morning.
Grandma Cao had just gotten up and was about to start making lanterns.
When she saw Josh coming in, her face darkened, and she raised her hand to close the door.
Josh quickly put his foot against the crack of the door: "Good morning, mother-in-law."
Grandma Cao couldn't resist her, so she let them in with a dark face.
Yu Ze looked at the surrounding arrangements calmly. He smelled the strong musky smell and frowned subconsciously: "It smells so strong."
"I'll open the window to let the air flow and it won't flush." Grandma Cao patted his arm kindly and walked slowly to the window to open it.
Josh: "..." Granny Cao didn't have this attitude when she came last time.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at Yuze: "What? Are you her relative?"
Yuze smiled slightly: "Sorry, 100% favorability is maxed out."
Josh: "You actually carried me to the university on your back?! When?"
Yu Ze smiled even more kindly: "Just after you beat her till her nose was bruised and her face was swollen last time."
Josh's face darkened.
While she was playing bad-face here, Yu Ze turned around and ran to play red-face, right?
Josh's mouth twitched slightly: "You are really good at it."
Yuze tilted his head slightly: "The little tactician taught you well."
After Grandma Cao opened the window, she went to get food and drink for Yu Ze.
Josh couldn't stand it anymore: "No need to work, we are not here to play with you."
Grandma Cao glanced at her sideways: "It's not for you to eat."
Josh: "..."
Okay, can't refute.
She made a look at Yuze.
With a smile in his eyes, Yu Ze went over to help Granny Cao get her things, and asked with a smile: "Grandma, do you know about the Forbidden Nightmare Po?"
Grandma Cao's face froze, and the things in her hands clattered to the floor: "Wha... what is the forbidden nightmare? I don't know."
Josh's mouth twitched slightly: "Let's be honest, you almost have the words 'I know but I won't tell' engraved on your forehead. How can you still fool a junior at your age? Are you ashamed? You can't lie. Don't It’s really embarrassing if you force yourself to do it.”
"Bah!" Granny Cao glared at her, her cat eyes pointed sharply: "I won't even tell you when I bring it to the coffin!"
Yu Ze supported from the side: "Mother-in-law, let's ignore her. She's a nuisance and doesn't appeal to anyone."
Granny Cao turned towards Yuze and instantly put on a smile: "Yes!"
Josh: "..."
Yuze helped Granny Cao sit down and said gently: "Grandma, don't be afraid, we are just asking. I heard that the saint was killed by the Forbidden Nightmare the night before yesterday, and she has been in a coma until now. We are just curious and wanted to Let me ask you."
"Who said that! Who said it was Po Jin Yan who did it? Who saw it? That's nonsense! How can anyone believe such outrageous words?" Grandma Cao snorted coldly.
"Believe it!" Josh took the opportunity and choked: "Don't you believe this good young man next to you?"
When Granny Cao heard this, she glared at her first, and then turned to look at Yu Ze beside her: "Good boy, this rumor is not credible, we won't listen to their nonsense!"
"Why can't you trust me, mother-in-law?" Yu Ze skillfully played the red face.
Josh rolled his eyes and continued: "What does she know? Isn't she just talking nonsense because of her age? Some people always think that older people know better, but there are also many old fools in the world who don't know anything about it! "
"Who are you calling an old fool? You are the old fool! You fool! You stupid bastard!" Granny Cao jumped up and was about to hit her.
Not to be outdone, Josh rolled up his sleeves and showed his fists: "Who is afraid of you! You say you don't know anything I ask, what are you pretending to be here? You just don't know anything!"
"I know! Of course I know!" Granny Cao gasped in anger.
Yu Ze quickly stood by to cheer her up: "We're not angry. I know that my mother-in-law knows everything. She just doesn't like to talk about it, but she actually knows it in her heart."
He glared at Josh reproachfully, with a look that seemed to say, "Why do you care about this with an old man?" It was clear that he didn't believe she really knew.
Granny Cao became anxious, pulled Yu Ze aside, and lowered her voice: "Of course I know, everyone in the village knows that Po Jin is trapped under the tower on the mountain and can't get out. But Po Po Jin can't get out. If you want to curse people, you have to get their body hair, spit, or the veils they have worn. How can she get these things when she is pressed under the tower? Without these things, the forbidden woman cannot harm people out of thin air! "
Josh suddenly realized that this was the case.
But according to this statement, the priest's rhetoric last night will be overturned.
Josh frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then asked: "It would be okay if people in the village help get these things and send them to the tower, right?"
Grandma Cao snorted coldly and glanced at her contemptuously: "You brainless little idiot."
Josh: "..." Endure.
Yuze suppressed a laugh and spoke up from the side: "Yes, mother-in-law, if there is someone in the village who helps, wouldn't she be able to harm others?"
Grandma Cao patted Yuze's hand and explained patiently: "But the top of the mountain is a restricted area. Grandma Cao doesn't like the people in the village. Anyone who approaches the tower will be blown away unless there is a priest to lead the way."
Josh narrowed his eyes. If a priest could lead the way up the mountain, then all suspicions would point to the priest.
Seeing that she had finished asking, she winked at Yu Ze and the two quickly said goodbye to Granny Cao and left the shabby thatched hut.
Josh looked at Yu Ze with a sinister look: "What a great treasure for my mother-in-law."
Yu Ze shrugged: "Who made me so popular?"
Josh looked at him strangely: "I haven't seen you go to improve your favorability level."
Yu Ze gave her a funny look: "I don't have to memorize the saint's instructions every morning, nor do I have to accept trial tasks every afternoon, or come to the ancestral hall to serve the Poseidon every night."
Josh was a little depressed. It was too inconvenient to get the identity of the saint.
She found that the identities she drew from the two copies were not very convenient for action.
What bad luck.
