["Are you Gargamel?" The watchman looked at the girl in surprise. 】
["Yeah, why...do you know us? Are you our alumnus?" The girl who called herself Gargamel scratched her cheek and felt a little embarrassed: "When I graduated, I told everyone that we would go back to my hometown for a blind date. If we are caught by a classmate Knowing that I am still single, still working as an explorer in the fairy city, and planning to die alone, I am afraid I will be laughed at again..."]
["Oh, don't worry about this, we are not your classmates, and we promise not to reveal your current situation." The person who called the watch quickly waved his hand. 】
["That's good..." Gargamel breathed a sigh of relief. 】
Mu You was a little surprised when he read the text. He didn't expect to meet the young Gargamel here.
However, judging from her words, Olmedo probably didn't tell her about their coming from the future. When the watcher explained to Olmedo and the others before, she did not mention Gargamel's name. She only said that 'a wizard responsible for guarding the door' sent them here, so she should now be aware of what will happen in the future. without any knowledge.
Mu You didn't plan to tell her, because the old Gargamel in the future obviously didn't know that he had traveled back to the past. Telling him here might change the direction of the future.
Trivial changes like the carvings he and Fuya made on the stone tablet before would not have any actual impact because no one else was involved. But the impact of directly causing a living person to have a contradictory past will be unpredictable.
Unless necessary, Mu You still hopes that everything can develop according to the original history as much as possible.
After coming back to his senses, Mu You continued what he had not finished before, switching to the perspective of the second clone, preparing to inform the herb collector about the secret cave.
[There is darkness in front of you, as if you are in some kind of extreme darkness. 】
[You hold your breath and concentrate, carefully relying on your hearing to identify the dangers around you. 】
[You suddenly moved, using all four legs together, moving quickly across the wall like a gecko. 】
[And just when you left, you heard a cracking sound from where a sharp object collided with rocks...]
"Um?"
Mu You was stunned. What is going on?
Why are the situations of the two clones getting more outrageous than the other? It’s okay for Linglong to take Little Spider to eat Overlord’s meal. What is the herb collector playing at? Blindfolded battle royale?
Since he switched to the perspective where he could only see the clone, the explanation of other senses was very vague. In such a situation where his eyes were black, Mu You couldn't tell what happened for a while.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly cut out the private chat of the herb collector and sent the other party a message to ask.
As a result, a prompt pops up: [Your avatar is in a special area and the message cannot be conveyed. 】
"?"
Mu You looked even more confused. This was the first time he encountered a situation where private messages could not be sent. Special area? Where the hell did this guy go?
Mu You then continued to try some contact methods, but the result was the same. The information could not be conveyed at all, and the picture was always dark, making it impossible to judge. The only thing that was certain now was that the herb collector was still alive.
[Seeing that everything is ready, you gave the team the order to set off. 】
Unable to contact the herb gatherer, and with limited time, Mu You could only put it down and lead the team in the direction of the dark cave.
The actual distance is longer than expected. Unfortunately, this place is not like their Sky City, where you can teleport at any time, so you can only walk there on two legs.
In addition, there are many weird things along the way. The closer they go to the center of Sky City, the higher the density of weird things. And if they encounter any weird things, they have to avoid them far in advance. Otherwise, once they are approached by a weird thing, they will immediately recognize their fool. Identity will stir up a hornet's nest again.
Just like this, the team of three people and two goblins traveled for two days and two nights before finally reaching their destination.
At this time, there were only 47 hours left before the five-day mission, which made Mu You a little anxious. Will the last two days be enough for them to explore the cave?
[On the barren salt-alkali land ahead, a sinkhole opened up with a width of tens of meters and a square shape. Looking inside, it was pitch black, with no light coming out, like a bottomless black hole. 】
[You are about to get closer to the sinkhole to check, when a fat, spherical woman suddenly jumps out from a bunch of grass next to you. Her appearance makes you feel both strange and familiar. 】
["Huh? Linglong?" The watchman was also stunned when he saw the visitor, and then asked in surprise: "Why have you become a fat man?"]
"Is it really Linglong?" Mu You had a strange look on his face, because he had received news from Linglong before, saying that he had arrived early, so when he was prompted that a woman jumped out, his first reaction was Linglong, but he did not expect that Linglong Actually turned into a fat man?
["Ugh, I don't know what's going on. It seems like I have a special physique. The calories I eat will quickly turn into fat. I can't lose weight until all the calories are consumed..." Fat Linglong wanted to cry but had no tears. said. 】
[Linglong looked at you aggrievedly, with tears streaming down her face: "Ugh, it's all your fault, the main body. Why did you assign the attribute of gluttony to me? I'm a girl. Don't you know that obesity is a woman's biggest natural enemy? I I really don’t want to become a fat pig...although it is indeed delicious..."]
"..." Mu You was speechless. This was not controlled by him. He only adjusted the proportion at that time. Which evil attribute appeared on whom was random. It can only be said that Linglong was unlucky.
[You asked Linglong how she came back and whether she paid for the meal? 】
["I don't have any money... so I can only mortgage Spider Zi with someone else..." Linglong spread her hands in an innocent manner. 】
"?" Mu You frowned. Just as he was about to say something, another prompt popped up.
[As soon as Linglong finished speaking, the pink-shelled Taotie Demon Spider poked its head out from behind her shoulder, curiously looking at the strangers around you. 】
["I'm kidding, the spider is so cute, how can I be willing to sell it?" Linglong stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Actually, I signed the deed of sale and promised to work for others until all debts are paid. Only if I have to pay will I be given my freedom. Oh, but the female boss promised to take care of the food, so that’s okay.”]
"..." Mu You was speechless again. Her calculation was too obvious. She was just for eating, right? With the shadow pom-pom around, isn't it just a random thing for her to escape from the bill? It is said that the boss dared to accept her after seeing her appetite, which was a big deal.
["So, the main body, what is the situation now?" Linglong asked. 】
["See for yourself." You directly synchronized the memory to Linglong, and at the same time received Linglong's memories of the past two days. 】
While making a choice in the game, Mu You suddenly felt that there were a bunch of pictures in his mind. After looking at them briefly, his face suddenly became weird.
What has this guy done? Forget about overeating, why are you teasing the female boss in public?
However, this style of behavior reminded Mu You of the Rose Queen that Fuya met. The two of them had the same tone, couldn't they be really exquisite?
["I see, time is a little tight. It's really time to take action immediately." Linglong said seriously after understanding the situation. 】
["If you are ready, come with me. There is an escalator built by the previous exploration team." Carrying the package, Gargamel walked to a place on the edge of the sinkhole. As expected, there was a rope ladder hanging on the edge of the cliff, leading all the way down. in the dark. 】
[You also signaled the watchman and Linglong to prepare to leave. 】
["It seems I can only send you here." Tina said with her arms crossed. The fairy girl and Tina, because they are fairies, cannot approach the dark cave, so they can only stop here. 】
[You looked at the fairy girl, thanked her for following her these past few days, and then said goodbye to her, hoping to see you again. 】
[The fairy girl looked at you and hesitated several times. Unfortunately, she didn’t say anything in the end. She just smiled and waved at you: "Be careful along the way..."]
Mu You sighed after seeing this. The story about this fairy girl was not revealed in the end...
As for the 'goodbye', it should be impossible. If he goes down now, he will probably not have the chance to come up again. And when he comes back here, it will be at least four thousand years later. And at that time, the goblin Is the girl still there?
He has not forgotten Linglong's previous divination results. The other party's time is running out, so this departure is basically a farewell.
Time was running out, and Mu You didn't hesitate. After saying goodbye, he directly controlled the character to follow Gargamel down the rope ladder.
After Linglong glanced meaningfully at the fairy girl and Tina, she also followed with Little Spider.
Now only the watchman, the fairy girl and Tina were left on the cliff.
"Miss Tina, it seems that we are not destined to be together." The watchman spread his hands helplessly: "I'm sorry that I couldn't fulfill my promise to take you to meet the royal family. I hope you can find a more qualified contractor in the future..."
"What's your tone? Are you pitying Tina?" Tina crossed her arms and flew in the air, sneering arrogantly: "Don't get me wrong, why do you think Tina made a contract with you in the first place? Tina is purely They are just using you fools to find the royal family... What? You don't think that you can make Tina feel sad if you leave now, do you? Don't be so sentimental, Tina doesn't care about this for a moment or a second. Come on!"
The elf girl said with a ruthless face, and turned away at the same time: "What are you still doing in front of Tina? Why don't you leave quickly, Tina can't wait to find the next contractor!"
The watchman looked at the young red figure in the air, smiled helplessly, thought for a while and said nothing more, sighed softly, came to the edge of the sinkhole, and slid down the rope ladder.
When Tina heard the friction of the rope, she subconsciously turned around, but there was nothing behind her.
"They're all gone..." Tina stared blankly at the dark abyss ahead.
"Hmm..." the fairy girl responded.
"There are only two of us left... Do we want to go back? Or stay and wait... maybe they will..." Tina hesitated and muttered to herself where she was, but after talking for a long time, she heard nothing more. At the response from her side, she subconsciously turned her head to look.
As a result, he saw the goblin girl beside him, her eyes were dull, staring blankly at the sinkhole in front of her, and traces of black energy gradually came out of her body.
"No, you can't leave... There are obviously things that haven't been finished yet... Very important things... You can't... Just leave like this... You can't..."
The fairy girl murmured to herself in a low voice, her tone becoming more and more excited, and the black energy on her body became more and more entangled.
"No, at this time?" Tina was surprised, and hurriedly floated in front of the fairy girl, shaking her shoulders with both hands: "Hey, cheer up, think of something happy... Hmm!"
Before Tina could finish speaking, she was roughly pushed away by the goblin girl.
The fairy girl was completely enveloped in black energy at this time, her eyes were hollow and bloodshot, and her face became ferocious.
"I won't allow you to go...find you..."
The girl kept repeating these two sentences, suddenly burst out at an unprecedented speed, and plunged into the sinkhole.
"Hey, fairies can't come in!"
Tina watched the elf girl disappear into the darkness, holding her head in annoyance and shouting: "Really, why are everyone so willful..."
Tina looked hesitantly at the black hole in front of her, swallowed, her eyes quickly became determined, and she flew in: "No matter what, just die..."
…
[...You slide down the rope ladder and along the smooth rock wall, and soon come to the 'dark area'. 】
[It's pitch black in front of you and you can't see anything. You can only use your senses such as hearing, touch, and smell to explore everything around you...]
"oh?"
Mu You was stunned. This so-called darkest area doesn't even have night vision? Is this a direct deprivation of vision?
However, this description immediately reminded him of the herb gatherer.
The perspective of the herb collector seemed to be in the same situation before. Could it be that he had already come in early?
Thinking of this, Mu You hurriedly opened the panel, tried the private message sending function, and sent a message to both Da Geng and Linglong.
As a result, both prompts 'Located in a special area, sending failed'.
"really!"
Mu You was now completely sure that the herb collector seemed to be here. But what kind of place is this? It can even block the communication of the Fool System.
["Be careful, it's completely dark in the dark cave, and all magic and lighting equipment will be sucked out of light instantly, so eyes are useless here. We can only rely on our ears, nose and hands to sense the surrounding environment. ”]
[Gargamel's crisp voice comes from not far below you: "But don't panic, this place closes our vision and also strengthens our other senses. As long as you are familiar with it for a while, you will soon be able to adapt to it." His actions, at least the small-scale scenes around him, can all be restored in his mind."]
["Hey, it's true, the lamp can't light up at all! It's amazing!" You heard the sound of the watchman playing with the jack-o'-lantern from above, but to no avail. 】
[Yes, there is no need to try. Our expedition team has already tried all the lighting methods we can think of, and none of them have been successful. No light can be produced here! Otherwise we wouldn’t have to work so hard...ah! ”]
[Gargamel's voice stops suddenly. 】
[You suddenly feel a faint light coming from above. When you look up, you see the jack-o'-lantern held in the watchman's hand, emitting a soft fluorescent light, illuminating the four of you who are hanging side by side on the rope ladder. s face. 】
[The girl Gargamel’s eyes widened with disbelief on her face: “This is impossible? How did you do it?”]
(End of chapter)
