mtl008 Chapter 222 This is my era (5)
Chapter 222 This is my era (5)
No, does he have a conscience?
Maybe not.
After quickly agreeing to join the team, he immediately put on the orange outfit.
"Let's go."
[Do players "Nian" and "Liang Chi" enter the dungeon "Wolf King's Wish"? ]
When Liang Chi clicked to confirm the copy, the two were quickly teleported to another small space.
The surrounding scenery was very familiar, as if it was still the same forest. The only difference was that it was daytime there just now, but now the sky was rapidly darkening.
The sky was dark blue, without a single cloud in it, and there was silence all around.
The moon was very round, hanging high in the sky, casting a soft silver light.
Bai Nian took a look at the task prompt. There were only four simple words: look for clues.
"Ouch——"
A long wolf howl broke the silence of the night sky.
Bai Nian and Liang Chi looked at each other and walked towards the depths of the forest at the same time.
Both of them thought it was very simple. Since the mission of this copy is called "The Wolf King's Wish", isn't the most crucial clue the wolf?
The two walked deeper and deeper, and after a while, they clearly felt the temperature around them drop.
"I was the wolf I spotted a little ahead before."
Bai Nian remembered that when the system reported it before, it said that the wolf was the BOSS in the Snow Mountain Cangwu dungeon. If nothing unexpected happened, then the snow mountain should be ahead.
Sure enough, when she walked forward, Bai Nian saw thick snow on the ground. She suddenly felt cool on her face. She stretched out her hand and saw tiny snowflakes lying in her palm, quickly melting into water droplets.
"It looks like we've arrived, but this copy has obviously shrunk a bit. When I was chasing that wolf before, the distance was definitely not this close."
Bai Nian nodded, "Be careful, the white color here is the best protective color for these animals."
She looked a little wary. At her current level, she could only be a burden. But it was okay. Although she was in a holographic game, she couldn't lose her body's instincts.
"careful!"
The air flow suddenly changed and something rushed out.
Bai Nian reacted quickly and slashed with his backhand. The white thing made a "squeak" and fell to the ground motionless.
"It's a snow mouse."
The snow mouse is small in size and snow-white all over, so it is very suitable for hiding in the snow and is difficult to be found.
A master of sneak attacks, but very weak.
Liang Chi looked at Bai Nian's actions, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He didn't expect that a person of a few levels would have such strong combat ability and reaction ability.
So what does Bai Nian do in reality?
Bai Nian didn't care what Liang Chi's reaction was now, she had never pretended in front of him.
099 did not scan out the aura of the Lord God’s fragments, but Bai Nian always believed in his own intuition.
She walked forward and found that the level 40 copy was different. The experience points and equipment dropped were much better than before. Seeing that Liang Chi was already wearing all purple clothes, she picked them up and put them on without hesitation.
When the two of them killed a lot of snow mice and snow foxes, Bai Nian actually broke through to level ten.
She teamed up with Liang Chi, and she would gain the same experience as long as Liang Chi killed a wild monster. In addition, the wild monsters in the snowy mountains basically appeared in groups, and Liang Chi's strength was so terrifying that he could kill a large number of them with one skill.
This little bit of experience may not mean much to him who is already level 40, but for Bai Nian, it means he can level up by killing a few people.
Is this what it feels like to cling to someone powerful?
It's so comfortable.
When Bai Nian and Liang Chi followed the sound and arrived at the place where the wolves were howling, Bai Nian was already level 14. The status of "find clues" in the task bar was already shown as completed, and the two of them gained some experience.
Bai Nian directly broke through to level 15, and Liang Chi also reached level 41.
That's all there is to riding a rocket.
The mission was refreshed from "find clues" to "find the previous White Wolf King".
She looked at the place carefully. The wolf howling came from the cave. The cave might be very empty and there was an echo inside. No wonder it could be heard so far away.
Just as Bai Nian was about to walk in, Liang Chi grabbed his hand. Warm body temperature came from his palm, and in this icy and snowy place, Bai Nian even felt a little hot.
Liang Chi looked serious and said softly: "We don't know what's inside the cave. I have thick blood and I'm in front."
Bai Nian nodded and didn't bother to be polite with Liang Chi. After all, the difference in health between the two of them was a bit big.
In a two-player copy, if one person dies, the other will be teleported out.
Bai Nian took a step back and let Liang Chi walk in front.
I thought there would be many dangers along the way, but I didn't expect that nothing would happen until I reached the deepest part.
Only the sound of two people's footsteps echoed in the empty space.
The further inside he went, the lower the temperature became. Bai Nian saw a red exclamation mark in the upper right corner, indicating that there was a frostbite debuff.
She had already stacked two layers of the passive ability, and her health bar was continuing to drop. She took a bottle of blood and energy medicine, and the breath she exhaled formed white mist in the air.
Even the blue clothes on my body can't withstand this temperature.
But Liang Chi didn't seem to care about the cold. He walked steadily and had sharp eyes. Bai Nian felt that compared to other animals in the snow mountains, Liang Chi was more like a wolf patrolling its territory on the snowfield.
The two went deeper into the cave, and soon their view became wider.
This is a huge cave, which is frozen under the snow all year round. The temperature is very low and there are white frost flowers everywhere.
Bai Nian felt that this place was more like a giant cold storage, and they were like the fresh meat in the cold storage that was about to be frozen.
As they walked deeper, the wolf howling suddenly disappeared, but Bai Nian could see that there seemed to be bloodstains on the platform in the middle, as well as the corpses of several snow wolves.
Could the Snow Wolf King be among those corpses?
No, Bai Nian saw that the tasks in the taskbar were still shown as pending, and became alert.
The two of them slowly approached the body of the snow wolf, and Bai Nian squatted down to observe it carefully.
"The wounds were too neat, it looked more like he was killed by a sharp weapon, not an internal fight."
Liang Chi nodded, obviously agreeing with Bai Nian's statement. The wolf tribe was warlike, and when choosing a wolf king, the simplest and most direct method was usually to have a fight.
So there are casualties every time.
But this is more like being killed by humans.
Liang Chi lowered his head and suddenly noticed a small bulge in the corner of the platform, as if something was buried in the snow.
As soon as he picked it up, he saw Bai Nian suddenly turn around. He was startled and followed his sight to see a snow wolf standing at the entrance of the cave, looking at them in a defensive posture.
"Humans, leave here, this is not the place for you." The white wolf actually spoke human language.
Bai Nian can kill it once, and he can also kill it a second time. The moment he sees this wolf, the task of "finding the previous White Wolf King" has been completed.
The new mission became "fulfilling the wish of the previous White Wolf King."
Bai Nian sighed inwardly.
It's not that she doesn't want to do it, but if she does, the mission will definitely fail.
"Let's talk." She put down her sword. "Let's make a deal."
The white wolf king fiddled with his paws irritably, his tail hanging low, obviously very impatient.
"Humans, I have nothing to say to you, just go away!"
"Are you injured?" Liang Chi's deep voice came from behind Bai Nian, "From the beginning, you were aware of not pointing your hind legs towards us.
And given your wolf habits, if you weren't injured, it would be impossible for you to talk to us so calmly right now."
The pupils of the White Wolf King reflected a faint blue light under the weak light, "Human, I admit that you are smart, but that doesn't mean you can threaten me.
Even if I'm injured, I can still kill you."
The White Wolf King kicked his hind legs anxiously, but still stared at the two of them without blinking.
Bai Nian stood aside, watching the White Wolf King's vigilant movements, and said faintly: "Don't you want to listen to what kind of deal we want to make with you first?"
The White Wolf King was silent for a moment, his dark blue eyes scanning the two of them, as if trying to see what they were thinking.
What it said just now was just outward show but weak heart. Blood had already soaked its hair and flowed down its hind legs. If it were to face the two men in front of it, it might not be able to survive.
"You humans are always so cunning..." The White Wolf King took a few steps forward and saw that the two were still standing there motionless. He knew that these two must really have some skills.
It leaned forward and gave a deep growl, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"It's very simple. We want to know your wish." Bai Nian said it directly without any beating around the bush.
The air suddenly became quiet. Both parties were silent for a while before the White Wolf King spoke: "Is this what you want from me? It's a little too simple."
There was distrust in its tone, and it was no wonder that it was suspicious. It was strange that anyone who went through so much trouble to climb the snowy mountains and see it would finally want to get his wish.
Not to mention that what the human girl just said was "transaction".
Its tail twitched slightly, and it laughed sarcastically: "You humans don't think I'm a fool, do you? Besides, I'm already the wolf king, I don't have any other wishes."
Bai Nian frowned. The White Wolf King's rejection of humans was even more serious than she had imagined.
"Even if it is this, isn't it your wish?" Liang Chi raised the thing in his hand and asked behind him.
Bai Nian then realized that he was holding a small wooden sculpture in his hand, on which there were two children... and a wolf.
What is this?
However, after looking at the reaction of the White Wolf King, Bai Nian knew that it must be the key prop for this mission.
But wasn’t Liang Chi with me all the way? When did I get this prop?
When the White Wolf King saw what was in Liang Chi's hand, he began to get anxious and growled uneasily.
"Human, put the stuff down."
Bai Nian and Liang Chi both stood in place, and the atmosphere between the two men and the wolf suddenly became tense.
After a long while, the White Wolf King finally lowered his head and said, "Human, I promise you, I can tell you my wish, but the condition is that you must help me fulfill it."
"Okay." Bai Nian agreed without hesitation.
Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, Liang Chi put the wooden sculpture on the ground.
When the White Wolf King saw the wooden sculpture on the ground, complex emotions flashed in his dark blue eyes.
He knew that if these two humans really wanted to harm him, he would not be able to resist in his current state. Moreover, this wood sculpture... did remind him of something.
"This wood carving... was given to me by a human I met when I was a child." The White Wolf King finally spoke, his voice very hoarse.
“I don’t remember how many years ago it was, but I was still a little wolf at that time. I got lost while playing around and ended up in a village.
I had nothing to eat for several days and nights, so I took a risk and went to a farmer's house and bit one of their chickens to death.
I didn’t expect that the farm lady would catch me red-handed. She thought I was a stray dog and wanted to beat me to death.”
The White Wolf King felt a little embarrassed when he said this. After all, this was considered a dark history. Now that he was the Wolf King, he also had to save his face.
“The woman had twin sons who rushed over to me, crying and making a scene, asking her not to kill me.
They rescued me and kept me at home as a housekeeper.
The man of the house was a carpenter, and this is what he carved based on the time when his two sons and I were playing.”
When the White Wolf King spoke of this, his tone was full of nostalgia. He paused, then slowly walked towards the wood carving and gently touched it with his nose.
“As much as I miss that time, I can’t stay there forever.
So one night, I took the wood sculpture with me as a souvenir and left secretly.
It’s just… I didn’t expect…”
The White Wolf King's voice gradually became low, and a hint of sadness flashed in his dark blue eyes.
That was a memory that it deliberately avoided thinking about...
“It’s just… I didn’t expect that when I returned to the Snow Mountain, the woman’s youngest human cub would quietly follow me all the way to the Snow Mountain.
When I found him, he had been hungry for several days. I brought him back to the tribe and raised him. At that time, the tribe was in turmoil. There was friction between our White Wolf Clan and the Black Wolf Clan.
One night, the Black Wolf Clan attacked and he protected me, but he was so small, how could he be so powerful? He died under their claws."
The White Wolf King paused, his voice choked.
"I want you to return this wood carving to his family."
"Do you remember where that village is?"
"The only way out of this snowy mountain is to go east."
East?
[Ding, trigger the key clue, please go to ???, find the old friend of the White Wolf King, and return the wood carving. ]
As soon as the White Wolf King finished speaking, the system had already issued a new task.
As soon as the scene around them changed, they were kicked out of the copy.
Bai Nian: ...
Liang Chi: ...