Chen Lin looked at the Ancient Castle, then surveyed the surroundings in the Garden.
He saw no one appear.
He walked up to a small tree of an unknown species and gently snapped off a branch.
Crack.
With a soft snap, the branch broke easily. Some milky-white liquid seeped from the break, carrying a faint, fresh fragrance.
Surprise appeared in Chen Lin's eyes.
This sense of reality was practically identical to that of a genuine Nightmare Realm Scenario. It seemed the story scenarios generated by these Fairytale Cottages worked the same way as Nightmare Realm Projections.
"What are you doing!"
Chen Lin had just tossed away the branch in his hand when a little girl came charging over in a fury.
She was chubby and dressed in a maid's uniform.
Her features were bizarre, especially her mouth, which was so wide it nearly reached her ears.
The little girl came up to him, pointed at Chen Lin, and snapped, "You dared damage the Princess Consort's Jade Liquid Tree! You're dead!"
Then she began shouting at the top of her lungs.
"Someone come quick! Come quick! Someone's damaging the Jade Liquid Tree!"
The little girl craned her neck and yelled.
At the same time, she grabbed an enormous branch, snapped it off with force, and stuffed it into her mouth, crunching away.
In the blink of an eye, she swallowed the entire branch.
Chen Lin's eyes flickered at the sight.
"What's your name?"
He asked aloud.
But she did not answer. Instead, she wore a satisfied smile, as though the branch were some heavenly delicacy.
Just then, several figures appeared in the distance and raced toward them.
After a moment's consideration, Chen Lin placed the branch in his hand against the stump where he had broken it off. Light flashed at