Potion Failure
At first, everything seemed normal. There was one player and two ordinary people, and as long as they were not too far apart, the device could record everything they did. But after only twenty minutes, the footage it transmitted began to stutter. Fortunately, it only froze briefly and didn't stop working.
They were still within Xu Huo's range of perception, so he noted the time and direction and kept an eye on the three of them.
About twenty minutes later, Xu Huo told them to turn back.
Even though they had marked the way beforehand and had a device guiding them, all three somehow strayed from their original route. When they couldn't find the markers they had left behind, they all shouted that they were lost.
Xu Huo didn't know what force was causing this distortion in their perception. He used the device to tell them to change direction, but halfway back, two of the three—who had been talking just a second earlier—suddenly pitched straight forward and collapsed. The device flew closer and clearly recorded their steady breathing.
Xu Huo took the player with him to retrieve the two people. Seeing them lying face-down and sleeping like the dead, he said in surprise, "They really can sleep like that?"
"Let me see if I can wake him up!"
As he spoke, the player deliberately avoided looking at Xu Huo and went straight to the sleeping man. He rolled him over and slapped him several times in quick succession.
He hit hard. The man's face immediately swelled, and he was clearly in pain, but even so, the sleeping man showed no sign of waking.
"Unbelievable!" the man exclaimed, continuing to slap him. "Does that wisteria pollen really have such a powerful sleeping effect? It's a godsend for people with