Cinderella Had a Good Mother
Lu Li, holding a module in his hand, embarked on his return journey. This module was obtained from Zhou Gan, which could be considered an unexpected gain.
The Rule Module - Surge, this module is probably one of the modules of the skill that Zhou Gan used to control Lu Li's blood to overflow. The next day, Lu Li returned to the stronghold in Leping City. No matter what the situation was there, perhaps he was safest there.
Just as Lu Li returned to the base, a panel popped up in front of him:
[ID: YZ0135]
[Your next mission is about to begin. You can choose to start a new dungeon or return to some previously completed dungeons.]
[Your next dungeon is: Taxi of the Seventh Month.]
[The dungeons you can return to are: <Mask World (Hospital Dungeon Extension)> and <Fairy Tale World (Merfolk Dungeon Extension)>.]
Please make your choice within five minutes.
"Is this the benefit of increased privileges?" Lu Li had originally thought that increased privileges simply meant access to the higher-level forum, but he hadn't expected there to be some options regarding the next mission's dungeons. Surprisingly, the initial "Thread-Pulling" dungeon and the subsequent "Eliminate Three Evils" dungeon were not among the options. What was the connection between these two?
"So now the question is, should I choose to start a new instance, or go back to the past?" Lu Li tapped the table and looked at the options. Judging from the names, the new instance should be related to ghosts, and since it's the Ghost Festival today, it seems quite fitting. The Mask Kingdom seems to be a place where we can further develop the Seven Mask of Original Sin. As for the final telepathic world...
Lu Li narrowed his eyes, recalling something. In the Fairy Tale World, he had entered the gap between the Dream of Delusion and reality. At that Gate of Slumber, he had seen a stone tablet. The tablet recorded the address of a special organization and contained special contact information. Anyone who had seen the tablet, gone through the gap, or visited the stone tablet was considered to have special talents and could directly join that organization.
"Perhaps going there to study for a period of time would be a good choice," Lu Li thought. These gamers were quite lacking in knowledge of the mystical, and being able to systematically learn about the mystical might help them transform.
That's right, Lu Li's transformation is stuck. He is only one step away from becoming a shadow creature, his spirit is only one step away from breaking through a major level, his magic power is only a little bit short, and even the shadow that absorbed most of the Dream of Delusion and the Bronze Fruit is stuck at the threshold of transformation.
It seemed as if a wall was blocking everything out, and Lu Li's transformation, which he thought would happen naturally, came to a halt. With this in mind, Lu Li chose to go to the Fairy Tale World.
As Lu Li confirmed this, a feeling of being enveloped by something disgusting arose in Lu Li heart. The next moment, Lu Li disappeared from the stronghold and appeared in a typical Western medieval town. Accompanied by a foul stench, the mission panel also appeared in front of Lu Li.
[ID YZ0135, you have joined this instance.]
[The game instance for this match is: Theseus's Fairy Tale Town.]
[Instance Type: Multiplayer, Unrelated]
[Instance Description: Fairy Tale Town is a beautiful place, but not everyone is qualified to go there. Tonight, the Prince will hold a ball to choose his future queen.]
[Instance Objectives: Phase 1: Head to Fairy Tale Town, but you need to get a ticket first!; Phase 2: Unknown.]
[Instance Hint: Cinderella has a wonderful mother; try to make Cinderella happy.]
[Stage 1 Quest Rewards: Fairy Tale Town Ticket, 500 Game Points; Stage 2: Unknown.]
Have fun playing the game!
"Fairy Tale Town?" Lu Li nodded. The address of the organization he saw in the gap of the dream was in the east of Fairy Tale Town. It seems that whether it's for the mission or to enter that organization for training, he has to complete this first stage of the mission.
Just then, Lu Li suddenly heard a pleasant shout from his upper right, "Everyone down below, please make way, I need to empty something!"
Lu Li looked up and saw a girl dressed in burlap clothes leaning against a second-floor window. A large wooden tub was placed next to the window. Her face was dirty and messy, and her hair was tangled. She looked like a malnourished little beggar.
Lu Li nodded, frowning as he looked at the terrible road conditions. The situation in the Middle Ages was indeed as bad as ever. The Western City-State Alliance had once launched a cultural invasion against Great Yue, constantly promoting their various Western cultures, most of which were the aristocratic culture of the previous era.
Then the Great Yue Kingdom launched a counterattack, revealing some specific details about the Western Middle Ages in the previous era. Lu Li also read some of it, and what impressed him most was the sanitation conditions in the Middle Ages.
In medieval Western or European cities, cities were built on dung heaps because lords and nobles did not care about sanitation. Europeans of that era rarely considered building sewers, and worse, they did not know how to use manure, so almost no one cleaned up excrement.
At that time, European city dwellers had a bad habit of dumping their excrement and urine directly from their windows. The filth was thus scattered all over the streets. And just like in ancient China, horses were the main mode of transportation at that time, so horse manure also fell directly onto the streets.
The excrement would be crushed into new pavement by shoes, horses' hooves, and wheels, which perpetually permeated medieval European cities with a pungent stench. So, when walking through medieval cities, you couldn't expect to stay clean, and you had to be constantly aware of the excrement being dumped from the buildings on both sides of the street.
Whether the person dumping feces at this time should warn passersby depends on their manners. Most people would just dump it directly if they weren't worried about causing a dispute. It's clear that the girl upstairs was able to warn Lu Li and wait for him for a while, which shows she was quite well-mannered.
Controlling his sense of smell, Lu Li a little further away and saw the girl empty the bucket of filth before returning to the house. From the outside, the house looked quite nice, with a sense of history, suggesting that the owner was probably a nobleman.
Just as Lu Li was about to leave this filthy place, Lu Li keen hearing picked up a sound coming from inside the house:
"Are you all ready for Prince Highness's ball tonight?" It was the voice of a middle-aged man, deliberately adopting an aristocratic tone.
"My sister and I are ready. Tonight, I'm sure I'll catch Prince Highness's eye!" It was a similar young female voice, with the same tone as the middle-aged man, but it sounded extremely sarcastic.
"Cinderella, do you want to go too?" the middle-aged man said again, "It's a pity you don't have any nice clothes, and you look so sloppy. You should probably skip it."
"Yeah, she's a dirty ass, she should stay home and do the housework!" another sarcastic female voice said with mockery and disgust.
"Oh, Charlotte, you must maintain your aristocratic elegance. She is, after all, your sister. How can you utter such an insulting name?" the middle-aged man reprimanded, though his reprimand seemed somewhat powerless.
"Cinderella?" Lu Li stopped abruptly. Wasn't this a quest clue?
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