This Text Adventure Game Is Seriously Cursed
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[You realized these might be footprints left by your quest target. The Herbalist had most likely fallen off the cliff. With the Phantom Magic Wand, you could safely reach the bottom, but you did not know whether anything deadly lurked there. Going down would entail some risk. Jump down to investigate?]
"Investigate!"
There was nothing to hesitate over. He had teleportation and the Time Pocket Watch, after all. Danger simply did not exist for him. At worst, he could rewind.
[Staff in hand, you resolutely jumped off the cliff.] [After a rapid descent, you cast Apparition and landed safely, only to discover that you had landed in a mire! This was an astonishingly vast, thick swamp, stretching beyond the limits of your sight. Any creature that fell into it would only sink faster the more it struggled, until the swamp swallowed it completely.] [With your ability to teleport, you naturally had nothing to worry about. Holding up your lantern, you hurriedly began searching the sludge for traces of the Herbalist.] [Unfortunately, the swamp was incredibly thick. Even the Pumpkin Lantern's light could not penetrate the sludge to reveal what lay below. You searched for a long time but found no clues.] [As time passed, you sank deeper and deeper. To ensure your safety, you had best teleport out immediately...]
"He actually fell into the sludge..."
Mu You hesitated. Rather than leave in a hurry, he first used the Pocket Watch to return to five seconds earlier, then continued searching in another direction.
He tried this more than a dozen times, exploring every accessible spot around him, but still found no leads.
"No wonder he didn't revive. This swamp is enormous. Even if he revived, he'd still be in the mire, drowning over and over until he
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