After the monster that controlled people's minds died, all the villagers began to become noticeably dazed. They tried to distinguish between reality and Fantasy, but their instincts prevented them from regaining their senses.
The group of guests saw a line of words rising from the lake.
"Congratulations, player, on successfully clearing the game's trial arena." After reading the announcement, Tuoba Hong glanced around, then asked, "And then?"
We didn't get out from here.
[They even have system notifications! It's just like a game, hahaha!]
This world is constantly redefining my understanding of things...
I can't laugh at all, I just feel terrified... Can't God Nuo please ruin this game? I don't want to be unlucky enough to suddenly end up in it one day.
[Add one, add one, people like me will only become cannon fodder...]
"The system completion message is not displayed correctly."
Jiang Nuo returned to the shore and frowned upon hearing the sound. After all, the game arena wasn't a real dungeon, so the rule change was to be expected.
Si Yan wiped the blood from the dagger, her tone calm, "Ultimately, this is still the villagers' Fantasy world."
" Fantasy..."
Jiang Nuo suddenly murmured, then gently kissed Si Yan's cheek with one hand as if it were a precious treasure, "I understand."
"To find the medium connecting this place to reality, perhaps it lies in... awakened humanity."
Tuoba Hong slapped his thigh. "That little boy!"
The little boy buried himself and his mother's bodies among the flowers and vines.
Zhou Ling suddenly scanned the entire lawn on the shore, "The little girl has disappeared."
"I just saw her run away!" Feimina exclaimed. "Could she have run home to deal with her brother?"
Upon hearing this, the group of guests immediately became alert and ran towards the little girl's house.
When the six people rushed over, they stumbled upon the little girl transformed into a vine monster. Without the cover of floral fragrance, the entire yard was covered in foul-smelling pus and blood.
The little boy was completely swallowed by the vine monster, with only his head slowly sliding out, about to fall in at any moment.
Si Yan swung the dagger, aiming precisely at the monster's mouth, stopping it from swallowing the boy any further.
"Hmm..."
The monster issued a warning-like threat, and its vine tentacles, covered in foul-smelling slime, lashed out at them.
Zhang Quan leaped up, his palm turning into a corpse, easily severing the vines in an instant, not even giving them a chance to get close.
The monster retreated in pain, trying to burrow back underground, but Jiang Nuo flicked the talisman down, tossing it lightly onto the ground.
Instantly, flames erupted from the ground, and the fine flames, like a spider web, instantly enveloped the monster.
"Roar!!"
The monster let out a painful roar; the agony of being engulfed by flames was no less than being slowly sliced to death.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhang Quan pulled the little boy out of the mouth and quickly returned to the safe area outside the bamboo house.
Simultaneously, Feimina cast a purification spell on the little boy again, and all the monsters disappeared. This time, the little boy no longer resisted being healed and gradually opened his eyes.
At the same time, all the guests saw the words floating in the air again.
Congratulations to players Jiang Nuo and Zhang Quan for successfully completing the Trial Grounds: Life and Breath Village.
<Story unlock rate for this episode: 100%, Jiang Nuo's points earned: 500>
<Completion Reward: Return Gate >
Jiang Nuo rolled her eyes when she saw the reward.
For him, this was the greatest punishment in history.
After finally completing the entire game, I still have to deal with a display regression issue.
Yeah, it's still that same useless, annoying system that's always causing trouble.
Jiang Nuo harbored deep resentment, Si Yan, both amused and exasperated, hugged her to comfort her.
Tuoba Hong scratched his head. " God Nuo used to be... from that place, but what about Zhang Quan?"
Zhang Quan himself was also unsure, but could only conclude that he was Half-Corpse Soul created by Jiang Nuo, which is why he was detected by this "system".
Jiang Nuo nestled in Si Yan's arms, recovering her strength. Hearing this, she turned her head and said, "Yes, that's exactly what you think."
Zhang Quan nodded. "Okay."
What are you saying? Why are you suddenly speaking in riddles?
[Is there anything our veteran audience can't hear? I'll name three!]
Zhang Quan is so mysterious! I thought he was a fan, but he turns out to be God Nuo's die-hard follower, and now he even has his own secrets!
With a flash of white light, the group of guests who had fainted in the temple finally returned to the real world.
When Tuoba Hong fell, he was originally going to fall on top of Si Yong, Si Yong had already disappeared, and Tuoba Hong fell flat on his face.
He stood up, rubbing his buttocks. "It should be over by now, right?"
Feimina stood at the highest point in the temple and, facing all the villagers, cast her spell once more to dispel the remaining witchcraft.
They returned to the village, where people awoke from their slumber and stepped out of their homes, some to face new life, others to face family members who had died in their sleep.
In his Fantasy, Tuoba Hong's shout had awakened most of the villagers.
People can't learn by being taught, but they can understand it instantly by experiencing it firsthand.
The villagers finally realized how wrong they had been, but they were at a loss when faced with the rapidly withering flowers and corpses all over the village.
Guided by Si Yan and Tuoba Hong, they gradually cleared away the withered flowers on the road and then immediately began preparing for the village's unique funeral ceremony.
Zhou Ling and Feimina were responsible for guiding the villagers' thinking, explaining that the entire village was now inhabited by relatives, and that inbreeding was completely unacceptable; they needed to go out and explore the world.
The whole process lasted almost a day.
Jiang Nuo, meanwhile, was urgently upgrading Zhang Quan's equipment.
The reason is simple: in the real world, no one knows about the existence of Half-Corpse Soul, but in the adventure world, any player who has experienced that dungeon knows about it.
Therefore, Zhang Quan cannot be exposed; he can only be made to appear more "human."
Fortunately, with the Si Yan, a magical artifact that allows Jiang Nuo to cheat with Spiritual Power, he didn't run out of Spiritual Power while upgrading.
After resting in the village for a day, the village chief pointed them to a shortcut to Feng Mountain.
They also advised the guests that although the road had existed for a long time, few villagers went up it because Feng Mountain was extremely eerie.
Just before setting off, Jiang Nuo hesitated, which was unusual for him, and explained the dangerous situation to the others again.
"The dungeon is extremely dangerous, and your names aren't even on the player roster yet. It's not too late to leave now."
"The world of challenges has no logic; everything is controlled by the system. This is a feud between me and the system, and you don't need to get involved."
Of course, this statement was not directed at Zhang Quan, but also at Si Yan.
They were destined to face everything side by side.
Tuoba Hong was the first to shake his head. "No, God Nuo, I must go."
"I am a member of the Dao Xuan Association, and I did my research on that place before coming here. I'm not afraid! Besides... my mission is to save the Dragon Vein. Feng Mountain is closely related to the Dragon Vein, and also to the so-called instance. It concerns a major event for Huaxia, so how can I back down!"