CH 71.2

Zhou Guang was still the same sluggish zombie, and his decaying body didn’t have the slightest sign of healing.

The zombies behind them came after them again.

Bai Lixin shone his torch over them this time and examined the clothes they were wearing.

Although they were torn and tattered, he could tell that many of them wore modern attire.

All these zombies were players.

The Immortal King’s palace, the Immortal King’s food, and the Immortal King’s secret tunnel.

What was happening to his friends, and these players all seem to connect to the Immortal King.

Bai Lixin asked Dijia, “Is there any way to save them?”

Dijia: “No, this curse of the Undead is the strongest in the world. If death could free them, I would have suggested giving them a painless death and letting them rest in peace. They may look like walking corpses without a mind, but in reality, their souls are trapped in their bodies.”

“To use an analogy, each of them is now locked in a cage surrounded by darkness, unable to see or get out, and all that awaits them is a long period of despair.”

“I’m sorry, even I don’t know of any way to save or set them free.”

Dijia’s small head looked up, and his gaze fell on the pearl necklace around Bai Lixin’s neck.

It looked like the young man was trying to use this pearl necklace to save them.

The notification for a private chat rang out, and Bai Lixin opened the chat dialog box. It was Xia Chi and the others.

Xia Chi had created a temporary group and pulled the four of them together.

Xia Chi: [ @bailixin. Brother, why are you so quiet? Where are you now?]

Bai Lixin: [ I’m in the secret passage of the Immortal King’s palace.]

After hesitating for a few seconds, Bai Lixin still told them the truth: [ I found Zhou Guang here.]

Li Cancan: [!!!]

Liang Xi: [!!!]

Xia Chi: [Zhou Guang?! Is he alright?]

Bai Lixin looked at Zhou Guang, who kept roaring in pain: [Not so good, how about you guys?]

Xia Chi: [ We’re fine, but they ate a lot again tonight. Wen Ziqing probably doesn’t take us seriously and didn’t do anything to us.]

Bai Lixin frowned: [Rivers and mountains can’t easily change their nature. He could easily get rid of his former teammates in order to gain points, let alone you guys.]

[Not doing anything is just to preserve his image in the minds of his new teammates and, there are still tasks to be completed. Wen Ziqing will try pulling you guys in during these days when I’m not around. After all, Liang Xi knows a lot of things about this copy.]

[ When he does, commit yourselves for a while, reveal a few clues to them, and take him to the underground palace.]

Liang Xi: [Why?]

Bai Lixin: [ Players can find the palace even without the clues you provide. You give him a little sweetener and let him get one of the secret treasures so that he will value you and not harm you.]

[I’m going to be away for a few days, so until I return, you guys improvise.]

Li Cancan: [God Xin, where are you going?]

Bai Lixin: [ I’m making a trip to the Beast Race and if the conditions are right, I will be bringing the secret treasure back with me.]

Xia Chi: [ Brother should rest assured. We’ll protect ourselves and will also look for more clues in the Undead race.]

Bai Lixin: [Good.]

Liang Xi: [ God Xin, you said that Zhou Guang’s situation is bad, how bad is it exactly?]

The zombies in the distance were getting closer and closer, and Bai Lixin replied quickly: [ Like I guessed before, the cursed become undead. The other players are here too. Just t don’t try coming close to them. They’ve lost their minds and won’t recognise you.]

Xia Chi: [Is there any hope?]

Bai Lixin: [ Not as of now.]

Liang Xi: [ God Xin will have a way out!]

Bai Lixin did not reply to them again this time.

Was there a way?

He himself didn’t know, but when he thought about it, which trip through the copy had been planned?

Having come here in the tunnel and meeting Zhou Guang, he had a feeling that things must still have a turn for the better.

The zombies had already closed in and were a dozen steps away from him. Bai Lixin gently patted Zhou Guang’s shoulder, “I’ll go first. Don’t be afraid; I’ll be back; you’re not alone.”

With that, Bai Lixin no longer hesitated. He turned around and quickly walked away from the zombies.

He quickly followed Dijia’s command, and nimbly weaved through the tunnels, and they soon arrived in front of a fully enclosed dead end.

Dijia, “I hid the teleportation array some years ago. Even the Immortal King doesn’t know of its existence. Place your hand on the wall in front of you and repeat after me.”

Bai Lixin did as he was told and placed his hand on the wall. As he chanted with Dijia, a green spell formation appeared on the wall that had been a dead end.

Dijia, “This is the teleportation formation, let’s go.”

Bai Lixin held the wolf cub, and stepped into the teleportation formation with one foot.

The moment he stepped in, he was immediately hit by a dizzy feeling.

Fortunately, he had long been accustomed to teleportation and quickly adapted to it. After awhile, Bai Lixin landed on a soft patch of grass.

The smell of fresh grass after the rain came to his nose. He looked around and saw a jungle with green grass.

Dijia looked around in suspicion, and his eyes showed confusion.

Bai Lixin held Dijia up, “What’s wrong?”

Dijia, “This used to be a small town, but it has now become like this.”

Bai Lixin’s heart sank, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

He looked down at Dijia and asked, “When you say long ago, how long ago was it?”

Dijia said without hesitation, “I slept for a hundred years.”

Bai Lixin: “……”

Bai Lixin sighed and asked, “In what direction do we go then?”

Dijia was also at a loss. Just as the two were standing in the forest at a loss, a sharp feathered arrow suddenly shot out of the foliage.

Dijia, “Watch out!”

Bai Lixin was agile and he dodged the arrow with a side-step.

There was an “eh” from the leaves, and more arrows were shot.

While dodging the arrows, Bai Lixin used the Dark Element to form a Dark Whip. The whip seemed to come to life as it curled around the arrows before it skillfully flung them back with a powerful flick.

The arrows cut through the falling leaves and pierced several people.

Several figures fell down from the trees with loud bangs that shook the grass.

The dark whip swung through the air with a few harsh strokes, and whip cracks rang through the air.

Bai Lixin didn’t put the whip away but let it wrap around him like a snake before slowly moving towards the place where the people had fallen.

“Wait, we’re the ones who lost, don’t hurt them.”

A voice came from overhead, followed by several figures jumping down from the trees.

They had long, straight, pure black hair that flowed softly as if it were silk.

Their eyes were the dark green of the jungle; their bodies were dressed in tight-fitting clothes; their ears were pointed; and their bodies were lean and slender. They were all good-looking.

Bai Lixin: “……”

Even though he had never seen another race, according to common sense, the people in front of him did not look like the beast race, but rather like the Night Elves.

A suspicious gaze fell on the wolf cub in his arms.

The wolf cub silently lowered his head and counted the fallen leaves around his feet.

He was so embarrassed.

These Night Elves were both male and female, and what they had in common was obvious.

All were beautiful, all had dark hair and green eyes, and all were taller and slender.

The night elf who told him to stop was obviously their leader. When they first landed, they looked at Bai Lixin warily, and then one by one, they blushed when they saw Bai Lixin’s face.

The leader spoke, “You are a human? How did you get here?”

Bai Lixin thought for a moment and spat out three words, “I don’t know.”

The Night Elves: “……”

Dijia, “……”

Is he too lazy to make up a lie?

The leader, “You just used dark elemental magic. Are you a magician?”

Bai Lixin noticed that the other party’s hostility towards him wasn’t much, and he even felt some affinity in his tone.

Anyway, it was a mistake to enter the Dark Elf’s territory, so Bai Lixin had to play along, “I meant no offence, I originally wanted to go to the orcs.”

The Dark Elf frowned, “Why do you want to go to the orcs?”

Bai Lixin held up the little wolf cub in his arms, “I picked this up on the road; it told me it was a cub of the Beast race. I saw that it was not yet weaned, so I was kind enough to try sending it home. Though I accidentally got lost.”

The elves looked at Dijia in Bai Lixin’s arms, their eyes very suspicious.

Dijia bit the bullet and squeezed words out of his mouth, “Hungry, hungry, food, food.”

Bai Lixin dug a hole and buried him. His majesty was gone for the rest of his life.

Hearing the wolf cub speak, the last vestiges of the Night Elves’ vigilance were dropped.

They winked at each other and put their bows and arrows away.

“It turns out that you’re a kind human magician. We’re sorry, we were reckless earlier.” The elf looked Bai Lixin up and down again, and finally fixed his gaze on Bai Lixin’s face with obsession in his eyes, “You are so good-looking, better-looking than even our king.”

The escape system: [Based on the copy information, the Night Elves are a race that loves everything beautiful, especially people. Of course, they considered excellent inner beauty to be an expression of beauty as well.]

Bai Lixin smiled politely at him, “I was the one who entered your land by mistake, so I should be the one to apologize.”

The corner of his eyes saw the elves helping the injured ones up.

He had deliberately avoided the vitals, and the arrows had only pierced their shoulders, arms, and such.

The already pale skin of the wounded elves was now even whiter.

Seeing this, Bai Lixin said, “I know healing arts, so to apologize, let me heal their wounds.”

The dark elf’s eyes widened and words of praise came out of his mouth, “Blessed be the Forest God. You know how to heal? You are perfect. You are a beautiful person with a good heart. How could there be such a wonderful person in the world?”

Bai Lixin: “……”

What a rich rainbow fart.

Fortunately, these arrows didn’t have barbs, so the follow up was much easier.

Bai Lixin first gently helped them remove the arrows, and immediately activated the Mermaid Heart the moment they were removed.

But to conceal the Mermaid’s Heart, he pretended to hold out his hand and mumbled words under his breath.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player, Mermaid’s Heart proficiency has increased.]

As they watched the wounds heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, the Night Elves looked at Bai Lixin with ever-increasing fascination.

Only when the last wounded elf was healed did Bai Lixin pretend to wipe the sweat created by water magic from his forehead and panted, “That’s it.”

The first wave of goodwill will make it easier to find the secret treasure later.

“Excuse me, how do I get to the beast race from here?”

The Night Elves looked at each other, and the leader spoke, “O great and kind human magician, kind as you are, could you help save our beautiful princess?”

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the task – Sick Night Elf Princess. The player needs to help heal the sick Night Elf Princess, and 5000 points will be awarded upon completion of the task, as well as a thank you from the Elf King.

[Accept/reject.]

Bai Lixin looked down at Dijia, and Dijia gently nodded at him.

After accepting the task, the dark elf spoke again, “You are truly the kindest human I have ever met in the world. Please forgive our presumption and unreasonableness just now, and thank you for being able to ignore the past. I have not yet asked for the name of the kind magician. May we have the honor to have your name. ”

Bai Lixin: “……”

This opera-like dialogue was giving him goosebumps. He didn’t even feel goosebumps when he saw the zombies earlier.

The corners of his mouth twitched, “No, just call me Bai Lixin.”

The dark elf spoke again in a theatrical manner, “Bai Lixin, what a beautiful name. It is as beautiful as your persona. Dear magician Bai Lixin, please come with us.”

—————-

In the live broadcast room

[The screen is full of beauty, this is the best scene I’ve seen so far.]

[ God Xin is truly the son of heaven. The elves are known for their beauty, but not only was he not inferior, but he was outright ravishing. You may not believe in the rigor of the copy, but you can certainly believe in God Xin’s top-notch face.]

[Guys, I’m a bit confused. Is the little wolf God Xin is holding in his arms… the High Priest?]

[ It seems so; the voice is the same.]

[…… Then he was “hungry, hungry, food, food” earlier?]

[Pfft, hahahaha, fuck, Laozi’s three views have exploded, I am laughing my ass off. The high priest was forced to turn into a cute pet. Is it God Xin’s intention to make me laugh me to death?]

[ How did the High Priest become like this?]

[Uh, perhaps it’s an interest?]

[…… You make a good point, so are we ready to start shipping?]

[It’s a bit tricky in terms of who’s up and who’s down at this point.]

[You’re right.]

[By the way, I heard God Xin call that zombie “Zhou Guang” when in the tunnel earlier. That’s Zhou Guang? He was still there? And God Xin really found him?]

[ But the situation seems hopeless.]

[This is a magical world, not a zombie world. What if they can come back to life?]

[I believe in God Xin, I believe in miracles.]

—————

The 999th floor.

The man’s hand holding the red wine bottle trembled slightly.

He stared at the wolf cub on the screen, and his mind was filled with the words “Hungry, hungry, food, food.”

The man: “……”

The man was so angry that he forgot to eat Zhou Guang’s vinegar.

————–

“Aren’t you Night Elves? I thought you guys only moved at night. ”

Bai Lixin asked as he followed the Night Elves.

The elf spoke, “We are just the patrol duty team. For us, your day is the equivalent of our nights, and vice versa.”

Bai Lixin, “I see, that’s good to know. What is wrong with your princess?”

A look of sadness crossed the face of the smiling elf at the word “princess.”

“The princess is the most gentle elf of our tribe. She once went out to play and accidentally ate a poisonous red cherry fruit and has since fallen into a deep sleep.”

“She’s been asleep for two years now, and it’s almost time for her coronation. If the princess keeps sleeping like this, she will leave us sooner or later. The toxins in her body have been intensifying, and we have tried many ways to cleanse them from her body.”

“The princess is our king’s most beloved child. The king also seems to have aged many years at once since her tragedy. He is depressed and unhappy all day long, and we are also distressed, but there is nothing we can do. “