Chapter 495: The Dark Realm

[“Are you Gargamel?” The night watchman looked at the girl in surprise. ]

[“Yeah, how come… do you know me? Are you our schoolmate?” The girl who called herself Gargamel scratched her cheek and felt a little embarrassed: “When I graduated, I told everyone that I was going back to my hometown for a blind date. If my classmates knew that I was still single and was hiding in the fairy city as an explorer, planning to live alone for the rest of my life, I’m afraid I’d be laughed at again…”]

[“Oh, don’t worry about that. We are not your classmates, and we promise not to reveal your current situation.” The night watchman waved his hand and said. ]

[“That’s good…” Gargamel breathed a sigh of relief. ]

Mu You was also a little surprised when he looked at the text. He didn’t expect to meet the young Gargamel here.

However, from what she said, Olmedo should not have told her that they came from the future. When the night watchman explained to Olmedo and the others before, he didn’t mention Gargamel’s name. He only said that ‘a wizard in charge of guarding the door’ sent them here, so she should be unaware of what happened in the future now.

Mu You didn't plan to tell her, because the old Gargamel in the future obviously didn't know that he had traveled back to the past. Telling him here might change the direction of the future.

Like the insignificant changes he and Fuya had made on the stone tablet before, because no one else was involved, it would not have any practical impact. But now directly making a living person have a contradictory past, the impact will be unpredictable.

Unless it is necessary, Mu You still hopes that everything can develop as much as possible according to the original history.

Coming back to his senses, Mu You continued what he had not done before, switched to the perspective of the second clone, and prepared to inform the herbalist about the cave.

[It was pitch black in front of you, as if you were in some extreme darkness. ]

[You held your breath and concentrated, carefully relying on your hearing to identify the dangers around you. ]

[You suddenly moved, using all four legs, and quickly moved sideways on the wall like a gecko. 】

【And just as you left, you heard a sound of a sharp object colliding with rocks at the location just now...】

"Huh?"

Mu You was stunned. What was going on?

Why were the situations of the two clones more outrageous than each other? Linglong dragged Spider-Man to eat a free meal, but what was the herbalist playing? Blindfolded battle royale?

Since he could only see the perspective of the clone when he switched, the description of other senses was very vague. In this case of black eyes, Mu You couldn't tell what happened for a while.

Thinking about it, he hurriedly cut out the private chat of the herbalist and sent a message to the other party to ask.

The result popped up a prompt: [Your clone is in a special area, and the message cannot be transmitted. 】

"?"

Mu You was even more confused. It was the first time he encountered a situation where private chat could not be sent. Special area? Where did this guy go?

Afterwards, Mu You continued to try some contact methods, but the results were the same. The information could not be transmitted at all, and the picture was always dark. There was no way to judge. Now the only thing that can be confirmed is that the herbalist is still alive.

[Seeing that everything is ready, you give the team the order to set off. ]

Since Mu You couldn't contact the herbalist no matter what, and time was limited, he had to let it go and lead the team to the direction of the cave.

The actual journey was farther than expected. There was no way this place was not like their Sky City, where they could teleport at any time, so they could only walk there on foot.

In addition, there were monsters everywhere along the way. The closer they went to the center of the Sky City, the higher the density of monsters. If they encountered any monsters, they had to avoid them in advance, otherwise once they were approached by the monsters, they would immediately recognize their foolish identities, and then they would stir up a hornet's nest.

In this way, the team of three people and two goblins finally rushed for two full days and nights before finally reaching their destination.

At this time, there were only 47 hours left before the five-day deadline for the mission, which made Mu You a little anxious. Would the last two days be enough for them to explore the cave?

[On the barren saline-alkali land ahead, a sinkhole with a width of tens of meters opened up. Looking inside, it was pitch black, with no light coming out, as if it were a bottomless black hole. ]

[You were about to approach the sinkhole to check it out, and suddenly a fat woman jumped out from a bunch of weeds next to it. Her appearance made you feel both strange and familiar. ]

["Huh? Linglong?" The night watchman was also stunned when he saw the person coming, and then asked in surprise: "Why did you become a fat person?"]

"It's really Linglong?" Mu You looked strange, because he had received Linglong's message before, saying that she had arrived at the place in advance, so when he was prompted that a woman jumped out, his first reaction was Linglong, but he didn't expect that Linglong would actually become a fat person?

["Woo, I don't know what's going on. It seems that my physique is special. The calories I eat too much will quickly turn into fat meat. I can't lose weight until all the calories are consumed..." Fat Linglong said with tears in her eyes. 】

【Linglong looked at you with grievance, tears falling on the scene: "Wow, it's all your fault. Why did you give me the attribute of gluttony? I'm a girl. Don't you know that obesity is the biggest enemy of women? I really don't want to become a fat pig... Although it does taste good..."】

"..."Mu You was speechless. This was not controlled by him. He only adjusted the proportion at that time. The specific evil attribute appeared on whom randomly. It can only be said that Linglong was unlucky.

[You asked Linglong how she came back and whether she had paid the meal bill? ]

["No money... So I can only mortgage the spider to someone else..." Linglong spread her hands and acted innocent. ]

"?" Mu You frowned and was about to say something, but another prompt popped up.

[As soon as Linglong finished speaking, the pink-shelled gluttonous spider poked its head out from behind her shoulder and looked at the strangers around you curiously. ]

["Just kidding, the spider is so cute, how can I bear to sell it?" Linglong stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Actually, I signed a contract to sell myself, and promised to work for others until all the debts were paid off before I could be free. Oh, but the female boss promised to provide meals, so it's okay." ]

"..."Mu You was speechless again. Her calculation was too obvious. She was just going for the food, right? With the shadow ball on her, it would be easy for her to run away. The boss was so bold that he dared to accept her after seeing her appetite.

[“So, what is the situation now, main body?” Linglong asked. ]

[“You can see for yourself.” You directly synchronized your memory to Linglong, and also received Linglong’s memory of the past two days. ]

While making a choice in the game, Mu You suddenly felt a bunch of pictures in his mind. He took a quick look and his face suddenly became strange.

What did this guy do? It’s okay to overeat, but why did he flirt with the female boss in public?

However, this behavior reminded Mu You of the Rose Queen that Fu Ya met. The two had the same tone. Could it be Linglong?

[“I see, time is a bit tight, and it’s time to act immediately.” Linglong said seriously after understanding the situation. 】

【"If you are ready, come with me. There is an escalator built by the previous exploration team." Gargamel walked to a certain place on the edge of the cenote with his bag on his back. Sure enough, there was a rope ladder hanging on the edge of the cliff, leading to the darkness below. 】

【You also signaled the night watchman and Linglong to get ready to set off. 】

【"It seems that I can only take you here." Tina said with her arms crossed. The fairy girl and Tina, because they are fairies, cannot get close to the dark cave, so they can only stop here. 】

【You looked at the fairy girl, thanked her for following you for the past few days, and then said goodbye to her, and saw her again if we were destined to meet again. 】

【The fairy girl looked at you, wanting to say something but stopping herself several times, but unfortunately she didn't say anything in the end, just smiled and waved at you: "Be careful on the way..."】

Mu You sighed, the story of this fairy girl was not dug out in the end...

As for the "meet again if we are destined to meet", it should be impossible. He may not have the chance to come up again after going down, and when he comes back here, it will be at least four thousand years later. By then, will the fairy girl still be there?

He didn't forget Linglong's previous divination results. The other party didn't have much time left, so this departure was basically a farewell forever.

Time was running out, and Mu You didn't hesitate. After saying goodbye, he directly controlled the character to follow Gargamel down the rope ladder.

Linglong looked at the fairy girl and Tina meaningfully, and followed with Spider-Man.

Now only the night watchman, the fairy girl and Tina were left on the cliff.

"Miss Tina, it seems that we are not destined to be together." The night watchman spread his hands helplessly: "I'm sorry that I couldn't fulfill my promise to take you to see the royal family. I hope you can find a more competent contractor in the future..."

"What's your tone? Are you pitying Tina?" Tina crossed her arms and flew in the air, sneering arrogantly: "Don't get me wrong, why do you think Tina wanted to contract with you in the first place? Tina is purely using you fools to find the royal family... What? You don't think that you are leaving now, and Tina will feel reluctant, right? Don't be so self-indulgent, Tina has never cared about this for a moment!"

The fairy girl said ruthlessly, and turned her back at the same time: "What are you still standing in front of Tina for? Hurry up and leave, Tina can't wait to find the next contractor!"

The night watchman looked at the young red figure in the air, smiled helplessly, thought about it, and didn't say anything more. He sighed softly, came to the edge of the tiankeng, and slid down the rope ladder.

Tina heard the friction of the rope and turned around subconsciously, but there was nothing behind her.

"They all left..." Tina looked at the dark abyss in front of her with some emptiness.

"Well..." The fairy girl responded.

"There are only two of us left... Should we go back? Or stay and wait... Maybe they will..." Tina hesitated and muttered to herself, but after talking for a long time, she didn't hear any response from her side, so she turned her head subconsciously.

As a result, she saw the fairy girl beside her, with a dull look, staring at the sinkhole in front of her with empty eyes, and a trace of black air gradually emerged from her body.

"No, you can't leave... There are obviously things that haven't been said yet... Very important things... You can't... Just leave like this... You can't..."

The fairy girl muttered to herself in a low voice, her tone became more and more excited, and the black air on her body became more and more entangled.

"No way, why at this time?" Tina was shocked and quickly floated in front of the fairy girl, shaking her shoulders with both hands: "Hey, cheer up, think of something happy... Ugh!"

Tina was pushed away by the fairy girl before she finished speaking.

The fairy girl was completely wrapped in black air at this time, her eyes were empty and bloodshot, and her face became ferocious.

"I won't allow you to leave... find you..."

The girl kept repeating these two sentences, and suddenly burst out with unprecedented speed, and plunged into the cenote.

"Hey, fairies can't go in!"

Tina watched the fairy girl disappear in the darkness, and shouted in frustration: "Really, why are you so willful..."

Tina looked at the black hole in front of her hesitantly, swallowed her saliva, and her eyes quickly became determined, and she also flew in: "No matter, let's die..."

...

[... You follow the rope ladder and slide down along the smooth rock wall, and soon you come to the 'darkest area'. ]

[It's pitch black in front of you, you can't see anything, you can only feel everything around you by hearing, touch, smell and other senses...]

"Oh?"

Mu You was stunned. This so-called darkest area, even the night vision ability is not effective? Is this a direct deprivation of vision?

However, this description immediately reminded him of the herbalist.

The herbalist's perspective seemed to be the same as before. Could it be that he had come in early?

Thinking of this, Mu You hurriedly opened the panel and tried the private message sending function, sending a message to the night watchman and Linglong respectively.

As a result, both prompted "located in a special area, sending failed".

"Sure enough!"

Mu You was now completely sure that the herbalist seemed to be here. But what kind of place is this, even the communication of the Fool System can be blocked.

【"Be careful, it's completely dark in the cave, all magic and lighting equipment will be instantly absorbed, so eyes are useless here, we can only rely on ears, nose and hands to perceive the surrounding environment."】

【Gargamel's crisp voice came from not far below you: "But don't panic, this place blocks our vision while strengthening our other senses. As long as we get familiar with it for a while, we will soon be able to adapt to the actions here. At least the small-scale scenes around us can be restored in our minds."】

【"Hey, it's true, the lights can't be lit at all! Magic!" You hear the sound of the night watchman fiddling with the pumpkin lantern from above, but to no avail. 】

【Yes, there's no need to try. Our expedition team has already tried all the lighting methods they can think of, and none of them worked. Here, no light can be generated! Otherwise, we wouldn't have to work so hard...ah! ”】

【Gargamel’s voice suddenly stopped.】

【You suddenly felt a faint light coming from above, and when you looked up, you saw the pumpkin lantern in the night watchman’s hand, emitting a soft fluorescent light, illuminating the faces of the four of you who were hanging side by side on the rope ladder.】

【Gargamel’s eyes widened, her face full of disbelief: "This is impossible? How did you do it?"】