Chapter 507: Advance to Legend

"Where is the shadow ball?"

Mu You glanced at the shadow behind Linglong and did not feel the existence of the shadow.

In Linglong's memory, the part about the shadow ball was also very vague, as if it disappeared a long time ago and never appeared again. As for how it disappeared, Mu You could not find it for a while because his memory was too complicated and chaotic.

"It was cheated by that dead face!" Linglong said indignantly.

"The herbalist?" Mu You asked.

"Yes, that guy is too shameless. He said he would return it after borrowing it for a day, but he pretended to have amnesia as soon as he gave it away. I said he is 'greedy'!" Linglong was so angry when she mentioned this matter that she looked at Mu You with a wronged face, like a child who was complaining to an adult: "You have to make the decision for me, you gave it to me!"

"What does he want the shadow ball for?" Mu You was a little surprised.

"Who knows? Anyway, I haven't seen the little ball since he took it away. I don't know if it was hidden by this guy or lost..." Linglong said with a pout.

Mu You couldn't help but frown after hearing this. It's not true that the herbalist lost the shadow ball, but it seems that the herbalist is indeed doing something in secret.

"I'll go down there and take a look." Mu You suddenly stood up and said.

The down there he was talking about was, of course, the cave. From Linglong's memory, he already knew that there was also an entrance to the cave in Rose City, and it was in this palace.

"Go ahead, but I won't go. I can't be without you outside." Linglong said indifferently, and then took out a stone plate from her body and handed it to Mu You: "Twin Stone, take it, use this to communicate if you have something."

Mu You took the stone plate and didn't ask what it was. Linglong's memory had already given the answer.

Twin Stone, as the name suggests, is two stone plates that always remain in exactly the same state. If any of them changes, whether it is broken, bumped or scratched, the same change will immediately appear on the other one, which can be called quantum entanglement in the magic world.

In addition, this thing has the ability to self-recover. No matter what kind of scars appear, they will quickly return to their original form over time.

This is a prop that Linglong accidentally bought from a traveling merchant on the eve of the Great Disaster Era in the last era.

This thing seems to have no practical use, but Linglong soon discovered that this stone plate can be used in the dark cave.

You must know that the dark cave is a ghost place that can even block the game system. It is difficult for people in the dark cave to transmit messages to the outside world, and vice versa.

However, the conductive properties of this pair of stone plates can cross planes. No matter how far apart they are, the words engraved on one of the stone plates will immediately appear on the other, thus achieving the purpose of real-time interaction inside and outside the dark cave.

Mu You nodded, put away the stone plate, and prepared to leave.

"Don't you need to ask Xiao Lanlan to go with you?" Linglong suddenly asked.

"Uh, don't bother her, I'll take them..."

Mu You laughed dryly, pointed to the orange cat and the pocket-sized bone dragon lying on the table and taking a nap, his eyes somewhat evasive.

He didn't know what the fairy girl had experienced in the past four thousand years, but to him, she was just an NPC who had only appeared in a text game the day before. Today was actually their first official meeting. The feelings she showed to him when they first met were obviously too warm, which made Mu You a little overwhelmed and instinctively wanted to avoid her.

"No need to explain, I understand... But it's better not to ignore her too much. That child has had a hard time these years..." Linglong looked at him meaningfully.

But as soon as she finished speaking, her eyes quickly lit up and her eyes stared at the closed door in the distance.

Mu You followed her gaze and saw that at this time, in front of the stained glass door, through the reflection of the outside light, he could clearly see a woman's figure, crouching at the door and eavesdropping. The familiar shape of the wizard robe, who else could it be but Fuya?

She probably didn't expect that the glass of this door was one-way...

Linglong's whole person instantly became energetic, like a hunter who found prey. She hurriedly made a shushing gesture to Mu You, then lifted her skirt and tiptoed to the door carefully.

Mu You shook his head helplessly, ignored the two, and walked to the depths of the palace alone.

After dozens of seconds, Fu Ya's screams really came from the back.

At this time, Mu You had come to a basement deep in the palace.

This basement was empty, with only a few round boulders piled in the middle of the ground.

Mu You easily pushed the stone away, revealing a black lacquer entrance below that was only the size of a wellhead.

This is the entrance to the dark cave in the Rose City. In fact, there are many such branch entrances in the Bitter Garden, scattered all over the Sky City. Over the years, they have been discovered by the three people one after another, and most of them have been directly filled up to prevent others from entering by mistake.

"Master!"

Just as Mu You was about to jump into the cave, a blue figure flew over from outside.

The fairy girl panted and stopped in front of Mu You, obviously in a hurry.

"Master, are you going down to the cave? Do you need Lan to lead the way?"

"Uh, no, you go and continue to rest, I can do it myself." Mu You subconsciously shirked.

"Lan doesn't need to rest, and the roads in the cave are complicated. Without a familiar person to lead the way, you may get lost. Let me lead the way..." The fairy girl said expectantly.

"Don't worry, you won't get lost. I have something to guide you." Mu You took out the map fragment and showed it.

The fairy girl was stunned when she heard this, and was silent for a few seconds before she looked at him with some grievance: "Master, do you hate me?"

Even if she was careless, she could still sense Mu You's alienation towards her.

"How could it be..."

Mu You waved his hands hurriedly, wanting to explain, but then he remembered Linglong's words just now, and stopped talking.

"Okay, you lead the way." Mu You said.

"Yeah!"

The fairy girl nodded in surprise, like a child who got the affirmation of an adult, and flew into the dark cave with a happy face.

"Alas..." Mu You sighed as he watched the fairy girl disappear from his back, and had to jump in.

Entering the dark cave, it was indeed as dark as described in the text.

Fortunately, after Mu You took away the Qilin arm before, the wind element inside returned to normal and was no longer prohibited from flying.

Mu You took out the broom directly, caught the fairy girl and put it on his shoulder, and flew all the way down under her guidance.

Mu You immediately felt the difference during this flight. When flying in the game before, he would be attacked by a cave beast every one or two minutes, but this time he flew for a long time and did not encounter any attacks.

"The Lord of Disaster has been slaughtering cave beasts on this road leading to the bottom of the cave for many years. Over time, the cave beasts have formed an instinct and dare not approach here again, so this road has become safe." At this time, the fairy girl seemed to sense his doubts and took the initiative to explain.

"Oh?"

Mu You's heart moved after hearing this: "Do you often see the Lord of Disaster in the cave?"

"Well, because I often travel between the cave and the ground, the Lord of Disaster will take the initiative to find me and entrust me to convey his orders and tasks." The fairy girl said.

After listening, Mu You asked hurriedly: "Then do you know what the Lord of Disaster has been doing in secret all these years?"

"I don't know..." The fairy girl shook her head: "The cave is too big, and the Lord of Disaster is always elusive. I don't see him very often, and each time there is only a short communication, and then he will disappear..."

The fairy girl hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly: "Although he is very lonely and indifferent, I can feel that he is doing something 'right', and he seems to have been waiting for the day you come back..."

"So..."

Mu You frowned and didn't ask any more questions.

Thanks to the fairy girl's guidance, this journey was much shorter than expected. In just about two hours, the two reached the underground.

Mu You saw the only ball of light underground at a glance, controlled the broom to rush over, and hovered in front of the light.

The source of the light was the enchantment of the fairy king, but now the guard inside has been replaced by a night watchman.

Unlike what he expected, Mu You thought that after huddling in such a small space for four thousand years, the night watchman would either have become a Buddha or collapsed into a mental illness.

However, when Mu You arrived, the night watchman was lying on his side in the barrier with a leisurely look on his face, supporting his head with one hand.

There was a fruit plate on the ground, and Tina was kneeling in front of it, peeling and cutting the transparent fruits carefully, and then flying into his mouth.

"Huh? My real body, long time no see!" The night watchman's eyes lit up when he saw Mu You, and he sat up from the ground: "According to the date, you should be here soon, but I didn't expect you to show up today!"

"You seem very comfortable..." Mu You looked at the night watchman with a strange expression.

The appearance of the night watchman at this moment looked almost the same as four thousand years ago. The only difference was that his dark circles were obviously heavier, just like Gaara.

"How can it not be comfortable? I don't need to work every day, I can be lazy as much as I want, sleep until I wake up naturally, and someone will serve and feed me. It's just like an emperor's enjoyment. You can let me stay here for another four thousand years without any problem..." The night watchman stretched and said.

"Tina is not serving you! Tina just happened to pick up a bunch of crystal fruits when she went out, and Tina doesn't like to eat sour things. In order to avoid waste, I just gave it to you out of mercy. Hurry up and eat it, Tina!" Tina seemed to be annoyed by the night watchman's words. With a red face, she picked up the remaining fruits and stuffed them all into the night watchman's mouth roughly.

"Why do you have dark circles under your eyes when you sleep every day?" Mu You asked curiously, ignoring the fight between the two.

The night watchman swallowed the food in his mouth in a hurry, and then he recovered and smiled bitterly: "I can't sleep well. Isn't it because Xiao Ba bothers me every day, causing my biological clock to be disordered for a long time..."

"Xiao Ba?" Mu You was stunned.

"Oh, that's the name I gave this guy." The night watchman pointed to the top of his head.

"This guy would repeatedly whisper in my ear before going to bed every night, saying things like 'I will devour you sooner or later' and 'Fear is immortal'. It has such a strong desire to express itself, what can I do? I had to hurt each other, and the result is that we have to toss and turn every night until we are both tired before we can rest. Over time, it has become like this..."

The night watchman pointed to his eye sockets and said, "As for Xiao Hachi, it's because the first story I told it was the story of Hachiko, can you believe it? It was fascinated by it! So I gave it this name."

"Asshole! I am the snake of the snake, the source of fear in the world! Not a dog!"

The night watchman's mind suddenly heard the deafening voice of the snake, and at the same time, the snake pupils in the sky opened their eyes, one staring at the night watchman, and the other looking at Mu You.

Mu You looked at the snake pupil in the sky and felt the hair on his body stand up, but that was all. There was no fear and trembling described in the previous game, and even the situation where the divine skin automatically emerged.

Obviously, the power of the snake has obviously declined.

Come to think of it, according to the lamp god, it is now the end of the fear season and the beginning of the mirage season, and the power of the snake has already entered the decline period.

"Look, this guy is still so active, suddenly jumping out and scaring people." The night watchman picked his ears helplessly.

Although the night watchman was talking and laughing throughout the whole process, Mu You, as the main body, immediately saw the fatigue flashing in his eyes.

Obviously, these four thousand years ago were not as easy as he described.

Come to think of it, fighting wits and courage with a creature like the snake for four thousand years, if the spirit is a little relaxed, there is a possibility that the other party will take advantage of it. I am afraid that even when sleeping and dreaming, you have to keep your will firm from the subconscious. After persisting for so many years, even the night watchman is probably exhausted.

Fortunately, he has come. No matter what, it will all end today, and the night watchman will be free soon.

Mu You shook his head and turned to walk to somewhere behind.

In the dim light, Mu You could vaguely see a statue-like thing standing here.

The night watchman noticed Mu You's action and immediately waved his hand, casting a beam of light in this direction.

As the light shone down, the things hidden in the darkness were suddenly exposed: a man in a cloak, holding a posture with one hand raised, motionless, like a wax figure.

Mu You sighed. This was exactly his game character, still maintaining the skin of the mysterious man, and maintaining the state when the line was disconnected.

However, at this time, his character's whole body was covered with a layer of crystal clear crystal, which sealed him up intact like wax.

"What is this?"

"This is the tears of the fairy. The tears of the top fairy have the power to seal and solidify substances." At this time, Tina floated nearby and sighed.

"My character, the toxins of chaos have been raging in your character for the past four thousand years. If it weren't for the little girl who kept helping you suppress it every day, your character would have been swallowed by the chaotic energy long ago." The night watchman said.

"Fairies are very dedicated creatures, especially fairies who have reached a deep contract. If the contractee is not around, they will be very anxious and irritable, not to mention that you have disappeared for four thousand years..." said Tina.

"In the past four thousand years, she has been trying every means to preserve your body every day, and her tears are almost dry for this. Please don't let her down..."

...

The two of them said one by one, and Mu You's forehead was sweating.

The fairy girl next to him just looked at him shyly: "This is what I should do..."

Mu You could only smile bitterly. No matter how simple the matter is, once it is multiplied by the basis of four thousand years, it will become extremely terrifying.

It is hard for him to imagine what it feels like to guard an empty shell for thousands of years.

Perhaps it was in the loneliness and anxiety of thousands of years that she changed from the original simple and kind fairy to the radical and paranoid fairy now.

But the more he understood these, the more difficult it was for him.

The blood burning effect brought to him by the fairy girl's jealousy was just a small problem. Even if it was the upper limit of 200 points, he was now able to easily erase it and ignore this side effect. What was really difficult to calm down was the psychological debt.

For the fairy girl, it was four thousand years of waiting, but for him, it was only a moment. No matter how passionate the fairy girl's feelings for him were now, he could not give her the same feelings. Even if he showed superficial care and protection, it was just an accommodation under the psychological debt, not real feelings.

Mu You really didn't know what to do now to repay this favor.

When he first arrived at the Bitter Garden, the reason why he instinctively avoided the fairy girl might be because he had already anticipated this kind of thing.

Mu You shook his head. Now was not the time to think about these things.

He took out the pen of order from the ring, and from the perspective of order, the character in front of him suddenly turned into countless runes of order and chaos.

After observing for a while, Mu You raised the pen and began to wave.

The reason why his game character could not enter the collapsed state when the game was offline was because he was affected by the chaos poison and was forcibly anchored in place by the power of chaos.

Although he is not yet able to directly detoxify, it is still no problem to slightly remove some of the superficial side effects and restore the character to a movable state.

As Mu You began to wave the pen, the night watchman and Tina consciously quieted down and dared not disturb him.

However, neither of them noticed that the fairy girl was standing behind Mu You in a daze, looking at him in a trance.

Mu You didn't know that as he approached the game character and began to unlock the game character, just like he could see the fairy girl's life memory at the beginning, his memory and thoughts began to be read by the fairy girl bit by bit.

After being stagnant for a long time, the fairy girl showed a bitter expression.

"So that's how it is... Am I causing trouble..."

"No, it shouldn't be like this... I can't be a trouble... I don't want to be a burden..."

The fairy girl murmured, and after a struggle between her conscience and her mind, her originally melancholy face quickly became firm, as if she had made some kind of decision. Finally, she glanced at Mu You's face, and with tears dripping, she quietly disappeared into the darkness.

Mu You wrote for half an hour before he finally stopped.

As the last stroke fell, the crystals on the game character in front of him shattered and scattered all over the ground.

The game character finally regained his ability to move, his arms slowly fell, and then quickly collapsed from top to bottom to a point and disappeared.

Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. This time, the game character was finally offline. Now when he went back to play the game again, the character should have returned to normal.

Before Mu You finished writing, a burst of golden light suddenly surged all over his body, and an extremely huge amount of energy poured into his body for no reason.

In Mu You's astonishment, his level began to soar at a speed visible to the naked eye.

21...22...23...

All the way to level 25!

Mu You could feel that the reason why he stopped at level 25 was not because the energy was used up, but because the bottleneck of level 25 blocked it and blocked the remaining energy. Otherwise, he should be able to continue to rise!

"What is this?" Coming back to his senses, Mu You was pleasantly surprised to feel his new level, and looked at the night watchman with some confusion.

"Sure enough, we guessed before, it might be useful." The night watchman had an expression of "Sure enough".

"What do you mean?" Mu You was puzzled.

"The fairies have no level and experience system, and the experience they gain will be automatically transferred to the contractor. No. 2 made a guess based on this. Although your original body is not here, your character is anchored here by chaotic energy, becoming an immovable empty shell. In addition, the sealing effect of the fairy tears can lock your character status. In this case, the experience cannot be stored, but it will not disappear out of thin air. Perhaps it can be stored in the form of a bug. In the future, when the character first unlocks the crystal lock, these stuck experiences will be returned to your original body in a wave. Now it seems that the guess is correct."

The night watchman smiled and said, "So you have to thank the little girl. Every monster she has eliminated over the years has accumulated experience in your character."