Chapter 518: Place of Origin

[The wheel knob keeps turning as you twist it, the speed is getting slower and slower, and it gradually makes a creaking sound, as if it has been twisted to the limit, but the water from the outlet is still flowing in small streams. Do you want to continue? ]

"Yes."

[You ignore the protest of the pipe and continue to exert force. You feel the vibration of the pipe under your feet becoming more and more frequent... until a certain moment, the pipe at the knob finally can't bear the pressure, and it bursts from the edge of the knob, and the water from the outlet in front suddenly rushes out at a speed several times more turbulent than at the beginning...]

"Uh..."

Mu You was embarrassed. He wanted to tighten it a little bit and solve it once and for all, but he didn't expect it to burst directly...

Fortunately, there is a chance to start over. Mu You hurriedly traced back according to the table and stopped the force of the Qilin arm.

[You stopped turning the wheel knob in time. At this moment, the knob has been twisted to the load limit, but the water from the outlet is still flowing out. 】

【Observe the water tank for a moment. According to the current water storage speed, it will take about 50 hours from empty to full...】

It was not completely blocked, but the "tsunami" time was extended from one hour to fifty hours, adding more than two days of interval, which is basically enough for the players to explore.

Mu You turned around and told the city lord group about this news, asking them to adjust the tsunami clock.

This news immediately cheered up several city lords. You know, since entering the real world for so long, it is precisely because of the threat of tsunamis that countless players have been trapped in the small area near the exit and unable to explore outside.

When there are too many people, no matter what they do, they will be swamped. Recently, everyone has clearly felt that the efficiency of collecting divinity is decreasing day by day. If this continues, I am afraid that players will soon attack each other to snatch the spoils.

Fortunately, the tsunami was stopped in time, and the urgent problem was finally solved. Next, players can expand outward as much as they want. According to the current number and enthusiasm of players, it will take only a few days to thoroughly explore this area.

After receiving the news, the city lords immediately began to organize expedition teams and prepare to open up the wasteland.

Mu You was not in a hurry to explore outside, but jumped into the sea again.

Since he could get away with the cover of octopus skin, he wanted to explore the sea instead.

It can attract a mysterious creature stronger than the Nine Stars to stay in this sea area for a long time. There may be some secrets hidden in this sea.

[You jump into the sea and swim downward. ]

[You are equipped with the relic ‘Jellyfish Poison Gills’, temporarily gaining the ability to breathe underwater, but your health value continues to decrease at a rate of one point per minute under the influence of jellyfish toxins. ]

This relic was one of the spoils of war that the Wetland Fairy just exploded. Mu You left it because he thought it was useful.

Although the equipment will continue to be poisoned, this poison is not fatal. When the health value drops below half, it will adapt to the poison and stop losing blood. After all, it provides the rare ability to breathe underwater in the real world, so this side effect is acceptable.

[It is dark underwater and freezing cold. You look around and see a kind of glowing water grass hanging along the curved coast, providing some light for the dark sea water. ]

[You dive down, and several octopuses several meters long suddenly appear around you, swimming around you playfully. Fortunately, the octopuses did not attack you, but showed obvious curiosity and friendliness to you, as if inviting you to play together...]

Entering the sea, the imagined scene of being eaten by many ferocious aquatic creatures did not happen. Perhaps because of the existence of the mysterious octopus, it is safe underwater, and ordinary small water monsters dare not act recklessly.

At this time, the "little octopuses" gathered around him looked like the children of the big octopus. Fortunately, with the protection of the octopus king's skin, these little octopuses did not see the abnormality and regarded him as "their own".

Mu You ignored the small octopuses and continued to control the character to dive.

However, the further he went, the text repeatedly reminded him that the surroundings were getting narrower and narrower.

"Is this just a 'lake'?" Mu You thought.

The further he went, the narrower it became. This situation was similar to a conical funnel, and this kind of terrain could only be explained by a closed lake.

If it was just a lake, the problem would be even bigger.

You have to know that the pipeline above the sea surface is leaking water all the time. If this is just a closed lake, it would have flooded the surrounding land. How could it always maintain a stable water level?

The only explanation is that somewhere under this lake is connected to the outside world!

Thinking of this, Mu You continued to explore downwards. What surprised him was that he had never found the big octopus along the way, but he had seen tens of thousands of these small octopuses.

[You dive all the way down, the bottom of the water becomes darker and darker, visibility is extremely low, and everything around you is blurry...]

Although there is no fog blocking the view underwater, the visibility is worse than on land due to the dim light. After all, there are fog-breaking mirrors on the ground.

After diving for more than an hour, a prompt finally pops up.

[You suddenly see a faint light coming from below. When you get closer, you see that the seabed is in front of you, with rocks and vegetation, and many colorful and exotic plants growing. ]

[You see at a glance that somewhere on the seabed that is as bright as the sea of ​​stars, a dark and dull circular gap is extremely conspicuous. The gap is hundreds of meters in radius, and undercurrents are surging around it. It is bottomless and you don’t know where it leads to...]

[Dark vortex: A rare natural wonder in the real world, distributed all over the world. Behind each dark vortex, there is another vortex countless miles away. Through these vortices, you can cross space and instantly reach another new area. ]

"Oh?"

Mu You was delighted. Isn't this a teleportation array? And it is a naturally formed wormhole, which does not require energy and can travel to another area at any time!

Mu You immediately controlled the character to try to pass through the vortex.

[You speed up and dive straight to the dark vortex. ]

[Just as you are about to approach the vortex, a familiar low hum suddenly comes from behind, and the voice is filled with anger. ]

[A huge eye suddenly opens not far from your side, and around the eye, through the light of the seabed, you vaguely see the outline of a giant octopus...]

[The small octopuses chasing you all the way are trembling with fear at this low hum, and they all flee from you in panic. ]

[When you look again, a thick octopus leg has already cut through the sea water and is swiping towards you at a high speed. ]

[You are crushed by the octopus leg. ]

[You are dead...]

...

"..."

Mu You was speechless. This big octopus didn't come earlier or later, but it came out to show its presence when he was passing through the wormhole.

Could it be that this guy is here to guard this wormhole?

Mu You frowned. No matter what, he was attacked at this moment, proving that the skin of the octopus king is useless. It is impossible to escape next. He will definitely die here.

But even if he dies, he must die with value.

Mu You hurriedly went back according to the watch.

[Time flows, and you go back to ten seconds ago. ]

[Looking at the octopus figure close at hand, you choose to summon the wind unicorn arm and aim at the octopus leg that is about to descend in front. ]

[Soon, the octopus leg roars again. Do you want to activate the wind burial cannon immediately? ]

[You activated the Wind Burial Cannon, and the energy in your body was instantly drained. Countless fine wind blades appeared on the seabed, forming a bright ball of light. ]

[The extremely compressed wind energy penetrated through, tearing everything along the way. The attacking octopus foot was also forcibly blasted back by the Wind Burial Cannon and cut by the surging wind blades. ]

[Amid a deafening roar, you vaguely saw the end of a dozen meters long octopus foot floating in front of you. Do you want to collect it? ]

Mu You's eyes lit up. He originally just thought that since he was going to die, he would finally use the Wind Burial Cannon to test its power. Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected gain!

Mu You hurriedly clicked "Collect".

[You collected the "broken octopus foot". 】

At the moment when the prompt popped up, an orange octopus leg more than ten meters long and covered with suction cups appeared in the pet shop around Mu You. The huge body almost filled the living room of the pet shop, and crushed several tables and containers in the hall into pieces.

The two clones who were busy with their own things heard the noise and looked up in surprise.

Looking at the broken octopus leg still jumping on the ground, the night watchman looked at Mu You with a strange expression: "Main body, do we have takoyaki to eat tonight?"

Mu You smiled bitterly and looked down at the game first.

[You were beaten into a meat paste by the angry octopus. ]

[You are dead! ]

[Your soul was pulled back by the soul-guiding lamp and returned to the green lamp. ]

[You were resurrected under the soul-guiding lamp, and cracks appeared on the resurrection stone in your hand...]

There was no accident, the character in the game was dead.

A piece of meat was cut off directly. Mu You estimated that the big octopus must hate him to the core now. It is better not to go there again for a short time.

Mu You shook his head and closed the game, put away his phone, came to the octopus foot in the middle of the living room, opened the lock cylinder backpack entrance, and first sent this big guy that took up space into the backpack space.

[A broken octopus foot, an excellent food material, you may use it to have a barbecue party. ]

[But you'd better be careful, because the person who eats it will carry the smell of this octopus foot for a short time. During this time, you'd better not wander around the octopus, otherwise its body may follow the smell to seek revenge on you at any time. ]

This is the information of the octopus foot fed back by the omniscient crystal.

Mu You had a headache after reading it. He thought that the meat of this powerful creature should have some special functions, such as being used as a weapon, made into precious materials, adding some properties after eating, or at least giving some divinity.

As a result, it actually had no special effects, it was just an ordinary food, and if you eat it, the octopus will hold a grudge against you. What's the use of it?

Mu You didn't know what to do with this thing for a while, so he could only throw it in the space.

Fortunately, since this thing can be extracted from the game, it means that it has no life, so there is no need to worry about it growing into a complete octopus or something.

Back to the pet store, Mu You didn't rush to play the game again, and first went to watch the progress of the two clones.

On the night watchman's side, after spending money on online shopping and experiencing the life of a rich man, he finally remembered the business and began to slowly go through the game process. At this time, he seemed to be paying homage to his former residence, the "night watchman's hut". In addition, he bought a bunch of gifts at the old cat store at the door, saying that he would go to the foot of the misty mountain to visit the old lady later. As for fighting and upgrading, he didn't care at all.

The herbalist's progress was much more serious. He had just entered the game and borrowed the Moon Scepter from Mu You, and started to explore the Tower of Heroes as soon as possible.

In just a short while, Mu You looked again and found that he had actually cleared the 100th floor once, but he fell to the last demon king. At this speed, he probably wouldn't have to wait until the end of today to completely clear the Tower of Heroes and enter the real world.

"Are you sure? Do you really want to choose the Fire Department?" Mu You looked at the herbalist strangely.

After clearing a round just now, the herbalist did not start again, but went out and directly applied to join the Sun City, obviously ready to believe in the God of Fire.

"Well, I thought about it very clearly when I was in the Bitter Garden." The herbalist nodded, proving that this was the result of his careful consideration.

Compared with other gods, the God of Fire has a special meaning in addition to combat capabilities: he is the only god of forging, and he can follow the route of a forger in the future to help people forge equipment.

Forging is something that only you know your own needs best. From this point of view, it would be best if one of Mu You and his three avatars could believe in the God of Fire and be responsible for the equipment of the others in the future.

The herbalist never counted on the other avatars and silently took on this task.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Mu You nodded. He was naturally happy to see someone willing to take the initiative to assume the identity of the forger.

Coming back to his senses, he also began to consider his secondary belief.

He has not yet determined his secondary belief. First, because of the lack of divinity, it is a bit stretched to support a God of Order. It is still a bit idealistic to support two god systems at the same time.

Second, because he has not yet determined which system to choose.

Because the God of Order is generally inclined to assist, Mu You, the secondary believer, is more inclined to find a system that is inclined to output. The options are the God of Fire, the God of War, and the God of the Moon. After Lin Xue's Death God Art came out, there was another God of Death.

Unfortunately, these gods all have their own flaws. For example, the God of Death seems to have a strong output, but the occasions where he can fully exert his power are actually very limited. Once facing a kind creature, his combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Mu You was hesitating when his phone suddenly vibrated.

He opened it and saw that it was a message from Xiaoya.

"Boss, there is a vampire in Evernight City looking for you."

"Vampire?"

Mu You was stunned and instinctively thought of Mai Yi.

This cheap sister was arranged by him to find the tomb of the vampire duke before. Could it be that there was news?

Thinking of this, Mu You hurried back to the game and teleported to Evernight City to take a look.

[You appear in Evernight City. ]

[The sky of Evernight City is still dark, but countless lamps have been erected in the city. The densely packed street lamps are connected in groups, illuminating the city with bright lights. 】

【In the southwest of the city, a steel city has been vaguely formed. Countless automated mechanical creatures are wandering around the streets, transporting minerals or carrying goblins. In the depths of the New Clockwork City, high towers are being built at a rapid speed...】

The southwest of Evernight City is the territory allocated to the goblins. Under the gimmick of the 'New Clockwork City', a large number of homeless goblins have been gathered here. The goblin factory has also begun to take shape. Relying on the powerful labor force provided by many robots, it has gradually begun to supplement the construction of Evernight City.

【"Brother!" A familiar voice sounded behind you. 】

【Looking back, a bat fell from the sky, landed on the ground, and quickly turned into Mai's figure. 】

【After not seeing you for many days, Mai excitedly ran to your side, but when he saw your appearance, he was immediately stunned. 】

【"Brother, are you injured?" Mai looked at you worriedly, and immediately felt your weakness when he met you. 】

Weakness is naturally due to the sequelae of releasing the wind burial cannon. Mu You didn't have time to chat with her at this time. He simply dealt with a few words and went straight to the point.

[You asked Mai Yi if he had found the Duke's tomb? ]

[Mai Yi looked at you apologetically: "I'm sorry, brother, every duke attaches great importance to his burial place and rarely discloses any clues to the outside world. Mai Yi has not been able to find any useful information for the time being..."]

[Mai Yi changed the subject and mentioned another thing: "However, when I was searching in an abandoned tribe in the history of the blood clan, I accidentally found an old diary left by the ancestor of the blood clan. It seems to mention the birth process of the ancestor of the blood clan..."]