After bidding farewell to their friends in Wenji Township, Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun took the lion, scarecrow, tin man and Toto with them and embarked on the journey back to the Emerald City.
Of course it's impossible to just walk back stupidly.
Xiao Ma spent a ray of astrolabe energy to skip the long journey.
Under normal circumstances, the game screen will switch directly to the next story scene, which is the palace of the Emerald City.
However, unexpectedly, when the game screen freezes, everyone is still in the wilderness.
What stands in front of everyone is an endless sunflower field as vast as the sea.
"Strange, when we went to Wenji Township before, we didn't pass by such a large sunflower field on the way, right?"
The scarecrow scratched his head, doubts in his eyes.
"It's been less than a year since we last set out. Could it be that someone had sown such a large patch of sunflowers in just one year?" the Tin Woodman guessed.
"Who cares who planted it? Just go through it!"
The lion took long strides nonchalantly and walked straight towards the flower field.
However, at this moment, the sunflower disks on the high pole were all spinning like countless golden windmills, dazzling people's eyes.
The lion stared blankly for a while, feeling dizzy and nauseous, and couldn't help but vomit.
Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun were also affected by the swirling sunflowers.
This feeling is like sitting in a violently bumpy car playing "Lianliankan". Anyone who doesn't get motion sickness is a god!
"Wow……"
Student Xiao Ma, who was physically weaker, couldn't bear it anymore at first and bent over and retched.
Gao Fei also felt dizzy and his heart beat faster. He suppressed his nausea and reminded his companions: "Close your eyes!"
Ma Yun and Dimitri quickly closed their eyes, not daring to look at those wildly dancing sunflowers, and their dizziness was relieved.
Jiang Feng's perception attribute was the highest among all the people. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't feel dizzy or nauseous.
She stared at the strange large field of sunflowers opposite, and her brows gradually wrinkled.
The specialty of "Sentinel" has greatly strengthened her "Perception" skill, and she is good at detecting clues of abnormalities.
The sunflowers swayed wildly, as if they were being blown by strong winds, but Jiang Feng was not aware of the changes in the airflow in the air at all.
Since there is no wind, why do the sunflowers keep swaying?
There are also three constructed creatures in the adventure team, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Mechanical Dog. Their physiological structures are different from those of natural creatures, and their nerves are not as fragile as those of flesh and blood humans and animals.
Although I was dazzled by the sunflowers, I didn't feel motion sick.
Just when Jiang Feng was secretly wondering, Tin Man Nick was already impatient. He picked up his ax and rushed towards the flower field, intending to chop down the sunflowers blocking his way.
However, at this moment, the sunflowers in the field suddenly stopped rotating, and in the center of the flowers, lovely faces appeared, all of which looked like little girls of eight or nine years old.
These girls had naughty smiles on their faces, and they all stuck out their tongues and made faces at the Tin Woodman, laughing loudly.
Nick was stunned for a moment, hesitating with his iron hand holding the battle ax high.
"Stop, stop!" The Scarecrow quickly stopped Nick, "These sunflowers are all alive, transformed by little girls!"
"Yes, I saw it." Nick looked confused, "But I don't understand what their intention was in stopping us."
"Perhaps these poor little girls were cursed and were transformed into half-human and half-sunflower shapes by bad guys using magic. Just like the misfortunes we have suffered in the past, they are waiting for kindhearted people to rescue them." Vita saved others by herself.
"I would like to lend a helping hand, but it's a pity that I don't know how to lift the curse." The Tin Woodman was in trouble. "The only savior I can think of is Master Oz who helped us lift the curse. However, these sunflowers blocked our return.
The only way to pass through the Emerald City, unless we harden our hearts and cut them down, we have no other way to see Master Oz."
When everyone was frowning, the mechanical dog Toto suddenly roared and rushed straight into the airless sunflower field.
"Toto! Stop running around!" the scarecrow shouted quickly.
Toto ignored it and rushed into the flower field quickly.
Just when everyone thought it would knock over a row of sunflower poles, all the sunflowers in front of them disappeared, revealing a barren wilderness.
A rabbit was digging a hole. When he heard the roar of "Toto, Toto", he jumped three feet high in fright and wanted to run away.
Toto pounced on the rabbit fiercely, bit the rabbit in one bite, grabbed it by the back of the neck, and ran back to the hostess, wagging his metal tail proudly to show off the prey he had just captured.
As early as when they first set out on the road, Ma Yun gave an order to Toto to hunt during the journey.
The mechanical dog is not like the lion, who is lazy from time to time and always strictly carries out the tasks assigned by the hostess.
Just now, it heard the rabbit burrowing and rushed to hunt without hesitation.
As for those weird sunflowers with human faces, with Toto's intelligence level, he couldn't figure out the twists and turns of the plot of "a little girl was turned into a sunflower by an evil witch" like the Scarecrow, so he just ignored them and all he could think about was catching rabbits!
Unexpectedly, he accidentally broke through the illusion in front of him.
"Yes, this is an illusion."
Gao Fei suddenly woke up.
"Someone cast spells on the wasteland, used illusions to create endless fields of sunflowers, and turned the flowers into girls' faces, trying to confuse us."
"Thanks to Toto for breaking through these realistic yet fragile illusions and unintentionally cracking the illusion."
"Excellent, this story tells us that it is those people who think they are smart, who are more likely to be confused by illusions and make simple things very complicated, which scares them to stop moving forward."
The Tin Woodman summed up his experience and lessons seriously.
The scarecrow scratched his head in embarrassment, thankful that his canvas face would not blush.
After the false alarm, everyone continued on their way.
The scene changed, and a rushing river blocked the front.
The Tin Woodman picked up his ax and walked to the woods by the river, intending to cut down the wood and make a raft for crossing the river.
"I bet!" the lion said angrily, "this big river is also created by illusion. If you don't believe it, just look at it!"
"Wait! My friend, that's not—"
The scarecrow tried to hold the reckless lion, but was knocked down by him.
The lion was like a cannonball, running straight towards the river.
He thought he had seen through the illusion. The moment he stepped onto the rapids, the river water under his feet would turn back into solid ground.
Unfortunately, he was too confident.
With a pop, he fell into the river and floated with the waves.
"Help...help..."
The poor lion struggled in the rapids.
"Damn it! This river... is actually real... I can't swim!"
