Under the protection of giant trees, the long stone steps seem to have no end, extending all the way to the top of the mountain.
The shrine, which can be seen clearly from a distance, is completely missing from the foot of the mountain.
"This must be another game setting." Wen De said angrily.
The Ultraman mask he is wearing is very funny, and it also hinders his speech a little bit.
But if he didn't wear this mask, more than a dozen people around him would probably swarm him and beat him up.
Among these ten people, at least four or five are two-star peak masters who may hit three-star masters at any time. In addition to Wang Hu, who Cheng Peng has known for a long time, he also met Liu Zhengyi, who is also a top ten master. He has a Chinese character face.
, short beard, unsmiling, cool guy who looks like the temperature around him has dropped a bit.
With so many masters surrounding him, if a fight breaks out, Wen De will definitely be on the spot and Cheng Peng will not be able to save him.
So he had to put on a mask and climb the steps while mumbling.
"It's too high!" he said. "I feel like I've climbed at least two to three hundred levels. Why haven't I reached it yet?"
Looking up, it seems that we have only gone a tenth of the way.
There is obviously something weird about these stone steps!
"Smash it?" said a man wearing a motorcycle helmet and jeans. "When will we be able to climb to the top of the mountain if this continues! I suspect that by the time we get to the mountain, we will already be in the 22nd century!"
Cheng Peng looked up and found that the distance seemed to be a little further away.
"Let's sprint with all our strength." Wang Hu also looked up, and then said as if asking for everyone's opinions.
But before anyone could answer, he had already leaned down and rushed towards the top of the mountain like a beast charging towards its prey.
There was only a strong gust of wind howling, and his figure quickly moved away, and after a while he disappeared at the end of the stone steps.
"It seems that you really need to sprint..." A girl wearing a Japanese onmyoji robe smiled slightly and bowed to everyone, "Sorry, I'll take the first step."
Before she finished speaking, she jumped up, her robe glowed brightly, and instantly turned into a crow, flying towards the top of the mountain.
The behavior of these two people reminded everyone - most of the people who can get here are somewhat capable. They climbed up just now, but they didn't expect to use other methods. Now that someone has started, everyone will immediately cross the sea and show their talents.
The magical powers used their own unique skills and flew towards the top of the mountain.
"What should we do?" Wind asked.
Cheng Peng looked at the empty stone steps and sighed.
"I remember you don't get motion sickness, right?"
"yes."
"That's good." Cheng Peng grabbed Wen De's waist, threw him onto his shoulders like a rice bag, and then ran towards the top of the mountain.
Shuchichi!
The wind howled, and the surrounding scenery quickly receded like a revolving lantern. In less than ten seconds, Cheng Peng and Wen De rushed to the top of the mountain and stood in front of the shrine.
Putting down his eyes at the playboy who had turned into mosquito coils, Cheng Peng smiled and greeted the acquaintances who were already here.
There are really a lot of acquaintances!
The great monk Shi Tianpeng, Infernal Affairs Wang Zuo, Kuai Dao Qiao Xi...even met Shen Qi.
"What are you doing here, an Englishman?" he asked curiously.
"I found that I didn't know enough about the situation in Asia, so I just took this opportunity to learn about the situation in Asia." Shen Qi, who put on a European-style palace dress, smiled like a flower, "The 'Fantasy Township' in Asia is different from Europe and the United States."
It is a very large game world with the same name as 'World of Warcraft' in the region. The number of permanent players is so many that it is calculated in 'ten thousand'. If you take a good look here, you should be able to have a clearer impression of the entire Asian region."
It seems to make sense...
Hakurei Shrine looks very dilapidated, and even the torii archway that serves as the main gate seems to be about to collapse. However, this collapsed archway is protected by an unknown force. Anyone who plans to pass through it to enter the shrine will be protected without exception.
The ground was transported to the foot of the mountain, and you could only climb the steps again.
So everyone had to wait slowly.
After exchanging pleasantries, someone took out a portable stove and set up a pot to cook broth.
The weather in June is actually quite hot, but for some reason, the temperature around Hakurei Shrine is a bit low. The hot broth immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"It smells so good!" Wen De, who was still lying on the ground pretending to be dead, rolled over and got up, "The fragrant meat will roll three times, and the gods will come down to earth!"
Well?
Many people present showed surprised expressions.
"Dog meat?" Shen Qi's face was full of horror, "You all eat dogs in the game?"
So she turned around angrily and ran to the side to get angry.
There are many dog lovers who are equally angry, and most of them are women.
Cheng Peng grabbed Wen De, who was causing trouble with his big tongue, and pushed him over there.
"You can take care of the trouble you caused yourself!"
"I am hungry……"
"There are groups of soft girls over there, they are pretty and delicious, go ahead and eat them slowly!"
Not to mention how Wen De turned the angry dog-loving girls into laughter with his eloquent words, nor how the gourmets, including the great monk, feasted and drank. What they didn't know was that
, above the torii gate of the shrine, stood a blond woman holding a pink umbrella.
"They are a very interesting group of people." She said, "No matter how many times I watch it, I will never get bored. These strange people are always so full of energy, chattering but full of energy..."
She looked up at the sky and then at a few people still climbing the stone steps.
"It's almost time. Those who are late may wish themselves good luck."
After saying that, she raised her left foot and stepped lightly on the torii gate.
The torii gate, which was so dilapidated that it was about to collapse, emitted a dazzling light, and a black crack suddenly opened in the void.
Before anyone could react, a terrifying gust of wind arose in the air, and dust and leaves formed a huge tornado, rushing towards the cracks like a whale sucking water.
Those who were chatting, those who were angry, those who were eating meat, those who were drinking, and those who were watching the soy sauce making... all the people present were swept up by the strong wind and sucked into the cracks.
Cheng Peng tried hard to keep his balance, but a rice bowl flying towards him - with half a bowl of hot dog soup in it - made him change his mind.
So he performed a difficult move on the iron bridge, causing the bowl of ferocious dog meat soup to fly past his face, and then with a crash, his head hit the ground and fell to the stone floor.
"Cheng Peng, what's wrong with you?" came a familiar voice.
It's crisp and sweet, like striking fine jade.
Cheng Peng rubbed his buzzing head and got up.
He has arrived at the Hakurei Shrine, but the originally dilapidated shrine has now changed its appearance. Although it cannot be called gorgeous, it is at least very neat.
Everyone who was chatting with him just now no longer knows where they are. Among the people who originally gathered under the torii gate of Hakurei Shrine, he was the only one left.
Many men and women wearing witch uniforms and priest uniforms were busy inside the shrine. They took out many stones - or raw jade stones - from the warehouse on one side, and used something that looked a bit like a chainsaw to cut the big stones into pieces.
Cut it into palm-sized pieces, and then put them on the desk, where other people would carve and paint on them, not knowing what they were doing.
Obviously, at this moment, he has left the Hakurei Shrine in "reality" and came to the Hakurei Shrine in "Fantasy Township".
Liu Xueji stood in front of him, holding a lot of palm-sized white flakes in her arms, looking at him worriedly.
"Are you okay? The fall just now was quite hard."
"No problem, I'll get used to it after falling."
As soon as these words came out, several witches nearby laughed.
"Is it possible to get used to this kind of thing?" Liu Xueji looked him up and down in surprise, as if she wanted to see two flowers on his face, "Cheng Peng, you didn't hurt your head, did you? We have someone here who is very good at healing spells.
of……"
"No, no, no, no need!" Cheng Peng shook his head quickly. He didn't want to be sent for treatment when he first arrived in your country. It was too embarrassing!
While they were talking, the air around them fluctuated, and a girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, also wearing a large miko uniform, appeared next to them with an indifferent expression.
"Is this the friend you were talking about, Xue Ji?" The girl looked at Cheng Peng, "The way he touches the ground is indeed very personal."
Cheng Peng felt embarrassed and quickly explained.
"Don't worry, I know you didn't mean it." The girl still showed no expression, but retained a warmth that could be considered polite, "But you damaged the floor of the shrine, please repair it if you have time."
After saying that, she bowed slightly and walked towards the main hall of the shrine.
"Who is this? She's very powerful!" Cheng Peng waited for the girl to go away, then lowered his voice and said to Liu Xueji, "I just evaluated her, and the system said, 'This person is unfathomable, whether it's fighting or picking up girls.
I suggest you change your goal."
"She is Hakurei Reimu. Isn't there her portrait on the invitation?"
Cheng Peng took out the invitation and took a closer look. It was quite similar.
The problem is that the portrait is a two-dimensional Japanese cartoon, but the Hakurei Reimu you see with your own eyes is a quiet beauty in three dimensions, and she is completely unrecognizable at first glance.
But whether he recognized it or not, it is an indisputable fact that Cheng Peng broke the stone slab on the ground of Hakurei Shrine.
So he had to leave the shrine and set off along the mountain road to the nearby human settlement "Jinjian Sato", where he asked a stonemason to buy a stone slab of the same specifications.
Although Hakurei Reimu may not really care about a stone slab, Cheng Peng has nothing to do anyway, not to mention he really wants to know more about Gensokyo, which is said to have "the most players in Asia".
The mountain road is very gentle, with lush trees on both sides. The sun casts shadows from the treetops, making the stone steps variegated.
After walking not far, Cheng Peng stopped.
"Are all the people in Gensokyo so hospitable?" He said to the trees around him, "You have been following me since just now. Are you worried that I will get lost and want to be a tour guide?"
"As a volunteer, you should at least appear in front of me."
There was a rustle in the bushes, and a little girl only as high as his chest came out.
This girl has a somewhat strange appearance, with two long tentacles on her head, and a pair of folded wings behind her like a dragonfly.
"I just want to ask..." The girl seemed a little shy. She stared at Cheng Peng for several seconds before finishing her sentence hesitantly, "Can I eat you?"
