In the darkness, the stacked sand and gravel suddenly loosened and rolled to the side with a spluttering sound. Novel. A few people shook off the sand and climbed out from below, and coughed for a while. Attila looked at the others and asked
:
"Are you all here?"
"I'm here." Parker answered first.
The big cat man just put the heavy shield forward and held the opal on the handle with his claws. The two eyes of the carved lion head on the shield radiated a faint light, allowing everyone to see his position clearly and at the same time.
See the surrounding environment clearly.
Half of the corridor collapsed.
Sylvide stretched out her hand to help Miss Nightingale crawl out from under the sand, and Alyssa coughed to show her gratitude: "Thank you."
She raised her head and accidentally saw Sylvester frowning. There was a layer of gloom on her beautiful face, as if he was hesitant and undecided, which was incompatible with the person she usually saw.
Alyssa was startled for a moment, thinking of something. She was actually a little worried in her heart. She hesitated for a moment before speaking to reassure her: "Don't worry too much, Miss Silvered. Captain, he will be fine."
Sylvide only nodded slightly.
Seeing that the gloom still lingered on her face, Alyssa knew that the other party was still worried, so she sighed softly, feeling a little envious in her heart. She took out the communication crystal and wiped the dust on it to make the crystal light up.
Alyssa's voice was rustling: "Jita, are you still there?"
A flickering screen of light was reflected on the crystal, on which the appearance of the little naturalist could be vaguely seen. Next to it were Shesta and the box. Due to unstable communication, Sheeta's voice coming from inside was a little anxious and distorted:
"Sister Alyssa, sister Aitila, I'm still here. What happened to your side? I can't contact brother Ed."
Everyone couldn't help but fell silent.
Alyssa looked at Sylvester beside her
But the ship officer lady calmed down and said: "Jita, the captain has cut off our rear and is temporarily separated from us... Now there is a strong magical disturbance underground in Idus, which has temporarily interfered with communications."
"...Team, are you okay, Captain?" Jita's tone was full of worry.
"He'll be fine."
Alyssa then asked: "What should we do next? Should we go back..."
"I don't want to go back and see those ghosts again. Didn't you see that the captain's angel disappeared in front of those things? How high are they?" Parker quickly shook his head like a rattle. "I dare you.
It is concluded that the food will be delivered when we get back. Moreover, the group leader must have died, so it will be useless for us to go back."
"Parker, shut your crow mouth."
"Alyssa, what Parker said makes sense," Attila said with rare calmness, "Our opportunity now is won by Ed. He asked us to go back to the ship to meet him. Ed is the commander of the team.
You must obey his orders."
But she paused for a moment: "I will stay to look for Ed. Rhett gave me the communication crystal in the box. If he has returned to the ship, you will notify me."
"You're still the same," the big cat man couldn't help but shook his head, smoothed the mane on his chin, and asked, "Do you need my help?"
"No need, you take the others back," Attila replied: "I belong to Ms. Amaya... you understand."
The big cat man shrugged. "Okay."
"Sylvid." Attila looked at Miss Ship Officer again.
The noble daughter calmed down. She thought for a moment before finally nodding: "I understand that such a change has occurred underground in Idos, and the situation in the city will change quickly... Blood Shark Pirates may swarm into the tunnel.
, we have to go back to the ship and plan again.”
"You can rest assured to leave it to me here, but the leader..."
Attila nodded: "I regard Ed as my younger brother, and I will get him back, don't worry."
"Thank you, Etila..."
Miss Elf smiled slightly, walked up to her and hugged her gently.
Sylvester took a step back, a little at a loss. This was the rare time she felt the warmth of this team, and it was intertwined with the breathless feeling in her heart at the moment, making her feel a little at a loss for the first time.
She whispered again:
"Thanks."
…
In the square underground hall, Fang Zheng carefully sent a reply to that ID.
He was full of regrets. Why didn't he see 'r''s letter earlier? In that case, he could reply in time. 'r' had only been online for such a long time. If he missed it this time, he would have to wait until the next meeting.
I don’t know when it was.
He just sent the letter back with the expectation that the other party would always see a reply, because even when the other party was the most active, he was only online once or twice a month, so he did not place any hope on the other party.
Can reply immediately.
But there are some abnormal and low-probability events in this world.
After Fang clicked send, he was about to close the mailbox when he suddenly heard a soft 'ding' sound. He was so frightened that his hands almost shook. It was the prompt sound of a reply. The next moment, he saw a brand new email, Zhengan
Lying quietly in his mailbox, Fang glanced at the sender in disbelief. It was exactly what he expected:
Sender: r, sending time: May 21, am 1:07:42
'It's so late and you're still not sleeping?'
Seeing that this was full of personal language style that didn't focus on the online world at all, Fang knew that the person on the other side was really him.
But he still couldn't help but complain, did the other party really not care at all that he had changed his ID and was currently in Aitaria? If the two were communicating using cross-border communication, they would have seen it.
of this information.
After all, the traffic charges for cross-border information are very expensive. In the early years, communication service providers deliberately did not display this information, resulting in a large number of sky-high bills and lawsuits. After that, various countries made this mandatory.
However, this thought only flashed through Fang's mind. He was a little surprised and immediately wrote back:
'Teacher, it's really you.'
'Didn't I tell you not to call me teacher? Why are you so stupid and you don't understand human language at all?'
'But you haven't appeared for a long time.'
'...I accidentally forgot my password and only remembered it recently.'
‘…’
This familiar conversational style left Fang speechless for a while.
But it also seemed to take him back to the time two years ago. Those days in the community were the most fulfilling days for him. Every time the other party went online, he would give him a lot of information and videos, and let him know.
He went to answer the questions.
Although those questions were difficult, he was filled with a sense of accomplishment every time he finally conquered them.
After all, at that time, those questions were the only way he could get in touch with Aitaria.
And there is also his favorite part, watching the other party help him 'correct' his answers:
'Can you do this?'
'I just picked up a random question and you answered it, so what else should I teach you?'
'Wait a minute, what do you mean by this idea of answering the question?'
'Next time I'll give you a question that even those guys at Fox haven't solved yet, and see if you can solve it.'
When Fang thought of those things, he couldn't help but feel funny, but he was also vaguely pleased with himself.
Unfortunately, he didn't see those questions in the end, and the other party seemed to be just talking about them. Most of the materials, videos, and test questions presented every time were more classic combat examples and techniques, and there was nothing 'over the top'
.
At least that's how it seems to Fang.
But one day after that, the other party completely disappeared and never appeared again. Although the other party claimed to have 'forgot the password' at the moment, Fang definitely wouldn't believe it. He was not a fool, so how could he believe this clumsy trick?
reason.
He entered a line of text, but thought about it and deleted it repeatedly. After thinking about it again and again, he sent a simple sentence:
'I'm in Etalia, teacher'
The other party paused for a rare moment, and then sent a question:
'Do you want to meet me?'
Fang was shocked. He had always thought that the other party must be a retired top player because he had so much free time. But judging from this answer, the other party was still in Etalia? It meant that the person who had been teaching him turned out to be an active star.
The Chosen One?
Who could it be?
But I didn't expect that the other party's answer would change immediately.
r sent a laughing and tearful emoji: ‘...You’re not really fooled, are you?’
'Don't think too much. In fact, I'm just a keyboard player. Of course I can't come to see you... But you don't have to worry, my theoretical experience is still very solid. You should also consolidate the things I taught you before.
'
square:"……"
Can we still have a good chat?
Fortunately, he was very familiar with the other party's language style, and was only stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. Fang thought for a moment, and asked the other party for help directly as before:
'I may be in trouble, teacher.'
When I saw this sentence over there, my answer immediately became normal:
'what happened again?'
Only then did Fang describe the entanglement between himself and the Super Sports Alliance. To be honest, since the Dawn Star incident, he had inexplicably gotten into trouble with the Descendants of Flore and the Super Sports League. Since then, the relationship between the two has been all the way.
Straight down, until after the Battle of Vanrich.
According to Sophie, he was on V.E.M's blacklist.
But after hearing what he said, r didn't think so: 'Do you think they will cause trouble for you?'
'Yes.'
'If you think too much, they will give you a chance.'
'give me a chance?'
'You have potential, and capital will not interfere with interests. They will also offer you an olive branch, but it's up to you whether you accept it or not.'
Fang couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.
Although he and R didn't know each other, they talked about almost everything. So he thought for a moment and then typed: 'But I don't want to accept it. Teacher, I think it is wrong for the Super Competitive Alliance to do that. You don't often
Tell me, is it the ideal of the chosen people of the past? I think that is the real super competition. I came to Aitalia precisely because of your teachings that have been supporting me. I found the same spirit here.
and ideas, so I am not willing to compromise easily.'
'You just say you don't want to accept it and that's it?'
'Hey, you guy, why are you still so verbose, so I don't bother to read all the nonsense behind you. What did I tell you, those are all lies, chicken soup for the soul, you should be able to tell the difference? What do you think, that's
your own business'
Fang's eyes almost went dark when he saw it.
But r paused and then typed again: 'So you have the military as your backing. If you are afraid of what they will do, just go against them and it will be over.'
This pair of teachers and students surprisingly thought of each other at this point.
After seeing this sentence, Fang confirmed his inner thoughts and breathed a sigh of relief: 'What about the Dragon Worship Cult?'
r rolled his eyes over.
‘I don’t have a hundred thousand whys, why are you asking me everything? I don’t have much research on the Dragon Worship Cult, so you can figure it out on your own, but the idea of solving the problem is the same, it is nothing more than peeling off the cocoon.’
'You hide yourself in the dark, which is a wise choice. Do you know what this means? It's not just safety, there is no absolute safety in this world, but more importantly, you can observe some things that you couldn't in the past.
angle of perception.'
'I have mentioned more than once that when conducting task analysis, information is the first important thing, and this is why.'
Fang nodded.
r added: 'But I can remind you to grasp the main contradiction.'
'The main contradiction?'
'What is the true intention of the Dragon Worship Cult?'
'That's exactly what I don't understand, teacher.'
'What you don't know, stupid, is that they deliberately hide information, but if they want to hide information, they have to give surface information, right? What is the true intention of the Dragon Worship Cult? It is naturally to resurrect the dark dragon, idiot.'
'Of course I understand this. I'm afraid no one in the entire Kaolin Ithulian knows this,' Fang was a little aggrieved: "But what's the use of knowing this superficial information? I don't know what they will do."
?”
'I'm afraid you don't understand,' r replied: 'The one they want to resurrect is the Dark Dragon. Nicol Bolas is the Dark Dragon, but the Dark Dragon is not Nicol Bolas. Isn't this an obvious fact?
'
'Ah?' Fang was stunned, and immediately felt that he had vaguely grasped something. The differences between Nicol Bolas and the Dragon Cult, as well as what was hidden behind the previous conversation between Rollin and Pudra,
It seemed to suddenly become clear.
Nicol Bolas is the Dark Dragon, but the Dark Dragon is not Nicol Bolas. If there are such differences within the Dragon Cult, then all the previous unreasonable things will make sense.
But the question now is, if not Nicol Bolas, then what?
Fang couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. This was exactly the same as in the past. His teacher could always easily grasp the key to the problem, which made him admire him endlessly.
But then R changed the subject and asked again: 'Are you in Idos now?'
Fang nodded in agreement and described the previous situation.
r was silent for a moment and typed word by word:
'I've actually heard of the girl you mentioned.'
'What?'
'She has been in that place and many people have seen her.'
This answer coincided with what the girl said, but Fang still looked very surprised: 'But why haven't I heard any relevant information?'
r replied: 'Maybe it's because Idus is too remote. In fact, many people have seen her, but not many people have ventured to that place, so there are very few rumors about this quest line.
.'
‘Teacher, task line?’
'That girl has a quest line, but what can I say...she asked you to help her, right?'
Fang nodded again.
'This is her mission. In fact, everyone who has been to that place has completed this mission. The mission line is very short. She will ask you to help collect some materials and then repair some things.'
'After completing these things, this mission ends here. It is just like the endless side missions in those poor virtual games in the past, just to find an excuse to give you a trivial reward.
What's more, in this mission, there is not even a meager reward. The only thing you can get is a painless thank you.'
'So you can imagine how such a quest line could become so widely known.'
Fang was slightly startled, and immediately thought that there might be something undiscovered behind this. After all, he still had the diary in his hand, and the location indicated in the diary was also underground. Could there be such a coincidence?
?
But r seemed to guess what he was thinking at once and wrote:
'Are you thinking that there must be some undiscovered clues behind this?'
‘…?’
'Don't be surprised, because you will definitely not be the first to think so, and I guess you won't be the last. I have many friends who have been to that place, and some of them are just better at analysis tasks than me.
Awesome, but none of them found the so-called 'hidden clues'.'
'It turns out that it is just an ordinary task. The only thing that may have hidden elements is the 'seal' that you are going to repair. What is under the 'seal' naturally cannot stop the curiosity of the selectors.
It's a pity that someone has been down there, and everything inside has long since escaped.'
'Some people speculate that it may be Nicol Bolas's seal. Although it doesn't make sense, it is almost the only possibility.'
After hearing this, Fang frowned and asked, 'Teacher, do you think so?'
'No, this is not my idea. I have never been to that place and will not draw conclusions easily. I am just passing on the conclusions of those experts. As for whether you believe it or not, it is your own business. But you don't think you are better than others.
Are they more powerful?'
'But'
'Okay, I understand, people will never give up until they reach the Yellow River. If you think so, I completely understand. Fortunately, this quest line is not long. If you have questions, you can try it yourself and it won't waste much.
time.'
Fang remained silent.
But R knew his habits very well and asked again: 'Have you decided?'
'Um.'
There was silence once again.
Although he verbally disagreed with this, r still wrote: "Well, it happens that I am also somewhat interested in this task, so that's good, I have gone through this task with you. We haven't analyzed the task together for a long time, so
Think of it as reviewing the past and learning the new.”
Fang was stunned for a moment, and then he felt happy. He knew the strength of the other party in his heart. If the other party was looking for clues with him, the chance of finding clues would be not only 10 to 20 percent greater.
But r poured cold water on him first: "Don't be happy too early, you will suffer later. Although the rewards of this quest line are average, the difficulty is not low. If you don't have any ability, I suggest you still
Turn back first.'
But after hearing this, Fang remained calm and said, "I'm much better now than I was in the community, teacher."
r sent a deadpan symbol.
But the next moment, Fang received a prompt from the community, reminding him that within the next forty-eight hours, he would enjoy free omni-directional cross-border communication traffic services. When he saw this prompt, he was slightly startled.
r then replied: 'I will keep in touch with you later. You have only arrived in Aitaria not long ago. You must be very poor, right?'
Fang opened his mouth. If someone said this to him, he might feel a little embarrassed because he can almost be said to be extremely poor now.
But at this moment, he only remembered a few things. At that time, in the community, R gave him so many videos, materials and various training software, but in fact it was not until a long time later.
Only then did he realize that those things were only paid for in the community, and they were expensive.