Chapter 12: Details of the Sheiling Tunnel
Waiting for his cousin to finish his porridge and go to work, Zhang Yuanqing went back to his room to catch up on his sleep.
Once he woke up from a nap, there was a dynamic sound effect in his ears, and when he opened his eyes, the room was flickering with the fluorescence of the TV screen, and the ceiling light was not turned on.
He sat up and looked at the window, his sister-in-law was sitting cross-legged in front of the TV, playing his ps5, rolled up his sleeves to reveal two white tender arms, his body swaying from side to side as he operated the handle.
Zhang Yuanqing yawned, got up and turned on the light, came behind his sister-in-law and watched her play the game.
She was playing a horror game, the painting style is gloomy, the music is weird, the main character is an ugly villain, carrying a bloody axe, all the way through, killing blood and flesh.
TV fluorescence reflected in the bright eyes of autumn water, round goose egg face brightly, with a hint of excitement.
"This game is good, very suitable for playing at night, quite self-healing." The sister-in-law said without looking back.
The sister-in-law had three major hobbies, shopping at the mall, watching horror movies, and playing horror games.
It is depressing, right, you perverted woman ....... Zhang Yuanqing echoed with a mouthful of words, "It is quite interesting."
The sister-in-law twisted her head around and gave him a blank look, "What are you still vain with me."
She turned back to continue playing the game, saying:
"Actually, this is a self-healing game, the ghosts and monsters in the screen are all fantasized by the little boy, he is a psychopath, in order not to be devoured by the demons of his heart, he struggled hard to fight, and in the end, he killed his way out and finally saw the light, the ending is very touching."
While she was speaking, Zhang Yuanqing had already poured himself a glass of water, and responded as he drank, "Good intention."
Auntie hmmm'd twice and continued:
"Every boss has specific laws embedded in it, and as long as one pays attention, even a little boy can defeat the dreaded demon. But the horrible images and music tend to make people fearful inside and lose their cool judgment.
"You come and play too."
Zhang Yuanqing was not in the mood to accompany his sister-in-law to play the game, it had been almost 20 hours since he left the Spirit Realm, and in another dozen hours or so when the Spirit Realm opened up again, what was waiting for him might be death.
He might as well think about what he should do in the last ten hours of his life to save himself from regrets.
Call his mom and scold her? Hug his sister-in-law and cry? Sing and dance rap with his uncle one last time?
He suddenly realized that he did not have any special regrets, nor did he have any dream wishes. As a university student with a good family background, he did not have too many worries in his life.
Only those who have gone through vicissitudes of life have many regrets that cannot be cut off.
"Aiya, you come to play!" The sister-in-law twisted her small waist and pampered.
Looking at her beautiful back, Zhang Yuanqing's eyes gradually turned softer and sat down beside his sister-in-law, taking the handle in her hand.
If there were only a dozen hours left in life, it would be nice to play another game with her.
Under the guidance of his sister-in-law as she nibbled on potato chips and chirped, Zhang Yuanqing cleared the game and took a look at the time, realizing that it was already 11 o'clock late at night.
"Not bad, not bad, very talented."
Sister-in-law sucked on her white fingers and patted her nephew's shoulder in praise, rubbing saliva on him in the process.
"Wicked or not, dirty." Zhang Yuanqing looked disgusted.
"Bah, this is my agar jelly, don't be in bliss and not know bliss." Jiang Yu Bait said shamelessly.
"Jelly liquid? How much does it cost per catty." Zhang Yuanqing snorted.
"I won't sell it for any amount of money, but Auntie can give you a few mouthfuls." Jiang Yu Bait pouted, with a stance that she was going to dip her saliva on Zhang Yuanqing's body.
Zhang Yuanqing leaned back to dodge.
Click!
The doorknob twisted, and Grandma stood in the doorway, frowning at the two.
Zhang Yuanqing and Jiang Yu Bait immediately sat upright.
"Are you still eating your meal?" Grandma reprimanded, "Not sleeping at night and sleeping during the day, waking up to play games, being a human trying to become immortal, born on earth to go to heaven?"
Zhang Yuanqing put down the handle, "I know, I know, I'll eat right away."
Grandma coldly slanted her daughter a glance, sister-in-law gray rolled back to the boudoir.
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Dinner had been kept warm, and Grandmother warmed up the cold dishes again, Zhang Yuanqing filled his stomach haphazardly and returned to his room, summoning the item bar to confirm that the Corpse Suppressor Talisman was still there.
Then examined his attribute panel.
Then, while praying that there would be good news from Li Dongze's side, he pondered over the bits and pieces in the Mountain God Temple.
During the game he played with his sister-in-law just now, he had a new epiphany.
Since the Spirit Realm was also a game, did laws exist? If he found a law, even if he was a young boy with no hands, he might be able to pass the level without any problems.
While thinking wildly, a piercing ringtone sounded, causing Zhang Yuanqing's heart to stop.
He grabbed the cell phone on his bedside, the caller ID was an unfamiliar number, and chose to connect.
"Hello, is this Zhang Yuanqing."
A sexy voice came from the speaker, and Zhang Yuanqing revealed a look of surprise as he busily asked:
"Did you get the information on the She Spirit Tunnel?"
Guanya gave a 'hmm':
"Shishang asked for more detailed information for you, and he asked me to send it to your mailbox. I know you youngsters never check your mailboxes, so I called to let you know."
Worthy of being official, joining the official was the right choice ...... Zhang Yuanqing's mood brightened instantly, resisting the urge to pounce on the computer to check the email, he sincerely said:
"Thank Shifu Li for me, thank Sister Guanya, and when I successfully complete the trial mission, I'll treat you all to dinner."
Successfully complete the trial ...... Guanya sighed in her heart, and after a few moments of wanting to speak, her voice was rare and soft:
"Okay, wait for you."
She had already read the information passed over by the Taiyi Sect, and after reading it, there was only a cold heart and despair, no wonder the shiksa had been moping around all day.
In Li Dongze's heart, this newly recruited Night Wanderer, I'm afraid that he will be folded in the trial mission.
Ending the clearance, Zhang Yuanqing pulled back his ergonomic chair and couldn't wait to start his laptop and log into his e-mail.
He found the email from Guanya in the mess of unread emails.
Downloaded the attached document.
.......
She Spirit Tunnel, Spirit Realm Number 0079, Difficulty Level: S, Type: Single (Death Type)
Main quest one: survive for three hours.
Main Quest II: Explore Spirit Realm No. 0079.
Same as my trial mission ....... Zhang Yuanqing's spirit lifted, this was a good sign, the closer the content description was to his mission, the better.
The scene of Spirit Realm 0079 is not a She Spirit Tunnel, but rather an ancient temple from the Ming Dynasty called the Sandao Mountain Nymphet Temple.
According to my speculation, this Niang Niang should be an extremely high-ranking night wandering god, no, perhaps it can no longer be called a night wandering god. It is not clear whether there was really such a magnificent goddess in the Ming Dynasty, but it may be a fabrication of the spirit world.
Then there was a large paragraph describing the deeds of the Niang of the Three Daoist Mountains, the content of which was consistent with what Zhang Yuanqing had seen in the temple.
Moving on to the next paragraph:
The task of surviving for three hours was relatively simple; initially, after viewing the contents of the notes, I encountered the entanglement of a spiteful spirit, whose characteristic was to continuously extract the yang energy of living things until the target died.
Nightwalkers have an innate suppression of spirits, and I dispelled it without too much effort, but when I tried to devour it, I suffered a huge obstacle. This may be the protection of the spirit realm against the grudging spirits.
All those who read the notes are cursed with the immortality of the grudge spirits, and any method of getting rid of them is short-lived; getting rid of a grudge spirit once will give you roughly 15 minutes of safety.
It's worth mentioning that the overall layout of the Temple of the Mountain God is a main temple with two adjoining backyards. The candle in the main temple is an extremely powerful prop with the ability to quell evil spirits and purify, so as long as one hides in the main temple, it means safety. The price was that the candle would remove the fear from one's heart, and after bathing in candlelight for a long time, one would become fearless, and being in such a menacing spiritual realm, fearlessness was fatal. In addition, it could not be moved, could not be taken out of the spirit realm.
After half an hour in the main hall, I suddenly heard a cry for help, a cry for help from the backyard, interspersed with creepy hissing, not resembling the hissing of a living creature, and after some hesitation, I decided to explore the backyard.
The main hall is indeed a safe house, this point I personally verified, but I did not expect the root cause to be a candle, I thought it was that beautiful mountain goddess .......
The cry for help came from that big banyan tree, and the roar I didn t hear it, and that courtyard in the east is really scary ....... Zhang Yuanqing's heart was in awe and he secretly drew in cool air.
He took a deep breath and gazed down to read, the information at the back was very important, if he could know the situation of the other courtyard in advance, he would be able to avoid the danger when he explored.
The big banyan tree is dangerous, don t turn back, don t turn back ......
This banyan tree seems to have a consciousness, but why ask for help? As for the terrifying roar, I didn't find the source because it interrupted my exploration with the appearance of a pair of ...... red dancing shoes.
Instead of attacking me first, it invited me to dance, and out of a spirit of trial and error, I agreed to its invitation .......
I couldn't memorize its steps at all, they were too messy and too varied, it was an impossible request for me who had no dance experience, no, it was impossible to memorize those steps even for someone who had dance experience. I failed, and the red dancing shoes went after me.
I successfully escaped back to the main hall, but my ribs were broken twice by its stomping, I think I gained an insight into its true nature, this is an extremely terrifying prop, its tracking ignores terrain and obstacles, and it won't stop until it achieves its goal, preliminary speculation, it is a rule-based prop.
Unbelievable, a trial spirit realm actually has a rule class prop, I finally know that Qian Shou obviously had a prop with him but still died in the Mountain God Temple, and know why this spirit realm has never been cleared by anyone, are you kidding me, those who can enter the She Spirit Tunnel are either early stage level 1 Night Wanderers or ordinary people, how can they possibly clear the tunnel?
For the time being, I don't know the reason for the decline of the Mountain Temple, and I don't know what that secret is that concerns the rise and fall of a thousand years, so I hope that I can successfully complete the second main quest and bring back the truth for the organization.
The information ended here, with no follow-up.
Zhang Yuanqing knew that this Night Wanderer had most likely died in the second mainline mission.
