National Games: Zhongli at the beginning, the sense of security is full

Faced with the approaching crisis, local humans have three reactions.

One is helpless retreat, one is brave resistance, and the other is madness in despair.

but……

Jiang Yuan thought for a while and felt that the cause of the "madness" mentioned by the old man was not yet known and needed to be determined.

To be so crazy that you are killed by your compatriots or willing to commit suicide, there is no guarantee that it is not caused by the influence of some negative energy.

For example, the culprit of the first two special secret realms with extremely strong presence is demonic energy.

After the old man roughly told what happened in the past, he began to tell everyone what they wanted.

His wrinkled old face was illuminated by fluorescent light, and when he showed an expression of regret, he was so stiff that he was not like a normal human being.

"I forgot how many years ago, several teams of young people took turns coming here with injuries. At that time, the sun here was not as hot as it is now," he sighed. "They told me about the current predicament and the situation here. After that, after my help, they all decided to face the sun and help me get in touch with this crisis."

Xiao Songqing's eyes moved slightly. He did not ask some of the questions and speculations in his heart. Instead, he followed the old man's words and continued to ask: "So, how do we face the sun and fight it? Do you have any idea?"

"Are you going to attack it too? No, that's too dangerous!"

Hearing Xiao Songqing's question, the old man suddenly became excited, and his hand on crutches was trembling: "No, no, I will, I will die."

He shook his head again and again.

"They...those who fought against the sun, they are all dead."

"Old man, we are not those people before," Zhang Daocheng, who had unconsciously changed from hugging his legs to hugging Jiang Yuan's arms, was full of confidence, interrupting the old man's memories of the past, "Isn't it just the sun? We, Brother Jiang, are constantly The devil has already dealt with it!"

I don't know whether it was because of Zhang Daocheng's sudden voice or the content of his words. The old man raised his deep eyes and looked at Jiang Yuan seriously, and his whole body shivered.

He was stunned for a few seconds, but still insisted on his opinion: "No, no. That's what those brave men said before."

The old man squeezed the crutch in his hand tightly, and the veins on his skinny fingers were exposed.

"You'd better go back. I can't make you outsiders sacrifice anymore. I'm the only one who truly survives in this world. Let me die alone and end this disaster!"

Paimon looked at the old man sadly: "Do you have a way to end this disaster? How to do it?"

She rarely used her brain to find a solution to the crisis from the old man's mouth.

The old man did not intend to hide it, because only he could do this: "As long as I die."

"Huh? Why!"

"This crisis is mainly aimed at us local humans. You have endured unreasonable disasters." The old man seemed to want to express regret and guilt, but unfortunately his stiff face failed to express it, which only made people feel weird. "I have lived enough." If it takes a long time, I will die soon. After I die, the crisis of this world will be over."

Jiang Yuan was noncommittal and just said: "Before that, let us give it a try. If we fail, you can proceed according to your plan."

Without waiting for the old man to refuse, he spoke again in a rather rude tone.

"The purpose of our coming here is to solve some things. If we don't solve it, we can't leave, but we don't have time to wait for you to die."

"So, if you are not going to die in these two days, why not let us try to solve this crisis first."

The old man was speechless.

Jiang Yuan's expression was calm when he spoke, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth.

Just looking at his current expression, no one could think that he was implicitly expressing threats and coercion.

"Jiang Yuan, what are you talking about!" Paimeng was very puzzled. She didn't understand why Jiang Yuan said such things.

In her opinion, this old man who is willing to sacrifice himself to solve the crisis is worthy of respect.

"Alas!" The old man was just stunned for a short time. After Paimon spoke, he quickly changed his words, "Now that you have made your decision, I will no longer stop you."

"Wait, wait, your attitude has changed too quickly!" Paimon was stunned.

The old man is like a ruthless NPC who sends out quests. After the players accept the quest, he stops acting and uses words to fool the players: "The danger is getting closer and closer. I will send you to face the sun right now."

His concise tone sounded more like he was sending the contestants to their deaths.

He waved the crutch in his hand, and the familiar black mist rose and enveloped all the creatures present except him.

A cold light flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes. He took out the ceremonial bow at some point and quickly condensed a frost arrow. When he shot it at the old man, he put a shield on his teammates to prevent danger.

He was fed up with those rude NPCs, whether it was the fat man from Mondstadt whose name he forgot, the brothers and sisters from Liyue or other sects, or this old man who couldn't act well.

It seems that this old guy has lived for a long time and has enough energy in his body. His attack is probably a small lesson.

After all, he couldn't confirm the follow-up progress, so he could only vent his unhappy mood a little bit - if he really wanted to kill the opponent, he wouldn't use Diona's elemental combat skills, but Zhongli's Tianxing.

……

As he opened and closed his eyes, the black fog briefly covered his eyes for a moment. After it dissipated, a new scene was unlocked.

"Hey, are we back?" Zhang Daocheng looked left and right, and finally let go of Jiang Yuan's arm to be ready to deal with danger at any time.

"It's not the same." Ruan Jiang frowned, sweat appeared on his forehead, "I can feel that the smell here is much more uncomfortable than before."

Due to his special physique in this special secret realm, Ruan Jiang could barely function as a solar energy detector.

"Since you think so, it seems that we were really sent to a place where we can face the sun by the old man?" Zhao Bingxia is usually very polite, at least he will not directly call the old man "old man".

Jiang Yuan looked with a serious expression in the direction they were facing after being sent here: "Very powerful energy, right in front."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go straight ahead!" Although Zhang Daocheng couldn't see what was ahead of the empty road, he trusted Jiang Yuan's judgment.

"Wait, what happened!" Paimeng, who was completely confused about the situation, stomped in the air, "Why did that old man suddenly change his attitude and send us here directly!"

Should I say that Paimon was too trusting, or too... naive?

She did not think about the possibility of the old man lying and deceiving others. She sincerely thought that he was a purely well-intentioned person like the elves and mermaids in the special secret realm before.