King from scratch

He Shu and Du Ming stayed behind, while Wu Xing and Wang Lun led the team back to the Kingdom to report on the progress.

"Why did those two kingdom knights suddenly jump up the tree?" Wang Lun casually asked while walking in the dense forest, identifying the direction.

The trees in the forest are too dense, and the sky is covered from the top. Walking in it, the feeling of gloom is like a shadow, as if there are countless enemies hidden in the darkness.

It is always gloomy here, there are not many light sources, the sky is slightly dim, and it is almost completely plunged into darkness.

Not long after Wang Lun and the others turned around and returned to the forest, they took out lighting tools one after another, illuminating the road ahead with a faint light.

"Who knows what's weird about the Elven Kingdom?" Wu Xing raised his hand, letting the ball of light in his hand illuminate the front, and said casually, "Maybe it's some kind of spell that confuses people's hearts?"

"Are elves good at spells?"

There was a sound under Wang Lun's feet, and he stepped on a branch and broke it.

Wang Lun lowered his head and looked at his feet, and the scope of the lighting technique extended along his line of sight, bringing the chaotic ground into view.

Wang Lun kicked the dead branch away, looked away and said, "I thought they were better at archery or something."

Wu Xing kept up with each other, and his attention was more focused on the front: "It's best not to have stereotypes about the race of this 'game', after all, none of these stereotypes are right."

In the silent forest where there is no sound, only the conversation between the two of them reverberates. The dense forest forms an empty echo, so that when the sound spreads in the distance and returns to the ear, there is a sense of misplaced amplification.

Wang Lun scratched his ears uncomfortably, "That's right... Is it too quiet here? It feels strange."

Wu Xing looked at the Kingdom Knight beside him.

The other party took two steps forward, observed the increasingly dark environment, and shook his head towards Wu Xing.

Wu Xing continued to walk: "Don't scare yourself."

Wang Lun shut his mouth and followed Wu Xing to move on.

A moment later, there was a crisp sound from Wang Lun's feet.

Wang Lun looked down at his feet.

The lighting space of the lighting technique extends accordingly, bringing the chaos of the ground into view.

Wang Lun kicked the broken dead branch away, and quickly followed Wu Xing's footsteps.

After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped again.

Wu Xing turned to look at him.

Wang Lun took two steps back, illuminated the ground covered with fallen leaves and branches, looked at it for a few minutes, then raised his head and said to Wang Lun, "Let's go through this section of the road once."

Wu Xing frowned, and looked at the Kingdom Knight beside him.

The kingdom knights searched for traces nearby, shook their heads and said, "There is no trace of walking."

"I stepped on the same branch twice." Wang Lun was extremely confident.

Wu Xing: "So we're walking the same path over and over again?"

Wang Lun had to admit the bad news: "It seems that we can't get out."

Wu Xing took out the city return scroll from the interspatial bag, tore it up, the city return scroll lit up, then dimmed again, without any response.

This reaction undoubtedly affirmed their guess.

Wang Lun turned his head and looked behind him: "Shall we go back and see the situation?"

So the group turned around and walked back in the direction they came from.

"Stand back," Du Ming commanded the knights of the kingdom to stay away from the towering tree whose situation is unknown, and gave the next order: "Stay where you are."

The kingdom knights ordered and moved one by one, orderly, and sat on the grass in unison.

He Shu stood behind the crowd and looked at the towering tree in front of him.

Du Ming took out a piece of food from the interspatial bag and handed it to He Shu.

He Shu took it, and said vaguely while gnawing: "Do you think this is an illusion?"

Du Ming looked up at the towering tree. It was so huge that standing on the flat ground made people fearful.

That's pure fear of life. How long does it take for such a big tree to grow to cover the sky and cover the sun?

"We watched Xiaojia and the others go up the tree." Du Ming's gaze paused on the big tree, and he climbed up the trunk inch by inch until his neck could no longer be raised. Exuberant, showing vitality, incompatible with the dead silence here.

"Actually, looking at it right now, there is no danger here." Du Ming withdrew his gaze and said to He Shu, "We didn't even see a single elf."

He Shu guessed, "Will elves be on trees?"

Du Ming glanced at the big tree: "Then this elf kingdom is really unexpected."

Anyway, it is called the existence of the kingdom, the number of elves that can be contained in a tree, no matter how you think about it, it can't be too many, right?

Even if the tree is extremely huge, it will not work.

The scene became quiet again.

He Shu closed his eyes at some point, and stood there silently, as if he was perceiving something, or just in a daze.

Du Ming walked around among the kingdom knights, returned to He Shu, noticed his appearance, and frowned: "He Shu?"

He Shu turned his head in his direction, eyes still closed.

"You are..." Du Ming didn't finish his sentence.

With his eyes closed, He Shu suddenly sped up, passed through the knights of the kingdom, and ran straight towards the towering tree. He jumped up the tree trunk in twos and twos, and disappeared from their sight.

Subconsciously chasing a few steps, Du Ming barely stopped in the dangerous area.

The knights of the kingdom stood up in unison, followed suit, and stopped behind Du Ming.

With a sullen face, Du Ming looked back at the kingdom knight.

"I'll go offline to check the situation, and you all go back 500 meters. If I go offline for more than two hours, then Xiaokang will be the temporary commander."

The Kingdom Knight took the lead and retreated 500 meters.

Du Ming exited the game smoothly.

"Is his condition stable?" Du Ming asked the special doctor who monitored the player's physical data in the holographic game cabin.

"No abnormality." The dispatched doctor glanced at the real-time data and asked Du Ming, "Do you need to forcibly interrupt the game?"

Du Ming didn't have this permission. He shook his head, confirmed that He Shu's condition was normal, and lay down in his holographic game cabin again, logged in the game, loaded the cutscene, and then a system notification popped up in front of him.

[The location has been corrected for you, the current location: on the Andava Mountains.

Reminder: Please do not log off easily in some locations where there is no resurrection point, the system cannot save your location. 】

Du Ming turned off the system notification, and when he looked up, he saw the familiar scenery, the dense forest and the fallen trees due to the disaster.

He was back where they had been before they first entered the elf kingdom.

Du Ming hesitated, and went offline again to report the latest situation. After receiving the new order, he re-entered the forest.

Familiar roads lead to familiar towering trees.

Du Ming successfully arrived at the position where he stopped just now. He didn't see any players here, and he didn't even find any traces left by the players.

It was as if there had never been any other players here, and it was as if he had arrived in a new elf kingdom.

Du Ming's expression sank.

Wang Lun and Wu Xing, who were walking back, arrived not far from the towering tree.

But the strange thing was that they didn't see He Shu and Du Ming, nor did they see any kingdom knights.

Wang Lun and Wu Xing looked at each other, and the kingdom knights in their team inspected the nearby traces and concluded: "No one has been here before."

"The situation is obvious now," Wang Lun sighed. "I think the Elven Kingdom is a large copy that is constantly reset. We and He Shu may be in the same place, but they are in space a, and we are in space b..."

This is not impossible. There are too many extraordinary things beyond imagination in this world. Who knows what is going on in the Elven Kingdom?

Ever since Wang Lun saw Zerg, Undead Canyon, and plankton, he has great tolerance for these unimaginable existences.

Wu Xing followed with a sigh: "At least for now, the kingdom of elves hasn't revealed any real danger..."

Wang Lun pointed at the towering tree not far away: "I think it's because we haven't climbed the tree yet. Anyone with eyes can see that the tree is the key point."

Wu Xing: "Then let's go, let's go up the tree. Even if the tree is full of swords and flames, what else can we do? If we can't get out, we can only be reckless."

A group of people slowly approached the towering tree.

Wang Lun had nothing to say: "However, I still can't figure out why those two kingdom knights just jumped up the tree?"

Wu Xing glanced at the towering tree that was getting closer and closer: "Maybe you will know the answer right away."

Wu Xing's word became a proverb.

When they crossed a certain distance, the order of the team instantly lost control, and all the players approached the towering tree at a fast speed like a madman, and then climbed along the trunk with an unimaginable agility, swishing up , the figure was instantly covered by the dense branches.

Because of the chaotic forward rush, all players lost sight of other players the second they climbed up the tree.

The lush and towering trees silently digested all intruders.

After hesitating for a long time, Du Ming chose to go offline and report the situation of the Elven Kingdom to his superiors in detail.

He didn't go online again, but waited patiently on the earth for He Shu and the others to be kicked offline by the anti-addiction system.

He didn't need to wait too long, the time ratio between the earth and the game was enough for him to get the result quickly.

The game cabin was opened from the inside, and He Shu sat up, feeling dazed for a moment, and quickly recovered from the familiar facilities.

He walked out of the game cabin, and after completing the simple physical examination and mental state examination according to the procedure, he came out of the room. As soon as he went out, there were several faces waiting for battle.

He Shu took a deep breath, sat in the conference room, rubbed his temples, and began to recall his experience in the elf kingdom.

"I heard the singing..." He Shu's tone brought out a bit of dreamlike emotion, even a little trace left in the memory was enough to make him emotionally affected: "That is the real song of nature. sound."

When Du Ming was inspecting the situation of the knights in the kingdom, He Shu, who was standing behind the crowd, vaguely heard a small voice scattered in the wind. It was faint and indistinct, and it swayed by his ear, easily grabbing all his attention. force.

He Shu didn't have time to think about the doubts about why these faint voices suddenly appeared. He subconsciously listened carefully, trying to distinguish what these faint voices were.

As a result, the rest of the surrounding movements lost their sense of existence from perception, and the subtle voices gradually became clearer.

It's singing.

The song humming softly in an unfamiliar language, like the first sunshine in spring, the first snowflake in winter, blooms in the lonely world and spreads a field of flowers in my heart.

The language barrier does not affect the moving voice of the song at all. The moment it is perceived, it contains the beauty of the whole world, making people stop and unable to look away.

He Shu was immersed in it, he heard the singing, he saw the bouquet of flowers slowly blooming, he heard the singing gradually fade away, he saw the bouquet of flowers slowly withering.

It seemed that the singing would go away in the next second, so that He Shu subconsciously followed the other party's footsteps.

When He Shu came to his senses, there were no kingdom knights or towering trees in front of him.

The Bobo stream flows along the tree trunks, and countless small flowers bloom in every tree trunk that the stream flows through, which is full of vitality and is extremely lively.

This scene is really beyond imagination. The stream flows on the tree trunk. Where is its source?Where is its end?

Why didn't He Shu and the others see this surging stream when they were standing under the towering tree?

Many questions popped up in He Shu's mind, and quickly dissipated. His attention was attracted by the lingering singing, and he didn't even care to look at this strange environment, and stumbled towards the direction of the singing.

He followed the stream towards its source.

As he walked forward, the surrounding gradually became lively.

The exquisite and luxurious palace appeared unreasonably on the tree trunk, and the figures coming and going filled the empty tree trunk.

He Shu's hard-to-find elf appeared in front of him so suddenly.

With a perfect appearance and an extraordinary bearing, just like this music, the existence of the elves has exhausted all the words, and standing there can attract everyone's attention.

He Shu's eyes lingered on them for a while, then looked away without hesitation, and continued walking. Compared with the elves, his attention was more focused on the music.

The elves on the side were talking in an unfamiliar language, in groups of threes and threes, and no one cast a glance at He Shu, as if they were in two different worlds.

The elves are playing music, dancing, singing, and painting. They have a strong artistic atmosphere, and they are the first race that players encounter in this world that fits the imagination.

But at this moment, no one appreciated the artistic cells of the elves, He Shu passed them by, and continued to chase the music that filled his ears.

He passed through countless elves, walked through complex buildings, and arrived at the destination in the stream—that is the source of the stream and the place where the singing came out.

He Shu stopped in his tracks and stared at the scene in front of him, feeling a little scared for a moment.

This fantastic journey reaches its climax when it reaches its destination.

The source of the stream is a fountain. The spring water falls from the hand of the radiant statue, pours into the stream continuously, and flows down along the trunk.

The radiant statue is an elf who is indistinguishable between male and female. He looks down at the small tree held in the other hand, as if he will let out a long sigh in the next second.

This statue is as tall as a person, and it is carved so lifelike that it seems that the other person will raise his legs and walk towards the watcher in the next second.

In one of his hands, there is a vibrant young tree growing in the palm of his hand, and the other hand hangs down naturally, gushing out an endless stream.

He Shu stared intently at the tree in the opponent's hand. The inexplicable sense of familiarity made him confirm that this was the towering tree they had seen before.

It's just that in the hands of the other party, it is so small and so delicate.

But in their eyes, this towering tree stands upright.

After He Shu's attention stayed on this statue for an extremely long time, he barely remembered the reason why he came here.

Where did the sound of music lingering in my ears come from?

As soon as this idea came up, He Shu was startled, he saw himself.

It's not him with the template face of a player, but him with his real face.

He saw himself standing in front of the statue, stretching out his hand towards the other party, as if he wanted to touch the other party, and seemed to want to take something from the other party's hand.

He saw the statue lift its eyes and their eyes fell on him.

He saw... himself standing in front of the statue, turned into a chubby dumpling, which was a bit funny, but could barely be called a cute dumpling.

Then, He Shu was revived in the Everfree Forest, and died several times because of the special situation of the Everfree Forest, before recovering from the previous scene, he hurriedly went offline.

The meeting room was very quiet, as if just finished listening to a story.

In fact, it's a point or two worse than the story.

"This game..." A middle-aged man thought hard and said, "Suddenly turned into fantasy? Wasn't it quite scientific before?"

Another chimed in: "Ether, as fantastic as it is, it's just finally showing us what it can do."

"Do you want Xiao Shao to contact His Majesty the King?"

"No hurry, have the others quit the game?"

"Some have already quit the game, and some have not quit the game. We are counting their encounters in the elf kingdom."

After a while, all the players who entered the Elven Kingdom exited the game cabin, and summarized their respective encounters in the conference room.

Everyone in the conference room looked through the summary report, and someone frowned and concluded: "Has everyone encountered this statue? Have they all seen themselves turning into a dumpling?"

The other person's attention was elsewhere: "Everyone died back in the Everfree Forest? No exception?"

The team composed of kingdom knights declared the mission a failure.

Worse than the npcs, none of them survived.

A little better than npc is that the player will not die.

So even if they didn't survive, they could still be revived, and their encounters in the elf kingdom would be reported to He Xingwen through layers of reports.

He Xingwen read through the report forwarded by the Special Investigation Bureau, which contained the entire process of the contact between the members of the Special Investigation Bureau and the Elf Kingdom.

He Xingwen was thoughtful: "What's going on in the Elven Kingdom? Even players can't break through the limit?"

He looked at He Tong: "This style of deceiving people's hearts and falsehood is different from other races we have encountered before."

He Tong glanced at the report: "Because the elf kingdom is different from other forces, there are elves in the race originally created by the Father God. They suffered heavy losses in the dark age and had to accept another elf from the new civilization bordering the mainland. .”

"In other words, the elf kingdom has experienced the previous epochs and combined with new civilizations. It is normal for special changes to occur."

"Ether Dumplings?" He Xingwen's attention stayed on the last few lines of the report: "Have the players seen their true appearance on this continent?"

He Tong was thoughtful: "Perhaps the death of the npc is also due to this reason."

He Xingwen instantly understood the meaning of his words: "You mean, the NPCs also returned to their real appearance in front of this statue?"

He Tong: "The heavy casualties of NPCs are most likely due to the laws of the world."

"Gods and demons appeared on the continent and were obliterated by the world." He Xingwen muttered to himself, "Then how did Jin survive?"

He Tong didn't know the answer to this question either. Logically speaking, as an npc, Jin should definitely die.

The scene was quiet for a few seconds, and He Xingwen asked the next question: "Next, who will be sent to contact the Elven Kingdom?"

That's a good question because they don't have a choice.

Players can live because they can be resurrected, and other existences except players have no right to be immortal.

Letting other intelligent races contact the elf kingdom is undoubtedly watching them go to the road of death.

But they can't just leave the Elven Kingdom alone. Opening a new map is the second priority. More importantly, they need to confirm that the abnormality of the Elven Kingdom is not another harbinger of the end of the world.

The problem has to be solved, but the solution to the problem is hard to find.

After a little silence, He Xingwen looked sideways at He Tong. Before he could speak, He Tong had firmly denied what he hadn't said: "Impossible."

He Xingwen shut his mouth, took a long leg, and walked outside the State Administration Bureau.

The monument stands in the city center, ordinary without any surprises.

He Xingwen reached out and pushed open "that door".

The familiar golden light spread under his hands, and the information that emerged was read by He Xingwen one by one.

He Xingwen didn't come here for these data. He never tried to talk to the game's main console, because the other party's previous performance was very rigid and not intelligent.

But after knowing the true identity of Father God, He Xingwen had a little expectation for it.

He Xingwen didn't know how the Father God was. When he appeared in this world, the Father God had already fallen.

But how about Li Wang, just looking at the other party's previous resume is enough to make He Xingwen understand that he is a pure scientist in essence.

If it is said that the last remnant he left to this world is just a rigid procedure, then it is not in line with the other party's scientific talent.

He Xingwen tried to communicate with the other party, and countless thoughts swirled in his mind, but the golden light did not change at all, which was very in line with the other party's rigid program identity, until he made a request in words.

"I'm going to the kingdom of elves."

Accompanied by He Xingwen's words, the golden light flowing on the ground suddenly changed, as if another door had been opened.

He Xingwen heard He Tong sigh, and his tone was full of helplessness: "This is too dangerous for you..."

The golden light engulfed He Xingwen and arrived at the kingdom of elves.