Forces of Temptation

Jiang Fang stared at the fair-haired girl's snow-white face, and said with a calm smile, "Of course."

The blond girl sized him up curiously, and after finding that he was indeed unwavering about the sudden change of disguise and the unknown situation at the moment, she asked, "Do you have any questions?"

Jiang Fang: "Will you answer all questions honestly?"

The girl smiled slightly and said, "Excuse me."

Jiang Fang: "Why thirteen doors?"

He remembered that there was indeed a story about thirteen doors in the fairy tale.

The girl disobeyed the order of the Virgin and opened the No.13 door that the Virgin forbade her to open.

She refused to admit her mistake, so she was severely punished.

Jiang Fang had to be sure that what he had opened was indeed a door to survival, not a trap laid for him.

The blond girl smiled and said: "Because I like the number 11. And your friends are 2. The number of doors is never fixed. The more important people, the longer the distance you have to go to get to them." long, isn't it?"

Jiang Fang nodded.

The princess in the fairy tale Wild Swan has 11 older brothers.

This statement is established.

He continued to ask: "Are the 13 doors straight to the end? Is there a fork in the middle? Do I need to make a choice?"

Blonde Girl: "Yes. No. No need."

Jiang Fang: "At the finish line, what I saw was the real Nanzhou?"

Hearing this question, the blond girl's eyes revealed a faint light.

She didn't answer in time, but asked seriously, "Why didn't you ask that girl?"

Jiang Fang: "Is there any difference? She and Nan Zhou are together."

When not talking about tasks, the blond girl blinked her eyes.

...It actually still smells of ambiguity and gossip.

With her hands behind her back, she asked bluntly with a smile, "You and that Nan Zhou are lovers?"

Jiang Fang thought for a while, then shook his head gently.

……Not yet.

Girl: "Friend?"

Jiang Fang shook his head very firmly this time.

...He is almost loathing the word "friend" now.

The girl still wanted to guess, but Jiang Fang made a stop gesture.

The blond girl realized that she had strayed off topic, blushing hurriedly, straightened her fluffy curly hair, and put herself back into the mood.

She said: "There are no forks on the way to the destination, so you will be able to take the person you want in the end. Besides, you just saw Nan Zhou's appearance, he is easy to recognize and can talk, can't you?"

Immediately, she paused: "Time is running out."

Jiang Fang understood her hint, and said kindly, "Okay."

With a gentle smile that was no different from before, he asked his last question——

"If I kill you here, can I pass the level directly?"

The blond girl showed her face: "You are so humorous. I am your guide and the one who finally opened the door to victory for you. But you can try, because no one has tried this before."

As she spoke, she raised her slender neck slightly, and pointed her fragile throat with her index finger.

It turned out to be a generous invitation.

Jiang Fang smiled: "Sorry. This is just a joke."

The blonde girl's index finger slipped from her throat and landed on her collarbone: "I guess so."

The two people who are good at fake smiles looked at each other and smiled.

The blond girl gave an elegant farewell ceremony: "Then, see you at the end."

Jiang Fang lifted the corner of her skirt gently, and leaned over to return the gift: "Thank you."

The roles of gentleman and lady can be switched freely.

The figure of the blonde girl disappeared completely after a flash of light like a waterfall.

Only then did Jiang Fang raise his head.

The natural and warm smile on the corner of his mouth is still there.

This has long been Jiang Fang's habit.

Even when he was seriously considering whether to strangle the girl's neck with a light chain, his smile didn't waver in any way.

Jiang Fang had obtained the information he wanted.

He not only obtained the dungeon information from the girl's mouth, but also probed into the girl's heart.

Apart from her gentle and false smile, it is obvious that she has normal curiosity and voyeuristic desire.

But she doesn't have the emotion of "fear".

Jiang Fang could see that she was really not afraid that he would kill her.

why?

Is it because she is strong, an NPC with the same level of force as Nan Zhou?

Because she is really innocent enough to believe that she is joking with her?

Or because...

Jiang Fang's thoughts changed, and he remembered the sentence in the mission statement.

"There will be no 'foreign objects' that threaten the life of the 'princess'"...

Does the "life safety" here refer to absolute safety?

While thinking, he searched for the most important props for this mission.

However, nettle armor is not hard to find.

Four or five steps away from him, there is an exquisite box.

The words "Nettle Armor" are still written on the box.

It can be said that it is very considerate.

Jiang Fang picked up the box and opened it to check.

The two pieces of armor that were neatly folded inside were light brown in color as a whole. As soon as the box was opened, a faint fragrance of dried plants came to the face.

He didn't look through it with his own hands, but picked it up with the dagger handle to check.

The box is an ordinary box without built-in mechanisms.

There are no other written or pictorial messages inside or outside the box walls.

Under Jiang Fang's stirring, the armor rustled.

When I touched the nettle tentatively with the back of my hand, I felt a burning pain, just like the description in a fairy tale.

Once checked, even if he was as cautious as Jiang Fang, he couldn't see any problems.

Such an important prop was put here without any thought.

It's like an educational treasure hunt for children.

Jiang Fang closed the box and put the box into the storage tank.

...the same is unstoppable.

He neither needs to wear nor hold a nettle suit.

This game even provided Jiang Fang with a box.

In this way, only one storage slot needs to be occupied.

It can be said to be full of good intentions.

The first level seems too simple.

Jiang Fang did not take it lightly.

Because he knew it was impossible to be so simple.

He held up the hem of his skirt, counting the seconds, bathed in the golden sunlight, stepped on the soft green grass, and walked step by step towards the square black spot in the distance.

Jiang Fang walked and watched all the way.

Because the world is rectangular, it is really the same as the horizontal version of Super Mario games, just walk from one end to the other.

The difference is that there are no chestnuts, turtles, hidden bricks, or gullies that can swallow people along the way.

No hindrance, no danger.

Jiang Fang intentionally suppressed his pace and rhythm.

Therefore, when he came to the little black dot from far and near, it took nearly 6 minutes.

That is indeed a door.

A square, heavy Western-style door.

The main color of the door is solemn dark red, and the doorknob is also made of dazzling pure gold.

The body of the door is covered with delicate and flowing Damascus acanthus embossed patterns.

Jiang Fang put his hand on the doorknob.

The gold of the handle is extremely pure, and it is a unique cool feeling after touching the metal.

He added some strength and turned the doorknob.

The door opened.

The light penetrates.

Jiang Fang's figure was completely swallowed up.

When his feet stepped on the soft turf again, Jiang Fang realized that he had successfully passed the first door.

Jiang Fang turned around and looked back, and found that there was a dark blue door-like object that shone attractively like a starry sky where he came from.

There seems to be a galaxy hidden inside, or a black hole.

This should be the door that the blond girl said, after passing through, you can leave at any time.

Jiang Fang backed away from it, while cutting his fingertips with the dagger he always held, using the pain to confirm that he was not hallucinating, while looking back——

The scene behind the door is not very different from the first closed door.

Only the terrain has changed slightly.

He was standing on a small rolling hill.

Except for the slightly rough road under the feet, the sky is still blue like velvet, and the grass is still green like dripping.

800 meters away, there is still a small black spot.

All directions are so clear.

All the information is telling him, let's go at ease.

He walked all the way to the second door, but didn't rush in.

He lifted his skirt, knelt down on one knee, and pressed the ground with his palm.

The tentacles are extremely soft.

With this emerald-like turf, Jiang Fang can only feel the softness of stepping on a carpet even if he is wearing thin high heels and his heels fall on the ground.

Everything was so normal and peaceful that one couldn't even raise any vigilance and fear.

Jiang Fang would never be anesthetized by such hypocritical beauty.

He raised his dagger, and before the door of success was only one step away, he thrust the sharp object into the ground with all his strength.

Keng——

The sharp edge of the dagger easily pierced through the turf, but when it collided with the ground, it made a teeth-stinging sound.

Jiang Fang's expression changed.

...The abnormal point is found.

The land here is indeed extremely hard.

It is so hard that it cannot be broken with ordinary props.

Even if it was Li Yinhang who came over to this kind of thing, he might not be able to detect it so quickly.

According to Jiang Fang's observation, she prefers to wear flat heels and sneakers.

Suddenly put on high-heeled shoes, and there is another layer of soft and thick turf as a cushion. Most people have no way to notice the abnormality of the land immediately.

Fortunately, when he was helping others practice their numbers, Jiang Fang had long been used to wearing high heels thanks to his employer's bad taste.

He still has some experience in judging the hardness of the ground after the heel steps on the ground.

The soil and rocks here are extremely hard.

Although he didn't know what impact this would have on his future journey, Jiang Fang silently wrote it down and pushed open the second door at the same time.

After the third door, the deformation of the surface became more and more obvious.

Then, there is the fourth fan.

Fifth fan.

The sixth fan.

On the way to the important person, there is indeed no danger, but it is getting more and more difficult and steep.

When he entered the seventh door, the small black dot representing the way of life 800 meters away had completely disappeared from his vision.

Standing in front of him was a cliff about 8 meters high.

There is no protrusion or crevice on the cliff that can be used for climbing.

It is a straight mountain wall.

Probably to make passers-by feel better, this mountain wall is covered with brilliant grasses and mountain flowers.

But apart from the decorative function, there is no other function at all.

Jiang Fang said to himself in his heart, here we come.

He stepped forward and tried again with the dagger to see if he could penetrate the mountain wall.

Sure enough, the mountain wall was as hard as a diamond.

It is impossible for a dagger to penetrate.

There is no way to use the light chain.

Because there is nothing up and down the rock wall to borrow force from.

The S-level item card [Silent Burst] has only one chance to use it.

Jiang Fang didn't know whether it could smash the mountain wall with one punch with its instant strength, nor did he know if there were more difficult scenes in the future, and whether it was worth wasting it here.

Fortunately, Nanzhou and Li Yinhang gave him all the props that might be needed before he set off.

...Including [Ma Liang's Sketchbook], which can only be used twice.

Jiang Fang stood at the foot of the cliff, and after contemplating for a while, he drew a ladder.

When marking the data next to the ladder, he originally wanted to write 10 meters.

However, after thinking about it, he altered the original data.

In the next second, a 20-meter ladder was erected on the cliff.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Fang climbed onto the ladder and climbed up flexibly.

When climbing, Jiang Fang almost closed his eyes.

He forced himself not to look down as much as possible, to make himself believe

Fortunately, the height of 8 meters is still acceptable to him.

He still remembered that [Ma Liang's sketchbook] produced objects drawn, and the effect lasted only 3 minutes.

Therefore, after climbing to the top of the mountain, he immediately put the ladder back into the storage tank, took off his high heels, lifted his skirt, and ran all the way to the finish line.

Fortunately, after climbing this 8-meter-high cliff, there are no other mountain walls.

It took 800 minutes and 2 seconds to finish the 14-meter road, which was not too difficult for Jiang Fang.

Running to the eighth door, Jiang Fang immediately pressed the doorknob——

After pushing open the eighth door, what Jiang Fang saw directly was a 20-meter-high vertical cliff.

The mountain flowers are in full bloom and the green grass is everywhere.

Jiang Fang took a breath, quickly set up the ladder, and started climbing immediately.

When he was still a few steps away from the summit, Jiang Fang's thoughts moved wildly.

As soon as the danger radar sounded, he responded immediately, exhausted all his strength, jumped up, and grabbed the edge of the cliff with one hand.

In an instant, the ladder under his feet disappeared.

Hanging on the edge of the cliff, the intense weightlessness made Jiang Fang's fingers clutching the rock beside the cliff sore and limp for a while.

Tinnitus of fear came like a tide and receded like a tide.

Jiang Fang hardly knew how he climbed to the top of the cliff.

He sat for a long time before he got over the numbness and muscle tension caused by his fear of heights.

Jiang Fang carefully chose to maintain his strength and breathe steadily, then stood up and walked slowly towards the finish line.

The feeling of soft grass blades rubbing against his toes barely calmed Jiang Fang's breathing.

But when he pressed his hand on the handle of the ninth door, Jiang Fang already had a guess about what was behind the door.

After pushing open the door, what appeared in front of his eyes was exactly as he expected.

——Behind the door is a cliff about 30 meters high.

Just looking at it, Jiang Fang felt flustered and short of breath.

He smiled wryly in his heart.

Perhaps it would be better to let Nanzhou come this time?

... No, that's not the case.

If it is replaced by him, there should be new changes and adjustments to the level.

Jiang Fang thought that he probably figured out which area of ​​the brain they were currently in.

– The amygdala, the “fear center” of the brain.