Chapter 272: Tinderbox

Chapter 272: Tinderbox

Chapter 272: Tinderbox

Luo Xi nodded and straightened his body.

"Ready!"

"Well, for the first choice, I can give you something, but you need to specify what it is. Please note that your choice determines whether the following process can proceed correctly. If you choose the wrong one, you will not be able to truly travel to Fairy Tale Town. Moreover, you only have one chance, so think carefully before making your choice."

"What kind of game is this? If you choose the wrong one, you have no chance. But she didn't seem to say what is right and what is wrong." Doudou couldn't help but whispered at this time.

Then she thought about it again and immediately asked, "Can I join?"

She just asked casually, but she didn't expect the old woman to nod: "Of course, if you want, but you can't choose things, you can only follow him."

"You choose." Doudou whispered to Luo Xi, "Don't worry, since you saved me once, I will help you at the critical moment. I will do my best as your playmate."

Luo Xi really wanted to say, it’s really easy to tell when you’re lying, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

After all, there are not many administrators as 'naive' as her, and she is definitely a rarity in the 'company'.

But rare things are more special.

Because such a naive person can live to this day and even become the administrator of a medium to large level scene, a position close to that of a supervisor. It would be impossible without his own skills and the support of a backer.

It was obvious that she was going to Fairy Tale Town herself and was just using this as an excuse to "hitch a ride" with me.

Luo Xi looked at the old woman over there.

His eyes quickly swept over the other person.

"But let me see. I think you should choose the lamp in her hand. After all, in this place, you can't move without light. Or, it's the emerald green cat's eye ring on her finger. It looks very unusual. Maybe it's a card prop." Doudou said to let Luo Xi choose, but she still gave her own suggestions.

Luo Xi shook his head, then said to the old woman: "I choose the blue plaid apron you are wearing!"

"." Doudou was stunned. If Luo Xi hadn't said anything, she probably wouldn't have noticed the blue plaid apron.

Looking closely, the apron looked ordinary and not clean. It blended in perfectly with the old woman's robe and could not be noticed without careful observation.

The old woman opposite was stunned for a moment, then smiled, took off the blue plaid apron and said, "Take my blue plaid apron. And then comes the second choice. There are two roads behind me. Which one do you choose?"

After the old woman finished speaking, she moved to the side, leaving a fork in the road behind her.

There was a wooden sign nailed to the ground at the fork in the road that read 'The left leads to the tree hole, the right leads to the pier'.

"Another inexplicable choice." Doudou muttered. She felt like this was a fifth grade math test, but she was only a third grader.

I totally don't understand it and I don't comprehend it.

In her opinion, these two choices must represent two different meanings, but she didn't know and could only speculate, commonly known as blind guessing.

Luo Xi patted the dog's head, walked over, and demonstrated his choice with practical actions.

He first took the blue plaid apron from the old woman, then walked to the left.

Doudou followed behind, while the old woman followed Doudou without saying a word, holding the lamp.

Soon, Luo Xi saw a big tree at the end of the path ahead.

The tree is very big, at least two people can hug it, and the bark is old and wrinkled.

When the old woman got here she stopped talking and just looked at the two of them with a gloomy face.

Luo Xi reached out and pressed the dog's head, squeezing it.

bang~
The watchdog was immediately carded.

Whether alive or dead, the Guardian Dog is a card creature, and this will not change.

He turned around and glanced at the old woman: "So, there are no more hints here, but there really is no need for any hints."

Luo Xi started climbing the tree.

"Are you going up?" Doudou asked from behind.

"Correct!"

As soon as Luo Xi said this, he felt himself being grabbed by a hand, as if he had suddenly boarded an elevator and was being pulled straight up.

Doudou grabbed Luo Xi with one hand, and then used his other hand and feet to climb to the top of the tree at an extremely fast speed.

There is a tree hole here.

It was obvious that this old tree was hollow. Looking down from above, the oil lamp in the strange old woman's hand seemed extremely dim.

"Should we go in?" Doudou frowned as he looked at the tree hole that was large enough for one person.

She doesn't like environments that are too cramped and confined.

This will make her feel inexplicably uneasy and depressed.

So she prefers to stay in a spacious and bright place.

Luo Xi answered with practical action. He was the first to crawl into the tree hole. Doudou rolled his eyes helplessly, took a few deep breaths, and followed closely behind.

It was difficult to climb down at first, but when we really passed through the tree trunk and the dense tree roots and entered a cave underground, it was a little spacious, but only relatively spacious. "There are bugs!" Doudou reminded at this time.

She discovered that there were many white fleshy worms the size of a palm in the tree hole. A little further down, there were black-shelled beetles that were larger than her palms. When it came to the roots of the tree, there were centipedes that were thicker and longer than her arms. Even she felt her scalp tingling.

Either they can't beat him, or they just feel annoyed.

But Luo Xi didn't seem to have any discomfort. If there was a bug blocking his way, he would gently push it aside like pushing away flowers and grass.

It was not completely dark under the tree hole. There were thumb-sized insects that looked like fireflies, emitting a faint fluorescent light from their butts. At the bottom, it stretched forward and gradually became brighter. The passage became wider, with many lights hanging on both sides.

It makes the place look quite bright, and the passage seems to be artificially dug.

"Did you know there is a passage here?" Doudou looked around, very surprised.

As the administrator of the game house, she didn't know the specific situation here. How did the other party know?
"Dou Dou, have you ever read a fairy tale called 'Tinderbox'?" Luo Xi asked at this time.

Doudou thought for a moment and nodded: "I vaguely remember it, but I can't remember it clearly. It seems that the content of the fairy tale is about a soldier who met an old witch on the road. Wait a minute, the old woman outside just now is... Is this the scene of the fairy tale?"

She wasn't too slow to react.

"Nine out of ten." Luo Xi nodded.

"No wonder you know how to choose. Let me think about the story of the tinderbox. It seems that the soldier was tricked by the old witch into a tree hole, and then met a few dogs." The two of them were talking in a low voice while groping forward. Just when Doudou said this, a larger room appeared in front of them.

There was a large box in the center of the room, and on the box sat a dog. The dog was extremely strange, with a pair of eyes as big as teacups.

"Oh my god, there really is one. I remember this story. It's this. The first dog has eyes as big as teacups, and the box under it is full of copper coins." Doudou was still talking when the big-eyed dog looked over. A strange feeling was like a slowly rising mist spreading rapidly, but Luo Xi was very quick. He had already spread the blue plaid apron on the ground, then walked over quickly, picked up the big-eyed dog, and placed him on the blue plaid apron.

The plaid stripes on the apron seemed to emit a faint light, and the dog froze in an instant, and the ferocity in its big eyes quickly faded away like the tide.

"Even without this apron, I can suppress it." Doudou was a little disapproving.

Her power is so great that almost no one can be her opponent during the days of imprisonment.

Therefore, using "force" to solve problems has become a habit for her.

"Have you forgotten what the old witch said, that whether or not you can truly travel to Fairy Tale Town depends on your choice." Luo Xi walked over, first touched the heavy wooden box, and then opened it with force.

Sure enough, the entire wooden box was filled with copper coins.

The quantity is extremely large.

The copper coin exudes a pleasing metallic luster under the surrounding lights.

After reaching out and touching them, it can be confirmed that these copper coins are all "props" that can be turned into cards.

"These things should be useful to you." Doudou is the administrator. She doesn't have a card ring and doesn't know how to use cards.

Of course, it’s okay to take away some physical copper coins.

Luo Xi grabbed a handful of copper coins, thought about it, and squeezed them with his hands. Bang, bang, bang~
There were continuous noises, a cloud of white mist dissipated, and he had a stack of cards in his hand.

So continue to turn copper coins into cards.

He played with about a hundred cards before stopping. Then he put all the cards into his card album.

“Would you like to take some more?” Doudou grabbed another handful and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Almost done." Luo Xi looked down and closed the box.

She took the dog back and continued walking to the back, holding the blue plaid apron.

Soon, we arrived at the second room.

As expected, there was also a big box here with a dog sitting on it. The dog's eyes were even more exaggerated, as big as water wheels. From the moment he saw it, Doudou felt an uncontrollable fear.

She was like a frightened cat, her muscles tense and her hair standing on end. If Luo Xi hadn't pulled her at the critical moment, she would have almost had a stress reaction.

In front of this big-eyed dog with huge eyes that can immediately arouse fear in humans, he still maintains absolute rationality and calmness.

Repeat the same procedure and place the dog on the blue plaid apron.

The dog has calmed down.

"There's something wrong with this dog." Doudou's forehead was covered with sweat. She could even clearly feel her own racing heartbeat, which she couldn't suppress even by taking deep breaths.

Luo Xi opened the box.

Dazzling silver.

A box full of coins like this, the silver light makes the already bright room even brighter, even dazzling.

But this time, Luo Xi just took a look and didn't take it immediately.

"What are you standing there for? Take it. The soldier in the fairy tale "Tinderbox" didn't miss any copper coins, dimes or gold coins. We have to follow the plot of the story." Doudou picked up a coin and observed it with a smile.

The patterns and prints on it, combined with the unique texture and weight of silver, can really make people happy.

(End of this chapter)