Chapter 313 Circe Duel

Chapter 313 Circe Duel

Chapter 313 Circe Duel
The people living in this small town are all in a hurry, but the order is relatively good. According to the information Luo Xi has obtained, witches will not interfere with the lives of ordinary people.

In addition, the Witch Union is actually called the "Sisterhood". They focus on studying magic, spells and mysticism. They will not oppress civilians. On the contrary, they will provide shelter. What civilians have to do is to regularly provide some crops and livestock and provide paid labor.

The people here obviously don't know that they are living in a fake man-made scene.

The most terrifying thing is that the "people" in all scenes did not come out of nothing. Maybe animals and plants can, but people cannot.

Zhang Zhe said that all people are either "amnesiacs" or "withered people".

The Withered are known to be those who are judged to be truly 'dead'.

But death conflicts with the rules of rebirth during the Days of Imprisonment.

Luo Xi has not found the answer to this matter yet.

The 'Withered' here are different from those in other places. The biggest difference is cognition and memory.

"They believe that they are the people living in this medieval world, but how are these confused memories formed?"

Luo Xi originally thought that he could find the answers to these questions in the Creator's room, but it was obvious that the software on the computer had been tampered with, with its functions and permissions restricted. Apart from some basic settings for the scene, he could not view anything else.

Of course, there are no answers to these questions.

An Zhiyan was imprisoned in the ancient castle, but it was quite difficult to enter the castle. The witch mastered powerful spells and had hundreds of minions. For her side, she was an unshakable behemoth.

It is absolutely impossible to save people by using force.

Even if they adopted strategies like luring the tiger away from the mountain, it would be almost impossible. The huge number of witches meant that any conspiracy would be difficult to succeed.

If this were the real world, it might take more time to find a solution.

But this is not the real world.

At the end of the day, this is the level scene.

And there must be clues buried in the level scenes.

Even before the plot was distorted, other players must have had special channels to contact the witch or obtain something from her.

Perhaps the clues are hidden in this human town closest to the castle.

However, as the exploration continued, Luo Xi made new discoveries.

He found the mark left by Lin Qiqi on the wooden bulletin board in the town.

More than ten minutes later, Luo Xi had found a house following the marked traces.

It looks like the residence of ordinary civilians here.

Knock on the door.

A special code was also used.

Soon the door opened, Lin Qiqi poked her head in and saw it was Luo Xi, her eyes shining.

"Come in first."

She pulled Luo Xi into the house.

The room was not big and was very simple. Crazy Lion and Cinderella were talking inside. When they saw Luo Xi coming in, they stood up quickly.

"Big brother!"

"godfather!"

"The original owner of this house is in the house inside. We were tied up and had no other place to go. After we found this town, we decided to wait for you here. But to be honest, you are not too late." Lin Qiqi was obviously relieved.

"What if you don't wait for me?" Luo Xi asked.

"Cinderella and I plan to go to the castle and try our luck. After all, we are both witches." This is Lin Qiqi's plan.

It's a good plan, though risky.

Luo Xi called Lin Qiqi aside and explained the current situation to her.

"So that's how it is. In other words, An Zhiyan killed Zhang Zhe by chance, which was a great help to you."

"Yes, and An Zhiyan has a very special physique. With the [Werewolf's Curse] and my [Absolute Reason], she is very valuable. She is in a balanced state and has almost no weaknesses." Luo Xi implied that An Zhiyan must be brought out.

"I understand. But then again, I can also bear the [Werewolf's Curse]." Lin Qiqi seemed a little jealous.

Luo Xi shook his head and simply explained the characteristics of the curse and the occupation card: "You are different from her. An Zhiyan's occupation card is [Pharmacist]. This profession must have special abilities to neutralize the toxins brought by the curse. In this way, it can be effective with [Absolute Reason]. It's like taking two extremely toxic poisons and mixing them together to form a new medicine. She can use it, but you can't, and neither can anyone else. Not even the slightest difference."

"I understand. Everyone has their own path. I can't walk her path, and she can't walk my path."

"That's what it means."

Lin Qiqi smiled and said, "So, you agree that Cinderella and I should join the castle and become witches?"

"This is originally a way to play this level scene, but you are the only one joining the castle. Cinderella has to stay, and I have other uses for her." Luo Xi had also obtained a lot of clues about the Fairy Tale Town from the Creator's Room before.

Although in that room he could hardly make any other settings or changes except unlocking the scene.

However, the drawings on the table and the notebooks that record the scene design ideas can all be sources of key intelligence, and this information will obviously come in handy when clearing the scene.

Now the plan is finalized.

But time is still tight.

Because according to the setting of Fairy Tale Town, the entire scene will be reset tonight.

But the reset here is different from the reset in other places. Here, what is reset is not the plot and characters within the scene, but the person who retrieves the memory.

And it is only for those who recall their memories.

The 'residents' living in the scene cannot feel the reset, but the memory collectors can.

At this time, the person who collects memories must follow a rule, the 'confidentiality rule', which means that when resetting, there cannot be any other scene characters present besides the person who collects memories.

If there are characters in the scene around or they see the person recovering memories when resetting, the person will be punished and all memories will be wiped out. The person will become a fixed character in the scene and may never be able to escape from the scene.

If the 'Secrecy Rules' are followed, no cards will be consumed when resetting, and the memory will be saved and can still exist in the current node.

Unless you die, you will lose some of your memory and then be reborn in the cemetery at node 0.

And these are just the relatively obvious rules in the scenario. There are many hidden rules that are not known to everyone.

For example, in Fairy Tale Town, you can "change your identity", that is, get the identity of a formal resident of a certain node in Fairy Tale Town. The advantage is that you no longer have to abide by the "confidentiality rules". Even when the scene is reset, your memory as a Memory Collector will not be erased, nor will you be forced to become a local resident.

But there are also disadvantages.

One of them is that unless you complete a special "hidden mission", you will not be able to leave Fairy Tale Town using the normal clearance method.

It's like being trapped here.

Luo Xi had carefully read those complicated drawings and filled notes, all of which were written in his own handwriting. Luo Xi could even imagine that a long time ago, he was sitting in that small workshop, thinking about the construction of the entire fairy tale town and how to connect the level scenes with the fairy tales that everyone was familiar with.

Among them, there are hundreds of pages of games, challenges, mechanisms and riddles involved, including drafts and abandoned texts.

It’s just that the current Fairy Tale Town has had some external forces change some of its rules and distorted the plot, turning a place that should have been a paradise into a place of horror.

Naturally, most of the copywriting and design drafts are no longer available for reference.

There are some gameplays and rules that Luo Xi is not sure whether are still effective. For example, in the gameplay about witches, there is a challenge called "Circe Duel".

This is a special kind of gamble.

You can challenge a witch to a 'Circe Duel'.

And the other party must accept it.

Other witches are not allowed to interfere or stop it, and must maintain and ensure the fairness of the 'Circe Duel'.

Before a duel, the bets and requirements will be stated, and if the winner is the one, the other party must also comply with the terms of the bet.

This is a method Luo Xi thought of to rescue An Zhiyan.

Find the witch leader, challenge him to a 'Circe Duel' and win, then ask him to release An Zhiyan.

As for the content of the "Circe Duel", it is a competition of chanting spells.

It comes from a certain forbidden book of black magic that has been passed down.

It is said that reciting the above spell would involve huge risks, and the spells in the Book of Forbidden Spells are quite difficult.

Of course Luo Xi can't cast spells, he is not a witch.

But Cinderella is.

More importantly, her talent can be described as extraordinary and unique!

Luo Xi got some clothes worn by the locals, and after they changed their clothes, they took Lin Qiqi to the castle.

Before he could get close, he was stopped by the witch's minions entrenched outside the castle.

After informing her purpose, the other party said that if she was a talented girl, she could take the entrance test to become a witch.

"But men, you must leave, otherwise you will die miserably. Men are not allowed to enter the castle."

The other party stated the rules with a grin.

Luo Xi and Lin Qiqi had already anticipated this result.

Bringing the Crazy Lion back to the town, Luo Xi continued to inquire about the news. Although Cinderella also wanted to go to the castle, she listened to Luo Xi more.

"What the Godfather said must be correct."

There is also an introduction to Cinderella in the Creator's Room.

Apparently, she's very special, and a relatively messy introduction to Cinderella in some notebooks suggests that she's set up as a character with the strongest witch bloodline.

Or to put it more bluntly, she exists just for the 'Duel of Circe'.

(End of this chapter)