Chapter 349: The Death in Progress
"Well...but didn't Cole say that there would be strange noises in the rainforest at night?" Paimon said puzzledly.
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【1. “That’s why I want to find out.”
2. "I think they're hiding something."]
"Well... well, since the Traveler said so, then it must be so." Paimon nodded, then moved his eyes to Sora's hands, "Traveler, your pocket biscuits! Eat them so you'll have strength for the evening!"
Sora: "Paimon is right."
I quickly finished two pocket cakes.
(Wait until 23:00-24:00 at night)
Press esc to set the time to eight hours later
Paimeng was eager to try: "It's already dark, and there's no sound outside. Everyone must be asleep. No one will notice us if we go out now!"
Sora sat up from the bed and raised his one-handed sword, "Let's go, Paimon."
A man and a floating spirit walked out of the tree house and shuttled between the forest rangers' quarters. There was a bonfire burning in the quarters to drive away wild beasts. With the bright moonlight, the two could see the surrounding scenery clearly.
"...Sure enough, there is no one here." Paimon said in a low voice.
Sora made a gesture to silence the voice: "Shh, Paimon, listen—"
Paimon immediately shut his mouth and pricked up his ears to listen carefully.
She said in surprise: "Ah? There really is a strange sound! The sound seems to be coming from over there, let's go over and take a look!"
Mission: Find the source of the strange noise
Sora started running quickly, with Paimon following closely behind him. The two of them rushed out of the ranger's station and went deep into the jungle.
"The plants here seem a little weird..." Paimon suddenly floated in front of Sora and reminded him.
Kong stopped walking when he heard that, he closed his eyes and sniffed, smelling a refreshing fragrance that made him feel relaxed and happy.
Sora walked towards where the scent was strongest, pushed aside a patch of grass, and when he got closer he saw a large patch of sweet-scented flowers.
“Why are there so many sweet flowers here?!” Paimon shouted in surprise.
Kong's eyelids twitched and his right hand was ready to move. He immediately followed his instinct and took a few steps into the flowers, extending his hand like a sweet flower.
But he found nothing.
Kong looked at the empty hole in front of him and fell into deep self-doubt.
"Did that sweet flower just now go into the ground in a flash?" Paimon couldn't help rubbing his eyes.
"...It seems so." Kong looked at his right hand and reached out to another sweet flower without giving up.
When his hand was only one centimeter away from the sweet flower, the sweet flower suddenly stood up from the soil, spread out its roots and took two steps back.
"Ah?! Sweet Flower is moving!" Paimon shouted.
"...It's the 'Pretender'." said Sora.
At this moment, the dialogue box between him and the "Pretender" turned into "Capture!", so he did not hesitate to capture the little flower that was trying to escape.
When the other "disguisers" saw their companions disappear out of thin air, they were so scared that they didn't care about their disguises anymore. They crawled out of the soil and fled in all directions.
Kong quickly moved left and right and successfully captured five "pretenders" before all the little flowers disappeared into the bushes.
[Achievement obtained: Grabbing flowers with sharp hands!
Description: Capture 4 or more "Pretenders" before they hide in the rainforest.
Obtained 5 original stones
"They ran away..." Paimon said disappointedly.
"Let's go, Paimon, let's go look somewhere else." Sora said happily as he looked at the Pretender x6 in his backpack.
[“Disguiser” (mission item): An experimental product created by Harold, a famous scholar in Xumi. It looks no different from Tiantianhua.
How to obtain: ? ? ? 】
Isn't it possible to obtain it by catching it in the wild? Sora was a little confused.
Seeing that the "pretender" he had just caught could not be placed in the Chen Ge Pot, his doubts deepened.
Sora and Paimon continued to move forward, and whenever they came across bushes, Sora would always dive in and collect all the nearby peaches, mushrooms and other plants.
After running a distance, Kong stopped and said, "Wait."
"Traveler, what's wrong?" Paimon asked.
"It sounds like there's a fight going on." Sora replied
"This is... the sound of electric current, and it seems like there's something else! Let's go over and take a look!" Paimon said.
Sora nodded and quickly rushed towards the source of the sound with sword in hand.
When they reached an open space, Paimon suddenly flew in front of the sky and shouted in surprise, "Why are there Fatui here? They seem to be fighting with someone! Let's go and give them a hand!"
After saying that, she floated back behind Sora.
[Mission: Destroy all Fatui soldiers! ]
"Ah! Why are the ones attacking the Faints a group of Tricksters? These Faints must have accidentally provoked the Tricksters!"
"Well... in that case, we have no choice but to destroy them all! Come on, Traveler!!"
Paimon's voice echoed in Sora's ears.
Kong joined the battle without hesitation. He raised his sword and chopped at the thin man holding a musket, who was left with only a trace of blood.
"Wind Blade!"
With an angry shout, several condensed winds attacked the Fatui advance soldiers holding muskets like sharp blades.
"Uh...ah..." The Fatui soldier who was hit by a wind blade fell down, holding his chest, and his figure quickly disappeared from the spot.
The wind blades that missed him pierced diagonally into the body of the Prank Flower, which was gathering its corolla to gather a fireball, but only caused 13 points of damage to it.
Kong's pupils shrank slightly, and he couldn't believe what he was witnessing.
But the battle situation did not allow him to be distracted. Kong circled around flexibly to dodge the ice mist shot by the Ice Fatty, while condensing several wind blades.
"Ah!"
"Go with the wind!"
Sora quickly destroyed all the Fatui soldiers, but a few Fatui were barely hurt.
What on earth is this thing? Why can't I touch it at all?!
Kong held the sword in his hand, gasped a few times to calm his breathing, and glanced at the lake behind him. He wanted to lure these deceiving flowers into the river and drown them.
"Wind Blade!"
Sora fired several invisible blades and ran towards the lake, followed closely by several attacked Pranksters.
But strangely, they did not have a strong desire to attack. Only when they were hit by Kong's elemental combat skills would they angrily speed up the swinging of their leaves and make attacking gestures.
"stop--!!"
When Kong's shoes stepped into the lake and the water had already reached his ankles, a heart-wrenching cry suddenly came from not far away.
After hearing these words, all the flowers stopped moving forward as if they had received some special instructions.
Kong looked over there in confusion, and saw two scholars in green academic uniforms.
Among them, the scholar with short silver hair stopped beside the flowers, panting, while the scholar with short black hair had a look of heartache and worry on his face.
"Are you not hurt?" asked the scholar with short black hair.
"We're fine!" Paimon said hurriedly.
Sora nodded immediately after.
The scholar with short black hair stroked the leaves of one of the flowers and said distressedly, "Are you okay, APTX-4869?"
The flower numbered "APTX-4869" touched his wrist with its leaves.
"I'm glad you're okay." The black-haired scholar breathed a sigh of relief.
"What about you?" The white-haired scholar bent down to examine another Pianhua.
...
"...Well, it seemed like they weren't asking us just now." Paimon scratched his head awkwardly.
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【1. “(Silence)...
2. "...I was the one who got hurt."】