Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

Deep Purple Garden.

Li You and his team are already preparing to return to the border.

The two areas of Spiked Mountain and Valley Forest, which should be considered as branch lines in the game, have been conquered, and basically all the things to do in the Shadow Land have been completed.

Although there are still some places that have not been set foot, Li You feels that it is time to return to the border to take a look, and he is also very concerned about the situation there.

After all, the Shadow Land is a DLC map after all. If it weren't for finding Kara, he might not come here. After Michaela's failure, other people or things here will not affect Li You's main quest.

The most critical thing is definitely the progress of the main map.

Besides, it's not that you can't come back to the Shadow Land. Tolina has not recovered yet, and the Night Demon's Nest cannot be moved actively after being placed. Li You still has to run here.

Ampah has also heard about Li You's plan, and he said that he and his subordinates will stay in the Shadow Land, firstly to continue exploring this land, and secondly, to have someone to look after Tolina and the Night Demon's Nest here.

Of course, Xu Liye had to stay, but it was not realistic to expect him to protect Tolina in case of an accident. It was obviously best to ask Ampah to do this.

In addition, Li You also deliberately stored a small amount of power in the core of the Night Demon's Nest, intending to breed a special Night Demon so that he could better pay attention to the situation of the nest.

After the matters here were finalized, Li You was almost ready to leave and began to count the personnel.

"Is everyone done... huh? Where's Kara?" At a glance, Li You found that one person was missing.

V replied: "She just teleported out, she should be on the coast, it seems that Melina has something to do."

"Meimei has something to do?" Li You was a little surprised, "I'll go out and take a look, you wait."

Li You then teleported to the blessing point of the Blue Coast. Looking around, he saw Kara and Melina at a high point not far away.

"What are you doing here?"

Although he asked this, after getting closer, Li You found that Melina was looking at the burning Bonnie Village in the distance.

The village cannot be seen from this position, but the flames rising into the sky are extremely clear.

Seeing Li You approaching, Melina turned her head and asked: "I have a question for you. The hatred between the witch and the Horned People has nothing to do with you, and the Horned People have never deliberately targeted or harmed you. So why did you do these things?"

Li You looked at her after hearing this. Although the expression on Melina's face did not change much from before, Li You could feel that her attitude at this time was much more serious than usual.

So he answered seriously: "The Horned People didn't cause any harm to me, but their behavior is unacceptable to me."

"So you are for justice?"

"Is there such a concept in the border area?" Li You shook his head, "I don't think I am a messenger of justice, but I should be considered a good person with normal ideas, and I have the ability, so I will take care of this matter. It's that simple."

"I won't commit genocide. Although I am very disgusted with the Horned People, I know that Midra is a Horned People, and those great Weihu Masters who left Bonnie Village because they couldn't stand the behavior of Bonnie Village are also Horned People. I won't kill them all with one stick."

He looked at the flames burning in the distance again: "As for the Horned People in Bonnie Village, if I let them go, not to mention myself, I can't promise my oath."

Melina nodded when she heard it: "I understand what you mean. Then..."

At this moment, from the direction of the fire column rising into the sky in the distance, a faint blue stream of light flew over and sank into the Dark Moon Sword badge on Li You's waist.

Li You: "Hmm? Another one of those horn men died... huh?"

Originally, he had seen this scene once. One of the five horn men who were pierced had died last night. It was the same scene at that time. The light on the badge flashed and then returned to normal.

But at this time, the oath badge continued to glow, and even became brighter and brighter!

"Buzz--"

Kara and Melina on the side were stunned, and then saw the Dark Moon Sword badge suddenly shoot out a ray of light and sank into the Night Amulet hanging on Kara's chest.

Kara: "!?"

She subconsciously took the amulet out of the armor and looked at it, and found that it was shining slightly like breathing.

Kara had never seen this scene before, so she could only look at Li You: "What's going on, Master?"

Li You didn't understand either. He gave the Night Amulet to Kara not long after he got it, and he hadn't studied it himself. He stepped forward and tried to touch the amulet, but there was still no reaction.

"Strange, why does the Dark Moon Sword Badge react to the Night Amulet... Hmm!?"

In a fleeting flash, Li You suddenly realized that the "great existence" who would pay attention to him from time to time had just cast his eyes on him again.

Although it was only a short moment that even Li You could hardly detect, he still caught the fluctuation now. Similarly, although it was only a moment, for such an existence, it could do a lot of things.

Li You's heart moved, and he remembered what happened before. When he just reunited with Kara in the species collection, it seemed that the Dark Moon Sword Badge and the Night Amulet resonated, making Kara's consciousness briefly clear?

At that time, he hadn't paid much attention to this detail, but now recalling this matter, coupled with the unusual movements of the Night Amulet and the Dark Moon Sword Badge and the attention of that person, plus the gift that Kara received from the amulet, a guess came to Li You's mind.

"Could it be... yes, why didn't I think about it before?"

The origin of the Night Amulet is definitely related to the "Shadow Sun" Gwyndolin!

As for the specific connection... Li You tried to study it, and even tried to stimulate it with divine power, but the Night Amulet refused to give him any response, so he could only give up temporarily.

"I can't be sure at the moment... But you should pay more attention to this thing recently."

Kara nodded: "Okay."

Li You then turned to Melina: "By the way, Meimei, what did you want to say just now?"

Melina was also very concerned about the unusual movement just now, but even she couldn't see anything, so she replied: "I want to say that if you have time, I hope you can go to a place with me, you two together."

"Hmm?" Li You and Kara were a little confused.

…

The back door of Shadow City.

Li You and his party followed Melina's instructions, passed through the species collection, and took the elevator to this place.

This is the back door with only one road. In front is a plain leading to the Holy Grail under the Shadow Tree. On the side is a small chapel with a statue of Queen Marica.

Li You thought that Melina asked them to come here to go to the Holy Grail of the Shadow Tree. According to the information given by the Knight of the Twin Moon in the letter, the Holy Grail seems to be used to receive the dew drops of the Shadow Tree.

Unexpectedly, after arriving here, Melina immediately walked towards the small chapel.

In front of the statue of Queen Marica, Melina squatted gently and stretched out her hands forward. Then, in response to her movements, the statue of Queen Marica actually moved slowly and moved to the side, revealing the road behind.

"Just in front."

Walking out of the secret door behind the statue, there was a completely different scene in front of him.

The green grass was dotted with white, light pink, and lavender flowers, full of vitality, and even the sky seemed brighter. A winding path stretched to the hill ahead between the vibrant grass and trees that seemed to be out of the world.

"Is there such a place under Shadow City?" Li You and Kara were also very surprised. The scenery here seemed to have traveled to another world. In Li You's words, even the style of painting was different.

"This is the hidden place that my mother kept. If I hadn't met with... Messermo before, I wouldn't know how to get here."

Melina explained to them, "I hope you can come and see. Let's go, it's just ahead."

They then walked forward along the path. In this peaceful and quiet sea of ​​flowers, there were no other messy enemies, and the road was unobstructed... Li You originally thought so.

"Tatt tatt!"

A burst of rapid horse hoof sounds suddenly came, and Li You and Kara raised their vigilance, and then a figure jumped down from the hill ahead!

"Bang!!"

The figure was a cavalryman wearing golden armor, holding a golden shield and a golden halberd, and riding a tall warhorse with golden protective gear.

He jumped and pounced on Li You and the others, but as expected, he missed. Li You, who dodged, was also very surprised to see his appearance: "What the hell?"

"...Big Tree Guard!?"

It was Kara who exclaimed earlier than Li You, and then she immediately blew the spirit horse whistle, galloped and turned over to ride on Torret, and at the same time, the Rakshasa sword appeared in her hand!

Kara rode the horse and charged towards the Big Tree Guard. When the two were about to collide, she suddenly waved the Dark Moon Staff and teleported into the air.

She adjusted her posture in the air and then fell down. The Rakshasa sword had already pierced into the gap in the armor on the neck of the Big Tree Guard!

"Puff--"

Blood splattered, but Kara didn't stop. She raised the Dark Moon Staff and pressed it against the back of the tree guard's head. The staff began to light up with magic.

"-Wait!"

Melina's call was heard by Kara at this time. She was stunned, but the magic could not be stopped.

A dark purple wave spread instantly, covering the surroundings, and Kara's magic that had not yet been completely used also dissipated.

This was naturally Li You's silence ban. He saw that the tree guard was not as excited as Kara, so he noticed the change in Melina's expression and had time to stop it.

Kara jumped off the tree guard and looked at Melina: "What's wrong?"

"They are not enemies, nor are they stationed here by orders, but knights who volunteered to guard the village. There is no need to kill them." Melina looked at the tree guard, her lips moved slightly, and she didn't know what she said, so she asked him to be quiet.

"They?" Kara then noticed that there was another tree guard approaching quickly in the distance.

Melina would naturally be responsible for communicating with him, and Li You looked at Kara and handed over the gourd: "It's okay, relax, it doesn't look like they are enemies."

Kara naturally saw it, pursed her lips, and said: "I'm not stressed, he started it first."

Li You smiled: "I understand, I didn't say anything."

The tree guard is the first enemy with a health bar in the game except for the tutorial level. It goes without saying that Kara must have suffered a lot from this rookie killer. Of course, Li You would not point it out.

Melina quickly finished her conversation with the two tree guards, returned to the two, and handed over two golden narrow-necked vials.

"What is this...?" Li You was startled, and Kara said, "It looks like the goddess blessing you gave me, Master!"

"This is the blessing secret medicine that my mother made for my brother... Messermo, and the effect is indeed very similar to that goddess blessing." Melina said, "It was given to these two tree guards by Messermo, and they said they wanted to give it to you as an apology."

"Good guy?" Li You was also surprised. It was rare to see such polite tree guards.

"They won't stop us anymore, let's go."

With the two tree guards watching, the three of them climbed up the low hill in front along the path in the flowers.

In front of this hill, surrounded by various flowers and green grass, there is an inconspicuous small village.

Several low houses are surrounded by flowers, plants and trees, and even the outer walls are hung with fallen leaves and vines, as if integrated with nature.

In the flowers in the center of the village, a small tree as tall as a person swayed gently in the wind, and the gentle golden light illuminated the garden.

This village has long been deserted. When you step into this place, you can only feel the tranquility, as if all the disturbances in the outside world do not exist.

"This is..." Li You stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to touch the light covering the garden. Although this golden light is bright, it does not make people feel a little dazzling, just like returning to the arms of his mother.

"... So that's it, it's the power of Queen Marika." From the light, Li You sensed a breath of gods belonging to this world that was similar to Michaela who returned from the Gate of God.

But it was different. Michaela wanted to create a "gentle" world, but Li You could not feel the warmth from his power. And the light here, just bathing in it, has a sense of peace of mind.

To make Li You feel this way now, Marika is not only far more powerful than Michaela, but more importantly, when she left the light here, she must have held true tenderness and love in her heart.

Instead of the false tenderness of Michaela.

Melina, who was standing by, also reached out to the light in the garden, as if feeling the warmth.

"Where is this place?"

Although he asked this, Li You had a guess in his mind.

"This is... the witch village, my mother's hometown." Melina took her hand back and crossed her arms in front of her chest, "My mother surrounded the village of my hometown with gold, even if... no, it's nothing."

"Please go forward and take a look under the small tree."

Li You and Kara exchanged a glance, and then went forward together. Sure enough, under the small tree, they found a ball of light golden light.

Li You reached out and touched it, and it gradually unfolded and turned into a prayer scroll.

"...'Little Golden Tree'." Li You read out the name of the prayer.

This name already explains a lot. In a boss battle in the original body, the player can summon Melina to help. If she falls in battle, she will release a prayer that the player cannot learn before leaving, and a small golden tree will be generated on the spot that will slowly heal others.

In the DLC, can this prayer finally be obtained by players?

Li You held the prayer scroll, but he had a different feeling in his heart. So far, he has come into contact with quite a few prayer scrolls in this world, and there are all kinds of laws.

The prayer of the ring is equivalent to the miracle of the dark soul, so the prayer naturally contains the corresponding law. The golden law prayer, the giant fire prayer, the blood alliance prayer, and even the crazy fire prayer are all like this.

However, there is no law in this prayer scroll of the small golden tree, only gentle golden light.

Li You also understood what Melina didn't finish saying. This light that enveloped the village has the power of healing, but for Marika, the people who should be healed are no longer there.

"You can get it." Melina came to the two of them, "The prayer left by my mother is not very powerful. However, not everyone can touch it."

Li You looked at her: "Is this a test?"

But Melina shook her head: "No, this is just to confirm my thoughts, not a test. As I said just now, the power of this prayer is very weak."

Then, before Li You and Kara asked, she looked at a big tree on the other side of the village: "What I want to confirm is over, thank you for coming here. That prayer is not enough as a thank you, please follow me."

As she said, she took Li You and Kara to the tree again. This big tree is the only tree in the village without any leaves. And the two were a little surprised to see that there was a tree hole at the bottom of the tree, and in the tree hole, there was a one-meter-tall female sculpture sitting on the ground.

"No, is this really a sculpture?" Li You looked at the statue and felt that the details on her body were a little too real, and the material was neither stone nor wood, which was very strange.

In front of the statue, like an offering, there was a strand of cut golden braided hair. From the braided hair, Li You sensed a similar aura to that on the scroll of the little golden tree.

"Is this... His hair?" Not only him, but Kara also saw the clue and asked.

Melina nodded: "This braided hair was left by my mother, but I am not sure what it is used for."

“No one knows what the mother prayed for, made a wish for, or what she confessed for. What is certain is that she has never returned to her hometown since then.

“Anyway, if used as a talisman, this braided hair can provide the strongest protection, especially effective against attacks of holy attributes. You will definitely go to the golden tree in the future, so it will be helpful.”

Kara nodded: “Sounds good.”

But Li You reached out and touched the braided hair, then froze for a moment and retracted his hand: “… No, just leave it here.”

Kara and Melina were a little puzzled: “Why?”

“This braided hair is an offering left by Queen Marika to my grandmother. The scroll of the little golden tree is fine, but it’s not right to take this away. "

If it was a game, Li You would have taken it. But after coming here in person, especially after feeling the tenderness of Queen Marika through the scroll of the little golden tree, Li You was really reluctant to take this offering.

However, he knew the function of this braided hair through the system's instructions, but he couldn't explain it to Kara and Melina, so he could only forcibly skip the topic: "Besides, I received two bottles of Marika's blessing before, which is enough."

Melina obviously wanted to ask more, but Kara gave her a look. Thinking of some things Kara had told her about Li You in the past, Melina finally didn't speak.

She looked at the statue in the tree hole and murmured: "So that's it... It's my mother's grandmother."

She squatted in front of the statue, silently completed the worship in her own way, and then stood up: "Let's go. And... Thank you, Li You. "