Help, I've become a paper man

Song Yi touched the tip of his nose and smiled helplessly. He turned the stick tube over, poured out the last stick from it, and stuffed the stick tube into the endless firepower. As expected, each stick had the mark of a full moon. Initially, they were asked to follow the plot and participate in two rounds of ceremonies to prevent those who were "eliminated" in the first round from going astray. There were NPCs at the entrance of the village to guide them, saying words to persuade people to leave, but in fact they were trying to provoke them with words.

If I'm not mistaken, the scene they saw at the entrance of the village was intentional, but it was also deliberate. Duan was also coaxed by the tall and thin man's riddle-like persuasion and heard "it's for your own good". In the reverse persuasion, he became determined to cooperate with the village.

It is obvious that great opportunities are here, so it is not an exaggeration to think that one should seek wealth and fame by taking risks.

In order to avoid the situation where all players cannot go into the water, after the first round of ceremony, the NPC interference is directly cancelled and the props are left behind, making it easy for the remaining two to catch up with the progress. The focus of the dungeon is in the many unclear underwater areas.

But... Song Yi walked out of the village holding the stick, followed the forest path, and returned to the original birth point. Without any extra thought, he threw the stick directly into the well.

Then there was a flash before his eyes, and a familiar scene made Song Yi take a breath. When he could see clearly again, he was already in the courtyard, standing in the corner, just able to see the scene in front of him clearly. The scene he saw was not unexpected.

Even though the tall and thin man spoke in a fancy way, when one came in and took a look, the gray sky and the scenery painted in black, white and gray were the familiar other world. Where else could it be?

But when Song Yi looked up carefully, he felt something strange again. Those clouds in the sky were not clouds, but flowing water waves. He tried to walk, but the resistance he felt was different, as if he was moving underwater, like a superimposed version of the double restrictions of "the well" and "the inner world".

Song Yi asked in his heart: "Noah's Ark, is the copy parallel to the world I was in just now?"

Otherwise, why would the layering of the surface world and the inner world be the same, and even the blending effects are almost the same? It can't be that it is to save modeling resources.

"Please focus on exploring the dungeon. The plot progress is currently 83% and the exploration progress is 35%. You are about to fail."

The electronic sound of Noah's Ark was already cold and no emotion could be heard, but Song Yi felt like laughing.

He asked again: "Noah's Ark, why are you starting to speak like me? Are you imitating me?"

"According to the analysis results, using more familiar language habits to communicate is easier for the other party to understand."

Listening to Noah's Ark's answer, an idea flashed through Song Yi's mind, but was immediately dispelled by the sound in his ears. He looked up and just saw a thin figure performing wall-climbing on the wall, passing silently and quickly over his head.

The only thing left in Song Yi's mind was "very strong". This person was still agile underwater, so... He estimated the height and distance, took two running steps, and jumped against the wall without hesitation, stepping in front of the girl in advance. The two of them moved forward and also downwards. When they landed on the ground together, before Duoduo could speak, Song Yi took the lead and said, "Boss, are you going to leave me and do it alone?"

Perhaps it was because he had complained too confidently, or perhaps it was because many kids her age were still happy to be treated as the boss, the displeasure that had just appeared on her face began to fade.

But she still said: "The ceremony has not started yet, he has not been blessed yet, I will kill him."

This was another piece of information that Song Yi had not been told in advance. He said "Oh" and did not continue the conversation according to Xuanyueduo's words. He suddenly asked: "Have you seen a way to pass the level with your skills?"

Xuanyunduo didn't answer, she frowned at him, as if she didn't understand his sudden question, or as if she was trying hard to recall something. Finally, she shook her head slowly, lowered her eyes and didn't speak. She looked a little dazed, completely different from her initial decisive look.

"We are going to find Duan." Song Yi looked at her and said.

She said "hmm", then looked up at Song Yi with brighter eyes and asked, "Then what? Do you plan to ask him for clues and pass the level by decrypting the code?"

Song Yi neither confirmed nor denied it, but just said: "Don't worry, listen to me about the game."

Such a childish thing came out of his mouth, causing Xuanyunduo to look at him twice before whispering, "You are testing my trust..."

The voice was too soft for Song Yi to hear clearly. He asked "what" and she said again: "You are thinking about something I don't know."

Song Yi replied: "It doesn't count. You should know that we don't need to defeat Duan, nor do we need to come up with a winner."

Xuanyunduo's pupils dilated for a moment as he spoke, as if he had figured something out. He stared at Xuanyunduo and continued, "He was confused by his longevity, and you were confused by your skills."

He paused here, looked at Duoduo who was looking at him, and continued: "So, we don't need to obtain immortality, we just need to explore immortality."

After she finished speaking, she breathed a sigh of relief, said "Let's go", and took the lead to walk towards where Duan was. Song Yi followed behind her, not because he was afraid and wanted the little girl's protection, but... this girl had special abilities. It was not known whether what she said was true or not, but at least she knew more information. Without her leading the way, Song Yi could only run around by himself and try his luck to find someone.

Fortunately, Xuanyunduo still trusted him, and the two of them walked quite fast, so they soon arrived at the door of a room. Xuanyunduo stopped, gave Song Yi a look, and mouthed "inside". The next second, his figure flashed and disappeared, and no one knew where he had gone.

Song Yi was left alone at the door. He was unable to understand what she meant. After thinking about the meeting, he began to guess wildly. Xuanyunduo blinked three times. Did she want him to count to three before knocking on the door?

So, between the two rounds of sacrifice, when Duan was sitting in a chair to rest, Song Yi counted to three, kicked open the door, spread his arms, and said, "Surprise——"

The moment Duan saw his face clearly, he immediately wanted to pounce on him to fight, but Xuanyunduo suddenly jumped out from somewhere and jumped directly onto Duan's back. She reached out from behind him, strangled Duan's neck with one hand and pulled his collar back with the other.

In order to avoid being strangled, Duan had to stop and grab Xuanyundu's arms. Before getting out of the situation, his head had to tilt back with her movements. It was just a face-to-face encounter. Song Yi's arms were still open, and Duan was forced to half-kneel on the ground. In the tail of Song Yi's shout, he was still sliding forward, from a counterattack to a sliding tackle. The scene actually looked a bit like they were welcoming each other.

Duan did not show any embarrassment. He spoke with difficulty, squeezing out the words from his mouth, and said: "Don't... shout, I found out."

A sentence is broken into several parts, the sounds are mixed together, it is difficult to hear what is being said, and naturally it is difficult to distinguish the content.

Song Yi took a breath, and when he walked into the house, he closed the shaking door. He touched his neck with his other hand, and felt a little pain. He said, "Well, Boss, why don't we... listen to what he has to say first?"

Xuanyunduo snorted coldly, loosened her hand, patted Duan's neck, and signaled him to speak. However, she had used a lot of force just now, and Duan was speechless for a while. After coughing a few times, he spoke vaguely.

"You wouldn't want to kill me right away..."

As soon as she opened her mouth, she said many things she didn't like. She stepped on the other person's back, and the girl's voice sounded slowly, saying with finality: "As for that, it's all your fault for deceiving us."