The brave man who runs a hotel in an RPG

As the name suggests, the top of the spiral is the place where the ends of the spiral branches gather. The golden sunlight leaks from the leaves on the top. Under the sunlight, not only the light crumbs are dancing, but also the fluffy green light clusters are scattered and drifting, shining brightly. The dewdrops on the leaves are crystal clear and bright, and the eyes are full of dreamlike scenery.

The road under our feet is made of smoky amber, and the road extends along the spiral branches. There are thousands of stars in the amber, and it is as beautiful as the Milky Way in the universe when we look at it from a distance. When stepping on this amber road, the light spots on the whole road became more and more dazzling, illuminating the hanging vines and leaves around, and at the same time, our main task was further refreshed:

"The main mission: The Sick World Tree ([-]) has been completed, and the rewards have been issued, please pay attention to check. Received the main mission: The Sick World Tree ([-])."

We opened the task panel in the system prompt sound——

Mission Name: Sick World Tree ([-])

Task requirements: Please go to the world tree to find the root cause of the elves turning into monsters

Task reminder: Go through the top of the spiral and talk to the Elf Queen

Mission reward: "Blessing of the Spiral Order" x1, World Branch x10

The "Blessing of Fengshen Mountain" rewarded in the fourth ring of the main task is a hat with wind attributes, and the world branch is the necessary material for upgrading "White Wing". We put on new equipment and officially embark on the next step. journey.

After passing through the original amber road, the road under our feet turned translucent white. Its surface is arc-shaped, and it is seamlessly embedded in the green tree trunks and dense leaves. It feels soft and warm to the touch. , The tip of the nose can still smell a faint sweet fragrance.

Walking and walking, Windsania pointed to the road as if discovering a new continent and said: "...Look, this road is undulating, as if it is alive."

"You put it that way..." Christine blinked, and began to look carefully at the white road under her feet, "I think the texture of this road is very similar to a woman's skin." He said, unexpectedly Bend your knees and try to touch the surface of the road with your palms.

"Wait!" Leia stopped him.

Christine kept kneeling and looked at Leia and said, "Could I have guessed it right? This road is the arm of the Elven Queen, right?"

This guess surprised both me and Windsania, and we followed Christine to look at Leia. After a while, Leia said: "...Yes, the body of the Elf Queen is embedded in the entire World Tree, and it is also She gave birth to all our elves, so...please don't offend our queen."

Christine straightened up and answered Leia thoughtfully: "Well, I see."

The rest of the trip was spent in eerie silence.

Winsania, who can't stand the loneliness the most, sometimes deliberately looks for one or two topics, but Dieter is reticent, except for nodding and responding casually, Leia pays close attention to our state, and I have been paying attention to the spiral. In every corner of the roof, I was afraid of missing any trigger point that might have Kane’s consciousness, so Windsania failed to enliven the atmosphere. Wensania looked around the scenery seriously when she felt bored, but Christine looked relaxed. , The pace is vigorous, and he is as carefree as a party.

"Leia, it's been so long, we haven't seen your kind yet." Windsania brought up another topic.

Leia looked at Windsania and said, "Normally, elves rarely come to the Spiral Top, because there are several very ancient races living here. They like to be quiet and don't like to contact other elves."

"Oh." Windsania closed her mouth in response.

There are no demonic elves to eliminate on the top of the spiral, so the journey along the way is extremely boring. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, we will feel bored after seeing it countless times, and we naturally entered this kind of boredom after walking for an unknown number of times. status.Yua said that it is easy for people to enter hallucinations here, and we have not entered hallucinations so far. Could it be that what Yua just said is just alarmist talk?But if it's just alarmist talk, then why is Leia tensing up?

Or, in fact, we have been hallucinating...?

Thinking of this layer, I hurriedly looked around the scene carefully, and tried to search whether this scene had appeared a second time in my memory, but found that I didn't quite remember whether I passed these roads, and the memory of the spiral top seemed to be covered. A thick layer of white mist, no matter how I search, I can no longer find any information.

— This is really not good.

I quickly stopped the four people in front: "Leia, Windsania, Dieter, Christine, please stop, I think something is wrong!"

"What's wrong with Alsis?" Windsania was the first to turn around, "What do you think is wrong?"

"Think carefully about whether we have walked this road, and do you still have an impression?" I asked nervously.

Wen Shania turned around and inspected the circle, tilted her head and said, "This road...is no problem, I haven't walked it before."

Dieter also echoed with doubts: "I still remember the distance we traveled, there is no problem."

Leia and Christine also looked at me in confusion, and Christine said, "Arcis, maybe you are the only one who has this problem? It's okay, just follow Leia closely."

After that, they turned around and continued to walk, the rope wrapped around their waists was pulled, I had to follow their pace, but my heart continued to feel uneasy, this is really something wrong, and the others will forget it , why is even Leia's reaction so subtle?This is impossible. Leia is a tree elf and will not be confused by hallucinations. After I raise this kind of question, with his character, he will never ignore it so easily and continue walking.

From this I can be sure that I am now in a hallucination.

Thinking of this, I stopped for the second time. The people in front of me were pulled by the rope and turned their heads in doubt. Wensania said to me: "Alsis, don't think about those useless things, let's go."

"No, I can't go any further, you guys go."

After finishing speaking, I pulled out the "Endless Domain" beside me and neatly cut off the rope that maintained the four people in front of me. As the rope broke, the scene in front of me was divided into fragments and twisted like in a Wanhua mirror, forming Everything at the top of the spiral shattered into pieces and fell apart, and then I was greeted by a blackness beyond reach and a sea of ​​light suspended above my head like a galaxy.

If you guessed right, this sea of ​​light is the sea of ​​consciousness that Leia mentioned.

I lowered my head, and there was still a dark and deep nothingness under my feet. I tried to step out, but there was a point of strength that was one level higher in front of me, supporting my weight steadily. I walked forward again, and it was another level. Steps, just like this, I walked up the invisible stairs, and suddenly there were two golden gates in front of me. Behind the gate on the left was a modern landscape full of traffic, and behind the gate on the right was the original forest of singing birds and flowers.

At this time, a few pieces of debris fell from the sea of ​​light above my head and formed a line of words in front of my eyes: "Do you want to choose to go back or continue forward?"

The answer is obvious, I can think with my toes that the left side is used by fools, so I walked towards the door on the right without hesitation.

After entering the door on the right, the darkness was torn apart by the light, and the scene in front of me was replaced by a white that hurts the eyes. A piece of crumpled paper with patterns fell into my hand, and I took a step to go to Walking forward, but bumped into a transparent wall.

Stretching out my hand to touch, not only is there a wall in front of me, but there are also walls to the left and behind. The golden gate that should have existed behind has long since disappeared.I walked to the only right that was not blocked by a wall, and within a few steps I encountered another wall.

"Are you going through a maze this time?" I whispered, and continued along the side without the wall.

After walking out of the white maze, I encountered the same two golden gates as before. The question was still the same, and my answer was still the same. When I passed through the second gate reflecting the forest of the beginning, my palms came back again. There is a second piece of shredded paper, I try to connect the two shredded papers together, and it is easy to find that they are all corners of the map. As long as I collect the shredded papers step by step, I can piece together a real spiral top. map.

After mastering the method, the road will be much easier, because I have a vague goal in my heart.Behind the second door is the dark night again, just like this, the night and the day intersect, and more and more shredded papers are in my hands. When I pass through the three doors of No.20, the shredded papers in my hands are automatically assembled into a complete picture. A4 size paper, a shadow-like projection floating on the paper, presumably it was referring to my location, I followed the directions of the map and walked on the route to the destination regardless of the sight in front of me, only the "truth" that was not faked "Be confused, and you can reach the real place pointed by the arrow.

After about 10 minutes, I ended the long decryption process. The golden door standing at the end of the darkness showed my victory. When I was full of joy and decided to go through the last golden door, there was a sound of glass behind me. There was a crisp sound of breaking. I turned my head and saw something falling from the zenith. I subconsciously reached out to catch it, but what fell on my palm was just a piece of amber-like fragments. The edges of the fragments were irregular. The crystallization tower is somewhat similar. A string of numbers flashed quickly within the transparent fragments. I could barely see the combination of 1 and 0 to form a larger "23971" number, and then the fragments were weathered in the darkness.

23971... This string of numbers is vaguely familiar... That's right!Isn't this the string of unclear numbers that the "highest work" in the Tower of End-End has recited to me?What exactly is this string of numbers, and what does it have to do with the reality of the world and the intention of the Creator?

Before I could think about it, the last golden door seemed to be urging me to close. I rushed forward and rushed into the door before the last second of closing.