Tokyo underground city

Chapter 201 Burning

To be honest, for Lin Huai'en, he knew very well that his behavior was "revenge."

Revenge for his imprisonment and torture in the Shadow Forest.

The dungeon is a very pure world.

Just like the explorers’ nickname for it——

wilderness.

It is an image of vastness that stretches as far as the eye can see, without humans or humanity.

The existence of the Dungeon Association and the crew has changed some people's impressions of dungeons.

But whether it was Lin Huai'en or Yuan Ximu, so many days and nights in the reincarnation space and the shadow forest had long since pulled them out of the tenderness of the civilized world.

No matter how "human" they appear on the surface, both of them are beings that have swallowed their own shadows and dived into their "depths of humanity."

In Hara Yumu's words, it is "the bottom of the lake".

"Let's go." Lin Huai'en lit the last fire point, and the air in the underground city had become quite turbid.

And Yuan Ximu used the last of her magic power to punch out the air hole, which also made a fierce whistling sound.

This shows that the intensity of forest fires is getting bigger and bigger.

"Set the mountain on fire, sit through the prison, and I don't know what will happen if the dungeon is burned down." Yuan Ximu said.

She handed the gas mask in her backpack to Lin Huaien, and before putting on the mask, Lin Huaien said the last words——

"Just think of it as getting rid of the four evils."

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Yes, to the human world, "Abnormals" like the "Shadow Forest" that devour the dark side of human beings are like weeds of civilization.

There are all kinds of distortions and darkness in our hearts.

Transvestites, homosexuals, pedophiles...and all kinds of weird things.

"But the shadow is also part of our personality. Without the shadow, without the deeper self, we would all be the same and have no personality at all."

"It is precisely because of the shadow, the deeper self hidden under the mask of society, that we can distinguish each other from others, and that is what makes us who we are."

Lin Huaien opened his hands and felt the raging flames.

Even he had to admit that at this moment, his heart was filled with only a kind of madness that would burn him up as well.

But Yuan Ximu held his arm in the red smoke and moved forward with difficulty.

"Hurry up and leave! If you don't leave, we won't be able to escape!"

Listening to Yuan Ximu's dull voice from under the gas mask, Lin Huai'en smiled.

He knew that, just like Shen Wanshan when he was young, he was missing something crucial.

And Yuan Ximu's existence helped him fill a certain hole.

["Others" are hell. 】

[But without “others”, we can’t do anything. 】

[Creatures like us humans always have to face a problem. 】

[That is "too much ambition and too little ability". 】

[Facing that huge ambition and weak ability. 】

[Only by bringing together a group of people with "the same ambition" can we use our "weak abilities" to realize our "huge ambitions". 】

[That’s why we humans are “social animals”…]

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The temperature in the air was getting higher and higher. Lin Huai'en and Yuan Ximu found the rescue channel mentioned by the official association in the live broadcast room.

He used shadow to sneak through the layers of vines and arrived in front of the high-level explorers on the eleventh floor.

Then, after frightening them, he returned to the tenth floor.

"How about it? Can you take me down?"

Under the mask, Yuan Ximu breathed heavily. As the forest fire burned more and more fiercely, the oxygen in the air became less and less.

However, looking at her, Lin Huai'en just shook his head silently: "No, it's too far."

"In this case, your reward of more than 700,000 yuan will be gone."

Even under such circumstances, Yuan Ximu could still joke, and then she changed her voice: "Please, your backpack has been handed over to the rescue team, right? All the important things are in the backpack, the master film, the light-taking fairy , computers and the like.”

Lin Huai'en nodded: "I have found the person in charge of the association and handed it over to him. He seems to be a pretty decent person."

"That's enough." Yuan Ximu sighed and closed her eyes. The temperature in the air was getting higher and higher, approaching the ignition point of the wood.

Lin Huai'en watched with his own eyes as a tree in the distance spontaneously ignited silently under the blowing of the hot wind.

Yuan Ximu was curled up, and the fire-resistant shield on her body had shrunk smaller and smaller.

"Do you ever regret setting the forest on fire with me?"

Looking at the sunset and snow like this, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but ask.

"How could it be?" The girl suddenly smiled behind the mask: "That was originally my idea, wasn't it?"

"As for you, are you still staying here with me?" She looked at Lin Huai'en and said, "Although I will be very lonely after you leave, you can't save me, so you'd better leave quickly."

"Burning to death is very scary. I can't just watch you being roasted to death."

Lin Huai'en shook his head and pulled out the gray fury from his waist.

He raised his long sword and pointed the blade at Yuan Ximu's body.

But at the last moment, he put down the sword blade.

"Forget it. Although the possibility of survival is slim, I'll still go with you and give it a try."

He sat down, put his right hand on the pendant held in Yuan Ximu's hand, and poured the magic power into it.

He took out two bottles of magic potion from his arms and poured them into his mouth without hesitation.

The girl did not speak, but in order to reduce the consumption of the shield as much as possible, she tightened the distance between her and Lin Huai'en.

The two of them just leaned against the stone tablet at the entrance to the eleventh floor, watching the flames in front of them getting bigger and bigger——

Until the whole forest was on fire.

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Lin Huai'en brushed his teeth and watched the viral video on Wilderness House.

It seems to be the footage taken by the "watchers" mentioned by the association staff. From the bottom shadow deep in the vines, three fire points light up one after another. Under the thick fog, they become more and more obvious, and finally turn into burning. A fire tornado soared into the sky from the thick fog.

And these flames spread along the layers of vines in the shadow forest, and finally turned the entire forest of giant trees into a horrific scene like purgatory.

The monitor in the video looked like he was standing on a sea of ​​clouds with golden wires of fire. Lin Huai'en sighed and couldn't help but feel a little lucky.

At the last moment when the fire burned, he and Yuan Ximu released all their magic power, but even so, the clothes on the two people gradually scorched and burned.

Yuan Ximu tried her best to overdraw her magic power and released [Emergency Evacuation].

Then, just as the 45 seconds of [Emergency Evacuation] ended, the entrance next to them suddenly collapsed.

It turned out that after the "Shadow Forest" was ignited, the vine blocking net blocking the stairs also lost its ability to regenerate. The explorers on the eleventh floor dug more than 40 meters desperately to rescue the two of them.

In order to protect the safety of the two people, the association's official announcement concealed the cause of the fire, but because of the existence of the live broadcast room, the truth of the matter could not be concealed at all.

The account of the head maid was almost destroyed. As long as she opened her space, she could see countless people waiting there, ready to abuse her.

However, Yuan Ximu herself didn't pay much attention to those trolls.

According to her own words——

【This is the style of the head maid! 】

Looking at her modified spatial signature, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but smile.

He knew that for a girl, this was definitely not a forced smile.

For Hara Yumu, whether she likes or dislikes her, she will openly reveal her true nature to everyone.

Some people hate it, and some people like it. She can't satisfy everyone.

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"So just having someone recognize it is enough."

The girl sat on the seat opposite Lin Huai'en, dangling her feet.

She was wearing a different light-colored dress than when they first met, and she also let her long hair down.

According to her, the current image is more in line with her parents' impression of "Sunset Xixue".

As a bonus, she finally didn't have to wear that ridiculous long dress full of lace.

The number of followers on Douyu also increased rapidly by 30% a week after her resurrection——

The impression given by "Snow Fairy" has finally begun to grow after many years of stagnation.

She unaccustomedly covered her hanging hair and lowered her head to sip the coffee in her cup: "I will take responsibility for my actions, even if I am insulted and slandered by others in the end, as long as I know that this behavior is right. Will suffice."

“If you don’t reach the end with your ‘most authentic self’, there is no point.”

"After all, you only live once, right?"

Lin Huai'en looked at the girl and smiled indifferently: "Sometimes, it is important to recognize your own mistakes and make appropriate changes."

He looked at the time and took out two movie tickets from his pocket——

"Private screening, "Sunflower Dream", do you want to see it?"

"Hey... I saw the vomited thing."

The girl immediately pulled her face down, but she finally nodded: "Forget it, I haven't seen it for several years anyway, let's go together."

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"So, thanks to the association taking care of everything, we were able to escape..."

"It can't be said that. They were not sure in the first place. They were prepared to sacrifice some people to rescue everyone. They have to thank us for being able to rescue everyone with zero casualties."

"The most important thing is that the 'relics' that can survive in the dungeon will not be destroyed by a fire of this magnitude. So it seems that the loss is huge, but it is actually within the acceptable range."

"Because of our approach, there is no way to give public awards, but there will be no shortage of other things. It's just that I don't have time. Can you go and collect the various awards?"

"About this... I also received a notice. A shotgun was lost in "Shadow Forest"... I have to apply for a gun license... By the way, how about the old man? The mother of "Wind Passing" Is the belt intact?"

"It has been checked and there are no problems. The old man is very satisfied with the finished product. It will be released in about half a year - I have already seen the director's cut."

"Huh? The old man has no objection to the decisive battle in the flower field? You are obviously not satisfied with it?"

"I'm not very dissatisfied! It's just a little entangled - and I haven't cooperated with the old man for a long time, so it's normal for him to misjudge my abilities! This shows that I have exceeded his expectations and reached a higher level. High level!”

"Moreover, I secretly extended the battle in the fantasy world into the optical crystal of the light-catching fairy. The old man re-edited the final battle, which is all thanks to Miss Shion... Where did you take her after you kidnapped her? Already?"

"... As for Ziyon, I threw it in my backpack and ignored it. Also, after watching the director's cut, did you feel strange? After all, Ziyon is still a "deviant". If something goes wrong, we will not take action. The Association "Wind Passing" will also be banned from being released there."

"I feel okay? As long as you don't plant the "Perfect Flower" again, it shouldn't have any impact. After all, it's just the weakest "Noise Level Abnormality". In contrast, I'm more worried about Ark Holdings. side……"

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Two hours later, the two walked out of the cinema together.

Looking at the bustling crowd in front of him, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but sigh.

After staying in the underground city for too long, he always felt that he was somewhat out of tune with the surface world.

Because it was a private theater, the two of them spent most of their energy chatting while watching the movie.

"Wind Passing" has not yet been released, and Yuan Ximu still has more free time, but Lin Huai'en is still a little vague about the girl's next direction.

"Should I be an actor or an explorer?"

Hearing Lin Huaien's question, the girl just looked up at the sky outside with some sadness: "To me, there is no difference."

She finally nodded, took a step forward, and then turned to look at Lin Huaien——

"After all, I am not the 'little sunflower' in the movie. My life is still very long. Whether it is a golden flower field or a blue sea, I have enough time to reach it slowly."

"At this moment, my life is under this sun."

The girl raised a finger and pointed to the sky:

"All the scenery under the sun is my life!"

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In other words, "Do I want it all..."

Lin Huai'en was a little dumbfounded by Yuan Ximu's answer.

But he also knew very well that the girl had at least made it clear what she should do.

"Explorer, I probably won't be doing this for long."

She told Lin Huaien seriously about her plan: "I am now 16 years old, and it will take about 5 to 6 years until I graduate from college."

“For me, being an explorer is just the ‘golden flower fields’ I encounter on my way to the sea.”

"If I fail to reach the bottom of the abyss in 5 to 6 years, I will give up. After all, live broadcast requires the enthusiasm of the audience. If we get stuck, most of the audience will be lost, and I will also There is no way to level up little by little and cross various obstacles like a real explorer, just to have a look at the bottom of the abyss."

"But before, in these 5 to 6 years, I will wholeheartedly aim at the bottom of the abyss and keep moving forward!"

Looking at Yuan Ximu's firm gaze, Lin Huai'en nodded thoughtfully:

"Would you spend 5 to 6 years of your life going to flower fields..."

"After all, the flower fields are so beautiful, why can't we stop by and have a look on the way to the sea?"

The girl said with a smile.

The breeze blew by, lifting the hem of her light-colored skirt, like a fairy from the sun.