Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 504: Se Lian's message and scoring twice
If someone asked Li You what he learned from the Souls series of games, he would probably quote this sentence: If I encounter strong enemies on my way forward, it means that the path I am taking is correct.

Of course, in the open world of magic, this sentence is not always applicable, so Li You may answer another point, which is to respect teachers.

In the Souls series, characters like "mentors" are basically positive images, from Logan and Clana in Soul One, to Orbeck and Kalula in Soul Three, to the two magic teachers in the Ring of Magic, they are basically like this, giving kind care to the protagonist.

In the cruel world view of the Souls series, encountering such a character is a rare warmth. So generally speaking, even if the player is born again, he will not do anything to the teachers. Similarly, Li You also respects the "mentor" role of the Souls series very much, and even has some yearning for it.

And at this moment, ahead, in the basement of the Post Street ruins, was one of the two magic teachers of the Circle of Magic...at least that was supposed to be the case.

"Boom boom boom——"

Glazed fire spewed out from the wristband, burning the huge magic flower "Miranda Flower" entrenched in the ruins of Post Street, making it tremble. Li You raised the spiral spear again, the spear body was ignited with flames, and pierced the roots of the Miranda Flower with force!

Miranda flowers are also a species unique to the border. They can spit out poisonous mist and are said to eat people. Even their seedlings have leaves and flowers that are nearly half a meter wide. When the adult flowers spread out their petals, they are several meters wide.

But no matter how strange they are, they are just plants after all. Li You now controls several different kinds of flames. The only headache he has in dealing with Miranda flowers is which kind of flame to use to burn them to ashes.

The large Miranda flower blocking the entrance to the basement was burned to ashes by Li You in one breath, and the small plants around it could not even withstand the aftermath of the flames and were also ignited and burned.

The entrance to the basement opened.

"You know about this kind of basement?" V looked at the narrow stairs going down and complained, "So why are you so skilled in this world?"

Li You replied casually: "Don't underestimate my intelligence network... I forgot what happened next. Anyway, you can simply understand that I did sufficient intelligence work before arriving in the new world."

There should have been a foggy door in the basement here, and behind the door was a mad pumpkin-headed soldier. Only after defeating him could you see the magic teacher hiding here.

However, just like before, the basement here is now empty and unattended, with only a lonely blessing emitting a faint light.

Lifting the iron door at the end of the basement, the small room inside was arranged as a library. There were a large number of books on the old wooden tables and bookshelves. The light from the candlesticks and large crystal-like stones emitting light blue light illuminated the room.

This place does seem to have the same "study" feel as Teacher Obek's. Li You can even smell the strong magical scent lingering in the air, which is stronger than other places around.

But the problem is that this place is still empty, and the magic teacher who was supposed to be here, "Cube Witch" Se Lian, is nowhere to be seen.

Not to mention Edge and V, even Yuzu could see that Li You obviously hadn't found his target again, and couldn't help but look at him. However, this time Li You's expression didn't change much, instead he looked like he had expected it.

He walked around the small room, first picking up a large piece of light blue stone and taking a look at it.

This thing is "pyroxene", which is said to be a fragment of a star, and is the source and catalyst of many magics in the world view of the Ring of Magic. Just like the soul magic of Dark Soul, many magics here are classified as "pyroxene magic".

Li You tried to sense the magic power inside the pyroxene and found that although the pyroxene was very large in size, the magic power inside was very scarce.

But he just did it casually. He put it down immediately and then searched on the table.

Youzi and the others didn't quite understand what Li You was looking for, but soon, Li You took out something from a wooden box on the table that surprised all three of them.

It was a half-covered gas mask, which looked very old and stained with a lot of stains. There was even a conspicuous cut wound on the side. The wound basically went through the mask, and its original function was naturally completely lost.

When he got the mask at this moment, Li You's expression finally changed.

"This is..." Even though V had never seen this mask before, he could use basic logic to infer its owner. As for Yuzu and Edge, they remembered it very clearly. This was the mask that Kara often used.

I don't know if it's because she got used to it in the USS or why, Kara always shows herself with a mask, even in front of Li You. So it's interesting that Li has never seen the true face of his eldest apprentice.

But no one would doubt their relationship. To Li You, he would not accept disciples randomly.

So Youzi and the others could understand why Li You looked unhappy. If the gas mask was broken like this, what about Kara herself?

Fortunately, Li You always keeps his head clear at critical moments, and it has been confirmed that Kara is alive. Under this premise, even if she is seriously injured, Li You is now confident that he can save her, and the incident like Annie Birkin in the past will never happen again.

So the key is to find people.

Li You put away the damaged gas mask and calmed down: "Don't worry too much, she must be alive, we just need to find her."

The others naturally did not dwell on this issue, and V asked directly: "What should we do next?"

"According to my original plan, we will go back... huh?" Li You was talking when he suddenly realized something. He rummaged through the wooden box on the table and took out an envelope with a wax seal. There was nothing written on the envelope, but Li You sensed a faint magical fluctuation inside.

He hesitated for only a moment before opening the envelope in two strokes.

I have never seen Teacher Se Lian write a letter to anyone in the game, so there is a high probability that this letter was left by Kara. Even if he was wrong, given the relationship between Teacher Se Lian and me, reading a letter should not be a big problem.

We're going to follow each other!
After opening the envelope, Li You immediately felt a faint flow of magic power. The magic power touched his hand, and then magic emblems began to appear on the letter paper.

Then, the magic emblem actually emitted light, projecting a clear human figure in front of Li You.

Li You: "!!"

The figure was wearing a dark blue wizard's robe and a huge stone hood on his head. The hood was carved into a female face and a green pyroxene was inlaid on the top of the head.

Of course Li You would recognize it. This was the image of the magic teacher Se Lian.

Se Lian's magic projection did not move, but just maintained the posture of one hand supporting the chin, but a female voice sounded: "Are you her master?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Se Lian's projection.

"Well, you don't have to answer. After all, I can't hear you. This is just a magical video." Se Lian continued, "It can activate the magic power left on the letter, so it should be correct. Then I have something to tell you."

"Don't come to her again, or you will die."

Li You: "???"

what?
what's the situation?
Could this be a declaration of sovereignty?

What's going on? My teacher snatched my apprentice away? He even left me a letter threatening me?

Li You had a very strange expression on his face. He stared at Se Lian's motionless magic projection for a long time, thinking in his heart.

Well, he didn’t think about anything else. He was just wondering whether he should find Teacher Se Lian’s real body and greet him cordially...respect teachers.

Of course, he would never do anything extreme.

"The Weeping Peninsula is very close to here. Even though this world is much larger than the game map, if I transform, I can quickly reach the ruins over there..."

Li You has already started calculating the round trip time and is planning to take action immediately.

But at this moment, Se Lian's image flickered, and the message that was thought to have ended had a follow-up: "... Unless you have enough confidence in your own strength and are not afraid of life and death, then go north. Maybe then, your paths will cross again."

After saying this, the image of Teacher Se Lian faded away, and the letter paper that was originally engraved with the magic emblem disappeared on its own, turning into points of crystal blue light that floated away.

Li You was stunned again.

It seems that it wasn't Se Lian who stole his apprentice...

He was lost in thought for a moment.

"So, what is going on?" It was V who finally broke the silence. She looked at Li You and asked, "Do you want to explain? Start from the beginning."

Li You came back to his senses and did not pretend to be dumb, but gave a brief explanation.

He had indeed guessed where Kara might go. On his way out of the Drifting Cave, many details he saw told him that someone had walked this road before.

If we temporarily rule out the possibility that there is another "protagonist" Faded One active, then Li You boldly guessed that the person who walked past this place before him was most likely Kara.

In this case, he followed the magician's opening route, which would most likely coincide with Kara's trajectory, so Li You quickly came to the ruins of Posthouse Street to look for the first and most important magic teacher in the game, Se Lian. However, Se Lian was not there, which still surprised him. Could it be that Kara's "main line" progress was so fast?
But after all, he didn't know how much time had passed since Kara came to this world. After all, the speed of time flow in each world was different, so this was not unacceptable.

However, the final discovery still made Li You feel difficult to understand.

What? As long as it’s Miyazaki’s game world, the people in it all speak in the same style as him, right?

How come explaining a few more words will kill someone?

But in short, now he has got some clues about Kara, and he can better plan his next actions.

Li You put the empty envelope back on the table, finished his explanation, and then said, "Now, let's find someone to confirm, and we'll know what specific preparations we should make later."

The group then left the remains of Post Street, and this time returned along the same route, arriving at Airey Church.

When they walked into the ruins aggressively, Santa Claus Curry was frightened and almost rode his donkey to escape. But he saw Li You walking in front and calmed down.

"Ah, it's you... You scared me." Kale looked at Li You, "Are you here to buy something? Who are these people?"

"My companion." Li You said simply, and then said, "I am indeed here to trade, but I have something else I want to ask you."

"Have you seen a blonde woman here who is dressed rather oddly? She may or may not be wearing a half black mask and can use magic."

Ka Lie was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise in his eyes: "Sir, do you... know that person?"

Li You's eyes lit up: "You really have seen her?"

He saw the hesitation in Kale's eyes and said, "Don't worry, she and I are companions, and I came here specifically to find her. Since you have seen her, can you tell me when and how you met her?"

Ka Lie looked at Li You carefully, as if to confirm that he was not lying, then he sighed and said, "Since you know her, I can tell you. But my information may not be of much use to you. After all, it happened a long time ago, and she and I just met by chance."

He did not deliberately keep the audience in suspense and continued to talk: "I do know the guest named Li You. At that time, she and I were..."

Li You: "?"

Yuzu and the other two: “?”

"...Wait a minute?" Mr. Li almost thought he had misheard and couldn't help interrupting, "What did you say her name was?"

Karie was confused: "Her name is... Li You? Although it's a relatively rare name in this land, it's not that strange, right? Isn't this the one you're looking for?"

Li You: "......"

Has she not forgotten this setting?! Is she addicted to pretending to be a master?
Li You's expression suddenly became extremely interesting, but he could only nod his head: "...Yes, she is the one I am looking for, please continue."

Edge and V in the back seemed calm on the surface, but they were actually laughing so hard in the mental link. Even Yuzu found this very funny.

Of course, they didn't block Li You when they laughed.

Li You: "......"

That traitor!

Kale naturally didn't know what happened in Li You and the others' private chat channel, so he used neither fast nor slow but very simple language to explain how he met Kara.

“…I had just wandered around here, originally looking for news about our tribe’s large caravan, but I didn’t expect to run into a group of bandits.

"That group of vicious guys wanted to steal my goods and my donkey. I couldn't hide or run away from them. I had no way out. Fortunately, Miss Li You suddenly showed up and helped me..."

Li You: "......"

No, he's really going to die. Not only him, the person involved, but also Edge and V beside him couldn't control the expressions on their faces.

Fortunately, Kara quickly explained the whole story. In fact, it was Kara who helped him when he encountered a group of bandits and helped him come to the Ailey Church to shelter from the wind and rain.

After that, she came back several times and communicated with Kale, mainly to learn about the information of this world from him - of course, she paid Rune as consulting fee.

"She really doesn't seem to know much about the Junction, so I'm curious as to why she came to this land."

"...Also, I introduced her to other friends, but they didn't seem to get along very well later on." Kale kept adding details of his meeting with Kara.

Through Kale's description of Kara's appearance, Li You inferred that the girl who helped at the beginning had also just arrived at the border, because Kale said that she was not only wearing a mask, but also the same combat uniform as Edge.

"…That's about it. Oh, by the way, I ran into her once later, and she seemed to be in a bad mood, so I suggested that she try the Torina Water Lily, and there was really nothing else." Kale said finally.

Li You calmed down, thanked him, and then asked: "There is a very important thing. When was the first time you saw Ka...Li You?"

Kale recalled: "Well, that's probably..."

——Not long after.

Li You sat on top of a huge ancient ruins that was on the verge of collapse in the southern part of Lake Yakir, looking at the golden tree that was clearly far away but still occupied most of his vision, thinking quietly.

Below the ancient ruins, Edge and V were also discussing quietly.

"It turns out that a year has passed since that person came to this world... Although I don't want to say this, this world seems to be quite dangerous, right?"

V asked, "When I passed by that shallow lake just now, I noticed that all the trees and rocks in the lake had large burn marks. This is not something that ordinary beasts can do."

Edge said: "In fact, in comparison, the time it has taken is about the same as ours, but this world is indeed very dangerous. I can sense it."

"But judging from the messenger's reaction, Kara is at least still alive. All we have to do next is find her."

While the two of them were discussing business here, Yuzu was at the edge of the cliff, observing a stream of soul air rising into the sky.

The soul airflow seemed to be spiraling upward, but when Yuzu tried to throw weeds, branches, and even big bats down, they all fell down without exception.

"This is so strange."

At this time, Li You, who was sitting on the top of the ancient ruins, finally finished thinking and jumped down from above: "Sorry for the long wait."

Edge and V looked at him, "Do you have a plan?"

Li You replied: "There are no other clues now. We can only move north according to Se Lian's message. But before that, I plan to go south first to confirm some things."

"You have the final say." Aggie never said much about Li You's arrangements. As for V, she seemed to be very interested in Kara as well.

"Okay, then let's rest here today and set off tomorrow morning." Li You made the decision.

They arrived at the border at almost noon, and after some trouble, it was already evening. Li You did not plan to act at night.

The location they were at was actually the first place where another NPC in the game, the "Blood Finger Hunter" Yura, had camped. However, just like the previous practice, Yura was not here either, and Li You was almost used to it.

Night fell quickly, and Youzi and the others rested by the fire below the ruins. Li You was in charge of keeping watch, sitting on the edge of the ruins, looking at the sea in the distance.

The borderland in the game is surrounded by the sea on all sides and looks like an island overall, but the borderland in this world can barely be considered a continent.

Li You also looked a little sleepy, his head drooped, as if he was taking a nap. In the darkness, a pair of eyes were staring at them.

In the bushes in the distance, a bald man who was very conspicuous even in the moonlight was hiding, stroking his chin with one hand, looking at the "dozing" Li You, as if thinking about something.

"It looks like a great opportunity...but why do I always have a bad feeling?"

(End of this chapter)