Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 546: Reunion with Kara, Melina's Answer
"boom--"

The translucent force field instantly unfolded, pushing away all the black magic gravel, which then crashed into the inner wall of the vault and was destroyed.

Li You immediately raised his head and looked towards the second floor where the voice had just come from. This time he clearly caught a glimpse of a figure shrouded in a black cloak.

At this moment, Li You was even a little dazed.

The man did not hide his intention. He stepped on the railing on the second floor and jumped onto the horned beast specimen in the middle of the species collection. Then he looked down from above:

"You guys are too noisy! Do you want to be mobbed?"

The visitor was wearing a cloak decorated with a large number of black feathers and a black hood on his head. Even his face was half covered by a silver-gray mask, wrapped tightly.

But even so, Li You could tell at a glance that this was the person he had been looking for for so long.

The ace of the USS force in the biochemical world, the founder of the secret department of Trasever, and also his eldest disciple, Kara.

When Kara saw Li You's face clearly below, she paused obviously, apparently recognizing him.

Seeing this, Li You couldn't help but take a step forward: "You..."

"boom!"

A black magic rock hit the ground in front of him, creating a small hole in the solid floor.

"...Don't come over here yet."

Somewhat unexpectedly, when Kara saw Li You's action, she suddenly raised the dark golden tin staff in her hand and swung out a dark night magic gravel, interrupting his action.

Li You: “……!?”

Kara looked at him again, raised her hand and gently pressed her forehead, then spoke: "Yes... Master, long time no see."

"Kara, you..."

Seeing that she recognized him, Li You breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to move forward again, but then three more Dark Night Demon Gravels fell in front of him!

“…So don’t come over here!”

This time Kara shook her head before looking at Li You again: "...The letter Dan sent earlier said that there might be new people coming to help. Is it you?"

Her voice suddenly became indifferent. Li You couldn't help but stare at her for a while before answering: "...It's us."

"Any letter?"

"it's here."

Li You took out the letter given by Leida. Kara pointed the dark golden staff in her hand at it from a distance, and the letter floated up, flew into the air, and fell into her hands.

She unfolded the letter, glanced at it quickly, and said, "Leida asked you to follow my arrangements and focus on my mission."

"...Then you should search the parish east of Shadow City. I have a feeling there is something hidden there. I already have some clues about the species repository, so I don't need anyone else to intervene."

Li You frowned slightly and was about to say something when V beside him stepped forward and said, "Sorry to interrupt you two, but shouldn't this be a touching reunion after a long separation? Why does it look a little wrong to me?"

Kara then turned her gaze towards her and said calmly, "Oh? You are?"

V spread his hands lightly: "It doesn't matter who I am, I just think the plot is not very reasonable. You can't satisfy the audience if you act like this."

Li You frowned slightly, and wanted to stop V from causing trouble, but Edge beside him grabbed him and said to him in the mental link: "Something is not right, let V try it out first."

In front, Kara looked at V and spoke again: "I don't know what nonsense you are talking about. Since you are not important, just shut up."

"I'm sorry, I'm naturally talkative and cheerful." V responded with a smile, and then smiled again: "Also, you know, I don't really like people standing so high up to talk to me."

As she spoke, she jumped lightly and jumped directly onto the top of the storage shelf next to her, standing at about the same height as Kara: "This is much more comfortable."

Kara didn't seem to plan to pay attention to her anymore, and looked at Li You again: "...Anyway, you just do as I arranged, there is no time to waste now."

"Who do you think you're commanding?" V spoke again, frowning at Kara, "What's wrong with you? We came all the way to find you, and this is your attitude... Ugh!"

Halfway through his words, V suddenly started and lifted Pandora to block in front of him!
"Bang bang—"

Two Night Demonic Gravels hit Pandora in the form of a suitcase and then destroyed her. V looked at the two faint marks left by the hit, which were still faintly smoking, and looked surprised: "Are you serious?"

Kara raised her staff and pointed it at her: "...I don't know why, but I don't like you, so you'd better be careful."

V is not the type to not fight back when being beaten, so he immediately laughed: "Really? That's good, after all, I don't like you either. Since you attacked me first, then my fight back can be considered as self-defense, right?"

Pandora opened it slightly, and V pulled out a black revolver from the gap and pointed it at Kara: "Want to try, is your magic faster or my gun faster?"

The two looked at each other for a moment, then raised their hands at the same time!
With a wave of Kara's staff, several Night Demon Gravels appeared out of thin air and shot towards V from different angles! V was not to be outdone, the Pandora's Box in his left hand extended into a mechanical shield, and his right hand also pulled the trigger!

Bullets flew out of the muzzle and shot towards Kara. Kara used magic and dodged quickly to get out of the way of the bullets, but then she saw the bullets turned a corner and continued to chase her!

Kara: “!!”

V activated Sian Westin, dodged the Night Demon Gravel with an afterimage, and said with a smile: "Sorry, gun fighting."

Hearing this, Kara subconsciously glanced at Li You below.

The bullets shot by V were still chasing, but Kara was not panicking. After dodging another wave of attacks, she raised her hand and used her staff to release a ball of deep darkness with mist!
The ball of darkness was suspended in the air like a bottomless pit, emitting an amazing suction force, attracting all the bullets shot by V, and the bullets began to revolve around it like comets.

V was surprised: "...What is this!?"

Taking advantage of her distraction, Kara raised her staff and summoned several more Night Devil Gravels around her, surrounding V. V sighed and had to use Pandora to resist, but suddenly saw that Kara seemed to have waved her hand a little more, but did not release any magic.

"No... not good!"

V instantly switched to the prosthetic eye mode, and then she saw a faint comet-shaped beam of light flying towards her, already in front of her!
"……Well!"

She had no other choice but to lift Pandora in front of her, hoping to block the attack. But the next moment, a shadow flashed in front of her eyes, and Li You appeared like teleporting, blocking her.

Li You appeared and did not make any other moves. He just raised his hand and grabbed the almost invisible comet!

"laugh--"

The Dark Comet released by Kara hit Li You's hand, melting away large pieces of flesh and blood on his palm, almost exposing his bones!

The intense pain made Li You grit his teeth, but he still used his magic power to destroy the dark comet in his hand.

He put down his injured left hand and looked at Kara: "...What's wrong with you? Why did you hit him so hard?"

V's provocation to Kara was actually a test. She had agreed on everything in the mental link before taking action, and the bullets she used were non-lethal. However, she did not expect that Kara's counterattack would be almost merciless.

Given Kara's original character, even if she really was deliberately going against him and wanted to take revenge on him, she would never be so harsh on someone who was obviously her companion. Li You's heart sank.

Sure enough, there was a problem.

Faced with Li You's questioning, Kara was silent for a moment, then turned and left without saying anything.

“Kara…!!”

Of course Li You couldn't just let her go like that, so he shouted, leaped hard, and pounced towards Kara!

At this moment, Kara turned around suddenly, and then took out a two-meter-long large sword with a blood-stained blade from the magic pocket on her waist!

She faced Li You's falling momentum and was about to stab him with a knife! At this moment, Li You also widened his eyes.

Time seemed to slow down a lot, and the distance between the two gradually shortened. Just before Kara was about to attack, the blood-red sword suddenly stopped and froze in mid-air. With this moment of delay, Li You landed safely and reached out to hold Kara's right arm and shoulder.

"you……"

Through the mask, Li You saw Kara's eyes clearly, which were a pair of eyes that were obviously confused.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then Kara subconsciously exerted force to try to break free, but Li You held her down tightly and refused to let go.

Although I don't know what happened to Kara, now that she has been found, I can just control her first and then slowly ask her about what happened.

So Li You planned to subdue Kara first to prevent her from hurting others or herself.

However, at this moment of stalemate, the Dark Moon Sword badge on his waist and the amulet hung on Kara's chest suddenly reacted at the same time, as if echoing each other from afar, and each emitted a cold light!
This sudden change made both of them pause, and under the shining light, a ray of divine light suddenly seemed to flash in Kara's eyes.

Then, she raised her left hand with some trembling and grabbed Li You's right wrist which was pressing on her shoulder.

Li You's expression changed slightly: "...Hmm?"

The next moment, Kara's face changed again. Magic power suddenly burst out from her right hand, breaking free from Li You's grip. Then she swung the blood-red sword with all her strength!

"clang--!!"

Li You instantly took out the Spiral Sword and accurately blocked the attack, but the large sword was infused with incredible magical power, which shocked Li You who was responding hastily and made him fly backwards. He retreated several meters before he could stand firm.

At this moment, Kara waved her staff and her figure turned into a magical shadow and disappeared. When Li You looked over again, she had already disappeared without a trace.

"……Oh shit!"

Li You was also very depressed upon seeing this. He couldn't help but curse fiercely and punched the horned beast specimen next to him hard, causing the dust on it to fall off.

His companions had come to him by now. Aggie was the first to speak: "Her scent has completely disappeared. I can't find where she went."

V frowned slightly: "Your apprentice seems to have a bad temper."

Youzi was concerned about Li You: "Your hand..."

Li You then realized that he had used his injured left hand to vent his anger. He was now in a very strong physique, and even though his flesh and blood had melted away to the point where the bones were visible, it was already recovering quickly. However, the action of grabbing Kara and the punch just now tore the wound again, causing the specimen to be covered in blood.

"…It's okay, just a flesh wound."

Li You said, took out the medicine gourd, poured the medicine on his left hand, and then took another big gulp. He looked at V again and said, "I'm sorry, I almost got you hurt."

V shook his head and said, "I'm fine, but she... doesn't look right. She seems to have some mental problems."

Li You was a little surprised that she explained for Kara, but V smiled and said, "I'm not the kind of person who would maliciously slander others. Facts are facts."

Li You nodded when he heard this: "You are right. Her condition is indeed...wait!"

He suddenly thought of something, raised his right hand, and looked at his right wrist. He untied his arm armor, pulled up his sleeve, and then saw a faint brand appear on his wrist.

"This is……"

Just as everyone gathered together to watch, the mark began to emit a light golden glow, and then emitted rays of light like a projection, outlining a vague figure in front of them.

The figure was a quiet girl, wearing a simple gray-black cloak, with light brown, slightly curly shoulder-length hair. Only her right eye was open, her left eye was tightly closed, and there was a strange line at the corner of her eye.

She appeared and looked at Li You, but did not speak immediately, as if she was sizing him up.

Yuzu, Edge, and V: "!?"

Who is this?

As for Li You, he certainly recognized the person in front of him, and he subconsciously shouted, "Meimei!"

Naturally, the girl who appeared before them was the first and most important female character in the game. She took over the witch's duties to accompany the players and guide us to the golden tree - Melina, the key figure.

Also known as small wood.

Hearing Li You's shout, Melina glanced at him and said softly: "...I don't know why you know my name, but please don't call me like that."

"You are Li You, right? I've heard Kara talk about you many times."

Li You's expression remained unchanged, as if it was not him who called Meimei just now: "It's me. You and Kara are travel companions? Then you should know..."

Melina nodded gently. "I don't have much time, so to make a long story short: she was enchanted."

Hearing this, Li You raised his eyebrows on the spot: "...Micaela?"

"Yes, this is the power from the god Michaela." Melina nodded. "Michaela is loved by all things, so he can force others to have a good impression of him. Kara was influenced by him, and most of those who came to this shadowy land to follow him were also like this."

"...No wonder that was the reason for the disharmony I felt before."

After listening to Melina's explanation, Li You recalled the strangeness in their emotional state when he met them before. It turned out that the disharmony at that time was because they were all bewitched by Michaela.

It was already known in the game that the godly Mikaela possessed the ability to charm, so Li You was not surprised. However, he did not expect that Mikaela would do the same to his followers.

Can a group of people who are gathered together under enchantment really be called “followers”?

"How did Kara... No, that's not important now." Li You quickly sorted out his thoughts and asked the key question, "How to remove the effect of the charm?"

Melina replied: "The ability of the god-man Michaela is tied to himself, but the Great Rune he holds also has an amplifying effect on his charm ability."

"I can't guarantee that this will work, but if you can break Michaela's Great Rune, it will at least reduce the level of the enchantment, and it will also have an effect on his followers."

Melina spoke quickly: "I can only exist for a short time, so listen carefully. Michaela abandoned his Great Rune, but the Great Rune is still functioning, so it must be carefully preserved."

"I am usually sealed in Kara's body, but I can also see everything in the outside world, so I guess that Michaela's Great Rune should be placed near the foot of the Shadow Tree. You must..."

Before she could finish her words, her own image began to flicker rapidly as if the signal was bad, then fell to the ground and suddenly disappeared.

Li You looked down and found that the mark on his wrist had almost disappeared, so faint that it could not be seen with the naked eye.

"… Fortunately, at least we got the key information."

He lowered his sleeves, put on his wrist guard again, and frowned in thought.

He got too much information from Melina, and it was a bit overwhelming, so he was still sorting out his thoughts.

Although there are still many questions that have not been answered, what needs to be done now is very clear: reach the foot of the Shadow Tree and find the Great Rune left by Michaela!
It’s not that he didn’t think about capturing Kara first, but Kara’s strength is no longer what it used to be, and she has also learned some weird magic that Li You has never seen before. He is not very confident that he can make her surrender... Besides, before that, how to find her is a problem.

So let's follow Melina's advice.

"So now we have a new goal." V also spoke up, "Then the question is, how do we get to the foot of the Shadow Tree?"

Li You looked at her. His brain had completely calmed down and he quickly answered: "I don't know either, but I think there should be someone among our 'companions' who knows this."

V understood: "Take advantage of now, while the people over there at Leida's side don't know about the situation here, right?"

Li You nodded, came to the blessing point on the first floor of the species collection, reached out and touched the blessing: "Let's go back and find Ampah!"

(End of this chapter)