Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 547: Lishu Church, Golden Figure

"…I'm sorry, I don't know the details either."

Next to the cross sign in front of the Tower Town gate, after listening to Li You's request who suddenly appeared, Ampah's voice also revealed a hint of embarrassment.

"Although I was originally going to Shadow City, as you can see, I haven't set out yet, so I naturally don't know the specific situation in the city."

"That's right." Li You pressed his forehead, "How could I have forgotten about this?"

"But... I have also obtained some gossip. I wonder if it can be of any help to you?"

"Hmm?" Li You looked at him, "What gossip?"

An Pah stroked his beard gently. "After all, I am not good at fighting, so in order to help Master Michaela, I also brought my former warriors here. I sent them out to collect intelligence before, and in the rough report I received, there was indeed information about the Shadow Tree."

"You brought your subordinates with you?" Li You was a little surprised. He thought of the group of blood nobles who came to attack at the Mongwen Dynasty Temple before coming here.

I wonder if Ampah is truly committed, or is he also bewitched by Michaela? If it is the latter, when the bewitching feeling is lifted, will he be able to face what he has done?

"I used to have some prestige among the pure-blood knights, so I naturally have trustworthy subordinates." An Pach naturally didn't know Li You's thoughts, and said directly, "According to the report I received, to get to the bottom of the Shadow Tree, you need to pass through the parish of Shadow City, but the parish seems to have been flooded by the indigenous people in the city, and it is temporarily inaccessible."

"The...parish of Shadow City?"

This was not the first time Li You had heard of this place. Not long ago, Kara asked him to explore this area.

Is it a coincidence, or is it Kara's subconscious guidance?
Li You frowned and relaxed his brows. Since he couldn't get the answer now, he decided not to think about it anymore. He decided to go to the parish first.

"...Please note that according to the intelligence, it seems that it is impossible to reach the parish in the city from the species storage. You may need to find another way to get there."

Ampah reminded me very carefully, "You said that Ms. Kara specifically asked you to explore the parish. I'm afraid this is because she has noticed something hidden there. You need to be careful. I will also rush to Shadow City with others to support you."

"I understand, thank you."

After getting the information he wanted, Li You planned to leave.

Li You had no idea which of Michaela's followers were devoted to him and which were bewitched. He was also unsure whether Kara, who had escaped from him before, would tell Leida about him.

Judging from Leida's reaction when she saw him, she obviously didn't know about Kara's relationship with her before, but it's hard to say after this.

Therefore, if he prepared for the worst, the next time he saw Leida, she might draw her sword and stab him directly, and Li You really didn't have that much time to waste.

"……and many more!"

Just when Li You was about to leave through the blessing transmission, An Pah stopped him and said, "There is one thing I would like you to pay attention to."

Li You: "Huh?"

Ampah looked at Moore, who was sitting quietly with a jar in his arms, and said, "It's Mr. Moore's business. As you know, he and his collectors have been collecting supplies for us, and they have made great contributions."

"But recently, Mr. Moore seems to have lost contact with several collector bugs. He is very worried about his companions, so if you find any during your journey, I implore you to lend a hand."

Li You understood what was going on. He had talked to Moore, who was collecting supplies, before, but Moore obviously didn't like to talk much. His lines were basically the same as Yuzu's, so there was nothing to talk about.

At this time, Ampah's request was not a big deal, so Li You naturally agreed. Ampah said on behalf of Moore: "Thank you. I wish you a smooth exploration."

Li You nodded slightly and then teleported away.

……

The main entrance square of Shadow City.

Li You and his group gathered here.

While Li You went back to ask Ampah, Yuzu and the other two stayed in Shadow City, searching around. Li You originally planned to take them with him, but V said it was best to make full use of the time, so he stayed.

At this moment, Li You came back, and Yuzu, Aggie and V also came back here: "What's the situation?"

Li You shared the information he got from Ampah. After listening to it, the three of them also gave their investigation results: "We searched from the main gate of Shadow City to the outside of the species storage, and found an underground drainage area, but judging from the location, it is the road leading to the area outside the city. As for the parish, we didn't know it before, so we didn't investigate."

After looking at the location pointed out by V, Li You briefly reviewed the structure of Shadow City in his mind and shook his head: "It is definitely not the road to the parish. It's okay, just go this way."

Compared to the game’s protagonist, the Fader, Li You’s biggest advantage in exploration is that he can fly.

Armed hovercrafts are very convenient except for their high energy consumption. Even if the hovercraft is damaged and under repair, Li You can still fly it by himself. This alone makes him much better than the protagonist of the Soul series who finally got his knees after reaching the Ring of Law.

So Li You sent Yuzi and the others back to their companion space again, then transformed into a dragon and flew into the sky.

Flying in the air, Li You's golden eyes swept towards the east and saw a relatively low, flooded building complex over there. He also saw an exceptionally tall magician tower in the distance and a cathedral on the other side.

Obviously, there must be something worth exploring in those two places, but Li You only cares about where the Shadow Tree is now. So he flapped his four wings behind him and headed towards the flooded parish.

As he flew closer, the view became wider and Li You could see the entire picture of the parish.

This is an area consisting of chapels on the left and right and a church in the middle, with only the roofs of the two buildings exposed above the water. There is also a circular open building in front of the church, and there should have been a small golden tree in the middle, but it was also submerged in water.

"This area seems to be connected to the species repository... Is it a one-way street?"

Li You saw a road on the other side of the parish that seemed to lead to the previous vault. He was a little confused, but thinking about the map style of the old thief, it was not so strange. When his eyes continued to move along the road he saw, a conspicuous circular mechanism appeared in front of him at the end of the road.

His eyes immediately lit up, and he flapped his dragon wings and landed in front of the mechanism over there.

Li You threw out a few balls of fire and burned several large bats flying around into charcoal. Then he released his dragon man form, grabbed the lever and pushed the mechanism.

There was a roar coming from the distant city wall, and the drainage valve opened, releasing the accumulated water that had submerged the parish into the river below the city.

Watching the water level in the parish slowly drop, Li You rubbed his chin as he stood beside the mechanism: "I'm dreaming of returning to Little Lund."

The accumulated water was soon almost drained, and the true appearance of the parish was revealed, but it was already in ruins, and even the little golden tree had long been drowned.

Li You didn't care about those things. He was just about to fall from the mechanism to the parish below, but suddenly he was startled and the whole person stopped in place in an instant!

Just now, a strong sense of crisis suddenly came to his mind, as if a steel needle pierced the back of his neck.

"This feeling is... I'm being watched?"

Li You stood still, seemingly motionless, but in fact he was on full alert.

At the same time, he was also thinking quickly, who could be targeting him and giving him such a strong sense of crisis? Who could have such strength?

"...Kara? Leida? I still haven't met you, Messermo, or even... Michaela?"

Li You roughly circled out a range. If he had to choose from the people he already knew, there wouldn't be many possibilities. Moreover, Leida's strength couldn't give him such a strong sense of crisis. Kara's current true level was unknown, but it wasn't likely either.

"It's either the oldest demigod, or the demigod 'closest to god'..." Li You smiled, "You really think highly of me."

Maybe because he heard his mumbling, the feeling of being stared at disappeared and Li You relaxed.

"If they are really those two demigods, there will probably be trouble. The old thief can't put the final BOSS battle of Shadow City here, right? It's not the real Little Londo..." At this moment, a series of vibrations were heard in the parish below, and two corrupt tree spirits, as if the roots of the trees had become spirits, broke out of the ground from the feet of the small golden tree and the chapel farther away!

“Aa ...

Two corrupt tree spirits crawled on the ground and howled towards the sky!
"Two corrupt tree spirits? You old thief...that's not right." Seeing this situation, Li You subconsciously planned to curse, but he noticed that there was an obvious distance and even a height difference between the two corrupt tree spirits.

"It seems that it wasn't the old thief, but that guy just now who did it? He is determined not to let me get close to the shadow tree?"

This way, the suspect is easier to identify.

"Mikaela...the little boy girl has a lot of tricks up her sleeve!"

Li You raised his eyebrows and waved his hand to draw out the spiral sword.

"I really liked Michaela."

He then waved his hand, and a teleportation array appeared, and Yuzu and the other two also appeared.

"Dear employees, it's time to work overtime!"

As he spoke, Li You jumped down from the edge of the high platform next to the mechanism. With a pull of the grappling hook, he flew into the air towards the first corrupt tree spirit and stabbed it with all his strength with the spiral sword!
The flames of the spiral sword suddenly erupted!

"boom--"

"That one is left to you!"

Yuzu and the other two immediately responded, "Got it!"

Then, Yuzu also flew up and turned directly into a wooden dragon, carrying Edge and V to fly towards the second corrupt tree spirit farther away.

Before they were even close enough to close combat distance, Yuzu suddenly roared, and breathed out fire wildly, "ROAR!!"

The corrupt tree spirit had its head and face burned all over, and it roared in anger, then pounced on Yuzu and fought with him who had deliberately lowered his altitude.

——After a short and fierce battle.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

The flames of the spiral sword burned the body of the first corrupt tree spirit, almost turning its flesh and blood into charcoal.

During the battle, Li You stabbed the spiral gun directly into the big mouth of the corrupt tree spirit and threw it into its body, then released the flame of the spiral gun with all his strength and quickly subdued it.

In fact, during the battle, Li You also felt that the sense of crisis of being targeted appeared from time to time. It was obvious that someone was secretly observing him.

However, the threat this time was not as strong as before, as if someone else was watching him. But in short, until Li You dealt with his opponent, the spy did not show up or take action.

While Li You was tearing open the carbonized shell of the Corrupted Tree Spirit and pulling out the spiral gun from it, Yuzu, who was a little further away, had already torn the second Corrupted Tree Spirit into several large pieces with the help of Edge and V.

Yuzu then returned to his human form, and the three came to join him. Li You saw that Yuzu's magic power was a bit consumed, so he handed him the medicine gourd, but Yuzu said that he could directly eat the core of the corrupt tree spirit to recover his magic power faster.

Li You: "That's fine."

After dealing with the two corrupt tree spirits that were blocking the way, Li You simply identified the direction, observed the layout of the parish, and led his companions to the church behind the small golden tree.

The road to the shadow tree is definitely here, and no one knows the old thief's map better than him.

Although Edge and V were still somewhat skeptical about his confident remarks, it turned out that Li You was still right this time.

After entering the church, one charred corpse after another burning with flames was awakened and emerged from the ground. At the end of the church, under the statue of Queen Marika, a fire knight wearing a strange helmet walked out, emitting dark red magical light around him.

He stretched out his hand and pointed, and those charred corpses rushed up like a suicide squad, with flames rising from their bodies, wanting to play bombing fun with him.

"Pfft-"

Li You flashed directly and pierced the chest of the old Flame Knight with a gun: "Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

The old Flame Knight's eyes widened, but he was powerless to fight back and fell to the ground with a thud. The resurrected charred corpses also lost their power and turned back into ordinary corpses.

The group continued to move forward, but after only taking a few steps, they encountered the second enemy blocking their way.

In the passage ahead, a figure condensed and appeared in the red aura. A fire knight shrouded in blood-red light appeared. It turned out to be a rare hostile invasion.

He was holding a uniquely shaped heavy rapier in his hand and wearing flame knight armor, but without a helmet, revealing his macho bob hairstyle, which looked a bit funny.

However, the man himself was very serious. He raised the heavy sword in his hand and said in a deep voice: "-For those who are not blessed by gold, death will be brought down. Be swallowed by the fire of Messermo..."

"Pfft-"

Li You flashed again and pierced the Bob-haired Flame Knight's chest with a gun: "I'll say it again, I'm in a hurry."

The Bob-haired Flame Knight widened his eyes, but was powerless to fight back. He fell to the ground with a thud, and his body formed by the red spiritual light dissipated.

These two are the only enemies worth mentioning. As for the others, they are just crabs of different sizes that have taken the wrong path. Anyway, as long as they block the way, Li You will pierce them with a single shot.

Li You and his party hurried all the way, passed through the passage inside the parish, took a tall elevator, and came to an underground secret passage.

There were no enemies here. They went forward, passed through a long and narrow underground tunnel, and then crossed a wooden bridge built on an underground cliff, which gave people a sense of déjà vu, and finally came to a hidden church.

Inside the church, at the end is still the headless statue of Queen Malika. There are rows of wooden benches in the hall, but they are already covered with dust, and it is obvious that no one has visited for a long time.

From the plaque carved on the wall at the entrance, Li You learned the name of the church here: "Lishu Church?"

"People from this shadowy land also come here to worship this tree."

Of course, Li You still didn’t care much about these. He looked at the downward stairs on both sides of the end of the church and was about to walk towards that direction.

But at this moment, in the center of the Lishu Church, below the statue of Queen Marika, a light golden magic circle suddenly appeared, with a familiar emblem engraved on it, and a figure with the same golden glow and an unclear face emerged from it.

Li You and others were on high alert, but although the golden figure's specific appearance could not be seen clearly, he seemed to have a strong invisible attraction and affinity that made people feel no hostility towards him, and even subconsciously wanted to get close to him.

"Well……!!"

Even Li You was affected by the figure at the first moment. He almost wanted to drop his weapon and kneel down before the figure, not to mention his companions.

Fortunately, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and raised his hand and slapped the figure hard in the face.

The figure looked at the reactions of Li You and the others, nodded slightly with satisfaction, and then spoke in a serious manner: "My powerful heroes..."

As a result, he had just started to speak when Li You stepped forward and slapped him in the face.

Figure: “???”

(End of this chapter)