Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 172 Are all the stars in the sky enemies?

The stars are going to fall down?
Hearing this, Lingge and Alice looked up at the sea of ​​gemstone light above their heads at the same time. As expected, they saw that in the thick and bleak black fog, the light of a certain star was gradually expanding, becoming brighter and brighter, and finally even covering the brilliance of other stars. But that was not because it had obtained a brighter light source, but because its body was swaying away from its fixed orbit and slowly and steadily falling towards the human world.

Then, the gem of the tower turned into a meteor, leaving a trail of white diamond under the endless night sky. Its gorgeous and dazzling posture instantly occupied the vision of the three people. Apart from the light, they could not see anything else.

As we all know, the speed of light is faster than the speed at which the naked eye can capture scenery.

As for whether it is faster than human reaction speed...

Alice and Linger shouted at the same time: "Get out of the way!"

Olvera turned and ran, but it seemed a little too late. How could a person's speed match that of light? Therefore, no matter how fast she ran, the huge storm generated by the falling meteor seemed to still sweep her into it. Feeling the pressure from above, Her Royal Highness panicked: "What, what should I do? Am I going to be hit?"

"Don't worry." Alice comforted him and counted silently: "One, two..."

"What are you counting, Alice?"

"three."

Because she was used to his instructions in battle, and they always worked well, Ovella trusted Ling Ge very much. This time, she reacted without thinking and rolled on the ground while running. Although she looked a bit embarrassed, her movements were still smooth.

In the sky…Olvera looked up and saw another star swaying, as if it was about to break away from its orbit and fall to the ground. It released a strong brilliance, and those incandescent beams fell into the girl's eyes after a long and short journey, making her eyes sting and she even wanted to cry.

"Is this an enemy attack, Mr. Ling?" Olvera held the holy sword in her hand, carefully observing the movements around her, and whispered, "But I don't see where the BOSS is."

Influenced by Alice, she also learned a lot of strange game terms.

The dark world showed its amazing self-healing ability at this time. Even the brightest starlight could not leave any trace on its dead sea surface.

"What a huge diamond!" Alice drooled as she looked at it. "How much money can I make from selling it? No, that's not right. How can I judge its value in such a superficial way? I should present it to the Queen and exchange it for a title! At least a knight, right? Or... a baron? Baron Alice, hehe."

Lingge reminded: "Don't look around, look up at the sky."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling'er's voice sounded, calmly giving instructions: "Roll forward."

Because she dodged in time, Olvera was not injured. She turned around and saw a white diamond gem that was almost as tall as her, with 64 facets and crystal clear, lying quietly where she had just stood. When it fell, it smashed a huge hole in the ground, and then it was firmly embedded in it, looking like a whole, as if it was a gem that grew from the ground, not the debris of a fallen star in the sky.

Almost at the same time, the incandescent light that was dazzling enough to burn the eye membrane and melt the eyeball swept through like a tide, swallowing up the entire darkness in an instant. Then there was the roar of a meteor landing, and the sea of ​​black fog shook violently. The area hit by the light storm was shattered, and large pieces of shadows peeled off and flowed like melted candle wax, and the scene revealed afterwards was a deeper darkness. It was as if in this abyss, darkness itself encompassed darkness, forming an infinite corridor.

The light storm lasted only a moment, but it felt like a century had passed. When Olvera got out of the tumbling state and stood up again, the surrounding scene had returned to calm, the night was calm, the sea of ​​stars flickered silently, and it even made people suspect that what they had just seen was just an illusion.

She chuckled, but Lingge and Olivia ignored her.

At this time, the crumbling star had broken free from some kind of gravitational bondage, dragging a whistling beam of light towards her. Olvera hurriedly shook her head to get rid of those irrelevant thoughts, turned around and fled again. When she heard Linger calmly instructing her to "roll", she repeated the same trick and simply rolled to avoid the impact of the falling second star.

After she stood up and looked back, she saw another sparkling gem on the ground, but there was still no sign of the enemy. Olvera was in a dilemma: if she continued to move forward, she would be attacked by the sea of ​​stars. If a star fell from each tower, she would have to roll hundreds of times, but she simply did not have that much MP to support such endless consumption; if she retreated, how could she defeat the boss between the rulers and open the way to the corridor on the next floor?
Lingge didn't know what to do, so he could only make a judgment based on the current situation: "Let's retreat first, and then look for the enemy's traces after we have discussed countermeasures."

This is the safest approach, but Alice, who has already broken free from her delusion, disagrees: "No need, I think we should keep moving forward, the boss will appear soon." Linger asked back: "How can you be sure?"

"Because that's the mechanics of the game." The golden maid replied in a matter-of-fact tone: "If you enter the boss room but can't see the boss, then there must be a certain mechanism that is not handled properly. As long as you find the key point of that mechanism and handle it correctly, the boss will appear."

Lingge was silent for a moment, then said to Avella, who was still hesitant, "Listen to her."

"Eh?"

Her Royal Highness the Princess was surprised. She thought the two were going to have a quarrel. After all, she had heard them arguing with each other many times along the way.

Linger's reason was very simple: "This is a game developed by Alice. No one knows more about games than her, so let's trust her for now."

Finally feeling the feeling of being trusted, Alice was deeply moved and shed tears (pretending): "Wow, Lingge, you are so good to me. I will never say bad things about you to Metien again. By the way, can you remove the word "for the time being"? "

"you shut up."

"Oh."

Aoweila tilted her head, not quite understanding whether the relationship between the two people was very good or very bad, but after all, it had nothing to do with the current situation, so she just thought about it for a moment and put it out of her mind, nodding vigorously: "Okay!"

Holding the holy sword in one hand and the lantern in the other, the princess explored the depths of the rulers. The dim firelight trudged through the vast sea of ​​black fog, floating up and down, making people worry that they would be swallowed by the tide in the next moment. During this period, stars continued to fall from the sky and attack everyone, but Olvera used the rolling invincible time to avoid them, leaving only the bright white gems on the ground, dotted along the princess's footsteps, and the refracted light formed a gorgeous trajectory.

When the seventh star fell to the ground, the princess had already approached the towering towers and could see their full appearance, not just the vague silhouettes. Standing at the bottom of the tower, looking up was like looking down at the face of a giant, those dark and cold bricks, lingering with the sighs of time.

The stars in the sky suddenly stopped shaking, and the sea of ​​​​gemstone light returned to calm, perhaps a sign of a raging sea to come.

This unusual sight made Olvera even more alert. At this moment, a stern and arrogant female voice suddenly came from the center of the towers: "You have come this far. Your will and strength are worthy of recognition, Princess of Belmang."

"But that's all. The road ahead is not something you can go too far on."

"Giving up and leaving as soon as possible is the best choice."

"If you persist in doing this, then this entire ocean of stars—"

"They will all become your enemies!"

As she finished her words, the sea of ​​stars, which had originally calmed down, began to shake again. This time, all the stars were shaking. The light of the gems gathered and dispersed, making a roar and echo as turbulent as the tide. The scene was spectacular and shocking, and it had a majestic aura that convinced and awe-inspiring people.

When Aoweila saw this scene, she was suddenly stunned.

Somehow, a sentence popped up in my mind.

The stars in the sky are all...

Enemy?
　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)