Immortal quest system

Chapter 349 Mask
"Answer a question, otherwise, die...!"

On the Wujiang Continent, in the Central Plains, in a boundary named Lion's Roar Cliff, several monks were looking up to the sky inside.

"Wow!"

Above their heads, a gigantic behemoth that looked like a sky curtain appeared, emerging from the side of the cliff and extending toward the center of the passage.

"stare!"

It was an extremely huge mask, which seemed to be made of wood, and looked very rough and primitive, as if a certain ancient tribe would wear a mask when performing certain ceremonies, and it did not know what special function it had.

The whole body of the mask is wood-colored, with no gaps visible, it seems to be carved from a whole piece of wood.There is a simple outline of facial features engraved on the top. It is said to be a human face, but there is a sense of disobedience. It seems that the appearance of the human face is seen from some weird angle, which is particularly distorted and weird.

There are two potholes dug at the position of his eyes, each of which is the size of a small hill. Because it is exposed to the sun, Chen Yao and the others cannot see whether there are eyes in it, but can only see two huge and pitch-black pits. The pothole, staring at the few people as if there was nothing, revealing a different kind of murderous aura.

And around the eyes, some strange paint was used, and it was painted with a circle of blood red color.Although it can be seen that a long time has passed, the strong bloody smell is still obvious.

"Are these... are they really blood...??"

Chen Yao was startled, and when he looked carefully, it seemed that the black eyes like holes had turned a little blood-red. The strange and inexplicable feeling made people shudder, and he couldn't figure out what kind of ghost appeared in front of him at all.

"There is no demonic energy, it doesn't seem to be a monster, but there is a faint trace of demonic energy..."

In Chen Yao's body, the mighty demon species was like a detection radar, searching for a very faint trace of monster energy from the air.

"No... definitely not from this strange thing, this monster's aura is too weak, and no matter whether there is such a huge monster in this world, its size is simply many times bigger than the monster king. Let’s just say that this weak evil spirit is at most the level of the Monkey King, it is impossible to have such terrifying strength to be able to guard this piece of land.”

Chen Yao denied his own thoughts, and then raised his eyes to look at the huge mask in front of him, feeling even more uncertain.

What is this thing?Is it alive?Or some kind of hallucination?Did they already fall under the trap effect of the Infinity Ring from the moment they entered Lion's Roar Cliff?

"Answer the question, otherwise, die."

The mask sounded like a bell, weird and far away, as if it was talking to everyone through a membrane.There is no trace of emotion in his words, which makes people feel guilty, unable to judge the purpose of this huge monster.

"What exactly is going on?!"

The partners beside Chen Yao were also terrified. They looked at each other, and they all saw the uneasy look in each other's eyes.

"What, four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, three legs in the evening...?"

When the question about the masked monster came up, everyone was dumbfounded, but Chen Yao laughed out loud.

"Smelly Chen Yao, are you out of your mind? When can you still laugh???"

Yue'er glared at Chen Yao reproachfully, and scolded angrily: "Usually you have a lot of bad ideas, so think about the answer to this question!"

"Four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening...?"

Jiang Bo on the side was frowning and bowing his head to think carefully, looking puzzled.Looking at the rest of the people, they were all frowning, as if they were helpless to deal with this problem.

"Hahaha... You don't really know, do you?"

Chen Yao laughed a few times, looked at the people in disbelief, and then looked at the rock wall around him. He was still pushing towards the center, and it seemed that they would all be crushed to death soon. Knowing that time was running out, he hurriedly shouted Replied: "Man!"

"...?!"

Hearing Chen Yao's answer, the mask obviously paused for a long time without speaking, causing the rest of the people to panic.

Yue'er hurriedly said to Chen Yao: "Aren't you too careless?! We haven't discussed this answer, so you just said it?? And if you listen to the mystery of the question, how can it be a person? Have you seen it? Four-legged in the morning, two-legged at noon, and three-legged in the evening? What nonsense!"

"Brother Yao, I also have to say that you are too careless." Jiang Bo also looked stern, and said in a deep voice: "At least you should discuss it first before answering? Now you rush to answer something that is obviously wrong. The answer, what if this mask doesn’t give us a chance to continue answering, and it crushes us to death all at once??”

"Hahaha, don't worry~" Chen Yao was not worried at all, he reached out and patted Yue'er and Jiang Bo on the shoulders and said, "I have [-]% confidence in this answer, it must be correct!"

"You, what's the answer to what you just said...?"

The mask was silent for a long time before confirming the answer to Chen Yao in an unbelievable tone.

"I said, the answer is people." Chen Yaolang said: "The morning, noon, and night in the riddle refer to the early, middle, and late stages of life. Human beings are born crawling on their hands and feet, with four legs, and walking upright in the middle stage, that is Two legs, old man on crutches, is three legs."

Having said that, Chen Yao raised his head confidently, looked at the huge void and said, "So, the answer is people!"

That's right, perhaps there is no legend about this riddle on the Borderless Continent, but in the world where Chen Yao originally lived, this is a well-known and well-known riddle.

According to legend, the Sphinx, the Sphinx of ancient Egypt, would ask this question to a lone traveler. If he could not answer it, he would eat it and wait quietly for the next traveler.

"...!"

Hearing Chen Yao's answer, everyone agreed deeply, and after thinking about it, they all nodded in agreement.But the mask was obviously stunned, and he was stunned for a long time without saying a word, and then quickly retreated, almost completely withdrawing from the cliff.

"...you are so good that you even answered such a difficult question correctly. You have a good brain. This guy is really difficult to deal with. What should I do? Will they stop being afraid of me or discover my secret? If the ring is also taken away, it will be troublesome. It's...! I can't believe that I forgot to turn off the sound ban, and they will listen to it..."

After the mask left the sight range, there was a murmur of whispers in everyone's ears. Upon hearing these words, everyone's face was darkened, and they didn't know how to react.

"This... such a timid guy, can he also be the guardian of the infinite ring...??"

Chen Yao also couldn't laugh or cry, shook his head and looked at the crowd, obviously everyone's emotions had calmed down, knowing that they had encountered a paper tiger, they were no longer nervous.

"Mmmm!"

Chen Yao intentionally coughed extremely loudly, and the mask with a small tip protruding from the side of the cliff trembled violently.

"I said, that mask over there, come out for me~"

Knowing that the other party has no real skills, Chen Yao was relieved a lot, and said in a mysterious way: "You don't really think that we are afraid of you as a coward, do you?"

"...!"

The mask hadn't come out from under the cliff yet, but it obviously trembled a few more times, wondering if it was a little frightened, but still said nothing.

"If you don't let us go out, it's okay~" Chen Yao said while the iron was hot: "But you have to be mentally prepared, when we figure out a way to go out by ourselves, I will take your surname if you don't beat you to death!"

"..." The mask was silent again, and after a long time, it responded with a trembling voice: "You, don't be arrogant! My masked god is omnipotent! You can't leave the infinite world I created, you, you Don't bluff! This infinite world is invincible, and no one in the world can break it!"

"Oh~ is it~?"

Chen Yao squinted with a smirk, and pretended to be arrogant: "I even figured out the answer to such a difficult question, do you really think that just an infinite ring can trap me?"

"To tell you the truth, I have several treasures on me that are many times more powerful than the Infinity Ring. It is easy to leave your nonsense infinite world!"

"you you you……!"

The mask obviously hadn't seen much of the world, and was too frightened to speak a complete sentence after being threatened by Chen Yao's simple words.

"However~ I am a very compassionate person, and I don't like to kill on weekdays, so if you let us out now..."

Chen Yao took the opportunity to put on a gesture and said, "Maybe I can let you live~"

"..."

After listening to Chen Yao's words, the mask remained silent and did not respond for a long time.Just when Chen Yao was about to continue to say a few words, suddenly the trembling voice changed into a pinched helpless tone, and he sighed and said:

"Oh... I see..."

"Hoohoo!"

Suddenly, gusts of wind blew at the feet of the crowd, and weird changes began to take place. The Lion Roar Cliff seemed to be suppressed by some force suddenly and began to shrink, and it began to move in front of everyone's eyes.

"I'll just let you out..."

The mask also began to become smaller, no longer as huge as covering the sky and the sun, everything is constantly changing.

"But it's agreed! No slaps in the face!"

The mask yelled in extreme panic, Chen Yao smiled slightly, folded his arms around his chest, and quietly watched the wonderful changes in front of him.

"Hurrah!"

The strange wind blows, everything changes, in the field of vision, everything becomes weird and wonderful, the whole valley seems to be pinched together by some strange force, it keeps shrinking and shrinking, and the cliff that is constantly suppressing it also begins to recede , gradually becoming less scary.

The release of the mask to Chen Yao and others has begun.

(End of this chapter)