Infinity Throne

unexpected.

The plot is actually not bloody.

The Moonlight Wolf King whined twice, with anger, slowly retreated, and disappeared into the jungle again.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Erpang sat down on the ground.

My butt feels cold.

He didn't know if it was due to thermal expansion and contraction, but he felt as if his hips had lost weight.

"Damn it, where did you go just now?"

Li Erpang calmed down for a moment, then turned back to look at Yi Lin.

Very different from the others who were out of breath and slightly embarrassed, Yi Lin was so outrageous that her hair was not messy, not to mention her clothes and sweat. This made Li Erpang very suspicious as to what method this guy used to sneak into the village.

Yi Lin pointed at Wang Tiandi and said, "I ran away with it. Didn't you see me?"

Li Erpang: "..."

After a while, Yi Lin suddenly realized and said: "Oh, you have bad eyesight, I don't blame you."

"..."

Ning You's breathing became smoother. He lowered his head to think and murmured to himself: "Looking back now, it's strange. This BOSS didn't come earlier or later, so why did it come here in the middle of the night? Logically speaking, the monster shouldn't be able to They should leave their respective territories at will. Otherwise, wouldn’t the world be in chaos?”

"After all, different areas have different levels of monsters. The BOSS here might not even be able to beat a mob if it goes to a high-level area. If the mobs in the high-level area kill the mobs in a low-level area, they can directly defeat the BOSS. Seconds."

Hearing this, Yi Lin chuckled and said, "Your inference is based on the premise that monsters can kill each other. Without this premise, the inference is not valid at all."

After escaping from the wolf's mouth, Xiao Chu'er, who had been lowering his head in deep thought, suddenly raised his head and quietly glanced at the "protagonist" Yi Lin who was there.

"I have something I don't know whether to say or not..."

"Could it be the smell of barbecued moonlight wolf meat..."

Haven't you already said it?

When Li Erpang heard the beauty's tone, he complained crazily in his heart.

But as soon as these words came out.

Ning You and Li Erpang brushed the floor and looked at Yi Lin at the same time.

They suddenly understood!

That’s so!

This is the Moonlight Jungle.

Judging from the terrifying momentum of the Moonlight Wolf King, this guy is clearly the BOSS in this forest.

The Moonlight Wolf was barbecued in the Moonlight Wolf King's territory, and the wolf meat was arrogantly sprinkled with various spices. The aroma spread ten miles away... No wonder the beast's cry sounded so angry, you bastard!

This is clearly Chi Guoguo's provocation.

Wang Tiandi squatted at Yi Lin's feet and silently raised his paw to express his agreement.

Yi Lin's expression changed slightly.

But he soon shook his head: "Don't worry about these details, let's take a look at this village first. These people seem to have something to say."

At this time.

Because the situation just now was too intense.

Li Erpang’s anus was warm and cold at the same time.

After the Wolf King left, they chatted for a while and had no time to pay attention to their surroundings.

After Yi Lin reminded them, Li Erpang finally remembered that the reason why they were able to escape from the wolf's claws was really thanks to this unique little village.

Of course, Ning You and Xiao Chuer had already noticed it.

However, considering the existence of the "protagonist", I didn't say much more.

And they all vaguely noticed that the expressions of those around them were a little strange.

In front of the village entrance, after the Wolf King left, Yi Lin and others were surrounded by people.

A rough count showed there were dozens of people.

Among these dozens of people, there were old people, children, women, and very few in their prime.

The faces of the villagers are all different, and they don't seem to have any obvious genetic characteristics.

The only thing they have in common is that under the firelight, they all look a little sallow and thin, especially the old people in the village, who are so thin that they are only skin and bones. They look shaky and ready to collapse in the wind.

Most of the villagers, old, weak and women, carried burning torches to light up the darkness.

The few young and middle-aged villagers who looked relatively strong all held sharp iron spears in their hands as weapons.

The spear looked obviously much more powerful than the rusty kitchen knife on Li Erpang's waist.

Li Erpang glanced around.

His eyes stayed on their weapons for a long time.

He suddenly understood.

If this was a game, then this would be the gathering point for NPCs.

simply put.

It’s the place where tasks, equipment, and experience are sent!

He realized it!

Ning You and Xiao Chuer frowned deeper.

Because the atmosphere is getting weirder and weirder.

The Wolf King has been walking for five full minutes.

But the villagers surrounding them were all sallow and thin, and their eyes were full of longing as they looked at them.

That longing look in their eyes was unmistakable.

It was like the eyes of a monster hungry for flesh and blood.

Look more closely.

The hungry eyes of the villagers fell more on Yi Lin and the dog, which was very strange.

"main character?"

"Main plot?"

An idea came to Ning You and Xiao Chuer's minds one after another.

However, Wang Tiandi quietly hid behind Yi Lin without leaving any trace.

It seemed to be very familiar with this look.

It is so familiar that it is imprinted deep in the soul, reaching the point of instinct.

Some humans look at dogs and think about dog meat stew, that's what they look like.

Wait a moment.

The words "dog meat stew" just flashed through Wang Tiandi's mind, and the dog hair all over his body quivered. When had I ever seen a dog meat stew?

I can’t remember it!

When Emperor Wang Tian was behind Yi Lin.

Yi Lin looked over the heads of the villagers several times.

Repeatedly confirmed that it is not a red name.

Since it's not a red name, it shouldn't be weird.

He is also very careful.

After all, the atmosphere in front of him always made him feel as if he had entered a cannibal village.

"you……"

Yi Lin saw that none of his human teammates or dog teammates had the intention to speak actively. He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but in desperation, he could only speak to try to see if he could trigger something.

Since this village can take on the shape of a small fortress, there must be something special about surviving in this moonlight jungle.

In fact, he and Li Erpang had thought of this together.

After all, they are both experienced players, so it is impossible not to think of them together.

In a named leveling area, there is such a strange village with nothing more than tasks, equipment, experience and the like.

But Yi Lin just said two words.

Suddenly.

There was a little boy in tattered clothes, with a shy sallow face and an innocent smile, and he rushed towards Yi Lin's feet.

Whether it was excitement or the special effects of the firelight, a healthy blush appeared on the little boy's yellow face.

"Excuse me, are you the brave man who will save everyone in the prophecy?"

Ah this?

The four people and one dog were stunned.

Seeing that several people did not deny it, the boy's expression became even more excited. He stretched out his finger and pointed at Emperor Wang Tian behind Yi Lin, wiped the runny nose, and said with a smile: "Look, the pet beside the brave man, and the prophecy It’s exactly the same!”

Emperor Wang Tian became angry instantly.

Who is a thing or a pet?

"So, you are the 'brave, the dog, the little friend', right?"

The little boy stared blankly, looking straight into Yi Lin's eyes.

As if to say.

If you dare to say no, I will cry for you.

Yi Lin was silent.

The next second.

thump.

An old man knelt down tremblingly.

Immediately afterwards.

second……

the third……

The fourth place...

Everyone, silently, knelt in front of Yi Lin in the same posture.

In their thin clothes, the shape of the rugged spine bones on the villagers' backs could even be faintly distinguished.

Yi Lin looked at the villagers lying low on the ground. Somehow, it was difficult to say some words.

This is obviously just a game.

These were obviously just NPCs, but the look in the little boy's eyes made Yilin forget for a moment that she was in a game world.

Is it difficult to achieve a sense of immersion in today’s games?

"It's a mission."

Ning You suddenly said something.

This inexplicable and strange atmosphere was instantly destroyed without a trace.

Yi Lin sighed: "Tell me, what's going on?"

…

…

After one hour.

late at night.

But a bonfire party was held in the village, which was very lively.

Yi Lin skillfully lit a bonfire in the village, set up a pot, and added a lot of materials for killing monsters into the pot, as well as a lot of spices.

Of course, I don’t dare to add wolf meat for the time being.

Although Yi Lin was not sure, it was really the smell of roasted wolf meat that attracted the Moonlight Wolf King.

But what if it is?

That's it.

Yi Lin didn't think that the village's two-meter-tall spiked fence could really completely keep the Moonlight Wolf King out of the village.

In fact, Yi Lin was also confused.

According to the wolf's size and physical fitness, it should be easy to cross the fence.

But it finally retreated.

Could it really be a plot in the game world?

As soon as she started thinking about it, Yi Lin re-transferred her thinking model into that of a "senior elite player".

Well, I am an assassin "player" who is very emotional but has a kind personality.

The villagers, who were sallow and skinny, had not tasted meat for an unknown amount of time. They all ate loudly and their mouths watered.

Li Erpang was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so he opened his belly and ate as if he had starved to death in his previous life.

The villagers took a big dog bowl from somewhere. Although it was simple, it was clean. They filled a bowl of hot broth specifically for Wang Tiandi. The kind that wanted meat but not soup. Wang Tiandi ate it very happily, with an expression on his face. Gradually become more aggressive.

Of course, while holding a grand bonfire party, the villagers did not dare to let down their guard. They arranged for a few strong villagers to hold bowls and eat broth while on guard, for fear that the monsters would smell the meat late at night and come to attack the village.

It seems that the villagers are already familiar with the rules of survival in the moonlight jungle.

After eating and drinking enough.

One of the oldest villagers, an old village chief who claimed to have lived for eighty years, burped with satisfaction and then explained the mission... ah no, the whole story.

"Ah, Lord Brave, Lord Dog, this is a long, long, long, long, long, long..."

Yi Lin's face was expressionless: "..., please keep the story short."

"Then please Master Hero and the dog follow me."

Li Erpang was dumbfounded when he saw that it could really be so short.

Ah this?

Is there such an operation?

He has always been patient enough to listen to the NPC's lines!

Ning You and Xiao Chuer drank soup and meat in silence without speaking. When the old village chief took Yi Lin through the mission plot, they also carried bowls, scooped a large spoonful of snake meat from the pot, and followed without saying a word.

Behind the village, there is a shabby house.

Although the house is dilapidated. But the roof of the house was layered with wooden boards of different shapes nailed on top of each other.

The colors of those boards vary greatly. Some are covered with moss, some have long since decayed and are crawling with bugs, and some look like they were just cut down. At first glance, this dilapidated house looks like it has been repaired and maintained to this day by several generations.

The old village chief, with the support of the little boy...the little boy who spoke first, pushed the door open with trembling hands.

Whisper, rustle, rustle...

In an instant, a large piece of dirt fell from the crack of the door, covering Yi Lin and Wang Tiandi's faces with gray.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Woof woof woof...ah chirp——"

The hair on the dog's face was covered with dirt.

In dim light.

Yi Lin pushed the dust away from her eyes with her hands, squinted and looked into the opened door.

With just one glance, Yi Lin couldn't help but stay where she was.

Emperor Wang Tian... didn't even bother to wipe the dust off his face, and was stunned for a moment.

Ning You and Xiao Chuer quietly followed behind a man and a dog, and froze in the act of stuffing meat into their mouths.

Everyone looked inside the house.

After the old village chief opened the door, as if he was afraid that Yi Lin and the dog could not see clearly the scenery inside, he stood up on tiptoes, leaned on his cane, and moved the torch a little closer.

In the flickering firelight.

Yi Lin, Wang Tiandi, Ning You, and Xiao Chuer had different expressions.

After a few seconds.

Ning You and Xiao Chuer finally reacted.

There was excitement in their eyes.

The same thought came to my mind at the same time.

"This guy is indeed the protagonist!!"

Inside the house.

It turned out to be two ancient sculptures.

The sculpture is covered in cracks and moss, clearly showing its age.

Wang Tiandi stared at him with his eyes wide open.

It subconsciously stretched out its two paws, pumped up its chest muscles, imitated the shape of the "dog sculpture", and assumed a "fit dog" pose.

Damn it?

This is exactly the same as a dime!

Who has a crush on Ben Wang?

Wang Tiandi's hair was all messy.

Yi Lin suddenly frowned.

He didn't expect to see stone statues of him and his dog in the game world.

Although the workmanship of the stone statue is rough and the facial features are blurred.

But at first glance, Yi Lin felt that the stone statue seemed to be carved after his face. The facial features were roughly similar, but the temperament was very expressive.

Yi Lin turned his head numbly and pointed at his face.

Ask: "Is it similar?"

Ning You nodded seriously: "Like."

Yi Lin looked at Xiao Chuer again and asked, "Does it look like it?"

Xiao Chuer actually wanted to laugh, but she held it back.

She thought seriously for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Let me tell you something, although your statue is not exactly the same, but if you stand next to it, it will be very similar."

As he spoke, Xiao Chuer pointed at Emperor Wang Tiandi who was lying on the ground and staring blankly.

A man and a dog looked at each other.

Isn't this an ordinary game world?

How could this happen?

"Could it be..."

Yi Lin whispered a theory that even he himself didn't quite believe: "This game was actually produced by my family's company? Am I the only son of the president of a certain group?"

etc.

Emperor Wang Tian didn't understand Yi Lin's words.

The old village chief and the little boy were equally confused.

But Xiao Chuer and Ning You looked at each other.

But he saw the same thought in the other party's eyes.

I see!

It turns out that this is such a plot!

They imagined this scene in an instant.

A world with advanced technology has created a realistic game, which is equivalent to the "second world" of mankind. However, the prince of this game company encountered an accident while playing this game, lost his memory, and was trapped. in this weird game.

No wonder there is a stone statue in the game that looks exactly like the "protagonist"!

No wonder the protagonist's actions are completely different from other NPCs!

It turns out that the key point of all tasks lies in this "protagonist"!

Do you still dare to say that you are not the protagonist?

There is only one dog at the beginning, and all equipment depends on explosion. This is obviously the standard start for the protagonist in the game!

It’s all solid, okay!

After figuring this out.

Ning You and Xiao Chuer stopped talking.

In this mysterious village that exists in the moonlight jungle, since there is a statue that looks exactly like the "protagonist Yi Lin and the dog", it is obvious that there must be a hidden mission here that can greatly advance the plot of the protagonist.

After all, Ning You and Xiao Chuer are not rookies.

After crawling and struggling to survive in trial after trial, they have also gained some experience in the weirdness of the other world.

This is clearly a special world.

This world is obviously operating in "plot mode".

In the plot mode, as we all know, the deeper you dig into the plot, the higher the settlement evaluation will be when you clear the level. The higher the settlement evaluation will be, which means you can get more attribute values ​​at the end of this trial. .

The more attribute values ​​you get, the stronger you become.

The stronger you are, the higher your rating will be in the next trial...

This is obviously a virtuous cycle, the kind with endless descendants.

After thinking about it.

Ning You and Xiao Chuer looked at the two ancient statues of a man and a dog at the same time, and made up their minds to find a way to follow the "protagonist" line and dig as deep into the plot as possible.

"The 'protagonist' thinks he is playing a game and experiencing the plot of the game world, but he doesn't know that he is actually a part of the 'plot'. He is one dimension higher than the NPCs in the game, but we are another dimension higher than him. It’s a higher dimension, which is a bit sad to say, haha.”

Ning's right eye flashed brightly, as if he had seen through everything, and thought to himself.

Xiao Chuer lowered her head, her delicate facial features slightly frozen, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Li Erpang was still eating hard at the gate of the village, unaware of what was happening here.

Xiao Chuer and Ning You didn't take Li Erpang seriously either. After all, they have now confirmed who is the "real protagonist" in this plot mode. As the protagonist, Li Erpang doesn't need to pay too much attention to his leg hair. .

The old village chief held the torch tremblingly.

His eyes looking at Yi Lin were full of expectation, unabashed and overflowing.

Seeing that one person and one dog were completely shocked by the statue in front of him, he slowly said: "Master Brave, Master Dog, now, do you understand?"

I understand shit!

Yi Lin came out of her thoughts.

He rolled his eyes angrily.

I asked you to keep your story short, but I didn’t ask you to say nothing at all!

…

"This is an ancient prophecy..."

finally.

Several people gathered around the fragrant bonfire. After the old village chief sat down, he slowly told the whole story.

The story is too long.

The old village chief doesn't seem to know what it means to make a long story short. It's either incredibly short, or it's as long as a foot wrap.

But Yi Lin and others still roughly understood the "plot".

The history of this village is passed down by word of mouth, and it is impossible to study it.

Probably--

Once upon a time there was a moonlit jungle.

There is a group of people in the Moonlight Jungle who built this fortress.

There is a pack of wolves in the Moonlight Jungle.

Wolves and humans are prey for each other, but they are also competing with each other. You kill me, I eat you, you stab me, and I stab me back. No one can do anything to the other. Many, many, many, many years have passed like this.

In the Moonlight Wolf clan, there has always been a terrifying "Moonlight Wolf King".

The old village chiefs changed from generation to generation.

The people in the village also gave birth to one generation after another.

Even among the old people who have passed away in the village, there is still a legend that a warrior in the village once killed the Moonlight Wolf King.

But the Moonlight Wolf King is still there, vigorously entrenched in the Moonlight Jungle.

It is said that every ten years, one day, the moon will be particularly big, round, and white, resembling a big butt. The Moonlight Wolf King will become extremely strong under the stimulation of this "full moon night", so strong that even the spiked fence in the village cannot withstand it. By then, this village will be in ruins...

"Perhaps 'Full Moon' made this BOSS super-evolve, right?"

Li Erpang said suddenly.

"This BOSS should have been refreshed many times."

Ning You nodded in agreement.

"Hmm...should I complain about the simple and crude setting of this village's history?"

Xiao Chuer blinked, the other two people had finished vomiting in other slots, so she could only tell the truth.

Yi Lin: "..."

The originally good style of painting was completely destroyed by these "players".

The old village chief didn't understand what he said to "the brave man and his companions", and his eyes were full of doubts.

Li Erpang saw this scene and nodded silently.

The NPCs in the game don't understand the "players'" dirty talk. Isn't this a normal operation?

Not surprising.

No one is surprised.

We are all elite senior players, and we can communicate with each other without any communication barriers.

I’ve finished listening to the story.

A cliche story without any surprises.

This is probably the plot.

It seems that every BOSS can never escape the fate of adding a little drama to each BOSS, and then happily being brushed off by the players.

Yi Lin suddenly frowned and asked:

"Excuse me, old village chief, which day is the 'full moon night' you mentioned?"

Yi Lin looked up at the sky.

The moon is a bit flat and round, like a piece of cake that has been eaten in a circle.

A look of nostalgia flashed in the old village chief's eyes.

He murmured to himself: "Ah, ten years, a whole ten years. If I'm not mistaken, the next 'full moon' that can completely inspire the beast's animal nature should be in the 'cloud calendar three three three three' The night of March 3rd."

Three three three three three...?

Li Erpang was a little confused by the string of "three" and asked quickly: "Ah? Does this game company have obsessive-compulsive disorder in setting tasks? Even the dates are so neat? By the way, don't be so careful with just a side task. The atmosphere is just like the final BOSS in the decisive battle!"

Ning You: "..."

Xiao Chuer: "..."

Emperor Wang Tian: "..."

The other two people and one dog did not express any objection to Li Erpang's complaint.

In fact, they also feel that many design flaws in this "game" are full of flaws, which makes them unhappy.

"What day was that...?"

Yi Lin asked again.

"Oh, it's tomorrow."

The old village chief said hoarsely, breathing faster.

"!!!"

Ding!

at this time.

Suddenly.

Above the old village chief's forehead, an exclamation point that was very familiar to everyone popped up.

[Accept the hidden side mission: Defeat the Moonlight Wolf King! 】

[Task Difficulty: S]

[Task time limit: 24 hours]

[Task reward: unknown]

Everyone accepted the task.

After all, it's just a game.

Whether you can beat him or not, besides that, you still have to accept the mission.

After Yi Lin finished reading the task, he suddenly remembered that the old village chief didn't know whether he was old and forgot to mention something, so he took the initiative to ask a question.

"By the way, you've been talking for a long time, but you didn't seem to mention the ancient prophecy? And what's going on with the stone statue behind the village?"

The old village chief recalled carefully. He thought about it for a long time before he remembered it, and said slowly: "It is said that a long time ago, a long time ago, a long time ago..."

"..."

"A certain ancestor of our village, during a fierce battle with the Moonlight Wolf King, suddenly saw a white light falling from the sky. He also left a prophecy that one day, a brave man will arrive with a dog and the brave partner. This forest will completely defeat the Moonlight Wolf King and bring us eternal peace. So, the ancestor listened to the 'god's' prophecy and followed the god's instructions to build these two stone statues."

"For this day, our village has passed down this prophecy from generation to generation and carefully maintained the stone statue of the 'Brave Man and the Dog'..."

"I didn't expect it! I didn't expect it! Finally... finally... finally..."

The old village chief was breathing rapidly and his face was red. He suddenly struggled to stand up and held Yi Lin's hand hard.

Snap.

Very hard.

"finally……"

The old village chief smiled and closed his eyes.

After a while.

Yi Lin, who was still waiting for the old village chief's lines, suddenly felt his clenched hand loosen.

Yi Lin was stunned.

But the little boy suddenly burst into tears and ran wildly through the village.

"It's not good! It's not good! It's not good! The village chief, the village chief, he's dead! He's dead!"

"..."

In an instant, this small village.

Sad and gloomy.