Intruders of the Moon World

"I'm looking for someone."

"Find someone?"

"A girl with blond hair, old man, have you seen it?"

"...Ah, I remembered."

The old man stretched out his skinny arms from the wide sleeves, his sharp fingertips scratched the wooden board below him harshly, and then pointed to the opposite bank deep in the river.

"That's what the ferryman mentioned to me. The king of the dead saw a beautiful girl in the sun and took her away from his lover.

Brought to the other side of the river, after the gate guarded by hellhounds, he wanted her to be his wife.

The woman said that she already had a lover and could not offer her body to others.

Wang was very angry, imprisoned her in a golden birdcage, cursed her that one day's aging was equivalent to a year for ordinary people, and then put a mirror so that she could watch her face grow old day by day.

Only when she chooses to commit herself to the king will the curse be lifted. "

The old man withdrew his claw-like fingers and looked at Ye Qing.

"Young man, you are a living person but came to the bank of the Styx River. If you are not a drunk dreamer, you must have come to find your lover over there?"

So, is the "story" set up like this?

Of course, Leticia was not taken away by some "king of the dead". As a long-lived species, she doesn't care about the curse of "aging a year a day".

It's just that the story is set that way.

Leticia is the imprisoned girl, the King of the Dead is the villain who took the girl away, and Ye Qing is the boy who came to find his lover.

The second victory condition: [Through the reappearance of the legend of heroes, the host will feel sincerely happy and satisfied (the host cannot hide his emotions). 】

Its meaning couldn't be more obvious, that is, to ask Ye Qing to overcome all difficulties and obstacles, just like in a fairy tale, to defeat the villain and save his lover.

This game is not about solving puzzles, and it is not difficult to analyze. Instead, it is more of a test of mobility - the previous levels are definitely not easy.

"Young man, human beings have no way to defy demons and gods, nor can they enter the underworld as living beings."

The old man tapped the board with his pointed nails filled with black mud.

"Give up, go back, and find another beloved woman."

Ye Qing didn't respond to him, just looked at the gloomy Styx, showing a pensive look.

"Oh, infatuated person, poor..."

With a long sigh, the old man paused, and then polished the goods on his stall.

"Since you insist on this, I can't persuade you, so let me help you in this way.

You see, this gold coin can let you cross the river Styx, this harp can make you impress water monsters, this flute..."

Ye Qing took a cursory glance at those goods, and he understood the nature of this game a bit more in his heart.

Since ancient times, whether in the East or the West, there have been many myths and legends about the living going to the underworld.

But in quite a few myths, the protagonists get the help of gods and ghosts, or do this through special props.

For example, in Greek mythology, if you want to cross the river Styx, you have to bribe the ferryman with a gold coin.

And this gift game is the kind that will actively provide plots and props for the contestants to follow a fixed route.

There's definitely some kind of limit to this, though.

Sure enough, the old man said again——

"However, I haven't sold a single item on the night of March [-]rd in the past three years, so you don't want to take it from me without spending a cent.

A gold coin can allow you to cross the Styx, and you need to pay 'ten people's strength'.

A loaf of buttered, gravy-soaked bread that will distract you from a three-headed dog will cost you 'half a man's worth of handsomeness'.

A cloak that allows you to hide from the eyes and ears of giants, requiring you to pay 'three years of smiles'

......"

Ye Qing smiled faintly: "That's how it is... This game will give the contestants props, but the price will be taken accordingly. The contestants get the props and the difficulty of the corresponding level will be reduced, but I don't know the details What level is there, it is difficult to determine what price to pay.

Some are difficult to choose, and some will affect the strength-is this a test of the judgment of the contestants? "

"Young man, have you decided what to buy?"

The old man raised his head, a pair of faint green pupils looked at Ye Qing in the darkness, expecting him to give an answer.

"Ha ha."

Ye Qing smiled brightly at him.

"Hehe." The old man also let out a hoarse laugh, but the next moment he was dumbfounded, and even cried out in surprise.

"Ah-ah?!!!"

I saw Ye Qing turned around without hesitation, and plunged directly into the Styx River!

-------------Chapter Dividing Line---------------

The dark underworld, the River Styx that divides the world and the domain of the dead, is a Jedi that no living person can pass through, and is eternally silent.

Ripples appeared on the calm river, and a crescent-shaped boat slowly floated over.

A small lamp hung on the bow of the boat, emitting a dim yellow light in the river fog formed by resentment.

"Squeak ~ squeak ~"

The tall ferryman shakes his oars to move the boat connecting life and death to the other side.

Although it is a boring job day after day, the ferryman has no intention of getting bored. The river and him have already become an integrated concept, and they are inseparable existences.

When one thinks of the River Styx, one thinks of the Ferryman. Without his help, no one can cross the River Styx, even the heirs of the gods have to please him.

Yes, on this river, he is the master—

"call out--!"

Something rushed past the boat in an instant, like a flying fish that had been accelerated dozens of times.

The speed was so fast that the ferryman couldn't see what it was, and he could only look at the silhouette disappearing in the darkness with an inexplicable expression.

"..."

It's strange, is it a monster born in the Styx?

However, the monsters here are literally "lifeless". Even the ferrymen who have been there for an unknown number of years will only see the monsters come alive when they carry the living across the river.

"--Ugh?!"

It was only after two or three seconds that the ferryman found out.

After the unknown creature rushed over, the extremely high speed naturally brought up high waves, and his boat was also involved.

"Hey Hey hey--!"

In the panic, the ferryman only had time to yell in panic, and the next moment, he and the boat were overturned by the waves and fell into the River Styx.

......

I don't know how long it took to swim, after Ye Qing tore the third tentacle water monster that wanted to attack him to pieces, he finally reached the shore.

"call......"

After using magic power to dry the clothes on his body, stretching his body and exclaiming "it's good to exercise like this once in a while", Ye Qing continued to head into the depths of the underworld.

Although there was something strange passing by while swimming just now, it was all minor details. The most important thing now is to go to the palace of the king of the dead and rescue Leticia.

After walking about five or six hundred meters, there was a one-way cave, and suddenly there was a fork in the road.

"Well... the gate of courage, the gate of wisdom, the gate of virtue."

From left to right, there are three gates made of gold, silver and copper, which respectively write courage, wisdom and virtue.

[If you want to pass me, you need the brute force of a thousand people]

[If you want to pass me, you need the wisdom of a sage]

【If you want to pass me, you need a flawless soul】

"Generally speaking, only one path is correct at this time, and the other two are death traps."

This kind of bridge section is also very old-fashioned, either it needs to solve the puzzle, or there will be some hints on the cave entrance or the surrounding rock walls, and then let the protagonist make a choice.

"Ah."

Ye Qing smiled casually, barely thinking about it, and walked straight, rather than choosing the door in the middle, it might be better to say that he was too lazy to change direction.

About three minutes after he walked into the door of wisdom, some kind of monster's scream came from the cave, and then Ye Qing walked out as if nothing happened, turned around and entered the next cave - this time it was correct.

In the deep cave, there is almost no visibility at all, but it still can't affect Ye Qing's pace.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the cave became narrower and narrower, and when it was narrow enough for one person to pass through, we finally saw the exit.

In front of this is a huge slope that slopes down. The slope at a nearly forty-five-degree angle extends all the way into hell, and there is no end in sight.

As soon as I stepped on it, I heard several loud noises of "bang, bang", and even the ground under my feet trembled faintly.

Ye Qing's heart skipped a beat, he looked up.

Sure enough, dozens of stone balls the size of houses fell from the top of the rock and were rapidly rolling down the rock wall.

Looking at it like this, it probably only takes a few seconds to catch up with Ye Qing.

"Oh, it's this type."

Seeing the stone ball rolling towards him and getting faster and faster, Ye Qing neither ran away in a panic nor showed any sign of wavering, but opened his posture on the slope.

"Boom!"

The stone ball rolled towards him with a sound like thunder, and it was about to crush him into a pulp——

"Oh!"

Ye Qing punched the stone ball, smashing it into pieces, just the blowing wind caused the other stone balls to roll back, firmly embedded in the stone wall.

"Hoo, hoo..."