Chapter 298 University Town Civility Code (XVIII)
"I guarantee with my memory that they are definitely those mutant elves from the Friendly League!"
Guo Guo picked up the white ball and held it in front of the glass like Simba from the Lion King: "Look, your relative."
White Tuanzi: "Chiu!"
It arched its palm and turned its butt half a circle, as if it couldn't accept the fact that the huge crowd of big-headed creatures below were related to itself.
Maybe it was because they were standing high enough, but in the huge white space outside the glass walls on both sides, the "elves" just gathered at the bottom of the ground, without looking up, and didn't seem to notice 606 and the other three.
If their eyeballs were not still moving, one would almost mistake them for countless lifelike statues at first glance.
"Go straight down the corridor. The door to the archives room should be at the end of the corridor."
Zheng Wanqing took a photo of the library map at the time, and now it is just right to take it out to find her way around.
Zhang You squatted down, surveyed his surroundings, and frowned as he said, "The ground slopes downwards."
If they continued walking down at this angle, by the time they reached the archives room, they would most likely have arrived in front of the elf.
If the glass wall had always existed and the elves maintained their current non-aggressive state, it would have been possible for them to live in peace... but given the style of the university town, the possibility of this being so was close to zero.
As they went deeper into the corridor, the four people remained vigilant and continued to move downwards. Before reaching a certain critical point, the group of elves indeed did not move.
Guo Guo was a little worried: "Will they suddenly mutate?"
Whether or not there was a war was secondary. The main issue was that she had witnessed a "serial rain of mutant elves" with her own eyes, which caused her to suffer from PTSD towards the Transformers toys in her dormitory for several days after the Friendly League.
However, to everyone's surprise, even when they reached the end of the corridor and the door of the archive room appeared at the end of their sight, the elves still did not react, as if they could not see the people in the glass corridor at all.
The white ball looked out the wall with curiosity: "Chirp!"
"Shh, keep your voice down." Guo Guo covered its mouth and looked towards the archives room with shining eyes.
Just a few steps left to clear the level without any damage...
"The door won't open."
Tang Xinjue, who was walking in front, suddenly broke this expectation.
Blocking the entrance to the archive room was an ordinary iron door. The door panel appeared to be smooth, but when they walked up to it and took a closer look, they discovered that there was a keyhole so thin that it was almost invisible next to the waist-height gap in the door.
This door needs another key!
"We've come all this way, where are we going to find the key?"
Zheng Wanqing's brows sank: "Unless..."
Several people looked at each other and turned their gazes to the group of elves at the same time.
...Unless, the key is nearby.
Tang Xin Jue closed his eyes and released his spiritual power, then opened them after a few seconds: "There are several keys on the ground between them, but they are all on the innermost part."
If the elves are two large crowded layers of pancakes, then in order to find these keys, you have to go through all the layers first.
Now, whether they like it or not, they have to face these elves.
"Prodigal son, can make a deal? Can you talk to your aunts and uncles and help us get the key back?"
Guo Guo tried to reason with Bai Tuanzi:
"After this is done, I will buy you ten bottles of nutrient solution."
The white ball opened its mouth obediently and acted as if it was crying for food. It probably only understood the last three words.
Guo Guo gritted his teeth: "50 bottles, no more!"
The white ball opened its confused black eyes and said, "Chiu?"
Then Zheng Wanqing grabbed it and said to Guo Guo, "Don't rush into this. It has the IQ of a three-year-old child. What can it understand? Let's get ready for battle."
Guo Guo sighed, "Forget it. I was originally planning to bargain down to a hundred bottles of nutrient solution."
“Chiu!”
But just as she finished her words, the white ball suddenly bounced out of Zheng Wanqing's hand and hit the glass with a bang. However, she did not cry coquettishly, but chirped non-stop at the group of elves.
"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!"
It has a serious tone.
Guo Guo:?
Zheng Wanqing:?
"We found the mechanism!"
At the same time, Zhang You found a hidden button at the junction of the ceiling and the glass wall of the corridor. After pressing it, the entire space emitted a vibrating buzzing sound.
The next second, the glass wall slowly rose.
It was as if the isolating barrier was suddenly removed, and all the motionless blue big-headed monsters suddenly turned their heads, their dark blue eyes staring straight at the four people!
“…”
Guo Guo's scalp was numb. She poked the white ball's butt, and the latter started chirping again.
Miraculously, the elves' attention seemed to be drawn to the white ball . The nearest blue elf looked at the white ball and opened its mouth, but only a hoarse hiss came out.
White Tuanzi: "Chirp?"
Adult Elf: "Hiss?"
Looking at the confused state of Shuangmian, Guo Guo realized belatedly: "Wait, are they unable to communicate?"
It turns out that as elves leave their infancy, their vocal organs degenerate?
Although the facial features on the elves' big heads were hideous, people could still inexplicably see a sense of "numbness" in their expressions.
As if realizing it couldn't communicate, the white ball grew anxious, its chirping becoming increasingly louder, stirring the entire densely packed "sea of elves" into a commotion.
Within two minutes, Baituanzi stopped making any sound.
Zhang You took a look and said, "It's tired."
This kind of work is still too difficult for Baituanzi.
Tang Xin Jue didn't intend to waste any more time: "Zhang You and I will go to the left, Guo Guo, Wan Qing and Bai Tuanzi will go to the right, and we will get the key as quickly as possible. If the elf mutates, we will return to the corridor immediately."
That button can be used repeatedly. Just press it again and the glass wall will fall down again, isolating the four people from the group of elves.
I don’t know if it’s because of the white ball, but although the group of elves kept staring at the four people, they didn’t actually launch an attack, which was quite different from the weird and crazy appearance in the Friendly League.
"Is this the elves' home? Or is it just another place they work?" Guo Guo asked quietly in his mind amidst the silence.
"The counselor revealed that the elves' home is in another dimension." Tang Xinjue replied.
Either the elf's hometown wasn't part of the university town, or it was in a suburb so remote that even the university teachers admitted they couldn't get involved. The possibility of it settling in the library was extremely small.
It is likely that the elves are still "on a mission" just like in the Friendly League instance, but this time they have changed from "invaders" to "guardians".
"There are three keys on the left side and two on the right side."
Zhang You had already walked to the location of a key on the left. A blue-purple elf half the height of a person was squatting above the key, baring its fangs at her.
"No offense."
Zhang You indicated that he had no weapon in his hand, then squatted down, picked up the key, and slowly backed away.
The elves actually didn't make any movement. When Zhang You retreated back to the corridor, they immediately shifted their attention and all focused on Tang Xinjue.
To be precise, most of the pressure in the game is now on Tang Xinjue.
Compared to the other three, the elves were significantly more hostile towards Tang Xin Jue. Especially when Tang Xin Jue approached, the elves arched their bodies and jumped away, hissing and growling threats.
Tang Xin Jue wasn't afraid of them; she was certain the elves wouldn't attack them. The white ball's presence seemed to have accidentally neutralized the hostility between the two sides, making their acquisition of the key incredibly smooth.
[The first one didn’t work.]
Zhang You quickly tried the first key and shook his head to inform the others.
[The second one didn’t work either.]
Zheng Wanqing followed closely behind. After the two of them finished their test, they didn't stop at all and rushed directly in the direction of Guo Guo. Because just now, Guo Guo exclaimed in the spiritual connection between the four people:
[This elf picked up the key and gave it to me!]
The white ball also chirped twice excitedly, which made Guo Guo guess that the communication it had just made had taken effect.
The one holding the key was an elf with dark blue and yellow skin. It placed the key flat on the palm of its hand, raised its hand in front of its head and walked towards it step by step. Its posture was very similar to that of 606 when he expressed no intention of attacking.
Zhang You and Zheng Wanqing hadn't arrived yet, but the elf had already approached. Guo Guo was a little nervous:
[I didn't see the problem with my Yin-Yang eyes, did you see it?]
Tang Xin Jue: [No mental strength either.]
That means it's more than 90% safe. Guo Guo felt relieved and reached out to take it: "Sorry, sorry..."
But before his hand touched the key, the white ball that had been staying in his arms obediently suddenly screamed, and it became extremely sharp and shrill:
“Chiu!——”
Guo Guo's hand trembled, and the key passed by him. The next moment, the elf's shoulders suddenly collapsed, and the wrinkled skin on its body swelled wildly!
Everything happened in an instant. When Guo Guo opened her eyes, the scene reflected in her retina was filled with a huge, ferocious, dark yellow eyeball.
"Dumplings... Chaos God!"
Guo Guo heard the sound of himself gritting his teeth.
