Chapter 73 Blue Ice Hotel (Part 7)
After crawling in the snow until they were exhausted, the four of them finally rushed in before the hotel closed.
Xiang Liangyu and Quan Shengyan were surrounded by employees and managers and went upstairs. Chu Li was grabbed by the ear and scolded by the supervisor. Gu also stood there hesitating for a moment, then took the elevator back to his room alone.
"A tearful news came back to our hotel. Two guests on this trip were caught in an avalanche during their trip. Although the hotel has sent a professional rescue team to search for them, the floating island is very dangerous and we failed to find the two guests."
"Here, the Blue Ice Hotel solemnly reminds you not to leave the hotel during non-tourist hours and to pay attention to your personal safety when you are out for a visit."
"The first stop of the hotel's global tour, the floating ice island, has ended. The next stop, the desert lava, will arrive on time at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. At that time, the hotel will organize a tour group to the famous desert lava 'eyes'. Guests who want to go to the view, please gather at the lobby bar at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. No latecomers will be accepted."
The room was well heated. Xiang Liangyu had just taken off her heavy down jacket and shook off the snow when the doorbell rang. Gu Ye's voice came from outside the door: " Xiang Liangyu, do you want to go to the hot spring? Open-air hot spring."
Xiang Liangyu said without hesitation: "No."
Gu Ye's regretful voice came: "Well, it's a pity that you can't see my strong abdominal muscles and muscles."
Xiang Liangyu sneered, and just as he was about to go to the bathroom to take a hot bath with his clothes, he heard Gu Ye say, "You want to know what a remodeler and a restorer are, do you want to know what you are?"
The door opened and Xiang Liangyu, wearing a bathrobe and with her hair loose and a sleepy look in her eyes, said, "You'd better not be lying to me."
Gu Ye grinned: "Your sincerity is evident."
The open-air hot spring is located in the center of the hotel's back garden. At this moment, the play time has ended, and there are still two hours left before the hotel goes to the next scenic spot, which is enough time to soak in the hot spring. So except for the staff on duty at the current time period, other hotel staff and players gathered in the hot spring to enjoy a soft and tender hot spring trip.
Circles of steaming hot springs are set against the backdrop of silver trees and white rocks, surrounded by mist and a fairy-like aura.
There was a small soup every three steps and a large soup every five steps while walking. Two or three guests were soaking in the small soup with the smell of sulfur, and the sounds of sighs and conversations rose and fell.
Gu also opened his bathrobe, his snow-white skin blurred by the hot steam, and he led Xiang Liangyu to the large hot spring. When they entered the area surrounded by bamboo fences, Xiang Liangyu's eyes turned white, and he saw heavy snow falling into the steamy hot spring and blending silently.
The thick clouds above her head brought down heavy snow. Xiang Liangyu stretched out her palms and felt the cold snowflakes melting. In this large warm hot spring, she could see the spectacular snow scene and the fantastic rime. Xiang Liangyu stood by the hot spring, with melted snow at her feet and almost peeled bones in the pool.
The heat made him look very good, and his chest, which was not covered by clothes, was blurred by the white heat. Only his pair of black and bright eyes could see through the layers of mist and meet her gaze.
Gu also lay down beside the hot spring and waved to Xiang Liangyu: "Come here, Xiang Liangyu, why do you always ignore me?"
Xiang Liangyu didn't go over, but put his hands in the pockets of his bathrobe, expressionless: "I don't like hot springs. What are Reshapers and Restorers? And the question you just asked, explain it."
Gu Ye was dissatisfied: "But I want to wait with you! I say."
Seeing Xiang Liangyu turned around and left without saying anything, Gu simply didn't beat around the bush and spoke frankly: "Since you saved my life, I will reluctantly tell you. All NPCs are divided into levels. Although the system says that you can cross levels through the game, it is impossible to cross the highest point.
The highest level NPCs will have unique titles. Quan Shengyan is a remodeler, who can remodel anything that is completely damaged, but cannot accurately restore it to its original appearance. In other words, even if the remodeled things look exactly the same, their inner qualities have changed. "
"As for me , the Restorer, as long as things are not damaged to a certain extent, I can restore them to their original appearance, whether it is the outside or the inside. Whatever it was before, it will be the same after the restoration is completed."
Gu Ye smiled and said, "It's easy to understand, right?"
Xiang Liangyu walked up to him and squatted down, a few strands of hair falling on her forehead, her eyes bright: "What about me?"
"You, you are..." Gu Ye's gaze fell from the end of her red hair, then slowly rose and fell on her beautiful amber eyes. Before he could speak, Quan Shengyan's voice came from behind.
"The immortal, Xiang Liangyu."
Xiang Liangyu turned around and saw Quan Shengyan standing in front of the gate in a bathrobe. He was not far away and could clearly see the small projector in his hand. The electronic screen was projected in the air, showing her personal information, or more precisely, her new personal information.
Quan Shengyan handed the projector to Xiang Liangyu.
"Immortal?" Xiang Liangyu muttered subconsciously while looking at the screen. Her 3D body was rotating on the screen, and the data of various indicators were clear. In front of her name, three words "Immortal" were marked in red.
Apart from these changes, the rest of the game number remains unchanged.
Xiang Liangyu pursed her lips. This was not what she wanted to know. The information about her on the forum was still vivid in her mind. What she wanted to know was whether she had been to this place before.
It's not that she hasn't considered the issue of having the same name, but she has traveled to every inch of the world, met many people in the sun and in the dark, and has never met a Xiang Liangyu with the same name.
Xiang Liangyu sighed. It seemed that he really had to look for Yun Panshan after this game was over.
In the end, even after Gu Ye's repeated nagging, Xiang Liangyu still did not take a hot spring bath. She wrapped herself in her bathrobe tightly, said goodbye to Quan Shengyan, and returned to the hotel in the heavy snow.
Gu Ye placed his hands on the water surface. As soon as Xiang Liangyu left, he climbed out of the water, put on the yukata placed beside him, and pulled his wet hair back. His dark eyes, which were carved from the same mold, looked at Quan Shengyan with a dark and dull tone, and said in a cold tone: "Can I assume that you are going against the main system?"
Quan Shengyan shook the projector in his hand and threw it into the hot spring. When the water splashed, he turned and left: "You can also choose to inform on me."
Gu also frowned: "Quan Shengyan, don't forget..."
"Don't forget that you are just a replica." Quan Shengyan glanced at the person behind him. Although the air was misty now, it was still much lighter in the snow. "Gu Ye, don't approach Xiang Liangyu with malicious intent."
"She can save you, but she can also kill you. If I don't stop you, it doesn't mean I agree with the system's decision, nor does it mean I don't dare to kill you."
Gu also stood there in a daze. When he came to his senses, only the swinging fence gate was left. He inexplicably felt a hint of mockery.
He took out the pocket watch from his pocket. The dial with the gear background was rotating tirelessly, but the three needles were stagnant.
He is a restorer, but he can't even repair his own time.
He whispered softly, his tone firm, as if speaking to the snow flying all over the sky, or to himself:
"I'm not a replica."
Xiang Liangyu walked through the archway garden entrance and came to the hotel elevator, waiting for the door to open. At the same time, a tide of questions almost overwhelmed her.
At first, she just wondered if this game was a bit anti-human. After all, no technology could pull people into an area out of thin air, let alone make it impossible to escape.
Now, she believed that the world was so big and full of wonders, and she was alive, as if nothing was impossible in the world.
Xiang Liangyu entered the elevator and swiped his card and pressed the 88th floor.
If she is the highest-level NPC in the game world, then why does she start as an anonymous NPC in the Novice Village, Zero Island?
There was a full-height mirror inside the elevator. Xiang Liangyu turned around to face the mirror. Her red hair was slightly messy. Under the light, the color of her hair was very natural, without the harsh look of being dyed.
She touched her face, and in a trance she seemed to see a person, the red-haired herself existing in the back mountain of Takishi.
So now, have I become her, or is she already me?
If she is herself, is it her past self or her future self?
Xiang Liangyu looked at herself in the mirror in a daze. When she came to her senses, she found that the elevator was still rising slowly. She turned around and looked at the icon, and found that the elevator had reached the 108th floor.
She looked at the highest floor on the button, the 89th floor, and fell into deep thought.
It is better to wait for the door to open by itself than to open it with your bare hands, unless this elevator wants to send you into outer space.
When it reached the 289th floor, the elevator shook violently for a moment, and finally stopped completely on the 289th floor.
The bright light flickered for three seconds and finally went out completely, leaving only the red numbers indicating the floor number. The exclusive elevator space was smaller than the general elevator, and at this moment the space was filled with a creepy red light.
The system female voice is full of emotion:
"The Blue Ice Hotel is committed to providing all guests with a home-like service. The second stop of the hotel's global tour, the desert magma, has arrived in advance. The tour time is 24 hours."
"It is late at night and the temperature difference between day and night is large in this area. Please wear more clothes when going out. It is easy to get lost in the desert. For your personal safety, please gather at the lobby bar if you are going to the famous attraction '瞋目'. You will be led by the staff in half an hour."
"Blue Ice Hotel, wish you a pleasant stay."
The notification fell silent, and a red light enveloped Xiang Liangyu, making her clothes, skin, and eyes appear red. For some reason, Xiang Liangyu turned around and faced the mirror.
I saw two shadows appear in the full-height mirror.
Exactly the same Xiang Liangyu, one was laughing, the other was crying. The one who was laughing killed the one who was crying, and finally, the one who was smiling faced Xiang Liangyu outside the mirror.
She held the blood-red dagger, licked the blood on the tip of the knife, and looked at him provocatively. However, she did not wear a gold watch on her hands.
Xiang Liangyu: “…”
Okay, she knew how stupid it was to make such a provocative expression.
Unable to bear the sight, Xiang Liangyu smashed the mirror with one fist, and naturally, the image of himself inside it also shattered.
However, the next second, he felt weightless. Xiang Liangyu lost his balance and fell on the elevator board. When he looked up, the number on the floor was rapidly decreasing.
200……99……
When it reached the 88th floor, the numbers paused for a little too long, and the gap in the elevator door shook for a moment, but before Xiang Liangyu could open the door, the elevator descended again, but this time it did not pause.
15…9…1…-74…
Xiang Liangyu was horrified and blurted out: "-74? You might as well send me to the eighteenth level of hell!"
The elevator stopped with a "duang" sound and even bounced for a moment.
Hot...very hot...the soles of my feet felt like they were being roasted by fire.
The bottom of the elevator was so hot that Xiang Liangyu stomped her feet back and forth. She pressed her fingers into the crack of the door and pulled it hard.
A heat wave hit him instantly, and after seeing the scene in front of him, Xiang Liangyu felt it was ridiculous!
Right in front of the elevator was the brightly lit Blue Ice Hotel, and not far away a small group of people holding lanterns walking in the desert. She could even hear Chu Li shouting at the top of his voice, "Stay with the group and don't get separated."
There was a red light in front of him, and under the elevator was the magma that was rolling and boiling. Looking down from the elevator entrance, the magma was like an angry eye, staring at Xiang Liangyu.
It really lives up to its name of "angry eyes".
So here comes the question.
The elevator was inhumanely built without any support, just suspended in the air only twenty meters above the surging magma surface. The heat was transmitted to the bottom of the elevator, baking the elevator like a furnace, and the temperature continued to rise.
Xiang Liangyu was already sweating profusely.
Moreover, the elevator was suspended in the very center of the lava, which was very far from the shore, so it was impossible to jump over it.
Question: How to escape unscathed?
