HPDBC Chapter 367 Do you guys have some serious illness?
Chapter 367 Do you guys have some serious illness?
Chen You opened his friends list and his gaze fell on Moon Arrow's avatar.
He took a deep breath and sent a message.
[Chen You: Are you there?]
The message was sent and a reply popped up in the chat box immediately, so fast that it made you wonder if the other person was staring at the screen the whole time.
[Moon Arrow: Are we about to start? I'll start the group right away!]
Chen You stared blankly at the exclamation mark on the screen.
He originally just wanted to find out some information, but then he thought it might be better to bring the other two simpletons along.
[Chen You: Okay, let's go.]
[Moon Arrow: Understood!]
In less than a minute, the team was formed and they entered the dungeon.
As the teleportation light faded, Chen You found himself standing at the entrance to the interactive dungeon "Colorful Land".
Strange plants that emit fluorescent light grow all around, colorful spores float in the air, and the grass underfoot is soft and fluffy.
A series of white lights flashed, and three tall figures appeared in front of Chen You.
Thalos of the Titans carried a giant axe, Ouro of the Romans held a staff, and Moon Arrow of the Elves carried a longbow.
As soon as the three landed, they immediately put away their weapons and stood ramrod straight, looking just like three security guards waiting for their leader's inspection.
"Brother Chen!" Salos's voice boomed, his face beaming with smiles, the ring-shaped bump on his forehead almost pressing together.
Auro bowed slightly, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and performed a perfectly standard Roman greeting: "May the stars guide your path, great pioneer."
Moon Arrow looked on expectantly: "President Chen, has your luck finally recovered?"
Chen You felt a pang of unease as he looked at these three top figures who commanded respect on the leaderboard.
Did I manage to help these people overcome their Stockholm Syndrome?
"No rush." Chen You walked to a giant glowing mushroom, turned to the three of them, and said, "I want to ask you something."
The three exchanged a glance, their expressions immediately turning serious.
Chen You carefully considered his words: "Don't you guys feel... like something's different?"
The air suddenly became quiet.
Colorful spores drifted slowly down between the four people.
Saros and Oro exchanged a glance.
That look contained an extremely complex amount of information.
What does this mean?
Ask us what makes us different? That's definitely a test!
The master's level is beyond our comprehension. He asked this question to test our vision and understanding!
Saros took a deep breath, stepped forward, and slapped his thigh: "Brother Chen! Your question is truly enlightening!"
Chen You was stunned: "Huh?"
"The moment I saw you, I felt you had changed!" Salos's eyes shone, his tone impassioned.
"Your aura is even more profound than when we last met!"
If last time you were an insurmountable mountain, now you are a boundless ocean!
"Unfathomable, utterly unfathomable!"
Chen You opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Not to be outdone, Auro immediately retorted, waving his staff and speaking in a mystical yet devout tone: "Salos's words are too superficial."
"In my true vision, the lines of law surrounding you have been reconstructed! You haven't just become stronger, you've transcended!"
"You stand here, at the very center of this world; even the light elements of this vibrant land bow before you!"
Moon Arrow listened in stunned silence.
These two old foxes have gone to such lengths to flatter others.
How could someone of the Elven race, a god, have such a limited vocabulary that they were outmatched by two brutes?
"President Chen, your sword intent..." Moon Arrow stammered for a long time before forcing out a sentence.
"You've reached a state of returning to simplicity. Even if you're just standing there, I can feel an invisible sharpness cutting into my soul."
Chen You stared expressionlessly at the three top-tier players, whose combined level was nearly 300.
He really wanted to log off now and send the videos of these three people to Professor Pan Yu, so that she could analyze whether the brain structures of these three alien species had been assimilated by the Source System and developed some serious illness.
"Stop." Chen You raised his hand, interrupting this shameless praise session.
The three immediately shut up and stood up straight.
"I wasn't asking what's different about me." Chen You rubbed his temples.
"I'm asking if anything unusual happened to the game, or rather, the system, just now?"
"System error?" Salos scratched his head. "No, there was no disconnection, no lag, and my axe's durability is normal."
Oro closed his eyes, silently recited a few incantations, and then opened them.
"The Oracle's perception network did not detect any server-wide announcements or data fluctuations."
Moon Arrow also shook his head.
Chen You frowned.
Was that beam of light really just a cutscene?
Why did that "invincible beautiful girl" go to such great lengths, even calling him "daddy," just to set off fireworks in the real world?
impossible.
The other party must have taken something or changed something.
"Think about it carefully again," Chen You said, his tone becoming more forceful.
"Don't limit yourself to superficial things. For example, are there any extremely subtle, unusual phenomena in your guild's territory or the deity you worship?"
Upon hearing the words "extremely subtle" and "abnormal," the three men's expressions finally changed from obsequious to solemn.
Moon Arrow frowned, and the elf's long ears twitched slightly: "Now that you mention it, I do remember something."
Chen You perked up: "Speak."
"Just about ten minutes ago," Moon Arrow recalled, "a leaf suddenly fell from the World Tree in our guild's territory."
"Leaves falling?" Chen You raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Moon Arrow nodded. "The World Tree is a mythical structure. Its state is constant; it never loses a leaf. But just now, it lost a leaf."
"But there was only one patch, and the tree's attributes didn't change at all. I thought it was just a small bug in the system's texture, so I didn't pay any attention to it."
Chen You's heart skipped a beat.
Ten minutes ago, that was the time when the colorful beam of light appeared.
"In that case, something strange is happening on our side too," Salos said, stroking his chin.
"The ancestral statues in the Titan Temple flashed red light for a moment. It was very brief, only a fraction of a second. The guards thought they were seeing things, and I didn't think much of it when they reported it to me."
Oro's expression changed: "The star chart of Roman's Shadow also paused for a frame just now. I thought it was me who was lagging."
After listening, Chen You took a deep breath.
really.
Strange phenomena have appeared in the territories of all the major guilds!
This is definitely not a coincidence!
"President Chen," Yue Zhiyi asked tentatively, noticing Chen You's grave expression, "Is... something big about to happen?"
These three people are no fools to have climbed to the position of guild leader.
Connecting these three seemingly unrelated minor anomalies, plus the fact that the unfathomable big shot Chen You personally came to confirm them, is a good start.
They immediately sensed danger.