It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 694 Hades
Ye Zheng pondered, "Since the game designed these two sisters as the same person, perhaps their game skills are also related to each other."

"One lives, one dies. This Underworld Ruler's skills are probably the opposite of that giant heart from before," Feng Ling said casually.

Qingyou nodded, holding his phone, agreeing that Fengling's thinking was absolutely correct.

Pei Xianjue raised her hand: "I heard that Yinglan recently poached a hunter from another country. He has the card Hades and his deck hasn't been fully developed yet. His current skill effect is to summon a trident. Targets hit by the trident will experience dizziness, fatigue, and weakness. The hunter holding the Hades card will recover his health accordingly."

"That means it's been deprived of its life points, similar to a vampire's blood-sucking skill," Huangfu Miaomiao interjected.

Pei Xianjue said, "I was thinking, since we're both rulers of the underworld, are our skills similar? Feng Ling, you can take a look."

"Yes, I'll be careful." Feng Ling nodded in reply. "I'll go down and have a go at this Hades. If I can't beat him, I'll just run away."

She bent down and fished out the jewelry from the treasure chest, putting on all the wearable pieces and stuffing the rest into her pouch. She then asked the weasel for a few grenades. After this brief preparation, she began to descend.

Everyone followed her down the steps.

Feng Ling stopped and turned to look at them: "Why did you all come down here too?"

Ye Zheng frowned. "We haven't reached the first gate yet. Let's go down and take a look."

“Yes, everyone’s seeing you off,” Pei Xianjue said with a smile. “I can also take some photos so I can write a report when I get back.”

Lin Pengpeng: "…………"

Ling Feiran walked along the outermost edge, gazing at the surging mist below the abyss, and asked, "What would happen if we went down directly from here without going through the door?"

Huangfu Miaomiao was afraid that Ling Feiran would do something foolish, so she hurriedly said, "It's best not to do that. Since the maze is set up so that a card is removed every time you go down a level, it will definitely be strictly enforced. For example, some players can fly, and this ability comes from cards. If they fly down from here, they might lose their ability to fly because the card is removed, and then they would fall to their deaths. We don't need to take that risk."

Feng Ling chuckled, "If the kite were here, I'd really like to fly right down. These steps would never end."

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded, "It is quite far... but there are no pollutants here, so the journey should be smooth."

"I wonder what the Abyss Boss of this maze looks like," Pei Xianjue said, catching up with Feng Ling. "Why don't you wear my miniature camera and take a picture for me?"

Feng Ling didn't care. "Sure, but every time I use my second form, my clothes and accessories explode. I've lost my phone several times already. If you don't mind losing the camera, give it to me."

"Hehe~" Pei Xianjue didn't stand on ceremony with Feng Ling, took off the miniature camera from her collar and handed it to Feng Ling.

Ye Zheng was still pondering the maze boss's moves, saying as he walked, "Hades, the god of the underworld, can take away life. As a god of the underworld, his skills and attributes should be similar. I just don't know what form the skills will take. Sumerian mythology is too obscure. I've never heard of this guy called E something."

“Ereshkigal,” Lin Pengpeng said, “is indeed obscure, not as famous as Greek mythology. People who know a little about Greek mythology might know that Hades’ weapon is a trident, but nobody knows what weapon Hades in Sumerian mythology uses or what abilities he has.”

Ye Zheng thought for a moment, then turned to the weasel, "Daoist, do you know?"

The weasel was prepared; it climbed onto Ye Zheng's shoulder and held up its phone, on which two words were displayed:
【spindle.】

"Feng Ling, take a look at the clues the Taoist priest provided," Ye Zheng said with a frown. "When we fight the maze boss later, we need to be careful of its spindle."

Feng Ling found it amusing. "What kind of tricks can you play with a spindle? Do you think pricking me will make me sleep forever?"

Pei Xianjue covered her mouth and laughed, "That's the story of Sleeping Beauty, it has nothing to do with Sumerian mythology, you've got it mixed up."

"Alright, I'll play it by ear. You can stop here. The gate is just ahead." Feng Ling waved her hand and quickened her pace down the slope. Ahead was a wide, flat area with two stone statues standing on either side of the platform, each holding a stone slab inscribed with a plaque.

“The stone slab is inscribed with Sumerian cuneiform script,” Huangfu Miaomiao said. “The people of the Star Society say that the script records a hymn to Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld.”

—This is what the doctor told her, indicating that the Stars Society had also considered conquering the Underworld Labyrinth early on and had done some research.

Feng Ling glanced at the inscription and walked between the two stone statues.

"Feng Ling, Feng Ling, have you checked your cards? Have they changed?" Huangfu Miaomiao asked, stopping on the other side of the door. "Have your artifacts changed?"

Feng Ling examined the cards and found nothing wrong with them. She then opened her waist pouch and rummaged through it. The bracelets and earrings were still there, but the texture of the gold belt she was wearing around her waist had become strange.

The color has faded, and the gemstones set in it have lost their luster, turning grayish.

Feng Ling tried to untie her belt, but as soon as her fingers touched it, the belt suddenly turned into sand, which spilled from her hand onto the ground.

“Only by stripping away the skin can the soul be measured.” Huangfu Miaomiao said blankly.

"What did you say?" Feng Ling was baffled.

"Uh, it wasn't me who said it, it was the stone statue that just said it. I just repeated it." Huangfu Miaomiao looked left and right. "Didn't you all hear it?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"I reckon only the players can hear it," Ye Zheng said.

"If you remove the artifact, you won't lose my cards, right?" Feng Ling brushed the sand off her hands. "Setting it up as a boss that players can fight one-on-one shouldn't be too difficult. I can take it down in no time. You guys wait for my good news."

She stopped dawdling, waved, and ran off quickly.

The group stood by the door, watching Feng Ling's retreating figure, each with their own feelings.

Pei Xianjue said with envy, "Oh, that's so nice. Feng Ling is always so relaxed. She never seems to be nervous."

"Because she thinks that if the sky falls, someone tall will hold it up," Ye Zheng replied calmly.

Pei Xianjue almost laughed, "Pfft, that's actually what she thinks..."

Huangfu Miaomiao gazed into the distance, blinked, and exclaimed in surprise, "Feng Ling is back!"

"No way, so fast?!" Lin Pengpeng exclaimed in shock.

Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the end of the misty stone steps and was running towards them.

Lin Pengpeng couldn't help but raise her voice and ask, "You really took down the maze boss in no time?!"

Feng Ling ran closer, grabbed a wad of something from her waist pouch and threw it over, waving her hand helplessly: "Wool is almost dead after passing through two doors. You guys take care of it and wait for my good news."

After speaking, he hurriedly ran down the steps, his figure disappearing into the mist.

After being thrown through the first gate, the Flower Crown Fairy slowly flew to Ye Zheng's shoulder and lay there motionless.