Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 827 Liar
It must be said that there are quite a few smart people among the players, and they have inspired Rogge more than once or twice.

Just like this time, before Rogge even wrote about the "touch of the torch" incident on the official website forum to inform other players, some people had already made pretty accurate predictions about what happened to Gulad.

It seems we need to provide players with more information and then gather their collective wisdom...

With this in mind, Roger also put the matter on his agenda.

This doesn't mean he didn't pay attention to this aspect before or didn't share information with players.

There have been just too many things going on lately, first the gathering place of the evil gods, then the advancement of the spirit candle and the version update, one thing after another, so he had to sort them out by importance and proceed slowly.

"The Gurad Empire, the Moonfire and the Nightmarefire... Let's focus our exploration on these two aspects from now on."

After a moment's consideration, Rogge decided on the focus of his next exploration of Candlelight Island.

……

As Rogge has become busy opening up more information to the forums and filtering areas related to the Gruud Empire, there have been no changes to the dungeon in the Otherworld Fire Harbor for the time being.

But time waits for no one; it only keeps moving forward.

The novelty that the Other Shore Fire Harbor brought to players is gradually fading, and players have explored almost all the illuminated areas in the various dungeons.

After all, the player base is already quite large, and when most of them focus on exploring a particular area, they naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort and increase their efficiency.

It's a bit of a shame that there wasn't any particularly valuable intelligence or items in these illuminated areas.

Of course, there were still many pleasant surprises, and the stories of some Burning Earth races became more complete with the discovery of some texts.

Players from various groups have gradually adapted to this update.

Due to the various new bloodline pathways for job advancement, new players entering the game are starting to consider human bloodlines more, and with the help of guides provided by other players, they are quickly growing stronger, becoming familiar with this world, and providing a continuous stream of fresh blood for Candlelight Island.

Mid-level players have naturally adapted to the rhythm and gotten on track, finding and defining their own style and fighting style through repeated battles.

Next is acquiring the Flame Shards, which is the minimum requirement for players. With Flame Shards, they can do more.

As for the players who already possess the Shattered Body, they are currently busy with one thing: obtaining the Radiant Body and then heading towards the "Sleeping Blood" in the Long Night Divine Realm.

It is believed that the number of players possessing the Blood of the Sleeping One will experience explosive growth in the near future.

Meanwhile, top-tier prison players like Li Miao were naturally busy with their own affairs.

……

Li Miao has recently been spending a lot of time with Kainara at Master Burton's place, investing a lot of resources in the effort to help Kainara adapt to spells and incantations more quickly and begin to learn on her own.

Kenara has so much potential, Li Miao has to really push her to her limits.

……

This left Shang An dumbfounded. That damned Li Miao was now possessed by the cyber ghost and wouldn't even include him in the game anymore.

Damn it, what kind of fair-weather friends are these!
Just you wait, Miao Zi, I'll show you soon enough that I'm the strongest center!
Li Miao, you'll regret this!
I felt indignant as I got ashore.

Then, after glancing at the spell shop interface, his previously surging enthusiasm instantly cooled down, and he let out a sigh.

……

The storyteller and his team were working on new videos while diligently interpreting the new information provided by the Lingzhu official website and connecting it with the old information in order to deduce new content.

It must be said that the information about "touching the firewood" was nothing short of an eye-opener for the storyteller, making him suddenly enlightened and extremely excited.

So, he temporarily put the new videos and such aside and started working with his team to study and analyze them...

……

Yuanfang seems to be busy with something important in real life lately. Although he's not completely offline, he only logs on for short periods each time, and when he does log on, he's either frantically buying wax or purchasing various spells and scrolls...

……

It's simpler for Brother Yu.

Fish, wait for the Deadfire Power to refresh, use the Deadfire Power to increase your Control Limit, and then continue fishing...

Fortunately, the problem this time was with the Deathfire Sword, which hadn't taken things into account. And there was no use in rushing things in this situation, so all we could do was obediently follow Brother Fish and fish.

……

In contrast, Mangzi felt a bit of a headache.

Because of what happened at the gathering place of the evil gods last time, he promised to take the little lion Ligardel to the dungeon, and the kid agreed. However, when they encountered monsters, he still ran away as fast as he could.

This gave Mangzi a headache. He thought that once the little lion's lower limit was raised, he would soon be able to take that step.

But even so, there is some good news.

It seems that because the monsters in the dungeon are all different and each evokes a unique sense of fear, Ligardel's courage has increased when facing these monsters.

This can certainly be considered progress.

So Brother Mangzi was quite happy, but the fact that he had to patiently teach him slowly drove him crazy.

……

As the top spender among Lingzhu users, Heishan Xiaoyao is extremely enthusiastic about shopping.

Recently, he has become fascinated with the collections within the spirit candles, discovering that these handicrafts and treasures do indeed possess a unique charm.

After discovering Black Mountain Demon's hobby... some guilds and studios naturally followed suit.

As a result, the price of collectibles that were originally disliked by everyone in the candle market miraculously rose.

However, Black Mountain Demon also had some troubles, namely, he had nowhere to put the collections he had bought.

Since you can't buy a house with spirit candles, the young players have always used the sky as their blanket, the ground as their bed, and bridge arches as their bridal chambers.

After hearing about his needs, the storyteller gave him a suggestion: to ask the candlekeeper.

Black Mountain Goblin had little hope for this, but to his surprise, the Candlekeeper agreed after only a moment's thought, and said that he could build his house on one of the "servers" on Candlewood Island.

But the location is in the sky, and it can only be rented, and the rent is very high.

This posed no problem for the Black Mountain Sprite at all; he readily paid the fee and acquired his own exhibition hall on a server...

……

boom--

"You damn cow! You motherfucker! Stop messing around while I'm collecting materials, okay?"

Startled by the explosion, Mushroom was enraged and roared into the distance.

Niu Niu just chuckled at this and then continued to try out his new tricks.

Just recently, within the area illuminated by the spirit candle, he discovered a rather interesting spark. Combined with a new talent granted by the Mother Tree of All Spirits, it seemed to be able to produce a wondrous reaction.

However, to what extent it can be achieved remains to be seen and further attempts are needed...

……

Just as Candle Island was gradually getting back on track, the player community was met with a sudden piece of bad news.

A message was sent out without warning in the normally lively prison player group.

wowor: "Friends, I probably won't be logging into this game anymore... Please pass this message on to the new players. I'm very sorry. (bows)"

Although WoWo's message was briefly overshadowed by newer messages, other players were quickly drawn to it.

Black Mountain Fairy: "What the heck? Sister Wowo, are you quitting the game? Why so suddenly? Did you run into some trouble?"

My hamster, Guagua, said: "Yeah, Sister Wowo, are you alright? (Worried)"

Other players echoed her sentiments, mostly assuming she was planning to quit the game or that something was wrong at home.

Many people are concerned and want to lend a helping hand.

Although WoWo doesn't provide guides for other players like top dungeon players, nor does it have the strength and skills to help other players complete the game.

However, many new players who came after her received her help, and she had a very good personality, so she had a very harmonious relationship with many players.

Seeing the words of concern from other players warmed Wowo's heart.

wowor: "No... I'm not quitting the game. Although the Spirit Candle is a bit scary, I really like this game and I like everyone."

"But... my physical condition doesn't allow me to continue logging into this game... (disappointed)"

After typing these words, Wowo felt a little bitter. If circumstances allowed, she would certainly like to stay on Candlefire Island forever.

My hamster, Guagua, said: "Sister Wowo...really? You're kidding us, right?"

Guagua still held a sliver of hope, and even checked the date to confirm if it was April Fool's Day or something.

wowor: "It's true."

Upon seeing this statement...

The original group of players fell silent for a moment.

Most of the people in the group are smart. Although Wowo didn't explain the situation directly, they had basically guessed the reason.

Wowo is probably suffering from some incurable disease.

My hamster is named Guagua: "Sister Snail... (sad) (crying)"

Black Mountain Fairy: "...Sister Wowo, if you need any help, just ask."

Miao Ge, who doesn't fail his exams: "...Sister Wowo, where do you live? Can we go visit you?"

Some players who usually get along well with WoWo started to express their desire to visit her.

But WoWo shook her head and refused in the group: "No, I don't look good right now, I don't want you to see me."

Wowo answered with unusual firmness. She didn't want her good friends to travel such a long way, and she didn't like to trouble others.

Miao Ge didn't fail his exams: "Where are you now? We're looking for you on Candlelight Island."

This time, Li Miao didn't make a request, but asked directly. They had to say goodbye to Wowo no matter what, even if it was just in the game.

Other players also made similar requests.

Seeing this, Wowo hesitated for a moment before giving up.

wowor: "...I'm at the usual spot, with Little Snail..."

After seeing her reply, the number of replies in the prison player group decreased, and everyone headed towards where WoWo was.

……

"Why doesn't Wowo come here anymore? Does Wowo not like Little Snail anymore? Doesn't she want to play with Little Snail anymore?"

Upon hearing Snail's farewell, Little Snail became anxious and flew beside her, asking her questions with a hint of anger.

"No... Wowo doesn't dislike Little Snail, nor does she not want to play with you."

"If possible, Wowo would love to play with Xiaoluo forever."

"But... Snail is dying... This is not something Snail can control, Little Snail, do you understand..."

Snail sighed and gently patted Little Snail's head.

Even though she knew that the little snail in front of her was just a piece of game program code, she still found it hard to leave without saying goodbye.

"I'm dying..."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoluo suddenly froze for a moment, and then tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"fraud!"

"You told Xiaoluo before that Wowo wouldn't go to dark places like that! You didn't keep your word!"

"Wowo is a big liar!"

The little snail cried loudly, cursing the other person, but it had already flown into the other person's hand, stretching out its little hand to tightly hug her thumb, unwilling to let go.

"..."

Wowo remained silent, her heart heavy with sorrow.

At this moment, she desperately wished that the little snail in front of her was like some silly NPC, making some abrupt mistakes. That way, she might not feel so bad.

but……

"Little Snail... I'm sorry." Wowo's eyes were slightly red as she gently wiped away the other's tears with her finger.

……

"Sister Wowo!"

At this moment, Li Miao and the others also arrived, without stopping for a moment.

Behind them were many other players who came after hearing the commotion, including top-tier players as well as newcomers.

Even those who were pressed for time and Brother Yu, who loves fishing, rushed over.

Upon seeing everyone arrive, Wowo quickly wiped her eyes, smiled, and greeted them.

But clearly, not many people can still laugh at this moment.

Guagua stepped forward and grasped her hand, her voice choked with emotion: "Sister Wowo... what... what happened? Why did it happen so suddenly..."

Hearing Guagua's question and seeing the silent gazes of the others, Wowo stopped hiding it and explained the reason.

In fact, she was already seriously ill before she even logged into the game "Lingzhu".

This caused some parts of her body to be unresponsive from birth.

As time went on, she was able to control fewer and fewer parts of her body, and her bodily functions deteriorated. Now, in real life, she even has great difficulty breathing...

Fortunately, Wowo has very good parents and a decent family background. Over the years, they have never given up on Wowo and have taken care of her daily life day after day for decades.

however.

Despite possessing normal intelligence and a kind heart, Wowo always felt guilty.

Her parents took care of everything for her, becoming her reliable support and helping her do many things she couldn't do on her own.

She needs her parents to take care of her at all times.

But she never helped her parents much...

(End of this chapter)