Arknights, are you a good person?

First of all, there is a barrier that traps everyone here. As soon as Qi Yuan walks out of the town, he will appear at the other end of the town.

It's like being stuck in a maze.

Secondly, every night, several strange monsters would suddenly appear and sweep across the entire town. The townspeople could only close their doors and windows, treating it as a parade of ghosts.

The shapes of these monsters are extremely freehand.

There were dogs covered in ink, thickly painted green will-o'-the-wisp fires...all kinds of monsters looked like they were painted with a brush. Whenever night fell, they would come from all directions and launch an intensive siege on Qi Yuan.

These monsters look so familiar.

Qi Yuan also suddenly realized that he was in a painting, and the painter was Zhongyue's youngest sister - Xi.

Isn't this a coincidence?

Xi is the youngest sister among the Sui Beast fragments, ranking eleventh. Her power is "virtual and real", which is specifically manifested in the way of painting. The things she draws can become as vivid as possible and become things that seem to exist in reality.

Xi herself is an out-and-out homegirl.

Layer upon layer of illusions became Xi's barrier. She drew a cage and trapped herself inside, unwilling to go out and take a look.

Qi Yuan had been to the world in a painting once before, but it was a youth version that the second year old brother secretly learned. It was obvious at first glance that it was a painting, and it was not so real as this one. He didn't even realize that he was in a painting at first.

However, this does not prevent Qi Yuan from liking this town.

I like it to the extreme.

Because time here seemed to be passing even slower, Qi Yuan observed for a whole day and found that the progress of the puppet's training was still slowly improving, but the consumption of public morality had decreased.

The consumption of public morality is counted according to the actual flow of time, but the effect of exercise is real.

There's a bug stuck here.

Based on the calculations, Qi Yuan worked out the exact speed of time flow - he spent three days and two nights in the small town, and three points of public morality were consumed, which means that only about three hours had passed outside.

don't go.

I won't leave no matter what.

Qi Yuan simply stayed here and refused to leave no matter what. Even the strange ghost wall and the monsters that refreshed every night could not extinguish Qi Yuan's burning passion.

"If this was a Rhodes Island operator, he would have had a heart attack."

After the night watch, Qi Yuan looked at the closed doors and windows of each household, nodded, and gently relaxed his muscles.

He stepped on the bluestone floor tiles and gently stroked the snow-white wall with his right hand. Gradually, he heard the sound of ink splashing, like a painter painting with emotion.

"Come on." Qi Yuan clapped his hands with interest.

As night falls in the world of the painting, monsters that only appear at night suddenly appear in the field of vision. Their figures are everywhere as far as the eye can see.

"Xiaozao, Ah Yao, the dagger appears, cover your eyes..."

Qi Yuan knew all the monsters that appeared. Faced with so many monsters that it made his scalp tingle, he slowly raised his right hand.

The red thunder gathered and fell in an instant.

Lightning flowed along the ground like a waterfall, instantly sweeping over these creations of ink and brush. Countless monsters were struck by lightning and turned into a ball of ink, which then turned into green smoke and dissipated on the spot.

This skill has a large range and high damage, but the lead time is so long that it is not suitable for fighting opponents of the same level. It is a handsome and simple artifact.

"And protected my precious town."

Qi Yuan clapped his hands and spoke righteously, with a boundless sense of responsibility.

"I will stay here, tonight and all night long..."

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"..."

evening:??

"What exactly is going on?"

Xi lightly waved her brush, and the ink fell like raindrops, turning into monsters that rushed towards Poshan Town. Then, Qi Yuan washed the ground with lightning and thunder, and turned them into ink again and flowed into her bluestone inkstone.

There are many confusions in Xi's heart.

Poshan Town is a painting that she put a lot of thought into.

Originally, the time here was a huge chaos. Day after day, the townspeople repeated the process of listening to books in the morning, working during the day, resting at sunset, occasionally being killed by Moliang, and forgetting all of it the next day, in an endless cycle.

But after this man went in, everything changed.

It seemed as if time suddenly appeared in the painting and kept flowing forward. The townspeople were no longer rigid and all greeted Qi Yuan with smiles. They did not forget Qi Yuan when they woke up the next day.

The flow of time is that one day passes in the outside world and one hour passes in the painting.

And it is still accelerating.

One day, the flow of time inside and outside the painting will be synchronized. Xi is at a loss as to what to do and doesn't know what will happen then.

She clenched her teeth tightly, her red pupils full of confusion.

"Who are you and what is your purpose for coming here?"

"Why not leave? Would you be happy staying in this Poshan Town?"

Upset.

Xi waved her brush again, and more ink turned into monsters, rushing towards Qi Yuan. She saw Qi Yuan saying as if he was reading out the names of dishes: "Stolen, complacent, blindfolded... Damn, why are there so many angry monsters?"

"Hey, monster, eat my Heaven and Earth Qi White Thunder Righteousness!"

Qi Yuan is full of energy, like a Taoist priest.

Why?

Why does this man know the name of the Creator so clearly? !

Xi's brushstrokes paused, like a flash of lightning.

She suddenly thought that apart from the two brothers and sisters who secretly copied and sold the paintings for self-protection, no one knew these details, not even the people in the court.

The answer suddenly became clear.

The confusion in Xi's eyes quickly turned into anger, and he subconsciously looked at the giant sword placed beside him.

"Year……"

"I knew it was you, the playboy."

414: Xi hates sudden thunder and firecrackers

Xi hid alone at the bottom of the illusion, with a scroll spread out in front of her. She watched all of Qi Yuan's actions in Poshan Town with cold eyes, knowing everything about him like seeing through fire.

"Well……"

After looking for a while, Xi clenched the paintbrush in his left hand, and stroked the heavy sword beside him with his dominant right hand, the red sword edge glowing slightly.

For a moment, murderous aura filled the air.

"This person is too noisy, and he is full of affectation. He likes to communicate with others so much... It is indeed my sister's style. Did she design this to disgust me?"

Xi has been living in seclusion for too long.

To her, as long as they love to communicate, they are the same kind of people. It makes no difference whether they are a street urchin who is hated by everyone or a socialite who is loved by everyone.

Xi tapped the album lightly, as if he wanted to use his pen as a knife to ruthlessly kill Qi Yuan a thousand times.

However, it had no effect other than adding a few dark clouds to the sky of Poshan Town and increasing the number of monsters every night.

Although she is not physically there, she is not completely detached from Poshan Town. She has several avatars that Xi's consciousness can possess and immerse herself in the life of Poshan Town.

She frowned her dark eyebrows slightly and flicked the paintbrush lightly.

The next moment.

The storyteller from Poshan Town suddenly became speechless, his body shook slightly, and there was a hint of hostility in his eyes.

Bang!

Waving fans in front of people and banging tables with a wake-up stick.

"If you want to know what happens next, let's listen to the explanation next time."

Xi put the wake-up stick aside. He was in no mood to collect the reward money after the show. He walked straight out of the storytelling teahouse and looked around for Qi Yuan.

Soon, Xi found Qi Yuan. He climbed up to the roof with a ladder and was tinkering with something.

"what are you doing?"

Xi raised her head and asked in confusion.

"There is too much moisture here, and thick fog everywhere. I am working on a fresh air system to use the power of lightning to create a dry environment. However, I need to ground the room in advance and discharge the various ionized gases in time."

Qi Yuan answered enthusiastically and poked his head out from the roof.

evening:"……"

His face was gloomy, and it felt like a thousand years were galloping in his heart.

Are you crazy? Are you planning to stay here permanently? What is the attraction of a small town in a painting world, a remote place with nothing but humidity and monsters every day?

Xi is a cultured person.

She glanced at Qi Yuan in silence, waved her fan and said, "There are countless famous mountains and rivers in Yan Country. If we really want to choose a place to live, we will be overwhelmed by the choices. Why would a hero choose such a remote place?"

"My pleasure!"

Qi Yuan suddenly jumped down and suddenly came in front of Xi: "To me, this town has a special meaning, you will never understand."

Xi didn't say anything, but curled her lips.

"I have read countless stories, about mountains and rivers, about women and flowers, about peddlers, young and old men and women... I really don't know if there is anything I can't understand at all."

She said calmly, "Mr. Qi, there is no need to hide it."

"You really want to know?"

Qi Yuan glanced around and whispered mysteriously into Xi's ear:

“This is my spiritual time house.”

"?"

What the hell is this?!

Although it was only the consciousness that was possessed, Xi was still not used to whispering at such a close distance. She instinctively took two steps back and glanced at Qi Yuan.

After the latter finished speaking, he immediately climbed onto the roof and continued to work on the ventilation facilities, looking very contented.

She understood instantly that no matter what was in Qi Yuan's mouth, he would stay here and not leave.

"Oh, I wish you happiness then."

Xi opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say something harsh, but ended up uttering a wish that was against her will, which had a sarcastic tone to it, and then turned and walked away, extremely calmly.

Since you don't want to leave now, let the storm come even harder.

A green shadow suddenly rose up, the storyteller blinked, as if waking up from a dream, and hurried towards the teahouse.

The storytelling continues.

Xi Ze returned to the deepest part of the illusion. From beginning to end, she did not move a step. Her indifferent eyes gently swept across the scroll, and the brush gently swept, and with a wave of her hand, she increased the intensity of Qi Yuan.

"I want to see what you will do."

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In the blink of an eye, it was night again.

Qi Yuan stared, watching the training puppet training non-stop. The progress bar moved forward a little, but only 2 points of public morality were consumed.

"good."

Qi Yuan nodded with satisfaction: "Keep it up."

If it were placed in the outside world, the puppet would spin so fast that smoke would appear in just one hour, completing a 24-hour work content.

Qi Yuan’s mouth was almost stretched to his ears.

But think about it from another perspective...were the puppets slacking off before?

The smile disappeared.