Reborn as a beautiful girl, I want to be the best in the world

But the development of the barren mountain area actually took place more than ten years ago, which is obviously inconsistent with the expedition team a hundred years ago.

This means that there was some kind of power behind the scenes that helped the expedition group that suffered heavy losses and transported the Empire's human and material support to the side of the maze, which led to the current maze city of Astra.

In this silent dive, Ye Qing felt his thoughts becoming clearer.

Listening to Huangfu Wen Ning's description, Ye Qing was also trying hard to recall the background he had learned in the past.

It’s a pity that most of Ye Qing’s memory is about combat skills and strategies, and the part about the game background only accounts for a very small part. Even the later large-scale activities and copy plots are what Ye Qing remembers.

So what about the remaining third article?

Ye Qing thought unconsciously while sinking.

But at this moment, Ye Qing suddenly found that there was no sound from the other side, and it seemed that he had been diving for too long.

The witch's yarn seemed not to have fully stretched out, but Ye Qing remembered clearly that every time he dived a little, the witch's yarn wrapped around his arms would spread out a little.

But now, it seemed that the witch's spinning stopped at a certain level and did not continue to spread out.

Justice is already firmly in his hands, and Ye Qing is counting down silently in his heart.

three

two

一

!!!

The moment Ye Qing suddenly opened her eyes, the strong feeling of falling made her subconsciously want to stab the wall beside her with her sword.

But before Ye Qing could make a move, she fell onto the soft grass. The sharp contrast caused Ye Qing's entire body to shake.

It’s just like when people sometimes fall in a dream, and when the feeling of falling comes, they will suddenly wake up, and their whole body will tremble instantly.

Ye Qing was in exactly this state. He clearly felt like he was falling, but it was not like he was falling from a height. Instead, it was more like he just fell on the grass.

"what happened......"

Ye Qing gritted his teeth and slowly stood up.

This kind of feeling that makes people break out in cold sweats is really uncomfortable, but the scene in front of him made Ye Qing frown involuntarily.

The reason was simple: she was supposed to be diving, but now she was back on the ground.

No, that's not right!

After looking around, Ye Qing suddenly realized a serious problem. She quickly raised her sword and looked around, and clenched the witch's spinning yarn in her hand.

There is no trace of loyalty on this grassland.

The witch's yarn wrapped around Ye Qing's wrist was still submerged in the water. He did not activate the phase shift, and even if he did, the witch's yarn should have returned to the surface with Ye Qing!

what happened?

Am I still in the water, or am I being deceived by some trick?

This time, by closing his eyes, he was indeed not attacked by those arms, but at the same time, Ye Qing did not continue to dive normally like before.

The status bar does not show the diving breath-holding time, which means that I am not in the water, but the witch's spinning shows that I am not back to the grass.

Or...didn't it return to the original grass? !

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Ye Qing looked around.

It is still surrounded by ancient trees, with a clear pond in the center.

The only difference is probably that in the center of the small pond, there is a statue that is slightly submerged by the water.

Ye Qing cautiously held justice in his hand and moved towards the small pond.

Chapter 16 Truth and Mystery

ps: Today is the first update, there are two more updates

The thing that was submerged in the water did not move. After Ye Qing approached, he could see clearly what was under the water. It was a stone statue, a stone statue floating in the middle of the water.

Ye Qing tried to contact Huangfu Wen Ning again, but a prompt font kept appearing indicating that the friend function was not available in that area.

It seems that we can no longer get any news from Huangfu Wenning.

It was impossible to reach the stone statue directly from the shore, so Ye Qing decisively jumped into the water and slowly swam towards the statue.

After coming underwater, Ye Qing was able to see the appearance of the stone statue clearly.

It was a statue of a human body with a snake tail, but rather than calling it a statue, Ye Qing felt that the statue's expression was too lifelike. That peaceful and calm expression was in no way inferior to the frightened faces that had been seen underwater before.

Ye Qing walked around the statue cautiously. She found that there was no object fixing the statue underwater, as if the statue could float on the water by itself.

There's no way to get the answer if I continue like this. Now that this statue appears before my eyes, I might as well start with her.

Just as he was about to touch the statue, a sound from the shore made Ye Qing stop his outstretched hand.

"Adventurer, I advise you not to touch her."

This voice made Ye Qing stop what he was doing immediately, and then he looked towards the shore vigilantly.

Who else could that elf young woman standing on the shore be but Beatrice?

When did she come here? Or rather, how did she get here?

There were a lot of questions in Ye Qing's mind, but he did not return to the shore immediately.

She couldn't be sure what role Beatrice played in this mission.

"I originally just hoped that you, adventurer, could come here to help me retrieve something. Now it seems... I'm afraid you can't trust me right away, right?"

Beatrice sighed helplessly. The sad look between her brows could easily move any ordinary man.

Although from Ye Qing's perspective, she had to admit that this look was very attractive, but she had no intention of being moved by Beatrice.

"Then you might as well find a way to convince me."

Ye Qing stared at Beatrice and slowly approached the stone statue.

She did not touch the statue directly, but kept it at a distance within reach of her.

"Okay."

Beatrice slowly raised her hand, and several branches suddenly extended from the towering ancient trees around her and stretched towards Ye Qing.

The branches were not moving fast, and could even be said to be very slow. Ye Qing could cut off those branches with just a swing of his sword.

Those branches slowly extended into the water, as if they had built a special road leading to the shore for Ye Qing.

There was no obstruction or coercion, just giving this option to Ye Qing.

Should I touch the statue or go up and listen to Beatrice's explanation.

Ye Qing hesitated for a moment, then climbed up the passage formed by the branches and walked towards Beatrice.

At this moment, in the Astra Library, Huangfu Wenning found some interesting points after thoroughly reading these three articles.

As if designed to allow players to decipher the puzzles, the signatures of these three articles are all in handwriting that looks like talismans.

So Huangfu Wen Ning went directly to the front desk of the library and got the answer after asking.

"The characters in the signature are quite rare, but it's not hard for me to figure it out, meow~"

The cat curator with glasses meowed and patted the paper next to him with his paw, and a name appeared in front of Huangfu Wen Ning.

"Miss Beatrice, I hope your explanation will satisfy me."

Ye Qing didn't want to make any more threats. She simply leaned on her sword with both hands and stared at Beatrice with a little vigilance.

"In fact, I said I heard it at first. I did hide something about this matter."

Faced with Ye Qing's questioning, Beatrice no longer concealed herself.

Both parties are well aware of their current situation, so there is no need to continue talking nonsense.

Before Ye Qing could react, Beatrice took the initiative to explain her intentions.

"But if I'm not hiding anything, would you still be willing to come here, adventurer? You're not the first person to come here. Before you, there were many people who retreated out of fear and eventually died in this pool."

Beatrice sighed softly. How could she not try something else in the past hundred years?

Hearing Beatrice say this, Ye Qing naturally couldn't help but think of those underwater faces, those hideous expressions and countless arms.

If Ye Qing had not gotten the hint from the article, he would not have thought of closing his eyes to get through the thing at the bottom of the pool.

"Then what on earth is this thing that you had to hide it from me and trick me into coming here?"

Ye Qing asked this most important question, which led to the current horrific situation.

"Adventurer, you must know how many floors there are in Astra's underground labyrinth, right?"

Astra's Underground Labyrinth

According to the memory of the previous life, Ye Qing still remembered that there were a total of ninety-nine floors in the dungeon. Although there was a hundred-story dungeon in the legend, it had never been opened, and only the blood-red door had always been located at the border of the ninety-ninth floor.

"Ninety-nine floors?"

"It is true that the ninety-ninth floor can be explored at present, but that is because the Empire's expeditionary group has opened up a path that can be explored stably. But in fact, the original dungeon was not like that at all."

Beatrice sighed. Everything started from this dungeon.

"In fact, there are more than ninety-nine floors in the underground city. When the Imperial Expeditionary Group first arrived at this place, they arrived at the last floor. This is also the reason why the Imperial Expeditionary Group suffered heavy losses."

As Beatrice spoke, the branches nearby gathered into a crisscross and chaotic cave, from top to bottom, like an inverted hurricane.

The top floor was marked by Beatrice, and she pointed to the top floor.

"In fact, the underground city in the past was like an ant nest. It was because the Imperial Expeditionary Group broke the seal of the first layer and took away the items that controlled the underground palace that led to the underground city you see today."

Props to control the underground palace?

"Is it the statue in the lake? Did you ask me to come here just for that prop?"

Ye Qing’s first reaction was of course the statue in the lake, but Beatrice shook her head with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

"No, the tool that controlled the underground palace was destroyed in the battle that year. What remains are just some fragments of power."

Chapter 17 The Real Enemy

ps: Today is the second update, and I still owe nine more

"In that case..."

Ye Qing glanced at the sculpture in the lake. For some reason, she seemed to feel someone was staring at her at that moment.

But apart from Beatrice, there were no other clear targets around. The only suspicious thing was the sculpture in the lake.

"...What exactly do you want me to take away by coming here?"

The original purpose was to exchange for the heart of the dryad, but now the task has become less simple.

Legendary mission

Time is no longer

Mission Description: You have arrived at the door to the truth. It is up to you to choose whether to uncover the truth or let it sleep in time.

Warning: Player choices will affect the progress and outcome of the mission, please choose carefully

Looking closely at the mission description, there is actually no mention of any compensation, and the mission reward is still unknown.

If Ye Qing had used a different method to exchange the heart of the tree demon at that time, I'm afraid the task he received would have changed accordingly, right?

"If you hadn't come here, you would still be able to harvest a large amount of wealth at the bottom of the pond. Those things were originally ownerless."

While the two were talking, Ye Qing felt that the gazes on her were becoming more and more intense, to the point where she felt like a thorn in her back.

This made her turn around subconsciously, and ripples appeared on the originally calm surface of the lake.

Beatrice sighed softly and protected Ye Qing behind her.

The surrounding giant trees suddenly stretched out countless branches, which directly wrapped around the sculpture in the pool. The overwhelming branches shocked Ye Qing.

If she were in her current state, it would be difficult for her to resist such a comprehensive attack.

If Beatrice had launched a direct sneak attack, I would have been back to the login screen in the water.

"But if we don't knock that guy down now, neither of us will be able to leave today."