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

It was at this time that Ye Qing discovered why he felt like he was falling, but his legs felt so heavy.

"Although it is only a clone of Gorgon, it will be dangerous if the petrification is not removed in time."

When Ye Qing heard Beatrice mention the snake girl's name for the first time, he secretly memorized it in his heart.

Gorgon, this might be the name of the BOSS on the hundredth floor.

"The Gorgon is..."

"The name of the being that controls the hundredth floor of the dungeon. I lost the heart of the dryad and no longer have the strength to recite her name. But now?"

Beatrice smiled and pointed to her chest.

"Now that I have retrieved her heart, I have the ability to break her power, so there is no need to hide it anymore."

Retrieve the Heart

Ye Qing remembered that he had handed over the Dryad's Heart at the last moment, and perhaps it was at that time that Beatrice took it back.

Judging from the results, this can probably be considered a blessing, right?

I was very lucky to avoid death and loss of equipment.

Although I didn't exchange the Dryad's Heart for new equipment, I was lucky enough not to lose my exclusive equipment and suits.

It is still too dangerous to undertake a mission of this difficulty alone.

Ye Qing thought he was well prepared, but still failed in front of such a powerful BOSS as the Gorgon incarnation.

"Aren't you curious about what I asked you to take away?"

Chapter 21 Imperial Expedition

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To be honest, Ye Qing felt that Beatrice was a bit unreliable.

Looking at Beatrice's faint smile, she looked like a cunning little devil, an expression that Beatrice would never have before.

Perhaps it is just as Beatrice said, that by taking back the heart of the dryad, she also truly took back her own "heart".

"Then you should say so."

Ye Qing leaned against the stone behind her unhappily. Since her legs were still petrified, she could just take a break for a while.

"Good~"

When a ladle of emerald green liquid directly soaked Ye Qing's knees, Ye Qing also felt that his legs finally began to feel something.

Beatrice also stopped what she was doing and put the small ladle in her hand into the bowl made of tree roots next to her.

"Of course there is a treasure here, and it is a very precious treasure. You still remember that I told you before that the existence that originally controlled the underground palace has been taken away."

Hearing Beatrice talking about it, Ye Qing also nodded.

She still remembered that when the snake woman first appeared, Beatrice mentioned that the Imperial Expedition had taken such a thing from the first hundredth floor of the dungeon.

But at that time, they had to face Gorgon's clone, and neither side had much time to continue discussing the matter.

"Yes, you can't ask me to get something like that, right?"

"What you think is quite beautiful."

After being choked by Beatrice, Ye Qing also snorted with a smile.

Beatrice picked up a green fruit from the grass, wiped it on the apron in front of her skirt, and handed it to Ye Qing.

"I did have some intention of testing you, so I told you this location at the beginning, wanting to see if you could take out the treasure at the bottom of the pool."

Beatrice raised her head and looked at the sky which was still blue, with some emotion vaguely flowing in her eyes.

Over the past hundred years, there have been people like Ye Qing, but there has only been one.

"Does the temptation refer to those hands at the bottom of the lake?"

Ye Qing took a bite of the fruit. Even in the virtual world, the fruit seemed sweet and delicious.

"You saw a hand... That's right, that was a test, or a trial. If you can't even pass that test, do you think you can still face the incarnation of Gorgon?"

If you think about it carefully, Beatrice's question is not without reason.

Those hands at the bottom of the lake seem to be more of a barrier and will not directly attack the player.

It can be said that the hand at the bottom of the lake is more about testing the player's ability to respond, and seeking help from Huangfu Wenning naturally belongs to this part.

Ye Qing certainly had other ways, but those methods were most likely violent breakthroughs, and there was no way to get to the "this side" that Beatrice mentioned.

"So I was actually quite surprised when you arrived here on your own."

Beatrice put her hands on her knees, leaned on her arms and looked at Ye Qing quietly.

"I had thought that I would let you go over there to deal with the Gorgon's incarnation after I was ready. But your early arrival disrupted the plan and forced me to follow you."

These preparations may be what Ye Qing did not notice in this mission.

Ye Qing's intuition told her that there should be more clues waiting for her to solve the mystery of the three articles.

But by chance, Ye Qing passed through the obstruction of those arms and arrived at "this side" first.

"so?"

"It takes a century for someone to come with the Heart of the Dryad. I can't let her die in the hands of the Gorgon, can I?"

This time it was Beatrice's turn to be angry. She reached out and gently stroked Ye Qing's long hair. For some reason, Ye Qing did not resist Beatrice's five fingers running through her long hair.

It does not give people a feeling of invasion, but rather it seems to be integrated into nature, like a breeze blowing through hair.

"So I never had the chance to take what you wanted in the first place, right?"

"Correct."

A simple and decisive answer, without any extra emotion in Beatrice's eyes.

"now what?"

Ye Qing asked back directly, her latent competitive spirit had been quietly aroused.

"Don't you want to hear the story of the Imperial Expedition?"

These words made Ye Qing stunned for a moment. When Beatrice said this, the emotions that had been suppressed seemed to finally change a little.

There seemed to be an indescribable emotion in those green eyes.

Lonely, disappointed, tangled...

He looked at his legs which were still petrified. He knew he would gain nothing if he just left, so he might as well listen to Beatrice's story here. At least he got a story.

"Then tell me about it."

Ye Qing simply closed his eyes and found a more comfortable position to lean back.

A hundred years ago, after ending the chaos among human nations, the Western Human Empire decided to start solving the strange phenomena in various places.

Such as demons attacking humans, fire falling from the sky, a crown that can walk on its own, and so on.

Many rumors like this have been confirmed, most of which are about the power of monsters or lost objects from gods and demons. The most famous one is that there is an underground palace full of wealth deep in a forest somewhere.

This incident attracted more and more people to explore, but in the end most of them never returned, until the empire noticed this legend.

Perhaps having obtained evidence from somewhere, the Empire sent out a rather luxurious lineup and secretly formed an Imperial Expeditionary Force to investigate.

Human, Dwarf, Elf, Dragon Man, Orc

The strong men from the five major races selected from various fields also arrived at the rumored area as the empire expected, and confirmed the existence of an underground palace there.

The legend was confirmed, and the Empire naturally instructed the expedition team not to act rashly, but only to explore the shallow layer and make sure the surrounding area was safe.

After all, Astra was originally located in a dense forest. If it weren't for the concentrated manpower and material resources to open up the road and build such a maze city, it would probably be a long time before humans could conquer the underground palace.

But for some unknown reason, this order was not accurately conveyed to the Imperial Expeditionary Group.

Or rather, they did receive the order, but there were problems in execution.

"When they entered the first level, they faced the Gorgon. It was good that the impact didn't crush them directly."

Beatrice looked at the stones and snake body on the grass next to her, and there was inevitably some anger in her tone.

Chapter 22 Power

ps: Today is the third update, and I still owe seven more

"I've always heard you talk about Gorgon, but what exactly is her strength?"

Ye Qing opened her eyes slightly. She didn't know why, but even though the sun was shining brightly and the sky was blue with white clouds overhead, she always felt something inexplicably off-kilter.

Since it has been mentioned all the time, it is better to be direct. This way, Ye Qing can at least get some information about the Hundred-floor BOSS.

"To put it simply, visual deviation and blurred cognition, for you humans, just these two points are enough to make most people collapse."

Beatrice stretched out two slender white fingers and then clenched her fist.

Visual deviation, blurred perception?

How can such an effect be shown in the game? Is it really necessary to create some illusions?

Ye Qing could understand the triggering defense of the skills in the previous pool of water. It was nothing more than judging the timing of skill release through analyzing the player's eyes closed.

But visual bias?

It’s not like there haven’t been games in the history of gaming that have created this kind of effect, but the impact on players is not small, and such things will most likely be weakened or fail to pass review.

"So the Imperial Expedition was defeated because of these two reasons?"

Ye Qing followed up on this question, but she saw Beatrice shaking her head.

"of course not."

There are not only humans in the Imperial Expedition, but also elves, dwarves, dragon people and orcs.

Dwarves have poor resistance to magic, but are very resistant to physical attacks. In front of Gorgons, they are just meat shields that are more durable than humans.

But things changed when it came to the dragon people. As beings with dragon blood, their resistance was quite high.

Similarly, they do not necessarily need to use their eyes to observe the world.

Take the dragon for example. Many people have questioned that the dragon’s eyes cannot fully observe things. However, when fighting the dragon, many blind spots that humans think of are not worth mentioning to the dragon.

Not to mention the elves, these beings with long ears can use hearing instead of eyes, so there is no need to fear interference from visual deviation.

Orcs have both advantages and disadvantages, and no one can tell for sure whether orcs have high or low resistance.

Therefore, when the Imperial Expeditionary Force first encountered the Gorgons, it still managed to gain a chance to catch its breath and did not suffer a complete defeat right away.

But who would have thought that this victory would become the strongest record of human dungeon conquering in the past hundred years.

The collapse of the Imperial Expedition began when they came into contact with the power that controlled the underground palace.

The strong men blocked the Gorgon's attack and even resisted the influence of those negative states, achieving a level where they could advance steadily.

But not everyone can resist such influence. There are other warriors in the Imperial Expedition who, after being influenced by Gorgon, "accidentally" come into contact with the power that controls the underground palace.

The collapse began from this moment.

"My former companions wielded the butcher's knife against me. In the face of a few strong men and a majority of warriors, the few strong men were unable to restrain the warriors while resisting the Gorgons."

Beatrice sighed deeply, as if she had returned to the past.

When the entire team began to collapse from within, it was as if the supporting pillars were removed, and it completely collapsed from top to bottom until it was destroyed.

But despite such huge sacrifices, there are some gains.

When the terrifying power entered the body of a human, she did not immediately wield the butcher knife at her teammates. Instead, she turned around and rushed out of the underground palace, taking the power away from the dungeon.

It was her decision that saved the Imperial Expedition from being destroyed in the underground palace, and made people realize that there was a terrible power in the underground palace.

After the defeated soldiers walked out of the underground palace, when the power controlling the underground palace faded away, the original ant nest-like underground palace also changed accordingly, and eventually formed the current situation of the Astra underground city.

As for the final whereabouts of the person who left, no one knows.

"According to what you said, after the power in the underground palace was brought out, did some of it flow to this place?"

After listening to this story, Ye Qing also had a basic understanding of Astra's original story.