High Energy QR Code: 8. The story in the mirror
While shopping at the market, Xing Ye secretly inquired about the basic information of this world.
Civilians in this world are confined to the land, and few leave their homes. Travelers are mostly wandering poets, knights eager to become stronger, and rich nobles who travel in carriages and servants. They will choose to live in taverns, inns, farms, castles, and churches. Among them, the environment of taverns is poor and the worst. Generally, only wandering poets and ascetics of the church lived there. Knights would rather sleep in the open than live in a tavern unless they needed someone to take care of their horses.
For Xing Ye, the tavern is the best place to collect information. As for the accommodation environment, he is not particularly picky, and he can tolerate it no matter how dirty it is.
The chest of this body is too big, even if it is wrapped tightly with cloth strips, it will still bulge a little. A mug of beer, sitting in a corner eavesdropping on other people's conversations.
After taking a sip of beer, Xing Ye used the utmost perseverance to control his facial muscles, and did not spit out the wine. What kind of bad beer is this?
He heard the follow-up about the fire in Earl Luca's manor. The people in the tavern seemed to be very happy to talk about the aristocrat who killed himself because of his ridiculous life. Everyone thought that Earl Luca was playing tricks with the maid. It fell down and ignited the curtains and bed sheets, causing a fire. He has no children, but has two younger brothers who did not inherit the title. Now the two of them are rushing to Count Luca's castle to compete for his inheritance and title.
No one of the two younger brothers cared how the elder brother died, to be precise, he died well. Instead of punishing the servants in the manor, they gave some rewards to win them over.
In this way, the village where Claire lives will not be affected.
Everything went too smoothly... Xing Ye secretly thought, these are just his ideas, although there is a high probability of realizing it, but it will not be so smooth, why is it like this?
There seems to be a new message prompt on the bracelet, but now there are so many people, even if other people can't see the bracelet, it is not convenient to check it.
Xing Ye drank all the beer in one gulp, then ordered another glass of wine, endured the taste like black vinegar, and continued to listen to the gossip.
Recently, besides the issue of Earl Luca's property inheritance, there is also the Queen's birthday that has been hotly discussed. It will be the Queen's 500th birthday in half a month, and the nobles are preparing gifts for the Queen.
Wait, five hundredth birthday?
Xing Ye almost spewed out the black vinegar-flavored wine. When the narrator introduced the background of the story, he did say it was a long time ago, but he didn't expect the time to go back five hundred years!
Is it really like a fairy tale world? But after listening for a long time, I haven't heard anything about magic, dragons, elves, dwarves, adventurers, etc., and he is just a newcomer who can't even use the initial skills. If the first world is so difficult, then There is no possibility of winning at all.
There was probably only so much information collected all night. Xing Ye returned to the single room he had reserved, and frowned as soon as he entered the door. Not to mention the damp in the room, there were still some indescribable bugs crawling on the walls. .
He took off his cloak and laid it on the bed before he felt more comfortable. He clicked on the bracelet and found a gray icon lit up.
Game rewards: Congratulations to the player for eliminating the first opponent, and the system will give the player a chance to set the plot. Since the player did not use this right within one hour, the system defaulted to using this opportunity for the death of Count Luca.
So that's the case, this message explained the doubts in Xing Ye's heart. The game rewards didn't pop up automatically like the narration, causing him to miss the set time, but even if he noticed, it would only be used for Count Luca's follow-up, and now it happened to be the ending he wanted.
As for the queen's lifespan, you may need to ask this spiritual mirror.
The mirror has been placed in the bag of clothes (women's clothing), Xing Ye took it out from a pile of lace.
Cracks appeared on the mirror surface. Xing Ye touched it and found that the mirror surface was smooth, and the cracks were simply patterns in the mirror.
Why does it look like it's broken? Xing Ye was a little puzzled.
Mirror: Go away!
Xing Ye followed the position reflected by the mirror and looked up at the ceiling. A group of xiaoqiangs with beards crawled on the wall. They were all fat and strong, and they seemed to be able to fly.
Mirror: Detain me quickly!
Xing Ye secretly added "fear of bugs" to the attributes of the mirror, and thoughtfully covered himself and the mirror with the spare cloak in the package. Only then did the mirror's mood stabilize, and the cracks gradually disappeared.
"I just found out in the tavern that the Queen is five hundred years old, and you are a spiritual mirror. What's the reason for this?" Xing Ye asked.
The mirror surface of the mirror suddenly changed, and a beautiful woman in luxurious clothes appeared like a video on a mobile phone. She was wearing a horse riding suit, turned around in front of a full-length mirror, and asked: "Mirror, mirror, who is it?" The most beautiful woman in the world?"
"It's you." The mirror said.
It was the first time for Xing Ye to hear a voice in the mirror. The story was somewhat similar to Snow White, so he watched it patiently.
The beautiful woman kissed the mirror and said with a smile: "I will not only be the most beautiful woman, but also the strongest, defeating all men in the hunting ground."
But as soon as the picture changed, the woman appeared in front of the mirror with blood on her face: "My face is ruined, am I still the most beautiful woman in the world?"
"Yes," replied the mirror, "your beauty lies in your appearance."
"You lied to me...hahahahaha!" The Queen stepped back covering her face, and never asked about her appearance in the mirror.
The mirror was quietly placed in the queen's bedroom, and the image of the queen destroying the faces of countless beautiful maids appeared on the mirror, and the originally bright mirror gradually dimmed.
Finally one day, the woman who was as beautiful as ever without any scars came to the mirror again and asked, "Mirror, mirror, am I the most beautiful woman in the world? I got a magic book, According to the above description, I boiled the hearts of ninety-nine virgins into soup and drank it, not only my appearance was restored, but I also gained the power of immortality, from now on, no one will be more beautiful than me.”
But the mirror replied: "I have sworn allegiance to the most beautiful person in the world, to show her everything she wants to see, and to help her realize her wishes. But my queen, you have become so powerful , I can't find a reason to help you."
"No!" The Queen's voice became sharper, "You must serve me! My face must be washed every ten years with the blood of the second most beautiful woman in the world, otherwise the wound will show, I I want you to help me find her."
"No," the voice of the mirror was very sad, "Queen, look at your face now, you are no longer my master."
The queen in the mirror suddenly changed, the whole skin peeled off, and her slender fingers turned into sharp claws. At this time, she was no longer a human being, but a devil.
The queen screamed when she saw what she looked like. She picked up the sword and smashed the mirror with a sword, and shouted in a piercing voice: "Come on, burn this mirror for me, and exchange it for me in the world." The most gorgeous mirror."
A broken mirror can still speak: "Queen, have you forgotten? I am a magic mirror. I can appear in any mirror and never disappear."
"Then I will smash all the mirrors and pollute the river with dirty blood, so that no water surface can reflect the picture, and you will have no place to stay." The queen stepped on the broken mirror, coldly He said, "Unless you are willing to become my faithful servant again one day."
The picture disappears here, and a sentence reluctantly emerges from the mirror in Xing Ye's hand: When I saw that girl in the river, I knew she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Claire, please help me, help me awaken the queen's kind soul.
"I refuse." Xing Ye said indifferently, "She has killed so many people, if she can be forgiven by a single sentence of correction, then why do you need the law."
Returning to Normal Mirror Seconded: I think so too.
Xing Ye: "..."
Dare to love the mirror only to know this story, were you watching it with him just now?
"Do you get the plot in stages?" Xing Ye asked, "Every time I reach a plot point, or every time I trigger a plot, can you tell me the background of the story?"
Mirror: You got it again.
Xing Ye ignored the mirror's skin. He was not interested in the plot that was obviously a story. It was just to prevent two unknown people from setting the four endings. A difficult thing.
On the contrary, the existence of the mirror made him more curious. It was supposed to be an important plot prop designed by the manipulator, but which prop would ignore the narrator's order and say that its master is ugly, would see through the player's identity, and would go with the player? Watch the plot and post comments, and finally, I am afraid of bugs.
Aside from appearance, Xing Ye feels that what he gets along with is a real person, not a plot prop.
Recalling the undisguised malice of the Black and White Rubik's Cube, and the description of the game's rewards and punishments in the first mission, an unbelievable idea suddenly appeared in Xing Ye's mind, which was quite contrary to common sense, but it was possible.
If you want to see the true face of a thing, it is not enough to rely on clues, logic and experience alone, you also need to make bold assumptions and carefully verify. Countless great inventions are born from the bold imagination of scientists, and we must believe in all possibilities.
Thinking of this, Xing Ye boldly asked: "Are you... the player who failed the mission?"
Mirror: "..."
It... No, he actually flew up into the air and turned himself over to prevent Xing Ye from looking at the mirror, and he tried his best to get into Xing Ye's clothes.
Xing Ye: "..."
Looks like I guessed right.