bookandnovel Chapter 4172 The Tree Man and the Scarecrow
Chapter 4172 The Tree Man and the Scarecrow
Chapter 4172 The Tree Man and the Scarecrow
Upon hearing the high priest say that the consciousness of the wine cup and others had entered the secret realm, everyone in the live broadcast room secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the process was tortuous and bizarre, the result was not bad at all.
Most importantly, even after their consciousness escapes into the secret realm, their physical bodies are not in danger. According to the high priest, they will be "raised" in the so-called blood prison.
Although the "raising" here is for feeding the leeches, it is ultimately just bleeding them out, and they won't die immediately.
For them, that was enough.
Previously, they were worried about what would happen to their physical bodies after their consciousness entered the chocolate factory. Now, they finally have a clear destination, even if it sounds creepy, it's better than disappearing completely.
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The following live stream footage offered virtually no important clues.
The Silent Priest checked their physical condition, confirmed that their vital signs were normal, and that they had simply become "vegetative" before leaving.
Only the little white snake wearing a pink nurse's cap was left to take care of them.
The little white snake simply hung itself on the headboard of the hospital bed, its eyes closed and motionless, causing the live stream to display a static image.
Seeing that there was no more information to be obtained, the water clone temporarily shut down the live stream.
Just like the previous live stream of the Ice Maiden's physical body, there are no special changes, so let's leave it for now.
After temporarily shutting down the live stream featuring the wine glass and its inanimate objects, they didn't leave but waited silently...
As previously agreed.
Once the group enters the secret area, they will immediately search for the mirror to restart the live stream.
So, what they're waiting for now is a new live streaming room.
Time passed by minute by minute.
About ten minutes later, the water clone turned around and said, "The main body has sent a message that a new signal has connected. It should be the live stream room from the secret area opened by the wine glass!"
"Connecting!"
"Three, two, one..."
After the water clone counted down from three, a new live stream room was launched in the mid-air live stream area.
The moment the live stream appeared, the first thing that came into view was an elegant and serene white-haired woman.
Her face was directly facing the live stream screen, and she seemed to be wiping something, breathing on it as she did so...
When she breathes, you can see the fine white hairs on her face up close.
If nothing unexpected happens, this white-haired woman should be the "new skin" for the wine glass.
Everyone who enters the chocolate factory has their consciousness sink into a new body. The white-haired woman who started the live stream is almost certainly a wine glass.
Her action at that moment was likely wiping the mirror.
After wiping, she then created frost marks on the mirror, in other words... she turned on the microphone.
"I knew I'd change bodies, but I didn't expect it to still look like the Snow Woman." The wine glass sighed, "Doesn't that make me the same as the Ice Woman?"
"Never mind, it's just a small matter."
After muttering a few words, the wine glass finally looked directly at the mirror and waved its hand: "Everyone in the live stream, can you see me?"
"I don't know if you've received the live stream signal, but never mind that for now, let me explain my situation..."
"I woke up about five minutes ago..."
As soon as she woke up, she found herself in an empty room.
Her memory is still stuck on the moment she fell into the stinking ditch.
She vividly remembers telling the little boy before she lost consciousness to find some wine and pour it into her head glass, and then she knows nothing more.
She originally thought that her words before she fainted had worked; the little boy had found the wine and satisfied her craving, which was why she woke up.
But when she woke up, she realized something was wrong.
Firstly, the body becomes softer, unlike the smooth, porcelain-like feel of the past.
Secondly, she had only been awake for a short time when new information kept pouring into her mind, as if someone were pouring wine into her head through a bottle.
After a moment of confusion, the wine glass confirmed one thing from this new information.
She is now in the "Employee Contract Office," which is located in... the Dream Chocolate Factory.
In other words, she inexplicably achieved her goal of entering Wanmeng Cloud Harbor: entering the secret area!
The wine glass felt a sudden dizziness.
She clearly fell into a stinking ditch with a little boy before she lost consciousness, so how did she wake up in this secret place? What exactly happened in between?
Although the wine glass felt like reading a novel with missing chapters, once she confirmed that she was indeed in the secret place, she temporarily put aside her concern for the "truth of the process".
Let's address the immediate situation first.
First, find a mirror to restart the live stream signal!
Fortunately, the empty room where the wine glass was located happened to have a classic full-length mirror embedded in the wall.
She manipulated the frost to crack the mirror, then took a small piece to use as a live-streaming mirror. Next, she wiped it clean and waited for the signal to connect...
"It feels a bit strange, but this Yuki-onna's body has a stronger ability to manipulate frost than my original body." He murmured to himself, his wine glass pointed at the live stream camera, "Could this be considered a kind of enhancement?"
"I can hear bells ringing in my head." The wine glass rubbed his temples and frowned. "Now I understand why Satan was angry about the bells before."
Every ten minutes, a bell would ring in my mind, reminding the wine glass to hurry up and report to the shaping workshop.
Yes, the wine glass, like the Ice Maiden, has now been assigned to the Shaping Workshop as a Frost Condenser.
She knew from the information in her mind that she had to reach the Shaping Workshop within an hour, or else she would be struck by annihilation lightning.
She is not currently a rebel, nor does she have any means of downgrading her lightning punishment. If she is truly struck by the annihilation lightning punishment, she will only face death. Therefore, although she finds the chiming in her mind annoying, she has to admit that its existence makes her feel a sense of urgency.
Fortunately, she had watched Ice Girl's live stream and knew where the body shaping workshop was.
With a direction in mind, as long as no unexpected events occur along the way, we should be able to arrive on time.
"I'll leave the employee contract office now and go report to the shaping workshop." The wine glass, holding the mirror, walked outside.
As he walked, he muttered to himself, "I don't know if this is lucky or unlucky, I'm the only one who came... If I had known, I should have had Nijue, Na, and Nailong come with me."
"That's not right either."
"How exactly did I get into the secret realm? If they were with me, could they also get in?"
"Could it be that the little boy is a member of the Protestant sect?"
"But that doesn't seem like it... I don't sense he had much malice. Could it be that after that little boy saved me, I encountered members of the Shintoist faction in the process?"
The wine glass was completely baffled.
Even those like Angell who knew the answer couldn't tell her; at least within the windowed copy, the question about the wine glass couldn't be explained.
As soon as the wine glass stepped out of the door, it arrived at the corridor of the contract office.
The information in her mind told her that the end of the corridor should be the hall of the contracting office, where there was a door to leave.
Once you exit, you'll enter the main area of the Dream Chocolate Factory.
As the wine glass familiarized itself with the snow woman's new body, it walked towards the end of the corridor.
Just as she was about to reach the hall, a large door nearby was pushed open, and a slender tree-man dressed entirely in white walked out of the door.
The wine glass stared at the tree-man for a moment, seemingly surprised to encounter someone so soon after stepping outside.
The pure white tree spirit looked the wine glass up and down with great interest, but when it saw the mirror on the glass, its withered eyes suddenly froze.
"You are... the Ice Maiden?"
The tree-man's voice had a certain hoarse quality, but the tone rose, as if imitating some kind of decadent music.
"I'm not the Ice Maiden, I'm the Snow Maiden," the wine glass replied instinctively.
After replying, the wine glass suddenly realized something and abruptly looked up at the treant: "The Ice Maiden you're talking about is..."
Seeing the sudden look of surprise in the "Snow Woman's" eyes, the Tree Man seemed to understand something and whispered, "The Ice Woman is a very diligent... streamer."
Upon hearing this, the wine glass immediately understood that the tree-man in front of it definitely knew something.
It's even possible that it was her companion!
Could it be that Satan has begun to recruit local employees, turning them into rebels? Is this tree-man here to guide his rebels?
"A rebel?" Upon hearing the Snow Woman's low question, the treant already understood the identity of the person before him and said irritably, "I am not, I am... Na."
After a pause, the treant looked at the "snow woman": "Are you a wine glass?"
The wine glass nodded sharply, rushed straight to the tree man, and gave him a deep hug.
"Na!"
"Great, you're here too! I thought I was the only one who came in!"
The treant "Na" patted the snow maiden on the shoulder and whispered, "If there are no surprises, not only me, but the milk dragon should also be coming in."
The wine glass looked up at Na: "Really? Milk Dragon came in too?"
Na nodded, then shook her head: "I'm not really sure if the Milk Dragon came in. But the Milk Dragon and I were both drugged and knocked out by the Silent Priest. I was sacrificed to the secret place, and the Milk Dragon should have been the same."
"The Silent Priestess?" Wine Glass asked, puzzled. "Who is she?"
Na: "The countdown is urging us on. Let's talk as we walk, and see if Milk Dragon is here."
He nodded, his wine cup in salutation.
They said they were looking for Milk Dragon, but they didn't actually go looking for it. Instead, they planned to leave the employee contract office first. If Milk Dragon were really here, it would definitely leave immediately, so waiting outside was the best option.
On the way outside, Na briefly explained their situation.
After falling into a coma, he was captured by the Blood Faction and taken to the Bloodbound Dungeon. He was then rescued, but it turned out that there were bad guys mixed in with the crowd. They were drugged by a woman named the Silent Priestess.
When I awoke again, I found myself in a secret place.
According to Na, "Before we were anesthetized and fell into a coma, we heard the whispers of the Silent Priest, instructing us to sleep in silence. Based on these whispers, it can be basically confirmed that she is a member of the Divine Order."
Therefore, Na basically imagined the whole story: the Silent Priest from the Divine Faction had been lurking in the righteous path, posing as a doctor and logistics officer.
This time, because the Bloodlust faction caused a ruckus in the Old Town, the Silent Priests, along with the Dufield family and law enforcement personnel, came to the Old Town to carry out a cleanup operation.
The Silent Priests served as logistics personnel, staying in the rear.
After Na and the Milk Dragon were sent to her, she discovered that they belonged to a rare race, possessed elemental powers, and most importantly, their identities were not very important... So, she secretly sacrificed them and sent them to a secret place.
The above is Na's speculation.
Although we are still some distance from the complete truth, it is largely correct.
After listening to Na's story, a look of emotion and doubt flashed in the wine glass's eyes.
What I feel is the plight of Na and the Milk Dragon, and what I wonder is... if they were sacrificed in this way, what about myself?
When she first saw Na, she thought she and Na had entered the secret realm together through a sacrifice, but she didn't expect that Na and the Milk Dragon didn't see her at all before they fell unconscious.
So how did she get into the secret place?
"What are you thinking about?" Na asked, puzzled, as she watched the wine glass remain lost in thought.
He didn't hide anything and briefly explained his situation.
Na: "???"
"You fell into the sewer and passed out, then woke up in the secret realm??"
He nodded, his wine cup in salutation.
Na looked astonished. She really couldn't understand what the wine glass had gone through to be able to enter the secret realm after falling unconscious. What kind of luck was that?!
"Perhaps something unexpected happened after you fell into a coma?"
"That's what I think too, but I don't know exactly what happened... Maybe the little boy knows, but we have no way to find him right now."
"Forget it, there's no point in talking about it." The wine glass sighed. "Right now, I'm wondering how my body is doing. Am I still soaking in the sewers?"
When the topic of health came up, Na's expression turned somewhat gloomy.
She was most likely sacrificed by the Priestess of Silent Peace, and the priest probably wouldn't leave her physical body behind.
Who knows, her body might already be cut into pieces and thrown into the sewer.
Na shook her head: "Don't think too much. As long as our consciousness and soul enter the secret place, we have already achieved our goal. As for our physical bodies, I believe that the power of the fairy realm will reshape them for us when we leave the window."
The wine glass nodded helplessly: "I hope so."
Soon, they arrived at the gate of the contract office. To their surprise, a figure was already standing outside the ornate iron gate, seemingly waiting for them.
Look closely.
It was a scarecrow woven from golden wheat stalks.
It wore a reddish-brown wide-brimmed hat and was dressed in a very eye-catching outfit, with a red and gold coat, a rainbow crossbody bag, and various balloons and ribbons tied to its back.
The overall design is very vibrant, like a cheerful clown from a circus.
Even the stalks under the straw are made of slender teak wood, carved with various patterns, exquisite and elegant.
At this moment, the "clown scarecrow" saw someone coming out of the contract office, and immediately turned its head to sized up the newcomer...
"Two people? Hmm, are there any?"
The clown scarecrow didn't probe or bother to discern anything; it simply asked blankly.
The distinctive "zhiwu" sound in its speech immediately revealed its identity to the wine glass and Na:
"A milk dragon?!"