VCRMM: Chapter 289

Xu Sili looked at Si Sheng, speechless.

He had now become the size of a figurine. Everyone he saw was many times larger. In his eyes, Si Sheng was like a giant.

Fortunately, the shield that Si Sheng cast on him seemed to provide special protection. The sound he heard was still at the normal decibel level and didn’t cause any discomfort to his ears.

“Change me back first,” Xu Sili said.

He thought that since Si Sheng could change himself back, it should be possible to change him back as well.

However, there was obvious hesitation in Si Sheng’s eyes.

Xu Sili was still holding Si Sheng’s finger. Seeing Si Sheng’s expression, he could guess what this man was thinking. He couldn’t help opening his mouth to bite the fingertip.

Si Sheng didn’t feel any pain at all. Instead, he felt an itch on his fingertip that went all the way to his heart.

Looking at the mini man on his palm, his eyes were full of love and he felt like his heart was about to melt into water.

Xu Sili finally opened his mouth.

It was because he realized that even if he was a normal size, he might not be able to bite Si Sheng painfully, let alone now that he had become so small. It was more like a flirtation than a punishment.

“Si Sheng!” He glared angrily.

However, his angry expression had no deterrent effect at all. In Si Sheng’s eyes, it made him even more adorable.

Still, Si Sheng started to smooth things over.

He closed his eyes again and a golden light shrouded Xu Sili’s body again.

Xu Sili waited quietly, but suddenly had a realization in his heart.

He stared at Si Sheng.

Sure enough, he hadn’t changed back to his original form after the golden light disappeared.

Si Sheng opened his eyes, looked over innocently and said, “Ah Li…”

“Okay, you don’t have to say anything.” Xu Sili rolled his eyes. “If I continue to maintain this body shape, can you protect me?”

Si Sheng laughed. “I will never let you get hurt in any way.”

Xu Sili sighed deeply. What else could he do? He had to spoil the boyfriend he had chosen.

“Okay, let’s continue exploring the ruins.”

He said, “I am a bit curious. What is the relationship between this inscription master and the sprites? Why did they design such a barrier?”

If it was to protect the entrance to the ruins…

Then why not add an attack inscription after turning the outsider into the size of a sprite? Or set up a mechanism or something? After all, the outsider’s attributes were weakened so much and they would be easy to kill.

Or was the inscription master so confident?

After making the outsider smaller, the inscription master was no longer worried about them causing trouble?

Xu Sili had no way of knowing, but he felt like he would get the answer after exploring the ruins.

As for Si Sheng, he wasn’t interested in the ruins.

He just came here to accompany Ah Li to relax. He didn’t expect to encounter such a pleasant surprise.

He once again added a layer of protection for the young man.

There were two layers of protection. One transferred any damage Xu Sili suffered to Si Sheng, and the other formed a protective shield that couldn’t be broken even when hit by a heavy object.

Then he placed the young man on his shoulders.

Xu Sili found that there was a transparent air wall around him. No matter how much he jumped on Si Sheng’s shoulder, he wouldn’t fall to the ground.

Okay.

He accepted the fact that he had temporarily become figurine-sized and started to focus on his surroundings.

After his body became smaller, his spiritual strength was still usable. However, it could originally extend to a distance of several thousand meters. Now it was restricted to the interior of the big banyan tree.

A ‘sprite barrier’ was set up here but the sunlight that entered didn’t shrink. In Xu Sili’s eyes, it was like a sun was embedded in the tree. It was extremely dazzling.

He withdrew his gaze and extended his spiritual power downwards.

The space inside this big banyan tree was still quite large. Even if Si Sheng returned to his original state, there was still enough space for him to move around.

For Si Sheng, the space inside the banyan tree was somewhat clear at a glance.

He squatted down slightly and looked at the ground. Then a gust of wind blew past, blowing away the mud and sand on the surface and revealing a square stone tablet.

There were intricate patterns painted on the stone tablet, which seemed to be a puzzle. It was only by solving the puzzle that the stone tablet could be removed to reveal the passage underneath.

This was also the notification that Xu Sili received from the system.

He looked at the pattern and fell into deep thought.

Si Sheng observed for a while. Then he reached out and tapped the stone tablet a few times. The pattern on the stone tablet changed. Soon, there was a clicking sound. It slowly moved away, revealing the passage underneath.

Xu Sili, “……”

Si Sheng solved it so quickly?

Then he soon felt relieved.

After all, Si Sheng was a demon who could master card skills in an instant. He was more powerful than the players. It was just a matter of quickly solving a puzzle. What was so surprising?

Xu Sili gave up thinking and became a mascot.

“Are the ruins down below?” Xu Sili asked.

Si Sheng nodded. “What I sensed should be there.”

“Then let’s go down and take a look?”

Si Sheng responded positively and walked down the stone steps.

This stone staircase passage clearly conformed to the size of a normal human being, so the ruins must’ve been built by humans.

Then was the sprite barrier at the entrance of the passage just a coincidence?

Could it be that the image of the sprite captured by players in the future were of some creature that was shrunk, ran away and happened to be photographed?

Xu Sili frowned slightly. Did this mean that even if he got out of here, his body wouldn’t be able to return to its normal size?

Then he soon felt relieved.

In any case, Si Sheng was here. Si Sheng would definitely find a way to change him back.

The passage was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

Si Sheng took out a few floating lights.

After being turned on, these floating lights gathered in turn within a two meter radius of him. They floated in the air and automatically illuminated the spot.

Xu Sili had complained about these lights before, saying they definitely looked like ghost lights when walking at night. He didn’t expect to use them so soon.

The moment the lights came on, he saw the murals on both sides of the passage.

Xu Sili was attracted by the exquisite murals and was so absorbed in looking at them that he gradually seemed to be led into a fantasy world.

The levitating lights went out again. Darkness filled the surroundings, and sounds gradually emerged.

It sounded like someone’s mumbling. He tried to listen carefully but found he couldn’t understand anything.

At last, there were lights and colors in front of him again.

He saw a young man standing on top of a large banyan tree, looking at something with panic.

The initial mumbling disappeared, transformed into the terrifying roars of strange beasts and the panicked screams of people.

Xu Sili slowly saw more things and saw more clearly.

This was Siasa Forest, or rather, it was the Siasa Forest when the natural disaster struck a hundred years ago.

Xu Sili finally truly understood the scene when the natural disaster came.

A crack suddenly appeared in the originally peaceful and tranquil forest. A group of ferocious-looking beasts ran out from the crack.

The people living in this forest organized a defense. The weapons in their hands released a dazzling light, and the shields in their hands formed a solid shield.

In the powerful resistance, the strange beasts were wiped out!

People cheered and held a bonfire party to celebrate. The young man that Xu Sili saw at the beginning was sitting next to the biggest bonfire and a few good friends. They raised their glasses happily.

Xu Sili seemed to hear the melody of the Toast Song. Looking at the scene of people singing wildly, he couldn’t help sighing.

As he sighed, the scene changed again.

The cracks reappeared and there were more of them.

It was from one or two at the beginning to more than a dozen appearing at the same time. In the end, the number of strange beasts coming out of the cracks increased and their species became more diverse.

Even the powerful people living in Siasa Forest started to suffer casualties.

Against the backdrop of the brutal battle, Xu Sili once again saw the scene of the original bonfire party. However, the laughing boy and his good friends around him faded away one by one.

The people in the background finally disappeared into darkness, leaving only the young man.

The smile on his face turned into sadness. He covered his face and cried. His whole body was gradually shrouded in gloom.

The sounds of fighting gradually died down.

The once vibrant forest became a mess. Fortunately, the cracks seemed to have disappeared.

The survivors didn’t dare to take it lightly. They lived in fear every day, but no one abandoned their homes. What’s more, this was the case all over the world. It made no difference where they went.

Such peaceful days lasted for a while, and people’s lives gradually returned to normal. They planted new big banyan trees and watched the saplings grow green leaves. A smile appeared on the young man’s face again.

However, the smile quickly disappeared.

This time, there were no cracks. Those strange beasts appeared out of thin air in every corner of the village. What was even more terrifying was that there were strange plants.

These black plants appeared in every corner of the dense forest. They were eerie, terrifying and full of aggressiveness.

Soon, the village was destroyed.

Only the elderly people and children, who were transferred underground in time, were lucky enough to survive.

However, a disaster still awaited them.

The ground was occupied by strange beasts and plants. They came with such force that they couldn’t be defeated at all.

The old people and children hiding underground gradually ran out of food or were infected with terrible diseases. In the end, only the young man who was there at the beginning was left.

He sat alone on the stone steps of the underground passage, his back looking so sad and desperate.

“I am the one with the best talent, and the one with the greatest hope of becoming the strongest.”

“But I couldn’t protect them.”

“For the inheritance of the inscription master, I must hold on until the last moment.”

“If you see this inscription illusion later, I should be gone. But I left behind the entire inheritance of the inscription master lineage.”

“This is my last gift to the world. I hope you can inherit it and let the history of inscription masters continue…”

The voice became much older at the end.

Xu Sili also saw the figure carving the inscription pattern on the stone tablet in the passage.

The young man at the beginning turned into a white-haired old man. He was trapped alone in this forest and underground ruin, surviving countless days.

From gray hair to white hair, leaving with regret and hope…

Finally, the illusion came to an end. Xu Sili broke free from the illusion and returned to reality.

But his mood couldn’t calm down for a long time.