VCRMM: Chapter 298

Yin Xing and Deng Jianan quietly approached the ‘screaming dryad.’ They first checked its information and found nothing abnormal on the surface.

“How did the steel ball disappear just now?” Deng Jianan asked in the team channel.

Yin Xing didn’t answer, but stretched out his hand and gently pressed toward the place where the steel ball disappeared. But…

He didn’t press on anything real, but felt his whole body moving forward. Then he felt as if he was falling.

The strange feeling disappeared. Once he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an unfamiliar space. It was pitch black all around them. There were only a few places where silvery light could be seen, but it wasn’t enough to see anything.

[Ding~ You have successfully entered the Siasa Ruins. Due to the influence of ‘Sprite World’, your body has become the size of a sprite.]

Yin Xing looked at the system notification and was stunned. Then a muffled sound came from behind him.

Bang—!

Deng Jianan fell to the ground, shedding a hundred drops of blood.

“What is this place?”

Yin Xing looked back at him and said with a smile, “Changan, this is the Siasa Ruins.”

“F*k!”

Deng Jianan hurriedly got up. He looked around, glanced at the system notification and couldn’t help sighing. “Brother, you are so awesome!”

Deng Jianan never expected that they would find the ruins here before so many mercenary groups. It was like a dream.

“Ah Xing, can I start a screen recording? This is such a memorable moment. We must capture it!”

Deng Jianan took out a mask from his bag. “If you don’t want to be on camera, you can wear a mask.”

Yin Xing observed the surrounding scenery and asked casually, “You aren’t going to start the live broadcast?”

“No, live broadcasting can easily expose you. It is better not to let too many people know about your mission for the time being.”

Yin Xing nodded, took the mask and put it on his face. Then he said, “Go ahead and record it.”

“Okay!”

Deng Jianan turned on the recording function and started talking to himself.

“Hello, everyone. Guess where I am now…”

Yin Xing ignored him and looked around. Even though he had never ventured into the wild before, he still showed enough calmness and observation.

Soon, in the darkness, he saw a figure emitting a green fluorescence in the distance.

In this darkness, it gave off a bit of weirdness and horror.

“Who’s there?” he asked loudly.

His voice caught Deng Jianan’s attention. He warily pointed the camera over there.

“What’s going on?”

Deng Jianan activated the video function. As the camera moved forward, a strange young man with transparent thin wings appeared in his field of view.

The boy had pointed ears and his thin wings fluttered gently under the transparent silver light. Bits of glowing green dust fell from his body.

This scene looked so beautiful that the two of them were stunned.

“Is this an elf?” Deng Jianan couldn’t help asking.

“Elves don’t have wings, and…”

According to the system notifications, their bodies were now smaller. So—

“This is a sprite!”

Yin Xing thought of the ‘Sprite World’ mentioned in the system notification. The sprite ‘Small Round Biscuit’ was also mentioned in the previous ruins exploration mission.

“F*k, this modeling is amazing!”

Deng Jianan sighed again. Every time he thought that the modeling of Starry Sky Age had reached its peak, an NPC would appear who would shock him even more.

He was extremely certain that once the information of this sprite boy was released, he would definitely attract a large number of fans and occupy a place on the popular NPC rankings.

“Hey, he just ran away!”

Deng Jianan was about to go over and talk to the sprite to see if he could trigger a mission when he saw the boy flap his wings, turn around and fly away.

Yin Xing had already taken the lead to chase after him.

During the chase, he tried to find out the information of the little sprite. Unfortunately, all he could see were three question marks and the word ‘unfathomable.’

This little sprite was of a much higher level than them and definitely wasn’t as harmless as he looked.

Deng Jianan reacted and quickly used his flying skills to fly in the sky, throwing the technique on Yin Xing as well.

Yin Xing also flew into the sky.

The two of them flew behind the sprite, but found that they couldn’t catch up with him.

How could a sprite, who was known for speed and stealth, be caught up by two humans who were lower in level than him?

Small Round Biscuit curled his lips and continued to slow down to keep the two men hanging.

The two humans were too stupid. if he didn’t take action, it might take them a long time to find the entrance of the ruins.

His Majesty said that he could ask them for a gift, but to Small Round Biscuit, nothing was more important than Turles.

The best gift for him would be for them to learn inscriptions as quickly as possible and become inscription masters as soon as possible.

Soon, Small Round Biscuit led them to the real entrance to the ruins.

The actual area wasn’t large, but to Yin Xing’s group, who had been shrunk to the size of figurines, this entrance was as terrifying as a dark underground abyss.

By the time they reached there, the sprite boy had already entered the dark cave and disappeared without a trace.

Deng Jianan and Yin Xing couldn’t help stopping and looking at each other.

“Do you want to follow?” Deng Jianan asked.

“Of course.”

Yin Xing opened the system mall and bought a chandelier. But when he wanted to take it out, he was reminded that it could only be mounted on a wall.

At this time, Deng Jianan took out two hats from his bag, each with a searchlight hanging from the top of the hats.

He chuckled and threw one of them to Yin Xing.

“Previously when I was delivering packages, I often had to run through some dark maps without lights. I prepared a few of them, and now they are coming in handy!”

Then he poured himself a bottle of blue medicine.

Flying consumed mana very quickly. The speed of consumption was even faster when there were two people flying together.

Fortunately, the faction warehouse could exchange blood and blue medicines at any time, saving them a lot of trouble.

After Yin Xing put on his hat, he took out a big hammer again.

They didn’t know what dangers lay below. With their strength, they would probably die several times.

Let’s hope it goes smoothly!

“Are you ready?”

“Yes.”

“Let’s go!”

The two of them encouraged each other before plunging into the black hole that was like an abyss.

The moment their figures disappeared at the cave entrance, Xu Sili and Si Sheng’s figures slowly appeared above the entrance.

Xu Sili looked down at the black hole below. In his heart, he admired the courage of the two but…

If they were afraid of this, they couldn’t be called the fourth natural disaster.

He also noticed that one of the two players should’ve turned on the function similar to recording. The sound of him mumbling to himself was so foolish that it was hard to ignore.

It was fine.

In this way, more people could understand the history of the inscription masters, and the historical illusion left by Turles could be seen again. His heavy heart could also be comforted to some extent…

After being enlarged, the originally ordinary stone steps seemed particularly empty and lonely. Even the slightest movement would produce a terrible echo.

Deng Jianan and Yin Xing flew and groped carefully. Surprisingly, apart from the horrifying darkness along the way, the place was unusually peaceful. This didn’t fit in with the atmosphere of the underworld at all.

The more this happened, the greater the psychological pressure on the two until…

The inscription illusion appeared.

They changed from being cautious and careful at the beginning to slowly immersing themselves in it.

They followed the young man named Turles and witnessed the tragedy that happened in the Siasa Forest a hundred years ago.

They witnessed this strange boy grow from a young boy to a hunchback old man with white hair. They saw him lose all his relatives and companions, but still persevered for decades just to pass on the civilization of the inscription master lineage…

At the very end, they couldn’t help sighing when looking at the old man carving the inscriptions on the stone wall alone.

Yin Xing came out of the illusion, and couldn’t calm his mood down for a long time.

He had long regarded Starry Sky Age as a real world. His sense of immersion was much stronger than that of other players.

He suddenly felt that he was lucky enough.

He might’ve been in a car accident and had to lie paralyzed in bed, but at least his relatives and friends were still alive. His sister also never thought of giving up on him.

There was hope in life as long as he was alive!

He pursed his lips. Suddenly, he opened his address book, and sent a message to Yin Hong, who wasn’t online.

They hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

“Ah Xing, did you see the inscription illusion?” Deng Jianan suddenly asked him at this time.

Yin Xing nodded.

Deng Jianan touched his slightly sore nose.

“The game team put a lot of effort into making the plot. It really isn’t easy.”

He asked, “Is this mission only legendary rated? It feels more like epic!”

“Let’s go and see the legacy that Turles left for future generations. D*mn, I must become an inscription master! Then I’ll go out and beat up those screaming dryads!”

Yin Xing watched him flying upward while cursing and silently followed.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the three intersections where the sprite had set up tests.

There were three choices, and each choice could reach the end. The key was whether they could pass the test or not.

They had seen the inscription illusion and knew that this test shouldn’t be life-threatening. After all, this was left by the old man who had spent his whole life working on it.

His goal was to pass on the inheritance, not their lives.

What’s more, the fourth natural disaster was least afraid of dying!

Thus, the two of them decided to act separately.

If the test failed, they could still select a relatively simple challenge through comparison. If they succeeded, everything would be fine.

They each chose an entrance, entered and started their own inscription master test.

In fact, Small Round Biscuit really wanted to withdraw the test. He knew that this was related to whether Turles’ consciousness could be awakened or not, but he now wanted to send these humans directly to Turles’ stone tablet.

However, Xu Sili understood the players better than he did.

The easier it was to get something, the less people cherished it. Increasing the difficulty appropriately could actually arouse players’ interest.

The tests set by Small Round Biscuit were quite difficult. Their purpose was to select a successor to Turles who had both good character and talent.

Naturally, Deng Jianan failed in his first challenge. His character was understandable, but it was really difficult for him to perfectly replicate the inscription without the help of the system!

He could only return through the passage in disappointment, only to find that Yin Xing hadn’t come out yet.

After thinking that Yin Xing was a weapons master and might’ve received relevant training, Deng Jianan couldn’t help being excited.

Since he couldn’t challenge a second time in such a short period of time, he simply edited the video he had recorded and made it into the first episode of the ruins exploration. Then he posted it on the Star Forum.