Tomorrow, he would be leaving home and returning to the city where he worked.
Lu Yao doesn’t want to go to bed too early.
It’s strange. Before he came back, he once wanted to find a reason not to go home for New Year’s Eve, so as to avoid his family’s urging and nagging. But after he came back, he didn’t want to leave so soon.
Compared to that cold and homely rented house, his home was much warmer and cosier, and he lived a comfortable life with food on the table every day.
But Lu Yao was certain that if he stayed at home for too long, he would definitely want to escape again.
People were such contradictory creatures.
On his last night, Lu Yao decided to spend it with an energy cane.
He poured a cup of instant coffee and looked at the simulator.
……
Since entering the Transcendent Era, the Pixellets had become extraordinarily active. This positivity was reflected both in their desire for knowledge and their exploration of the transcendent world.
More and more little people entered the Poochie Theological Seminary to pursue their studies, which allowed the seminary to expand further and even establish its first branch in Salt City.
The number of people who were able to pass the exams and become official scholars was still small, but it also allowed many people to receive more popular education, which in effect raised the cultural level of the Pixel Villain people.
On the other hand, more and more people began to set foot in the area where the transcendent beings were located.
This led to the death rate of believers pulling up in a short period of time and the population growth in the upper right corner slowing down.
Lu Yao saw it with his own eyes.
Several villains sneaked into the volcanic zone created by [Egil’s Fire], not knowing whether they were trying to cross or enter inside the volcano. They were attacked by fire elemental creatures with strong turf concepts and were all wiped out in an instant.
On the northern continent, there were bold hunters who teamed up and tried to hunt the weak ice trolls that had fallen alone. The result was also that they were chased by the trolls and fled all the way, with heavy deaths and injuries.
In the south, there were also adventurers who tried to catch the elves with trap nets and clay pots.
The elves sense each other and immediately call out to each other when they feel the slightest danger, and the adventurers are captured instead. Captives can entrust their friends and relatives to pay a sum of money to redeem their freedom, and those who can’t get the money will have to atone for their sins by planting fruits and vegetables for the elves in the south ……
Just as Lu Yao was observing the pixelated villainous crowd, Isabel suddenly sent an alert.
“My lord, abnormal creatures have been found.”
Isabel rode her wand all the way over a cave south of Saniro.
Inside the cave entrance was a mosaic.
Lu Yao frowned at the sight.
Anomalous interference?
The mosaic inside slowly squirmed and drilled out a little bit, it was actually a LV12 Sandworm. Just for some reason, mosaics appeared on its body from time to time, fading in and out.
Lu Yao used the [Spell of True Vision].
In addition to having an [Abnormal Interference] phrase, the Sandworm also had an [Alien] title.
This made Lu Yao feel a little pity.
The last [Anomaly] Fabiani became an archaeologist and pushed for the establishment of the Museum of Wonders.
A Sandworm Alien, it might be possible to evolve into a very promising mould as well.
Unfortunately, for the sake of safety and stability, it could only be handed over to the Scavengers to deal with.
Lu Yao was about to open the props bar to summon the hamster when he suddenly realised that there was a tiny blue creature next to the sandworm.
It was a small fishman named [Fish Goo], only 14 years old, and it was carrying a wooden barrel.
Fish Goo carefully touched the coarse body of the sandworm, and a dialogue box appeared above his head.
“You have to work hard, pull that thing out, pull it out and you’ll be back to normal. Shaq, you have to work harder!”
It carried a barrel from the side and dumped it on the ground.
Inside the bucket was some yellow and green paste.
“Eat it, eat it, eat this and you’ll be able to poop!”
“It took me a lot of time to collect the rotters’ faeces, the urine of cows and sheep …… After these are stirred and squeezed with sour raspberry juice and honey, it’s the best laxative and vomiting medicine! Fish people use this if they get food poisoning, it’s very effective.”
Even as an onlooker, Lu Yao felt the pressure from that mess of pixelated chunks.
And.
How was this recipe tried out?
For its part, a sweaty expression appeared on the head of the Sandworm [Shak], and its body trembled for a while.
But in the end, it stiffened its head and came over to swallow the stuff on the ground.
As its body shuddered, the sandworm vomited a large amount of things, including many rocks, shells, and pieces of broken wood.
“Looks like there wasn’t enough of it.”
The little fishman stated, “I’ll bring more faeces next time!”
Sandworm desperately shook his head in opposition.
After a moment of hesitation, Fishguy opened the barrel on his back and scooped a spoonful of liquid and fed it to the sandworm.
A dialogue box immediately appeared on the sandworm’s head, “No, no, no!”
“Shaq, don’t be capricious.”
Fish Goo complained, “If you don’t pull that thing out, you’ll stay sick, and it’s not because you’re eating indiscriminately, daring to swallow anything strange. When you recover, we can go outside and adventure.”
The two of them seemed to be friends with a good relationship.
Lu Yao was prepared to wait and see first.
If the [Abnormal Interference] was just swallowed by mistake, then as long as they got something out, this rare [Alien] Sandworm would be able to return to normal.
Suddenly, Lu Yao remembered that there was a subordinate who seemed to be able to perform this operation.
He immediately summoned Fellows over.
After observing the scene, Fellows said, “Lord Yao God, if it’s just a matter of removing an item that’s stuck in the sandworm’s abdomen, then the skeleton worm shouldn’t have a problem.”
As soon as Fellows showed up, it instantly caused exclamation marks to light up above the heads of both the little fishman and the sandworm.
“Lord Phileus, King of White Bones!”
“The gods are merciful, and I have come to help you with your troubles by the will of Lord Yao God.”
A smiley face appeared on Fish Goo’s head, “Great! Thank you, Lord God, thank you, Lord Fellows!”
The sandworm also bent its head to the ground in gratitude and humility.
Then, Phileus’ arm transformed into a pile of skeleton worms and drilled into the sandworm’s open mouthparts. The sandworm’s body had been trembling slightly and seemed to be in a bit of pain.
Soon, a sarcophagus covered in mosaic was lifted out of the sandworm’s mouth.
As the sarcophagus was removed, the Sandworm immediately became relaxed and flexible, and the [Abnormal Interference] in the panel disappeared without a trace.
The last time Lu Yao saw the sarcophagus in the Pixel World, it contained Isabelle.
This made him very vigilant.
Under the [Eye of True Vision], the sarcophagus emerged as a digital panel.
……
[King’s Immortal Coffin]: a treasure forged by the Rose Kingdom, it can make the king in the coffin fall into a deep slumber and remain uncorrupted until the day of awakening.
[Abnormal Interference].
……
A prop made during the Rose Kingdom era with a king lying inside?
Lu Yao came to be interested.
Isabelle and Fellows made successive attempts, and neither of them were able to open this coffin. The prop itself was endowed with [Abnormal Interference], turning it into a special substance that could not be utilised.
Thus, Lu Yao had no choice but to point out [Scavenger’s Friendship] and ring the bell to summon it.
A moment later, the figure of a hamster appeared on the ground.
It trotted all the way to the side of the coffin and started gnawing on it. In no time, the entire coffin was eaten by it, revealing a pink rose inside.
It was displayed in the simulator.
[Scavenger presents you with a gift.]
[The scavenger hopes that you will continue to help it look for related objects, and it will grant you a gift as a thank you.]]
The hamster ran away in a huff.
A large picture of a new prop appeared on the game interface.
It was a black pill.
……
[Scavenger’s Manure] : Scavengers devour countless anomalies to breed a high-quality fertiliser that holds an incomparable allure for any plant.
A special substance formed by the power of rules that cannot be strengthened.
……
Sending me a pile of high-grade golden dung?
Not bad either.
This will come in handy when cultivating plant-based Transcendent Species in the future.
Lu Yao put it into the props bar.
Just then, the pink rose on the ground suddenly turned into a cloud of powdery mist and transformed into a man wearing pink armour with curly hair.
“Why can’t I see a single rose plant here ……”
The man looked out around and a dialogue box popped up above his head.
The people around him just looked at him with question marks all over their heads.
“Gentlemen, ladies.”
The man inquired, “May I ask what this place is? How far is it from the Rose Kingdom?”
“Ah! You are …… the legendary Forest Witch, Lady Isabel Cerulean!”
“I’ve seen your appearance in the palace portrait, it’s exactly the same, you haven’t met me, but I’ve always heard about you.”
The pink man curtsied to Isabel.
“I am Pinkman III, the forty-sixth king of the Kingdom of Roses.”
Isabel had no recollection of the name, but recounted to him the current state of affairs.
An exclamation mark appeared on Pinkman’s head, “Has the Rose Kingdom been destroyed? My queen, my children, my subjects ……”
He muttered, “It turns out that the Immortal Coffin can only let me live alone.”
“What audacity, how dare you conspire to deceive the king ……”
The king who had risen from the dead fell into silence.
