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Chapter 1080 - 495: The Darkest Domain

Chapter 1080: Chapter 495: The Darkest Domain

"Are you Gege Wu?" The watchman looked at the young girl in astonishment.

"Yeah, what... Do you know me? Could you possibly be my schoolmate?" The girl, who claimed to be Gege Wu, scratched her cheek with embarrassment. "When I graduated, I told everyone that I was going back to my hometown for a blind date. If my classmates knew that I’m still single and hiding away in Fairy City as an explorer, planning to live out my days alone, I’d probably be laughed at again..."

"Oh oh, don’t worry about that, we’re not your classmates, and I promise not to reveal your current situation," the watchman quickly reassured her with a wave of his hand.

"That’s good..." Gege Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu You was also somewhat surprised as he read the text, not expecting to encounter the young Gege Wu here.

However, from her words, it appeared that Ormedo had not told her that they were from the future. When the watchman had explained to Ormedo and her group earlier, he did not mention Gege Wu’s name, only mentioning "a wizard in charge of guarding the door" who had let them in; hence, she was currently completely unaware of future events.

Mu You didn’t plan to tell her either because the elderly Gege Wu in the future clearly had no knowledge of his past time travels, and telling her might change the course of the future.

Like the previous insignificant change he and Fuya made by carving on the stele, which didn’t really impact anything since no one else was involved. But introducing a conflict in the past for a living person might create unpredictable consequences.

Unless absolutely necessary, Mu You preferred that everything proceed as close to the original history as possible.

Coming back to his senses, Mu You continued the task he hadn’t finished earlier, switching to the perspective of his second avatar, planning to inform the medicinal plant gatherer about the cave.

You find yourself engulfed in darkness, as if in some extreme blackness.

You hold your breath, concentrate, and carefully discern the dangers around you using your hearing.

Suddenly, you move, using all four limbs to quickly traverse the walls like a gecko.

And just after you left, you hear a sharp sound of something shattering as it collides with the rocks at the spot you were just at...

"Hmm?"

Mu You stared, perplexed. What now?

How come each of his avatars’ situations is more absurd than the last? Ling Long dragging Little Spider around to dine and dash was one thing, but what in the world was the medicinal plant gatherer playing at? A blindfolded Great Escape?

Since he could only see through the perspective of his avatar after switching over, descriptions of other senses were vague. In situations like this complete darkness, Mu You couldn’t immediately determine what had happened.

Thinking this, he hurriedly exited the private chat with the medicinal plant gatherer and sent a message to inquire.

A prompt popped up: [Your avatar is currently in a special area, messages cannot be delivered.]

"?

Mu You was even more confused. It was the first time he had encountered a situation where private messages couldn’t be sent. Special area? Where on earth had that guy run off to?

Mu You continued trying various contact methods afterward, but the result was the same: information completely failed to get through, and the screen remained pitch black, leaving him unable to make any judgment. The only certainty now was that the medicinal plant gatherer was still alive.

With everything ready, you issued the command for the team to set off.

Unable to contact the medicinal plant gatherer and pressed for time, Mu You could only leave it for now, leading the team toward the direction of the cave.

The actual journey was a bit longer than expected; after all, they weren’t in Sky City where they could teleport at will—they had to walk.

Moreover, as they made their way closer to the center of Sky City, the density of anomalies increased. Whenever they encountered any anomaly, they had to steer clear well in advance; otherwise, if an anomaly got too close, it would immediately recognize their identities as fools, leading to a wasps’ nest of troubles.

Thus, their team of three humans and two fairies kept going, finally arriving at their destination after an exhausting two days and nights.

Now, with only 47 hours left until the five-day mission deadline, Mu You began to feel anxious. Was the short two-day time frame enough for them to explore this cave?

Ahead on the barren saltpan, a wide sinkhole opened several meters in diameter, leading into pitch-black darkness that revealed no light, appearing like a bottomless black hole.

Just as you were about to approach the sinkhole to investigate, a woman-shaped like a spherical ball suddenly leaped out from a clump of grass beside it, her appearance both unfamiliar and familiar.

"Eh? Ling Long?" The watchman also paused, then asked in surprise, "How did you turn into a fatty?"

"Is it really Ling Long?" Mu You wore a strange expression because he had already received a message from Ling Long who had said she’d arrived early. So when a woman jumped out, his first thought was indeed Ling Long, but he hadn’t expected her to turn into a fatty!

"Boo hoo, I don’t even know what happened. It seems like my body turns the excess calories into fat very quickly, and I can only slim down after all the calories are burned off..." Fat Ling Long said, trying to hold back her tears.

Ling Long looked at you with a face full of grievances, bursting into tears, "Boo hoo, it’s all the fault of my main body, why does she have to give me the attribute of gluttony? I’m a young girl, don’t you know that obesity is a woman’s worst enemy? I really don’t want to turn into a fat pig... even though it truly tastes delicious..."