This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 221 - 191: You Can Only Catch Fish in Muddy Water_1

Chapter 221: Chapter 191: You Can Only Catch Fish in Muddy Water_1

Mu You stood in front of the cliff, looking at the narrow, deep entrance to the cave ahead.

He took out a hand-drawn map from his pocket and reviewed the details on it once more.

After confirming that he had memorized all the details, Mu You put away the map, took out the Troll Spirit Niche, drew a deep breath, and walked into the cave holding the niche.

As soon as he stepped into the cave, a chilly and humid sensation enveloped him. At the same time, a stifling scent, a mixture of troll body odor and the stench of rotting flesh, rushed into his nostrils.

Frowning at the discomfort, Mu You trudged along the mud path.

Sure enough, countless Ghost Trolls sprang out around him, baring their fangs and claws, ceaselessly inspecting him in circles.

Mu You was now disguised with the Mysterious Human Skin, draped in the Mysterious Robe, and covered by the Invisibility Cloak. He was also wearing the Face of Thousands, had activated deep stealth, and was holding the Spirit Niche... He had used all the means he had to maintain his disguise.

The effect was surprisingly good, none of the ghosts ended up obstructing his path, and Mu You easily traversed the muddy trail.

After walking about thirty meters ahead, the path finally opened up before his eyes.

Naturally, what appeared in his sight was the underground tunnel mentioned in the game text.

Much to Mu You’s surprise, this tunnel was not as primitive as he had imagined. Instead, it was meticulously constructed, with each massive stone carefully cut to exact proportions, piled up seamlessly. Moreover, the surface of each stone was polished to a mirror-like finish.

If it weren’t for the dust and thick moss covering the stone walls due to long-term neglect, Mu You might not even believe that this was a structure created by a wild and barbarous monster like a troll.

Mu You quickly had to ignore such details. As soon as he entered the tunnel area, he immediately sensed the presence of many living beings coming from all directions, along with faint footsteps wandering aimlessly.

As expected, stepping into this place in person did provide much more information than the game!

Mu You didn’t waste any time and immediately headed towards the first High-level Troll Tomb indicated on the map.

The method of progression was the same as in the game, scouting the path with flying missiles, assisted by the Time Pocket Watch to find an unguarded route.

However, executing this in reality was much more convenient than in the game.

In the game, they could only rely on sparse text without any visual cues, so they had to make estimations about most extra operations and keep trying.

But in reality, there were far fewer considerations. Letting the missiles fly non-stop was enough, if one hit anything, he would immediately backtrack, if not, he would move forward.

Moreover, as he could see where the missiles hit accurately in reality, he could determine where the trolls were hidden in advance.

As such, even if there was a troll guarding, he could sneak pass it by, without waiting for the patrolling troll to leave. That was much more efficient.

Not even five minutes passed before Mu You reached the first burial site.

However, from here on out, he had to race against time.

Once a tomb that had been absorbed was discovered by a patroller, it could trigger higher level guard forces at any time.

So the longer he delayed, the more difficult his actions would become. Starting from the absorption of the first tomb, he must strike quickly and decisively.

Mu You had already designed a path connecting the nineteen designated tombs. Following this path, he could pass through all the high-level tombs in the shortest time.

Laying the Spirit Niche flat on the grave, Mu You watched as the Magic Array quickly emerged and encompassed the entire tomb, like the mouth of a carrion-eating beast swallowing the tomb. It then started moving ceaselessly, absorbing the remains inside the tomb into the Spirit Niche.

Meanwhile, Mu You was carefully scanning the surroundings. If he detected signs of a patrolling troll, he would immediately turn back in time, hide the Spirit Niche, wait for the guard to completely leave, then continue to let the Spirit Niche absorb the remains.

This way was slow but safe.

With his hand on the Pocket Watch, he was ready at all times to play the game of hide and seek with the trolls.

However, the absorption speed of this first tomb was much faster than he had imagined.

After only a minute, a prompt appeared in his mind.

[The Spirit Niche has completely absorbed the energy inside the tomb and contains half a Troll Priest Corpse, filling progress (1.5/20).]

"Half?"

Startled, Mu You quickly turned around and looked.

Sure enough, the Magic Array that had covered the grave at this point had already disappeared and returned to the Spirit Niche.

Above the Spirit Niche, the second skull at the bottom was already lit with purple light, but only one of its eyes was shining, while the other eye remained dim.

"What’s going on?"

Mu You quickly approached the grave and closely examined the content carved on the side stele.

The owner of this tomb was once a priest of a certain Troll Tribe. The status of being a priest definitely counted as a high ranking troll. Otherwise, they couldn’t have formed a purple skull.

It wasn’t until he saw the date of death inscribed on the epitaph that he finally understood: this troll had died too long ago, over two thousand years ago. This resulted in much of the energy contained within the remains dissipating. Even after absorbing everything, it was only enough to fill half a slot in the Spirit Niche.