—-“In the skeleton nose zone at the heart of the sea is an ancient mermaid palace. In the palace, there are endless treasures and the heart of a mermaid that can grant any wish.”
Under the bed in Miss Xihai’s room was a phrase written in blood.
The wand in the silver-haired wizard’s hand illuminated the back, and the two men examined the words intently.
The center of the sea, the skeleton nose, the mermaid palace.
Endless treasures, and the heart of a mermaid that could grant any wish.
The treasure represented wealth and status, and the wish represented regret and hope.
Two things that no one in the world could refuse.
Do you want wealth and status? Then there are untold treasures there.
If you turn your nose up at wealth, then there is a mermaid’s heart that can grant wishes.
With those two things thrown out, coupled with the legend of the mermaid, countless people would rush here in droves.
Bai Lixin stared at the words for a moment before he heard the silver-haired wizard’s voice ringing in his ears: “You are also interested in the treasure and the mermaid’s heart?”
Bai Lixin turned his head to look at the silver-haired sorcerer and wrinkled his nose. “I have a necklace, it’s also called ‘Mermaid’s Heart’. A necklace with the black pearl.”
Silver-haired wizard: “Can I take a look?”
In the small, bright light, Bai Lixin took the Mermaid’s Heart out of his backpack.
Ever since its powers were sealed, the Mermaid’s Heart had lost its luster. The silver-haired wizard took the Mermaid’s Heart with curiosity and rubbed it in his hands for a moment, his cold silver eyes flashing with amazement.
“It contains a very strong power,” his fingertips rubbed the cold black pearl, and the smooth black surface immediately reflected his angular face, “but for some reason, its power is sealed.”
Bai Lixin had no intentions of hiding it, “That’s right, this necklace used to have healing and resurrection powers; it was overused, and it went dormant.”
“Resurrection powers?” The silver-haired wizard looked at Bai Lixin in surprise and asked, “How many people have you resurrected?”
Bai Lixin thought carefully before saying, “Ten thousand people?”
“……” The silver-haired wizard froze, asking, “Ten thousand people? Then how did you expect it not to get sealed?”
Bai Lixin: “???”
How can you talk like that?
Silver-haired wizard: “From the moment any life is born, it is destined to end, and death is the destination of all life. All life is born to die, but you and the necklace …… go against the rule of life by forcibly resurrecting the dead.”
“This was originally against the heavens, and such power is not permitted by the rule of life, so of course there is a price to pay.”
“Some of the costs are even higher than ordinary people can bear, so resurrection is almost stuff in legends.”
The silver-haired wizard took a deep look at Bai Lixin and said, “It is a miracle that you are all right.”
Bai Lixin hurriedly pricked up his ears, he had always wanted to know why the Mermaid’s Heart went dormant. Perhaps he could find the answer to that question in the fairytale world, and maybe even find a way to reactivate the Mermaid’s heart. “Okay, okay, tell me what’s going on.”
Although the worldview is different, there is one thing about the silver-haired wizard that coincides with the setting of the horror escape game.
That is the resurrection, even in the horror game, resurrection-type props do not exist, and according to Song Yuantian, the president of the Sand Sea Guild, only he has this type of prop in the game.
The silver-haired wizard glanced at the fearless Bai Lixin helplessly and said, “As I said earlier, going against the heavens all comes with a price.”
“It’s the same in the fairy tale world.”
“This world is not without its resurrection spells, but it bears a great price. That price is borne either by the caster or by something of his, but something has to be given in exchange.”
“In your case, the necklace bore that cost.” The silver-haired wizard handed the black pearl necklace back to Bai Lixin and said, “That is probably why its power is sealed.”
Bai Lixin’s eyes went to the black pearl necklace in his hand.
Although the explanation was a bit bizarre, the logic made it impossible for him to find any flaws.
So this was the reason why the Mermaid’s Heart was sealed? Does that mean that every time he used the resurrection function, it would bear the backlash?
“Then is there a way to break this seal?” Bai Lixin asked as he put the black pearl necklace around his neck.
Seeing this, the silver-haired wizard took the necklace and gently helped Bai Lixin with the clasp at the back.
Long black hair, black eyes, a black pearl. Under the pure blackness, the youth’s skin was as white as the moonlight, and his lips were as red as blood. In such a dark environment, he was shockingly beautiful and looked a bit unreal.
The silver-haired wizard cupped a strand of the youth’s hair in his hand and meticulously tidied it. “There is.”
Bai Lixin’s obsidian eyes looked at the silver-haired wizard eagerly and asked, “What is it?”
His eyes were focused and serious, and at this moment, he had no room for anyone but the silver-haired wizard.
The silver-haired wizard stared into Bai Lixin’s eyes for a few seconds, then he said in a deep voice, “The price should be passed on.”
“Resurrection means life, yet energy is conserved, and the price of life is destruction. Your necklace took the backlash of destruction, that’s why you can’t use it anymore. So just transfer the power of this destruction.”
“But this is a bit malicious, the transfer of destruction from ten thousand people could destroy more than just a city, it could be the world.”
Bai Lixin was a little disappointed, “To put it bluntly, it’s impossible. Isn’t there another way?”
The silver-haired wizard shook his head and said, “No, that is the only way.”
“Well then,” Bai Lixin sighed softly, using the corner of the table to rise from the floor, “we’ll discuss this matter later, I’m not that vicious that I’d wipe out the world for a prop, let’s go back first.”
The silver-haired wizard looked at Bai Lixin’s disappointed expression and said, “It seems that this trip to the Xihais did not clear your doubts?”
Bai Lixin: “……”
Not only did it not clear up the doubts, but it also brought up several more.
“I plan to check out the circus tomorrow at dawn,” as they walked through the hall on the ground floor, Bai Lixin’s eyes fell on a clown mask forgotten in the corner. “There are very few clues about Miss Xihai who differentiated into a mermaid. Since she was once taken to the circus, there should be some clues about her there, at least a few pictures or something.”
There wasn’t a single photo of Miss Xihai after she became a mermaid in the huge house, and except for the big bathtub in the basement, everything in the room seemed to be about her life before she became a mermaid.
The two went through the door and found that the outside was still foggy. The fog rolled in from the deep, completely engulfing the sea and the seaside city.
Bai Lixin was about to step into the fog when his hand was suddenly grasped firmly.
He looked over and saw the silver-haired wizard opening and crossing his fingers with a serious face, interlocking them firmly with Bai Lixin’s fingers.
“It’s better to hold you firmly this time, to prevent another accident.”
Probably because of his physique, the silver-haired wizard’s body temperature was low, and his fingers clasping Bai Lixin’s hand felt like a large ice cube in his hand.
Bai Lixin shuddered from the cold touch, then he felt the “ice” in his hand rapidly warming up, dispelling all the coldness in no time.
Bai Lixin: “You mean you can regulate your body temperature?”
The silver-haired wizard’s chuckle came out of the fog: “Of course I can.”
The voice paused. Bai Lixin didn’t know what went through the silver-haired wizard’s mind as he suddenly sounded angry, “It can also change shape; it’s a thousand-year-old ice. Ice is solidified water that can be originally shaped into thousands of forms, way better than those low-end vines.”
“I just don’t want to become like that, I disdain it.”
Bai Lixin: “……”
Why are you suddenly comparing yourself?
All said and done, you’re all not human, so why the personal attack?
As he complained in his mind, he suddenly felt a cold touch on his foot.
It was soft and hard, long and somewhat icy.
It burrowed into Bai Lixin’s trouser leg like a snake climbing a tree, curling around his calf, and climbing up.
Bai Lixin’s body stiffened abruptly, his calm expression shattering.
He frowned in the direction of the silver-haired wizard and secretly cursed at the “shameless hypocrite”.
The fog was so thick that even though the silver-haired wizard was standing in front of him, he could only vaguely see a blurred outline.
Neither of them spoke, and the air was unusually quiet, the only sound being their advancing footsteps.
The long strip climbed tirelessly, its icy body seemed to have a bit of suction force, and there was a tingle everywhere it went.
Bai Lixin’s feet trembled a little, and he forcefully pulled at the silver-haired wizard’s hand, “Okay, I now know you can transform.”
So can we stop now?
All that came back to Bai Lixin was a faint “Oh”, and the long strip continued advancing as usual, not only going further and further into the other trouser leg but also intensifying its movements.
Bai Lixin: “……”
This bastard is continuing to play dumb.
A stimulation like an electric current spread from his leg and throughout his body, and Bai Lixin stumbled on his feet, his other hand subconsciously holding onto the silver-haired wizard’s arm.
The silver-haired wizard paused for a moment, slowing the movement of his feet, saying, “It’s a bit hard to see in this fog, so walk slowly.”
That was all said and done, but the long stripes were becoming bolder and bolder as they invaded.
They burrowed in despite Bai Lixin’s wishes, wagging happily like tails.
Bai Lixin whimpered, swayed a few times on his discordant feet, and suddenly felt his legs go soft.
A large hand quickly supported Bai Lixin, and the silver-haired wizard finally understood from Bai Lixin’s trembling fingers and pained expression.
He frowned as he held Bai Lixin in his wide arms, his gaze sharply directed at the youth’s eerily distorted black cloak: “……”
The silver pupils suddenly went cold as the man reached out his hand, his fingers glowing with a silver light as he tried to grab the twisted and dirty things.
The long strips seemed threatened and provoked, writhing more and more frantically.
The youth let out a low gasp of helplessness, his whole body pressing against the silver-haired wizard.
Warm, slender, and with a faint scent.
It was nothing like his own.
The silver-haired wizard froze instantly, and the long strip used that moment to leave Bai Lixin’s body at lightning speed and disappear into the fog.
Bai Lixin looked back, and the moment before the long strip disappeared, he saw a familiar green color.
Bai Lixin: “……”
Damn it, he thought it was the silver-haired wizard.
The silver-haired wizard had an icy expression as his vicious gaze stared toward where the vines had disappeared. He opened his mouth and made a silent curse.
When the curse was finished, the silver-haired wizard took the youth into his arms and, without saying a word, walked in the direction of the tavern.
Bai Lixin used the black cloak to cover his face, “……”
Fuck, this was simply embarrassing.
The silver-haired wizard looked at the youth with resentment and asked, “Why didn’t you ask for help when I was right next to you?”
Bai Lixin, whose face was hidden under a black cloak, explained, “I thought it was you.”
The silver-haired wizard suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He stared at the cloaked figure and asked in a deep voice, “You thought it was me, and that’s why you didn’t refuse it but accepted it?”
He was …… suddenly no longer angry.
Silver-haired wizard: “Then do you want to try it later?”
What had happened to his master? He was just a good and obedient boy; it’s all that damned sea monster’s fault.
He had just put a heavy curse on that sea monster; he would lose half his life if he didn’t die.
How dare he bully his master? If that sea monster doesn’t die, he will take his last name.
Bai Lixin: “……”
What kind of fart is this? Was he trying to get himself killed?
In the live broadcast room.
[The big boss is really interesting, is this really something we can watch? I’m sure the system didn’t even realize what was happening, otherwise, the system would have blocked it long ago!]
[Let’s just say that the system isn’t smart enough to see through all the hidden and great things.]
[Haha, “Hidden and Great”, you’re the best tonight, brother.]
[Let’s not forget how powerful God Xin is, he calmed the silver-haired wizard in a matter of minutes.]
[Worthy of being a male god.]
[God Xin: You think I’m a good boy? No, I’m the king.]
[God Xin: it is lonely to be invincible.]
[God Xin: No challenge, no fun.]
[Hahaha, God Xin’s mind isn’t as rich as ours.]
[That must be said, we are all God Xin’s voice, let us say what God Xin dare not say. ]
[God Xin: Thank you all. ]
The next day, at dawn, Bai Lixin and Dijia arrived at the circus where Miss Xihai had been.
The silver-haired wizard had said something about “trying it out”, but Bai Lixin was a good actor, and he avoided it by pretending to faint.
The circus was mobile, performing in one place for a while before going to the next.
But they only performed in the immediate vicinity of the town and returned to the seaside town after a circle.
The circus performs from afternoon to evening, but because of the fog at night, there are only two or three shows in the evening.
As it is a mobile circus, they live directly in one of the modified trucks. Two or three people lived in one truck, with the ringmaster, as the boss of the troupe, occupying the most resources and having the advantage of living in one truck by himself.
—-“In the skeleton nose zone at the heart of the sea is an ancient mermaid palace. In the palace, there are endless treasures and the heart of a mermaid that can grant any wish.”
Under the bed in Miss Xihai’s room was a phrase written in blood.
The wand in the silver-haired wizard’s hand illuminated the back, and the two men examined the words intently.
The center of the sea, the skeleton nose, the mermaid palace.
Endless treasures, and the heart of a mermaid that could grant any wish.
The treasure represented wealth and status, and the wish represented regret and hope.
Two things that no one in the world could refuse.
Do you want wealth and status? Then there are untold treasures there.
If you turn your nose up at wealth, then there is a mermaid’s heart that can grant wishes.
With those two things thrown out, coupled with the legend of the mermaid, countless people would rush here in droves.
Bai Lixin stared at the words for a moment before he heard the silver-haired wizard’s voice ringing in his ears: “You are also interested in the treasure and the mermaid’s heart?”
Bai Lixin turned his head to look at the silver-haired sorcerer and wrinkled his nose. “I have a necklace, it’s also called ‘Mermaid’s Heart’. A necklace with the black pearl.”
Silver-haired wizard: “Can I take a look?”
In the small, bright light, Bai Lixin took the Mermaid’s Heart out of his backpack.
Ever since its powers were sealed, the Mermaid’s Heart had lost its luster. The silver-haired wizard took the Mermaid’s Heart with curiosity and rubbed it in his hands for a moment, his cold silver eyes flashing with amazement.
“It contains a very strong power,” his fingertips rubbed the cold black pearl, and the smooth black surface immediately reflected his angular face, “but for some reason, its power is sealed.”
Bai Lixin had no intentions of hiding it, “That’s right, this necklace used to have healing and resurrection powers; it was overused, and it went dormant.”
“Resurrection powers?” The silver-haired wizard looked at Bai Lixin in surprise and asked, “How many people have you resurrected?”
Bai Lixin thought carefully before saying, “Ten thousand people?”
“……” The silver-haired wizard froze, asking, “Ten thousand people? Then how did you expect it not to get sealed?”
Bai Lixin: “???”
How can you talk like that?
Silver-haired wizard: “From the moment any life is born, it is destined to end, and death is the destination of all life. All life is born to die, but you and the necklace …… go against the rule of life by forcibly resurrecting the dead.”
“This was originally against the heavens, and such power is not permitted by the rule of life, so of course there is a price to pay.”
“Some of the costs are even higher than ordinary people can bear, so resurrection is almost stuff in legends.”
The silver-haired wizard took a deep look at Bai Lixin and said, “It is a miracle that you are all right.”
Bai Lixin hurriedly pricked up his ears, he had always wanted to know why the Mermaid’s Heart went dormant. Perhaps he could find the answer to that question in the fairytale world, and maybe even find a way to reactivate the Mermaid’s heart. “Okay, okay, tell me what’s going on.”
Although the worldview is different, there is one thing about the silver-haired wizard that coincides with the setting of the horror escape game.
That is the resurrection, even in the horror game, resurrection-type props do not exist, and according to Song Yuantian, the president of the Sand Sea Guild, only he has this type of prop in the game.
The silver-haired wizard glanced at the fearless Bai Lixin helplessly and said, “As I said earlier, going against the heavens all comes with a price.”
“It’s the same in the fairy tale world.”
“This world is not without its resurrection spells, but it bears a great price. That price is borne either by the caster or by something of his, but something has to be given in exchange.”
“In your case, the necklace bore that cost.” The silver-haired wizard handed the black pearl necklace back to Bai Lixin and said, “That is probably why its power is sealed.”
Bai Lixin’s eyes went to the black pearl necklace in his hand.
Although the explanation was a bit bizarre, the logic made it impossible for him to find any flaws.
So this was the reason why the Mermaid’s Heart was sealed? Does that mean that every time he used the resurrection function, it would bear the backlash?
“Then is there a way to break this seal?” Bai Lixin asked as he put the black pearl necklace around his neck.
Seeing this, the silver-haired wizard took the necklace and gently helped Bai Lixin with the clasp at the back.
Long black hair, black eyes, a black pearl. Under the pure blackness, the youth’s skin was as white as the moonlight, and his lips were as red as blood. In such a dark environment, he was shockingly beautiful and looked a bit unreal.
The silver-haired wizard cupped a strand of the youth’s hair in his hand and meticulously tidied it. “There is.”
Bai Lixin’s obsidian eyes looked at the silver-haired wizard eagerly and asked, “What is it?”
His eyes were focused and serious, and at this moment, he had no room for anyone but the silver-haired wizard.
The silver-haired wizard stared into Bai Lixin’s eyes for a few seconds, then he said in a deep voice, “The price should be passed on.”
“Resurrection means life, yet energy is conserved, and the price of life is destruction. Your necklace took the backlash of destruction, that’s why you can’t use it anymore. So just transfer the power of this destruction.”
“But this is a bit malicious, the transfer of destruction from ten thousand people could destroy more than just a city, it could be the world.”
Bai Lixin was a little disappointed, “To put it bluntly, it’s impossible. Isn’t there another way?”
The silver-haired wizard shook his head and said, “No, that is the only way.”
“Well then,” Bai Lixin sighed softly, using the corner of the table to rise from the floor, “we’ll discuss this matter later, I’m not that vicious that I’d wipe out the world for a prop, let’s go back first.”
The silver-haired wizard looked at Bai Lixin’s disappointed expression and said, “It seems that this trip to the Xihais did not clear your doubts?”
Bai Lixin: “……”
Not only did it not clear up the doubts, but it also brought up several more.
“I plan to check out the circus tomorrow at dawn,” as they walked through the hall on the ground floor, Bai Lixin’s eyes fell on a clown mask forgotten in the corner. “There are very few clues about Miss Xihai who differentiated into a mermaid. Since she was once taken to the circus, there should be some clues about her there, at least a few pictures or something.”
There wasn’t a single photo of Miss Xihai after she became a mermaid in the huge house, and except for the big bathtub in the basement, everything in the room seemed to be about her life before she became a mermaid.
The two went through the door and found that the outside was still foggy. The fog rolled in from the deep, completely engulfing the sea and the seaside city.
Bai Lixin was about to step into the fog when his hand was suddenly grasped firmly.
He looked over and saw the silver-haired wizard opening and crossing his fingers with a serious face, interlocking them firmly with Bai Lixin’s fingers.
“It’s better to hold you firmly this time, to prevent another accident.”
Probably because of his physique, the silver-haired wizard’s body temperature was low, and his fingers clasping Bai Lixin’s hand felt like a large ice cube in his hand.
Bai Lixin shuddered from the cold touch, then he felt the “ice” in his hand rapidly warming up, dispelling all the coldness in no time.
Bai Lixin: “You mean you can regulate your body temperature?”
The silver-haired wizard’s chuckle came out of the fog: “Of course I can.”
The voice paused. Bai Lixin didn’t know what went through the silver-haired wizard’s mind as he suddenly sounded angry, “It can also change shape; it’s a thousand-year-old ice. Ice is solidified water that can be originally shaped into thousands of forms, way better than those low-end vines.”
“I just don’t want to become like that, I disdain it.”
Bai Lixin: “……”
Why are you suddenly comparing yourself?
All said and done, you’re all not human, so why the personal attack?
As he complained in his mind, he suddenly felt a cold touch on his foot.
It was soft and hard, long and somewhat icy.
It burrowed into Bai Lixin’s trouser leg like a snake climbing a tree, curling around his calf, and climbing up.
Bai Lixin’s body stiffened abruptly, his calm expression shattering.
He frowned in the direction of the silver-haired wizard and secretly cursed at the “shameless hypocrite”.
The fog was so thick that even though the silver-haired wizard was standing in front of him, he could only vaguely see a blurred outline.
Neither of them spoke, and the air was unusually quiet, the only sound being their advancing footsteps.
The long strip climbed tirelessly, its icy body seemed to have a bit of suction force, and there was a tingle everywhere it went.
Bai Lixin’s feet trembled a little, and he forcefully pulled at the silver-haired wizard’s hand, “Okay, I now know you can transform.”
So can we stop now?
All that came back to Bai Lixin was a faint “Oh”, and the long strip continued advancing as usual, not only going further and further into the other trouser leg but also intensifying its movements.
Bai Lixin: “……”
This bastard is continuing to play dumb.
A stimulation like an electric current spread from his leg and throughout his body, and Bai Lixin stumbled on his feet, his other hand subconsciously holding onto the silver-haired wizard’s arm.
The silver-haired wizard paused for a moment, slowing the movement of his feet, saying, “It’s a bit hard to see in this fog, so walk slowly.”
That was all said and done, but the long stripes were becoming bolder and bolder as they invaded.
They burrowed in despite Bai Lixin’s wishes, wagging happily like tails.
Bai Lixin whimpered, swayed a few times on his discordant feet, and suddenly felt his legs go soft.
A large hand quickly supported Bai Lixin, and the silver-haired wizard finally understood from Bai Lixin’s trembling fingers and pained expression.
He frowned as he held Bai Lixin in his wide arms, his gaze sharply directed at the youth’s eerily distorted black cloak: “……”
The silver pupils suddenly went cold as the man reached out his hand, his fingers glowing with a silver light as he tried to grab the twisted and dirty things.
The long strips seemed threatened and provoked, writhing more and more frantically.
The youth let out a low gasp of helplessness, his whole body pressing against the silver-haired wizard.
Warm, slender, and with a faint scent.
It was nothing like his own.
The silver-haired wizard froze instantly, and the long strip used that moment to leave Bai Lixin’s body at lightning speed and disappear into the fog.
Bai Lixin looked back, and the moment before the long strip disappeared, he saw a familiar green color.
Bai Lixin: “……”
Damn it, he thought it was the silver-haired wizard.
The silver-haired wizard had an icy expression as his vicious gaze stared toward where the vines had disappeared. He opened his mouth and made a silent curse.
When the curse was finished, the silver-haired wizard took the youth into his arms and, without saying a word, walked in the direction of the tavern.
Bai Lixin used the black cloak to cover his face, “……”
Fuck, this was simply embarrassing.
The silver-haired wizard looked at the youth with resentment and asked, “Why didn’t you ask for help when I was right next to you?”
Bai Lixin, whose face was hidden under a black cloak, explained, “I thought it was you.”
The silver-haired wizard suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He stared at the cloaked figure and asked in a deep voice, “You thought it was me, and that’s why you didn’t refuse it but accepted it?”
He was …… suddenly no longer angry.
Silver-haired wizard: “Then do you want to try it later?”
What had happened to his master? He was just a good and obedient boy; it’s all that damned sea monster’s fault.
He had just put a heavy curse on that sea monster; he would lose half his life if he didn’t die.
How dare he bully his master? If that sea monster doesn’t die, he will take his last name.
Bai Lixin: “……”
What kind of fart is this? Was he trying to get himself killed?
In the live broadcast room.
[The big boss is really interesting, is this really something we can watch? I’m sure the system didn’t even realize what was happening, otherwise, the system would have blocked it long ago!]
[Let’s just say that the system isn’t smart enough to see through all the hidden and great things.]
[Haha, “Hidden and Great”, you’re the best tonight, brother.]
[Let’s not forget how powerful God Xin is, he calmed the silver-haired wizard in a matter of minutes.]
[Worthy of being a male god.]
[God Xin: You think I’m a good boy? No, I’m the king.]
[God Xin: it is lonely to be invincible.]
[God Xin: No challenge, no fun.]
[Hahaha, God Xin’s mind isn’t as rich as ours.]
[That must be said, we are all God Xin’s voice, let us say what God Xin dare not say. ]
[God Xin: Thank you all. ]
The next day, at dawn, Bai Lixin and Dijia arrived at the circus where Miss Xihai had been.
The silver-haired wizard had said something about “trying it out”, but Bai Lixin was a good actor, and he avoided it by pretending to faint.
The circus was mobile, performing in one place for a while before going to the next.
But they only performed in the immediate vicinity of the town and returned to the seaside town after a circle.
The circus performs from afternoon to evening, but because of the fog at night, there are only two or three shows in the evening.
As it is a mobile circus, they live directly in one of the modified trucks. Two or three people lived in one truck, with the ringmaster, as the boss of the troupe, occupying the most resources and having the advantage of living in one truck by himself.
