Chapter 133: Dream Manor!
After the clue was revealed, a large coordinate immediately appeared.
Li Xiang glanced at it and headed towards the Inn.
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At the Inn, Li Xiang immediately headed towards Cloud Sea City.
The Inn was very fast, and after more than ten minutes, Li Xiang arrived at Cloud Sea City.
From the outside, it was not much different from Wu Shuang City before the expansion.
Entering the city, Li Xiang headed towards the location of the coordinates.
Soon, he arrived at the southern part of Cloud Sea City.
Upon reaching this place, the large coordinates disappeared.
After a moment of stunned silence, Li Xiang understood.
This meant he had to find it himself.
His gaze fell upon the area ahead, a shantytown filled with low-rise houses.
"Corner... corner..."
He muttered a couple of times, then looked at the small, interconnected alleys between the houses and directly ducked into one.
An hour later, Li Xiang stood at the entrance of an alley, slightly out of breath.
In this hour, Li Xiang had almost explored every corner of the entire alley but found no useful information or clues.
"This will be hard to find..."
Just searching alone would consume a lot of energy.
Suddenly, the voice of an NPC came over.
"Are you... Royal Guard?"
Hearing this voice, Li Xiang turned around to see an old man with the title 'Retired Militia Wang Erhu' above his head.
"Hello, Wang Lao, I am the Imperial Guard."
Wang Erhu heard Li Xiang admit it and looked at the medal on Li Xiang's chest several times.
"I never expected to see an Imperial Guard again in my lifetime."
"Royal Guard, can I see your medal? When I was young, my dream was to become an Imperial Guard, but I used all my strength and still couldn't become one."
Li Xiang nodded, "Of course."
Immediately, he took off the medal and handed it to Wang Erhu.
Wang Erhu looked at the medal, carefully stroking and examining it.
Li Xiang watched him without speaking.
After he finished looking, he might be able to ask him if he knew any clues about the task of the hidden corner.
After looking at the medal for a while, Wang Erhu looked at Li Xiang and respectfully returned the medal with both hands.
"Thank you, Royal Guard..."
Li Xiang took it back, put the medal back on, and said, "You're welcome, old man.
I've received a task to come here and investigate something.
Do you know if there are any places or people here related to the hidden corner?"
Hearing Li Xiang's words, Wang Erhu pondered for a moment, "The hidden corner... So you're here to investigate that.
The officials have already debunked it; it's just a group of thieves maliciously spreading rumors in the city, it's not true.
Royal Guard, don't you know?"
As he spoke, Wang Erhu looked at Li Xiang with a suspicious gaze.
Li Xiang was startled.
Debunked?
Li Xiang looked at Wang Erhu.
Something is wrong...
"So that's how it is. Perhaps there was a mistake in the information. I apologize for the disturbance."
Saying that, Li Xiang left directly.
After walking for a while, he confirmed that Wang Erhu behind him couldn't see him anymore, then took a detour and returned to the previous spot.
Wang Erhu was still there, but he had also decided to leave, his trembling body walking towards one of the alleys.
Li Xiang immediately followed him quietly.
A few minutes later, Wang Erhu reached an alley in the southernmost part of the city and walked towards the wall.
Li Xiang stared intently.
Then he saw Wang Erhu press himself directly against the wall.
A ripple appeared on the wall, and within the ripple, Wang Erhu's figure disappeared from Li Xiang's sight.
There is indeed a problem!!!
Li Xiang cast a shield on himself and immediately walked towards the wall.
A moment later, Li Xiang collided with the wall.
A ripple identical to the previous one appeared on the wall, and Li Xiang stepped forward, directly entering the ripple.
I can indeed enter!!!
Li Xiang immediately entered.
...
Everything went black, and then, a moment later, it became bright again.
In his field of vision, it was no longer Cloud Sea City.
But a Manor.
Many people were moving back and forth within it.
Servants, Guards, gardeners...
"Ding! Entered 'Dream Manor'"
Dream Manor?!
Li Xiang immediately opened the forum. He was currently in Cloud Sea City, so the forum's location was also Cloud Sea City.
Searching for the words "Dream Manor," he found only scattered mentions; some players encountered NPCs who mentioned this term during their task storylines.
Apart from that, there was no other useful information.
Closing the forum, Li Xiang looked at the Manor.
He quickly spotted the earlier Wang Erhu among a group of militiamen.
He also saw Li Xiang and was clearly stunned.
"You... You!!!"
As he discovered Li Xiang, more people in the Manor looked towards Li Xiang.
Each of them had their respective titles above their heads, and they were all NPCs.
However, their gazes carried a strange quality.
Including Wang Erhu, his eyes were different after entering here compared to how they were outside.
It was as if...
Like puppets...
Li Xiang fell silent.
Suddenly, a system task prompt appeared.
"Ding! Triggered hidden task 'Defeat the Dream'. Do you accept?"
Yes!
【Defeat the Dream】
Requirement: Defeat the core of the Dream Manor
Reward: Unknown
【Description: The founder of the Dream Manor never imagined that it would become a tool for villains. As an accidental intruder, you are not controlled by the peculiar power of the Dream Manor. Only you can solve the problem.】
Finally, the task was triggered.
With the task triggered, all the NPCs in the Dream Manor in Li Xiang's eyes turned into Monsters, with red names, and they no longer had individual names, all becoming a unified Monster name.
Check attributes!!!
【LV???．Dream Manor Guard】
Quality: Elite
HP: 210180
Physical Attack: 5340～5429
Physical Defense: 4683
Magic Defense: 3948
Skill: Fall into a Dream
【Comment: The Guard of the Dream Manor, fallen into a dream, knows no pain, and their attributes far exceed those of beings at the same level.】
Level unknown, and it's an Elite Monster!
The attributes are also strong, with 210,000 HP, over five thousand physical attack, and good dual defenses.
Li Xiang directly charged forward, first facing the Monster that Wang Erhu had turned into.
A sword strike landed.
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Normal attack turned into area attack, splashing onto surrounding Monsters.
At the same time, Wind Wrap triggered.
Another damage was dealt.
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Shadow Ambush triggered.
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In an instant, the HP of the Monster and surrounding Monsters was sharply reduced by half.
Group Fire!!
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Dense damage numbers appeared, and the surrounding Monsters were instantly either dead or severely injured.
"Ding! Killed Elite Monster 'Dream Manor Guard' by leapfrogging levels, gained experience x545611"
"Ding! Killed Elite Monster 'Dream Manor Guard' by leapfrogging levels, gained experience x545611"
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