Chapter 2083: Doll and Crystal Heart

A faint light flickered on the teleportation array. Compared to the teleportation of Reincarnation Paradise, this teleportation array was clearly much cruder, with black stains all over the array diagram, and damage in some places.

Boom!

A muffled sound came from under Su Xiao's feet. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang behind him had a stiff dog face.

Click click click...

The surrounding world was torn apart like old film, quickly twisting into a ball. Su Xiao grabbed Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog head with one hand and Baja's neck with the other.

A sense of bumping came from the surroundings, and Su Xiao stood unsteadily, staggering forward a few steps.

The scene before his eyes returned to normal, the world broken into strips was spliced back together, slowly healing.

"Soto..."

A blurred voice appeared in Su Xiao's mind. He pressed one hand on his temple, and the discomfort of teleportation quickly faded.

A faint smell of mold drifted into his nasal cavity. Su Xiao looked around. This was a room with old furnishings, built mainly with black rock. The wooden furniture was old and somewhat faded. The candle oil on the candlestick was piled into a ball, and the candlelight was burning stubbornly.

【The Hunter has arrived at Wizard City: Heru.】

【"Heru" is a neutral dangerous area. Due to the influence of the Old God, more than 68% of the plot characters in this area ignore the negotiation effects derived from the charm attribute.】

【The first ring of the main quest has been completed.】

【You have obtained 2 real attribute points.】

【The Hunter needs to activate the second ring of the main quest within 2 hours. To activate the second ring of the main quest, the Hunter needs to negotiate with the Girl of Sorrow (Doll).】

【Prompt: The Hunter's current location is a relatively safe area. The Hunter can rest here, recuperate from injuries, etc.】

Su Xiao looked at his feet. The faint light left by the teleportation array was gradually dissipating, revealing a dark gray carpet. This carpet no longer had a soft texture, and its hardness was comparable to leather.

The current location was a bedroom. The furnishings of the bedroom were very simple: a double bed, a wardrobe with a dressing table. The oval mirror on the dressing table was very dirty, and there were sporadic dried blood stains on it.

Compared to that mirror, Su Xiao was more concerned about the double bed behind him. The stained quilt on the bed was slightly raised, and an arm that had turned into a withered bone was exposed from the edge of the quilt.

Su Xiao lifted the quilt. A corpse was lying on the bed. The death appearance of the corpse was simply terrifying. The left half of the body had turned into a withered bone, and the right half remained intact. Apart from the skin losing its elasticity, it was no different from a living person.

Click~

Bone friction, the corpse on the bed suddenly sat up. Seeing this scene, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's soul was almost scared away.

"Woof! (Don't touch me)"

Not to mention Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, even Baja shuddered. After all, the Wizard City: Heru itself revealed a sense of eeriness, and this corpse was simply terrifying.

"Soto..."

A strange sound came from the corpse's mouth. Su Xiao stepped forward, crystal layers wrapped around his right hand, and he reached for the corpse's chin.

Crack.

The corpse's head was pushed backward. Su Xiao's two fingers probed into the corpse's chin and clamped a long, thin strip.

"Thank you."

As Su Xiao spoke, he threw the corpse into the gap between the double bed and the wall. After studying the thin strip in his hand, he pressed it with his thumb.

Hiss hiss hiss~

A sound came from inside the thin strip. Soon, a weak male voice appeared.

"Brother who came later, I didn't get much information, and time... is not much left. Being able to activate the 'memory fluid metal' means you also come from Reincarnation Paradise."

The voice paused, followed by continuous dry coughing. This coughing sound seemed to be coughing out his lungs.

"The doll is very important. By the way, she is called the Girl of Sorrow, a 'tool' cherished by the Old God. Don't ask me what the Old God is; I haven't figured it out either, cough cough cough..."

After another bout of desperate coughing.

"If no thief enters here, the doll girl's heart is placed on the cabinet beside her. Don't install the heart for her. If you do, she will learn to lie, and even... want to become a living person again. Or, you can take her heart apart, give her only half, and use the other half to tempt her. Don't try to hurt or offend her; she is a neutral unit. The Paradise should have prompted you. Oh, by the way, I am a Hunter, Tier 6."

The unknown Hunter's voice stopped. He seemed very tired and was dying. He rested for a long time before continuing.

"Wizard Association is on which side, I haven't figured it out yet, but some wizards are credible, some are best slaughtered. Don't listen to their nonsense. It's very interesting that the crazier the wizards look, the more credible they are. They are all scared crazy, all pitiful people. As for those who look normal, you'd better be careful. In this ghost place of Heru, the more you know, the faster you go crazy."

After another dozen seconds of heavy breathing.

"It's a pity, I can only go this far. Damn, I haven't tried a female wizard yet, damn..."

After a "polite" last word, the recording ended.

Su Xiao's brows were tightly locked. Clearly, a Tier 6 Hunter had just arrived in Wizard City: Heru for not long before cooling down here.

Even though the other party's purpose was different from Su Xiao's, it also showed how dangerous Heru was. Moreover, Su Xiao felt that the mission he received later would be much more dangerous than the other party's.

Wizard City: Heru, Wizard Association, Old God, Doll: Girl of Sorrow, crazy wizards, the information was getting more and more, but these clues were too messy and couldn't be connected at all.

Su Xiao got up and came to the bedroom door. After pushing the door open, it was somewhat dim outside the room, and the moonlight illuminated a corridor. On the other side of the corridor were a few windows.

Entering the corridor, after walking a few steps, Su Xiao found the stairs leading downstairs, and beside the stairs, there was another room.

Su Xiao didn't rush downstairs, but pushed open the room on the other side of the stairs. The layout was the same as the previous bedroom, only there was no corpse on the bed.

Two bedrooms flanked the stairs; this was the layout of the entire floor. Su Xiao walked down the stairs, and the zigzag stairs soon reached the end, arriving at the first floor.

The layout of the first floor was very open, with all kinds of furniture placed around, and a height-adjustable chandelier on the ceiling in the center.

With the help of moonlight, Su Xiao found a figure standing beside the bookcase. This figure was somewhat frail, standing there motionless.

Su Xiao lowered the chandelier, added some lamp oil to the ring groove of the lampshade, and lit it. After pulling it up with a rope, the first floor of the small building became bright.

The firelight dispelled the shadows beside the bookcase. A woman wearing a brown dress and light golden hair stood there. Her hands were tied in front of her lower abdomen, her light golden long hair was braided into a braid, hanging to her waist. There was a silver headpiece on her head, looking like light protective gear, but in reality, it had no defensive power.

"Is this the doll?"

Su Xiao stopped in front of the doll: Girl of Sorrow, and tapped the other party's cheek with his finger. Unexpectedly, the other party was actually soft, just without body temperature.

"Why isn't she moving? Didn't wake up?"

Baja started saying nonsense again, but the Girl of Sorrow was indeed motionless.

Su Xiao checked the bookshelf beside the Girl of Sorrow and found a crystal heart like an artifact on it, as well as a key.

This key was about ten centimeters long, with a round metal piece at the tail end for easy gripping.

After thinking for a while, Su Xiao began to look at the Girl of Sorrow. Soon, he found a keyhole in the palm of the other party's hand.

Inserting the key, Su Xiao tried to turn it.

Click-clack...

The sound of precise mechanism operation came. The Girl of Sorrow was actually like an old-fashioned clock, needing to be wound up~

After turning a few times, the key got stuck, and the Girl of Sorrow's dull eyes gained luster.

"Did you wake me up, my lord."

The Girl of Sorrow's voice was very soft, without obvious emotional fluctuations.

"Do you crave this heart?"

Su Xiao tossed the crystal heart in his hand. Although it was a doll, it had a fragile heart. This was very interesting. ===== CHAPTER 2084 =====