Chapter 191: Prejudice is an insurmountable mountain

The sky finally stopped dropping princes or princesses, and no longer dropped other strange things.

Yu Sheng silently withdrew his gaze from the sky, looking at the figures on the open space in front who had already calmed down and were now resting quietly or talking in low voices.

And around them, the land that had been covered by rose bushes, artillery fire, smoke, and raging flames had completely returned to the appearance of the wilderness. The things that had briefly spread from the nightmare had not left any traces in this "shelter."

A spirited tabby cat walked past the crowd with its chest held high, checking the surroundings as if inspecting, followed by several "guards" wearing armor, robes, and leather armor, holding various weapons. Only when it came to Yu Sheng's side did it nod and rub its head against Yu Sheng's leg: "Hmm, I am very satisfied, meow."

Yu Sheng couldn't help but glance at the several guards following the "King," seeing that these "attendants" dressed like standard adventure teams in stories looked almost like humans at first glance, but their expressions were slightly stiff. When he cast his gaze at them, these "adventurers" would even nod seriously in response to him.

"We are the King's blade!" the "warrior" wearing medieval plate armor suddenly said with full breath.

Ailin was startled, and then whispered: "... They look like living people."

"We are the King's blade!" The "female archer" wearing leather armor heard Ailin's whisper and also suddenly shouted with full breath and slightly stiffly.

It turns out their lines are just these few sentences.

The cat king took its "adventurer guards" and left spiritedly, continuing to patrol this place in the wilderness. Yu Sheng heard footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was Little Red Riding Hood walking over.

"'King' will summon different guards. Adventurers are just one combination. Sometimes it will also summon the Imperial Guard or the Imperial Knight Order, all of which are very capable of fighting," Little Red Riding Hood looked at the tabby cat that had already walked far away and explained to Yu Sheng casually. "As for exactly how many combinations there are, even it seems to be unable to say clearly—the most meaningless combination I have seen is that it can summon several old men who look like they are about to die of old age in one breath..."

Yu Sheng was stunned when he heard it: "Ah? Summon several old men? What's the use of that?"

"They are 'sycophants,' who can satisfy the requirements put forward by the 'King' within a certain period of time in the way of an almost omnipotent wish-granting machine."

Yu Sheng was dumbfounded: "... Holy sh*t, awesome."

"But the 'King' only lets the sycophants turn out a bunch of small dried fish for it, and then drives them back."

"... Holy sh*t, even more awesome."

"Do you feel that the abilities of us people are actually quite interesting now?" Little Red Riding Hood showed a strange smile, looked at the companions who were resting with Yu Sheng, and said slowly, "Even I am seeing them fall into the same place in this way for the first time. It's really a bit... unexpected chaos."

Yu Sheng was silent for a few seconds, not knowing what to say for a while.

If you don't consider the danger and corrosive power behind all this, "fairy tale"... is indeed quite fairy-tale.

"Come over, as the 'master' here, it's time for you to show up," Little Red Riding Hood smiled and patted Yu Sheng's arm, then dragged him toward the others, "Everyone is waiting for you."

Yu Sheng walked over, and those teenagers and girls gathered on the grass immediately quieted down. One by one, eyes turned over. The members of "Fairy Tale" stood up one after another, bowed politely and silently to thank, and even that tabby cat, which was always spirited, didn't know when it had quietly come among the people, lowering its head to greet.

"Uh, hello everyone," Yu Sheng was a little nervous, although they were all a group of ten. That's it, gone."

A circle of big children laughed and laughed, and some people applauded messily.

This is the first gathering of the "Fairy Tale" organization in this shelter wilderness.

Yu Sheng retreated, sat on the ground with Little Red Riding Hood, and the latter couldn't help but mutter: "Your opening remarks are really weak."

"I'm not good at this," Yu Sheng said casually, while scanning the surroundings, "People are not all here, right?"

Little Red Riding Hood nodded: "Hmm, not counting the 'King', there are a total of sixteen parents in 'Fairy Tale'. There are only nine people here now." "Others..."

"Some are still on patrol in the real world, some may not have 'dreamed' today, and others... probably won today," Little Red Riding Hood explained in a low voice, "The specific situation will have to be confirmed by asking in person at the morning meeting tomorrow, but there should be no need to worry."

Yu Sheng nodded thoughtfully, and Ailin, who was floating in mid-air, suddenly popped out a sentence: "Can you still win?"

"Of course you can!" Little Red Riding Hood said immediately, "We are not just chased and beaten every time we enter a nightmare. There will be times when we have the upper hand—although basically, the power of the nightmare will be overwhelmingly powerful in the later stage—but even at my stage, I will occasionally win!"

Ailin thought for a while, and the frame shook in mid-air: "Oh... I haven't seen you win."

The veins on Little Red Riding Hood's forehead jumped instantly.

Seeing this, Yu Sheng hurriedly persuaded: "Don't pay attention to her, she has a set of annoying people."

Then, before the puppet could talk nonsense again, he immediately changed the subject: "Alright, now that the shelter plan is confirmed to be effective, it's time to talk about business—I have some situations to tell you, it's about that squirrel, and that gloomy angel named 'Ankaella'."

Upon hearing this, Little Red Riding Hood's expression instantly became serious—even Ailin, who was brewing the next real damage, immediately landed on the ground honestly, standing between Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood like a portrait, looking serious.

Yu Sheng didn't sell it, and directly poured out the information he got from the squirrel.

Please... you... collect 6... 9... book... bar...!

Yu Sheng did not keep anyone in suspense and directly laid out all the intelligence he had obtained from the squirrel.

Little Red Riding Hood frowned.

Here, only she has known that "squirrel" the longest and has been the most familiar with it.

The squirrel is the guide for every Little Red Riding Hood, and the only "friend" of every Little Red Riding Hood in the Black Forest—she had also been curious and asked about it, but until today, she finally knew... why there would be a mysterious "squirrel" in the Black Forest.

At the same time, she also knew where the paths, streetlights, furnace fires, and candlelight in the Black Forest came from.

"Do other 'subsets' have this situation of gradual growth?" Yu Sheng asked curiously.

"Every subset has a situation of gradual change and gradual improvement. This point is indeed not unique to the Black Forest, and the 'strength' of each subset is also like the evil wolf in the Black Forest, which will gradually increase with the growth of us 'characters'—that crazy woman in the blood-stained court was not so strong at the beginning," Snow White nodded, and then changed the subject, "But the 'squirrel' is indeed unique to the Black Forest. On 'stages' like the blood-stained court or the eternal dance party, there are no similar individuals."

Yu Sheng nodded gently, his expression thoughtful.

After more and more information and clues gathered, he now increasingly felt the uniqueness of the "Black Forest" among all fairy tale subsets.

The "squirrel" was trapped in the Black Forest, and the "landing point" of the deep-diving team that chiseled through the fairy tale shell seventy years ago and turned into a "hunter" was also in the Black Forest. And from the other "fairy tale" members he has come into contact with now, the "distortion" method of the Black Forest also seems very special. The combination of forest and evil wolf is obviously not as outrageous as other "subsets," but faintly presents a stability...

This made Yu Sheng couldn't help but be curious—what caused these "uniqueness" of the Black Forest?

... Will it have something to do with the "fairy tale book" that the squirrel gave to Ankaella back then? In that fairy tale book, "Little Red Riding Hood" is a special chapter?

After a moment of thought, he broke the silence again: "After you go back, search the orphanage carefully, especially places like the basement, and those oldest building structures in the orphanage."

Little Red Riding Hood instantly understood Yu Sheng's intention: "... You suspect that the traces left by 'Ankaella' in the real world are still in the orphanage?"

"Don't rule out this possibility. Although the time has indeed been very long, and many buildings in the orphanage have been renovated, the traces left by the gloomy angel will not necessarily fade with time. Some things... it's hard to guarantee that they won't be 'printed' on this world," Yu Sheng said while thinking, "The squirrel recalled that the glowing object once 'merged' into the open space in the middle of the yard. Didn't you also see the weird thorn shadow on a wall near the open space before, Little Red Riding Hood? Maybe there is a connection between these two things."

Little Red Riding Hood immediately recalled the suspicious shadows she had seen at the corner of the orphanage wall before, and her expression became heavy.

"I understand," she nodded seriously, "We will organize people to check when we go back."

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"I understand," she nodded with a serious expression, "We will organize people to go and inspect it when we return."

(End of chapter)