novelslam Chapter 448 The Real and Fake Monkey King?
Chapter 448 The Real and Fake Monkey King?
Daylight breaks and then darkness falls again.
Chen You stood on the Jade Emperor Sword, his hair blowing wildly in the wind like a bird's nest.
numb.
It took nearly thirty hours.
He traveled tens of thousands of kilometers, cleaved through thirty-nine mountains, blasted up twenty-one water palaces, and even burned down seventeen poisonous forests.
This isn't a demon-slaying operation in the Western Frontier; it's practically a demolition office in the Western Frontier.
Chen You glanced down at the mission panel.
Current progress: 80/81
"There's only one left." Chen You exhaled a breath of stale air and took out the dark gold cyber-metal merit wooden fish.
He raised his hand and knocked.
"Yes."
No response.
The blue arrow on the surface of the wooden fish flashed twice, then suddenly got stuck, emitting a "buzzing" electrical sound.
Chen You frowned and knocked again.
"Yes."
Still no response.
The arrow seemed to have crashed, remaining frozen in place and trembling wildly.
Chen You's temper flared up instantly.
He'd had enough of this lousy navigation system that day.
We took him through dog holes, through cesspools, and on long detours, and now at the last minute, he's crashed?
"Are you asking for it?" Chen You gripped the hilt of the Jade Emperor Sword with his backhand, raised it high, and aimed it at the wooden fish.
Just as the sword hilt was about to strike, a burst of blue light suddenly erupted from the surface of the wooden fish, and a cold, emotionless mechanical voice sounded:
[Route being replanned for you.]
Chen You's hand froze in mid-air.
"You're even experiencing network latency?"
Route planning successful. Traffic congestion ahead; you have been switched to a better route.
[Please head due north and turn left after 200 kilometers.]
Chen You took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed the urge to split the broken wooden fish in two.
"Two hundred kilometers... Fine, after I finish this one, I'll melt you down to forge iron."
Just as he was about to head north, Chen You suddenly felt something was wrong.
What's the situation with the traffic jam ahead?
They even managed to steal this exclusive quest item?
Chen You, riding on the Jade Emperor Sword, not only did not turn north, but suddenly accelerated and sped straight west towards the "congested section of road".
The wind whistled in my ears.
Are you kidding me? When you encounter "congestion ahead" in a game, does that mean there's a traffic jam?
That's definitely a hidden storyline card, or there's a large group of players engaging in group activities.
Could he possibly let go of such an opportunity to join the fun and snag a bargain?
After flying forward for about a hundred kilometers and passing through the fog, the terrain ahead suddenly changed drastically.
Under the moonlight, five majestic peaks rose from the earth without warning.
These five peaks vary in thickness, with the middle one being the highest and decreasing in size on both sides. They are covered with vegetation and have an eerie dark blue color.
They stand close together, reaching straight into the sky, and from a distance, they look like a giant hand reaching out from the earth, trying to lift up the heavens.
Chen You abruptly stopped the flying sword in mid-air.
He looked at the five mountains, then looked down at the Cyber Merit Wooden Fish in his hand, which no longer even flashed with blue light.
"Wuzhi Mountain?"
Chen You's lips twitched slightly.
Black Wind Mountain, Yellow Wind Ridge, White Bone Cave... and now Five Finger Mountain.
"Not a buddy," Chen You couldn't help but complain to the void.
"I've almost finished all eighty-one tribulations, the progress bar is at 80/81, and you're only now showing up my senior brother? Isn't this the wrong route for the journey to the West?"
Despite his complaints, Chen You's heart couldn't help but race.
That's the Monkey King!
If we could really get that guy out of the mountains, let alone the eighty-one tribulations, even if the system ordered him to demolish the City of Gods, he'd be willing to stand by and hand him a hammer.
Chen You immediately lowered his altitude, hovering close to the ground at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain.
The mountain exuded an extremely powerful pressure, which was not a fluctuation of spiritual energy, but more like a power of rules originating from the bottom of the world.
Chen You didn't dare get too close. He flew halfway around the foot of the mountain, trying to find the stone box overgrown with weeds.
"Great Sage?" Chen You called out tentatively.
The sound echoed in the empty valley, with no response except for the sound of the wind.
"The Great Sage Equal to Heaven? Sun Wukong? The Keeper of the Heavenly Horses?" Chen You used several different titles.
Still, deathly silent.
Has it not loaded yet? Or has it been blocked by the system?
Chen You sheathed the Jade Emperor Sword and landed on a rocky beach at the foot of the mountain.
He decided to search on foot so as not to miss any hidden trigger points.
There are no monsters here, and the weeds are taller than a person, so it's not easy to walk.
After walking for about ten minutes, Chen You's ears suddenly twitched.
A faint, almost imperceptible, curse could be heard carried on the wind.
"...Damn it...This piece of junk...I..."
The sound was intermittent, but extremely familiar.
The name sounded so familiar that it gave Chen You goosebumps.
He followed the sound and quickly walked around a huge weathered rock.
At the base of the mountain ahead, there is a natural depression that is half a meter high.
The pit was surrounded by thorny black vines, completely obscuring the inside.
The cursing came from behind the vines.
"The Great Sage?" Chen You swallowed hard and cautiously moved closer.
"Is that you? Why does your voice sound like that? Have you not drunk water for five hundred years and your throat is cracked?"
The cursing behind the vines stopped abruptly.
Two seconds later, a wary, somewhat incredulous voice came from inside: "Who's out there?"
Chen You was taken aback.
This voice... why does it sound more and more like my own?
Without much thought, he drew his Jade Emperor Sword and used the back of the blade to pry open the black vines covered in barbs.
Moonlight shone into the hollow.
When Chen You saw the scene inside, he was struck dumb, frozen in place.
There were no monkeys in the crater.
Only the head and one right hand are visible.
His face was covered in dirt and grime, stained with dried blood, and his hair was a tangled mess.
But his facial features, even the tiny mole at the corner of his eye, are exactly the same as Chen You's!
Not only was the face the same, but the clothes this person was wearing were also the same fashionable outfit—the Ink Abyss Star River Robe!
However, this Star River Robe is now tattered and covered in dust.
Eyes facing each other.
A deathly silence fell over the air.
Chen You, standing outside the mountain, stared wide-eyed.
Chen You, standing at the foot of the mountain, also stared wide-eyed.
"Holy shit!" the two of them exclaimed in unison.
Chen You, standing outside the mountain, abruptly took two steps back, his sword tip pointing directly at his opponent: "Who the hell are you? Disguise? Or an illusion?"
Chen You, who was down the mountain, rolled his eyes and tried to wipe the mud off his face with his only movable right hand.
But his wrist got stuck on a protruding rock, and he could only swing it weakly a couple of times.
"You son of a bitch!" Chen You cursed loudly.
"It's you! To be precise, it's you who you've utterly ruined!"
Chen You was even more confused.
He quickly brought up the system panel and glanced at his status.
Level 49, good health, no illusion debuff, and all items in the inventory are there.
"You're me?" Chen You sneered, his eyes gradually sharpening. "Fine, then tell me, what's my bank card PIN?"
"Six eights! You bumpkin!" Chen You blurted out without hesitation.