Salted Fish Zombie

Chapter 60

"Realm of the Gods?"

Zhu Shuangshuang and Su Wangsheng were startled upon hearing this.

If the boundless Dark Swamp that existed only within the Furen County was considered boundless, then what the white-haired flower attendant mentioned as the pathway to the Realm of the Gods could be thought of as a connection to another mysterious and unknown space.

Possibly, what existed there was what the system referred to as 'god'.

Zhu Shuangshuang asked, "Is the Land of the Sleeping God the place where god would awaken during the Flower God Festival?"

The white-haired flower attendant wasn't entirely sure; he only said, "God is boundless, and the Dark Swamp is the place where god slumbers. The flowers that grow in the Dark Swamp carry the aura and imprint of god, making them sacred flowers."

Though it might be somewhat plausible when stated like this, the two of them still couldn't understand how flowers with such oppressive colors and deformed appearances could be considered sacred flowers.

As evening approached, other flower attendants in the courtyard also came out one after another, preparing to go to the Dark Swamp to select flowers again.

The bizarre flowers that grew human body parts last night were all taken away by the Holy Maiden and her people. At that time, they only felt relieved, but now they felt troubled.

With the polluted flowers taken away, they had to venture into deeper parts of the swamp to search again.

What was even more distressing was that even if they brought back a flower safely tonight, they couldn't be sure if it had been infected or not.

If it was infected, they would have to search again, which meant they had to go deeper into the swamp each time, facing even more danger.

Meanwhile, if they couldn't find a flower that wasn't polluted, they couldn't learn to serve the flowers, understand how to meet the god, and might even be unable to participate in the Flower God Sacrificial Ritual, thus failing both main quests.

The players felt quite frustrated.

As they set out this time, the journey was silent all the way.

There were four sets of players' rooms in their courtyard.

One of the rooms belonging to Ning Su and Ning Changfeng had one player who didn't participate, and the other was just being lazy and following along.

There were two people in a room whose details were unknown, and they remained silent all the time.

Leading the group of players were Dai Dong and Jiang Ying, but last night, Jiang Ying passed away, and today, Dai Dong hadn't said a word.

Only Zhu Shuangshuang and Su Wangsheng were still able to speak normally.

They felt regretful about what happened last night, but they did whatever they could to help. Nevertheless, they had to continue with the missions as usual.

Zhu Shuangshuang whispered to Su Wangsheng, "I always thought Hua Feng was different, but I didn't expect him to be so devoted to the Flower God."

Hua Feng was the name of the white-haired flower attendant.

Su Wangsheng said, "Everyone here believes in the Flower God. There must have been some real encounters with the Flower God, or this god has brought benefits to the people here."

Zhu Shuangshuang replied with an "Mm," and then said, "Have you noticed that Huafeng looked unusually pale and weak today?"

Su Wangsheng nodded, "That rotted hand flower he took back to raise didn't cause any trouble overnight, and the hole in it caused by the Holy Maiden's staff is gone."