Chapter 58: The Substitute

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chapter 58: the substitute liu xing and tina returned to the temple, where they found akira akashi had already arrived, while li ming remained in a coma. nan xiaoniao was biting her finger, deep in thought. "how did it go on your end? did you encounter any problems?" akira akashi and tian dao, having heard kp cao's alert, knew that liu xing and tina had encountered a mythical creature, but were unaware of the specifics. "we need to initiate private room time," liu xing said, choosing to request kp cao to facilitate a private discussion space for sharing intelligence.the roots of this story extend from novell bìn origin. "okay, private room time is now active. just a friendly reminder, you have about half an hour left. please hurry up to avoid failing the mission," kp cao advised, subtly pressuring liu xing's group. tina briefly recounted their encounter: "liu xing and i met nan xiaoniao's mother in the grape arbor. she was incessantly eating grapes. liu xing tried to stop her to save some grapes for offerings. at that moment, she transformed into a formless offspring, and we had no choice but to retreat." frowning, tian dao said resignedly, "if i'm not mistaken, formless offspring are immune to physical damage, meaning we can't harm it." "true, but did you buy today's newly released qingming festival gift pack? it contains an item called qingming rain, capable of damaging mythical creatures immune to physical attacks. it also has a 50% chance of slowing them down," liu xing inquired. even with qingming rain, they knew it was impossible to kill the formless offspring. however, the item could potentially reduce its speed by 50%, making the normally turtle-paced creature as slow as a snail. "i just spent my money on a white character card, so i couldn't afford the qingming festival pack. had i known about it, i would have saved my points," tian dao regretted. "a substitute, then it must be something that either looks like or symbolizes bamboo shoots. but here, we need a substitute for a ritual offering. it's like how zhuge liang once used steamed buns instead of human heads for a ritual. we probably just need to find something that resembles bamboo shoots," liu xing suggested. akira akashi nodded and said seriously, "that's what i was thinking. but i've already looked around the temple and haven't found a suitable substitute. were the stalls still there when you and tina went to the commercial district?" "no. those stalls have already disappeared," tina confirmed. liu xing frowned, finding this strange. usually, such key props are placed in significant locations, like the temple and commercial district in this mirrored world. unless... the key prop is in the hands of an npc! liu xing suddenly remembered that before entering the mirrored world, nan xiaoniao seemed to have picked something up from the ground! he then looked at nan xiaoniao, or more precisely, the small bag she was holding. seeing liu xing suddenly turning his gaze to nan xiaoniao, tina and the others followed his gaze and understood his thought. "leave it to me. nan xiaoniao's favorability towards me is quite high," tina volunteered eagerly.

Chapter 58: The Substitute

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