Chapter 15 The Missing Elf
The early morning sun shone brightly on the snow on the top of the mountain, Xinqi Li, Mazzaro. At the same time, it also cast the shadow of the entire mountain on Juan's heart.
"Go on your way. I will bring someone to collect the body for you."
"Morgan, there's no need to persuade me, I've made up my mind."
Morgan handed the Winchester shotgun to Juan: "Take it, defend yourself."
Juan refused: "That would only be worse. If I am empty-handed, the elves may still be willing to talk to me. If I enter their reservation without permission with a weapon, then they can only use weapons to greet me.
Already."
Under the worried eyes of Morgan and the two dwarfs, Juan walked towards the forest.
As he walked, he logged into the platform through his brain chip and checked the trailer released last night.
"The Terminator of Legends Who Testifies His Way": "Does the legendary Elf Reserve exist? What does the World Tree look like? Are tree elves hostile to humans?"
“Perhaps it is a leisurely journey like a walk in the woods, or it may be a bloody sacrifice of life.
"All this will be revealed in the live broadcast starting at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, so stay tuned."
Juan found that this trailer aroused the interest of many netizens, with more than 20,000 clicks and more than 3,000 comments.
He browsed through the comments with the most likes and replies:
"Today next year is the day before the anchor's anniversary celebration. I can finally give away the chrysanthemums I have kept for a long time!"
Followed by a long list of replies: "daisy plus one", "daisy plus one"... mixed with dissonant tones such as "faggot" and "a bunch of idiots".
Juan felt that this comment was somewhat familiar, but he found that the name of the netizen who left the comment seemed to have been changed. He must have never seen a netizen named "Chrysanthemums are blooming for you" before.
The fan named "Dark Elf" is more direct: "I like the anchor's style of 'I want to try it or die'. Build a building to cheer for the anchor. The first floor is 10 coins, and the maximum is 10,000 coins."
There have been more than a thousand replies, almost all of which are "thumbs up" and "come on" and other non-nutritious things.
But Juan liked it.
Especially the tip "netizen 'Dark Elf' rewards 10,000 alliance coins" made him feel that the dim forest in front of him was not so scary anymore.
The forest was very quiet, except for the chirping of birds that came from nowhere, and there seemed to be no other living creatures.
Juan started the live broadcast titled "The Legendary Terminator Who Proved His Way" on time. In just a few minutes, the number of viewers exceeded 20,000, and it is still increasing rapidly.
Netizens in the comment area spoke very enthusiastically.
Netizen "Chrysanthemums Bloom for You" started a solitaire: "Ten thousand ways for the anchor to die!"
Juan was not interested in reading the rapidly increasing number of replies.
At the same time, above Juan's field of vision, a series of barrage messages read "Here we come", "666", "Come and read my book", "Come on", "Seeds and peanuts are sold in the front row"... which made him feel dizzy.
Huan endured the discomfort and started to explain while walking on the dead branches and leaves:
"Tree elves are a species that are very good at hiding themselves in the forest. Although there seems to be no living creatures around, it is possible that I am being watched by them.
"Maybe in the next second, their bows and arrows will penetrate my neck without any sound.
"By the way, I have to put the anti-gravity camera out, otherwise everyone won't be able to see the scene where my neck was penetrated by an arrow."
Juan released the anti-gravity camera and set it to follow him 5 meters in the air to track and shoot him.
"I have released the authorization to switch lenses. Everyone is free to choose whether to watch the live broadcast through the main perspective of my eyes or the third-person perspective of the camera. The operating instructions are on the platform, so I will not repeat them."
I walked so calmly for nearly 2 kilometers without any accidents. There were only trees in my field of vision, as if it was just an ordinary walk in the forest.
"It's so boring!" "What is this live broadcast!" "You want me to watch this so early in the morning? I'm already sleepy!" "Quit, quit!"...
Juan saw that the ratings were declining. He was a little anxious and couldn't help but speed up his pace.
"There's something going on!" "Holy shit, what is that!?" "Anchor, look to the right! Right!"...
The rapidly increasing barrage made Juan feel dazed for a while, and then he realized that he might have missed something.
"The elf's tree house!" "Oh my god, there are still people living in the trees these days! It's still a wooden house!" "The carvings are so exquisite!"...
Juan discovered that there was no need to look back to find what he had missed. The increasing number of elf tree houses in front of him was enough to arouse the enthusiasm of netizens.
"Why are they all empty?" "Where are the people? Oh no, where are the elves?"...
Juan passed by a relatively low tree house. Through the open door frame, he saw that it was empty. There were beds of hay and some barrels and bowls on the floor, but there were no elves.
An attentive netizen named "Ke Nan" pointed out a detail that Juan almost missed: "The wood is half carved, and the traces are all new."
Various speculations broke out in the barrage:
"The elves were scared away by the anchor!" "The anchor is mighty!" "Long live mankind!"...
"The elves must be around, the anchor's life has begun to countdown!" "Present flowers!" "It's time to let the sorrow and music begin!"...
"It is said that elves can do magic. They must have used invisibility!" "The host is touching everywhere, maybe he can find an elf girl!" "What should I do if I find an elf aunt?"...
Juan was not disturbed by these barrages. His goal was the World Tree, and he knew very well that the World Tree should be not far ahead.
He ignored the advice of some netizens led by "Ke Nan": "Go slowly, I'm almost finding out the truth ahhhhhh!!"
He doesn't even care about the soaring ratings.
Juan only had one thought in his mind: take a photo of the World Tree while the tree elf is away, and leave after taking the photo!
When a vertical cliff cut off Juan's path, he knew he had succeeded.
It was a sinkhole 1 kilometer in diameter.
Even if the visual distance was adjusted to the maximum through the brain chip and low-light vision was added, Juan could not clearly see the bottom of the sinkhole.
But the distance he could see clearly exceeded 2 kilometers.
There is only one tree in this huge sinkhole.
If it weren't for the concept of World Tree, Juan wouldn't even have recognized that the huge thing in front of him was a tree.
Its huge trunk stands like a mountain, and its branches extending sideways are wide enough to drive a car on.
The sparse tree crowns seen on the top of New Kilimanjaro are actually just the topmost twigs of the World Tree.
The barrage in his field of vision had already formed into a continuous film, but Hu Ping ignored it.
He watched and photographed greedily, and even the reward prompts that kept popping up in his mind could not distract him for a moment.
Chapter completed!