Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 762: Lake of the Nine Realms
"If you don't mind, I have one more question, or maybe a little suggestion."

Freya looked at Li You and said sincerely.

"Please tell me."

"If I'm not mistaken, is there some kind of... divine power hidden in your body?" Freya asked.

Li You did not hide it and nodded his head to admit: "There is a crystal of divine power condensed after the death of a certain foreign god in my body. I have obtained some of its power and can use some of the divine power."

After hearing this, Freya frowned slightly. "There is actually such a form of existence. I thought you were a demigod who had not fully awakened. But anyway, since you do have divine power, you must be careful in this land. The gods of this land are not friendly to outsiders. What's more, there is the Father of the Gods of the Nine Realms. He will be very interested in the existence of this form of divine power in your body."

Li You thought about it and felt that given Odin's personality, this might really be the case. After all, Freya was Odin's wife and one of the people who knew him best. Her judgment must be the closest to correct.

"That's not easy. On my way here, I had a conflict with a local god. Maybe Odin knows me now." Li You thought for a moment and said. Of course, he didn't say directly that the person he met was Balder. After all, he shouldn't know Balder's identity.

Freya didn't think about Balder, but just said: "That's indeed a bit troublesome. You have had contact with the local gods, so Odin's eyes will fall on you... But don't worry, I have a way."

As she spoke, she stood up again to mix some kind of potion. If Li You was right, it should be the spell she drew for Kratos and his son in the game, which would prevent Odin and other gods from finding his trace.

Considering that the upper limit of this world is still unknown, this talisman is indeed necessary. Li You also understood to a certain extent why the system asked him to find Freya right after that. It should be said that this is at least one of the reasons.

As for the fact that this talisman is actually mixed with wild boar urine... just bear with it, it doesn't have any smell anyway.

While Li You was thinking, Freya had already finished her preparations. She came to Li You with a small bowl and dipped her hand in the juice inside. The liquid emitted a faint golden light on her hand.

Li You tilted his head and let her draw the rune on the side of his neck, leaving an inconspicuous mark.

"That's good."

"Thank you." Li You nodded.

Freya said, "No, you helped my friend, and this is my thank you. If there is anything else you need help with, just let me know."

Li You glanced at his system interface. No new tasks have been released yet and it is now in standby mode.

So he thought about it and said, "I understand. If I need help, I will come to you."

There was no need to say more. Freya cleaned the table and brought Li You a glass of spring water. The spring water was clear and sweet, and seemed to have a slight effect of restoring mental strength.

The two of them just chatted casually. For example, Freya asked Li You why he came to this land, and Li You said that he was just a traveler who came to visit because he heard that there were gods in this land, but he found that this place was not friendly to outsiders.

Not long after chatting, Li You heard a system prompt sound.

[Ding! Your main quest has been updated, please go check it out. ]

He glanced at it inconspicuously and saw the next main task clearly.

"...Then I won't bother you anymore. I want to take this opportunity to go around Midgard again." Li You found an opportunity to stand up, "Isn't this place not far from the Lake of the Nine Realms?"

"Indeed. The Lake of Nine Realms is the intersection of most of the roads in Midgard. If you want to travel around Midgard, it is a good idea to go there first."

Freya answered, but also added: "But I must remind you that the water level of the Nine Realms Lake has risen due to the presence of a certain giant race. Many of the original roads are no longer passable. I'm afraid there are not many places you can reach by this way."

Li You thought about it and it was true. There were two time points when the water level dropped in the game. Now, even the Temple of Tyr in the center of the Lake of Nine Realms was still submerged in water.

"Jörmungandr is the World Serpent, right? He is sleeping in the Lake of the Nine Realms?"

In the game, it was because Jörmungandr was awakened and poked his head out of the lake that the water level of the Lake of the Nine Realms dropped, opening up more explorable areas.

Freya was surprised again: "You really know a lot about our legends."

"After all, we can't set foot on a new land without knowing anything." Li You smiled, "Thank you for your reminder, I will pay attention."

"Go through the passage on my side, you can use my boat." Freya recited the old Norse language again, and the huge turtle outside the cabin bent down again, buried its body in the soil, and pushed the cabin into the ground.

Freya opened the door of the wooden house, and outside the door had now become the entrance to a wide underground sewer.

"You can reach the Nine Realms Lake from here. Have a safe trip." Freya sent Li You out. "By the way, take this with you. This is a compass I made. It can help you locate the direction. As long as you think about where you want to go, it will show you the way - but whether you can get there depends on the actual situation."

"Thank you." Li You didn't hesitate to take the compass that Freya handed to him.

In the game, she also gave one to Kratos and his son, but because it directly unlocked the direction indicator function at the top of the game, she didn't know what it looked like.

Now Li You saw it. It was an exquisitely hand-carved wooden compass. The needle on it was shaking slightly, and a faint magical light was flowing.

The cave in this underground river is much more complicated than the terrain in the game. Li You just follows the instructions of the compass to find the direction.

However, similar to the game, there are also many enemies active in this waterway, such as poison-spraying alien soldiers and nightmare demons that look like floating eyeballs.

Before being killed, the alien soldiers will condense the toxins in their bodies and explode. The Nightmare Demon simply floats in the sky and launches long-range attacks, which is very annoying.

Li You didn't give in to them either. A spiral sword appeared in his hand, the blade stretched out, decomposed, and finally turned into a long whip with a flaming blade.

"Let's try this."

"call--!!"

As Li You swung the flame whip, it let out a whistling sound that broke through the wind, caught a floating nightmare, entangled its disgusting body and burned it. At the same time, Li You pulled hard, dragging the nightmare towards himself, and after swinging it a few times, he threw it hard at the alien soldier on the other side!
The alien soldier was throwing poison balls at Li You, but happened to hit the flying Nightmare Demon!

"boom--!!"

The Nightmare's body smashed the alien soldier's poison ball, and then smashed the alien soldier's relatively fragile body. The spiral sword flame burning on Nightmare's body also exploded, and together with the alien soldier's poison, it turned into a violent explosion of flames!
In just this way, Li You cleared out several alien soldiers.

However, more alien soldiers are emerging from every corner of the underground river caves!

"Are you still not going to kill all these guys?"

Li You couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He really had wanted to complain for a long time, whether in the game or now, he would encounter a bunch of enemies as soon as he went out.

No, Freya, you are a goddess after all, so why don’t you do anything about the bad security at your back door?
But if you think about it carefully, when Freya divorced Odin, it seemed that he sealed most of her power, leaving her with almost no ability to fight head-on, so maybe this is reasonable?
Complaints aside, these enemies had to be dealt with. So Li You raised his hand and summoned a portal - it was time to call his companions.

A figure walked out of the portal with flashing blue light, wearing familiar dragon hunting armor, dragon hunting axe, and a new shield that had been fused and strengthened in the world of the Ring.

After some consideration, Li You decided to call out Yuzu first. After all, in terms of comprehensive ability, Yuzu could provide the greatest help to Li You in the world of God of War.

"boom!!"

After Yuzu walked out of the portal, he swung his axe without hesitation and tore into pieces several Nightmare Demons that flew over his head.

Then, facing the alien soldiers who gathered in the distance and spit poison balls at him, Yuzu simply held up his large shield.

"Dong Dong!!"

The poison balls from the alien soldiers flew over and hit the shield of Yuzu, but it did not explode immediately as it normally would. Instead, a circle of light shone from the dark golden shield with complicated tree branch decorations, and a crest emerged. After a sudden shock, it absorbed all the poison balls, and then a golden magic ray was ejected from the center of the shield, landing directly among the group of alien soldiers!
"Boom--!!" The golden rays exploded, causing the alien soldiers to explode as well.

This shield is a combination of the Dragon Hunting Greatshield and the Golden Tree Greatshield. It not only has excellent defensive capabilities, but also has the effect of rebounding magic attacks. It is a very powerful shield.

The poison ball of the alien soldier is essentially a kind of magic and can naturally be bounced back.

With Yuzu's cooperation, Li You also waved the fire whip and quickly cleared out the remaining enemies with him. The river cave was finally quiet.

There was no need to explain anything between the two. After the battle, Li You patted Yuzu's shield, and Yuzu put away the axe and shield and followed Li You towards the underground river in front of the cave.

Li You quickly found Freya's boat, which still had traces of magic on it. However, the magic attached to this boat was not for automatic driving, but a spell to protect the boat from capsizing in the wind and waves.

"Freya really took the trouble."

Obviously, the magic on this small boat was not added randomly. Freya guessed what he wanted to do, so she placed this boat here on purpose.

Li You and Youzi boarded the boat. Youzi raised his hand, and several tentacles stretched out from under his arm armor and crawled under the boat. These tentacles transformed into a propeller-like structure on the bottom of the boat, and then began to rotate rapidly, pushing the boat forward along the underground river.

The river was long and winding, but fortunately the grapefruit-driven boat was much faster than Kratos rowing in the game. Soon Li You smelled the gradually growing stronger fishy smell of the sea in the air.

The Lake of Nine Realms is the seawater area connected to the ocean, which proves that they are close to the exit.

After passing through a cave in front, the bright sunlight once again shone on Li You and the other man - they had reached the range of the Nine Realms Lake.

Of course, the Nine Realms Lake is much larger than the one in the game. The boat passed by the tall statue next to the cave entrance, which was submerged up to its chest in water and holding a war hammer in its hand. In front of it was a vast expanse of water with no end in sight. At first glance, it really made people think they were in the sea.

But once they got here, Yuzu seemed to have suddenly realized something and suddenly became alert.

He stood up from the boat and looked around at the lake shrouded in white mist. Finally, his sight fell on a high wall that seemed to be carved with scales somewhere on the lakeside, and then he looked towards the center of the Lake of the Nine Realms.

"……Danger."

Then, Yuzu said the first words after coming into this world.

Li You patted his arm and signaled him to calm down: "I know you have noticed something, but relax, he is not our enemy, and we will contact him soon, don't be nervous."

Yuzu was silent for a moment before sitting down again: "Where are you going?"

Li You pointed to the center of the lake, where a lighthouse-like building could be vaguely seen, emitting a faint light. Yuzi understood and steered the boat towards the lighthouse.

Only when we got to the center of the lake could we see clearly that the light was not a lighthouse, but another fully armed statue. The statue was smaller than the previous hammer god, and there was no face carved in the helmet, but a brazier with an unquenchable flame in it.

There was a line of runes engraved on the chest of the statue. Li You couldn't understand them, but he knew what they meant.

"Offer your weapon in the center of the water and awaken the cradle of the world again." This is the meaning of the rune, and the specific connotation is also very simple. By throwing down the weapon, you can awaken the world snake, Jörmungandr, who is sleeping in the lake.

Freya obviously knew that Li You would definitely want to awaken the World Serpent, so the boat she gave him was equipped with protective magic to prevent it from capsizing in the wind and waves.

Although Li You and Yuzi could both fly by themselves, he accepted Freya's kindness.

He stood up, grasped his spiral sword, recalled the angle at which Kratos threw the Leviathan Axe in the game, and threw the spiral sword far away!

"Plop——!"

A light sound of something entering water was heard from afar. Li You waited quietly, while Youzi was still a little nervous.

Followed by.

The surface of the Nine Realms Lake began to shake violently, and waves were stirred up in the originally calm water, and they became more and more intense!
Li You and Youzi's boat was hit by the rising waves and was spinning back and forth. In the distance, huge waves were rising on the lake, almost covering the sky!

Freya's protection worked. Although the boat was tossed up and down by the waves, it was never overturned. Even though a huge whirlpool formed on the lake not far away, the two were not sucked in.

If you look closely, you can see that the "high wall" that was originally motionless on the mountain peak at the edge of the Nine Realms Lake in the distance is actually moving slowly. As the waves rise higher and higher, a huge water curtain rises in front of Li You and the others. After the water waves flow in, what appears before their eyes is a huge, snake-like eyelid!

Then, a roar that truly shook the world resounded in the ears of the two men!

"Roar--!!"

——At this time, at the edge of the highland wild forest.

Kratos and his son have just experienced a wave of battles with human predators.

Kratos originally wanted to solve the problem alone, but those ungrateful plunderers took the initiative to attack Atreus. As a result, in order to protect himself, our little god of war stabbed to death an enemy who pounced on him with his mother's dagger.

This wouldn't have been a big deal, but for Atreus, it was the first time he had killed a "human" like himself.

Of course, he just felt the same.

When Kratos pushed away the corpse that was pressing on Atreus and pulled up his frightened son, he was already in a state of daze. Even after the second round of battle with the plunderers who were resurrected as ghost warriors, he was unable to fully recover.

Kratos wanted to say something to Atreus, but suddenly he heard a thunderous roar in the distance!

“Ho ho ho—!!”

Even Kratos was startled when he heard the voice, not to mention Atreus. He suddenly recovered from his previous distraction and looked in surprise at the direction where the voice came from: "What is that!? Is Thor here?"

"...No, kid, that was the roar of some giant creature," Kratos denied his guess.

"What creature can make such a sound?" Atreus was amazed.

"I don't know." Kratos' answer was still concise, "But that's the direction we're going."

Atreus was speechless again for a moment.

Just then, a hoarse and rough voice came into the ears of the father and son.

"Hey! What happened? Did that kid wake that guy up? That's fucking exaggerated!"

They both subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and saw the Smurf Brock standing by a bridge in front of them, looking into the distance. But judging from his size, he definitely couldn't see anything.

He seemed to be just pretending, and then turned to look at Mr. Kui and his son: "Hey, you two! You are lucky to meet me here. I was planning to open a shop over there by the lake!"

Atreus was obviously at a loss and turned to look at Kratos, while Kratos stared at Brock with a frown, wanting to see what he was going to do.

Seeing that the two of them were unmoved, Brock got angry and said, "Hey, do you think I'm in a hurry to do business with you? If I hadn't seen the axes we used to make for our old friend, I wouldn't have bothered with you!"

"Okay, do you want to come up or not? If not, forget it. I still have to take care of another old customer of mine!"

Although Brock said this, Kratos was obviously not very interested. Atreus listened to him and said, "He said he made the mother's axe? Let's go and see, father!"

Looking at Atreus' eyes, Kratos thought for a moment and finally nodded: "Okay."

(End of this chapter)