Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 650 The Statue of the Long Night
Thinking of this, Li Miao couldn't help but kick the corpse twice.

It made him take a detour.

After resolving this minor incident, Li Miao finally had time to begin searching the dimly lit, shadowy hollow.

Although visibility had improved considerably at night, the area was still quite large, so Li Miao could only explore it one place at a time.

After searching for some time, he didn't find the expected treasure chest, but he did find some other things...

[The Statue of the Long Night]

[Note: The idol in the long night, its true form hidden beneath the veil of darkness, may offer something in exchange for its random blessings.]

You have three more opportunities to offer sacrifices.

The statue in front of Li Miao was not large, and it was not even as tall as he usually was.

Strangely, even within his range of nighttime visibility, the statue was still shrouded in a hazy layer of darkness.

It seems to be shrouded in a hazy, mysterious veil, just as the description suggests.

Before Him was a huge, flat stone cup, in which the hazy night flowed, seemingly a place for receiving sacrifices.

"Offer something to receive a random blessing?"

"Three opportunities to offer sacrifices..."

"Could it be referring to the Night Stone?"

Li Miao pondered for a moment, and the instant he saw the description, he immediately thought of the Nightless Stones he had collected along the way.

He then decided to take out all the lightless night stones and put them into it.

If there were no limit to the number of times this Long Night statue could be offered, then he could study its offering rules more thoroughly.

But since there are only three opportunities to offer sacrifices, we should try to do it all at once.

With that in mind, Li Miao quickly threw all the dark night stones into the stone cup of the Long Night Statue.

as predicted.

The power of the night quickly caused the lightless night stone in the stone cup to sink, as if it had fallen into a swamp.

The power of darkness within the stone cup surged for a moment before settling back into calm.

The next moment, black energy surged from the hands of the Night God statue, and the power of the night, carrying a strange object, landed in front of Li Miao.

Li Miao bent down and picked it up.

[Acquired: Double-sided Tumbler (Excellent)]

【Double-sided Tumbler (Excellent)】

[Type: Special Item]

[Effect: Throwing it towards the target expresses your goodwill or malice. Expressing goodwill will result in healing the target, while expressing malice will forcibly attract their attention.]

[Note: This is an extremely durable, unbreakable roly-poly toy. It was born during a long night, so it is unaffected by the night.]

buzzing...

The roly-poly toy, about two palms tall, wobbled twice on the ground before regaining its balance and revealing a gentle smile in Li Miao's direction.

"Won't it be affected by the darkness?"

Upon seeing this message, his eyes lit up.

At this moment, he was worried that he might not be able to communicate with Yuanfang and Ryan later.

But now, seeing the roly-poly toy given to him by the statue of the Long Night God, he suddenly had a thought.

Although foreign special items and props are obscured by the darkness and cannot transmit information, these "gifted items" born here do not seem to be affected in this way.

In other words, it's not entirely impossible for him to communicate with other people.

If communication is possible, the situation will be much easier.

Therefore, what made Li Miao happy was not the roly-poly toy itself, but the potential information it revealed.

"Speaking of that strange giant clam... could it be that this is how it came to be?"

Li Miao couldn't help but think of that strange giant clam.

If the pearl is still inside it, then it should be considered a unique treasure, and it will not be affected by the long night here.

This suggests that it most likely originated from the same source as the roly-poly toy in front of us. It's just unclear which kind-hearted person, after obtaining it, chose to use it to point out the dangers to those who came after.

He's a really nice person...

In comparison, if it were the NPC that Li Miao just killed, he definitely wouldn't have done such a thankless task.

"There are two more opportunities to offer sacrifices."

"We need to collect more Night Stones."

Li Miao pondered.

"I wonder if this statue of the Long Night accepts sacrifices of other things..."

Although sacrificing something else might waste a precious opportunity, Li Miao still felt it was worth a try.

"I'll go back and return this pearl first, see if I can get any other information, and then try to get some useless things from the Milestone Candle."

After making his decision, he quickly returned along the original route.

Because he was familiar with the route this time, he quickly arrived in front of the strange giant clam.

"Danger ahead..."

The strange giant clam kept repeating the same two sentences it had said before.

As Li Miao took out the pearl, the strange clam seemed to sense it, suddenly stopped repeating the action, and then opened its shell, as if it really wanted the pearl to return to its mouth.

Seeing this, Li Miao smiled and then placed the pearl inside.

Bang!
However, the moment the pearl fell, a faint light spread out, and the oyster shell suddenly snapped shut.

Fortunately, Li Miao reacted quickly and managed to avoid being bitten.

"Damn it, what are you doing, you lousy clam? You're repaying kindness with enmity!"

Li Miao was startled and couldn't help but curse.

"Bad guy! Bad guy who stole the pearl!"

The strange giant clam was cursing and swearing.

"..." Li Miao was speechless. It turned out that the other party thought he was that NPC: "I didn't steal your pearl. I'm the one who helped you find your pearl."

"Huh?" The strange giant clam was taken aback. "Is that so? I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. You can take a bite out of me."

It readily admitted its mistake to Li Miao.

"Bite you? I'd be too busy to do that..."

Li Miao rolled his eyes upon hearing this, but at the same time, he was quite pleased to see the changes in the giant clam.

The giant clam that points the way

[Note: A large clam that can guide and answer questions for those who come after.]

It seems that, just as he predicted, returning the pearl did indeed trigger the subsequent plot!

Fortunately, he didn't skip this step!

"Thank you for helping me find the pearl."

"I can give you directions. Where do you want to go?"

After confirming that Li Miao was not a thief, the clam, which was pointing the way, asked him questions very enthusiastically, its shell opening and closing.

Li Miao pondered for a moment: "Who kept you here? What did the person who stole your pearls look like?"

He called himself Alluka the Hero.

"As for the man who stole my pearl, he had face paint and hair on his neck."

"He asked me if I would give directions to others, and I said yes. Then he stole my pearls. How awful!"

The giant clam that gave directions was very angry.

Upon hearing this, Li Miao nodded thoughtfully.

The thief's description matches up; he's undoubtedly the same despicable NPC from before.

As for the "Hero Aluga" who left behind the giant clam... that should be a title.

(End of this chapter)