Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 686 Adding Firewood to the Campfire

"Damn it, I already said it was an accident. Who would deliberately sabotage a campfire for no reason? You NPC..."

He was somewhat dissatisfied upon reaching the shore and subconsciously wanted to argue with the other party.

But Li Miao, standing to the side, slightly raised her hand to interrupt him: "Alright, no need to say more. This NPC's self-awareness shouldn't be strong."

After saying that, Li Miao looked at the campfire guardian spirit and pondered for a moment.

"This NPC has a mark on him, so he definitely didn't appear here for no reason."

After hearing Li Miao's words, Shang An pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "You mean this is actually a hidden monster?"

"So, killing him will definitely get us some hidden items?"

Thinking of this, he felt a surge of excitement as he went ashore and was about to raise his staff.

Upon hearing this, Li Miao's face darkened, and he quickly stopped the other person: "What I mean is, it might have been placed here by the Long Night's Flame for the purpose of a trial."

"Our next choice is very likely to be part of the 'trial' in the Long Night Divine Realm."

Only after getting ashore did he understand what Li Miao meant.

Since the other party bears the special mark of the Long Night and is hidden in the campfire, it is highly likely that this is one of the "trials" of the Long Night's Flame for the trial participants, with the purpose of observing the trial participants' attitudes and choices.

"What to do?"

"It only tells us to leave, which means there are only two choices: either kill him or leave. There's no third option."

After saying that, they went ashore and tried to communicate with the other party for a couple more sentences, but the campfire guardian spirit still did not react. It just stared at them, seemingly waiting for their next choice.

"Let's kill him, maybe we can get some good loot."

Seeing this, he couldn't help but say something after going ashore.

But Li Miao did not give up. While thinking, he suddenly thought of the previous "Aluga Hero" and a guess immediately came to mind.

Thinking of this, he stepped forward and looked at the campfire guardian spirit: "We have no intention of destroying the campfire... Since you are providing fire for those who come after you, how can we help you?"

Li Miao didn't have much hope for this, since the NPC in front of him didn't have a strong sense of self. The reason he was so easily aroused was probably because of the Long Night mark.

But to his surprise, after hearing his words, the campfire guardian spirit in front of him paused and actually spoke again.

"...Do you also want to help those who come after you?"

"Huh?" The person who went ashore was stunned. Had a hidden dialogue been triggered?
“Yes.” Li Miao’s eyes lit up when he saw this, and he quickly replied.

"In that case, let's add fuel to the campfire..."

After the deep voice fell, the campfire guardian spirit slowly extended a black tongue from its large mouth, on which was a burning campfire.

[Do you wish to expend your own energy to fuel the campfire?]

A bright blue notification appeared before Li Miao's eyes.

Seeing this, the two exchanged a glance, and then without hesitation, extended their hands and agreed.

Before long, their physical strength and spirit transformed into a wisp of azure energy and fell into the campfire.

After it's done.

The campfire guardian spirit retracted its tongue, swallowed the campfire, and then gave the two of them a deep look.

"Those who come later may never notice that those who came before added fuel to the campfire..."

After leaving behind this sentence.

The campfire guardian spirit turned and left, returning to its original position. It opened its mouth wide and gradually sank into the ground, leaving only the campfire with a cooking pot hanging on it.

The body is still there, and so is the campfire.

Apart from the flames becoming a little stronger, everything seemed unchanged, and even the campfire guardian spirit seemed to have never appeared.

The expectant expression on his face gradually faded after he reached the shore.

Li Miao was also somewhat surprised.

"Holy crap, what is this?!"

"According to the usual game mechanics, shouldn't there be a special reward after discovering this kind of hidden dialogue and process?"

"So the campfire guardian spirit just left without giving us a single thing?"

"Fine, no reward is fine, but what did you mean by that just now? Were you mocking us for doing useless work?"

Disappointed, he couldn't help but complain as he got ashore.

Just as he said, his first reaction after hearing the campfire guardian spirit's question was that he must have stumbled upon a hidden storyline and could get a special reward. But now that he had completed the process and gotten nothing, and was even asked a question out of nowhere by the campfire guardian spirit, he was naturally very annoyed.

"Damn it, maybe we should just take out this campfire guardian spirit!"

The staff that had come ashore began to transmit the astonishing wisdom of the mage to him once again.

Li Miao was also somewhat surprised to see this.

His thoughts were similar to those of those who wanted to go ashore, but he didn't have any resentment about it; instead, he pondered it over.

After glancing at the cold, long night that enveloped the oasis, he recalled what Lanloto had said earlier, suddenly understood, and smiled freely.

"Wisdom is hidden in the cold, long night... So that's the truth."

“The campfire guardian spirit is right.”

"Never mind that, let's go."

Li Miao smiled, clearly having no intention of attacking the campfire guardian spirit.

Seeing this, he felt somewhat helpless and gave up his plan to kill the campfire guardian spirit.

This wasn't because he had a change of heart.

It's just that without Li Miao tanking the damage in front, he probably wouldn't be able to take down a boss monster with the Burning Spirit and Burning Points all by himself...

Having found nothing, the two turned and headed toward the other campfires in the Long Night Oasis.

……

Soon, the two arrived at the second campfire.

Unlike the first campfire, the second campfire was located between the grove and the stream, and its flames seemed to burn brighter than the previous one.

And indeed, there are NPCs here.

Live.

There's more than one key point.

Upon closer inspection, there were actually six people.

"Damn, with so many NPCs, we're sure to trigger tons of side quests!"

Upon reaching the shore, his eyes lit up, and he felt as if a bunch of question marks were beckoning to him. He then decided to walk towards the campfire to communicate with the NPCs.

But Li Miao grabbed him and said irritably, "Are you in such a hurry to be reincarnated? What's the rush? Observe first before making a decision."

This guy who went ashore has brains, but not many, and he doesn't use them often.

Sometimes Li Miao felt that he should play the same style as Mangzi.

"They're chatting..."

"Let's listen to what they're saying first."

Li Miao decided to spy on them first.

"That's true." After thinking for a moment, he nodded, then seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he quickly glanced at his personal information.

[A Glorious Body: My Son Failed His Exam, But I Passed It]

[Rank: Burning Spirit]

【Level: 78】

[Warfare: Silver-Masked Warlock (Intermediate)]

【Saintly Fire Aspect: ①Saintly Fire Aspect (In the Saintly Fire Aspect state, one is immune to ordinary physical attacks and gains damage reduction, suppresses low-ignition-point life, and greatly increases the effect of the Power of Fire) ②Starry Gaze (When not suppressed, consumes the Power of Fire to slightly increase the maximum spirit value, activates spell skills without consuming spirit value, and slightly enhances skill effects)】

[Ability Values: ...]

[Talent: Starlight Companion (Moderately increases spell damage, slightly increases spirit cost, has a small chance to summon starlight when casting spells, spirit +5), Lawful Silver Gift]

[Abilities: Evasion, wax block regeneration, parrying...]

[Skills: Mytelos Starfall, Mytelos Meteor Shower, Mytelos Torrent, Dragon Strike, Thief's Illusion, Soul Shock, Arcane Shield, Lawful Protection, Cold Water Flow, Wei Jia's Soul-Guiding Words, Divine Touch, Vanish into Nothingness.]

"Holy crap!"

"I used [Wei Jia's Soul-Guiding Word] to replace [Offender's Ears] before entering the dungeon, damn it!"

After checking his inventory, he felt somewhat annoyed upon landing.

(End of this chapter)