Qianwen clutched her ears, deep in thought. After much deliberation, she decided that she needed to find the Candy Queen first. She might know what was going on with Weiwei—no, she definitely did. But the problem was, how to find her way to the Candy Kingdom?
The visibility in the surrounding area was low, with a slight fog. Apart from the mountain peak, everything else was invisible.
mountain peak?
Recalling the past, it was the source of sweetness in the Candy Kingdom, Snow Sugar Mountain. The location of the Candy Kingdom was... roughly... Qianwen racked her brains to recall her previous experience and roughly determined the general direction of the Candy Kingdom. If she could see the Sweet River in that direction, Qianwen would be able to confirm the direction completely.
After glancing at Weiwei, who had turned into a glass statue, Qianwen made a resolute decision: "Linlin, let's go first, let's not waste time here."
"Okay, whatever you say."
Side Story, Candy Kingdom 02 (The Older Sister Carrying Her Younger Sister)
On this plain composed entirely of sugar as hard as rock candy, the terrain was rugged. Asahi transformed into wolf form and carried his sister, running swiftly. Since the wolf form was faster to travel, Asahi soon saw the 'River of Life' that Pudding had pushed into last time.
The River of Life is filled with thick sugar water. Last time, after Qianwen was pushed into the river, he was swept downstream and only then did he discover that he had encountered the Salt Party in the Salt Lake.
Qianwen transformed back into human form by the lake, and Ahri also transformed into human form.
Qianlin squatted down by the lake and observed for a moment before saying, "This river is so wide, how do we cross it?"
Looking around, there was nowhere to see a bridge.
The current was very strong; swimming across was clearly not an option.
At this moment, Qianlin reached out and scooped up some lake water. It was sticky, just like sugar water. She licked it, and a unique, fragrant sweetness instantly filled her mouth.
"Wow!"
This made Qianlin exclaim in surprise, "This candy tastes amazing!"
Looking at the river again, Asahi's eyes shone brightly.
Qianlin took out the kettle, poured out the water, and then filled it with sugar water.
Ahri felt a touch of sadness; as a Blade Spirit in the game, she had no sense of taste.
But now is not the time to think about food; Ahri is figuring out how to cross the river.
Qianwen also raised her tail and squatted down to taste it. Suddenly, she thought of the sweet water in the Mushroom World. Compared with that, this level of sweetness was like a taste diluted dozens of times.
Of course, it's not that the sweet water here is bad. No matter what, the best is a moderate taste. Whether the taste is too strong or too weak, it will cause discomfort. Qianwen just feels that the sweet water here is diluted from the one over there.
Diluted?
It must be an illusion. Could there be any connection between these two worlds?
The current problem is how to cross the river.
Looking across the river from here, you can see the outline of the Candy Kingdom, confirming that you are on the right track.
Looking up at the sky, the candy-like sun was radiating a soft light.
After thinking for a moment, Qianwen decided to go downstream: "Linlin, Ali, let's go downstream and take a look."
Ahri said, "The river will narrow after it branches out, and then you can jump across it."
"Ah."
Ahri then suggested, "How about I try flying you there again?"
"No, you know what happened just now."
"But you can avoid that strange wind."
Just now, after Weiwei was frozen, Qianwen continued her search for the Candy Kingdom, and Ali suggested that she could take Qianwen and her sister with her for a low-altitude flight.
The Spirit Blooming Sword allows one to fly on it. At the time, Qianwen didn't think much of it and carried his sister on his back, stepping on the sword and flying up, thinking that flying would give him a wider field of vision.
But before they could fly very high, a strange energy gust blew over. Qianwen, with her keen senses, immediately dodged and jumped off the sword.
Strangely, the strange energy wind disappears as soon as you stop flying, but it reappears as soon as you fly, even if you don't fly very high. It seems to be a kind of restriction that prevents you from flying. This is probably what Weiwei encountered just now.
So from the beginning until now, in order to speed up the journey, Qianwen has been in the form of a giant wolf carrying his sister, because flying seems to be prohibited here.
Qianwen dared not try to see what would happen if she were touched by that energy wind. She might be frozen and unable to move, or the dungeon might end immediately.
Now that Ahri has said this, Qianwen hesitates. That energy gust can indeed be avoided, but it won't take long to fly across the river, and the Candy Kingdom will be right in front of them.
Detour or risk?
Qianwen looked at her younger sister, wanting to ask for her opinion.
Qianlin shrugged and said, "I don't care. Isn't it more fun if it's exciting?" If a dungeon has no excitement or adventure at all, then it will definitely be less fun.
“Alright then.” Qianwen agreed, thinking that if all else fails, she can start over. It’s not like she only has one chance. So, Qianwen carried her younger sister and stepped onto the Spirit Blooming Sword once again.
Fly across the river!
The Sweetwater River is about ten meters wide, and it would only take a few seconds to fly across it, but the energy wind appears quickly, appearing in a second.
Sure enough, as soon as they stepped onto the Spirit Blooming Sword and took flight, the energy wind blew over. Qianwen immediately determined the direction from which the wind was coming and informed Ahri, who then controlled the Spirit Blooming Sword to sprint at top speed.
"Stand firm."
"Ready."
Qianwen tightened his grip on his younger sister's back and wrapped his tail around her waist to prevent her from falling off during high-speed flight, unlike Weiwei who was on the dragon's back.
A soft blue light shone from the Spirit Blooming Sword, and the magical energy for flight was fully activated. In a flash, it flew to the very center of the Sweetwater River.
From a distance, the rushing river water doesn't seem unusual, but upon closer inspection, you can see that the water is quite viscous, flowing like honey.
The next second, the Spirit Blooming Sword flew across the Sweetwater River. The strange energy wind chased after it very quickly, but the Spirit Blooming Sword flew even faster at full speed.
Qianwen, realizing that he was moving quite fast and should have jumped off the Spirit Blooming Sword, had a bold idea and said to Ali, "Ali, don't stop, let's fly straight to the Candy Kingdom."
"it is good!"
A shadow streaked across the low sky. Qianwen noticed that the chasing energy wind was gradually accelerating, and a new energy wind appeared from another direction. It was only thanks to Qianwen's unique perception that Weiwei was caught off guard by this invisible energy flow.
Qianwen didn't stop, a desire to take on the challenge arose in her heart, but Ahri seemed unable to sense these energies and needed her to direct the direction herself.
Qianwen's attention began to focus intensely.
"Ah Li, follow my command."
"it is good!"
The two coordinated well, but unfortunately the energy winds were increasing in number and strength, making it more and more difficult to dodge. Not daring to take any more risks, Qianwen had no choice but to stop speeding and jump off the sword.
Strangely enough, as soon as you stop flying (jumping doesn't count), that energy will quickly disappear, vanishing completely in just a few seconds.
After landing steadily, Qianwen was about to put her younger sister down when she noticed something was wrong. Qianlin also noticed something was wrong and looked down to see a white tail that looked like it was coated with a layer of resin and was stiff.
"Uh...when..."
That's right, Asahi's tail has become frozen in place, just like Vivi's. The worst part is that Asahi used her tail to tie around her waist to prevent her sister from falling, and now she can't let go.
After a moment of silence, Qianlin rested her chin on Qianwen's shoulder and said with a hint of mischief, "If you can't get down, then don't get down. Keep carrying me."
Qianwen's eyebrows twitched. "Then I'll be exhausted."
"What, do you think I'm too heavy?"
Qianwen didn't say anything, and turned her gaze forward. Not far ahead was the city of the Candy Kingdom. Just then, Qianwen saw a fairy wand candy man staring blankly in this direction, its cartoon eyes filled with disbelief. It seemed to have seen the scene of itself flying down just now.
After the Spirit Blooming Sword fell, it turned into light and merged into Qianwen's body. Ahri had no intention of transforming. Qianwen breathed a sigh of relief, carried her sister on her back, and walked towards the candy man, preparing to ask about the 'main quest'.
Side Story, Candy Kingdom 03 (The Spreading Curse)
There's no need to worry about language barriers in the game. Before Qianwen could even ask the candy-like character a question as she carried her younger sister up to it, the character exclaimed in surprise, "You...you were flying just now?"
"Yes."
Asahi didn't deny it; its reaction showed that flying was indeed forbidden. But there are always exceptions; as long as it's fast enough, it can't catch up to you.
"Well.."
Asahi didn't know how to start, so she decided to just say it directly: "I am an adventurer from another world, and I'm here to help you defeat the Salty Party."
"Salty Party!"
The candy-like creature immediately shifted its attention at the mention of the Salty Party. Its small, round-brimmed hat, which wasn't crooked or anything, was casually adjusted before it replied, "That's right, our kingdom has indeed recently faced a threat from the Salty Party, but our Queen doesn't consider them a threat. I haven't heard that Her Majesty has summoned any adventurers, and you were just flying..."
Its expression and voice gradually became suspicious.
what's the situation?
Qianwen frowned slightly, recalling the last experience. Last time, Pudding Fruit was the dungeon messenger, but some accidents happened. Because of tasting sourness, Pudding Fruit betrayed her, and it was also because of sourness that the Salty Queen mutated. Because of the intrusion of sourness, the last dungeon went very abnormally. Qianwen could only guess that the main storyline was the conventional route of defeating enemies, so now they went directly to the Candy Kingdom.
But now it says that Her Majesty the Queen did not summon the adventurers and that she believes the Salty Party poses no threat. What's going on? Or is this candy lying?
Anyway...
Qianwen said to it, "Then it's none of your business."
Then Qianwen ignored it and began looking for the entrance to the city.
The walls of the Candy Kingdom were made of rock candy, translucent like glaciers. Soon, Qianwen found the city's entrance and exit, two low, double-arched gates. The candy people entered and exited in an orderly fashion, one gate for each person. Qianwen's unusual appearance immediately attracted their attention.
They started chattering and discussing.
The soldiers guarding the gate stopped Qianwen.
"Stop! You're not one of us!"
Qianwen politely replied, "Yes, I am an adventurer, here to assist you in dealing with the Xian Party." Qianlin even waved and greeted her, "Hi, hello there."
Unexpectedly, the sugar soldier wearing a watermelon hat didn't give them a friendly look at all. He waved his weapon and chased them away: "The Queen has not announced the recruitment of adventurers. Leave immediately, or I'll treat you to sweet syrup!"
Qianlin muttered in confusion, "Sweet syrup?"
Qianwen couldn't help but twitch her lips. She had experience with this; that sweet syrup wasn't meant to entertain you, but to punish you.
Seeing how unfriendly it was, Qianwen chose to back out rather than force her way in.
Qianwen stood at a distance, looking towards the city gate with a face full of doubt.
What should we do?
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