This isn't a souls-like game at all.

But how can I agree to this?

Alice, if you are not a phantom and I am indeed an explorer, then I would naturally agree to your request.

but……

He was silent for a long time, until the anticipation and excitement in Alice's eyes turned into disappointment and sadness.

"I just feel like... I'd feel safe doing ecological research with you, Yiyi."

She lowered her head and whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito,

"Okay, I promise you." Ye Yiyi said suddenly.

Alice's eyes visibly lit up and a smile blossomed.

"Really? You didn't lie to me?"

Chapter 188 [Alice's Magical Dagger]

"Really? You didn't lie to me?"

"Although I may lie occasionally, I never lie about my promises or vows."

Ye Yiyi suddenly changed the subject: "But..."

Alice's originally relieved mood suddenly became uneasy again.

"but what?"

"I promised you, but what about your promise to me?" Ye Yiyi stretched out his hand towards the girl.

"My...promise to you?"

Alice looked down at his outstretched hand and suddenly froze.

"Yeah, you have to know that time is something that is never static."

Ye Yiyi said seriously, "What if you change your mind? Or for some reason or another, you don't want to go with me, what should I do then?"

“That won’t happen…”

"But how do you know it won't happen?"

Ye Yiyi interrupted Alice, "Can you guarantee that you won't change? Can you say that no matter how many years pass, this promise will always be valid? But what if there are unforeseen and unavoidable accidents in the future?"

"What on earth are you talking about?" Alice was a little confused. "Do you...know something?"

Looking at the girl whose figure flickered and was illusory, he shook his head weakly.

What he just said was already a hint.

And Alice is so smart, she will definitely guess something.

The girl did guess something, her eyes became lifeless and her cheeks gradually turned pale.

At the same time, her figure flickered faster and faster, becoming more and more illusory.

"So... you just want a promise, right?" The girl lowered her head and looked at the palm of his hand.

"Promise..." she murmured softly, raising her dazed eyes to look him in the eye.

In Ye Yiyi's green eyes that revealed sadness, Alice saw herself flickering and disappearing.

To her surprise, she confirmed her guess.

"Yiyi, you are not actually from this era, right?"

A look of realization appeared on her illusory face.

"So you're in... the future? And in the future, something must be happening... right?"

"Alice, you are really very, very smart." Ye Yiyi looked at her sadly.

This sentence is equivalent to affirmation.

“Because I’ve always been smart.”

Alice smiled softly.

"I understand. Although I don't know the reason, I... or rather, my phantom, came to the future and met you."

"I don't know..." Ye Yiyi shook her head.

"I don't think this is a coincidence." Alice said seriously and happily.

"The border is so big, and the time is so long, why do I have to meet your future self now? It must not be a coincidence or a miracle, but destiny!

"That is to say, the two of us are destined to meet here."

Ye Yiyi was stunned when she heard this.

Destined?

Alice, do you believe in fate?

"You know what? My favorite quote is from His Majesty the Universal Light:

“All chance encounters in this world are reunions after many years of separation.”

The girl's figure had become so illusory that no trace of it could be seen.

"I understand, so I promise you."

Alice seemed to realize something, and suddenly took out the dagger from behind her and placed it in Ye Yiyi's palm.

She closed his palm and grasped the illusory dagger.

The originally illusory dagger became real when it completely left the girl's hand.

"I'll find a way. I'll wait for you to pick me up, and then we'll go to Roanmoya together to fulfill our promise, no matter what happens in the future..."

Alice's hand disappeared, followed by her arm, her torso, and finally her cheek with a gentle smile.

The pair of black eyes stared at him, and disappeared from Ye Yiyi's sight along with the ethereal voice.

"...Let's meet again in the future."

“Alice…?”

Ye Yiyi stared blankly at the empty paint shadow hole, as if she couldn't believe that Alice had disappeared just like that.

He lowered his head and stared blankly at the black dagger that was still in his hand.

Alice's Magic Dagger

Requirements: Strength 6, Skill 10, Intelligence 15, Faith 15

Attribute correction: Strength E, Skill D, Intelligence B, Faith B

Durability: 200/200

Item Description: A magical dagger once used by zoologist Alice.

It can be used as a survival dagger, and can also be used to perform the magic of kings.

This is a ritual dagger with a unique seal.

It cannot be used by anyone other than Alice herself.

But it can be used as a signpost certificate.

It is said that in the ancient era of the land kingdoms,

The magic of the kings spread to every inch of the bordering land.

Therefore, the catalysts used in spellcasting have various shapes.

It has long become a necessity in life.

"Signpost certificate..."

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi murmured this word softly.

"Alice said she would wait for me to pick her up, but where?"

He subconsciously called out the light curtain, only to find that the dagger in his hand suddenly emitted a white light.

At the same time, on the light curtain map, a small golden exclamation mark appeared at the location of the underground cemetery.

After a moment of surprise, he understood the meaning.

"Is this what a signpost certificate means? A directional destination?"

Ye Yiyi put away the dagger, stood up, pushed the door open and walked out of the dark cave.

Walking out of a door that appeared on the tree trunk, we arrived in the deep and dense forest.

From the depths of the rainforest came the crackling sound of electric current and a dim blue-green light; it was the floating crystal worms wandering around.

"Buzzing..."

A buzzing sound of flapping wings was heard. Ye Yiyi looked up and saw a dung beetle falling from the sky and landing on his left shoulder.

"You look well." He looked at the other person in the light of the waist lamp.

But you don’t look well, the dung beetle “says” through its pheromones.

"Well, it's normal that it's not good." Ye Yiyi couldn't help but sigh, "I was sleeping soundly, but was suddenly woken up by that guy.

"She talked about traveling, making promises, and other things for no apparent reason, and then she disappeared on her own."

"I have to travel again in the middle of the night, when it's time to sleep..."

He took out the spark hammer from behind him and put it on his back, aimed at the target, and ran towards the northwest.

Then why don’t you wait until daybreak before setting off? the dung beetle asked in confusion.

"Although I don't know how she could survive ten thousand years, I choose to believe in her...so we can't keep girls waiting for too long."

Ye Yiyi answered softly, and suddenly a strong wind blew from the side, and the whole person moved several meters to the right.

Several dazzling bolts of lightning shot out from the corner and went straight through where he had just stood.

Amidst the crackling sound of electric current, several diamond-shaped suspended crystal insects floated over from behind the tree trunk.

"What a silicon-based creature that doesn't understand romance."

Ye Yiyi shook his head, grasped the hammer handle behind him with his right hand, turned his head to avoid a flash of lightning, and a strong wind blew from behind, pushing him forward.

"Crack!!"

He raised the spark hammer from bottom to top and smashed a crystal insect that had just shot out electricity and whose light was now dim.

Soul Echo +110

"Crack!"

The surrounding crystal insects were frightened and retreated outwards, while at the same time emitting a large number of dazzling electric arcs around, illuminating the deep rainforest.

"coward……"

He rolled his eyes and didn't chase after it. Instead, he picked up a bead that emitted a faint purple light from the pile of broken crystals.

【Electrical Storage Crystal】

Item Description: Crystallized electrical storage organ.

One of the materials used to make props,

Can be found in places with strong magnetic fields.

It is said that crystal worms are natural energy containers.

Among them, the blue-purple crystal worms can produce and store electric current.

For the worshippers of natural thunder,

It is also regarded as the incarnation of thunder and lightning.

"Electrical storage crystal, the most basic material for lightning-type props."

After putting it in his pocket, he continued to move northwest.

Since his destination was clear and Alice was no longer a burden, he traveled much faster.

On the way, they defeated several wandering crystal insect swarms and harvested seven or eight electric storage crystals and five or six sources of curses of various levels.