Chapter 74 Goddess Peak

"Hidden Boss?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded very surprised.

"Yes, a human-shaped maze manager, a hidden boss, and a player." The boy in the straw hat sneered and smiled sarcastically, "What a strange combination."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then someone said, "If it's not convenient to do it, change the target."

The young man laughed softly, "Why, are you afraid that I will die in the hands of the hidden boss? It's just a sub-adult form, I may not lose."

"I just don't think it's necessary."

"Don't worry, I won't take any risks."

The young man cast his gaze towards the couple with their daughter in the crowd, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "I'll find a chance to test it out."

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Feng Ling walked quickly on the stone steps, looking back at Huangfu Miaomiao from time to time.

Compared to the high spirits when she first set out, Huangfu Miaomiao now looks obviously wilted.

"Hey, you're not going to do that, are you? Just because someone called you a monster?" Feng Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "To humans, you players are monsters. He just told me the truth."

Huangfu Miaomiao pouted unhappily.

Feng Ling seemed to be heartless, and said with a smile: "It's quite interesting to think about it. She called you a monster, obviously she knew that her daughter was replaced by an alien. But you are not on the alien wanted list, which means that the couple did not call the police. Tsk, they are still too soft-hearted."

Huangfu Miaomiao replied sullenly: "Actually, she was very nice to me at the beginning..."

"It's good for her daughter, not for you." Feng Ling corrected her.

"I know," Huangfu Miaomiao nodded helplessly, "I didn't expect this to happen when I logged in. By the time I figured out how to live in the human world, I had accidentally revealed a lot of flaws, and then I was kicked out of the house by the parents of that family."

"You can't hide it from your family and friends who live together every day, unless you happen to log in to an orphan like me." Feng Ling laughed at himself and continued, "Otherwise, no matter who you log in to, you will become the lifelong enemy of the other person's family. You should be mentally prepared."

Huangfu Miaomiao sighed, "I didn't know this would be the case when I logged in. I don't have any family."

Feng Ling was slightly stunned, turned around and asked her: "Are you an orphan too?"

Huangfu Miaomiao shrugged helplessly, "What I mean is that the people over there all came from the breeding dishes, and they don't have social relationships like parents and family members."

Feng Ling exclaimed: "Then how did you grow up?"

"There are public schools that help newborns socialize." Li Qing in front said, "It takes too long for humans to grow from cubs to adults, so after the popularization of genetic modification, scientists invented special breeding dishes. As long as the newborns soak in them for one to two years, their physical indicators can reach the level of about 11 to 13 years old."

As he spoke, he turned around and looked at Feng Ling, "So, there are no children in our world."

"That's right," Huangfu Miaomiao nodded and said with a smile, "When I first saw my sister, I thought she was so small and cute. Her fingers and toes were so small, it was incredible."

Feng Ling felt something was strange, so he quickly caught up with Li Qing and walked side by side with him.

She asked Li Qing: "You just said... that human cubs take too long to grow up. Are you considered humans too?"

Li Qing neither nodded nor shook his head, but replied carefully: "We and humans are of the same origin, but not in the same world. However, it is precisely because of our genetic commonality that the system chooses to play the game here." Feng Ling thought: Then we humans are really unlucky.

She turned around and asked Huangfu Miaomiao: "If the entire early childhood stage is omitted, then your real age is only a few years old?"

Huangfu Miaomiao was slightly stunned, and said: "My bone development age is already..."

"It's not the age of bones," Feng Ling waved his hand, "just tell me directly that it took you several years to grow from a cell to this size."

Huangfu Miaomiao was very unhappy, "Your way of judging age is not scientific at all!"

"Then just tell me how old you are in an unscientific way." Feng Ling replied.

Huangfu Miaomiao pursed her lips and said, "Seven years old."

Feng Ling turned back contentedly.

Huangfu Miaomiao stomped her feet angrily.

"We're almost there. That's the Goddess Peak." Li Qing pointed to the distance.

Feng Ling narrowed his eyes and looked forward.

In the distance sits a huge rock, which is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Its outline looks like a woman with long hair sitting on the top of a mountain. Against the backdrop of the blue sky and clouds, it has a bit of the charm of a fairy mountain. The scenery is one of the unique features of Sanqing Mountain.

Li Qing said as he walked, "It is said that this goddess is the twenty-third daughter of the Queen Mother of the West, named Yao Ji. One day, she came down to earth to play and met Meng Long, a herb collector. She was moved by Meng Long's diligence and simplicity, and the two got married. Later, the Jade Emperor learned of this and captured Yao Ji back to the Heavenly Palace. Meng Long was transformed into a giant python by magic and turned into the Giant Python Peak here. After Yao Ji learned that Meng Long was killed, she escaped from the Heavenly Palace and turned into the Goddess Peak opposite the Giant Python Peak."

He pointed to the other side of the mountain. "That's the Giant Python Peak. Since the maze is based on the topography here, it might be helpful for you to know some of the legends here."

Feng Ling laughed and said, "These goddesses and fairies in ancient mythology don't seem to be picky about who they marry. They just get together with anyone they meet who is herding cattle, chopping wood, or collecting herbs. They are so free and easy."

Huangfu Miaomiao asked: "Why didn't the Queen Mother of the West intervene when her daughter married a mortal, but the Jade Emperor intervened instead?"

Feng Ling held his chin up and thought: "Maybe the Jade Emperor is Yao Ji's father?"

She didn't know much about mythology, but in the TV dramas she watched as a child, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were a couple.

"No, no, they are not actually in the same system..." Li Qing waved his hands quickly. "The Queen Mother of the West appeared much earlier than the Jade Emperor. According to legend, she is the goddess of immortality who controls good and bad luck, disasters, and plagues. She has boundless magical powers and an independent divinity. She is one of the ancestral goddesses of mankind. Later, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, people began to believe in the Jade Emperor, and the folks called the Queen Mother of the West "Queen Mother". Over time, the Queen Mother of the West became the consort of the Jade Emperor, and her image changed from wild and fierce to more elegant and noble in line with folk aesthetics."

Feng Ling laughed out loud, chuckling, thinking that breeding was indeed a traditional skill that even gods could not escape.

She looked at Li Qing with amusement and asked, "How do you, an alien, know so much? Have you learned it specially?"

Li Qing nodded and replied seriously: "My card is Gua Shi. The word 'Gua Shi' comes from Taoist culture. Understanding the relevant knowledge is basic homework. The deeper the understanding, the more helpful it is for me to judge which card to digest."

Feng Ling's heart moved after hearing this, and he tilted his head to look at him, "Then what type of cards do you think I should digest?"

Li Qing was stunned and looked back at her.

"Wait, don't say anything yet." Feng Ling turned to Huangfu Miaomiao and said, "You go ask him."

Li Qing: “…………”