Guilongchao: I played the domineering CEO to the bone.

Chapter 123 Hello? Marriage! (3)

"You naughty little Guang... you bad little Guang... you stupid little Guang..."

"Huff... huff..."

Tong followed the glittering fox she had rescued, and then there was another long journey of puzzle-solving, level-breaking, and monster-fighting. There were traps and mechanisms everywhere, which made Tong, who was already drunk, quite exhausted!

"How come this Dragon Realm is so huge... The Lord of the Dragon Realm must be a psychopath! Damn it, there are traps, mechanisms, and monsters everywhere..."

The rules governing the flow of time within the Dragon Realm are largely disordered and not connected to the outside world.

Tong felt that she had been traveling for seven or eight hours already in search of Xiao Guang in the Dragon Realm...

Prolonged strenuous exercise without rest not only failed to alleviate Tong's headache and dizziness caused by alcohol, but actually made her mind even more foggy and unclear...

That strange intoxication was slowly intensifying over time, almost threatening to wrest control of her body from Tong's brain.

However, every cloud has a silver lining. He was constantly in danger of being ambushed by traps and dragon skeletons, which made Tong break out in a cold sweat time and time again. It was precisely because of this that he was able to avoid being controlled by that drug-like intoxication.

Pursued by the elite dragon skeletons, Tong bypassed the eerie green flames, casually piercing several small Karami dragon skeletons. Seeing a spatial rift ahead, she knew it was time to traverse to the next space—Tong had already traversed more than a dozen such spaces.

This Dragon Realm is like a damn maze!

The only saving grace is that after traversing to the next space, the elite dragon skeletons guarding the previous space probably won't follow—even if they do, as long as they don't enter the spatial rift at the same time, they are very likely to be teleported to other spaces within the Dragon Realm.

"Bye bye!"

Tong leaped into the spatial rift with a leap of faith, not forgetting to turn around and stab the dragon skeleton that was hot on his heels!

"I'll go to you!"

Land safely.

My mind is becoming increasingly foggy...

The things in front of me seem to be appearing double...

My senses are weakening; I can't even perceive anything within a five-meter radius...

My mouth is very dry, and I have tinnitus with a buzzing sound in my ears...

"Tsk... Is he about to collapse...? In the end, he still couldn't find Xiaoguang. In my current state, I'm afraid I'll have a hard time even keeping myself alive or getting out of here..."

"Tong, Tong... why are you being so loyal... why are you in such a rush... why didn't you wait for Master Zhu, what's a little longer...? Why didn't you report it to the Zhenlong Division and have them send someone to find Xiao Guang...?"

While muttering to myself, I didn't forget to use my blurry vision to keep an eye on my surroundings—my eyesight has deteriorated from about 5.5 to around 4.2.

Hey—once again…Director Tong, as someone living in the information age, why shouldn’t you be nearsighted?

Long Yin's physical condition is only one aspect; the main problem is—he doesn't have the money to buy data! Longchao Pavilion doesn't even have Wi-Fi or broadband!

The Xiaolingtong Card is a special package for the elderly, costing 9.9 yuan per month, which only includes call minutes and no data.

Sending messages usually consumes phone credit directly.

Hey! Almost ten Jiufang coins a month! It's making Tong's heart ache.

Besides, I'm exhausted from doing quests every day, where would I find the time to play with Little Spirit Eyes? I'd rather sleep than use that time... Those broken chairs in Dragon Tide Pavilion, three hours of sleep there isn't as good as one hour of rest in someone else's bed!

Besides, Little Spirit Eye is used for communication. If you play with it every day, doesn't it need a rest? Using Little Spirit Eye too much is bad for it! When Little Spirit Eye's lifespan is exhausted, it becomes unusable, breaks down, or is scrapped... then replacing Little Spirit Eye won't be a small expense.

Tong had even planned that if her financial situation didn't improve, she would rely on the little Ling Tong she bought three years ago, which was still 90% new, to support her in her old age!

Enough of the small talk. After observing this newly arrived space within the Dragon Domain, Tong received both good news and bad news.

The good news is that this is a space we've never been to before. It's not very big, and there aren't many things there, so we can explore it quickly. Also, we haven't found any dragon remains guarding it yet.

The bad news is... the shimmering little fox that had always guided her and opened doors for her is gone!!!

What do we do now? What do we do now? The guide is gone! Is there any way for this director to survive?!

Leaning on her spear, she would take a few steps and then use the spear to probe her surroundings, sweeping the ground and testing for traps. Tong moved forward cautiously.

This space is eerily calm...

After walking for two or three minutes, Tong found that there was no road ahead... There were no walls or spatial rifts—it was a cliff, with only a bottomless abyss shrouded in mist below, the bottom of which was unclear.

There were layers of steps along the cliff edge, leading up to a dilapidated red bridal sedan chair...

Huh? Wasn't this thing broken? How come it's broken again...?

Tong knew she probably had no other choice but to climb the stairs step by step, then sit in the sedan chair and let it take her to the next area...

Upon closer inspection, it became apparent that the sedan chair appeared to have been forcibly glued and stitched together by some kind of magical force that had transformed into red threads...

If someone sits on this thing, won't there be a traffic accident?

It's completely possible!

"Welcome...welcome..."

Wow! The sedan chair is talking!

Tong lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and there was clearly no one inside.

"Fate has brought you here... You are, you must be... the first... and the only... destined groom..."

What nonsense about fate! It was clearly Xiao Guang's disappearance that brought this director here...

However, I was just struggling with this question: if I, a virgin, am marrying a bride, am I the groom or the bride?

Now we have the answer: it's the groom.

"Please get in the sedan chair... get in the sedan chair... get in the sedan chair..."

I don't believe you for a second! Nothing good ever happens when someone gets into a sedan chair, okay?

But Tong still plopped herself into the sedan chair.

(The fox goes mad: I want to be a sedan chair...)

If she didn't sit down, she would just wait to die—wait for that force raging in her mind to engulf her consciousness, and who knows how she would die.

There was no choice; not even a single option could be chosen.

The sedan chair curtains were drawn down, completely obscuring the doors.

With a creaking sound, swaying and rocking, the sedan chair, carrying Tong, took off.

"Oh my, so that's why it's called a sedan chair! It's not because you have to call it to come, but because it makes a 'squeak-creak-creak-creak' sound when it takes off, that's why it's called a sedan chair!"

Inside the sedan chair, Tong could only tell herself lame jokes in an attempt to stay awake.

It's also possible that they genuinely don't understand...

"Speaking of which, this sedan chair looks dilapidated, but it's actually quite stable to sit in when it flies, huh?"

Tong wasn't amused by her own lame joke and decided to try reviewing her experiences in this dragon realm to see if she could discover anything...

"Why would the master of this Dragon Domain target Xiao Guang? Is it just a coincidence? Or is Xiao Guang simply unlucky?"

"Leaving aside the issue of Xiao Guang being a dragon's offspring, the Lord of the Dragon Realm has also lured many ordinary people into being trapped here by illusions... As for those ordinary people, they can only wait for me, the director, to have a chance to escape before notifying the Dragon Suppression Division to come and rescue them."

Tong also knew that with the information she had, she couldn't possibly provide the precise coordinates of the Yellow Springs Netherworld Dragon Domain. Informing the Dragon Suppression Division about this would be like finding a needle in a haystack, given the countless dragon domains in the Nine Dragons District...

"There's nothing I can do... If you're weak, you just have to mind your own business... This director isn't exactly a hero-seeker... I'm living like a rat in a gutter at Dragon Tide Pavilion..."

"It can't be that the Dragon Domain is actually just a giant wedding planning company! And they're just bringing people in to hold a ghostly wedding, can they?"

"The more I think about it, the more baffling it becomes... I'd better stop thinking about it... Even using my brain feels tiring right now... If this sedan chair takes me to see the Lord of the Dragon Realm, everything will become clear..."

"But given my current state as a director... is going to see the Lord of the Dragon Realm really a good thing...?"

Perhaps this dragon realm is actually a very kind and harmless dragon realm?

Just like the [Mirage Treasure Trove] that Boss Mirage gave her.

Speaking of the boss... emmm, I don't even know what his full name is. It can't just be "Shen", can it?

All I know is that people in the underworld call her Madam Mirage, and the Dragon Realm is also called the "Mirage Treasure Vault"... Is it possible that the Dragon Realm in the Dragon Tide Pavilion was actually created by Madam Mirage using the power of the Dragon Curse to evolve her inner obsession?

Longchao Pavilion has always been short of funds, hasn't it? And Boss Shen certainly has that kind of ability, right?

Tsk tsk tsk... It seems like I'm thinking of something terrifying...

As for the possibility that this dragon domain might be a harmless dragon domain... that's really just wishful thinking—if it were truly a harmless dragon domain, I wouldn't have been chased all the way by those dragon skeletons!

You can't call a dragon domain that's harmless to gold-tier dragon heirs a harmless dragon domain, can you?

"pat-"

Before Tong's wild thoughts had ended, the sedan chair landed on the ground again.

"Oh dear, my old back, it's finally stopped..."

This time, there were no collisions during flight, but as soon as the sedan chair landed, before Tong could even stand up, it disintegrated instantly, as if it had completed its mission, turning into dust and leaving her covered in ashes...

"Cough! Cough cough... It's so choking... I, the director, was actually sitting inside this thing?! I'm incredibly lucky to be alive..."

Tong walked out cursing and kicked the wood chips on the ground... The wood dust that rose up choked her again.

"I have a feeling this year is really unlucky for me... In previous years, I've never encountered so many problems when doing quests in the Dragon Realm... Is this the end of the newbie protection period?"

The newly arrived space also did not contain any trace of dragon remains. It looked like a bridal chamber, but it was much larger and more luxurious than the bridal chamber in the mansion space.

On the wedding bed placed in the center of the bridal chamber, a bride wearing a veil sat regally.

"Is this a wedding room...? Why is there another bride sitting on that big bed? Could she be the same bride from the old house?"

Bah! Those things in that old house aren't even human! They threw this director into the most dangerous place in the Dragon Realm to suffer!

"The one in the old house felt like an empty shell, but this one feels different..."

My perception has greatly decreased, otherwise I would definitely be able to see what kind of demon this is once I activate my pupil technique!

Tong narrowed his eyes, deliberately making footsteps as he slowly approached...

The bride did not react.

"Hey—are you alive? Are you awake? Can you hear me?"

When she got within a dozen steps, Tong shouted at the bride.

Probe again, maintain a safe distance, and avoid a sneak attack...

Although, given her current state, if the opponent were truly the Lord of the Dragon Realm, Tong's little tricks would be utterly useless...

The bride remained motionless, showing no reaction to her surroundings...

The faint magical power emanating from her was steady, but lifeless—or perhaps it was concealed by her wedding dress and veil.

"Could she really be the ruler of the Dragon Realm? This Dragon Realm, decorated like a cheap wedding venue by a wedding planning company, is it all because of her...?"

"That doesn't seem like it... What was the purpose of that shabby sedan chair bringing us here?"

"The problem is it's broken! This director can't go back or get out! I'm trapped in this bridal chamber!"

"Does it mean the way out will only be revealed after I, the director, enter the bridal chamber...?"

"But this bride is definitely a woman based on her figure! I'm a woman too, am I supposed to make love to her?!"

"No! No!!! Absolutely not! Although this director may not have any moral bottom line, his sexual orientation is still normal..."

Oh well, never mind!

If you hesitate any longer, your physical and mental condition will only get worse!

Lift the veil!

Who knows, if I lift the veil, there might be a black vortex underneath, transporting this director to another dimension?!

However, if we were to teleport again, I doubt this director could withstand it...

The big deal is death!

lift!

So what if I die! When have I ever been afraid?! I'm not even afraid of going hungry!!! I'm not even afraid of Min Moyou!!!

Lift it up hard!

With a death wish, Tong swiftly pulled back the red veil from the bride's head!

Beneath the veil, a familiar face was revealed, adorned with exquisite makeup but with unfocused eyes...

"Hikaru???!!!"

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