The uneasiness in everyone's hearts became deeper and deeper as time went by. However, when they arrived at the Mushroom Grove, another unexpected situation made the apostles stunned again.
Among all the imprints of the souls of the apostles, the pre-quest of the epic plot—exploring the mines of Mithral Hall—has been accomplished!
This means that Gilliam and Lorraine, one of them has safely reached the surface camp. Gilliam is naturally impossible, so this prompt will only appear if Lorraine reaches the cave camp on the surface alive.
"It was Qin Lun who brought Lorraine back? He also avoided the pursuit of the drow elves?" Weiss looked at Hill sharply, and the prompt message that appeared in the soul imprint made him suspicious of Hill and Rand Lightened up a little.
If Qin Lun really brought Lorraine back to the camp, and in order to avoid the drow elves, he did not go the same way as the monkey, then the suspicion of Qin Lun's team collaborating with the enemy would be gone. Even so, he still couldn't let go of the other party's behavior of throwing the monkey as bait to the drow.
"If I told you that Qin Lun didn't tell me what he would do, you wouldn't believe me!" Hill looked at Weiss calmly.
"You are not a temporary combination, and this explanation is unbelievable." Weiss' face softened a little, and he said with strong doubts, "But if he wanted to avoid the drow, he could have had a better choice. The risk of Lorraine's return is also great, which obviously doesn't make sense!"
Hill smiled wryly in his heart. If the current Qin Lun was still regarded as the original one, it would naturally be unreasonable. But he couldn't tell Weiss that this Qin Lun was different from the previous one.
What's more, judging from Qin Lun's current series of behaviors, Hill has gradually gained insight into the whole context. Hill and Rand roughly knew what Qin Lun wanted to do. Maybe that guy took all of their reactions into account at the beginning of the plan.
"Hill, are you sure Qin Lun will do this?" After Weiss left, Rand looked at the shepherd strangely.
"This is the most reliable explanation. After Qin Lun's personality changed, he made this plan." Hill said thoughtfully, "He found the Mithral Hall mine in front of us, but he didn't go into the cave to investigate. And he went back the same way, found Lorraine, and tricked him away.
In this way, when Lorraine returns to the surface, our mission will be completed. But he himself stayed, somehow contacted the drow elves, and slaughtered the remaining minotaur and dwarf camps. "
"Why did he do this?" Rand asked a little uncomfortable. In fact, Fireworks had already vaguely guessed Qin Lun's plan in his heart, but he still didn't want to believe it.
"It's not obvious yet. The new Qin Lun has shifted his goal from the mission itself to the Weiss team." Hill sighed and said, "Don't forget, we have another mission on us'Oba The Dawn of Laner'. This is a competitive task, and the fight between the apostle teams will produce a bloody Rubik's Cube."
There was a hint of inexplicable meaning in Hill's eyes, "I was just guessing at first, but after Lorraine reached the surface safely, I can be sure. After the completion of the dwarves' exploration mission, we are no longer united with the Weiss team. The team is fully capable of fighting as a competitive team."
"But we still have the restrictions of the cooperation contract!" Rand sighed in the middle of his speech. "This is not a problem. Qin Lun can completely let the drow take action on his behalf, and then collect the Bloody Rubik's Cube himself."
Competing apostle teams, if killed by plot characters of the opposing team, also have a certain probability of dropping the Bloody Rubik's Cube. Among the competitive missions, the drop rate is not bad.
In particular, "The Dawn of Obalanal", this task is a phased task, requiring the apostles to keep going deep into the Underdark region, and continue to pick up the dark elves who are eager to return to the surface world. The deaths of Raven and Kesena did not make this task completely disappear from the task list.
"That's right, the thief monkey from Weiss' team is probably Qin Lun's test product. Since he is dead, it proves that Qin Lun's plan is feasible." Hill said solemnly, "The only one we have now What is not certain is how Qin Lun will treat the two of us."
"Hill, I still don't quite understand one thing. Even if Qin Lun has his eye on Weiss's team, when he contacted the drow elves, he didn't know that Gilliam, Elistine and others would stay in the mine to find He..." Rand asked, frowning, "Why does he think that the drow have the ability to destroy the entire expedition team!"
Hill was silent for a while, and then said, "This is the scary thing about Qin Lun. He has taught himself psychology, and he has an extremely thorough grasp of the human heart. Even we can see Elisine's feelings for him. He How could it be unclear. He knew that Elisten would definitely stay to find him, and if Elistine stayed, Idriya would not leave.
It was for him that Mustasia had followed the Underdark, so she would naturally stay. As for the dwarves... do you think Gilliam is the type to leave his friends who helped the dwarves alone in the mine
Even if the old dwarf doesn't stay by himself, he will allocate part of his staff to Elistine. In this way, part of the exploration team that had been dispatched near the labyrinth fortress would leave some of them behind in the Mithril Hall mine. For the exploration team that has been split twice in a row, the odds of winning for the drow side will be at least 80 to 90%, which is enough for a fight. "
"Then what are we going to do? Tell Weiss everything?" Rand sighed knowingly.
"Will Weiss believe us? If we confess all this, we don't know whether Weiss and others will believe it. The biggest possibility is to put us under house arrest as a bargaining chip to blackmail Qin Lun!" Hill said with a wry smile, "Qin Ren knows our personalities, and he knows that even if we guessed his plan, we wouldn't say it, otherwise it would be an obvious loophole."
"You forgot to say that he was testing us!" Rand said angrily, holding his breath, "He hasn't quit the three-person team until now, obviously he expects us to help him assassinate Weiss. If we don't help him, it means He no longer regards Qin Lun, who has changed his personality, as a companion, and he probably will let the drows destroy us together without hesitation."
"You can think of this!" Hill raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Even if I'm not as smart as you two, I'm not an idiot." Rand glared at the shepherd unceremoniously, "Wes and we met by accident, and it's okay to plot against each other. He knew this but didn't advance the plan Tell us, it is natural to test the two of us on purpose."
"This is just what we took for granted, maybe he didn't mean to let us go!" Hill raised his head and smiled wryly, "The former Qin Lun has disappeared, and now he came up with this desperate plan as soon as he woke up. I really can't comment."
"Then tell me, what are we going to do next?" Rand said in distress.
"Before I say anything, tell me that Qin Lun asked us for help before he disappeared. Should we help? Or not?" Hill showed a smile that made Rand want to beat him up.
"Qin Lun just said that after he comes back, he will help him recall his memory. It has nothing to do with the current Qin Lun, right?" Rand said in a daze.
"Of course it has something to do with it. If we want to get the old Qin Lun back as soon as possible, we must get in touch with the current one." Hill spread his hands and said, "Even if there is a way to help Qin Lun solve this personality problem, we can still Make him owe us a big favor."
"This... even Qin Lun can't do anything about it, what can we do?" Rand asked dumbfounded.
"That's not necessarily the case. You have to know that when Qin Lun had this kind of situation before, he didn't even have a memory, and he had nowhere to start. If someone records everything about Qin Lun now, maybe there will be a solution!"
Hill shrugged his shoulders and said jokingly, "Just judging from the current situation, this Qin Lun is very dangerous. Companion to a king is like a companion to a tiger. If you don't, you might put us in it. It depends on whether you are willing to do it or not." !"
"Since the five of us are going to form a team in the future, naturally we can't leave our partner alone when he is in trouble. At least... we have to try!" Rand pondered for a moment, and finally looked up and replied.
"That's simple. If we don't want to interfere with this matter, we can completely leave the team and act now. We must know that the exploration mission has been completed. We only need to hide in the dark area for a few days. After the stay time is exhausted, we can return to the broken starry sky."
Hill said slowly, "If we want to get in touch with and understand the current Qin Lun, we can only continue to play with him... We should extinguish the source of the fire before it burns us!"
"I'm the best at putting out fires!" Rand looked at the calm-looking shepherd and couldn't help grinning.
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Entering the mushroom grove filled with pink mist again, Weiss' eyelids began to twitch sharply, and the uneasiness in his heart had reached its peak. When they were here last time, they wiped out a ratman tribe, but this time when he came to the Mushroom Grove, he had another dangerous premonition.
"Stop!" Looking at the dwarves who were exploring the way ahead, Weiss raised his hand to stop several companions around him.
"Captain, what's the matter?" The shield guard looked back at Weiss suspiciously.
After arriving at the Mushroom Grove, all the apostles and dwarves felt very relaxed. There was only half a day's journey left to the surface camp.
"It's nothing, let's keep going!" Weiss glanced at the dwarves who were gradually distanced from the apostle, and shook his head hesitantly, as if to get rid of that inexplicable feeling. The team was already very close to the surface, and he really didn't want to make any further complications.
Weiss' actions were noticed by a person hiding behind the mushroom forest hundreds of meters away. "He" twitched the corner of his mouth in disdain. For a person with a stable personality, even if the plan fails, he will often arrange a backup plan. This kind of person is difficult to count.
However, the variables are not enough to destroy the plan, and when they are close to success, they will be in a dilemma instead.
The strengths and weaknesses of Weiss were particularly evident during the Silver Moon Festival. It was precisely because of his stability that the Weiss team was not trapped in the Supreme Palace, but also because of his stability, the plan developed with inertia, which led to the final failure of the Zhentarim Society.
This time, "his" calculations are not only rigorous, but also more subtle, completely targeting Weiss' psychological blind spots. As expected, the other party, because of their prudence, allowed the plan to develop according to inertia, and didn't even realize that they could avoid the crisis of group destruction by simply hiding at this time.
It is only half a day away from the surface, so is it safe? On the contrary, when Weiss and others are most relaxed, that is when they are most dangerous!