The figure in the backlight slowly walked out. Although the other person's face could not be seen clearly, the judges who secretly raised their heads while saluting stared at it for a long time.
That figure looks tall, but judging from the way the other party steps, it seems that the feet are stepping on very high soles, followed by the light stepping sound of the high teeth of the clogs, and the movements are elegant and slightly rusty stiff.
However, the judges could not understand the height of this "Madam"'s feet. After all, from the projection, this person was wearing layers of Chinese clothes, which looked very heavy. The dress is wide-sleeved, the skirt drags the floor, and the waist is tied. The wide sleeves slide over the arc while walking, step by step in front of the five judges.
When the "Madam" was walking, the five judges also carefully observed the noble person in front of them. Although they couldn't get a glimpse of the real face, they could see that the "Madam" had long hair reaching to her waist, and the hair accessories were also simple from the projection. The pendant is elegant, and the hanging pendant only makes the light and crisp sound of the beads hitting each other when walking.
Strangely, the lady was accompanied by a projection that looked like a wolf. After thinking about it, this wolf should be the lady's pet.
"Hey, everyone, please sit down."
Contrary to the judges' imagination, the voice of this "madame" was not as delicate as expected, but had the clearness of a teenager, and the judges who listened to the voice felt the gentleness and tranquility in it.
Even the snake girl, who had some complaints about the nobleman who appeared out of nowhere, seemed to calm down even the tip of her tail after hearing the other party's voice.
"Husband..."
The judges were considering how to address the noble man in front of them, and just as they said a word, they heard the voice say "huh?" in confusion. So the five judges took a look at each other, and the oldest Mo Lao immediately changed his address to—
"Your Highness."
There are not too many rules in this place of the underworld, so since the god of death is called "Your Highness", it is not wrong to call the wife of the God of Death "Your Highness", especially when they need to work with this lady for a period of time.
"Please take a seat." Su Qingxing said again, and arranged the layers of Chinese clothes at the front of the round table, and then sat down slowly, "Here, my identity is the same as everyone else's review, but you can be regarded as experience. Seniors who have passed the ghost town conference, so I hope you can explain the entire review process."
After seeing his fiancé sit down, the god of death who had been accompanying him in the form of a snow wolf also sat obediently beside Su Qingxing, looking around at these equally unfamiliar judges.
Su Qingxing didn't understand at the beginning, what he showed here was just a projection, why did he appear in such a delicate traditional costume? However, after seeing the review by the five people from the underworld present, he felt that what the god of death said before was correct. If he was just wearing ordinary clothes and standing here in an ordinary appearance, he would really be a little overwhelmed.
All the judges were seated. Mo Lao, who seemed to care the least about death just now, seemed to be the most respectful one among them. He nodded to Su Qingxing first and said, "Your Highness, our judges will mainly work behind the scenes. By observing all aspects of the competition Images from all angles are used to find high-quality and high-strength ghosts and register them, and we will take them away from the ghost town after the game is over."
"Then, will you take those selected players to join the army?" Su Qingxing had known for a long time that there was an endless battlefield of the underworld beyond the ghost town, but he thought that after the war, it had become a wasteland, but he did not expect that the battlefield of the underworld would remain the same. The dark tide was raging, not only was it not deserted, but it continued to gather troops secretly.
"..." The five judges were silent, as if they were acquiescing to what Su Qingxing said.
"How many people are needed?" Su Qingxing's tone was very calm, as if he knew something that many judges didn't know. This tone also made the other five judges wonder what to say and what not to say.
After hesitating again and again, Mo Lao, who was the oldest and most senior, said, "At least ten thousand."
"It seems that the expectations for the ghost city are not too high." Su Qingxing doesn't know much about the army of the underworld, but he subconsciously feels that 10,000 people may not be a big number for the underworld. How many are there?"
"I haven't counted them in detail, but including the guides of the underworld in various ghost towns, there are at least a hundred thousand people participating." Mo Lao said after counting.
"Are the guides of the underworld also included in the selection?" Su Qingxing was a little curious about this, "What if I saw a guide of the underworld with good aptitude and strength?"
"No matter how low the position of the guides in the underworld is, they can be regarded as public officials in the underworld, so they are rarely forced to join the army, but if the other party is willing, they can voluntarily join the army or be promoted to other places." The voice of Niutou was very low, still There is a stuffy feeling.
"Speaking of this..." Hei Ying sat at the place closest to Su Qingxing, and said gossipingly at the moment, "His Highness the Death God used to be a guide in the underworld, right? Later, he voluntarily joined the army after he got a chance to be promoted. At that time, the internal war with the underworld...cough cough cough."
Hei Ying seemed to be habitually gossiping, but only remembered halfway through the conversation that the wife of His Royal Highness was sitting not far from him, probably staring at him with a meaningful expression.
"Sorry." Sombra lowered his head, apologizing for his inadvertent remarks.
"It's nothing, I'm also very interested in that person's past history, and we can continue to communicate in the future." Because it was a projection gesture, the other judges couldn't see the smile on Su Qingxing's face, nor could they notice that Su Qingxing bowed his head when he said this He glanced at the snow wolf sitting beside him.
"However, it is not an easy task to select 10,000 ghosts from hundreds of thousands of contestants. Can we really complete the task with only us?" Su Qingxing thought about his usual guide in the underworld. For such a job, it is hard to imagine that more than a hundred thousand people will be tested and judged at the same time.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we have already made arrangements." The one who spoke was the enchanting lady snake girl, and her slightly ecstatic tone seemed to be blowing past everyone's ears, "And the competition world and this judging meeting The flow of time is different, so our work can take its time."
As soon as Snake finished speaking, the Xinghai where the conference round table was located changed.
First of all, more than a dozen different translucent screens appeared around the round table. Su Qingxing could see different trial worlds from these screens, which should be the competition map specially constructed for this ghost town conference.
Because the ghost town conference has not yet started, the atmosphere in these maps is very calm, only some scripted tasks that are exactly the same as real people are walking around in the screen, talking and laughing.
On the round table, large translucent screens appeared in front of Su Qingxing and the judges, and there was no data on them for the time being, but after the ghost town conference started, there should be a lot of important information on the screen.
"Your Highness, the five of us can do the pre-stage audition. Your Highness, as the chief judge, does not need to participate in these tedious matters." Mo Lao's voice sounded again, "Your Highness can wait for the five of us. After the audition is over, the review and decision will be made."
Su Qingxing's projection nodded, agreeing to Mo Lao's proposal.
Although Su Qingxing is a conscientious person, his most important job in the ghost town conference is to participate in the competition. Naturally, it is impossible to really participate in the work of the judging meeting.
"Hard work everyone." Su Qingxing said, hesitating for a moment before saying, "However, is the punishment given by the ghost town meeting to the failed ghost city unacceptable in some aspects? Maybe we can discuss it later."
"Yes!" The speed of the other judges' answers was beyond Su Qingxing's expectation, "That was already an old rule two hundred years ago, and it seems that it is indeed outdated now."
"However, how about we wait until the end of the game to announce the modification of the penalty for failure?" As a female, Snake Girl's thoughts will appear more delicate, "At least it can motivate everyone to do their best in the game."
"Then do it like this." Su Qingxing was still satisfied with the result of the first pre-meeting.
Modifying the rules of the ghost town meeting... This kind of thing that was unbelievable to the guides in the underworld, but now the five judges agreed so easily, the reason for this is naturally inseparable from Su Qingxing's current identity.
"There are five of us sitting here, please rest assured the chief judge." Niutou is a relatively calm kind of judge, "After opening the invitation letter for the judging meeting, a gold medal should appear on the palm of the chief judge's left hand." The badge imprint of the underworld. Through the badge, the chief judge can enter the projection meeting at any time, and we can also use this badge to contact the chief judge."
So far, the first review meeting before the ghost town conference has come to an end.
And Su Qingxing also opened his eyes on the bed in the room.
"Is it the chief judge? It's really a position that can give people pressure." Su Qingxing got up from the bed, but he was still wearing ordinary clothes.
"But you have done a good job, and you are more suitable than me." There was a smile in the voice of the God of Death, "You do have the demeanor of the master of the Temple of the God of Death."
"Isn't it because a certain Lord Reaper gave up his burden and quit?" Su Qingxing raised his eyebrows, and looked at Snow Wolf lying beside the bed, "What happened to make you have to hide where others can't find you."
"It's nothing, just hiding from some very disturbing guys." Snow Wolf raised his head and looked at Su Qingxing, "I have been busy for many years to marry a wife, and now I am a complete pacifist."
I don't know if it's because the time we stay together is getting longer and longer, Su Qingxing always feels that what the god of death said is getting more and more unclear.
What does "I have been busy for many years to marry my wife" mean
"..."
After Su Qingxing tidied up his clothes, he opened the door and walked out. The five contestants who participated in the "Ghost Town Conference" had already assembled in the hall of the Ghost Town Management Office.
"It can be said that it was unexpected and expected." Su Qingxing looked at the volunteers in front of him one by one, and each of them was a familiar face to Su Qingxing.
Five people from left to right, namely Chubai who did not know when he was wearing a white coat, Murong who was still scary in high heels, Qin Guan who was holding an object similar to an electronic cigarette, and someone who was holding a baseball bat for some reason Tong Yan and Qiao Lv who still didn't open his eyes while sitting in the wheelchair.
"It seems that you have equipped them with new weapons." Su Qingxing looked at every contestant who volunteered to participate in the competition, and saw some traces of weapons on the five of them.
"It's important, of course we have to go all out." Zhu Sha looked at her new work with great satisfaction, but turned to look at Su Qingxing with some doubts, "Qingxing, the rules don't mean that six contestants and the underworld are required Do the guides join the conference together? Why did you only ask me to find five people?"
"The sixth contestant is here." Su Qingxing stepped aside so that Zhu Sha could see the snow wolf standing behind him clearly.
Reaper knows more about the ghost town conference than Su Qingxing, so he knows that even if he becomes a snow wolf, the only way to enter the competition world is to become a contestant.
After hearing about this incident, Su Qingxing originally wanted to suggest that the god of death should stay in ghost town No. 666 and wait. After all, in Su Qingxing's view, it is already a somewhat unfair world to go to the ghost town conference by himself. If even the legendary His Royal Highness the God of Death participates... Su Qingxing doesn't even know how terrible the ghost town No. 666 will show in the conference. .
But the god of death is very stubborn, and he doesn't want to stay alone. So after much deliberation, Su Qingxing decided to take this troublesome guy with him.
after all…
It's just a ghost town conference, and their sole purpose of participating is to let ghost town No. 666 continue to exist peacefully.
"Is it okay to let Qiao Lu participate in the competition?" Su Qingxing knew that Zhu Sha liked Qiao Lu's ability very much, and had long thought that Qiao Lu was one of the participants in the ghost town conference. But seeing Qiao Lv sitting in a wheelchair in a comatose state at this moment, Su Qingxing was still a little worried about Qiao Lv's state, and hoped that he was not insisting on attending the ghost town meeting.
"Please don't worry, my guide." It was Tong Yan who was pushing the wheelchair, and he put the bat that Zhu Sha had prepared for him in the pouch behind the wheelchair. "This time Qiao Lv signed up voluntarily, and he recently His recovery speed is good, even Mr. Chubai thinks he will wake up soon."
"With Chubai here, I can rest assured." After hearing what Tong Yan said, Su Qingxing no longer worried, but said to the five teammates in front of him with a smile, "Then, everyone, please join us and fight for Ghost Town No. 666." war."
"Please rest assured, Lord Guide!"
Participating in the ghost town conference does not require everyone to go to a specific location. When the participants of each ghost town are determined, the number of the ghost town to which they belong will appear on the palm of their right hand.
So the number "666" soon appeared on the palm of Su Qingxing's right hand.
On the palm of Su Qingxing's left hand, there is another badge imprint that looks more gorgeous and cumbersome. The circular imprint is composed of skulls and vines, and there is an exquisite crown of bones on top, which is the exclusive imprint of the general judge of the Ghost Town Conference.
After a short period of preparation, the number "666" on the palm of Su Qingxing's right hand felt hot, and all the contestants in the ghost town disappeared from the spot.
The Ghost Town Conference has begun.
Feeling that the surrounding air began to change, and the wind flow became very strange, which seemed to prove that the space around Su Qingxing and the others began to change.
Before he opened his eyes, Su Qingxing felt a sweet but not greasy smell like cakes and desserts in the air around him. If you smell it carefully, you can also feel the aroma of mint and flowers, milk and coffee...
Su Qingxing didn't dislike this smell, so he immediately opened his eyes to see what the first game world they faced was like.
How powerful should the world built by that Wenshenjun be
After Su Qingxing opened his eyes, he found that he was in a snow-white room, the surrounding walls were very flat, and there was a smell of chocolate milk chocolate.
The snow-white room seemed a bit empty, except for a black door on each side, there were only some very beautiful "crystal" decorations, and the "crystals" of various colors looked beautiful under the effect of the lights.
"Are we already testing the world?" Murong held a water glass in her hand, which shows that she should be drinking water before coming here.
"That's right, it should still be in the protection period, so we won't be in danger for the time being." Su Qingxing looked around and found no one outside Ghost City 666.
According to the rules of the protocol competition, each competition world can accommodate up to four teams. So what they have to face is not only a customs clearance game, but also a confrontation between ghosts and ghosts.
"Do you participate in the trial with the guide in an open and honest manner? It feels really strange!" Qin Guan already had the e-cigarette in his mouth, which was also a weapon tailored for him by Zhu Sha.
"Some troubles." At this time, the voice of Death God suddenly came from the side. That was not the sound that came through the ears, after all, the God of Death was standing in front of Su Qingxing in the form of a human being at this moment.
But now the body of the god of death is not transparent, maybe the situation will be better.
"Sorry." The God of Death stared at Su Qingxing with his dark eyes, "The system of the Ghost Town Conference is more powerful than I imagined, so I am not allowed to participate in the competition as a snow wolf."
"So it became like this?" Su Qingxing still felt a little weird, no matter how forbidden it was, he shouldn't turn the god of death into such a translucent appearance, right
"This is..." Chu Bai and Murong Qin Guan had never seen the god of death in human form, but Tong Yan and Qiao Lv were very familiar with the god of death.
"Our companion." Su Qingxing briefly introduced without saying anything more. And all the contestants have unconditional trust in Su Qingxing.
"Everyone, welcome to Food Planet." A sweet female voice came from Su Qingxing and the others, "I am Strawberry, your receptionist. Is there anything I can do to help you?"
As soon as Su Qingxing and the others turned their heads, they saw a little girl wearing a strawberry-patterned dress and her hair dyed pink standing there, looking at them with a smile.
When the little strawberry girl saw the translucent Grim Reaper, she didn't show any surprise. Instead, she asked in a matter-of-fact manner, "Does this passenger need a custom-made body?"
"Custom body?"
"Yes, this is the peripheral industry of our gourmet planet. If you decide now, we will prepare a unique body for you." Strawberry explained with a smile still.
"Unique?." Reaper tried to reach out to touch a certain "crystal" decoration next to it, but his translucent right hand directly passed through that decoration.
"Yes, this is a gift from Mr. Wen." Strawberry standing aside suddenly whispered in Death's ear, except for Su Qingxing who was nearby, no one heard Strawberry's words.
"Lead the way." The god of death seemed to trust that Mr. Wen very much, so the last doubts in his eyes had been dispelled. After greeting Su Qingxing, he followed that Miss Strawberry and left without expression.
After Miss Strawberry left, another receptionist who was dressed like Strawberry came over, holding a big white tray in her hand.
"Dear travelers, welcome to Gourmet Planet. I am your receptionist, Lemon." The girl with blond hair and a lemon-patterned dress looked more lively than Miss Strawberry just now.
Miss Lemon brought the white tray in front of Su Qingxing, and said to everyone with a smile: "Here are some snacks, passengers can fill their stomachs while waiting."
Su Qingxing glanced at the tray in Miss Lemon's hand. There were six snacks in it, including dark chocolate, cream cake, mint candy, strawberry marshmallow, OoO biscuits and a box of chocolate peanut beans.
"This...should be edible, right?" Chu Bai came over and began to observe the small snacks on the white tray with a researching expression.
Before Chu Bai could figure out anything, Qin Guan had unceremoniously picked up the mint green candy stick from the tray, sniffed it close to his nose, and said with certainty, "It's similar to the mint quit smoking candy I chewed before."
"Sorry, is there any drink here?" Murong turned to hand the water glass in her hand to Miss Lemon, "Can you help me get some?"
"Is water okay?" Lemon took the cup and asked with a smile.
"Of course, it's troublesome." Murong expressed her gratitude. Who told her to be summoned into the ghost town meeting before she had time to drink water
Before Lemon turned and left, he put the white tray in his hand on the white round table next to him, and smiled politely at Su Qingxing and the others.
"Cotton candy seems pretty good." Seeing that his companions were starting to move, Tong Yan took the pink cotton candy from the tray. in the mouth.
"It tastes good." The two voices expressed emotion in unison.
"It's really not bad. It should still be protecting the time, so there is unlikely to be a problem with the snacks. But have you found one thing?" Chu Bai seemed to have found some key points that others hadn't noticed.
With that said, Chubai did one thing.
He broke a corner of that white tray!
"..."
There was no scene of plastic splashing as imagined, the white tray missing a corner was still lying there, and Chu Bai stuffed the broken corner directly into his mouth... and took a bite.
"..."
"It tastes good, it's white chocolate." Chu Bai explained with a smile after seeing the surprised eyes around him, "I just heard something was wrong when the tray was placed on the table, so I tried it. In fact, I reached out and touched it. By the time it’s done, you can already feel that the material is chocolate.”
After listening to Chu Bai's explanation, Su Qingxing bent down and touched the table under the tray, and continued, "The table seems to be made of chocolate too."
"Such a big piece?!" Qin looked at the half-person-high round table in front of him, and it was hard to imagine who would be so free as to make a table out of chocolate.
"You guys are thinking too simple." Murong walked to the wall of the house at some point, touched it first, knocked on the white and smooth wall and the black door like picking a watermelon, and laughed loudly, "You may not believe it, but the wall and the gate are made of chocolate."
"This is not a crystal decoration." Su Qing walked to a beautiful colorful crystal pendant next to it, and sniffed it. "It's candy, a decoration composed of various transparent candy colors."
"Oh my God!" Tong Yan immediately turned around and looked around, "Is this whole room made of chocolate and candies?"
"Although it doesn't look as cute as described in the fairy tale, we should have been in a candy house by now."
Su Qingxing nodded. The candy house in human fairy tales is just a small room full of fairy tale atmosphere, but this space composed of white chocolate and candies has a modern and simple atmosphere, and the color matching also has a sense of fashion that is out of fairy tales.
But even so, this is a house that can be eaten!
"No wonder it's called Food Planet, it's too generous." Qin Guan said suddenly.
At this time, the receptionist Strawberry and Lemon came out together, Lemon was holding Murong's water glass in his hand, and Strawberry was followed by a very familiar figure of Qingxing—His Highness Death who suddenly became a reality.
"Thank you." Murong took her water glass and took a sip curiously, "It's very delicious, like mint water, and slightly sweet."
"I'm back." It is said that Lord Reaper, who has changed his "body", immediately returned to Su Qingxing's side, "Have you found this world is quite interesting? It is indeed that guy's idea."
that guy
Su Qingxing recalled that this world seemed to be constructed by Wenshenjun, known as "the strongest constructor of the Three Realms".
And Death seems to be quite familiar with that Wenshenjun.
"It's not just the tray and the wall that can be eaten here." Grim Reaper glanced at the tray with missing corners, then stretched his right hand in front of Su Qingxing, and said with a smile, "Do you want to try it?"
"I don't eat human flesh." Su Qingxing said that although he is a monster, he does not intend to taste the existence of humans or humanoids.
"This is a new body, what will the peripheral products made by Gourmet Planet taste like?" Looking at the fiancé who didn't react, the god of death thinks that Su Qingxing is very cute no matter how he looks at it.
After hearing the words of the god of death, Su Qingxing immediately reacted. The right hand raised by the god of death in front of him looked white and smooth. Although it had the same texture as an ordinary hand, it was as slender and well-defined as the original hand of the god of death, but there was nothing in the palm. context.
With incomparable curiosity, Su Qingxing approached boldly, and lightly licked the fingertips of Death.
After completing the whole movement, Su Qingxing's cheeks were flushed, and he said softly, "It seems to be... bonbon chocolate."
Su Qingxing once ate a few pieces of similar things at Zhu Sha's, but because he didn't have the capacity for alcohol at all, even the liqueur chocolate was enough to make Su Qingxing dizzy.
The taste just tasted also made Su Qingxing feel a little strange. He obviously just licked it lightly, and obviously didn't know that it was wrapped in wine, but Su Qingxing did experience the fusion of wine and chocolate with the tip of his tongue.
Perhaps the previous receptionist named Strawberry was right, this is indeed a unique taste.
"I haven't tasted it yet." Death looked at Su Qingxing seriously, "But now I know what it tastes like."
"..."
"Everyone, are you ready to embark on a journey to the gourmet planet?" The two receptionists said, opening another door to the outside world.
What appears in front of everyone in the next second is a colorful, beautiful and dreamy world...
Before everyone could see clearly what the world looked like, they suddenly heard the receptionist named Lemon say next to them—
"Oh, I forgot to explain something to you just now."
"What's the matter?" Su Qingxing turned to look at Lemon.
"That's right." Lemon still smiled harmlessly, "The first bite of food or drink you taste on Food Planet will be the staple food you must use during your stay in Food Planet."
Hearing this, Chu Bai glanced at the wall next to him, Murong looked at the water glass in his hand, half of the mint pond in Qin Guan's hand was left, and Tong Yan's marshmallows had already been eaten up.
As for Su Qingxing, he glanced in surprise at the very innocent Grim Reaper beside him.
"Please remember that during the food planet, only the staple food you choose can fill your stomach. Although you can taste other delicacies, it will only make you more and more hungry."
Lemon said this with a smile, then suddenly restrained her smile, and continued like a puppet with no expression: "If you don't have enough to eat, you will die."
…
Can't eat enough... die? !
dead? ! !
The face of the receptionist Lemon was full of smiles again, as if the expression of the broken puppet just now had never existed at all.
"So here, I wish you a pleasant journey."