Purgatory Artist-Chapter 203: The Fool’s Sandbox

"Are you willing to give it a try?" the Tree Elf asked.

"Yes" Liu Ping answered.

"Actually, I've always wanted to help you humans, but I couldn't find a chance. So I agree to this deal that you proposed."

The Tree Elf spoke softly with a look of pity on his face.

"What do you want me to do?" Liu Ping asked.

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"Please cut off the sealing chains around my neck, that way I can communicate with you telepathically" the Tree Elf said.

Liu Ping picked up the dagger and slashed it across the Tree Elf's body.

Clang clang!

The chains that tightly bound the Tree Elf all broke and fell off.

The Tree Elf slowly stood up.

He moved his arms and legs and spoke in a low voice: "You've already cut off all the sealing chains on my body ... aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?"

"A little bit of sincerity." Liu Ping answered.

The Tree Elf smiled and waved his hand.

Next to him, a door made entirely of vines appeared.

"I'm leaving." the Tree Elf said.

"What about our deal?" Liu Ping asked.

The Tree Elf answered: "Once I leave, the battle in the sky will quickly end, you need to quickly leave this place."

"And then?" Liu Ping asked.

The Tree Elf chanted a cryptic incantation and raised his hands.

A black leaf fell on his hand.

The Tree Elf passed the black leaf to Liu Ping and said telepathically, "Listen, I don't know if I should give it to you. If you fail, you will only have your soul dissipated. Even if you are lucky enough to succeed, what awaits you will be an extremely dangerous path."

Liu Ping lightly touched the black leaf.

A line of burning text quickly appeared:

[A leaf from the Tree of Mystery]

[??????]

[Special note: When you pick up this leaf, the operation UI will sense the fluctuation of the Law of Fate]

Liu Ping's heart suddenly tightened.

The Tree Elf looked at him deeply and spoke: "Go to where your human Sequence is, this leaf will display the corresponding text, you need to read it to the Sequence."

"Understood." Liu Ping answered.

The Tree Elf nodded and spoke again: "Remember, we've never made any deals or talked to each other before."

After saying that, it turned around and walked into the door that was completely made of vines.

The door disappeared.

Only Liu Ping was left.

He raised his head to look at the sky. With a light leap, he leaped onto the garden wall and quietly flipped over.

Walking down a long flight of stairs, he waited in a dark corner for a moment. Only when a guard passed by did he follow him.

Liu Ping left the palace safely through a small door and gradually quickened his pace.

The rumbling sounds in the sky began to become sparse.

He had to hurry!

Liu Ping began to run on the road.

Fifteen minutes later.

He came to a big house and rang the doorbell.

The door opened.

Ted looked at Liu Ping in surprise and said, "You're here too early. I said we should get together tonight."

"Teacher, I have something to discuss with you." Liu Ping said.

"What is it?"

"The night I became a Naturalist, I went to see the Sequence and received It's recognition. Now, I want to go there again."

"Oh? Is there anything important? "

"... I have discovered a secret that I need to tell the sequence in person."

"Can you tell me about it?"

"I can't for now."

Ted became serious, thought for a bit, then took out a card from his chest: "This is a special authority card, the Sequence gave it to me as a reward when I was at the headquarters."

"What does it do?" Liu Ping asked.

"Normally, only a Naturalist would be able to see the Sequence's main body when they're being certified. But this card represents the Sequence's recognition, we can use it to see the Sequence's main body again.

Saying so, Ted threw the card out.

Bam!

A metal pipe appeared from the void of space.

A cold metallic voice came:

'[Naturalist Ted, Naturalist Liu Ping, what do you want?]'

"Liu Ping has discovered a secret that he wants to tell you in person, please bring him there." Ted said.

'[Naturalist Liu Ping, are you sure you want to talk to me in person? If it's not particularly valuable knowledge or information, you can tell me on the spot]' the metallic voice said.

"No, I need to talk to you in person'" Liu Ping said.

The metallic voice went silent for a bit, then said: '[Please come]'

A long pipe connected to Liu Ping's back and pulled him into the void of space.

Liu Ping instantly went into the void of space and disappeared without a trace.

Ted stood at the door and sighed: "I don't know what it is, he can't even tell me — — but he's a trustworthy child, I'll ask him when he comes back."

...

A small island in the middle of the lake.

Inside the castle.

A large rhombus-shaped cube silently appeared.

Countless Cards appeared from the void of space. They continuously arranged, changed, and combined to form a large rhombus-shaped cube.

The Cards flew out from the cube one after another, disappearing into the void of space.

As if this process had been going on since the Age of Old, it would never stop.

Liu Ping lightly landed in front of the rhombus-shaped cube.

A second later.

The cold metallic voice came from inside the rhombus-shaped cube:

'[Liu Ping, I am the Empire's war machine, the summoner of all human Cards, please state your purpose for coming here]'

Liu Ping took a deep breath and took out the black leaf from before.

Suddenly, a ray of light rose from the leaf, and slowly spread in all directions.

A soft female voice came from inside the leaf:

''[Detected the Sequence's existence]''

''[This investigation has been completed]''

''[The corresponding authority has been obtained, manifested below]''

Liu Ping looked down, only to see lines of text slowly appearing on the leaf.

He recalled the Tree Elf's words and read the text on the leaf:

''[The Fool 3-6912 Sequence, I will now begin the investigation process]''

The entire rhombus-shaped cube suddenly trembled.

The cold metallic voice continued:

'[True Name verification complete]'

'[5971 years have passed since the previous investigation]'

'[Before this investigation, you will need to go through the 'Fool's Sandbox' to further confirm your identity]'

'[Would you like to begin the investigation?]'

Liu Ping looked at the leaf.

The words on the leaf disappeared completely, and then a new line of words appeared:

''[Current Response Command Symbol: Begin execution.]''

Liu Ping went silent.

In the void of space, the heroic spirit's UI crazily displayed countless unrecognizable runes before finally turning into a line of burning text:

[You've discovered the War Sequence's true name]

[It has responded to your investigation order and has begun to create a temporary Sandbox]

[This secret is extremely valuable, you will be provided with role points]

[Your role points have been increased by 3 points]

All the text disappeared from Liu Ping's sight.

— — -as if afraid of affecting his performance, the entire heroic spirit's UI was hidden.

Liu Ping's expression turned serious.

At this moment, he could vaguely feel that a shocking secret was about to appear in front of him.

Liu Ping couldn't help but calm down and read according to the text on the leaf:

"Begin execution!"

Immediately, the cold metallic voice sounded from the War Sequence — — or rather, The Fool 3-6912 Sequence:

'[Understood!]'

In the void of space, numerous metal pipes gradually appeared.

They connected to Liu Ping's body one by one, completely covering his entire body.

Oong — —

After a loud noise, Liu Ping suddenly disappeared from where he stood.

...

In a blank world.

Liu Ping suddenly appeared.

In front of him, numerous cards appeared, lining up from the sky to the ground.

A person appeared on each card.

A metallic voice sounded:

'[Hello examiner.]'

'[Beginning to draw Professionists of the same level, please defeat the opponent within one minute, or you will be imprisoned as a prisoner]'

Everyone on the cards looked at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping's expression was calm as he casually drew a Blade and put on his armor.

A card lightly moved and floated in front of Liu Ping.

Bam!

The card turned into a man wearing a martial arts suit.

On his upper left, the number 7 appeared.

A battle of the same level?

Liu Ping was about to act, but stopped again.

Among the cards that filled the sky, cards flew out one after another and landed on the ground.

Wizard, Warrior, Knight, Sniper, Psychic, Assassin, Summoner ...

A total of 20 cards turned into Professionists and stood in front of Liu Ping.

The cold metallic voice sounded again:

'[One minute countdown begins!]'