The information given by flower is that the energy shield has fallen on the edge of the city. The amusement park, the next destination of Su Yu and Northfield, is also built on the edge of the city, so they can just look for it along the way.
After leaving the withered giant tree, more than ten minutes passed. The sky was completely dark. Su Yu made the Golden Water Scorpion grow bigger, he and Northfield stood on it.
"Do you want to travel overnight?" Northfield thought about the work and rest of Earth contestants. They should sleep at this time. He asked Su Yu: "Don't you need to rest ma?"
Su Yu: "It doesn't matter."
From the city center to the other end of the city edge, the distance is very far. It may take one or two days to reach the other end of the city. After all, it took almost the same amount of time to reach the city center.
Now Su Yu doesn't need much sleep and doesn't need to waste time on such things.
[The flower area resource point has been acquired by contestant Man Yue of the Rosa civilization.]
[The snow garden resource point has been acquired by contestant Mu Zhen of the Shang Yuan civilization.]
The system, which had been silent for a long time, reappeared and reported two messages in a row. Su Yu paused slightly. One of their six resource points was the location of the snow garden. Fenyu Xue chose it. Now it seems that they are a step behind.
The removal of two resource points means the loss of two opportunities to obtain information, and also means that there are two more competitors who know the information. Yes, that's right, competitors. It can be basically confirmed that the energy shield was deliberately done by the competition officials. The purpose of the map of this game has always been very clear, hoping to stimulate conflicts between contestants. Then the appearance of sandstorm, which made contestants put down their disputes, is somewhat unreasonable.
The official cannot do such a meaningless thing, so we can think from another angle. Only by obtaining resources can we obtain information, and contestants who can obtain resources are all people with certain strength. Such existence is generally difficult to eliminate because they will selectively avoid contestants with equal strength.
Su Yu thought that the official's goal might be on this group of strong contestants, wanting to stimulate the struggle between them and eliminate some of the strong contestants. Of course, this was just Su Yu's guess. The development of the following game would depend on whether the official would be a demon.
A whole day had passed after crossing most of the city and rushing to the amusement park on the edge. When Su Yu and Northfield arrived at the amusement park, it was just getting dark. The surroundings were pitch black, the whistling sandstorm were in their ears. The temperature also dropped sharply. No matter how you look at it, this is not a comfortable environment.
Entering the amusement park, the first thing they see is the abandoned large amusement facilities. They can no longer be seen in their original appearance. They are covered with rust. Su Yu retracted his gaze and returned to the main business. The location of the resource here is still only roughly known. He only knows that it is in the amusement park, but the specific location needs to be found by contestants themselves.
"Search separately?" Su Yu looked at Northfield.
Northfield: "Two people will be safer."
It is obviously unrealistic for only him and Northfield to search for such a large amusement park. Su Yu thought about it and released the mantises and soldier worker ants. Anyway, Northfield had seen these two low-level Zergs before. He didn't react at that time, he shouldn't pay attention to them now. He can rest assured.
Under Su Yu's order, more than ten Zergs scattered, Northfield next to him just watched the scene quietly. Indeed, he had seen these two insects before, and he didn't feel anything at that time. Until now, he had an extra guess in his mind. Seeing the two insectspecies again, his mood became a few points weird.
Northfield pondered in his heart. The insects he saw around Su Yu seemed to have only insect shapes but no human shapes. Was his guess wrong? Or was there another problem? When he approached Su Yu, his emotions were indeed affected, but this was the reason why he hesitated to be sure.
After these more than ten Zergs, the search speed also increased.
As they walked, they came to the center of the amusement park. There was something more in their sight. The night did not affect their vision, so they could clearly see that in the large flower bed in the center of the amusement park, there stood a small golden tree made of unknown material. Just like the picture in the fairy tale, the roots of the golden tree were buried with various gems, although these gems had lost their translucent luster due to abandonment.
Once or twice could be an accident, but seeing it many times, and in different places, it was a bit too coincidental to say it was an accident.
With the golden tree as the center, there were small paths around the front, back, left and right of the flower bed for people to enter. Su Yu and Northfield walked over. The former was because of the golden tree itself, but the latter was not.
The two stopped in front of the tree and looked closer. It looked more like the golden tree in the fairy tale book.
It seems normal for fairy tales to appear in the amusement park? Su Yu thought hesitantly, but he still felt strange in his heart. Seeing the golden tree three times was too coincidental, so he had to think more. However, the clues of the golden tree were scattered, he couldn't find the thread, so naturally he couldn't figure out the reason.
"Aren't you coming out yet ma?" Northfield suddenly spoke.
Su Yu paused in thought. What does this sentence mean? Is there anyone around?
Before Su Yu could use his mental power to explore the surroundings, a weak voice came from the tree.
"You guys don't be angry... I'll come out right away!" At first glance, he thought it was the golden tree that spoke, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a little man the size of a palm hidden in the branches and leaves of the golden tree, with wings on his back. No matter the size or the wings on his back, it looks like an elf in some fairy tales.
It was the first time Su Yu saw this kind of life, he took a few more glance at it curiously.
"This is an intelligent life form of a small civilization." Northfield saw Su Yu's expression with a little curiosity, so he explained and reminded him: "Don't be deceived by their weak and cute appearance, their nature is ten points bad."
Being said so to his face, the little man flapping his wings had a stiff expression, but it was Northfield who was speaking. He didn't dare to refute, so he could only suppress his resentment, lowered his head, smiled timidly, and looked well-behaved.
Su Yu didn't care about the personality of this little man with wings. As before, he went straight to the point and asked the little man: "Are you the NPC guarding the resource here ma?"
With Northfield standing next to him, he didn't dare to make any small movements. He only saw the little man nodded: "Yes, before giving you resource, you have to answer a question for me. Is life point important ma?"
Just like what the flower said before, all NPCs have the same questions.
Su Yu nodded: "Important."
The little man took out the resource and sent it to Su Yu with the wind, at the same time told his clue: "The energy shield will not be deployed until all ten resources are taken away by contestants." After that, the little man couldn't wait to teleport away and disappeared in front of the two.
[I have a feeling, the official is going to make trouble again!]
[No, the official has been making trouble all the time, it has never stopped.]
[The yellow sand incident was indeed intentional by the official ba, but what did it want to do?]
[Ten resources represent ten clues. The person who obtained the clues cannot be the same. If one want to gather all the contestants~ the only way is to cooperate as a whole, but does the official have this kind heart?]
The audience in the live broadcast room also felt something was wrong.
The day after getting the clue of the playground, the system notification appeared twice again, it was also a notification that the resources were obtained by contestants. Su Yu counted and found that there were already four resources reported by the system, he had three resources that were not reported.
There are still three resources left to be obtained, or maybe even fewer, because it is not certain whether someone will be like Su Yu, who got the resources but did not open them. The unopened resources will not be notified by the system, but they are indeed taken away by contestants.
It is impossible to wait for these three resources to be taken away and the energy shield to be deployed, so Su Yu and Northfield selected a resource point that was known but not taken away and prepared to rush over. However, on the way, the system notification appeared again. This time, after the notification ended, the system did not disappear immediately, but sounded again in Su Yu's ears.
[Contestant Su Yu, the energy shield has been deployed. You can directly use the known clues to find it, or you can use ten clues to exchange for accurate positioning. The first person to open the energy shield will receive a high life points reward. The faster the opening speed, the more rewards~]
[Kind reminder: The location of contestants who get the clues will be disclosed to each other, please be careful.]
Su Yu paused. His guess came true. The official did not have good intentions, especially the second kind reminder. This familiar operation is really not surprising.
"What's wrong? Is it the system's private prompt?" Northfield quickly figured out the reason.
Su Yu nodded and told Northfield the two system prompts just now. After listening, the latter thought for a few seconds and asked Su Yu: "Do you want to collect other clues ma?"
"..." Su Yu looked at Northfield. To be honest, the other party's answer was within his expectations. This is the confidence of being strong. When encountering such a thing, the first choice is never to avoid it, but to take the initiative.
But Su Yu didn't want to waste time. He thought about it and said: "Let's go back to the city center."
"City center?" Northfield wondered: "Why?"
Even if they didn't choose to collect clues, the current goal should be to find the energy shield. Among the clues they got, there was a very clear clue that the energy shield appeared at the edge of the city. At this time, going to the city center was incomprehensible.
"I want to find that giant tree." Su Yu said, "I have a guess I want to confirm."
Hearing Su Yu talking about the giant tree, Northfield also remembered something. He thought, "Do you think that giant tree is a golden tree ma?"
"I'm not sure, but I want to try." Su Yu said. He suddenly remembered this thanks to the system's prompt. It was the sentence 'the first person to open the energy shield' that reminded Su Yu of the previous conversation with the flower.
He guessed that there were two energy shields, and the flower's answer was that you only guessed a little bit, not completely right, which means that there are indeed two energy shields, one of which is real, and the other may be an existence with the same ability.