Mu Yang was not the only one here; besides him, there were a few scattered Contractors.
Counting carefully, including Mu Yang, there were 8 people on the field: one 4-person adventure team, one 3-person temporary adventure team, and him, the lone wolf.
Ruo Li and the Employee she brought were not among them, indicating that more than one fairy tale was happening simultaneously.
The strength of these Contractors was quite ordinary; the threat they posed to Mu Yang was far less than that of Scarface and others he encountered in the trial world, let alone the Second-grade Syndrome man.
They had clearly noticed the setting sun, and their faces were extremely grim, describable as terrified.
Entering World: Fairy Tale Kingdom
World Difficulty: LV.1 ~ 4 Difficult (Difficulty varies with the degree of fairy tale mutation.)
World Source: 0% (Contractors exploring or interacting with characters in the current world will increase this; when settling the world, it will be calculated with the mission difficulty to form the final score)
World Introduction: "There is no parting in fairy tales"—this is people's yearning for a beautiful fairy tale world. They release all their emotions into fairy tales, believing that fairy tales can fulfill all their wishes.
But… fairy tales will not always be beautiful, just as the sun will not always shine in the sky, and life will eventually have its day of passing…
Main Mission: Complete this fairy tale event.
Warning: Do not mention anything about 'Paradise' in this world. If the warning is ignored, forced execution will occur!
Hint: The Main Mission in this world is an optional mission. After completing the Main Mission, you can choose to return to Reincarnation Paradise.
Hint: Detected that the Contractor has not mastered the language of this world. 100 paradise coins have been automatically consumed to master the language of this world.
World, start!
… … … …
Mu Yang quickly scanned the world information but frowned, finding no useful information.
The first half might have told the Contractors the reason for the mutation in the fairy tale world: the complex and changeable emotions of people, which gave rise to anomalies, causing fairy tales to no longer be beautiful.
The latter half reminded Contractors that the fairy tale world would also be dangerous, but this information was meaningless. If there was no danger, would it still be called Reincarnation Paradise?
'The situation is unclear; I need to figure out what kind of fairy tale this is first. Although the story itself only has reference value, it is still a clue.'
"Everyone, listen to me. I am the Vice-Vice-Vice-Vice Leader of the Mad Dragon Adventure Team…"
Before this Vice-Vice-Vice-Vice Leader could finish his words about recruiting others, a Contractor, who seemed to have a grudge against him, interrupted him, disdainfully saying:
"Such a tiny adventure team still has so many ranks? Vice-Vice-Vice-Vice Leader? Just say you're a Vice-Captain, why put on airs?"
"Geneva! Last time you got away, you don't think you can escape this time, do you?"
"I * *!"
The two sides immediately started cursing at each other. The person who interrupted the Vice-Captain's speaking had high combat effectiveness; he could curse at four people with ease, even having leisure to chat with his companions. He was at least a keyboard master.
Seeing how fiercely they were cursing, Mu Yang and the other onlookers thought that the two sides would immediately start fighting after the protective light film disappeared.
However, to their surprise, the moment the light film disappeared, both sides simultaneously fell silent, and the scene became instantly quiet.
Clearly, while they wanted to fight, there were other people present, and they didn't want others to take advantage.
Moreover, they were currently in a mutated fairy tale world, with a maximum difficulty of Lv.4. Who knew if the sound would attract any demons or monsters.
Seeing that the show was over, Mu Yang turned to look behind everyone.
Behind them was only a small path made of stones. Beside the path were lush flowers, plants, trees, and a clear stream. Among the flowers, many birds and butterflies were playing and frolicking.
The scenery was beautiful, but don't forget it was night. Birds and butterflies should not be active at this time.
This kind of unnatural beauty was indeed like the fairy tales imagined in childhood; even the night, which children feared, remained beautiful.
One end of the path was under Mu Yang's feet, extending into the forest, while the other end led to an unknown place.
"Can we go back?"
A Contractor noticed Mu Yang's gaze and discovered the path under their feet that led to an unknown destination.
"Heh heh, you go if you want, don't drag us along."
His companion looked at him as if he were an idiot. Paradise placing them here so obviously meant for them to enter the forest.
Going forward might be a near-death experience, but retreating clearly meant certain death. The unnatural scenery might portend something.
"I just said it casually, I'm not that stupid!"
After speaking, this person plunged headfirst into the forest.
His companion was stunned again, clearly not expecting this person to be so reckless. He was already regretting how he had formed a temporary team with this foolish child.
"Howl~"
Several wolf howls came from not far behind, and the faces of all Contractors present, except Mu Yang, changed.
With their strength, they could kill an adult wolf in a one-on-one fight, but facing an entire wolf pack would certainly result in casualties.
Moreover, in this mutated fairy tale, how could this sudden appearance of a wolf pack be normal?
There were clear footsteps approaching, but everyone could not see the figures of the wolf pack, as if they were resentful spirits of wolves lingering in this place, gradually approaching them.
"Let's go, into the forest."
The Vice-Captain of the Mad Dragon Adventure Team pulled his teammates and rushed into the forest, with Mu Yang following closely behind.
He could "see" the wolves; the wolf pack had physical bodies. They were invisible to the naked eye because they could conceal themselves in the darkness. The night was their protective coloration.
There were many wolves; he could fight them, but there was no need.
This wolf pack was more like guides sent by Paradise to urge Contractors into the forest. Killing them would only bring stronger beasts. He needed to conserve his state to meet the challenges in the forest.
The moment Mu Yang pushed aside the branches and entered the forest, he only felt a blur before his eyes, and a treehouse had already appeared before him.
Sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, sparsely scattering on the grass in the forest. An old woman with white hair was sitting in a lounge chair at the doorway, squinting her eyes and basking in the sun.
Outside the forest was night, but inside the forest, there was sunlight.
Mu Yang pushed aside the branches above his head, trying to find traces of the sun, but above the leaves were even denser branches and leaves. Even standing in the sunlight and looking up, he couldn't see the sky at all.
And where were the other Contractors? Did everyone get teleported to different places? Or was the teleportation distributed based on team formation?
"Young man, what are you looking for?"
The old woman, who was basking in the sun in the lounge chair, was now looking at Mu Yang, her face kind, yet with a noticeable stiffness.
"My companions and I were attacked by a tiger and got separated during our hurried escape, Old Woman. Have you seen them?"
"No, but I can ask the forest. The forest and I are good friends; they will tell me what I want to know."