CHAPTER 342: CHAPTER 249: THE STORYBOOK MELTED IN THE RUINS_2

After Rosen finished speaking, Meng Die said, "But my dress hem has turned into a floral dress now, it seems the explosion had quite some power."

Barefoot Immortal looked over and was surprised to see that Meng Die had turned into an explosion head, which was hardly the image of an explosion with only a little power, but rather immense power.

And in the corner where Rosen and the others weren’t paying attention, the massive explosion similarly attracted some fearsome monsters from deep within the ruins.

They were a group of termites.

Actually, several years ago, an army of termites had descended here and established an Ant Kingdom.

However, when Rosen and the others arrived, they didn’t encounter the termites here; otherwise, it would have definitely been a thrilling battle.

The terrifying qi explosion earlier also alarmed the whole Ant Kingdom, so the termite king ordered their strongest termite legion to prepare to execute the intruders.

Just as the termite army appeared, they retreated again.

Because they hadn’t found their target.

Rosen pointed fearfully at the massive ants overhead, "Did we become small?"

"No, it’s not like that. This area belongs to Giant Country, so these are giant termites, and that’s why they’re so huge."

Meng Die explained while analyzing the situation, "I think my sister Caidie’s fairy tale book should have fallen on the ground and decomposed, causing the characters inside to come out of the book."

According to Meng Die’s analysis, the Ant Kingdom should come from a story in the fairy tale book named Thumbelina.

"I’ve heard that as long as you stay by the protagonist’s side, you’ll be absolutely safe, so we just need to find Thumbelina and swear allegiance to her, and it will naturally be much safer to be by her side," Barefoot Immortal said.

Meng Die rejected this view and said, "No, there’s a big problem with your statement, because staying by the protagonist’s side, the safety is for the main character, and as supporting characters, each of us has a very high mortality rate, so staying far away from the protagonist is actually safer."

It’s well known that every protagonist in a story will endure hardships and survive in the end, while the supporting characters around them are more likely to be unfortunate.

Rosen also agreed with Meng Die’s statement but proposed a more advanced idea, saying, "I think a better way isn’t to stay away from the protagonist, but to find the antagonist in the Thumbelina story early and deal with them ahead of time, then we’d truly be safe."

"You mean you know who the antagonist in this story is?" Barefoot Immortal’s question stumped Rosen.

"This story seems to have no proper antagonist, maybe the weather? Storms? Why don’t you try your hand at a battle of wits with the air?"

Meng Die’s words instantly attacked Rosen’s far-fetched ideas without mercy.

But just then, Rosen’s eyes widened as he witnessed a terrifying scene.

"Look quickly, it’s Thumbelina!"

From afar, a three-meter-tall young lady appeared to be picking mushrooms and made her way over.

"Excuse me, have you seen any mushrooms nearby?" Thumbelina asked Rosen and the others.

"Sorry, haven’t seen any," Rosen politely replied.

"But I clearly see that you have two mushrooms," Thumbelina said.

"Then your vision must be amazing, you have X-ray vision, don’t you?" Rosen pursed his lips and took a step back to avoid having his mushrooms picked by Thumbelina.

"Ah!" But the unlucky Barefoot Immortal right next to him instantly suffered the pain of having mushrooms picked, enduring ten thousand points of damage.

"Enough, stop it, Thumbelina, tell us where you’re heading? We’ll choose the opposite direction," Rosen said, pursing his lips.

"I’m going to find my grandmother; I’ve heard she lives in a mushroom house nearby, but on the way, I encountered a hunter, who told me there’s a Grey Wolf around, and I should be careful," Thumbelina said, putting on a red hat while speaking.

Rosen and the others’ expressions instantly grew complex, and they turned to Meng Die, asking, "What’s going on, Thumbelina’s story merged with Little Red Riding Hood’s? Even Grey Wolf appeared, wasn’t it supposed to be the Big Bad Wolf?"

Meng Die said, "That’s why I mentioned that the storybook might have melted in the ruins, and all the stories fused into one. We have to find the storybook and destroy it, so this chaotic secret realm can end."

Watching as Little Red Riding Hood headed in one direction, they knew the Big Bad Wolf, oh no, Grey Wolf, would appear in that direction.

So they immediately chose the opposite direction.

They unexpectedly arrived at Green Pasture.

"Is this Sheep Village?" Rosen exclaimed, "Grey Wolf is one thing, but even scenes not from fairy tales appeared, that’s unreasonable."

Meng Die explained, "That’s because at the end of the storybook, my sister added a few blank pages, jotting down the cartoon stories she saw, thus expanding the storybook."

"Oh, did your sister add the Sheep Village Sports Meet?" Rosen saw Feiyangyang exercising muscles with dumbbells.

"Indeed, she wrote about the Sheep Village Sports Meet, but judging by the fusion of stories now, this sports meet might merge with the Martial Arts Tournament."

"Martial Arts Tournament? Isn’t that from Dragon Ball?"

"Yes, look!"

They looked and saw, on the competition stage, the current combatants were a fusion of Great Demon King Piccolo and the Hulk, a creation resulting from the fusion of Great Demon King Piccolo and the Hulk, while the other side was a fusion of Sun Wukong and Great Sage Equal to Heaven, with special appearances from Alalei and a fusion of Tianjin and Bald Great Demon King in the audience.

Various bizarrely fused characters appeared frequently, watching this match.

Meng Die said, "According to the plot, after Little Red Riding Hood gets eaten by Grey Wolf, Grey Wolf will appear and wreak havoc at the Sheep Village Sports Meet, trying to eat the little sheep of Sheep Village, but in fact, the sheep of Sheep Village had already been made into roast lamb by the Martial Arts Tournament organizers to entertain guests."

Looking again, they saw plates of roast lamb served at the judges’ table.

"What the?!"

Rosen suddenly worried about Grey Wolf, assuming if Grey Wolf dared attack Sheep Village, he’d be the first to become a delicious dish.

In reality, until the first match ended, Grey Wolf hadn’t appeared.

Rosen found the decision to stay at the World Martial Arts Tournament extremely dangerous, considering the battle between Great Demon King Piccolo and Sun Wukong nearly wiped out the entire area, with a hundred percent danger level.

If they waited until the second match, there might be no time to escape later.

When Rosen shared this with Meng Die and Barefoot Immortal, he realized the two had vanished without him noticing.

Panicked, Rosen found them, unexpectedly sneaking away to eat roast lamb.

Meng Die said, "Since we’re at Sheep Village, how can we miss the local specialty food?"

That statement caused Rosen to salivate uncontrollably.

Thinking about the energy it takes to leave, walking a kilometer already burns a peanut’s worth of energy, perhaps eating more roast lamb and calculating caloric loss would provide enough energy to escape.

Rosen speedily emptied the plates, a light-speed feast.

"Alright, I’ve tasted the roast lamb on your behalf, now we must hurry and leave here, or else..."

"Or else what?" Meng Die just asked when Rosen stood dumbfounded.

Rosen said, "It’s too late, Sun Wukong is already fighting Great Demon King Piccolo on stage!"

Barefoot Immortal also realized, "This should be Sun Wukong versus Magic Junior’s match scene, right?"

"Yes, you’re correct."

"Then I remember Magic Junior directly used Qi Gong to annihilate the entire competition area."

Upon hearing this, all three showed panic, with Rosen experiencing a second bout of panic.

"However, not everyone died because of it," Barefoot Immortal said, "Actually, those who fled the audience survived."

Regarding this, Rosen also felt it strange.

In reviewing the animation, indeed, when the arena was destroyed, not even a body was left.

But Rosen still pointed out the loophole in Barefoot Immortal’s words, saying, "You overlooked a very fatal issue, that is, all those who survived were animals, whereas humans, nobody knows."