The surrounding space is distorted and time is stagnant.

The moment the goldfish appeared, Su Huaian could almost confirm the identity of the other party—either the owner of the Immortal Mansion, or a role similar to an avatar or an agent.

They seemed to have boiled the master of the Immortal Mansion until he became impatient.

Suppressing the wicked thought of speaking out, Su Su Huai'an coughed, straightened up, and greeted the goldfish.

"It was you that Rong Xu and Zai Zai met before."

The word "you" can be said to have brought the word polite to the extreme.

But obviously, Jinyu Benyu didn't care about the language, and said angrily, "Who am I?"

...and a little grumpy.

But Su Huai'an himself is not a person who cares about the way he speaks. On the contrary, the more straightforward this fish who has a close relationship with the owner of the Immortal Mansion, the easier it is for him to communicate what Su Huai'an needs.

Sure enough, the goldfish lived up to Su Huai'an's expectations.

When Su Huai'an didn't speak, it already complained about its dissatisfaction with Su Huai'an and others:

"You guys are too much! I eat and drink all day without talking, and I don't work hard to pass the level. In order to maintain this Immortal Mansion, I have to consume a lot of spiritual energy every day."

"I'm starving and skinny!"

Hearing this, Su Huai'an subconsciously glanced at the goldfish.

Indeed, as Goldfish said, when he saw the other party for the first time a few months ago, the other party was still a big fat fish. In contrast, today he is already thin and dry.

Moreover, according to Goldfish, what the three of them ate, drank, lived in, and even everything they saw recently was maintained by Goldfish.

In other words, Goldfish is responsible for all the expenses of keeping Immortal Mansion running.

This reminded Su Huai'an of a saying in his previous life: When you move forward with ease, there is always someone to carry the weight for you.

...Although it is a fish that carries the burden for them.

Having said that, Su Su Huai'an did feel a little guilty because of Jinyu's words, but only "a little".

He also disagrees with Goldfish.

"When we met last time, if you were willing to remind me a few words, wouldn't it be much faster. We don't have to waste time like headless chickens."

At that time, Su Huaian and Rong Xu really didn't know what the purpose of this dungeon was.

This has absolutely nothing to do with their poor performance.

"You still say it!" Hearing this sentence, the thin goldfish was so angry that its eyes popped out, and it looked like it was on fire.

"I just came to see it last time, who knew I was almost crushed to death by the brat."

"And, do you think I don't want to say it?"

It's not that don't want to say it, it's that can't say it.

From Jinyu's two sentences, Su Huai'an was keenly aware of the other party's subtext: the other party cannot contact them directly unless there are special circumstances.

Also, the goldfish themselves don't seem to be powerful.

In addition, the other party appeared in front of him now, obviously the Immortal Mansion had reached a certain critical point and could no longer be maintained.

Jinyu was just venting his dissatisfaction, and it never occurred to him that Su Huai'an analyzed a lot of information just by saying a few words casually.

But it didn't know, so it still stared at Su Huai'an angrily, it looked a little cute.

"Sorry."

Su Su Huai'an apologized cleanly.

goldfish:"?"

Because Su Huai'an didn't play cards according to common sense, the goldfish forgot how to react for a while, and stared at him.

"Well, can you eat?"

Su Huaian took the initiative to break the silence: "Last time I saw you ate the snacks thrown by Zai Zai, can you still eat this time?"

"!"

Goldfish never thought that Su Huai'an could see his embarrassment last time.

Indeed, the reason why goldfish that follow the principle of not meeting outsiders can be discovered and manipulated by Zai Zai is, in the final analysis, because of greed.

"Don't you want to eat?"

Goldfish untied the restriction silently.

In an instant, Su Huai'an realized that the scenery in front of him had returned to its original appearance, and Rong Xu seemed to have discovered something and was waiting for him outside the door.

"fine."

Facing Rong Xu's question, Su Huaian didn't say much, but got up and went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles.

In the water tank in the kitchen, a goldfish floats slowly.

"Have a meal."

Although Su Huaian knew that the goldfish itself was probably not a fish, he still carefully considered the other party's taboos.

Of course, fish is not acceptable, and it is best not to use the meat of beasts before confirmation. Vegetables and spiritual fruits can be considered.

The most conservative and safest is carbohydrates.

In other words: big steamed buns and noodles.

The goldfish itself is indeed not picky—maybe for itself, what it cares about is not what to eat at all, but the fact that it can "eat".

A bowl of noodles disappeared, and the goldfish rolled in the water tank, apparently in a good mood.

"How about it?"

Su Huaian squatted down, level with the goldfish in the water tank.

"It's not tasty, it's boring."

It doesn't taste good and sucks up the last bit of noodles. It can only be said that this goldfish is an unprecedented frugal fish.

Su Huai'an was well aware of this, and he didn't intend to expose Jinyu's disagreement at all, so he changed the subject:

"Do you want Lingshi?"

"……Ok."

Not only Lingshi, Su Huaian brought Rong Xu back from hunting, and the untouched animal meat, gifts from neighbors, all of them were given to the goldfish.

Of course, the goldfish did not consume these items by "eating". On the contrary, after Su Huai'an confirmed that they were given to the goldfish, they all turned into spiritual energy and floated into the goldfish's body.

Through this, Su Huaian understood another rule of Immortal Mansion: Goldfish cannot take other people's property without waiting for their permission.

From this, Su Huai'an completely confirmed the identity of the other party.

Immortal Mansion's current agent.

Be an agent, not a master.

On this side, Su Huai'an already knew the identity of the goldfish at all levels, but on the other side, he didn't realize that the goldfish he lost was still happily digesting.

Because of Su Huai'an's feeding, it recovered a little bit, the whole fish didn't look so shriveled, and its scales became shiny again.

"I am full?"

Sensing that the goldfish is in a good mood, Su Huai'an took the opportunity to say.

"Let's have a chat when you're full."

The goldfish who had eaten and drank enough was stunned.

It suddenly realized that it appeared because the Immortal Mansion's aura was exhausted and it was about to be unable to maintain it.

But the energy problem has been solved to a certain extent, but he has been exposed.

...can it go away now?

At this moment, the goldfish saw a bit of distress from Su Huai'an's face.

be cheated!

Why are humans so cunning?!

In the afternoon, the sun is just right.

Su Su Huai'an sent Zai Zai to take a nap, and sat in the courtyard with Rong Xu, "chatting" with the goldfish.

Of course, this "chat" is only from the perspective of Su Huai'an and the other two.

In the heart of the awkward goldfish, it was calculated by cunning human beings, and it was forced to confess its origins as a last resort.

Su Huaian was noncommittal about Jinyu's thoughts, and he didn't try to change the other party's thoughts, but simply presented the facts and reasoned.

Among them, the simplest logic in front of you is that the Immortal Mansion won't last long.

Even if the goldfish took a mouthful of blood, it still couldn't change the fact in front of him.

In addition, from the perspective of completing the goal of the owner of the Immortal Mansion, they found information about the extraterrestrial demons, so they should have completed the task.

"Who knew you would do this!"

Having said that, Jinyu couldn't help but want to stare.

Of course, the Immortal Mansion will not be a simple teaching level-in fact, the interior design of the Immortal Mansion is full of invisible traps.

For example, the unpredictable timeline.

The time nodes presented in the Immortal Mansion are completely determined by the entrant's own subconscious mind.

Going back to the time you desire most deep in your heart, whether you can keep your heart is the first test given to the entrants by the Immortal Mansion.

In addition, whether it is to catch ferocious animals with the villagers, or to support oneself in an unfamiliar place, these are all problems that need to be solved for the mediocre.

Of course, the biggest pitfall is the anxious mind.

If it is said that survival in the Immortal Mansion is a way to screen out the weak, then the extremely slow pace is specially set for the strong.

"You won't get what you want so quickly", for the strong, it is not something that makes them comfortable.

However, none of these invisible settings seemed to have any effect on Su Huai'an and his group.

Thinking of this, Jinyu couldn't help but look at Su Huaian and the others sadly.

Since Rong Xu has a high level of cultivation and has sufficient experience in fighting against the clones of heavenly demons outside the territory, hunting is not a difficult task for him.

Being able to hunt guarantees the basic situation of survival in the Immortal Mansion, which can be regarded as solving the basic survival problem.

The most unexpected is Su Su Huai'an.

Knowing that the people in the Immortal Mansion are fake and not real "living people", he still chose to become a village school teacher.

In this way, the threat of the villagers completely disappeared, and at the same time, Immortal Mansion had to open up the right to read the collection of books for him.

If it wasn't for the language problem, Immortal Mansion would have stopped functioning completely the moment Su Huai'an got the book, announcing that the three of them had cleared the level.

In short, although the level of the Immortal Mansion is not difficult, and there is no plan to eliminate the invaders at the beginning, there are still a few people like Su Huai'an who pass the level in a strange and unprecedented way.

This also makes goldfish particularly depressed.

Of course, Su Huai'an didn't know about the goldfish's thoughts, but based on the goldfish's reaction, he guessed that there might be something inside.

He touched the tip of his nose, ashamed to push the goldfish too hard, after thinking about it, he simply asked a question:

"Do you know what year it is outside the Immortal Mansion?"