Chapter 999: Another Exploding Tunnel

Fifty minutes after the invasion begins, the game space.

Mall, Area 101.

"Huh...haha...hahahaha..." Looking at the wreckage that turned into data fragments and dissipated in front of him, Atobe wiped the blood on his face, took a long breath, and laughed, "Finally...finally killed them all. !Ha ha ha ha……"

Atobe's madman-like reaction was understandable, because he had just emerged from a fierce and suffocating battle.

In addition to him, the gods, Hongying, Jianghu, and the members of Order 2 who were also in the area also showed expressions of relief.

In the last nearly half an hour, the members of these first-class teams joined forces for the first time and worked hard to eliminate a total of five "giants."

This group of giants also has a specific name [Appropriator].

Different from ordinary redundant soldiers and sweepers... embezzlers are not a kind of native data soldiers, they are "combined" from other redundant soldiers.

Generally speaking, three hundred ordinary redundant soldiers need to be fused in data form to generate an embezzler.

The combat power of the invader is determined by the total strength of all redundant soldiers participating in the merger. If there are scavengers among the redundant soldiers participating in the merger... then their combat power will also be calculated.

To sum up, this is a very powerful data soldier and the ace unit of the redundant army.

Although the top players in Area 101 successfully eliminated five robbers, they also paid a heavy price.

Hyokui's "Difficult to Name Trio" were the first to die in battle. They made great contributions during the battle against the first invader. It can be said that they discovered many of the invaders' secrets at their own risk. characteristics; and Hongying's Tie Haitang and Hyacinth, as well as the Brave Invincible, Brave Fearless, Ye Zhi of the Order 2 team, and Jianghu's Wu Swordsman, were all killed in the process of fighting the second and third invaders. Kill.

At this point, the players have basically figured out how to deal with the embezzlers, and there are only two embezzlers left. Therefore, the subsequent battle is relatively simple.

The death toll did not increase until all five robbers were killed.

Overall, though. The losses in this battle were quite serious. The only team whose main members were not damaged was the Gods' team (only four people came), while the other teams suffered varying degrees of losses.

"Oh...why can't I laugh at all..." Looking at Atobe who was laughing. Barcode raised the sniper rifle in his hand, sat down on the ground, and sighed.

The ace sniper of Order Studio is now the only surviving member of Order Team 2. His mood at the moment can only be described as lonely as snow...

"Thank you all for your hard work." Xiaowen Cangtian immediately turned around and looked at the non-professional players outside the battle circle and said, "Thank you."

What he said was definitely not to win people's hearts. Rather, express gratitude from the bottom of your heart.

Just now, when their five professional teams joined hands to fight against the invaders, other players in area 101 spontaneously united to help them block the ordinary redundant soldiers and sweepers on the periphery, clearing their worries.

Without the assistance of these players, I am afraid that this battle will become more tragic... or even a disastrous defeat.

"Anyway, if you hadn't blocked those giants, we would have been in despair."

"Yes, we just tried our best to do what we could."

He smiled and asked the sky just after he finished speaking. Passers-by A and B, who were relatively close to him, responded politely to the president of Jianghu on behalf of the general public.

At this time, the emotion of "fear" has basically disappeared from the players' hearts, replaced by a sense of accomplishment after surviving the disaster...

Humanity. is a very adaptable animal, fear. It’s also something that can be adapted to. For example...a horror movie can scare you once or twice, but when you watch the movie three, five, or even ten times, the feeling of fear will fade away; After watching it a hundred times, the fear will completely disappear...because when you watch it for the hundred and first time, you already know exactly what will happen in the next second, that is to say..."the unknown" It becomes a "known"; without the "unknown", there is no fear; this... is adaptation.

In the same way, when faced with a sudden crisis, people’s psychological reactions are the same... fear can make people feel stunned and at a loss. At this time, "instinct" will replace "thinking". Conduct of the Receiver.

Instinct is a valuable asset acquired by living things in the process of evolution, and is one of the guarantees for the survival and reproduction of species. Most creatures in the food chain have similar reaction processes when encountering unknown dangers: escaping, hiding, waiting, and testing...

Human beings are no exception.

The development of science and technology and the maturity of cognition have not changed our instincts much, but fortunately, as a highly intelligent creature, humans can overcome their instincts through training.

In a critical situation, individuals who have more "overcoming experience" of fear will adapt to the situation faster than other individuals. It only takes a short time for them to return "thinking" to the high ground occupied by "instinct". And play a very good leading role. (ps: Feng Bujue should be excluded from this category of people, because the high ground in his mind has been occupied by "thinking" for a long time, and his "instinct" can only wait on the mountainside)

As long as there is a small group of people, or even one person, who can quickly make a correct response based on thinking, there is a chance that it will affect all similar people around them. Because... "Imitation" is also an important part of human adaptability. After seeing someone of the same kind do something and be safe, people's fear of the thing will be reduced, and they will feel that... they can also accomplish it to some extent.

The battle situation in Area 101 is roughly like this... Under the leadership of a few elite players, ordinary players quickly put their fears behind and participated in the battle.

Faced with a desperate battle situation, no one gave up and no one ran away; in the end, they succeeded in wiping out all the derivatives that invaded this place.

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It is worth mentioning that... in this battle, two groups of people played particularly crucial roles.

The first group is the organization "Shang no Guards" wearing long white windbreakers with the word "Shang" written in blood on the back; while the other group is wearing long blue windbreakers with the word "Shang" written in blood on the back. The organization with the word "shang" is "Xu Huaishang Official Fan Group".

The nature of these two teams is very obvious, and there is not much to introduce... Among the large group of non-professional players, these two groups of people are simply like death squads. After the first invader appeared, most ordinary players flinched. Only these two groups of people... were completely unmoved. They stayed behind the five powerful teams (actually just Benizakura's team) from beginning to end and fought to the end.

Regardless of the motivation. Their actions truly inspired the passers-by and players around them, and their "death-like" attitude also inspired the momentum of the crowd. Can barely maintain the nearly collapsed front.

I have to say... the victory in this battle was due to a certain female player...

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All in all, after an extraordinary fierce battle, this area finally returned to peace.

The safety at this moment is undoubtedly the result of the joint efforts of everyone present.

For those passersby players, they feel at this moment... like a group of new recruits who have just participated in the first battle. Just survive. It is enough to make a big change in their character. They will “adapt” more quickly when faced with similar situations in the future.

In reality, the difference between experienced veterans and new recruits is roughly the same... It is this kind of "adaptability" that determines whether you will be confused or violent in an unexpected situation, believe me... in most cases The confused one will die.

"Then the question comes..." After a moment of silence, Shiva looked at the people around him and said, "...is this over?"

As he spoke, he raised his eyes to look at the boundary of the area; at this time, this mall except for the dome. Even the wall next to it was torn open with huge space cracks. Even from a distance, the distorted time and space composed of data light flow could be clearly seen.

"When the third, fourth, and fifth giants came in... they destroyed most of the outer walls of the area, and the elevator doors leading to the login space were also destroyed. How should we go back?" Shiva read.

"Anyway, forced retreat is still not possible." Brahma quickly replied, "I tried it just now."

"Well... and those players who have died are still unreachable." Black and White and Hui also touched their chin and thought.

"Could it be that..." At this moment, a very bad idea flashed through Xu Huaishang's mind, "...the system wants us to kill each other until the last one is left?"

Her words made everyone present take a breath.

Fortunately, the change that occurred in the next second... negated her hypothesis.

At that moment, a strange sound rang in the ears of all players, and their eyes were covered by white light.

The next sensation is similar to teleportation. But it's slightly different... but the players can't tell the specific difference.

About five seconds later, when the players came to their senses again. They have arrived in a new space.

This is not a shopping mall, but a white, boundless world.

The sky and the earth in front of you are the same pure white, and the entire sky is like an unreachable ceiling, emitting a moderate amount of light. On the white land, there are many scenes of different sizes... there are high-rise buildings, trees and forests, mountains and flowing water, etc., etc. These scenes are all pure white, with only outlines and no details. Some of them look like simple It stood there like a giant geometric building block.

In addition to these "big scenes", there are many relatively small things in this space, such as cars, street light poles, carousels, dressing tables, bathtubs... These countless objects are also white outlines. , and there is no pattern to follow in terms of types, as if they were randomly selected from the encyclopedia, scattered evenly on the white land.

"Eh? Isn't that the Commander-in-Chief of Heaven and Earth?"

"Yeah, there's also heartbreak fruit."

"Is that the autumn wind of mountains and rivers?"

"Hey! Those over there are the Four Heavenly Kings of Gods!"

"Eh? Are you not afraid of Jianghu's crazy Jian Ying and Cai Cai? Were they in the same area as us just now?"

"Wow! I saw Goddess Xu. Am I dead? Is this heaven?"

Shortly after the transfer ended, the players discovered a situation...it seemed that all the survivors from various mall areas were sent to this strange space.

Just when the players were still confused, suddenly...

Boom boom boom

Rhythmic, heavy footsteps came from all directions, and the ground under the players' feet also trembled.

"What's going on? Are there more giants?"

"Ah! There!"

"There are also some there!"

Indeed, these sounds and vibrations are the footsteps of the Devourers.

At this moment, four Devourers are running towards the more than 3,000 players gathered from four directions...

"Tsk... Who's afraid of who!"

"Damn! If you don't accept it, just fight!"

"The one who comes is not friendly, everyone prepare to deal with the impact!"

The players who can stand here alive are all strong players who have survived the offensive and defensive battles in various areas. Although not every area has been attacked by multiple Devourers (the redundant soldiers track the target by sniffing data, and the 101 area has a large amount of powerful data, so the troops are the most and strongest, and other areas have only had one Devourer at most), but everyone present is confident that they can withstand the attack of these four giants.

However... they misunderstood one thing.

The four Devourers were not charging at the players, but...

Bang bang bang bang

But before the Devourers came close to the players, they had already jumped up. They jumped at almost the same time, and jumped very high. When they reached the commanding heights, the four Devourers spread their bodies at the same time... and blew themselves up.

"What are they doing? Are they setting off fireworks..."

"If they want to self-destruct, they should be closer. Jumping so high will have no effect on us at all."

For the first three seconds, the players were still wondering what the "giants" were going to do, until the fourth second... the four light sources in the sky suddenly turned into four streams of light, gushing and converging towards the center.

Boom

Then, the players heard two loud noises.

The first was a long buzzing sound.

The second was a loud explosion.

Along with the noise, a tsunami-like sound wave swept out and pressed towards the players.

Even though all the players quickly raised their hands to cover their ears, the explosion above their heads still made their eardrums hurt and their legs weak. Some players with low survival values ​​were directly shocked into white light by this wave of sound.

"This is bad..." After a full twelve seconds, the explosion stopped. Shiva, who was kneeling on one knee, resisted the dizziness and raised his head to look at the sky.

At this time, at a height of about 100 meters above the ground, where the four light streams just converged... a spherical space crack with a radius of about 20 meters has appeared. It looks as deep as a black hole in all directions, and there are electric lights surging on the edge of the sphere.

Shiva was impressed by this thing. In fact, before he looked up, he had already guessed what he would face.

"...Another explosion tunnel." (To be continued.)