Chapter 20 First Multiplayer Scenario 4

Chapter 20 First Multiplayer Scenario 4

When the darkness first fell, Ms. Saddest screamed in terror. In reality, Mr. Loneliest was spooked as well, but with his girlfriend hanging on his arm, he could not have start screaming. Thus, all he could do was put on a brave front and tell his girlfriend, "Don’t worry, I’m here."

However, the level seven Mr. Loneliest did not even have a weapon to fight the monsters, and he was unable to save himself.

He and Ms. Saddest had been queuing for Team Training Mode since level one and joined their first Team Survival Mode when they reached level five. The result was that they both died, but his contribution was slightly bigger than his girlfriend’s, so when the other players cleared the scenario, Mr. Loneliest got a little more EXP. Then, they queued up for another Team Survival Mode, and similar to before, they both perished in the scenario. That was why one was level seven, and the other was level six, with no equipment and no skills. They were simply dead weight.

Long Aomin had been drawn into this team by the arrangement of the system. There were more than one hundred players in the queue, so why this team of five? That was because, after analyzing their earlier performance, the system categorized Mr. Loneliest and Ms. Saddest as weaker players.

To help them along, the system had assigned the level ten Long Aomin, a stronger player, to the team. At the same time, the system had found two more players who were of a lower level but showed great potential to keep the overall balance of the team.

Thus, the group of five had been formed. Their total level was thirty-three, and their average level was 6.6. So, the scenario that they were in had a difficulty of around level six or seven. To put it plainly, the system created a chance for Mr. Loneliest and Ms. Saddest to be carried and prayed that they would finally manage to clear a mission to stop them from quitting the game out of frustration.

"What was that?" Long Aomin asked. Actually, that was a casual remark; he did not expect anyone to give him the answer. It was simply because the situation was too scary, and he thought that voicing his thoughts could help him calm down.

To his surprise, Feng Bujue, in his calm tone, seriously answered, "There are three possibilities. I’ll explain them to you later."

This time, Wang Tanzhi did not scream, but his face was white, and his voice was shaking. "Is... is is is is... there really a need to do that? Turning off the lights... in the subway... is one thing, but... out here in the open... under the moon... and the lights can still go off? Who is the game trying to scare‽"

"The scariest thing is actually over there." Feng Bujue pointed behind Wang Tanzhi, his face devoid of an expression. Xiao Tan turned his frozen neck, and at the same time, Long Aomin as well as Mr. Loneliest and Ms. Saddest, who were further away, saw what Feng Bujue was pointing at.

The last surviving monster baby climbed on top of a bus and gnashed its teeth. Its form had changed—its skin turning darker, its eyes releasing an eerie green light, and its teeth changing into tusks. While its size did not change, the scythe-like arms and its hind legs had grown twice as large. When the monster stood upright, it reached almost 1.6 meters in height, and the scythes looked more like twisted human arms.

Item Name: Ultron’s Fragment

Item Type: Armor

Quality: Excellent

Defensive Points: Quite Strong

Element: Reflex

Special Effect: None

Remark: After a generation of Ultron was destroyed, it left behind a chip. It was originally the size of a thumb, and it was added into the recipe when making this shield. The shield seems to be stronger than other mass-produced shields of a similar model, but multiple experiments have proved that it might not be so. There is no clear data to support this hypothesis.

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The shield was powerful, and compared to Feng Bujue’s wrench, it was able to shine brighter during the early stages of the game. The monster slowly stopped its attack because it understood that if it continued its assault, the one taking damage would be itself.

The monster decided to ignore Long Aomin and used its speed to circle around this wall. Alas, it had wasted too much time. A man wearing a black helmet and armed with a fruit knife had sneaked behind it...

Due to the weak weapon and the lack of courage, Wang Tanzhi did not dare act recklessly. He circled around a car to hide behind the monster. Only then did he raise his weapon and aim right at the monster’s spine. It was unclear whether his medical knowledge influenced his decision to aim at this spot that would have incapacitated the monster even if the hit did not kill it.

With a scream, black blood spurted out and drenched Wang Tanzhi’s face, but the monster still had a breath in it, and it tried to struggle.

Right then, a wrench came in from the side and poked through the monster’s left eye.