Fourth floor.
Not long after Ning Suisui left, Zhang Min's research made some progress.
She kept fiddling with the instruments and nodded quickly: "I know how to do it."
"Are you okay?" Yan Xiaotong was surprised for a moment, then immediately said, "Then let's go out and let President Liu and the others protect you. I'll go find Sister Sui Sui."
Ning Suisui went to find the gun barrel alone. If she happened to meet the octopus captain, with Ning Suisui's current strength, there was a 99% chance that she would be killed.
Yan Xiaotong was very worried about this, but because of the instructions left by the captain, she had to stay here and watch Zhang Min tinker with those broken instruments. As soon as Zhang Min agreed, Yan Xiaotong wanted to go find Ning Suisui.
But Zhang Min shook his head: "These instruments have not been used for a long time, and some of them are broken. I need to stay and repair them."
After that, she was very confident: "If you are in a hurry, you can go to Captain Ning. This control room is very remote. If you want to come in from the outside, you need to go through the room where the sundries are piled. No one on the ship knows this place. It's okay for you all to go."
Yan Xiaotong looked at her helplessly: "Big sister, you know that if you say that, you'll be exposed very quickly."
As if to confirm what she said, as soon as Yan Xiaotong finished speaking, someone knocked on the hidden door from outside.
Everyone in the room fell silent immediately.
Boom boom boom.
Then a familiar voice was heard.
"Open the door."
It was Ning Suisui's voice.
"Something's wrong." Liu Guangming immediately took out his weapon.
Yan Xiaotong rushed to the door with a very ugly expression. She tried to look out through the crack in the door, but perhaps the light outside was too dim and she could not see anything from inside the house.
Without Liu Guangming's reminder, Yan Xiaotong knew very well that it couldn't be Ning Suisui at the door.
These veteran players all have lock-picking skills. If it really is Ning Suisui, they would knock on the door to indicate that they are at the door, and then use the lock-picking skill to open the door directly. That is what everyone would choose to do.
Who is outside the door
Boom boom boom.
"Open the door." Ning Suisui's voice was very anxious. "The captain is coming soon, please open the door quickly and let me in."
Yan Xiaotong immediately turned around and signaled the people in the room with her mouth.
—Sea monster, get out of here quickly.
Zhang Min was stunned for a moment and immediately shook his head.
"We need this control room." She whispered, "Without this control room, we have no chance of defeating the captain."
Yan Xiaotong hesitated.
She also knew that Zhang Min was right. If everyone left, the control room would be exposed if the monster outside came in.
Liu Guangming has the ability to perceive NPCs very sensitively, and he stretched out his finger.
"Three, none of them are very strong."
The knocking on the door continued.
Boom boom boom.
"What's wrong with you? Open the door!"
"Hey! Don't leave me out here alone, it's scary..."
"Is anyone still inside? Open the door quickly—"
—We can’t let these ghosts in!
Yan Xiaotong put her right hand on the door handle, gestured to Liu Guangming, and then opened the door.
At the door, a creature with the upper body of "Ning Sui Sui" and the lower body of a seahorse was knocking on the door.
As soon as Yan Xiaotong opened the door, the familiar yet unfamiliar face of "Ning Suisui" was facing her, and Yan Xiaotong became furious.
"What are you doing? Can you please do your makeup seriously?"
After saying that, she slammed the door angrily.
Soon, everyone in the room heard the sound of fighting coming from outside the door, gradually fading away.
Liu Guangming wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"The Golden Leopard Team is really tough. Miss Zhang Min, do you think there is anything else we can help you with among these instruments..."
Boom boom boom.
Liu Guangming turned his head stiffly.
At the door, a familiar voice belonging to Yan Xiaotong was heard.
"Hello, open the door."
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About three minutes later.
Yan Xiaotong deliberately led the three monsters to a location farther away from the control room.
The three monsters were indeed not very strong. Although she could handle them alone, she was still injured.
After Yan Xiaotong finally killed three monsters, she slumped in the corner, took a big gulp of the system potion, and waited for the system potion to take effect.
I don’t know how Sister Sui Sui is doing.
Ning Suisui has a skill that allows her to talk to people, but it's like a single-line phone, so she can only use it on her own initiative.
If Yan Xiaotong wants to find her, there is a way, but these communication props are disposable, and it would be a pity to use them when the situation is not dangerous.
Yan Xiaotong had almost recovered. When she stood up with the help of the wall, she couldn't help but let out an "eh".
Just now, she was so focused on leading the three monsters away from the control room that she didn't notice that her current location... seemed to be not far from the room where the cannon barrels were placed that Zhang Min mentioned!
Since she was already here, why not go look for the gun barrel? Maybe she could run into Sui Sui.
Yan Xiaotong thought so without stopping and moved quickly towards the position given by Zhang Min.
quiet.
I don’t know if it’s because the fourth and fifth floors are the captain’s activity areas, so there are no other NPCs, the fourth floor is so quiet that it seems like no one is there.
Did Sui Sui take the gun barrel back? Otherwise, if there was a fight, there should have been some sound…
The corridor turned a corner, and the originally quiet and clean corridor seemed to have suddenly changed into a different world.
Jet-like bloodstains instantly caught the eye. There were traces of blood that had not yet dried on the walls, the floor, the ceiling, and even on the golden lamp hanging on the wall - it was as if a human being had been crushed alive in this scene.
Yan Xiaotong caught a glimpse of a few golden iron pieces buried in the blood, and her hair stood on end immediately.
Is it [Money Rain]? Ning Sui Sui?
Yan Xiaotong immediately took out a telephone wire from the system backpack and cut it.
[Item: Short-term radio waves], a communication skill.
"Sui Sui? Sui Sui!"
There was no sound from the other end of the wire, and Ning Suisui, who had another telephone line, did not answer.
At this moment, Yan Xiaotong's heart suddenly started beating wildly, and she sensed that some great danger was approaching.
She immediately activated her personal skills, and her whole body turned into a thin piece of paper. She squeezed into the room next to her and stuck firmly to the edge of the door.
Soon, through the narrow gap in the door, Yan Xiaotong saw Captain Octopus for the first time.
ugly.
Yan Xiaotong, who is obsessed with looks, first thought: How could this captain be so ugly? He looked like an octopus that had been splashed with sulfuric acid. The skin on the surface of his body was wrinkled and a suspicious liquid was still dripping down. The fat octopus body was squeezed into the human suit, stretching the buttons of the suit to the point of breaking.
It's too ugly and too eye-catching, much more eye-catching than a certain green one.
Although she was thinking this, her mind was already full of warnings, and Yan Xiaotong tried once again to squeeze herself into the room to avoid being discovered.
The fat octopus captain squirmed its tentacles and quickly approached the room where Yan Xiaotong was hiding.
It stopped, waved its tentacles hesitantly, and sniffed around.
Yan Xiaotong didn't dare to breathe and withdrew her gaze.
No one knew how powerful this BOSS was. Even without any warning, Yan Xiaotong had a feeling: it would only take half a second for it to kill her.
Captain Octopus outside the house sniffed for a long time, and finally, a sound in the distance attracted his attention.
The fat octopus continued to move forward, its soft tentacles wriggling on the ground, making the sound of a mollusk crawling between the tentacles and the floor, which sounded very obvious in the silent corridor.
Just as Captain Octopus passed by the room, Yan Xiaotong, who was hiding in the crack of the door, seemed to see a flash of gold out of the corner of her eye.
She was startled, and the thin film carefully moved outward a little bit, and slightly poked her head out.
Then Yan Xiaotong saw that on the back of the fat octopus captain, there was a thin person lying with familiar golden clothes hanging on his body.
She has fainted and it is unknown whether she is dead or alive.
The octopus carrying her seemed to treat her as a delicious snack. One of its tentacle pressed her on its back, and the surrounding tentacles looked at her hungrily, as if they were going to tear off some part of her and eat her.
Yan Xiaotong stood in the crack of the door in a daze. The pungent smell of blood was still clear to her even though she had turned into a paper figure.
It’s Sui Sui.
How could it be Sui Sui... She is so powerful, even if she can't kill the boss, she can at least escape from it, right? !
She is the "Golden Rat" ranked seventh in the standings!
Captain Octopus continued to wriggle forward.
It was not moving very fast and looked like it was in a good mood, as if on a spring outing, moving towards its destination.
On its back, Ning Suisui was no longer recognizable as a human.
Is she still alive
Wasn't it agreed that...she must survive and complete the [Reincarnation Trial]
Yan Xiaotong felt cold all over, and the paper man stared blankly at the big octopus captain.
At this moment, Captain Octopus seemed to sense something and turned his head suddenly.
The paper quickly shrank back inward.
Yan Xiaotong is almost only able to follow conditioned reflexes.
In her impression, although Ning Suisui is the youngest among them, she is very smart, has a good brain, and is the strongest.
They have always been well protected by Sui Sui.
But why is she now like this skill of hers... so thin, as if she has lost her limbs...
Is Sui Sui still alive
what to do
At this moment, Yan Xiaotong felt a darkness around her.
The paper man turned his head stiffly.
A huge octopus's eye was pressed against the crack in the door, and its eyeball was even deformed.
"I thought so. It turns out there really is a mouse hiding there."
The tentacles stretched in from the crack in the door, trying to pull the paper man out directly.
Yan Xiaotong finally came to her senses.
She exerted force suddenly and got completely into the door.
The piece of paper fell lightly to the ground and immediately turned back into the appearance of a human.
Following her combat instinct, Yan Xiaotong leaned against the innermost wall, quickly opened the system backpack, took out another piece of wire, and cut it.
This time, the other side was picked up quickly.
A voice almost identical to hers came from the other side.
"What happened to Tongtong?"
In front of me, in the pitch-black room, the door suddenly opened.
The light from the corridor shone in sporadically, but the octopus monster blocking the door blocked most of the light.
Inside the house, Yan Xiaotong knew that she was shaking.
Although she is carefree, she is very timid. Sui Sui and the other members of the Golden Leopard always take good care of her and never let her act alone.
But at this moment... she was alone.
“Xiao Qian…” Yan Xiaotong slowly stood up, leaning against the wall.
Yan Xiaotong took out her weapon—a long whip that looked as soft as a tentacle.
On the other end of the phone line, Yan Xiaoqian understood immediately.
"Are you in danger?! I'll be there right away!"
"No!" The whip in Yan Xiaotong's hand barely blocked the attack of Captain Octopus, but the octopus's tentacles were almost endless.
Yan Xiaotong spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Don't come here to die!" She yelled, and finally thought of something, "Go find Ronghua! Find Jie Fangcheng!"
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Control room on the fourth floor.
After Liu Guangming and a dozen people in the control room finally fought off this wave of attacks, Liu Guangming slumped down on the ground, tremblingly took out a bottle of medicine and drank it, and then gave another bottle to his brother beside him.
"It's no use! Two waves have come one after another!" He cursed and looked at Zhang Min, "We've been exposed here! We can't hold it at all! Let's go, as long as we survive, we will have no worries! If we all die, there will be no way we can defeat this captain!"
Zhang Min just shook her head.
"This is the last chance."
"Fuck! What do you mean by last or last? If you're alive, we'll always have a chance to attack!"
Zhang Min just looked at the instruments and the room in front of her.
"You can go if you want." She sat in front of the instrument stubbornly. "Even if I die, I will die here."
“Why are you dying?” Liu Guangming was speechless. “Let’s retreat for now and protect ourselves! There is someone who can definitely deal with these monsters on the ship, but it’s a little expensive… Big sister, can you please stop looking so ready to die? I’m not kidding you! There really is someone who can kill all these monsters!”
How could Zhang Min believe it
She looked calm and determined.
"You guys go now." She even smiled as she said this, "I'm already very happy to be able to come back here before I die."
"Damn it! What are you so happy about!" Liu Guangming was really convinced. He gritted his teeth, took out a prop that was shining with a lustrous white light from the system backpack and stuffed it into the hand of a player next to him, "Old Hu, hurry up! Go to the third floor and find that guy! Ask him to help!"
Lao Hu took the props and climbed down the ladder they came from without saying a word. Two seconds later, he climbed up quickly as if he had been bitten.
"The room down there is full of all kinds of octopuses and other creatures. If I hadn't run fast, these things would have caught up with me!" Old Hu is still frightened.
“These ghosts…” After Liu Guangming cursed, there was another knock on the door.
"what to do?"
Liu Guangming took a deep breath.
He looked at Zhang Min.
"Ms. Zhang, I really didn't lie to you. There is a customer who is really strong."
Zhang Min looked at Liu Guangming quietly and still just shook her head.
"Whether there is such a person or not, I hope that the last period of my life will not be spent on a cruise ship that is beyond recognition or in a sea full of monsters."
Damn... Is the NPC main storyline fixed
Some NPCs will choose fixed behaviors when a certain plot develops, and they will make the same choices no matter how many times the instance is restarted.
For example, in the Dead Rising instance, once hope is lost, the human base will activate the "Spark Sustainment Plan" and the base will enter a countdown to self-destruction.
Is this Zhang Min also an NPC who will never leave the control room again once he re-enters the control room
This kind of NPC... No matter how important it is, players like them can't die for a mere NPC!
Liu Guangming looked at the players around him who were waiting for him to make a decision.
"When the door opens... Split up! Go to the third floor to find someone!"
There is no need to ask who you are looking for.
As for Zhang Min.
Liu Guangming looked back at her.
"Zhang Min, we can't die here for these broken instruments that we don't know if they are useful or not."
"I know." Zhang Min's expression remained calm.
Liu Guangming couldn't help but curse again.
The sound of the monster knocking on the door was getting louder and louder, and Liu Guangming was standing at the door.
He looked at Zhang Min again.
"Hey!" Liu Guangming couldn't help but said, "We will lead all these monsters away. You... don't die for such a ridiculous reason!"
Zhang Min looked at him and said softly, "I often played here before the Abraham Cruise went to sea. My grandfather, my father, and my childhood all stayed on this ship. For me, this is my last home."
It is also what Zhang Min considers to be the last bit of hope.
She was like the last farmer who refused to move away from the burned land, wanting only to die in her home.
Liu Guangming frowned.
He couldn't understand, nor could he try to understand.
The monster at the door is already banging on it.
Liu Guangming's hand was on the door handle.
He looked at his companions in the room.
"Go to the third floor!" He looked at everyone seriously.
Everyone nodded seriously.
Liu Guangming took a deep breath and suddenly opened the door.
At the door, five monsters were staring at them hungrily.
Liu Guangming was the first to be hit. He barely managed to make a gap with the spear in his hand, and the players following closely behind him immediately fled in all directions.
Four monsters were lured away... but one remained.
It was a sea snake half a man's height. It stretched out its long body and stared at Zhang Min with its snake eyes.
Zhang Min was holding a gun in his hand.
She aimed at the snake in front of her very awkwardly. When the snake swam towards her quickly, the gun in Zhang Min's hand slowed down a bit and kept shooting around it.
The sea snake approached rapidly. Zhang Min dropped the gun in his hand, took out a dagger, and fought with the sea snake.
In the end, the sea snake that bit Zhang Min's flesh was so poisoned that only a layer of skin was left. Zhang Min cut the sea snake's throat while gasping for breath.
Before she could catch her breath, Zhang Min saw something out of the corner of her eye and slowly raised her head.
At the open door, two sea snakes were looking at her with their tongues sticking out and their bodies half a person's height raised.
Is that it
Zhang Min tightened the dagger in her hand again and again, but it was already so difficult to deal with a sea snake. The two snakes had obviously learned from the death of their companion that her flesh was poisonous. They avoided her dagger and coiled around her like pythons.
Zhang Min felt a burning pain in her lungs, her vision went dark, and the dagger in her hand finally fell to the ground without her control.
She unconsciously clutched a sea snake, her other hand reaching toward the dashboard.
At this moment, Zhang Min vaguely felt that there seemed to be a green light approaching, followed by two "puff" sounds.
"Cough cough cough..."
A large amount of air finally rushed into the lungs again. After Zhang Min lay on the ground and coughed a few times, he heard the sound again.
“… There are places like this? What are they?”
"Control room? In this place, can we control the ship to go wherever we want? Then can we control the ship to find the ocean treasure earlier? If we find it earlier, will this instance end earlier?"
"Let's stop talking nonsense... Hello?"
Zhang Min stared blankly at the person in front of him.
green.
Too green.
The little green man squatting in front of her stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her: "Wake up?"
Zhang Min came back to her senses.
She looked at the person standing in the room somewhat dazedly.
Yan Xiaoqian squatted down anxiously.
"Ms. Zhang, where are they?"
Zhang Min quickly recounted what had just happened, and Jie Fangcheng stood up.
"Why are you guys splitting up at a time like this? You know this is the rhythm of a group annihilation in a horror movie?"
Without saying a word, Yan Xiaoqian took out something from the system backpack and stuffed it into Jie Fangcheng's arms. Jie Fangcheng, who was so straightforward, felt a little embarrassed.
"Oh, that's not what I meant..."
On the other side, Zhang Daoan, who was slower, also arrived late.
After listening, Zhang Daoan didn't say much: "Then there is no time to lose. Let's go around from the right. Manager Jie, please start from the left."
"Oh, okay." Jie Fangcheng was not vague either. He disappeared from the left holding his huge golden sword.
Zhang Daoan looked at the pile of instruments in the room, then at Zhang Min.
"Ms. Zhang, please come with us."
"Ah... I..." Zhang Min had already made up his mind to die.
She has been living all this time just to take revenge, but these collaborators, although they are strong, are obviously not that strong.
If revenge is impossible, it would be nice to die in the place where I grew up and has not yet been contaminated by monsters.
Now, Zhang Daoan just looked at her.
"You should be able to use all the instruments in the control room, right?" Zhang Daoan said, "After the octopus dies, I'll have to ask you to take us to find the ocean treasure."
He spoke calmly.
Compared to what Ning Suisui and the others had been talking about, planning how to fight Captain Octopus, Zhang Daoan's calm tone made it seem as if Captain Octopus was some garbage that could be thrown away and killing it was just a piece of cake.
But despite his performance, the people around him also looked calm and didn't think he was bragging at all.
It turns out that what Liu Guangming said was true... Is there really a human on the ship who can kill all the monsters
"Can you... really kill that octopus?" Zhang Min couldn't help but ask.
Yan Xiaoqian hurried to find Ning Suisui and the others, and quickly provided a guarantee at this moment.
"Let's put it this way! He can fight in the sea, too!"
"..." Zhang Min continued to ask, "Then why didn't we cooperate with this person at the beginning?"
Yan Xiaoqian, who was only wearing a pair of bracelets, looked at her expressionlessly.
"Because this collaborator's appearance fee is too expensive!"
With a "bang".
Jie Fangcheng swung the giant sword in his hand like a baseball bat.
An octopus died.
Liu Guangming was extremely surprised: "Brother Jie!"
As he said this, he took out a prop from his bag and handed it over.
Jie Fangcheng took it naturally.
"Just you?" asked Jie Fangcheng.
Before Liu Guangming could say anything, someone on the other side heard the noise and ran over in a panic.
"Brother Jie, help me!!"
Jie Fangcheng swung the giant sword in his hand forward, and with a monster's scream, a seahorse was smashed into the wall.
The person who was rescued was also very smart and reached out to take the props.
The people who came also brought new information.
"Brother Jie! I think I saw the captain and Captain Ning just now!"
Jie Fangcheng waved his hand: "Where is it? Let's go!"
(End of this chapter)