The resurrection point of the "Forest No. 1" cabin.
The players who were wiped out were resurrected in a small open space behind the wooden house. The expressions on their faces were not very good.
Especially several female players.
It’s not that they are timid, but the scenes just now were really disgusting!
There were all kinds of broken limbs, blood, brain juice and carbonized bodies. The smell of blood was mixed with the stench of the ratmen themselves, and the pungent smell of burnt protein, which almost made them vomit.
"Dongyang, can you lend me a bomb?"
Polaris suddenly turned his head at this moment.
Dongyang raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and chuckled:
"OK."
He took out two bombs, one red and one blue.
"You choose."
"Thanks… "
Polaris took the blue ink bottle from the other person without hesitation.
"I will return the money for this bomb to you after the copy is finished."
He carefully put away the ink bottle and looked up at Dongyang.
At the same time, I felt a little more at ease.
With this high-damage item, you can gain one more point in mission contribution.
"There's no rush. It's okay if you come back later... By the way, are you interested in joining the 'Court of Heroes'? I can make the decision and give you a cadre position."
Dongyang smiled.
"Thanks, but I'm used to being alone and free, and I don't like joining a guild..."
Polaris shook his head.
"All right."
Dongyang showed a regretful look and shrugged.
Goutoujin and Forgotten Wuji came over.
"Polaris, let's get started!"
"Um… "
Polaris looked at them, then at the others.
"Then let's continue through the road we just took... We've killed most of the ratmen, so if we clear out the rest, we should be able to get through there."
He also took out several extraordinary materials that he had picked up before his death.
"These are all the spoils of war. They will be distributed after the dungeon is over..."
The others nodded and smiled.
Polaris's honesty also made Dongyang raise his eyebrows, and the latter simply handed the extraordinary materials he had picked up to Polaris.
"Since the time has come to distribute them, I'll leave these with you as well."
Dongyang said.
"good."
Polaris took it and nodded.
"Let's keep going!"
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When the players returned to the place where they had just fought, they found it empty and the rats had disappeared.
Even the corpses on the ground disappeared, as if the battle just now was just a collective hallucination.
"Where did they go...?"
Goutoujin asked in a low voice.
"have no idea."
Polaris replied.
"But it's better to be cautious... Let's keep going. It would be a good thing if there are no ratmen blocking our way."
The crowd continued to move forward.
It seemed as if the rat group had really evacuated. There was deathly silence all around, and not even the shadow of a rat could be seen.
But when they just left the area, the dog-head gold walking on the side of the team suddenly stepped into the ground - as if it was not mud, but a swamp.
“Huh?!”
Goutoujin exclaimed in surprise.
Wang Xi Wu Ji, who was beside him, also noticed something unusual.
"Your feet...?"
Wangwang Wuji saw that Goutoujin's feet had sunk directly into the ground, reaching his knees, and were even sinking deeper and deeper.
Everyone stopped and looked at them.
“What happened…?”
the centaur asked.
Polaris frowned suddenly because he felt his feet loosen.
Looking down, I found that my feet were actually beginning to sink like a nugget of gold.
"Everyone be careful! This area..."
He warned loudly.
Before anyone could react, the next second—
Boom!
The entire area they were in collapsed downwards like a sinkhole. The players screamed in shock as they fell uncontrollably into a deep hole.
There was a crackling sound.
Mud and sand came down like rain, splashing on them.
"Ouch... My bolero! My elbow! It hurts so much!"
"Pah, pah, pah...! A mouthful of dirt!"
"Is everyone okay?"
"I'm fine, I just fell on my butt."
"Don't panic, calm down."
Everyone lost a small amount of blood due to the fall. After crying out in pain a few times, they all got up.
They looked around and found that it was a pitch-black cave. Only the light from above their heads could shine down, and they could barely see a small area around them.
"It's at least five or six meters deep, almost the height of a two-story building. We can't climb up..."
Polaris wiped the dust and dirt off his face, looked up, and said in a deep voice.
“The only thing we can do is move forward.”
Dongyang frowned, brushed off the mud and sand on his body, and pointed forward.
In the dim light, one could vaguely see an irregular passage about the height of an adult.
It looks like it was dug out by some creature.
"Is this the path to the nest of those ratmen just now?"
Goutoujin asked.
"It's very likely. I remember their name was 'Cave Ratmen', which can also explain why they disappeared without a trace in a short period of time just now."
North Star said.
"Let's go, everyone. It's dark in there, so be careful!"
He became secretly alert, and after saying this, he took the lead and walked ahead.
Seeing this, everyone calmed down a little. Although several female players naturally disliked darkness, this seemed to be the only way.
rustle…
The cave passage was not spacious and could only support two people walking side by side, so a group of players lined up to enter.
Polaris and the Centaur walked in the front, Dongyang and Kuang Benkuang followed at the end, and the female player was protected in the middle by everyone tacitly.
Squeak…
The unique sharp cry of rodents came faintly from the front of the passage.
Everyone's steps suddenly stopped and their hearts began to lift.
Polaris was about to speak in the chat room, but was interrupted by a familiar whisper:
"Yes, yes..."
To the right of Polaris and the Centaur, a frantic shout suddenly sounded:
"Yes!
”
It was like an explosion right next to my ears, so close!
Woo woo!
Because the passage was pitch black, everyone could only hear the sound of breaking wind.
Then there was a dull bang and the centaur felt a pain in his left arm.
“My hand…!”
Peng!
A gunshot rang out.
Polaris acted decisively and, relying on his instinct, pulled the trigger towards the centaur's side.
The brief firelight allowed everyone to vaguely see a cloth-robed rat man being shot in the head by Polaris. The rat's head exploded like a watermelon, splattering all over the earthen wall of the corridor on one side.
The smell of blood is overwhelming!
It turned out that there was a concave gap on the right side of the North Star and the centaur, and the rat man had been squatting here.
Squeak...squeak!
It seemed that the gunshots were too loud and easily transmitted in the corridor, and soon dense footsteps and crazy screams were heard from the front.
Polaris's expression changed.
"The gunshots attracted the ratmen! Run, rush forward! We have nowhere to retreat...!"
He took the lead in sprinting, and the people behind him knew there was no way out, so they gritted their teeth and followed.
Soon, they saw some light ahead.
I rushed all the way to the light. It was a spacious open space. There was also a big hole like a sinkhole above my head, and the light was shining down from above.
There is a fork in the road on each side ahead.
At this time, the ratmen had already rushed out from the two forks in the road.
"kill!"
Polaris shouted.
Everyone immediately took out their rifles and shot at the swarm of rats in front of them.
Pum! Pum! Pum! Pum!
There was a crackling sound of gunfire, and the ratman in the front fell to the ground with blood splattering everywhere.
But after a round of shooting, the players also stopped firing and were reloading their ammunition.
"—it's our turn to perform, brother!"
Gnollhead sent a short message to Forgotten Wuji.
The latter gave him a tacit look and nodded.
"-learn!"
The two of them immediately took out the deep red potion "Beef Power Bottle", uncorked it, tilted their heads back and gulped it down.
“Get out of the way!”
"Let us hold it!"
The two men's bodies turned red, veins popped out, and they growled at their teammates.
The others were shocked when they saw their appearance.
"Neggotty Gold, you guys... ?!"
The dog-headed man's eyes turned red as he explained:
"This is the latest potion produced by the circus, obtained from Mr. Jack!"
"No time to elaborate, this one is up to us!"
The two men's figures grew taller at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then their muscles bulged like balloons, and two sharp horns emerged from their heads.
“Uh ah!
”
They roared, pushed aside Polaris and the centaurs, and rushed to the front.
With a "pop", two arms actually grew out from the shoulder blades on the backs of the two men!
Suddenly he turned into a four-armed minotaur!
Bang! Bang!
Pengpeng!
Two huge minotaurs stood in front of the crowd, swung out their eight arms, and hit the ratmen hard.
Every punch hits the flesh! Every move makes blood spurt out!
Everyone was stunned. How did the style of painting change? !
The two normal players became monsters in the blink of an eye, and even started beating up the ratmen!
Peng!
A gray-robed rat man with a flattened head was casually thrown by Dog-Head Gold to the feet of Polaris, which made the latter slightly stunned.
"This is... too strong!"
Northstar murmured.
But soon, he looked up and saw a ratman wearing leather armor and holding a machete.
"Be careful! Elite monsters are coming!"
He warned out loud.
clang!
It was too late to remind him, as one of Wangzi Wuji's strong arms was chopped off by the machete.
"ah!
”
He howled in pain.
When the dog-headed gold next to him saw his good friend injured, he immediately dropped the gray-robed ratman in front of him, picked up a wooden stick with nails at his feet, and smashed it at the leather-armored ratman.
when!
Sticks and machetes clashed.
The dog-headed golden man gasped and looked into the crazy rat eyes from close range.
"Yes, yes..."
The rat man muttered.
The wooden stick is quite heavy, and it is difficult for players to lift it, but the dog-head gold that transforms into a minotaur makes it quite easy.
He smashed down with the stick again, and the rat man in front of him couldn't bear it and leaned back.
Forgotten Wuji endured the severe pain and used his remaining three hands to firmly lock the rat man.
"Smash it! Smash it to death!"
Forgotten Wuji shouted angrily.
Goutoujin's eyes turned red, and he raised the wooden stick and swung it down fiercely.
Bang!
The leather-armored rat man's head exploded instantly, splattering blood all over Forgotten Wuji's face.
Everyone was immediately shocked by their bravery.
"Keep shooting and help them share some of the pressure!"
Dongyang said.
This area was a bit small, and if they used the mechanical gloves to spray flames, there was a high possibility of hurting their own people, so they had to use muskets.
Everyone loaded their ammunition and opened fire, killing another wave of ratmen.
But then they saw a horrific scene.
A sturdy ratman with two heads, wearing iron armor, appeared from the darkness of the left fork. It wielded a heavy iron hammer and smashed the gold nugget away with one blow.
Boom!
The minotaur screamed and fell to the ground, half of his body was covered in blood and his two arms were broken in reverse.
But he did not die. Instead, he struggled to stand up.
"As long as you can't kill me in one second, I will keep getting up and keep fighting!"
The dog-headed golden urn made a muffled sound and roared as it pounced towards the armored rat man.
"I'll help you!"
Forgotten Wuji also rushed over, and two minotaurs blocked the terrible armored rat man.
Polaris took the opportunity to take a breath, observed the battle circle, and found that no ratmen had rushed out of the two forks in the road.
But this small area is already crowded with ratmen.
Even though Dog-Headed Gold and Forgotten Wuji were able to hold back the armored rat man, the rest of them were still facing difficulties.
"Our mission is not to kill all these ratmen, but to find the wooden house!"
Polaris's thoughts were clear as she spoke to the others.
"Dongyang, take Ma Ren and Kuang Ben Kuang to the left fork. Chenxi and Su Keying, the four of you ladies go to the right fork and search for the whereabouts of the wooden house separately!"
Dongyang raised his hand and shot, blowing away a ratman, frowning and saying:
"What about you?"
Chen Xi and others also turned to look at him.
Polaris grinned and pulled out the bomb.
"Gou Tou Jin and I will cover your retreat! It's just one life... But you'd better not die again. If you can't find the cabin next time, at least you will have a chance to revive."
"Good brother, thank you!"
Dongyang patted his shoulder, winked at Kuang Benkuang and Ma Ren, and the three of them crouched and ran towards the fork on the left.
On the way, a rat man noticed them, but was shot and sent flying by Polaris.
Su Keying, Chen Xi and four other female players also followed the instructions and went to the fork on the right.
After they separated and entered the fork in the road, Gnoll and Forgotten Wuji finally couldn't withstand the pressure and were knocked to the ground by the armored ratmen.
Although the two men transformed into fierce bull-headed men, they were no match for this elite ratman.
They were covered in tatters and had sustained severe injuries. Even with the recovery speed of the "Beef Bottle", they could not keep up with the damage they had received.
The remaining ratmen gathered around and attacked Dog-Headed Gold and Forgotten Wuji.
Polaris fired again, knocking down a ratman, then sheathed his musket and rushed forward, grabbing the bottle of blue ink.
Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji saw Polaris's actions and quickly understood his intention.
“Ah! Ahhh!
”
The two minotaurs dragged their broken bodies, struggled to get up, and captured the armored ratman with roars.
Squeak…!
The armored rat man's ferocious face was trembling. It wanted to lift the hammer, but couldn't move.
It was held tightly by two beefy men!
"Brother Polaris! We can only help you so far!"
Dog-head gold yelled.
Polaris dodged the attacks of the two ratmen with a leap and rolled to the front of the armored ratman.
"That's enough."
He said in a deep voice.
Immediately, he flipped the safety of the incendiary bomb and pressed the switch.
boom!
A ball of fire burst out from his arms, illuminating the entire dim pit.
The health points of Gnostic Gold and Forgotten Wuji were already at the bottom, and after being hit by the incendiary bomb, they instantly turned into white light and dissipated.
The closest armored ratman was in the center of the incendiary bomb and was directly engulfed by the blue flames.
It squeaked and screamed, and the armor on its body burned red, and finally turned into molten iron. The ratmen around it were all covered by the flames and struggled in pain.
The entire pit was like an incinerator, bound to burn to death all the creatures inside.
boom!
Dongyang heard a loud noise behind him, he stopped and looked back.
There was only darkness and the faint sound of rats screaming.
"let's go."
He shook his head and continued running.
After a while, the branching corridor on the left suddenly became clear, and the three of them came to a huge underground hinterland.
The ground here was covered with flowers of various colors and was very open. From the cracks in the height, beams of light shot in like arrows.
Not far away, an ordinary wooden house stood there.
The whole picture is magnificent.
"That's... a log cabin!"
Dongyang said.
"Vice President, we finally found..."
Kuang Ben Kuang looked very excited.
The next second, his head suddenly exploded.
Dongyang and the horseman were stunned. They looked to the front right of the spacious hinterland and saw a three-headed chain-armored ratman holding a longbow as tall as a man, drawing the bow and aiming an arrow at them!
"!
”
Dongyang and the centaur widened their eyes.
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In the right fork.
Su Keying, Chen Xi and four other female players were running forward in the dark.
Soon, they also rushed out of the corridor.
"Wow! This is...!"
What comes into view is a night sky without the sun, moon, or stars, but it still emits a faint glow.
Under the cover of night, there are piles of rocks flashing with blue-green fluorescence.
A path paved with colorful pebbles winds forward, passes through the pile of rocks and disappears at the end of the sight.
And beside the road, a small wooden house stood there quietly.
"We... found the cabin?!"
Tail exclaimed.
"It seems so!"
Su Keying smiled.
“I’m going to tell them the good news!”
Just as she finished speaking in the chat room, she heard the voice next to her say:
"Keying! Look over there!"
Su Keying raised her head and found several figures emerging out of thin air beside the colorful cobblestone path.
"Polaris and the others were resurrected here?!"
She said in surprise.
When those figures fully emerged, they turned out to be the six players including Polaris.
Su Keying and her group walked over quickly and found that they were looking around in confusion.
"Where is this place? Why did the resurrection point change...?"
Goutoujin said.
He and Forgotten Wuji have recovered their human form, but have fallen into a negative state of "flesh and blood collapse". At this moment, several attributes have been halved, making them semi-disabled.
"It should be that wooden house...!"
Polaris said, pointing to the cabin beside the trail.
"Su Keying, you succeeded! This should also be considered a new save point... So after we die, we will be resurrected here!"
"So that's how it is..."
A flash of realization appeared in Dongyang's eyes, and then he told the scene that he and the horseman Kuang Benkuang saw at the end of the fork in the road on the left.
“… We also found a wooden house, but it was guarded by stronger rat monsters, and we were killed instantly.”
He looked unhappy.
"Forget it. The mission didn't require us to find a specific number of wooden houses. Now that we have found this one, our mission should be considered completed."
Polaris consoled.
He then took out a bunch of "objects" from the mice and said:
"Just now in the pit, the situation was too urgent, I only picked up these in the end..."
"Wow! Polaris, I love you so much!"
Gnoll-Headed Gold looked exaggerated and rushed over to give Polaris a hug.
Polaris kicked it and knocked it to the ground.
"roll!"
The picture is distorted and fluctuating.
Statue by the lake.
Chen Lunqing was counting the spoils of war and his mouth was almost crooked with smile.
"Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen... Wow! Twenty pieces of extraordinary materials! And three pieces of low-sequence pure substances!"
He waved his hand and put these things into the Blood Poetry Ring.
He stood up, with a heart still in his hand.
Extraordinary Material-Heart of Iron (Natural Faction)
"This is the extraordinary material of the Ironclad Ratman, which is obviously a bit more advanced... Its strength should have reached the limit of Sequence 9, but it still knelt in front of Comrade Polaris, the Suicide Soldier."
Chen Lun shook his head.
"Players with high-powered bombs should not be underestimated!"
He glanced at the lake again and smiled.
'We have found a cabin... Great! Your mission is accomplished! But before that...'
Chen Lun closed his eyes, meditated in his mind, and connected to the "Forest No. 1" cabin.
"I didn't expect to find two cabins at once. I'll activate the other one myself...!"
In addition to the wooden house found by Su Keying and the others, Dongyang, Ma Ren and Kuang Ben Kuang also found one at the end of the fork on the left side of the cave.
But before they could get close, they were shot dead by the three-headed ratmen.
This kind of powerful monster can only be dealt with by yourself... Thanks to them for paving the way for me, I saved a lot of trouble!
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Chen Lun set off from "Forest No. 1".
He followed the players' footsteps and saw the tiankeng rat hole at a glance.
'If it weren't for these players, I might not have discovered this cave...'
Chen Lun thought.
He jumped down and went straight to the left fork.
Some ratmen appeared on the road, and he shot them in the head with his Order Revolver.
Although it used ordinary bullets, its power was far greater than that of ordinary flintlock rifles. After the rat man was shot, his entire head was blown into pieces.
Even a slightly stronger leather-armored ratman could not withstand a blow from his silver cane.
These monsters, which are very scary to the players, will be killed instantly in front of Chen Lun within a single move.
In this way, he pushed to the end of the left fork and Chen Lun personally entered this spacious "underground square".
As soon as he arrived, his spiritual intuition began to warn him.
whoosh!
A huge iron arrow flew through the air.
Chen Lun chuckled, moved his body, and disappeared on the spot.
Boom!
The arrow missed where he was originally standing, creating a crater.
The tall rat man in chain mail was very alert. The three rat heads on his neck each worked separately, looking left and right, trying to find the whereabouts of the human.
At this time.
Four or five pale purple arc-shaped sword energies flew from above its head.
Squeak…!
The three-headed rat man fled in panic, but the sword energy was too fast. It was hit by the sword energy just after it took a step, and its body was cut with deep cuts that could be seen to the bone.
It fell forward, twitched a few times, and then became motionless.
Blood spread out from under his body.
Kill the polluted creature "Multi-headed Ratman"! Gain 800 experience points!
'This kind of ratman has a terrible deterrent effect at a distance, but once it gets close, it is no different from the lowest level gray-robed ratman.'
Chen Lun folded his black wings and landed gracefully.
He used his silver cane to pick up the extraordinary material of the three-headed rat man.
Extraordinary Material-Three Eyeballs of Ratman (Natural Faction)
"A supernatural material of the same level as the Heart of Iron..."
Chen Lun put it away and went straight to the wooden house.
What surprised him was that he did not encounter any other danger all the way to the door of the wooden cabin.
"It seems that this wooden house is hidden in the deepest part of the rat hole. It should be difficult to reach. The three-headed rat man should be the last guarding monster."
Crunch...
He pushed open the door of the cabin and walked in.
Chen Lun was not surprised to see that the furnishings inside were exactly the same as those in the other wooden houses.
Walking to the table, this time, Chen Lun saw the familiar box.
Colorful graffiti and scribbled smiley faces.
"It's Philip's vulgar taste again."
Chen Lun shook his head and reached out to open the box.
He was prepared for the surprise of red lips popping out or the colorful confetti flying all over the sky.
But in the end, nothing happened until the box was completely opened.
There was just a small red ball quietly placed inside.
Next to the ball, there was a small piece of paper torn off at random -
"Put it on your nose and you will get the answer you want. - Philip"
"… "
Chen Lun's forehead veins bulged and he slowly picked up the small red ball.
After seeing the note, he finally knew what it was—the clown’s red nose!
"You can't get angry. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to get angry at a dead person?"
He took a deep breath.
"Isn't it just a clown? Everyone laughs at clowns, everyone is a clown... In order to become stronger, what's wrong with being a clown for once?"
Chen Lun secretly came up with strange reasons to convince himself.
Then he put on the red nose.
Buzz!
You discovered the third (part) of the extraordinary law of the mysterious realm and gained 10,000 experience points!
The Law of Supernatural Asymmetry (incomplete): ... There are no leaves in the world that are exactly alike, nor are there any that have exactly the same properties. The quantity of supernatural properties is asymmetric, and so is their quality...
Chen Lun suddenly understood.
'The asymmetry of quantity mentioned here refers to the fact that in the same pathway, the quantity of high and low sequence characteristics is always asymmetric, with one increasing while the other decreases...
The same goes for adjacent pathways!
The asymmetry of quality means that even if it is the same pathway and the same sequence, there will be slight differences in different people...'
Chen Lun seemed to understand something, raised his hand and looked at his palm.
'Asymmetry means imperfection, which drives evolution and spirals upward.'