"who!"
Wei Long swept the entrance door of the warehouse with a tactical flashlight.
A plump middle-aged man stood at the door and waved.
"Hi! My soldiers, how are you?"
Xigou: "What the hell!? Shadow Guard Lord?"
Before everyone could react, a phantom passed by them and landed next to the shadow guard at an extremely fast speed. It raised its left hand and pounded its chest hard.
Demon Fox: "My Lord! Is there anything I can do for you? Just tell me!"
Everyone: =͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞(●⁰ꈊ⁰●|||)
Tang Ying, who had always been serious, was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Has he...always been like this?"
The Peak Team all covered their faces.
Cheng Shaofeng's mouth twitched slightly: "Oh, I just found your traces when I was wandering around, and entered the Red City to take a look. By the way, what are you doing here with so many people?"
Of course he wouldn't say that he came here to gain experience from the players, as that would make him seem stupid.
Fox Demon: "We are attacking a security door, Lord... Is there really nothing I can do for you? I can do anything!"
"No, come on, show me the door you conquered."
The fox demon confirmed that no task was triggered and shook his head regretfully, then brought Cheng Shaofeng to the security door.
After several people introduced to Cheng Shaofeng what they were doing, they observed the expression of the Shadow Guard Lord.
Although they inferred theoretically that there must be something behind this door, but... It is normal for a game in beta to have some bugs, for example... The real lord lies dead every day, forcing the game planner to create a shadow lord to work.
Cheng Shaofeng: "Good! You have good observation skills. I also think there is something behind this door..."
Players are reasoning based on the game logic, but Cheng Shaofeng knows that this is a real world, and if you use your brain a little, there will definitely be good stuff in it!
Xigou snapped his fingers: "OK! Since the Lord said there is something inside, let's get on with it! My sage time is up, let's do it for another 3 minutes!"
Polar bear: "Not enough time, can we make up for it by frequency?"
Lin Tang: "Hehehe~ The reputation of the small dog giant is well-deserved."
Thin dog: “???”
"Why do I feel like what you two are talking about is not something from the game..."
Cheng Shaofeng watched as the thin dog madly attacked the keyhole of the steel door, causing iron chips to fly.
After 3 minutes, the keyhole was enlarged a little more.
Tang Ying measured it and said calmly, "It has advanced 2mm. Keep going. According to the current progress, if we are optimistic, we can open it in another 8 hours."
Xigou's hand trembled slightly. This would require him to chop off the skin on his hand.
Seeing that Lao Bai was going up again, Cheng Shaofeng said, "So... you need a very strong point-shaped destructive force, right?"
The fox nodded: "Yes, sir, it would be best if the attack can exceed the material's bearing limit."
Cheng Shaofeng: "Okay, move aside, I'll try."
Everyone was suddenly shocked.
The leader is here!
Everyone moved out of the attacking position and looked at Cheng Shaofeng.
"out!"
Black energy emerged from Cheng Dafu's body, and a shadow peeled off from his body. Cheng Dafu fell limply to the ground.
Xigou: "The Shadow Guard Lord's true form has come out! Lord, please be serious!"
That’s right, Cheng Dafu’s physical condition will limit Shadow Guard’s full performance.
The Shadow Guard has the qualities of a second-level spiritual body, while Cheng Dafu has not even reached level 10. His strength, agility, and intelligence are far behind the Shadow Guard. It is okay to only use the energy system in his body, so he will not be affected much. But to use physical attacks, the Shadow Guard's real body has to come out.
Otherwise, if the shadow guard exerted force, the enemy would be fine, but Cheng Dafu's body would not be able to bear it.
The shadow guard pulled out two rare long swords from behind the unconscious Cheng Dafu. They were the lord's exclusive weapons made by Xiaoxiao.
Both weapons increase physical attack attributes and discard all energy bonuses in order to inflict extreme physical damage.
The inlay chosen is the regular decomposition item of mutant creatures: Broken Claw.
Broken Claw
Inlays (for melee weapons)
Physical Damage +4
Physical Damage +12%
Granted Skill: Slam
Strike the enemy with an overwhelming blow
Energy consumption: 22
Cooldown: 3.5 seconds
Deals 240% weapon damage
Critical damage +30%
This is inlaid on both swords, and the main focus is on the basic physical damage bonus and percentage bonus.
The built-in skill Slam is okay, but it is far inferior to the high-level Rhythm Strike. Now some players who play the Barbarian profession choose this inlay as the main output.
Although it is not as strong as the CD-free spell machine gun skills granted by the three pioneering artifacts, Broken Magnet, Burning Residue, and Frost Iron, it does give physical players a burst skill.
clang!
The shadow guard's first strike produced a sound of hammering iron that was louder than the sound of a thin dog, which startled everyone's ears.
Fang Gang: "What a strong power... The lord attribute is still high."
After the first strike, a faint white light appeared on the shadow guard's sword.
clang!
With the second strike, the light on the sword was superimposed with another layer, becoming even thicker.
Most people have noticed this now.
Thin Dog: "Huh? Is this... Rhythm Strike?"
Shadow Guard's third attack arrived in the blink of an eye.
clang!
!
A sharp sword sound was heard, and the tip of the sword in the right hand, with a faint white light, fiercely pierced into the lock core!
ever!
Just stick it in 10cm!
Lin Tang: "Ah~ The Lord has poked the bottom of the lock!"
Everyone was also shocked by the Lord's attack power. Xigou could penetrate 5mm in 3 minutes, while the Lord could penetrate 100mm in 3 minutes. The difference was a bit too obvious.
The shadow guard pulled out the sword with all his strength, took a look and shook his head: "Not enough, not enough... It hasn't even touched the oil in the lock core. I have to poke deeper to trigger the switch inside and let all the oil flow out."
Ding ding clang!
Ding ding clang!
Ding ding clang!
Cheng Shaofeng's attack was fast and powerful, causing the lock core to clang and emit fire.
puff!
Snap!
After triggering the rhythmic strikes four times, the lock core was poked open by Cheng Shaofeng. It was unknown what switch was touched, and after a mechanical turning sound was heard from inside, the heavy door began to loosen.
Wei Long said excitedly: "It's open? Is it open? Xiaoying, come and see if it's open!"
Cheng Shaofeng pulled out his sword. The lock core had been pierced by him and he could already feel the space behind the door.
Tang Ying walked forward and used an iron rod to turn the lock core, causing the door to shake.
"It's open! But it's been sitting there for so many years that it's become rusty. We need everyone to work together to pull the door open!"
There was a large ring-like handle outside the door, and everyone worked together to pull the door outwards.
Cheng Shaofeng looked at the effect of his attack with satisfaction and a smile appeared on his face.
"As expected... my hard power is still stronger than the players."
Squeak~~~
Heavy friction sounds came from the top and bottom of the door, and was eventually pulled out by the players, revealing the room inside.
Everyone looked at Cheng Shaofeng, waiting for him to speak.
"Come on, go in and take a look first."
The shadow guard I just summoned cannot die outside, otherwise I won’t be able to help Cheng Dafu level up that day.
The player dies once... it doesn't matter.
Wei Long turned on the tactical flashlight and shone it towards the safe house, revealing what was inside.
A dusty hall.
In the middle of the hall was a row of skeletons and countless miscellaneous items.
Wei Long was just about to pick one up to take a look, but when his hand touched it, countless things in the hall turned into powder, leaving only the non-degradable plastic.
Picking up a plastic bag casually, the words on it had disappeared, leaving only a fragile appearance. Wei Long exerted light force, and it turned into a handful of silver plastic particles in his hand, which turned into reflective stars and fell in the dark hall.
A strong feeling of great changes in the world emerged in everyone's heart.
After making sure there was no danger, everyone entered the hall.
After walking around, Tang Ying introduced: "This is indeed a classic pre-war apocalyptic safe house building, built to avoid extreme situations. Based on the debris on the ground and the general shape, it can be inferred that the supply reserves here are very rich, but these people hiding here... still starved to death."
A young man from the special forces team stood up from the ground and said, "There are 11 skeletons here, 8 males and 3 females. Based on my simple autopsy, I can conclude that... the owners of these skeletons died about 150 to 200 years ago. Except for the three female skeletons with slight deformations in the hips, there are no obvious signs of trauma. I have ruled out death from collision and strangulation. Considering the positions of all the skeletons at the scene... the cause of death is most likely starvation."
Wei Long introduced: "This is the forensic doctor Qin Riyue."
Cheng Shaofeng was very satisfied as he watched the special forces team integrate the information here in an orderly manner.
'What is professionalism? This is professionalism!'
At this time, the Peak Team also listened to the analysis of many professionals from the Special Agent Team and stopped interrupting.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
Lin Tang just sighed: "This game is so damn realistic. The scene is just like the real thing. I feel like I'm watching a crime movie and solving a murder case in a locked room."
The demon fox approached Cheng Shaofeng and asked, "Lord, did you just use the rhythm strike technique? It looks like... the movements are very smooth, and the power is huge! How much did you practice to reach this level?"
Cheng Shaofeng was still in shadow guard mode at this time, ready to burst out his highest combat power to fight at any time.
"Oh, I have practiced two-handed blade and rhythm strike to perfection through the special training method of our Scourge Base. The attack movements and power are very impressive. Perhaps you can also pay attention to these two skills."
After Yaohu got the information he wanted, he understood it and said to his teammates:
"Do you think the lord has nothing better to do than to break down the wall for us?"
“Wrong!”
"The Lord is a program. Our difficulty in breaking through the wall is actually a condition that triggers the Lord's arrival. The Lord participated in this event and demonstrated to us the correct use of some skills. It is a good choice to use the super high burst of rhythm strikes to break through the obstacles that we cannot break through."
Xigou touched his chin, "But... I have learned Impact and upgraded it to level 5. It is also an enhanced normal attack skill. The more you use it, the stronger it becomes. It conflicts with Rhythm Strike, and... I think the lord was able to burst out such high damage just now because his basic attributes are much stronger than mine. If he uses the full-level Impact, after stacking it to 6 layers, he should be able to easily open the keyhole."
Lao Bai: "Indeed... Sometimes, the attack only needs to break through that limit to cause several times the previous results. Unfortunately, my main output skill is Whirlwind Slash, and I can't learn the rhythm strike system."
After a conversation, the peak team found that no one could learn the Rhythm Strike skill, which was incompatible with their current BD.
Unless they force a transfer, but that would waste a lot of their skill points, which would not be worth it.
Xi Gou immediately made a decision: "Oh! It's hard to find someone who wants a new system. Why not just find a new player to join the team? Many individual players want to join our top team."
Yaohu: "That makes sense... We can train a single explosive talent who uses the rhythm of the soldiers as the system."
While the Peak Team was discussing BD, the Special Agent Team had already sorted out all the information.
Wei Long concluded: "So... the only useful things we can get at the moment are those two large boxes of gold bars and that box of attributeless crystals."
As he spoke, the shadow guard had already held a box of attributeless crystals in his arms.
Cheng Shaofeng's face was beaming!
"Soldiers! You did a great job! You found crystal energy when our base was most in need of energy. I will reward you well when we return!"
Windfall!
Cheng Shaofeng didn't expect that a small leveling operation would actually earn him a large amount of crystals!
It is also the most precious attributeless crystal!
what does that mean
This means that the value of these crystals will double!
No! Many times more!
Because the Colossus City Chamber of Commerce will purchase attributeless crystals at a very high price!
He can use it to exchange for more unpopular crystals and thus gain a lot of energy!
Make a fortune!
Everyone had no objection to the lord taking the crystal. In their understanding... crystal = quest item = experience + merit + iron coins. They couldn't use it themselves anyway, so it was enough for the lord to give it as a reward.
Everyone planned to take the two boxes of gold bars back and divide them up and save them first.
Yaohu: "Although the value of gold bars has not yet been explained in the game, but... gold in troubled times, high-precision instruments and chips all need this stuff, this thing should still be useful."
Besides that, most of the things in the room have weathered and lost their value.
Lin Tang, who likes to explore the plot, was excited about finding a notebook, but the moment he got it in his hands, it turned into powder.
"Shit! Such a big shelter, and there's no information at all?"
At this moment, the tactical flashlight swept over him, and some traces vaguely appeared on the wall.
Lin Tang: "Wait! There seems to be something here! Brother Wei Long, take another picture..."
The flashlight shone on the wall, Lin Tang wiped away the dust, revealing a whole wall of words.
The biggest paragraph above is:
"Latecomers, I have good news and bad news for you."
“The good news is: in the past 10 years, we have recorded everything that happened in this city. You can use this data to put an end to that absurd existence.”
"The bad news is: we forget that paper and pens deteriorate over time..."