Standing at a distance with arms folded, Ling Lan answered in Bai Zhi's place with a calm tone.
"The footsteps will keep chasing you until you are completely reduced to ashes. And as long as you have any physical contact with other people, the other person will also be entangled by the footsteps. The spread of memes has always been It’s just unreasonable.”
"… I see."
With a slight sigh in his mouth, the player turned around and walked toward the darkness with his hands on the wall.
"After becoming a player, I have already guessed that such a day would come. Damn it, I haven't played the game I just bought for long..."
Amidst a burst of low-pitched curses, the player whose ID Bai Zhi never knew had not gone very far when he quickly turned into a puddle of black ashes in front of the two of them amid the sound of footsteps approaching at extremely fast speeds.
Memetic infection has a so-called incubation period, and he has been infected by this meme for too long. Once it breaks out, it will be like a scourge.
If he was infected to this extent, he would not be able to escape no matter what.
Just like when Bai Zhi rescued him before, the sound of footsteps only appeared in the distance, as evidenced by the fact that his body was quickly covered with black spots.
—After lingering for so long, the other party finally chose to self-destruct.
"Okay, get out of here quickly. There are too many weird things on this ship. I have a very ominous premonition."
Holding an iron rod that was forcibly removed from the iron bed, Ling Lan spoke to Bai Zhi and waved it vigorously a few times.
"I can feel that if I continue to stay on this yacht, something bad will happen."
"...Where are you going?"
After staring at the gradually dissipating black dust on the ground over there for a moment, Bai Zhi turned back to the other party and asked.
"It's very simple, join up with other teammates."
While wrapping the iron rod with tape several times, Linglan spoke seriously.
"She is now trapped on a huge freighter. There are probably dozens of players gathered there. I plan to go there... together? I happen to have extra wine barrels here."
"Wine barrel...?"
Soon, Bai Zhi understood what the other party meant by the extra barrels.
It's not so much a wine barrel, but a wooden barrel that's almost half a person's height. It can barely fit a person inside. This kind of fragile wooden structure makes people worry about whether this thing will be destroyed by water. The water flow tore it to pieces.
"Rare-level props are usually of little use, but they can be of great use in situations like this."
As he spoke, Linglan generously announced the properties of this item.
[Item name: Drifting wine barrel]
[Type: props]
[Quality: Rare]
[Special effects: Drifting. The barrel can float in the sea and will never get water. It will automatically avoid dangers during the drift until it successfully reaches its destination.]
[Note: It is reported that the legendary pirate king Luffy went to sea on this thing.]
"Don't worry, I've used this thing several times. It's very safe... Can you help push me into the water?"
"..."
Seeing Linglan who had already got into the wine barrel and closed the lid, with only a pair of eyes exposed from the gap between the wood, Bai Zhi's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.
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At the same time, here is the giant ship on the sea.
On this freighter with a carrying capacity of hundreds of thousands of tons, about 40 players have gathered scattered.
At this time, the heavy rain is still falling, the temperature continues to drop, and the weather is extremely cold. However, there are thousands of large cargo boxes on this freighter, so the players gathered here do not need to face the heavy rain, and most of them choose to hide in among these cargo boxes.
There are more than 40 players, 44 to be precise, of which there are 12 players from A-level upper-level platforms. As for the remaining 32 players, they basically all have the same monsters as the ten consecutive guarantee monsters. My mind went into this copy.
Among them, there are even players from C-level platforms...
However, compared with the Tenth Company Guarantee Monster, these people are obviously much luckier. At least so far, there have not been any major casualties on this giant ship at sea.
-temporary.
"... Will it take more than half an hour? Phew, I hope the situation won't get worse... "
While muttering quietly in his heart, and after taking another breath into the palm of his hand, the colorful black bird added a large ball of solid alcohol to the fire in front of him.
The place where she is now is inside a large container. There are thousands of such containers on this giant ship, but all 44 players are gathered in one area.
Led by three players from the top S-level platform, they raised a total of more than a dozen bonfires in these containers. Otherwise, the continuously falling temperature alone would be enough to deprive most players of their combat power. .
And shortly after the colorful black bird added solid alcohol to the fire, a hoarse voice rang in the ears of all the players on this giant ship.
"One, two, three, four... twenty-one, twenty-two..."
As if counting the number of players like them, the voice counted from the beginning to forty-four.
—This is already the seventh time.
Volume One: The Gap between Imagination and Reality: Chapter 739 Chapter 730 "Smuggling" and "Buddhist Players"
Giant ship at sea.
Compared with the yacht Bai Zhi was on before, this giant ship can be regarded as a real behemoth.
Probably because of this, the number of players who appeared on this giant ship was surprisingly large. The colorful black bird was the 13th player to appear here, and it was less than half an hour after she appeared here. At that time, the number of players here reached forty-four.
The reason why she knew this kind of thing so clearly was largely due to the weird counting sound that would ring in everyone's ears every once in a while on this giant ship.
The voice seemed to be counting the number of players on the giant ship. On average, it would count from beginning to end every time, about two to five minutes apart.
Due to the special nature of the final dungeon of this large-scale battle mission, all players will be randomly assigned after entering the dungeon. In addition, each player enters the dungeon at a different time, so from time to time, there will be new ones on this giant ship. Players join in.
—And every time a new player joins, the voice will count the number of joining players.
No one knows where this sound comes from, and no one knows what will happen to this sound after a certain number of people are rescued... People always have inexplicable fear in their hearts for unknown existences.
About half an hour has passed, and the counting sounds have been repeated seven times. During this more than half an hour, nothing unusual has happened, and there have been no casualties.
Except for the few sounds that would inevitably sound every once in a while, there was nothing unusual on this giant ship on the sea.
Yes, there are only the waves one after another and the heavy rain that gets heavier as time goes by.
But the more this happens, the more ominous premonition the players have in their hearts.
It is not that no players have thought about leaving this giant ship on the sea through other methods, but no one can leave.
All players who tried to leave lost control of their bodies and were taken back to the container by other players like sluggish puppets.
They were unable to speak or make any movements. Only their blinking eyes proved that they still had their own self-awareness.
After the number of "puppets" like this reached three, other players gave up on this pointless practice.
Some players speculate that they are involved in a large-scale rule-based ghost story. When the number of players reaches a certain limit, the true face of the large-scale ghost story will be revealed in front of them.
And all they have to do now is wait.
Large-scale rules-based ghost stories like this usually have their own set of operating rules. This type of ghost story cannot be solved by force alone. You can only follow the other party's rules.
To give a simple example, games such as chess, Go, Hearthstone, Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc. all have their own set of game rules. If you want to win in these games, you must play according to the game rules.
Of course, if you are extremely powerful, you can break a world with one punch, and wipe out all avenues with one kick, then you can naturally not follow the rules of the game and become the maker of the rules of the game yourself. For example, in the game The king is allowed to summon his fists to show attack...
Thinking of this, the colorful black bird couldn't help but feel a little worried.
It would be okay if what they have to face is some monsters, or the sea monster Godzilla or something like that. There are so many players, and among them there are big bosses from the top S-level platform. Players’ The probability of survival can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.
But in the face of this weird rule type, all players can only rely on themselves, and the help that other players can provide is minimal.
Even with her most optimistic estimate, if only half of the 44 players gathered here could survive in the end, it would be considered good.
"I don't know when Linglan will arrive... Forget it, I don't count on her anymore. Although the drifting wine barrel is said to be safe, the drifting speed is too slow. It is said to be half an hour, but at least it will take several hours. , I’m not sure I’ll be cold by then..."
While warming the fire, the colorful black bird began to think aimlessly in his heart.
There are forty-four players, including seven players from the S-level platform and three players from the top S-level platform. These three people can also be said to be trapped on this giant ship. The backbone of players' hearts.
Although most players clearly understand that the only one who can help them in this kind of rule-type weird talk is themselves, but having a boss stay with them always makes them feel more at ease.
This cannot be called self-deception, only self-comfort.
"It's a pity that the president doesn't seem to be in this area, otherwise... hmm!?"
His expression suddenly changed slightly, and the colorful black bird raised its head and looked outside the container.
"one two three… "
At the same time, the hoarse counting sound once again sounded in the ears of all the players trapped on this giant ship.
It's not even a minute since the counting sound started. There can only be one reason why the counting sound continues in such a short period of time.
—A new player has arrived on this giant ship.
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"... Are you so smart? You can actually distinguish the difference between the shadow puppet and the main body so accurately... "
Listening to the hoarse counting sound in his ears, Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel a slight toothache.
The shadow puppet had quietly sneaked onto this giant ship before, but at that time, the mysterious counting sound did not include the shadow puppet among the players.
As a result, he had just switched over with the shadow puppet, and the voice immediately counted him out.
In fact, this was nothing, but he didn't expect that as soon as he transformed, his figure was forced to appear on the front deck from the shadow puppet's hiding place.
There seems to be a strange rule on this giant ship. Any player who appears on this giant ship will appear at a fixed location.
- Even if he sneaked onto the ship through this method, he still followed this rule.
"Forget it... there are so many people here anyway, there should be manufacturers, right?"
Raising his head and looking at the sky torn by lightning, Bai Zhi let out a little breath.
A faint black-gray protective shield enveloped his body, blocking out the torrential rain.
"Amitabha."
At this moment, a voice came clearly from the rainstorm.
When he turned around and looked at the container in a slightly strange way, he saw a monk wearing moon-white robes floating down from the container, with a faint golden light shining all over his body, and a look of compassion on his face.
"This donor, please come here."
Bai Zhi: "..."
He doesn't know why, but when he saw this quite cool monk showing off in front of all the players, a certain Qi Yan in the Big Bird Turning Bar suddenly flashed through his mind. The figure of the president...
Volume One: The Gap between Imagination and Reality: Chapter 740 Chapter 731: The "Game" Started
Due to some concerns, the players collectively gathered in the container at the front of the deck.
Unable to leave this giant ship, players spontaneously held together to keep warm, occupying one container after another.
Led by three players from the top S-level platform, the player group maintained the greatest restraint and calmness, and a big factor in this was attributed to a "Buddhist player".
Not all players can maintain the most basic calmness when facing this situation. As the anxiety and annoyance in their hearts accumulate over time, the conflicts and contradictions between players will become more and more serious.
And being around this "Buddhist player" can calm the minds of most people.
—Ninth in the points rankings, the highest level of S level, [Buddhist player? Mountainside man Li].
It had to be said that although the other party's appearance seemed a bit pretentious, Bai Zhi could indeed feel a sense of tranquility and distance around him.
Under the leadership of the other party, when he arrived at the container on the top floor, Bai Zhi saw two other players inside.
One of them is a young man with long black and white hair wearing a gray haori, a tachi on his waist, and he seems to be a player from Japan.
The other one is a girl with black hair reaching her waist and dressed in an ancient style. Although she is located in the container, she is still holding an oil-paper umbrella in her hand.
A monk with profound Buddhist teachings, a warrior dressed as a warrior, a strange ancient-style girl holding an umbrella in the house... This was Bai Zhi's first impression of these players.
But depending on the situation, the atmosphere here is not harmonious.
The young man was sitting cross-legged on the ground with the sword in his arms, closing his eyes and concentrating, while the ancient-style girl holding an oil-paper umbrella stood on the other side of the container and seemed to be admiring the rain scene.
His arrival did not cause any disturbance. Except for the ancient girl who turned her head and glanced towards them, the young man sitting there with his back against the wall even simply said No eyes were opened.
Li, who lives on the mountainside, seems to have long been accustomed to the weird tempers of these two guys. Since the two guys over there are unwilling to communicate, he simply takes on the role of communication and stands at the entrance of the container and whispers. Introducing the situation of other people to Bai Zhi.
The young man wearing a haori and holding a tachi in his arms was in the same situation as the [West Pavilion Master]. He was born in the [Tenshou Pavilion] in Japan. His game ID is [Nura], and his personal strength is quite strong. .