Chapter 597 [(*^▽^*)]

Lin Leyou was intrigued. "This explosive pack can actually inflict a permanent negative status effect on anyone hit by it. Not bad... I like it. I wonder which dungeon I got it from."

He'd never seen an item that could permanently inflict a negative status effect on someone before! It would be quite fun to get his hands on one and play around with it.

Xue Rui, "How about we ask Lin Wanyi later?"

Lin Leyou nodded, "Okay, I think he'll definitely tell you, since it shouldn't be considered a secret."

Jiang Xiali said, "If you want to know this, you don't need to ask him, I know it too."

Lin Leyou looked at him, "Really? Which instance?"

Jiang Xiali originally intended to tell Lin Leyou privately, but he quickly realized that Lin Leyou would also tell Xue Rui directly after finding out, so he stopped worrying about it.

"Within the S-rank difficulty dungeon, completing a random hidden quest will reward you with an item that applies a negative status effect to others; the type of item is random."

Lin Leyou, "The Kingdom of Rules? What's the deal with this instance?"

In Jiangxiali, "I won't go into the specifics; you'll find out when you get there. But I want to remind you that this dungeon is unlike any you've encountered so far. Be careful. Even the most powerful Qin Xingyu, after several attempts, only has a 50% chance of completing the mission."

Lin Leyou blinked. "Such a powerful dungeon? Why isn't it SS or 3S difficulty?"

Jiang Xia waved her hand, "I told you, you'll find out the rules when you get there. It's no use me saying anything. Besides... you'd better not reveal too much about dungeons of A-level difficulty or higher."

Lin Leyou: "Are there any taboos?"

In Jiangxia Village, "there are definitely taboos. It's okay to say a few less, but if you keep saying them, it won't be good, and the law enforcement team will be watching you."

Lin Leyou: "Okay, I understand. There are always some instances that treat residents and outsiders the same, right?"

Jiang Xia blinked in surprise, "You understood what I meant so quickly?"

Lin Leyou was puzzled. What did that mean?

However, he didn't show it on his face, saying, "I can probably figure it out a little."

Jiang Xia sighed, "Right? Some dungeons are just like them for outsiders. If you break the rules, you die. If you die, you fail. And if you fail, you lose points. Millions of points can be deducted just like that."

Then Jiang Xiali suddenly remembered something and reminded him, "There's one more thing you must be careful about."

Lin Leyou, "Go ahead."

In Jiangxiali, "Because too much information about high-difficulty dungeons has been leaked, the difficulty of dungeons of S rank and above will be randomly adjusted when the dungeon is opened."

"Some will not be adjusted, while others will be adjusted. The difficulty may be increased or decreased, but the most difficult will not exceed 3S and the easiest will not be lower than S level."

Lin Leyou said, "In other words, if a 3S-level difficulty dungeon is adjusted, the difficulty will only decrease, while if a S-level difficulty dungeon is adjusted, the difficulty will only increase!"

Jiang Xiali said, "Yeah, it's really frustrating to lower the difficulty. We originally aimed for high difficulty and high scores, but if the difficulty is lowered, the reward points will be about ten times less!"

Lin Leyou said, "That's true... And those who originally chose the lower difficulty level felt that their strength was not enough. If the difficulty is increased all of a sudden... wait, if the difficulty is increased, will it directly increase from S-rank to 3S-rank?"

Jiang Xiali said, "I haven't heard of that. You shouldn't need to worry."

Lin Leyou nodded, "Then... um?"

Just then, a loud bang came from the side where the players were fighting the BOSS, and Lin Leyou's Ghost Wall skill was about to expire again.

His "ghost wall" effect can only last for two hours, and the cooldown time is also two hours. Once the "ghost wall" effect is over, he can seamlessly switch back to the starting position.

In Jiangxia Li, "Luckily, we were almost discovered."

Lin Leyou: "Huh? Who found out? That BOSS definitely didn't find out."

In Jiangxia Village, "the players noticed that one of them seemed to have glanced this way."

Lin Leyou raised an eyebrow. "Really? It's fine. So what if you saw it? Are you going to come looking for trouble?"

The loud noise just now wasn't made by the players and Lin Wanyi, but by the BOSS. When it was pushed to its limit, it actually used its claws to gouge an eyeball out of its tail, causing the players to lose their way!

The moment the eyeball hit the ground, it turned into a bomb, and the explosive force was equivalent to a hundred white hand grenades exploding together!

The now-enraged BOSS then began frantically gouging out the eyeballs from its tail one by one, before throwing them in the direction the player was fleeing.

Fortunately, players are used to running away. Even if they are occasionally hit by the blast of a bomb, they simply drink a healing potion, recover quickly, and continue running!

Even Lin Wanyi, who had been as calm as a mountain, had to start running. But unlike the players, who ran as far away as possible and spread out as much as possible, Lin Wanyi dodged nearby.

He was much faster than the players. Some of these eyes were aimed at him, but Lin Wanyi was able to quickly dodge them each time, and after the explosion, he would return to this area to avoid the eyes that the BOSS had thrown to other places.

The commotion caused by those exploding eyes was quite significant.

Lin Leyou: "Aren't these eyes very important to the BOSS? We were protecting them from being hurt before, so why did they gouge them out on their own? Could it be..."

In Jiangxia, it said, "This monster will probably die before daylight, just like those strange birds, which die when exposed to light. So we must kill all these people before dawn and then go back underground to hide."

Lin Leyou nodded, "I see. There's only about an hour left until dawn. It's definitely time to go all out. No matter how fast these outsiders hide, they can't all survive against a berserk BOSS. Look, one of them got blown up..."

Because the BOSS was too insane, after going berserk, it kept running around with its tail and its still-severed limbs, and it would throw its eyeballs at anyone it saw. Under such circumstances, no matter how fast the players ran, they were bound to be killed.

After the BOSS's frenzy subsided, there were still eight players left on the scene. They had all been forced to a very far distance by the BOSS and were scattered and hiding. Among them, Si Meng and Dong Nianwen ran the fastest and hid the farthest.

Actually, it was that negative status effect that caused them to be dizzy for three seconds every minute that saved them. Although the three seconds was short, it was enough for them to escape!

All the surviving players were desperately grateful for the item that Si Meng used; the negative status effect really saved their lives!

Lin Wanyi was right behind the BOSS at that moment, and fired a shot at the base of its tentacle.

"Awooo—" The BOSS, already somewhat exhausted, let out a mournful roar and suddenly turned around. Its demonic face was contorted with rage as it stared in his direction with its two blood-soaked eye sockets before turning to attack him.

However, the BOSS had slowed down considerably and couldn't catch up with Lin Wanyi at all. It could only follow behind with its unwilling roars. The players who were hiding in the distance saw this and ran back one after another.

The boss looked to be at its last gasp, so they all rushed over to finish it off, hoping to deliver the final blow and perhaps earn some special rewards.

However, Lin Wanyi was not so optimistic. Although this BOSS was in dire straits, it was not yet time to die. It definitely still had trump cards to play.

Despite the player's continuous attacks, the BOSS always manages to find gaps to dodge attacks and even launch counterattacks. The player's reaction to its counterattacks is also very strong. Several times, some of the BOSS's tricky attacks almost took down a player, but fortunately, a three-second stun saved him.

Once the dizziness wore off, the injured player had already run far away. Even if the BOSS still wanted to kill the player, it could only give up temporarily. However, when the player approached again, the player became lively and energetic again.

Lin Wanyi noticed that as time went by, the BOSS's movements became increasingly slow, and its current speed was probably less than one-tenth of what it was at the beginning.

The players were going crazy. Si Meng was even shouting, "Only twenty minutes left! Only twenty minutes left! We have to kill it within twenty minutes, or the mission will fail!"

Upon hearing this, everyone sped up their attacks once again, and some even switched to more expensive bullets, which were either flammable, explosive, or poisonous.

In short, use whatever is most powerful, and the monster BOSS gradually suffered more wounds under such intense attacks, eventually collapsing to the ground.

Dong Nianwen, "Dead?"

Si Meng: "I haven't heard the system notification yet. He's not dead yet; he's just pretending. Hurry up and keep attacking!"

Players went crazy, after all, they had put in so much effort. If they couldn't complete the main quest, they would not only lose hundreds of thousands of points, but the points they had spent on all the items were also a huge sum of money!

Their excessive anxiety caused them to lose their keen observation skills. The monster was indeed about to die, but it was definitely not killed by the player.

With the thing he's after inside his body, this boss will never be killed; even if he has to die, it will be suicide! So, what method will he use to commit suicide?

Lin Wanyi immediately realized that when the monster BOSS changed its form before, it first blew up its huge body, and then a new body appeared after the destruction.

So if he's not mistaken, the way he committed suicide was by self-destruction.

The explosive force of the self-destruction could engulf the entire resort, killing everyone inside unless they have extremely powerful defensive equipment.

But in Lin Wanyi's view, all the players here would definitely die out.

He thought for a moment and said to the player, "Run! Get out of the resort area before dawn!"