Chapter 371: A Big Fish

The desert surrounding the ruins began to surge, and more monsters were about to emerge from beneath the yellow sand. Anora and Sitar ran through the ruins, dodging the attacks of two monsters.

The two were trapped inside a house after being struck by the monster's tail.

Anno calmly observed the situation. Her gaze swept across the messy room and she saw a roll of rope on the dusty table.

She took the roll of rope in her hand and said to Sitar, "I have an idea, maybe we can try it."

Sitar nodded, his eyes full of trust and affirmation for Anno. "Then let's give it a try."

"Which one should we kill?" he asked.

Through the gaps in the collapsed house, Anno saw two monsters struggling to push against the ruins outside. Pointing to the one on the left, he said, "That's it."

Sitar looked in the direction she was pointing and saw the monster that had just said it wanted to separate them.

He reached out and ruffled Anuo's hair, pulled out a dagger, exchanged a glance with her, and then each darted away from a corner of the house.

A minute later, the monster's enormous body collapsed in the ruins, its eyes filled with disbelief.

Sitar pulled the dagger from its head and ran towards Anno.

Anno was still dealing with another monster when he saw that Sitar had already taken care of the other one and tossed him the rope.

The two worked together seamlessly to wrap the rope around the monster. Seeing its companion killed, the monster immediately felt a sense of crisis and dared not underestimate these two novices again.

It twisted its body with all its might, trying to break free of the rope. It was quite strong and large. Anno and Sitar each grabbed one end of the rope and tied it to several pillars. Its tail thrashed wildly, knocking down the pillars and smashing them onto its tail, making it howl in pain.

The pain in this game is 100% real; even when choosing a monster character, players can still feel the pain.

Several pillars were knocked down by its force and then crashed onto its body. The ruins were already cramped for its size, and after struggling like this, it quickly exhausted its strength.

After a while, it was pressed down by those big pillars and couldn't move.

Anno pointed the dagger at its forehead. "Do you want to live?"

The monster let out a weak, unwilling sound. Of course it wanted to live; it had gone to great lengths to grow to such a large size.

Human players cannot level up, but monster players can. If a monster dies, it can only choose a new character. The initial size of this monster character is only half the size of an adult.

Anno reached out and poked its forehead. "Then let's talk about terms."

"What are the conditions?"

"Take us to the base, and we'll get you out."

The monster wanted to say no, but seeing the dagger Anno was pointing at its head, it reluctantly agreed.

Anno patted its head, "You have to keep your promise, or we can log you off at any time."

After seeing Sitar pull out a charged air cannon behind her, the monster abandoned her plan to kill them once he emerged from the ruins.

He was still thinking about how they would rescue him from the rubble; even with its immense strength, it couldn't move it, let alone these two humans.

"You're lucky, you got a weapon as soon as you entered the game."

Sitar used his air cannon to shatter the rubble that was pressing down on him. He shook himself off and lay down on the ground. "Come on up. It's a promise, I can't guarantee that the other monsters won't attack you."

Anno: "Aren't you very strong? You can definitely dodge them."

Hearing her words, the monster felt inexplicably encouraged. He proudly flicked his tail and said, "Come on! I'll take you flying!"

Anno smiled and sat on his back with Sitar.

"What's your name?" Anno asked.

Human players can see each other's IDs, but monster players' IDs cannot be seen; they belong to two opposing factions.

"Ah, you can just call me Big Fish. You guys are really strong. It's rare for new players to see someone this strong. My poor brother has to go back and level up again. He's probably going to be furious, hahaha."

Big Fish seemed to have already forgotten about being suppressed and turned into a mount by two novice players. He started chatting with Anno and the others and asked for their IDs.

"Aren't you guys really going to consider choosing monster characters? They're way more fun than humans."

The large fish swam rapidly in the sand, heading towards the base.

Anno said, "I'll consider it after my character dies."

Big Fish said happily, "I've added you as a friend! If you choose the monster characters, let's attack the human base together!"

As Anno watched the human base draw ever closer, its walls tall and sturdy, laden with weapons, he thought to himself that the human forces weren't as weak as Big Fish had made them out to be.

“Monsters have superpowers,” the big fish said. “Sometimes human weapons are useless against us.”

After hearing this, Anno asked, "Then why don't you have any special abilities?"

Big Fish: "I haven't grown to the level where I can have superpowers yet. I'm just a small character in the desert area. Every area in the game has a big boss. The big boss in the desert area has devoured a lot of human bases. Be careful."

"Your Highness!"

From afar, Anno saw Mingxiao and Poponia running towards them in an off-road vehicle with a heavy machine gun mounted on it.

"Damn it, it's those two again. I'd better get out of here!"

Seeing that Mingxiao and Poponia seemed quite wary, the big fish urged Anno and Sitar to go down.

As soon as the two of them went down, he burrowed under the sand and swam so fast that he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Poponia pulled up in front of them, and Mingxiao jumped out of the car quickly.

"Huh? Your Highness, why are you with monsters? Are they friends of yours?"

The monsters were also players; Mingxiao thought they were Anuo's classmates or friends.

“No, we captured them to use as temporary mounts,” Anno said.

Upon hearing this, Mingxiao scratched his head sheepishly and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, Bobo and I always get lost."

Poponia got out of the car with the ID "Praise Our King AL" and said with a guilty look, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I have a bad sense of direction."

Unlike reality, games allow them to find their way using the Zerg's senses. However, all the buildings and items in the game are virtual, and if their senses were blocked in reality, they would also be unable to find their way.

The Zerg have weaknesses, and these are their two most obvious weaknesses.

Mingxiao and Poponia led the two to the base. As soon as they arrived at the entrance, they saw two dusty figures walking towards them.

"It's white flame and obsidian."

Mingxiao waved to them, while Baiyan pressed Heiyao's neck and dragged him in front of Anuo.

Anno looked at the IDs above their heads. Baiyan was labeled "AL's Leg Accessory," and Heiyao was labeled "Want AL to Bite Me."

When Mingxiao saw Obsidian's ID, his eyes widened, and he pointed at him, saying, "Obsidian, you, you, you actually wanted His Highness to bite you!"

Obsidian curled its lip, "You still want to get close to His Highness, huh?"

The two people who usually got along best suddenly started fighting, kicking up clouds of dust.

Bazel followed closely behind them, and unsurprisingly, his ID was [AL's Exclusive Mount].

The people present looked at each other; only Tanville was missing.