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Chapter 68: Deadly Road Friendly Race
You Yitong, who had left the main group early, frowned in confusion and raised the brim of his hat.
The transparent spider silk on his fingertips has spread all around. Not only can those things help him hide in the building, but they can also serve as his eyes and limbs to monitor the surroundings.
Now, the information transmitted from Spider Silk indicated that the convoys that were originally circling in the Eternal Night Town and would never come to him suddenly changed direction.
The ground was shaking slightly, and even without the spider silk, he could feel the sound of a large army approaching.
Not good...
He always believed in his intuition, and someone must have discovered him.
Are they the wild dogs in the strategy group that are biting him, or the investors in Black Iron who can lock on to high-value targets?
Logically speaking, Dawnland is unlikely. After realizing that the participating team of Dawnland this time is the Lion and the Witch, he has been avoiding contact with them.
You Yitong calculated the time. The map in front of him was gradually taking shape. After all the lights in the Eternal Night Town were lit up, he looked up at the sky. There was not much time left, so it was time to take action.
The Eternal Night Town is a closed map, but such a map also has a center. Of course, this center location does not hide any special secrets, it is just to facilitate his next actions.
He pulled the spider silk in his hand, causing all the different ghosts from various buildings to gather around him.
The ghosts with dull expressions were tied together like a group of obedient dogs. The magician patted the ghost team member he brought into the game.
She was wearing a pale white robe, with her hair loose, and one could only vaguely see her dark complexion and overly thin face.
White-gloved fingers snapped in her ears.
"It's time for you to work."
The skinny ghost, like a puppet receiving instructions, slowly grasped the spider silk in the magician's hand with one dry arm.
In fact, when entering the Hearse Entertainment copy, at least before the car-building competition began, the magician actually had three ghosts in his hand, but now there is only one left.
Because there were two of them in the car-building copy, they were used as food for the one in front of them.
[Hungry Ghost Puppet (Appetite Stimulated State)]
It takes certain skills to control this guy for a long time, and giving her ghosts to eat is one of them.
Otherwise, after completing the car-building copy, the audience would not have been so angry and voted out the magician. They came to watch humans fighting, not to watch humans persecute ghosts.
The hungry ghost knew that dinner was about to start, so she was very obedient. She had no tongue and could only make vague sounds. She uttered "ah ah" twice and tried to open her mouth wide, as if she was spitting something out.
A peculiarly shaped stove appeared in the open space in front of him. The metal shell had some strange patterns on the concave and convex parts, and scenes of hell and suffering were vividly engraved on the shell of the stove.
It is not easy to raise this starving ghost. Among the newcomers in the alliance, only You Yitong can control this guy.
After all, the magician always prepared enough food for her.
[Hungry Ghost Furnace - The sacrifice range has been locked, a total of 56 ordinary white-clothed ghosts]
The magician in a black and white suit walked out to the edge of the garden. After he left, the ghost in white with loose hair slowly opened his mouth and took a sip of the spider silk.
The originally dull expressions of the controlled ghosts around suddenly fluctuated, as if they had sensed something, and suddenly they struggled, trying to tear the spider silk around their necks.
But it was too late. The strangely shaped stove opened its mouth. There was no flame inside, but a large amount of thick and sticky liquid that directly turned into tiny black ghost hands, following the spider silk to grab other ghosts except itself.
Plop, plop, 56 little ghosts in white entered the furnace one after another. The black liquid, which seemed to be transformed from thick blood, stirred like a whirlpool, making a teeth-grinding crunching sound, as if there was a big mouth hidden in the water, chewing these ghosts.
Soon, the thin woman who was holding the furnace with both hands had a rosy complexion and her body shape became more and more similar to that of a human.
She touched her belly with satisfaction, as if she hadn't eaten so full in a long time.
[Soul energy is full, please choose your creation]
"Since it's so hard to find the door to the terminal, why not just build it?"
The magician took off his hat, and a total of 5 glass beads flew out of it. Those were the portals he had collected before, and they were also the samples he would use to make the next door.
The hungry ghost licked his lips, but it was not enough, not even close to enough.
Creating a door from scratch is equivalent to challenging the copy authority and opening a backdoor for yourself.
To do this, they not only need a large amount of soul power, but also a large number of portals as objects of imitation and consumption, and the magicians have long been prepared for this.
"I hope those troublemakers come later. After all, building something like this requires a little personal time."
After muttering this, he took off one of his gloves. The hand that looked like a human's was covered with white feathers.
[A magician's loyal partner, besides props, is the pigeon! ]
After using the skill, feathers on his fingers immediately grew out. At the same time, a strange sound of flapping wings was heard throughout the town of Eternal Night.
At this time, the guild players who were driving various hearses in a certain direction noticed this strange atmosphere.
To be honest, every player who dared to enter the Death Road Race had some skills, but so far she had only seen one player with such big skills: a magician.
There were at least hundreds of white pigeons flying in the sky. At first, they flew at a speed similar to that of ordinary birds, but then they flew faster and faster, gradually turning into a white line like a seagull and flying into the distance.
"This is the magician's white pigeon skill..."
The little witch narrowed her eyes and muttered to herself, "I remember that You Yitong's skill is famous for damaging himself by 800 and injuring the enemy by 1000. Each pigeon is a part of him. If the pigeons are hurt, he should also be hurt. Why did he release so many pigeons at this time?"
The Leo man is more arrogant: "I'll kill any I see."
Qiao Song suddenly realized that the magician was secretly preparing to do something big without telling all the players. Oh my god, she didn't even need to help the other party attract hatred. He spent so much energy and effort to create such a big fuss, just to get to the terminal?
Thinking of a little secret he had discovered before, Qiao Song raised his eyebrows, pretended that he knew nothing, and knocked on the roof of the golden insect car with a serious face.
"Hey, hurry up, there's a big move going on over there, this instance will only be over in twenty minutes."
In fact, she didn't need to remind him that the pursuers behind him - a certain crazy display screen was still chasing him closely.
But apparently, the lights of Evernight Town seem to have some kind of suppressive power on the ghosts. When the lights of the entire town are on, it will affect the actions of the ghosts, and the first to be affected is this foreign BOSS who does not abide by the rules of the dungeon.
After losing the sculpture, Qiao Song's chainsaw was no longer as useful as before. In order not to show his weakness, he simply put the things away and let the little witch and the others drive away in the name of showing sincerity to the allies. Fortunately, although the pursuers were furious, the previous knife had some impact on the display screen. Although the pursuit was very close, it was not fatal.
Leo men are quite capable. Whenever the black wires are about to hit their cars, they will swing their strong arms, and with their muscles exploding, they will punch the wires back.
After hearing Qiao Song's urging words, the little witch glanced at the probability on her card that was increasing little by little, and smiled.
"Then let's do as you say. Passengers, please sit tight and hold on. We are going to speed up~"
Bai You pulled down a joystick on the front of the car, and in an instant, a special mesh structure suddenly appeared on the golden car shell, and then two pairs of wings as thin as cicada wings spread out on the part attached to the window.
【Golden Insect Series of Mushroom Forest】
[After the vehicle's appearance is transformed, the speed is increased by 150%, and an additional special effect is added: Fearless Charge. Every guy who blocks the road will be turned into a bloody rain! ]
The extremely explosive power assault vehicle finally revealed its true appearance.
After the vehicle's shell changed shape, Qiao Song immediately realized something and quickly lay down and grabbed the car's eyebrows. The next moment, the car suddenly accelerated as if it had drunk 1985 Lafite and rushed out a long distance.
And it didn't just run across the land, but flew directly into the air and stabbed out like a sharp sword.
The little witch knew that the death of these pigeons would have an impact on the magician, so she was wicked and directly crashed into the pigeons' flight path. Along the way, blood rain kept flying on the glass windows and was blown away by the galloping wind.
The Leo man stood steadily on the roof of the car, and from time to time he would grab a white dove that passed by him in the air and crush it to pieces.
The pair of golden pupils in his eye sockets glowed slightly like burning flames, looking into the distance.
Although the vehicle had not yet reached its destination, he seemed to have seen some scenes in the distance.
The Leo man said coldly: "That guy is really calculating."
I saw countless white pigeons flying out from the center of the map. They were flying very fast, coming and going, and quickly bringing back something.
Qiao Song didn't know what it was at first, until she keenly felt that in the Eternal Night Town, near the portals that appeared after the lights were turned on, there were white pigeons appearing.
The light gate that their vehicle had just passed by was pecked by a surviving pigeon and quickly turned into a small round glass bead. The pigeon flew back with the bead in its mouth.
Yes, since the pigeon is a part of the magician's body, as long as the pigeon touches the light gate, the portal will be recognized by the system as a binding object to the magician's body.
Just like how players collect closed doors, whoever touches the door first gets it.
The magician lit up the entire Eternal Night Town in one go, just to use pigeons to quickly collect doors in a short period of time?
The risk of doing so is also quite high. Every death of a pigeon will directly cause synchronous damage to the main body. At this time, You Yitong, who was standing in the garden, had silently swallowed several mouthfuls of blood.
If this plan is implemented too early, it will definitely be noticed by others, and now there are only about 20 minutes left until the end of the copy.
Qiao Song was still thinking about the magician's intention, and when he looked out, he saw that their destination was almost reached.
The strategy team that was instigated by Qiao Song early on had already arrived at the magician's secret base. Various toy weapons had already exploded clusters of fireworks.
A big hole was poked in the silk thread that was originally used to hide the building, revealing the bright scene inside. One glass bead after another was thrown into a strangely shaped furnace, and then a strange-looking door appeared faintly next to the furnace.
It was like a special portal made up of some fragments, covered with all kinds of cracks. Behind each small fragment seemed to be a ghost face, roaring, struggling and crying, but still destined to be used as raw materials.
Ghosts are the raw material, and the other portals are what they are modeled after.
As glass beads were thrown in one by one, the ghost shadow on the door became fainter and fainter, and the color gradually faded, and it really looked a bit like other portals.
The two members of the strategy team who had started fighting since they rushed here suddenly stopped and stared at the door in the distance with the magician.
Right in the center of the gate, where the number and name are hung.
As the light and shadows moved, a line of information was slowly generated.
[No. 000: The Gate of Beginning]
Almost all the players who saw this line of words had their hearts skip a beat.
At present, all the light gates that have appeared are followed by serial numbers. At first, they thought that this serial number ranking was just a quantity statistics, but when the number 000 appeared, everyone realized its special nature.
The Gate of Beginning... Obviously, each gate should have the name of the map behind it, such as Mushroom Forest, Roaring Dragon Boat, Food Street, etc...
And this door only has the attributes of the door marked on it.
In an instant, everyone thought of the same thing, could this door lead to the final destination! ?
What does the terminal mean?
That is a huge fortune accumulated over hundreds of competitions!
Although soul coins are not omnipotent, as long as the quantity is large enough, no player or force will not be tempted.
Every year when the finish line map is not released, players will directly start the racing competition in the third map. The top 10 players who reach the pseudo finish line in the shortest time will win directly.
Now they seemed to see what the real terminal should look like.
The Gate of Beginning!
The two guys in the strategy group who had just stopped the car, in perfect unison, took out their weapons and directly attacked the magician closest to the door.
Each door can only be bound to one group of players. If this guy goes in first, they won’t have to think about what happens next!
You Yitong held up his black hat and sighed, "It's only a few minutes away. You guys really know how to pick peaches."
Although he was complaining, he took out a red cloak without hesitation, as if he had been prepared.
The thumb and middle finger of the white glove are put together.
"Magic time is up—"
After the crisp sound of finger snaps, the strange original door, along with the huge furnace pot near the door, the strange ghost, and You Yitong himself disappeared.
The Lego master raised the rocket launcher toy in his hand and immediately shouted a reminder: "This is a trick. He should still be here."
The guy in the baseball cap from the strategy team had been prepared for a long time. He grabbed a bunch of white blocks with one hand.
[Pixel World: Hailfall (Inventory: 10 to the power of 45)]
In an instant, countless small white cubes fell directly to the ground. Although the attack effect of this skill was average, if it was dense enough, it could make invisible objects visible again.
The magician, who was able to use his skills in time and was about to touch the door handle, was directly knocked out by these dense white blocks. There were only a few minutes of buffer time left for the Eternal Night Town, and he could not open the door even if he touched the door handle.
When the man in the baseball cap was about to use the next pixel block, he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from behind, as if something had crashed into the ruins of the building covered by spider silk.
The second guild has arrived.
The golden insect car was like a sharp sword, completely spreading out the broken building and displaying it in front of everyone.
The players, whose portals had been intercepted by pigeons, had actually noticed this place a long time ago, but due to the interference of spider silk, they were unable to discover this secret base.
Now seeing such a portal emitting a special halo, everyone was neither blind nor stupid and reacted immediately.
"Damn it! I was wondering why these big guilds suddenly went crazy and became so chaotic! It turns out they found their destination!"
"Anyone have an extra door? I'll buy one for my soul coins! We're not competing for the final stop, we only want the first 10!"
Some players want to play it safe, and while everyone is rushing to get the portal to the terminal, they try to get into the top 10. Some players think that since they have finally made it here, why not take a big chance!
Those who want to take a gamble at least have a portal glass bead as a basis. As long as the time is up, even if they don’t get the portal to the terminal, at least they can go back to the maintenance station to think about the problems of the last level, or directly enter the last map.
But as quickly as the evil intention arises, it will be extinguished.
"You guys are just a bunch of ants, and you still want to leave here!?"
This roar that almost resounded through the heavens and the earth finally made these players realize where the chaos in the second half of Eternal Night Town came from.
The huge black shadow, even though there was a wound running through his entire face on the screen, Boss Cai still had the deterrent power that a dungeon boss should have.
Countless thick electric wires were smashing down on this unusual gathering place. Cars were still rushing here one after another, but almost all the players were united in facing outward and gave priority to attacking the display screen.
The magician already wanted to curse, he had prepared a lot of props and countermeasures. His original plan was that even if the white pigeons would be discovered when they were released to collect the portals, as long as he took advantage of the relationship between the major unions and restrained them from each other, he should still be able to find a way to fish in troubled waters.
That's assuming the giant shadow doesn't notice him.
The thick wires were even scarier than before. Puppets with electronic screens on their bodies appeared one after another like a plague at the broken wires. These puppets were easier to deal with than the wires, but their numbers were too dense, so they were chopped down directly at the players' sight.
In such a short while, not many people died in the infighting among players, but many were killed by electric wires.
The two members of the strategy team who were trying to contain the magician and avoid the electric wires were also cursing:
"Damn, is this boss crazy? Eliminating so many players at once, doesn't that go against the original intention of Hearse Entertainment?"
Anyone who has played games knows that if a copy has a certain survival rate when it first receives players, it will definitely not violate this rule. Copy games are a combination of data and rules, and you can't be so capricious.
Boss Cai also knew this, but the wound on his face had completely made him lose his mind. He had already lost so much, why should these players still try to enter the terminal? That amount of wealth seemed a bit huge even to him, let alone these ants. Why should they do that?
In the upper right corner of the line of sight, some red numbers have been flashing continuously, reminding Boss Cai that the survival red line has been reached and he can no longer continue. However, the black wire is as angry as its owner, and continues to attack every other player who gathers here.
The countdown for the portal's cooldown period is approaching the last minute.
00:00:59
After learning that the number on the little witch card has reached 93%, the Leo man has almost determined that this door is the terminal portal they want.
A giant figure with explosive muscles suddenly jumped down from the roof of the car, carrying a huge piece of wall debris and smashing it towards the magician's position.
You Yitong's polite black and white suit had gradually become wrinkled as he was dodging in a panic.
However, the number of enemies around will only increase.
The Black Iron Guild's car arrived, and an investor who followed his intuition and rushed here thought that he could finally have a hot meal. He immediately took out his piggy bank, threw out coins in handfuls, and grabbed a buyer's shoulder.
"Purchase in full and buy a safe passage!"
In the chaos, among the flying pieces of building blocks, small pixel blocks of various colors and black wires, the Black Iron Guild took advantage of the opportunity and rushed directly to the location of the magician, trying to use soul coins to clear a way for themselves in front of everyone.
But the Leo man used his strength to defeat the enemy and broke the safe passage with one punch, knocking the two people from the Black Iron Guild away with him.
At this time, Qiao Song also jumped down from behind a witch riding a broom and airdropped directly near the magician.
You Yitong tightly grasped the door handle, with the magic wand raised in his hand. His previously relaxed expression finally looked a little off.
"You really gave me a big surprise."
“It’s just a small favor, you’re welcome~”
With a bang, the magician's cane and the hammer actually hit each other back and forth. At this time, Qiao Song smiled slyly and shouted:
"Gao Chengcheng!"
She seemed to have given up the idea of hitting the man, and just smashed the magician and the door together.
When everyone was scrambling for the door, no one thought that Qiao Song didn't regard the door as a valuable item at all, but just threw it away.
An ice cream truck that had no sense of existence suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Gao Chengcheng started the engine and prepared to crash into this side, as if he wanted to crash into the door and rush in at the last second.
The Leo man who was closest to her seemed to have anticipated Qiao Song's return. He suddenly grabbed the rear wheel of the ice cream truck, dragged Gao Chengcheng back for a while, and threw her in another direction.
Bai You rode a flying broom and flew towards this side like a real witch.
"Sister Qiao Song, we agreed to cooperate, so we can't break the contract~"
When Qiao Song saw her coming, he stopped fighting with the magician and ran back.
As soon as she ran away, there was no one to take care of the magician, and the little witch had to fight with the strategy team to prevent You Yitong from using those strange skills.
Qiao Song immediately turned around and hit the Leo man with a hammer. After the man crossed his hands to block his hammer, he was quickly knocked several meters away by the restarted ice cream truck.
The field was in complete chaos. All the teams that had agreed to cooperate split up and fought to the death for a door. Anyone who approached the door would be besieged by everyone. Jiang Zuting was thrown out and emptied his piggy bank before he even had time to straighten his crooked glasses.
"Buy a safe passage!"
But he didn't know whether his trick could be successfully implemented under the interception of other guilds. After all, there were only two people in their group. At this moment, Qiao Song came like a god from heaven: "Angel investor, I'm here to repay you! Quick!"
The Leo man who was about to interfere again was held back for a second by Qiao Song.
Amidst the flying banknotes, Jiang Zuting was stunned to see a door of light flying towards him.
[Ding! Congratulations to all players, the last map cooldown has ended, Evernight Town is about to close, please leave in time]
Under the surprised eyes of everyone, the two people from the Black Iron Guild, along with their car, disappeared on the spot as if they had found a bargain.
The veins on You Yitong's forehead were throbbing: "Qiao Song——!"
Qiao Song actually didn't care who the last door was given to. At the last second of the countdown, she jumped into Gao Chengcheng's car without looking back: "Run!"
The ice cream cart instantly rushed in and another light gate appeared next to it.
Before the number disappeared, everyone saw that it was just an ordinary teleportation light gate.
The vast majority of people who lost their competitive goals also chose to leave immediately.
But the vast majority of players in the Eternal Night Town felt resentful, as if the grand prize had slipped through their fingers, and the display screen that showed they had lost both the wife and the army was shaking with anger.
"Why did you eject me? Why did you eject me?!"
He tugged at the wire of the docking display in front of him and frantically questioned the AI monitoring the VIP room: "You must give me an explanation! Why does an ordinary player have props beyond my authority? The terminal hasn't appeared in more than 700 sessions, but I have it as soon as I get here!? Do you, Hearse Entertainment, have a backdoor for special players?!"
A pale blue shadow floated in front of him: "I regret to inform you that players' own items are not within our management scope, and because you have exceeded the survival red line set by the system, the additional losses will require compensation."
A few seconds later, he was so angry that he almost overturned the color screen in the entire lounge, and even the main body was about to smoke and crack.
He could only swipe the card while keeping the name Qiao Song firmly in his mind.
He will definitely not let this guy go! After the last picture is over, he will definitely not let Qiao Song leave Hearse Entertainment!
It was obvious that Boss Cai was not the only one who hated Qiao Song. The Leo man, who had been tricked, punched the closest member of the strategy team and sent him flying. The latter was quickly pulled away by his teammates and entered a light gate.
"She is actually in cahoots with the Black Iron Guild." In such a chaotic situation, he was determined to clear the way for the Black Iron Guild even if he would gain nothing. He actually underestimated the other party.
However, the little witch's expression is even uglier than that of the Leo man.
The Leo man frowned and prepared to carry her into the car. Now they only had two choices, either go back to the maintenance station or find a portal to leave Evernight Town first. Anyway, the door to the terminal was obtained by the Black Iron Guild. With such a big target in mind, they could still find a way to obtain the secrets of the Hearse Entertainment Terminal through other means.
It's not difficult to keep an eye on such a huge organization.
Dawnland doesn't care about the treasure at the terminal. They only care about seeing Red at the terminal and asking her questions about going home.
However, Bai You's tone was unusually cold.
"We were fooled by that guy."
The Leo man originally thought that Bai You was going to say that Qiao Song was actually an ally of the Black Iron Guild.
He wanted to say don't worry about it, but he saw the little witch had already taken out a card.
"Door number 000 is fake."
The witch card with Qiao Song's face still had that hearty smile, but it looked particularly glaring at this moment.
The probability of reaching the final destination predicted by Bai You in advance had become - when the countdown of the cooling period reached zero.
100%
If the door to the terminal was really obtained by the Black Iron Guild, then the probability should be 0.
Qiao Song is the one who can truly reach the destination. She fooled everyone, including the two fools in Heitie who thought they had gotten a bargain.