Chapter 265 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui leaned against the wall with a calm expression, waiting for the last few players to arrive or die, and before them lay the door to success.
There are many gaps in this door, each corresponding to the mission items they obtained in certain secret rooms. Some are key fragments, while others are special items like the female curator's necklace.
Xue Rui discovered a groove on the door containing a miniature heart necklace, as well as a groove for a key the size of a palm. The fragment in his hand was only a part of it.
Xue Rui's gaze subtly swept over the other twelve players, unaware of which players held the remaining key fragments.
Lin Leyou noticed that the atmosphere around Xue Rui seemed somewhat heavy, yet not tense at all. After all, all they had to do now was collect all the mission items, open the gate, and successfully complete the level.
Time passed slowly, each second feeling like an eternity to them. Lin Leyou felt that these players, including Xue Rui, must have been asking the system about the number of remaining players every now and then.
Finally, after forty minutes, a good result was achieved. Of the five players who were scattered outside, four eventually came to the gate. Adding to the thirteen players who were originally here with Xue Rui, there are now a total of seventeen players alive who have made it to the gate.
Apart from the four players who had just arrived and each found a corner to rest or treat their injuries, the other players were getting restless.
But... now is obviously not the time to talk, after all, no one wants to be the first to speak. It wasn't until the later players had rested that everyone started to get restless.
In any case, someone has to come out and ask questions, or even put the quest items they have in their hands into the groove of the gate in front of them, so that the gate can be opened and they can pass through and leave.
"Gentlemen, why don't we all put what we're holding inside?"
Everyone agreed with this suggestion. While handing over the items to someone to place them might mitigate some potential dangers, they were more afraid that the items they had worked so hard to obtain would end up being lost because they hadn't placed them, resulting in a loss of points after clearing the level.
Of course, this is just speculation, but everyone wants to be on the safe side.
Everyone had already observed the grooves on the gate and noticed their own. Of the seventeen players present, the one with the most items had four, and the one with the fewest had one.
After putting away the necklace with the miniature heart, Xue Rui took out a key fragment from his hand and stood there playing with it, while also checking if anyone else had one.
result……
Everyone put their items in, but in the end, they were still missing one key—a key the size of a palm. All the players except Xue Rui were staring at him.
Xue Rui was also surprised. He shrugged and said, "Don't look at me. I only have this one fragment. Don't any of you have any fragments of this key?"
Many people shook their heads, saying, "No."
"No way? Do we have to go back and look for it? Where are we even supposed to look?"
"We should have visited every single place by now..."
"While we still have time, let's go back and look for any other secret rooms we can still enter. They must be in one of those rooms."
"We only have ten hours left. If we can't get back or find them within ten hours, then we're all doomed."
How many points will be deducted if I fail to pass this level?
"Successfully clearing the dungeon will reward you with 5,000 points. If you fail, you will be deducted 500 points. The difficulty of this dungeon is C level, and the points deducted will be one-tenth of the reward."
"Speaking of which, if the difficulty of dungeons increases in the future, will the points deducted for failure be increased to one-fifth, or even one-half, or even the same amount?"
Everyone gasped. The higher you go, the greater the risk of failure becomes.
Everyone was shaken, but that's not the most important thing right now.
"Let's first see where to find the key fragments. Look at the one in this brother's hand, it's about a third the size, and it's in the middle. We need to find the key fragments at the beginning and end now."
Just then, a piece of key fragment appeared in Lin Leyou's hand. It was the part from the key handle and hung at the bottom of the necklace. He took the necklace, examined it carefully, and then put it around his neck.
"System notification: You will be teleported to the entrance of this instance in one minute. Your task is to kill as many players as possible before the key fragment is taken."
Lin Leyou made some preparations, changed his clothes into the blood-stained outfit he had just thrown on the ground, and then smeared some red paint on his face.
Holding a sharp knife, he walked to the full-length mirror with a smile on his face and looked at himself. He was indeed a frightening figure. Not bad, not bad.
A minute isn't much time; he only looked at himself in the mirror for a short while before the scene before him changed.
Upon reaching the gate, the scene in front of Lin Leyou vanished, and Xue Rui and the other players truly appeared before these still-alive BOSSes.
Oh, no, it's not that the players appeared in front of them, but rather that these bosses suddenly appeared in front of the players.
Upon seeing these bosses, some players quickly realized what was happening.
"Damn it! If we don't kill these bosses while clearing the levels, they'll all gather at the exit! What do we do now? There are six bosses in total, we..."
"Look! Two of the bosses are wearing necklaces with key fragments on them, the two pieces we're missing!"
"Is it possible to not need to kill all the bosses, but just steal these two fragments, combine the key, and put it into that slot to open the door and clear the level?"
"That must be it, otherwise how could seventeen of us kill the six bosses in front of us? This place is so big, there are plenty of places to move around."
Lin Leyou's gaze first swept over the players, then looked at the other five BOSSes beside him. Some of them were human-like and seemed to be in similar situations to him, which was not bad.
Of course, there were also some that looked badly injured, probably from players who had previously challenged them. Their expressions were truly terrifying, staring intently at one of the players, their eyes filled with a desire to tear him to pieces right now.
The player's expression was also strained, probably regretting not having completely killed the BOSS when he left.
There are also some bosses that don't look like humans. They are two monsters, one of which is a conceptual monster covered with tentacles that look like mud. It's impossible to describe what it is.
The other monster had withered, thin limbs and a body, with a tail longer than its body. Its head was similar to a dog's, but when it opened its mouth, there were two rows of densely packed, sharp teeth that made one's scalp tingle.
The boss next to Lin Leyou has another key fragment, so the two of them are definitely the players' primary targets.
It's probably because they were in the best condition that they were chosen to hold the key fragments.
But in the current situation, it seems they don't need to work hard. No matter how well they do, they won't get any rewards. At most, they'll kill a player and get 200 points for each one.
Lin Leyou wasn't very motivated, but then he received a system notification.
"System notification: Killing a player at this time will reward you with 1000 points."
Wow, that's an increase of 800 points from 200 to 1000. Although he wasn't particularly excited, he did feel a little more motivated.
Lin Leyou stretched his limbs slightly, then looked at the players opposite him with a bloodthirsty smile. "Time's up, guys, let's start the game!"
Some of the bosses standing next to Lin Leyou started wildly dancing, except for the one who, like him, had a key fragment.
The two of them stood still, while the other bosses rushed forward, especially the monster covered in muddy tentacles, which left behind a lot of black, smelly mud as it moved.
He leaned closer to Lin Leyou and asked, "Why don't you go over there?"
Lin Leyou swung his sword in his direction, dodging it as expected. This BOSS was no simple character either. "Just mind your own business."
He spoke without holding back, but the boss wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled gently and said, "I like your personality."
Lin Leyou was speechless. Did he like this kind of personality? Even if it was an act? Speechless. It's better to stay away from him, lest this is also a resident playing an NPC and gets entangled with him.
While the players ahead were being chased by the BOSS, Lin Leyou's gaze fell on the players who were in bad shape and had been seriously injured before arriving here.
He slowly walked forward. Of course, some players held off the other bosses, while the remaining players who were free would come over and attack the two carrying the fragments.
However, they didn't know the nature of the sharp knife in Lin Leyou's hand.
Facing the first player who charged at him, he seemed to be the kind of person who would rather get close and attack than risk taking a hit himself.
Since that's the case, Lin Leyou felt that it would be too heartless of him not to give him this chance, so he let him get close enough to attack him.
At this distance, not only could he attack him, but Lin Leyou's dagger could also easily strike him. Just as the weapon in the other's hand was still a few centimeters away from his head, Lin Leyou's dagger had already slashed across his body.
Before his weapon could even land on Lin Leyou, his head had already flown off and landed some distance away, where it was caught by the mud-like tentacles.
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