Chapter 684 [(*^▽^*)]
At that moment, the tsunami was already approaching, a magnificent sight that blotted out the sky... If they weren't the ones suffering at sea, they would also be deeply shocked.
Lin Leyou, with Xue Rui by his side, activated his talent "Ghost Wall" to envelop the two of them. The next second, the person who had chased after them arrived nearby, but they did not see them there.
"What's going on? They shouldn't be walking this fast..."
He took two steps forward, somewhat bewildered. It was these two steps that allowed the two people trapped inside the ghost wall to see him. The moment Lin Leyou saw him, he recognized him: "It's the person who came to find me on the first day, pretending to be you."
Although the person looked completely unfamiliar, I was absolutely certain that my intuition was correct.
Xue Rui stared at it for a long time, then said, "It's Xue Qian."
Lin Leyou was taken aback. "You can recognize me?"
Xue Rui smiled meaningfully, "No matter what he becomes, he carries a repulsive aura. I can recognize him as soon as I see him."
Lin Leyou: "The tsunami is coming."
Xue Rui looked away and looked ahead. The time from now until now wasn't short, but it wasn't long either; it was just the right amount of time.
Xue Rui could witness his father's illegitimate son being swept away by the tsunami up close. With more than four hours left before the dungeon ended, he simply couldn't believe that this person could survive to the end.
The tsunami swept in from afar, covering the sky, and passed over the island without even stopping. The two of them stayed inside the maze, watching the entire island being destroyed by the tsunami right before their eyes.
Everything on the island, including the hotel, vanished in an instant. As he expected, even a thick layer of the ground was washed away. When they came to their senses, all that was left outside was the surging sea.
Their location was also covered by seawater, and they could not see the sea surface.
Xue Rui and Lin Leyou were in the sea. There was no one else in sight. They embraced each other and looked up into the dark water.
However... the sunlight was blocked by dark, heavy clouds, and the howling winds whipped up the waves again and again, sometimes even causing tsunamis. After an unknown amount of time, they saw the sea again, and the small island reappeared in the air, but this time... it was completely barren.
Lin Leyou took a deep breath, "It's amazing! Without this ghost wall, I would definitely be dead!"
Xue Rui looked up at the sky. "The storm is getting worse."
The heavy rain and waves continued to pound against the island, as if they wouldn't stop until they had completely washed it away.
Lin Leyou: "Besides us, there is no one else on this island."
Xue Rui: "Perhaps it was well hidden."
Lin Leyou said, "Wait for two hours first."
Although the storm outside was raging, the area inside the "ghost wall" where they were was very quiet. Even the rain couldn't get in. It could be said that the ghost wall was another space that was not directly connected to the outside.
The two hours seemed to stretch on endlessly as Lin Leyou quietly counted down the time. He even felt like three hours had passed, but when he came to his senses, he realized that only half an hour had gone by.
Xue Rui: "There's some movement."
People outside couldn't see them, but they could see what was happening outside. Lin Leyou also noticed the commotion outside. Not far away, roughly in the center of the island, the ground began to bulge upwards.
Before long, a large chunk of earth and rock was lifted to the side, and the next second a cautious head popped out from inside. "Nobody's here, everyone come out."
He climbed up first, and then pulled the rest of the people out, a total of six.
Xue Rui, "Six Players".
Lin Leyou nodded. He noticed that the person Xue Rui had recognized as Xue Qian was also among them.
That's quite surprising. I don't know how Xue Qian managed to get a player to save his life at the last moment. He really has some tricks up his sleeve.
To Lin Leyou and his group's surprise, five of the six players were in a group, while Xue Qian was the only one isolated. The reason for this was quite obvious...
"How did you even get in here? It's all your fault! You squeezed one of our teammates out, you deserve to die!"
The other players also looked at Xue Qian with hostility, as if they would kill him if he didn't give them a reasonable explanation.
Lin Leyou thought that Xue Qian probably had some kind of tricky prop that could switch places, and so on...
If he had this prop, it wouldn't be surprising if he survived. Xue Qian probably couldn't know these people's arrangements in advance, so even if he could switch places, it would probably be random.
Could we swap one of him and Xue Rui?
If Xue Rui is replaced, he will most likely not survive. Even if Lin Leyou survives, it won't make a difference, as his mission is to protect the five players.
Even if there weren't five, he still wanted to protect Xue Rui so he could survive.
But if he were to switch places with himself... this "ghost wall" phenomenon is his talent. If he himself were no longer there, the "ghost wall" phenomenon would be impossible to exist no matter what.
Faced with these people's questioning and ill intentions, Xue Qian said directly, "I have a talent that allows me to reset the cooldown time of a certain item once."
Now everyone fell silent; no one dared to be sure that the tsunami would only happen once.
If it happens again, they will all be swept away, but the item that protected them has already been used, and the cooldown time is very long. It absolutely cannot be used a second time before the dungeon ends.
But if the cooldown could be reset, that would be a huge help, and could even save their lives.
Lin Leyou said, "I never expected him to have such great talent."
Xue Rui said, "His talent limitation must be extraordinary. We'll figure out a way to deal with him after he uses this skill."
Lin Leyou smiled and said, "Don't worry, the second time... isn't it here now?"
The two looked towards the distant horizon once more. After a while, Xue Rui chuckled, "I didn't expect them to come so quickly. It's only been half an hour, and they've already come a second time..."
Neither Lin Leyou nor Xue Qian spoke, and the players on the other side noticed this as well. They immediately urged Xue Qian to use his talent on a certain item.
Xue Qian hesitated, however, because the only thing he had that was useful to these players was his talent. His position-swapping item was a one-time consumable, meaning it had to be carried around and used at any time.
I didn't expect that even after entering the dungeon, this item was still on me, not in my inventory or left in the real world.
He then chose a disguise item so that he could impersonate others at will within the instance, so that even if he killed someone, he could easily frame someone else and hide himself.
However, this disguise item doesn't give him a high survival rate now, because the replacement was random, so he doesn't know what the person he replaced looks like. Otherwise, if he disguised himself as that person, he could have gotten away with it.
What should we do now?
"Why are you standing there like that? Quickly reset this item's cooldown, the tsunami is coming!"
The other person was speaking and seemed very anxious. He even pushed Xue Qian while he was talking, which made Xue Qian think that after resetting the props, these people would definitely abandon him and he would hide.
He no longer has a second replacement device. If he is swept away by the sea, he will surely die. Although he can swim, that skill is limited to swimming pools.
Xue Qian held out his hand, "Give me the props."
The owner of the prop frowned slightly. "Don't lie to me. You don't need to actually touch the prop to use your talent."
Xue Qian, "You have talent too?"
The other person was taken aback. He really didn't have the talent. Of course, he was very envious and had studied it, but because neither he nor his friend had the talent, their work was limited to research.
Xue Qian glanced at the distant tsunami and said, "Hurry up, or we'll still be arguing about this when the tsunami comes. Give it to us."
The other person gritted his teeth and was about to place the item in his hand when he was stopped by a female player next to him. "Wait a minute."
"What's wrong? We're going to be too late..."
The female player sneered, "He's lying."
Everyone was stunned for a moment. "A lie?"
Xue Qian's lips twitched, his face contorted. "What did you say? I'm lying? You mean I don't have the talent? If I don't have the talent to reset this item, then even if I get it, I'll still die."
The female player's expression was unreadable. "I knew you weren't a good person when you used items to replace our teammates before. Now that you have the items, who knows if you'll just use them after resetting them and leave us here?"
That's exactly what Xue Qian was thinking. The female player was absolutely right, but Xue Qian wasn't afraid at all. "So what do you want? I have to have this item before I can reset it."
The female player hadn't been entirely sure before, but now, seeing his attitude, she was 100% certain that he indeed had ill intentions. She was too lazy to talk to Xue Qian anymore, and instead looked at her teammates, asking, "What do you guys think?"
After some thought, they said, "Let's leave him for now and go back underground. We'll find a way to completely seal the entrance above and come back up after this tsunami has passed."
After thinking for a moment, the female player finally called Xue Qian over.
Just kidding, if they exclude him, what if Xue Qian causes trouble outside while they have to seal the entrance? Only by including him will he not only not cause trouble, but will also do his best to help.
Xue Qian hadn't expected this. They rejected his talent, but were still willing to take him along.
The five of them quickly returned to the underground area, and they put back the soil and rocks that had been broken open above ground, but...
Lin Leyou said, "With such heavy rain, in just a short time, it should have flooded at least half of the space below, right? Besides... when the tsunami comes, do they really plan to rely on this to survive?"
Keep in mind that this island was submerged in the sea for a full half hour.
Xue Rui: "There should be other props we can use. Let's wait and see."
Lin Leyou said, "If all else fails, we'll rescue a few people and then I'll pretend to be a player."
Xue Rui: "Those players who know you are hotel staff."
Lin Leyou said, "I just need to cover my face, they won't be able to tell."
Xue Rui: "We'll see when the time comes. There's no need to think about it now."
Lin Leyou nodded with a smile. He knew that Xue Rui didn't want to expose himself, but he seemed to have forgotten that there were also powerful NPCs in many dungeons who would help players.
The prerequisite is that the player can raise the NPC's favorability to a very high level.
When the barren island was submerged by the sea again, surprisingly no one appeared. They remained safely inside. This time, the island was submerged for about twenty minutes, which was faster than before.
After the tide receded, they emerged from underground once more, and this time Lin Leyou clearly saw that they brought water out of the pit with them.
"This underground space cannot be used a third time."
Lin Leyou shared Xue Rui's view: at this crucial moment, they could only see whether the players wanted Xue Qian to reset the item. If they could, they could save their lives once again; if not, they would have to keep enduring.
The decision-making time didn't take long, less than half an hour. On the horizon, everyone saw huge waves again. This time, the waves were half the height of the previous ones, but they were still enough to submerge the small island.
If they don't hurry to protect themselves, even if they survive this time, they will be swept away by the sea, and then it will be impossible for them to find this island again.
Xue Qian looked at the player holding the life-saving item, "Do you want to reset the item or not?"
Even though he was soaked to the bone, Xue Qian still felt his mouth was extremely dry, and he even unconsciously stuck out his tongue to lick his lips. "Give me an answer."
All five players were in a bad mood. After thinking for a while, the female player spoke up, "This item, can you reset it just by having it in your hand?"
Xue Qian's eyes flickered slightly. If it were before, he would have already cursed out loud, but after being beaten up by so many dungeons, he has at least learned to pretend a little.
"Yes, I've been saying that before."
The female player said, "Since that's the case..."
He took the item from the player next to him. It was a shovel-shaped item, and it looked like a slightly enlarged gardening shovel in his hand.
She handed the props to Xue Qian, who slowly reached out and grabbed the shovel. As he tried to take it, he felt resistance; she hadn't let go. "Hmm?"
The female player said, "It's already in your hands, can you reset the item now?"
"You're not going to say again that I have to let go and only you can touch the item to reset it, are you? If that's the case, then let go now."
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