Chapter 301: Counterattack
The fourth disaster refers to the players. Because the players' operations are full of uncertainty, they will have a great impact on the game situation. It also refers to the console players.
This word is used here, and the players are naturally not referring to the natives or tourists who encounter the blue light and various devouring games, but the real controllers who jump out of all this and hide behind the blue light.
Because the disaster is terrible and huge, whether it is ordinary people or expert teams, the direction of their imagination and doubts will only be limited to the disaster.
Perhaps it is a secret and huge anti-human annihilation action by an unknown organization, or perhaps it is a terrifying experiment by an experimental team backed by a huge financial group... In short, it is often difficult for people in the game to jump out and interpret the disaster from another perspective.
If this disaster is not a disaster for the people behind it, if the focus is on the game rather than the killing... Now thinking back, the broken platform in the station can also prove this point, because after all, it is also a game.
All these seemingly terrible disasters are only for the people in the game. If you jump out of this frame, it is just a game, and they are not even the protagonists, but just "pond fish" affected by the edge of the game.
Youxi shook his head, temporarily suppressing all the thoughts triggered by this conjecture.
The third point, and the most important one: their mission is not to avoid disasters, but to find stations, or even some more important rewards, but to completely leave the endless train world.
Xing Min and Xi Yuan also know this.
They have received the same message before: Congratulations on successfully surviving the black hole swallowing. From this, it can be judged that some information and rewards may not appear until the cumulative number of "survivals" increases.
Therefore, they should not avoid disasters, because the blue light area has what they need.
Xing Min poured two cups of coffee, added fresh milk and a small amount of sugar, and handed one to You Xi: "Do you want to change places tonight?"
You Xi looked at another map in his hand, which was a rough topographic map of the entire city-state. It marked the areas where blue light had appeared, and there was no pattern.
"Avoiding blue light and waiting for blue light are actually the same. No matter where you stay, it is a matter of probability. Fortunately, we still have more than 40 days. As for tonight-" You Xi said, his expression became serious, and when Xing Min and Xi Yuan looked at him, he took out a coin from the space, "...Flip the coin to decide whether to stay here or change places tonight!"
Xing Min: ...
Xi Yuan: ...
**
At 11 o'clock that night, the piercing sound of the whistle echoed through the night sky.
No matter how people prayed, the blue light still appeared. This time, there were as many as seven or eight areas where the blue light appeared at the same time.
Youxi's tree house was still in the original place. She looked at the ruins outside the glass wall that turned blue, and instantly put away the glass tree house.
The three people fell from mid-air because of the disappearance of the tree house. They had already put on sportswear and looked up at the countdown that appeared in the air not far away.
4, 3 , 2, 1——
…
Two consecutive nights of fear and complete sleeplessness made many people who moved to the black hole invasion area very sleepy.
Although most people were still alert and afraid, as the night deepened, many people slowly dozed off with blankets in their arms.
When the whistle sounded, some people had not yet reacted. Even if they reacted, they subconsciously thought that they were in a safe area and would not be so unlucky to be chosen again.
Until a shrill scream sounded nearby.
When they untied the tent with pale faces and trembling, they saw something eating the tent and people not far away.
Short forelimbs, huge teeth, and a long tail - this is a dinosaur, a terrible creature that has disappeared in the long river of history.
Compared with the 3D stereoscopic image simulated in the data, the dinosaur in front of them undoubtedly looks a bit sloppy, with a dark green body with a painted texture and limbs that are somewhat disproportionate. It looks exactly like it was taken from an animated film...
But its appearance does not affect the bloody picture it creates at this moment.
Inside the tent that was bitten was a young couple. More than half of the husband's legs had disappeared into the dinosaur's mouth. The trembling wife was holding his hand tightly, trying to save him from the dinosaur's mouth, but compared to the dinosaur's sharp teeth, her pulling force was negligible.
The husband's pants were stained with blood, and his voice was distorted. He let go of his wife's hand and told her to run.
Run! Run quickly -
the wife didn't know where she got the courage from, found the kitchen cutter that was used as a temporary self-defense weapon, and swung it towards the dinosaur's neck.
A moment later, the husband whose leg was bitten off suddenly fell to the ground, and the dinosaur that attacked them disappeared. The wife who survived the disaster hugged her husband and cried loudly, but before she could come to her senses, a huge shadow suddenly enveloped them.
The two turned around and saw a huge mouth full of sharp teeth falling towards them - it was another dinosaur, five or six times the size of the previous one, and it swallowed them in an instant with just one bite.
The faces of several people who witnessed all this in the opposite tent were pale, and they didn't even have the strength to get up and run away.
How could it be! ?
Hasn't this place been invaded by a black hole?
The area covered by the blue light will obviously not overlap, so how could it become a killing field again?
The first areas that encountered the blue light that night were almost all areas that had been invaded by black holes or snakes.
When Youxi used a drone to check the surrounding situation, Xing Min told her the news he browsed online: "... This situation actually broke the randomness and disorder of the blue light."
Xiyuan frowned and thought about it, and soon understood: "Could it be - because of the number of people?"
"Yes, the black hole area was not covered repeatedly before because the number of people dropped drastically after the disaster, and some people were waiting and watching and did not move over. But after yesterday, most people thought that the blue light would not cover it repeatedly, so they began to move. This situation should have happened to every ruins area, so these areas will be the first to be hit tonight."
Xing Min continued to browse various videos on the Internet while speaking, "The swallowing dinosaur that appeared this time is similar to the swallowing snake yesterday. After swallowing a certain number of small objects or people, its body size will grow larger, and then it will start to swallow larger objects, and finally start to demolish houses... There is more than one swallowing dinosaur in the same blue light area, and different sizes of the same kind will also swallow each other. Some people have resisted the swallowing dinosaurs, and the dinosaurs will disappear after suffering fatal injuries..."
Xiyuan's two red electronic eyes lit up: "Then should we give it a try? Maybe we'll get some rewards?"
Youxi thought so too. She used the drone to lock the position of a Devouring Dinosaur, and then quickly came to the vicinity with Xingmin and Xiyuan.
This Devouring Dinosaur has grown twice, and is now about the same size as a normal Tyrannosaurus Rex.
It was lying outside a half-collapsed two-story building, devouring the building's outer wall. There should be people in the building, and they were screaming as the dinosaur destroyed the outer wall.
Youxi threw two hot weapons to Xingmin and Xiyuan, and the three of them raised their guns, aimed at the dinosaur and started shooting.
The bullets hit the dinosaur's dark green skin, making a series of dull "puff puff" sounds. After a round of shooting, the dinosaur had no wounds on its body, and it did not disappear.
Instead, the attack of the three people attracted its attention. The tall dinosaur roared, turned around and swooped towards them.
The three were startled. Xing Min and Xi Yuan threw their weapons back to You Xi. You Xi put away the three assault guns and replaced the weapon in his hand with an [air hair dryer]. Xi Yuan took out the bound weapon black long sword, and Xing Min's fingers also showed light golden fragments.
The three retreated and attacked again.
The black long sword was swung out with scorching heat, and the remaining trees on both sides were burned into black charcoal, but the dinosaur was intact.
The air bullet of the [air hair dryer] exploded at the neck of the dinosaur with a bang, but it did not cause even a small cut except for making it roar in anger.
The light golden fragments turned into thin blades, flew out of Xing Min's hands, and went towards several vital points on the dinosaur.
Youxi and the other two were already mentally prepared at this time. After discovering that the dinosaur was still unharmed, they immediately put away their weapons and turned around and ran.
Their attacks were ineffective against the Devouring Dinosaur!
Why?
Could it be - because they are tourists?
The current situation did not allow them to think too much. The tall dinosaur behind them was completely enraged by their repeated attacks. At this moment, it was roaring and chasing them closely.
Youxi still turned on the 3D stereo screen, and saw the escape route clearly through the vision of the drone while keeping running.
But because half of her attention was focused on the high-altitude vision of the drone, even if she was held by Xing Min and led by him, it would always affect her running speed and agility.
When the three of them passed through a piece of building ruins, a half-collapsed high-rise building in front of them was suddenly smashed from the inside by something. The building shook and tilted, and countless building fragments fell towards them like rain.
With a collapsed building in front and a dinosaur chasing behind, Youxi was planning to turn off the 3D screen and concentrate on escaping, but she suddenly felt lighter. It turned out that Xiyuan, who was running on the side, reached out his hand, lifted her up, placed her on his strong metal arm, and then held her tightly.
"You continue to use the drone for reconnaissance, I will take you through safely!" Xiyuan held her and walked beside Xingmin.
Xingmin glanced at the tall robot beside him and didn't say anything more at this moment. He stretched out his hand and released a light golden shield. The two of them ran hard in tacit understanding, passing through the building debris falling like rain, and passed through this ruined area at the fastest speed.
Behind them, the roar of another dinosaur came.
The three stopped and looked back. The dinosaur that was chasing them collided with another dinosaur that collapsed the tall building. The dinosaur that collapsed the tall building was probably bigger than the dinosaur that was chasing them because it had eaten a lot of building debris.
The bigger dinosaur began to eat the smaller dinosaur. With one bite, the dinosaur's body was directly missing a corner. It wailed and tried to escape, but was stepped on by the sturdy claws. It quickly fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust, and then was eaten up bit by bit...
The three people seemed to be watching a primitive and savage fight in the Jurassic era. They were stunned for a moment, and then at Youxi's signal, they escaped from the scene through another path.
Ten minutes later, the blue light disappeared, and familiar words appeared on Youxi's 3D screen again.
——Congratulations on surviving the dinosaur swallowing!
At the same time, the Endless Train's phone, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly vibrated.
Tip: Congratulations on surviving the swallowing game twice. You have been upgraded. Awakening: minus 3, game time limit: 30 seconds.
Game time limit (30 seconds): Do you want to turn on (yes/no?)
Awakening?
Game time limit?
What does this mean?
**
After Youxi and Tang Yatong's three people reported their safety through the "Life Assistance Device", they began to study and discuss the newly received news with each other.
Tang Yatong and the other two were also temporarily staying in the black hole invasion zone, so they were also attacked by blue light and swallowing dinosaurs this time.
Like the three people in Youxi, they received the words "Congratulations on surviving" on the "Life Assistance Device", but because they only experienced a blue light attack once, they did not receive any prompts on their mobile phones. In addition to
tourists, the words that appear on the "Life Assistance Device" will also be received by the indigenous people of this station, but it seems to be just a line of words, and there are no functional prompts.
However, the indigenous people's attacks on the things that appear in the blue light are effective, and whether there are functional prompts or not does not seem to have much impact.
As for Xiyuan, he is both an indigenous person and a tourist, but this time he is very unlucky. As an indigenous person, the attack he launched is ineffective against the things in the blue light. As a tourist, he did not receive any mobile phone prompts.
In summary, he was in a very awkward position, and could only follow his friends and do some odd jobs at this station...
In the tree house, the iron-gray robot hung his head and looked a little depressed.
Youxi passed by him, patted his stiff head, walked to the bar, took out two cups of brown sugar pearl milk tea, handed one to Xingmin who was busy in front of the laptop, and drank one for herself.
She looked at the words "game time limit" on the screen of her mobile phone, and thought that instead of guessing, she might as well click and give it a try.
However, when she clicked "Open", a line of words popped up on the screen: The game area has not been detected yet, and it cannot be used!
"Game area?" Xiyuan also came over, "Do you mean the area covered by the blue light?"
"Probably. It seems that this function can only be used in the blue light area." Youxi put away his phone and looked at Xingmin again, "Is it done?"
Xing Min was using a "life assistant" to connect to a laptop and using the Internet to hack directly into an encryption program of the city-state's management. In his eyes, the encryption program with layers of protection was nothing more than data that could be obtained by simply opening it.
"Okay." He copied the program on his notebook, made some modifications, and then sent it back to his "Life Assistance Device". Then he shared the modified version with other teammates through the "Life Assistance Device". "Now just open this program and you can instantly find the area with the largest number of people in the city-state. If according to our guess, the blue light coverage is based on the number of people, so we just need to transfer according to the area with the largest number of people above."
"We'll know if our guess is accurate after a try." You Xi said, and looked at the time. "It's eleven o'clock in the morning now, and there are still seven hours before dark. Let's have lunch first, and then we'll leave here after lunch."
That night, You Xi and the other two who moved to the West 220 half-air area were covered by blue light again.
The conjecture has been confirmed. The blue light does appear based on the number of people. Although the number of blue light areas that appear each time is random, as long as the area is covered by the blue light, it is a densely populated area.
This time, a circular aircraft similar to a flying saucer appeared in the blue light. Its bottom will release a kind of suction, and small objects within the suction range will be sucked into the flying saucer and swallowed.
Initially, the flying saucer is only two or three stories high from the ground. As the number of swallowed objects and humans increases, the flying saucer will quickly become larger and rise to a higher altitude. After that, the range covered by the suction will also increase, and the suction will become stronger, and it will repeat over and over again.
This is no longer the time when the blue light just appeared. Many people in the city-state are mentally prepared. Compared with the tricky black hole, such a flying saucer is obviously easier to attack.
The police and firefighters in the area all took action and fought back.
However, compared to the dinosaurs, the UFOs were more defensive and more flexible. And just like the Devouring Dinosaurs, there were more than one UFO in the same blue light area.
Some police cars chased the UFOs and shot at them for a short time before they were sucked into the air by another UFO along with the people in the car.
The newly appeared UFOs floated at a height of seven or eight floors. The huge round body of the UFO cast a large shadow of death, chasing the other police cars below.
Several police cars drove crookedly along the way, and scattered objects and people who were unable to dodge were sucked into the air one by one. The people in the police cars called for help and asked for help from the police officers carrying heavy weapons on another street...
In the chaos, a loud noise came from the air behind them. The UFO that was chasing them was hit by a magnetically controlled missile. The UFO was like a wrong picture in the video. It was stuck in the air for a moment, and then suddenly broke apart and turned into countless fragments. The fragments evaporated like water vapor before touching the ground. In
just a few seconds, the shadow of death hanging over their heads disappeared completely.
The police car stopped, and the people inside looked at the location where the missiles were launched. On the top of a three-story building, two people wearing black masks were evacuating the roof in a neat and tidy manner.
The heavy weapon that required a robot or an armed vehicle to use was easily carried on the shoulders of one of them, like a toy...
The intercom in the police car suddenly rang. It was a message from the police station, saying that not long ago, someone took advantage of the chaos to break into the armory and took away several magnetically controlled missile launchers and several boxes of magnetically controlled missiles.
They didn't see the other person's appearance clearly, but the magnetically controlled missile launcher was very conspicuous. They were ready to issue a city-wide bounty notice, and they would definitely find the other person soon.
"Don't issue a notice--" In a police car, the sheriff who escaped death picked up the walkie-talkie, "The other side is not the enemy, but those strange things that suddenly appeared are! Notify them and attack the UFO with all your strength!"
At the same time, Youxi and Xingmin walked down the rooftop stairs and threw the newly acquired heavy weapons back into the space under the cover of the building.
Under the building, Xiyuan, who was waiting in the driving area of a truck, started the car as soon as he saw them coming down.
The driving area of this truck is relatively large, and three people can sit in it at the same time, but due to design problems, ordinary people cannot drive it, and it can only be driven by robots.
After Youxi got in the car, he took out his mobile phone, and the 30-second game time limit on it had expired.
Within the game time limit, she is considered a game participant by default and can counterattack any devouring game that goes beyond this station in the blue light coverage area. The UFO was shot down in this way.
After the UFO was hit and shattered, her phone received a prompt.
Prompt: The game results counting function has been turned on, and the redemption function has been turned on.
Game results: Devouring black holes (0), Devouring snakes (0), Devouring dinosaurs (0), Devouring UFOs (1)...
Redemption: Gold rewards (non-redeemable), silver rewards (non-redeemable), colorless rewards (redeemable), hidden rewards (not yet activated).
You Xi hummed at the interface of his mobile phone: "It's really a game!"
It was indeed the fourth disaster. The entire site had become a game world for high-latitude creatures. This mode was even different from that of the Seventh Hell world.
Because the higher creatures in the Seventh Hell world acknowledged the existence of killing and blood, but on this site, for the high-latitude creatures, everything here might just be a game interface.
Just like in the original world of Youxi, people who kill time playing mobile games would never care about the animated characters on the screen...
Xiyuan started the car and looked at Youxi: "Where are we going after we get off?"
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