Kill Notice
After entering the transfer station and saying goodbye to Sun Zhanghao, Xu Wei heard a burst of cheerful music coming from above his head.
The pedestrians nearby all stopped, looked up with interest, and occasionally chatted with each other, as if they were waiting for something.
The people around them who returned with them looked confused and obviously didn't understand the origin of the music.
What happened at the transfer station during this period?
Xu Wei suppressed the urge to find Mao Cheng immediately and followed the others in looking up at the sky silently.
The electronic music played for more than ten seconds, and then with a crackling sound, the mechanical sound resounded throughout the entire Judgment City.
[Broadcast to the entire station - the following is a latest kill announcement. ]
[Player organization 7-8-6-5, successfully killed the behind-the-scenes BOSS of the C-level cycle dungeon · Six Days in the Deserted Village, destroyed the key node, and the dungeon level has been recycled and will be completely sealed and will not be opened again. ]
When pronouncing "7865", the syllables are drawn out, as if for deliberate emphasis, but also as if there is something unnatural about the mechanical sound put together by pure AI.
The crowds gathered in the streets and alleys suddenly burst into cheers, and the neighboring players linked their arms and shouted in celebration.
"Awesome! What kind of organization is this? They are not on the leaderboard but can destroy the dungeon, and they are C-rank!"
"Great! There will be one less random copy I'll get next time!"
"Oh my god, is the ranking going to change..."
Xu Wei listened to the cheers of passers-by in confusion, touched his nose, and hurriedly pulled a nearby player who was particularly excited to ask what was going on.
"Oh, you mean this notice? It appeared a few days ago. The system sent a notice to encourage players to destroy dungeons and kill dungeon creatures. If they do well, their organization's entire site will be notified. Do you play games? It's like the best player in the game," the passerby boy was in a good mood. "Several organizations have destroyed dungeons before, and this one has destroyed it seven times."
Xu Wei: "Destroying the dungeon is also their reward, why are others so excited?"
"Of course I'm excited. If this is an A-level copy, I can only say you're awesome. But this is a C-level copy, and it's a loop copy. Do you know what this means?" The passerby waved his hand in front of her. "It means that if I happen to draw this copy during this round of clearance, I don't have to go. I'll have a bye for seven days!"
Xu Wei was surprised: "You mean...it took fourteen days to enter the game?"
He smiled and nodded: "However, there are so many copies in total, my luck probably won't be that good, but I have to keep a hope, after all I am also C-rank..."
"Besides, as long as these big guys work hard and destroy all the copies, won't we ordinary players be liberated? The chances of getting a bye will increase as time goes by!"
As he spoke, an excited smile narrowed his face. "I sincerely wish you all safe journey, and hope you can kill all the gods and Buddhas who stand in your way. Kill them all and clear the dungeon. The survival of human civilization depends on them!"
Xu Wei: “…”
"You just returned to the transfer station? If you are interested, you can open the information panel. There is a newly added ranking list next to the organization interface." He clicked on the panel and guided passionately, "Yes, this is it. See, the ranking of organizations that have destroyed copies. I remember correctly, there are seven in total."
He looked at it for a moment and said, "I haven't seen this new organization much. They are all unfamiliar faces. The young are formidable. Those in front of me should hurry up!"
Xu Wei looked at the seventh-ranked number 7865 on the information panel and fell into a long silence.
"Come to think of it, the president of this organization looks familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere before," the passerby pinched his chin and racked his brains, "The abbreviation of his name is XW... I don't know him, could it be that I've seen this boss somewhere before?"
Xu Wei closed his eyes in pain.
She pointed her finger at the right side of the organization column, where there was a circular area painted golden yellow. In the middle of the area was a portrait photo - she was smiling and looking at the camera, looking amiable.
So why does this new ranking list include the president's initials and a front-facing portrait?
Would it be easier to hunt down the enemies of the presidents if they could identify them by their photos?
Xu Wei's temples throbbed when he thought that the evil cult organization behind this might see this photo.
I haven't been back for a few days and the system is digging a big hole again.
She suspected that the people in the interstellar civilization didn't understand what "encouraging players" meant at all, and they copied the online games on Earth, carried out a server-wide kill, and implemented a real-name system.
Do they really understand what it means to “play games with their lives”?
"Sorry, sorry," the passerby boy recovered and said apologetically, "I was just lost in memory. What a pity. I thought I had the honor to play a dungeon with the big guy."
"Hey? Why do you look familiar? Have we met before?" He leaned forward in confusion.
Xu Wei covered her face with a slap: "No, you're wrong, we don't know each other."
"Then why are you covering your face? You look really familiar..." he asked.
"I……"
"Sorry, we have something urgent to do," Lu Fanye pulled Xu Wei away, covered her with his body, and nodded politely, "I really don't know her. Thank you for the information."
Xu Wei put his face on his shoulder and sighed silently.
"Oh, you are busy, sorry..." The passerby understood and waved goodbye to them with a smile.
The two of them almost fled.
"Oh, face blindness is really a disease..." A passerby sighed deeply behind him.
Xu Wei almost broke open Mao Cheng's office door, but there was no one inside, so the two had to rush to the white house again.
Mao Cheng was indeed here, and with him was the girl he met last time.
"Nice to meet you again. Hello, my name is Chu Xunxi. I'm a player and Professor Mao Cheng's...partner." She still had her hair tied in a high ponytail and smiled at the two of them in a friendly manner.
They introduced themselves to each other briefly, and when Chu Xunxi walked out with the notebook, Xu Wei immediately rushed up to question him.
Mao Ting was not in a hurry and took a sip of tea: "Isn't it good to increase your popularity?"
Xu Wei was speechless: "Are you sure this is a good thing? Enemies can see what you look like as soon as they open the panel. They don't even have to bother investigating. They can just open the leaderboard and look for people by their faces. Is this really encouraging players to destroy dungeons?"
"Don't worry, this is a joint decision between me and the system," he put down the teacup and straightened his collar, "If you really mind, you can transfer the position of president to other members of the organization to reduce exposure."
Xu Wei had a headache: "Can someone else let all players on the site know the names and photos of the two previous and current guild leaders? Is the reference for your judgment not some old online game? I suggest deleting it immediately."
"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do." He took a firm stance on the matter.
Xu Wei talked with him for a long time, until his mouth was dry, but in the end he still couldn't be convinced. He sat down angrily and didn't plan to leave.
Mao Ting was at ease, and even took the time to glance at Lu Fanye: "Have you made a decision?"
"What are you two talking about again?" Xu Wei interrupted weakly.
"Riddle?" Mao Ting turned around and operated the instrument. "We just talked about his abilities when you were lying in the purification chamber."
"Upload the portable data and see how this copy performs. In terms of external speed, it is too slow to be destroyed."
Xu Wei: “?”
A light blue data stream appeared in front of Mao Cheng's eyes, and thousands of virtual numbers rolled rapidly around his body.
"Has your ability improved again?" he asked.
Xu Wei: "My player level has reached B level, and my ability has just been upgraded by one level. I don't feel anything else."
Mao Ting: “Yes, the level of anti-pollution has been enhanced.”
"I have a question," Xu Wei studied his data stream and frowned, "I've wanted to ask it for a long time. Did 'it' plant something in me? Don't tell me that the Judgment Hotel, the automatic upgrade of the copy, the early exhaustion period, and my inexplicable mood swings this time are all coincidences."
Mao Ting was silent for a moment: "It's not a coincidence."
“When was it planted?”
"First copy."
Xu Wei was surprised: "Novice copy? Do you think this is reasonable? You swore before that 'it' was only interested in high-level players, and I was a newbie who knew nothing at that time."
Mao Ting: "I know your doubts. In fact, I don't know the specific reasons. Maybe... this is the choice of time."
Xu Wei sneered: "You interstellar civilizations really love to be riddlers. The choice of time - why don't you tell me what kind of super player I used to be, and why I was targeted because of some unexpected amnesia, how about that? Isn't it a hundred times better than your lame excuse?"
Mao Cheng didn't respond and took another sip of tea.
"Does it affect me?"
"Yes, you should have realized that excessive emotional fluctuations can affect rationality," he said, "but you have controlled it well, and perhaps this will become a new opportunity."
"What's the meaning?"
"What 'it' planted in you should be some of the most core sources of pollution. Although you can purify yourself, the source of pollution is more difficult to deal with than ordinary pollution. It will continue to generate new pollution, which will offset the purification. Therefore, you are currently maintaining a relative balance in your body. Completely purifying the source of pollution requires a higher level of ability."
He tried to explain it in simple language.
"The turning point means that in this balance, your purification ability is constantly being exercised and will grow faster than others. This is what I said before, another way to improve your ability besides clearing the level - contact with 'it'."
"Facing pollution and 'it' head-on is a very efficient and convenient way to grow, if you don't go crazy."
His tone sounded calm, but Xu Wei heard a hint of uneasiness in it.
She didn't quite understand whether this uneasiness was a reflection of her own heart or whether Mao Cheng was worried about something.
She calmed herself down and continued, "Since you mentioned the growth of abilities, I'll tell you my guess."
"In my past experience of clearing the dungeon, whether it was the first time I used a skill unconsciously or when I broke through the level in the second dungeon, I was in a state of great emotional fluctuations. Especially when I was overwhelmed by anger, the effect of the skill would be significantly enhanced."
In the swimming pool instance, he was so angry at the poor operation of his teammates that he subconsciously used his skills; when Yuhuan died, Du Xingye grabbed her neck, and when he was on the verge of death, he was filled with resentment and anger; when the rules of Paradise Escape were modified, he also felt resentful; in the deserted village instance, when he fought with the Yuezu God at the end, he forced back the "crowd" with just his roar...
Once you realize the correspondence, there are countless facts like this that can be listed.
Even more, is it possible that the pollution source that "it" planted that could affect her emotional fluctuations was also intended to prevent her from gaining skills due to her emotions?
"Does the special ability that only humans have to purify pollution come from emotions?"
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