Chapter 141
"How long will this snowstorm last?"
On the commercial street, Old He, wearing a snow-white apron, pushed open the glass door of the bakery with a worried look on his face, walked out, and looked at the gloomy sky.
The weather was bad and there were few people on the streets. All the escort teams heading from Guangming Town to Nuannuan Hot Springs were stopped.
For safety reasons, Shu Mo ordered the Arctic Fox bus to temporarily stop running. The mimic lay obediently in front of the main building, looking listless.
He didn’t even dare to release the S-level monster Shu Mo, let alone ordinary players. These days, Nuannuan Hot Spring has almost no customers leaving. The consumers are all tenants of the homestay area and hotel residents who are trapped here. The customer flow has been cut by more than half, and the commercial street that has been bustling since its opening now looks depressed.
I don’t know if it’s because the extreme weather has lasted too long, but people are not in the mood to consume and almost everyone stays indoors.
At the same time, countless pairs of eyes were looking at the sky above their heads.
The sound of wind and snow was howling, rushing towards the barrier with the momentum to tear everything apart. The originally invisible "protective shield" above the hot spring has been almost always up for the past few days. Every time the strong wind passed by, a creaking and tearing sound was heard in everyone's ears, which made people shudder.
They had no doubt that if they dared to step out of the hot spring, they would instantly be frozen into ice sculptures and then turned into powder by the strong wind.
There wasn't much business anyway, so the couple from the hot pot restaurant came out, "It's been a week, right?"
"I don't remember a blizzard lasting this long before..."
Lao He shook his head, "I don't remember that either."
This is really abnormal.
They all came through the great changes of ten years ago and had long since honed their keen intuition for danger. Lao He was always a little worried.
But these bad premonitions were dispelled when I saw the semicircular protective shield above.
Such extremely cold weather, coupled with a blizzard, has caused a thick layer of snow to accumulate on the plains outside. However, the snow particles are weakened the moment they touch the protective shield, leaving only a few thin snowflakes, which flutter down and fall on people's shoulders and hair, and melt in an instant.
This hot spring is like a discordant factor in the doomsday, stubbornly resisting the arrangement of the game. Although entry and exit have been suspended for the past few days, the hot spring is still operating normally.
The restaurant serves three meals a day as usual, hot air is rising from the chimney above the annex, and hot water and lighting are provided steadily in the rooms, like a silent resistance to the doomsday game.
With this attitude from the boss, the guests and business employees felt more at ease.
Looking up at the hotel's protective shield again, it has lasted for these few days, isn't there even a single crack?
They felt a little relieved, at least they didn't have to worry about the protective shield collapsing and the blizzard blowing in. But then, I started to worry about the situation in the town.
Then he thought, what if the snow keeps falling endlessly and their savings are gone sooner or later? What should they do then?
Shu Mo has announced that room rates will be discounted by 30% while the disaster lasts, but even so, it cannot completely dispel the players' concerns.
Ultimately, it's because they don't know what the Doomsday Game is up to.
"At least the monster tide has a target, and we can just kill them. But why is the snow falling endlessly?"
"Is it true that the gaming environment will change drastically after a ten-year cycle?"
"Don't scare me. It's snowing so heavily. I can't kill monsters or run around. I can only stay in the city and wait to die. There's no game environment at all. Are you kidding me?"
Many people who stayed in the room were panicked and simply ran out. At this time, many people gathered in the restaurant.
I don’t know who spoke first, which triggered a series of complaints.
They really have nothing to do and can only vent their anger verbally.
On the other side, in Shu Mo's cabin, several leader-level elite monsters who were currently working in the hot spring gathered together for a rare gathering.
They are Little Black Dragon, who works as the front desk clerk, oden chef and occasional cleaner, Wind Dragon, the monster HR, Mei Mushroom-kun, the mushroom supplier, and the two monster shop runners.
At Mo Bai's request, the remaining monsters either stayed at their posts or stayed in his hut and warmed themselves by the fire.
"what is going on?"
Shu Mo just opened the barrier and listened to the noise coming from the restaurant. He was so annoyed by the noise that he quickly closed it. Now he asked while holding his head.
Mo Bai and Feng Long exchanged glances. The latter had a grain of red bean paste on his cheek, which looked very indecent in such a scene.
Shu Mo couldn't help it and had already looked at it twice.
Receiving the death gaze of her cousin from afar, she calmly picked off the bean paste with her fingertips, then shrugged and said, "I don't know either. The elite monsters don't seem to be affected at all—"
"But the little magic mushrooms under my command seem a little restless." Student Mei Mushroom raised his hand to speak.
He was holding a mushroom of unknown species in his arms. He stroked the round cap of the mushroom like a lady stroking the head of a pet dog, and said in a humble and gentle tone like a study committee member: "But I pushed it down."
It’s okay for low-level monsters controlled by a leader, but I don’t know about the monsters in the wild.
Mo Bai: "Super S-level monsters are not affected, which means the problem is not serious."
According to the current upgrade progress of players, it is almost impossible to challenge them. Once the game sends out super S-level monsters, it means that it really wants to slaughter all the players.
Shu Mo felt relieved after hearing this.
If there was a monster riot in the Doomsday Game, she would be courting her own destruction by placing so many elite monsters in the barrier.
Fearing that an uncontrollable situation might occur, she gathered them together so that if something happened, she could take precautions in advance. But now it seems that she was worrying too much.
"But in the current situation..." Shu Mo frowned, "In this week, the players can hardly do anything."
Just like someone in the restaurant complained just now, we can’t go out, fight monsters, or collect things. Almost all actions in the game have been forced to pause.
this……
She suddenly stopped, an absurd thought coming to her mind.
Why does this scene look so much like a service suspension update?
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What he said came true.
This sudden snowstorm lasted for a whole week, and on the morning of the eighth day, the sky finally cleared up.
When people woke up and saw the thin sunlight coming through the curtains, they cried with joy, "It's finally not snowing!"
"The sun is out!"
It was thought that the nights without torches and electricity, relying only on luminous crystals for lighting, were already difficult enough, but in the past few days even the sun was lost, and the players discovered in despair that the situation could become even worse.
Looking at the gloomy sky every day, I always feel that the future is bleak, and I can't help but become negative.
Fortunately, they were staying in the hot spring and could light the lights, but their mood was a little bad. If I were in a small town, I don’t know how difficult these days would be.
After realizing it was daybreak, the players spontaneously walked out of the various buildings in the hot spring and gathered in an open area outdoors. They looked at the bright sunshine above their heads and almost shed tears.
But the next second, a cheerful and exciting piece of music resounded throughout the earth.
"What's that noise? Is the hotel broadcasting?"
"It's not a broadcast, it feels like it's ringing directly in my head. Can you all hear it?"
One player looked dazed.
But more people thought of something and their faces suddenly became extremely ugly.
"Look at the sky!"
"Am I dazzled?" One person rubbed his eyes, "Why are the clouds moving so fast?"
The clouds that were originally moved slowly by the wind suddenly seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand and rearranged. Finally, several lines of huge text appeared under the blue sky, and at the same time, electronic voice reading was thoughtfully attached.
[To thank the players for their company along the way, we will hold a ten-day limited event "Doomsday Carnival" on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the launch of "Arctic Cold Apocalypse"! 】
【The contribution value calculation system is open for a limited time! 】
[During the event, ten monster nests will be opened in the game map. Monster waves will be launched at 9 am and 3 pm every day, aiming at human territory to launch a general attack - this is a life-and-death war, kill as many enemies as possible and get contribution points! 】
[Note: Killing a C-level monster will earn you 1 contribution point, killing a B-level monster will earn you 3 contribution points, and killing an A-level monster will earn you 10 contribution points. There is no upper limit. 】
The clouds changed, forming a timely picture of a tide of beasts trampling across the snowfield and fiercely attacking the human territory with towering walls. Many people shuddered and then realized what was happening, only to find it ridiculous.
"It actually calls this a carnival?"
The music was still uplifting, and someone repeated it with an incredibly rising tone.
The companion next to him clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turned white and his arms trembled slightly, but he was unable to dispel the anger in his heart.
Shu Mo also came out of the house and stared at the sky silently.
Jiang Qing and Xu Ruixi's homes were not far away, and they happened to be gathered together. When they saw her, they took a few steps towards her.
"I remember it was like this when the game was launched ten years ago," Jiang Qing whispered, "Exactly the same BGM... Exactly the same cheerful tone."
Xu Ruixi sneered expressionlessly, "Yeah, I will never forget that day in my life."
Over the years, while trying to survive, players have thought about the origins of the doomsday game and tried to end this strange game from the root, but they just couldn't find a way.
Changing the world map, causing the global temperature to drop rapidly, causing animals and plants to disappear overnight... All this has far exceeded their imagination, forcing them to accept that the doomsday game is above them and cannot be easily ended by human means.
They have no choice but to accept the rules it imposes.
As time went by, I gradually forgot about the idea of resistance.
The appearance of hot springs brought hope back to their hearts.
Not only did they have more expectations for future life, but more importantly, they discovered the loopholes in the doomsday game.
Jiang Qing and others had discussed this in private.
Just like the games in the past world had behind-the-scenes staff responsible for development, maintenance and operation, they once thought that there was such a group of people behind the Doomsday Game - or a more advanced existence that humans could not even imagine, observing the players' reactions from a high position.
But the emergence of hot springs made them change their minds.
If there really were such a group of people, they would not have failed to notice the Nuannuan Hot Spring, a discordant factor that could very likely destroy the game, but they allowed it to exist until the hot spring gradually developed to its current size.
What if the game was not controlled by humans, but an "artificial intelligence" that strictly followed the rules, was inflexible, and would only act according to the established rules...
Does that mean that it is possible for players to exploit its rules and defeat it?
At this moment, they mentioned this idea to Shu Mo again.
Mo Bai appeared beside her at some point. After hearing what she said, he thought for a moment and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "This guess is not impossible."
"Well, what do you mean?" Shu Mo asked.
Her eyes fell on him for a moment, then quickly retracted.
"You should know that the number of monsters in different areas of the game is fixed." Mo Bai didn't notice her strangeness and continued, "The Doomsday Game will count the death rate of monsters and replenish them regularly. Especially for powerful monsters, such as the Mimic, when one dies, another will be randomly refreshed somewhere on the map soon - in other words, the game is intentionally maintaining a certain balance."
Shu Mo's heart moved when he heard his calm tone.
So this is why elite monsters turn a blind eye to the death of their own kind? In addition to the instinct of the survival of the fittest, perhaps it is because their concepts of life and death are inherently different from those of humans.
Monsters are like plants. If you cut them off today, they will grow back again tomorrow when the spring breeze blows.
No grassland can remain lush forever, and the cycle of life and death is common.
The thought flashed through Shu Mo's mind, but another idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
So in this cycle, do they sometimes feel bored?
Mo Bai didn't seem to want to talk about those things, and he stopped after he said the last sentence. Shu Mo regained his senses in such silence, put aside his messy thoughts, and thought again along the lines of his words, "Balance..."
After repeating it twice, she suddenly had an idea. "Since the game counts the death rate of monsters, could it also count the death rate of players?"
Ordinary games always pay attention to the activity of players to adjust the way the game is run, but if it is a doomsday game, the measurement standard may become the mortality rate.
If the player's death rate is lower than a certain value for a long time, after a period of time, the number of players will increase, killing monsters and surviving will become easier, and the balance that the game strives to maintain will be broken.
Shu Mo blurted out whatever he thought of.
"…So, there was a monster tide?"
This also explains why the appearance of monster waves is always so random, because the survival conditions of the players are unpredictable.
Looking back, the management system also mentioned that the first monster wave appeared exactly three months after the game was released.
At that time, the players had finally settled down and were about to start rebuilding their homes, but they were completely destroyed by a sudden disaster.
The Lords only appeared after realizing that the wild camping areas were unreliable.
They established territories under the tacit rules of the game officials, named them towns, and gave players a fixed living area.
If you think about it this way, it was clearly a "plot kill" comparable to a tutorial for novice players.
The purpose is to lead out of the territory in a logical way.
Shu Mo once again realized the cruelty of the game.
"Then this anniversary event..."
Her face suddenly turned pale as she looked at the "Monster Lair" introduced in the instructions and the extremely glaring line of words behind it.
"Two waves of monsters every day in ten days?"
At the same time, Fu Yiming clenched his teeth and said, "After each wave of monsters, the territory has to spend a lot of money to repair the city wall. This project must last at least two or three days! Two waves a day, I'm afraid there are not many territories in the world that can hold on! On the third or fourth day, the territory will be breached."
"The city wall is a defensive structure purchased from the system, but it has health points. Does it really want all humans to perish?"
Amidst the wailing and roaring, Shu Mo pulled Mo Bai and whispered, "You just said that the system counts the number of monsters by region."
"Then, the death rate in this area near Guangming Town should be very low recently, right?"
If the death rate in an area is far lower than the standard set by the system for a long period of time, and it can't find the reason... will it become so angry that it decides to upgrade and overhaul the entire game?
Shu Mo fell silent.
Mo Bai suddenly said: "Even if that's the case, it's not your fault."
"I know." Shu Mo said, not doubting himself as Mo Bai worried.
"I want players to live, and it wants them to die, that's why this limited-time event happened. It wants to stop me."
She suppressed her usual smile, and no emotion could be heard in her voice. Just like the surrounding snow scene, it is light and clear, yet contains a tenacious strength like pine and cypress in the snow.
"But what if I insist?"
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Jiang Qing seemed to hear something and turned his head.
She saw Shu Mo, who was not far away, smiling at her, and then raised his head to look at the sky again.
She had seen that smile when she first came to the hot spring.
It was incredible enough to see a small wooden house in the snow, let alone a young girl sitting inside.
The moment he pushed open the wooden door, Shu Mo stood up and said "Welcome" to them, and his restless mood calmed down unconsciously.
But several months later, in a completely different scenario, Jiang Qing was surprised to find that such a smile could still bring her comfort.
Perhaps it wasn't just the heat and fire of the hot spring that brought her warmth.
Tianmu was unable to sense the players' emotions and was still diligently playing the rules.
[Ten monster nests will randomly appear near the crowded areas on the current map. Please don't be sad if you didn't get one. Players who are interested in participating in the event can go there by themselves through the teleportation array. 】
Someone spat, "Pah, who would be sad?"
"What on earth does it take this for?"
"What else could it be?" Another person sneered, "This is a system."
They know it very well.
It treats this as a game.
But mankind has truly reached its end.
In the dead silence, only the exciting music of the event was playing on the ground, which was chilling.
[During the event, the Contribution Point Mall is open for a limited time! 】
[Kill monsters and gain contribution points, which can then be exchanged for rare items in the mall. There is no limit on the quantity. The mall will be closed after the event ends. Players with contribution points are requested to redeem them in time! 】
[Basic prices are shown in the figure.] 】
The screen changed, revealing a schematic diagram of the mall.
An archer player was sharp-eyed and saw the green monster bird stone. "One piece of ore is priced at 100 contribution points!"
"A high-quality herb costs 4 contribution points."
"A level 40 equippable black iron sword, 50 contribution points..."
The sound of counting continued.
Someone soon figured it out, "So the exchange ratio between contribution points and points is about 1:10."
If you kill 10 A-level monsters, you can get a piece of ore that is hard to come by in normal times? There was a little commotion among the crowd.
After counting on his fingers, one person couldn't help but say, "According to this calculation, this activity is quite cost-effective..."
What is this? A slap in the face and a date in return?
"What a bargain!" someone cursed. "Want to exchange for ore? The prerequisite is that you have the ability to kill 10 A-level monsters in the surging monster tide! With so many monsters attacking at once, you will die without knowing how you died."
The man shuddered and woke up.
"In the past, when players wanted to go out to fight monsters, they had to wait until the first wave was over and only a few monsters were left wandering around the territory. But now? With two monsters a day, how much time do you have left to kill monsters?"
"Even if you can really successfully earn contribution points and survive by chance, you can earn them, but can you spend them? - There are monsters nearby, and you can't escape to other territories. The teleportation array has a cooldown period. Even if you pay to reduce the cooldown, you can't teleport unlimitedly. That would consume too much! In total, a maximum of one thousand players can be teleported out per day. Now most of the territories on the map have a population of more than ten thousand. Before the city wall is completely destroyed, we can't even send away half of them."
In this case, only capable combat players or professionals in life professions will be given priority.
As for the old, weak, sick, and ordinary players, they are probably in great danger...
When the player said this, his voice couldn't help but sink.
"Ten territories combined, at least tens of thousands of people died, and the monsters migrate very quickly, so it's likely that more than just the nearby territory will be affected."
That’s hundreds of thousands of lives.
His throat was dry and his heart felt like it was weighed down by a heavy stone, making it impossible for him to speak.
At this moment, the electronic voice of the sky slowly spit out the last rule.
[After the event ends, the top 10 players in the contribution points ranking of the entire map will receive special rewards. 】
[The 3rd to 10th place winners will receive 1 Lord Contract, which will unlock special privileges such as building territories in any empty lot, purchasing buildings, and collecting taxes. 】
[No. 2, special accessory * 1, all attributes +30% after equipping, no durability, needs to be bound for life, cannot be sold, and will not explode after death. 】
[First place, 1 self-selected reward.] 】
[During the event, the ranking list will be updated in real time. Players are encouraged to actively participate in the event and strive to be the best! 】
"Lord's Contract!!"
If we say that this event has only brought negative news from the beginning to now, the players are really excited at this moment.
Becoming a lord means being freed from the hard work of combat and turning the battle game into an infrastructure tower defense game. If you are a bit frugal, you can still live a life of ease and comfort with the taxes you earn.
It's almost the best situation imaginable in this doomsday game.
Unfortunately, except for the first batch released, there has been no new lord contracts in this game in the past ten years.
The alternation of lords was mostly due to the death of the former, which allowed the latter to take over smoothly and inherit his original territory.
As for the reason for the previous lord's death...it's hard to say.
"It's a pity that you have to be in the top ten in the world to get it, which has basically nothing to do with people like us."
Some people were jealous, while others were disappointed. “The new lord contracts were released because the system assumed that these ten territories would be destroyed.”
"There is also a second place reward, all attributes +30%, but it only takes up one accessory slot, what kind of magical equipment is this?"
"It cannot be dropped after death. Isn't it clear that other players are not allowed to covet it? With such a treasure, this player will definitely be fought over by major forces. His own strength is guaranteed. With a 30% attribute difference, it is entirely possible for him to become the world's number one."
"Tsk, those big guys in the top 100 of the ranking list are probably going crazy fighting for the position this time..."
They discussed in low voices.
The rewards for the second to tenth place are so eye-catching that the simple four-word "self-selected reward" for the first place seems inconspicuous.
Shu Mo looked at the four unmodified words, thoughtfully.
The buzzing discussion didn't last long, and the BGM above suddenly stopped.
[Mall] has been updated. You can now view the Contribution Point Mall on the Player Mall page. 】
[Activity loading...]
【Countdown 05:00】
When the last word fell, the sky refreshed and suddenly a ranking list appeared, ranked from top 1 to 100, but the names at the end were still empty.
At the very top, catkin-like clouds formed a snow-white countdown, silently jumping down a number.
"There are five minutes left before the event begins."
"I wonder where those ten monster nests will be refreshed..."
The players murmured, and although they didn't say it out loud, they had the same thought in their hearts.
There are tens of thousands of territories on the entire map. If you have to pick ten unlucky ones, don't pick the town where you live...
At times like this, it is inevitable that people will be selfish.
Some people's relatives and friends are still in the town, and they are extremely anxious at this moment. Others recall that they had fought for several years to buy the property, and they felt uneasy in their hearts. They simply closed their eyes and prayed silently.
Only Shu Mo was free from worries, standing silently with his head down.
The next second, she seemed to sense something and suddenly turned her head to look at the snowy field outside.
At the same time, everyone in the hot spring barrier suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet begin to tremble.
They stumbled and quickly stood up with each other's support. "What happened?"
"Look there!!"
In the distance, a huge object was slowly breaking out of the ground, like a dark hole leading to another world. It expanded and contracted slowly, as if it had life and breathed in and out, releasing thick black mist as it inhaled and exhaled.
The low and eerie whispers echoed in everyone's ears, sending chills down their spines.
"That's... the Monster Nest?"
An ordinary player who happened to be trapped in the hot spring collapsed, "Why are you here? Isn't it a territory?"
"Wait, Tianmu didn't seem to say that it would definitely appear near the territory. Instead, it said that it would refresh in places with a lot of traffic." The people next to him looked at each other and couldn't help but ask, "So we misunderstood?"
"This is so unlucky!" a swordsman player said in despair, "The hot spring doesn't belong to the territory, there's not even a teleportation array, we can't leave even if we want to!"
"Can this protective shield... hold up?"
In despair, they could only place their only hope on the protective shield above their heads.
After realizing who the owner of the protective shield was, the guests looked around in panic.
I don't know who was the first to notice Shu Mo, but his shout drew everyone's attention.
"boss!!!"
In the midst of a panic, Shu Mo stood on a forest path near the main building square, with his head down, not knowing what he was doing.
Jiang Qing and his group standing nearby had strange expressions on their faces.
Boss, don't be distracted at a time like this! !
They were all a little unsteady when caught by the players' peripheral vision, but Shu Mo was still quite focused, with a light flashing in his eyes from time to time, but he was looking at a page that only he could see, and no one knew what he was doing.
Mo Bai, who was standing next to her, felt frightened by the stares from thousands of people, and he poked her silently, "Shu Mo..." Help.
"ah?"
After receiving the distress signal, Shu Mo looked up in confusion and met countless pairs of eyes eager for knowledge.
She was stunned for half a second, thinking that she was the dean standing on the podium and giving a speech.
"Oh, you mean the protective shield." With Xu Ruixi and others beside her making faces and trying to hint at her, she finally realized it and thought for a while, "It shouldn't be a problem to hold on for ten days."
In the contribution point correspondence table just released, the highest level only mentions A-level monsters. She probably knew that if S-level monsters were added to the mix, the players would really have no way out, so it was set up like this.
C-level and B-level monsters can be ignored directly, so...how many A-level monsters can match a dragon?
Shu Mo is extremely confident and has no sense of humility at all.
At this moment, there seems no need to be humble.
The players were stunned by her inexplicable self-confidence: Could it be that the boss really got some cheats to pass the level? The event hasn't even started yet, where does she get the confidence from? !
Even though I complained, I felt a little more secure in my heart.
"Since the boss said so, I won't worry anymore." Jiang Qing suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention.
After several months of hard leveling, Jiang Qing had just been promoted to the top of the Guangming Town ranking list. Sitting in this position, his popularity is no less than that of the mayor of the town. Even players from other towns have mostly heard of her name.
Seeing that she was here and said that she believed in the words of the hot spring owner, the players felt more at ease.
Jiang Qing held the staff and said with a smile: "Have you all forgotten how much we gained from the last monster wave? Since the event has already begun, why not treat it as an opportunity given to us by the game. If we survive this level and get the rare materials, the rest of the game will be smoother."
"Yes, with the hot spring behind us, the efficiency of killing monsters will be increased several times, and the safety will also be greatly increased. Why don't we all stand up together and kill as many as we can? Don't put all the pressure on the barrier." Fu Yiming also said solemnly, "Don't forget, this place is only half a day's journey from Guangming Town, and it only takes a few days to reach several small towns around. The speed of monsters is much higher than that of players."
When everyone heard this, they suddenly woke up.
Ten days is enough time for the monster tide to reach the farthest town of Fengxi! The more they kill here, the less danger their relatives and friends far away in the town will be in.
The decision has been made whether to take action or not.
The crowd quieted down and no one spoke anymore, but weapons appeared in people's hands one after another.
There are less than two minutes left in the countdown.
The heavy shield fell to the ground with a dull thud, and the collision of swords made clanging sounds. The mage and priest moved their lips and chanted an extremely long and large spell.
In the main building square, Gu Xiao tremblingly hugged the snow rabbit tightly in his arms. Mr. He from the bakery took off his apron and pulled out his most valuable weapon. Yue Wenjun put on his boxing gloves wordlessly, clenched his hands tightly, and looked determined. Even Liu Xueruo took out her priest's staff and chanted the healing spell that she had already forgotten.
Jiang Qing glanced at the small building that belonged to them in the woods, and when he turned around again, his eyes fell on Shu Mo.
"Boss, you are a summoner. Don't leave the protective shield for a while."
Although she knew Shu Mo's strength, she still gave him instructions with concern.
After all, everyone knows how fragile the Summoner is when being approached. She was afraid that Shu Mo would get excited and walk out, and get beaten up. What if?
"Yes, just stay in the back row during the battle, we will protect you." Fu Yiming waved the huge shield in his hand.
The two of them spoke, and several responses followed around them.
"Yeah, boss, don't go out."
"And the other employees of the hot spring, too. We have to come back to buy something later! If you're not here, who are we going to trade with?"
"Stay in the shield!"
"that is."
The players were talking at once, and what they said was so heartwarming that Gu Xiao and several employees had tears in their eyes.
Gu Xiao is the most emotional. Moreover, as the receptionist, she is the one who deals with customers the most. Many of the players standing in front of her are old customers who are familiar to her. She assured with tears in her eyes: "Don't worry, I will definitely ensure the logistical supply for everyone!"
She had even imagined that even if the protective shield shattered, she would still stay behind the counter until the last moment.
Gu Xiao turned around with tears in her eyes and took Shu Mo's hand, "Boss, if I don't make it this time... I want to tell you first that the thing I regret least in my life is coming to work in Wenquan."
Shu Mo said weakly, "Ah, okay."
"By the way...I wanted to ask you just now."
Xu Ruixi had been holding it in for a long time, but now he couldn't bear it anymore.
She held the bow in one hand, but her eyes kept glancing at Shu Mo's hand, wondering, "Boss, what are you holding in your hand?"
When a player takes an item out of their personal backpack and holds it in the "handheld" state, other players will see a white light ball.
Until they choose to "Place", "Trade" or "Use", others cannot see the true identity of the item.
After all, no one knows whether he will take out 99 props at once and move them to the storage box, so it is not realistic to show them directly.
At this moment, Shu Mo was holding a conspicuous ball of light.
The summoner doesn't have many weapons, which makes him seem out of place compared to other professions. Could it be that the boss is holding some recovery item?
But she held it for too long, and Xu Ruixi didn't want to destroy the sentimental atmosphere, but he couldn't resist his curiosity.
Hearing her question, Shu Mo also lowered his head.
The ball of light was the size of a palm, emitting a milky white halo, and was held firmly in her palm.
"Well, you're talking about this."
Shu Mo looked up at the sky, trying to avoid Gu Xiao's expression, who seemed ready to sacrifice himself for the hotel, and said, "Nothing..."
She had wanted to introduce them a long time ago, but the heated atmosphere built up too quickly, and by the time Shu Mo reacted, everyone's emotions were already brewing.
Shu Mo: “…”
She coughed lightly, and tossed it twice as if to ease the embarrassment. The ball of light swayed in her hand, and was caught steadily. She whispered, "It's a thing worth 30 million points."
Everyone: “…”
Everyone: “???????”
You mean Duo Shao? ? ?
Don’t tell them that just now when everyone was ready to sacrifice, bidding farewell and giving parting speeches, the boss quietly made some impulse purchases?
Gu Xiao thought of something and grabbed her hand, a little reluctantly, "Boss, we can definitely survive, don't despair."
Shu Mo: “…”
Did she think she had given up hope and was afraid that someone would die with the money left over, so she squandered all the money in her account?
Even Gu Xiao, who was saying goodbye just a second ago, came to comfort her. Looking again, other people also had pity in their eyes. Shu Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I haven't finished yet. I didn't buy this."
She boasted modestly, "I was lucky and drew it."
——Of course, it wasn’t a one-shot hit.
Every time the hot spring completes a certain achievement, such as reaching xx number of facilities, or entertaining a certain number of guests, or having a certain amount of daily turnover, the system will provide lottery ticket rewards at the time of daily settlement.
The hot springs were being upgraded rapidly during this period, and Shu Mo would take one or two from time to time, but she didn't want anything in particular for the time being, so she just saved them up.
Before I knew it, I had accumulated a lot.
Just when everyone was in despair because of the sudden appearance of the monster's nest, Shu Mo was concentrating on drawing the lottery frantically.
He smashed down one ten after another without thinking, until the 120th time, when he finally saw the desired golden light.
And at this moment, that thing was in her hand.
Shu Mo narrowed his eyes and looked at the wriggling dark nest in the void outside the barrier.
The nest was beating rhythmically, as if something was growing inside and struggling to break out of the shell at any time.
A player looked up at the countdown, his voice unconsciously becoming dry, "Ten seconds left... Time is running out."
"Yes." Shu Mo nodded, "We have to hurry up."
The next second, she aimed the white light ball in her hand at the nest on the snowy field and clicked the glittering word "Place" without hesitation.
At the same time, she also used a new feature that she had never used before.
[Skip cutscene]
A shadow fell over everyone's eyes.
It was as if something extremely huge appeared out of nowhere above their heads, blocking even the sunlight for a moment.
They looked up in a daze, and the moment they saw clearly, their eyes suddenly became empty.
A pyramid fell from the sky.
Then, it landed steadily right above the nest.
"boom!!"
The loud noise hurt my eardrums, and the gust of wind when it landed stirred up billowing snow and mist, even blowing all the way to the edge of the barrier.
The players were stunned: “……………………”
They even felt that at that moment, even Chao Xue himself should have been like: “?!!”
The countdown had reached 0, but the monster had not yet had a chance to be born before it was smashed into the ground with a bang.
The tall building landed smoothly without a pause. The dangerous sound of air leakage and the crazy muttering stopped abruptly, and the snowfield returned to its former tranquility.
Even the sky was quiet.
In an unspeakable silence, Shu Mo brushed the dust off his hands, making two crisp "pa/pa" sounds, waking up the dazed crowd.
Gu Xiao half opened his mouth and looked around helplessly, "Where is the monster's nest? Was it crushed?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone felt a little ridiculous.
They looked from afar at the base of the pyramid that was tightly fastened to the snow field, paused for a moment, and then slowly raised their heads.
The golden spire on the top of the tower sparkles brightly in the sun, demonstrating its unchallengeable majesty.
"So...are we still going to fight?"
Because time was tight, Shu Mo skipped the fancy cutscenes, otherwise the scene of the little man hey/swoosh hey/swoosh moving stones would have taken up half a day.
At this time, the pyramid was simply and roughly moved over. After the construction was completed, the barrier expanded automatically, like a greedy snake, and with a roar, it included the pyramid and the monster's nest underneath that had been compressed into a two-dimensional shape into the already extremely vast range of the barrier.
On the huge sky screen in the sky, words were slowly scrolling and refreshing.
Everyone seemed to read a kind of anger from that unwilling action.
Words finally appeared on the originally blank ranking list, and Shu Mo's name was at the top.
【Real-time ranking of contribution points】
[1. Shu Mo: 1,000,000,000 pts]
【2. Zhang Qiang: 10 pts】
【3.James White：3pts】
【4.……】
【5.……】
The glistening snot on Gu Xiao's face had not yet dried. She turned her head to look at Shu Mo frame by frame like a robot playing a cassette.
Shu Mo shrugged: "We have our own unique way of fighting when operating players."
Everyone: “…”
Suddenly I felt the weapon in my hand was very hot.
"So, you still have a lot of time to tell me how much you like working at the spa."
Shu Mo took out a pack of tissues and handed it to Gu Xiao, saying gently, "Be good, wipe your nose quickly."
...If she doesn't wipe it off, it'll drip onto her shoulders.
Oh my god.
While Gu Xiao took the paper and blew her nose, Shu Mo looked up at the long string of zeros suffixed to her name.
The players were as quiet as chickens, staring at the boss who had earned N small goals in the blink of an eye with the awe of a newbie looking at a big boss.
Shu Mo looked at it for a while, then turned around and asked in a tone of buying cabbage: "By the way, how many contribution points did Tianmu say a piece of ore is worth?"
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