Although the aroma of the bubbling mermaid meat in the water attracted most of the mermaids and fish schools, there were a very small number of mermaids who were more interested in Bai Liu's raw meat. They bit Bai Liu's arms and ankles with great interest, leaving one hideous ring-shaped tooth mark after another.
Wang Shun almost stopped breathing: "My spirit value is about to drop by 20!"
[System warning: Player Bai Liu's spirit value is 17, which is lower than 20. The player has turned on the (Frenzy) state, and the panel attributes are about to rise——]
The moment the system notification sounded, Bai Liu curled up his lips. At the same time, his various red panel attributes began to soar wildly.
[Player name: Bai Liu (Rage attribute bonus panel)]
[Physical Strength: 7→151]
[Agility: 3→149]
【Attack: 6→167】
[Resistance: 2→166]
[Comprehensive defense and attack power increased, the total attribute points of the panel exceeded 500, and the player was rated as a C-level player. The player's Bai Liu level increased from F (?) to C level, and can resist the attacks of mermaid sailors, mermaid wax statues, and mermaid larvae]
Wang Shun was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Yes, when the spirit value is less than 20, the player will be judged to be in a crazy state because of the low spirit value, and the [Frenzy] state will be activated. This state can make the panel attributes rise wildly."
"After the spirit value exceeds 20, the lower the spirit value, the higher the panel attributes will be, and it will continue to rise to the limit of the player's potential!"
Wang Shun thought quickly, "This is a good thing for Bai Liu. At least he can fight back against the mermaid!"
"Not necessarily." Mu Sicheng was not optimistic, but his expression became more serious. "The attributes of the player's panel will indeed increase. Strengthening the attack power is indeed a good thing."
"But most players have already lost their minds at this stage. The lower the player's sanity is, the more they will be like monsters in the game. No matter how high the panel attributes are, it will be meaningless. The player will just attack randomly like a monster. The sanity will drop faster as the player attacks crazily until it reaches zero."
The Bai Liu in the small TV slowly opened his eyes, sharp nails grew on his hands, his lower limbs swayed softly like a fishtail, there were no black pupils in his eyes, only gray-black cracks and uncomfortable whites of his eyes, and sharp teeth appeared at the corners of his mouth.
He attacked a mermaid with his backhand, and the mermaid was cut into two by his nails. The mermaid opened its mouth wide and trembled its gills in pain, slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea. Bai Liu just watched it all with an expressionless face. If he hadn't been holding the Siren King in his right hand, he would have been no different from any other mermaid monster.
[System warning: Player Bai Liu's mental value continues to decline, currently at 15, (Frenzy) status worsens]
[Player name: Bai Liu (Rage attribute bonus panel)]
[Physical Strength: 151 → 351]
[Agility: 149 → 249]
【Attack: 167→667】
[Resistance: 166 → 966]
[Comprehensive defense and attack power increased, the total attribute points of the panel exceeded 2000, and the player was rated as a B-level player. The player Bai Liu's level increased from C to B level]
Wang Shun was stunned: "Bai Liu's panel attributes are rising too fast! It has reached B level so quickly! How amazing is his potential!"
But soon Wang Shun became worried again, "But Bai Liu's mental value has dropped again. If he can't stay awake and his mental value drops below 10, it will be completely over--"Damn it.
Before Wang Shun finished speaking, the system in Bai Liu's small TV started to sound an alarm:
[System strong warning: Player Bai Liu's mental value continues to decline, and the current mental value is 9, and the (violent) state is getting worse]
[System strong warning: There are still three minutes until the Siren King wakes up, please clear the level quickly! ]
"Only three minutes left!!! My spirit level is only 9!" Wang Shun's mood had gone up and down along with Bai Liu, but he had never encountered such an exciting situation.
He was now looking at Bai Liu, whose face was expressionless, and the Siren King, who was being held by Bai Liu and whose fish tail and eyes were slowly opening. Wang Shun was almost unable to control his mentality of watching Bai Liu play games.
He pinched his palms and tried to keep calm, "Bai Liu, stay calm!!!"
Although it was impossible to clear the level under this circumstance, Wang Shun followed Bai Liu all the way here. He really didn't want such a potential player like Bai Liu to die like this. Wang Shun stared at Bai Liu's small TV without moving his eyes.
Mu Sicheng's right hand also clenched his left elbow tightly, his jaw tightened, and his tone seemed a little solemn because of his slowness: "In three minutes, we can send the Siren King back to the bottom of the sea. We should be able to pass the level. But I don't know if Bai Liu has maintained some consciousness under the control of various hallucinations and the [Berserk State]. Does he still know that he is a player, not a..." monster in the game.
The other spectators were also frustrated by Bai Liu's sudden braking at the last minute. They screamed and couldn't believe that Bai Liu really couldn't pass the level. They stared at Bai Liu's small TV, giving thumbs up and recharging themselves, and tried every possible way outside the venue to try to awaken Bai Liu's consciousness.
Only a few spectators in a small corner who had been mocking Bai Liu sneered a few times, as if they had anticipated this situation and watched coldly.
On the small TV, the system is still warning:
[System warning: Player Bai Liu's mental value continues to decline, currently at 8, (Frenzy) status worsens]
[Player name: Bai Liu (Rage attribute bonus panel)]
[Physical Strength: 351 → 655]
[Agility: 249 → 733]
【Attack: 367→1555】
[Resistance: 366→1776]
[Comprehensive defense and attack power increased, the total attribute points of the panel exceeded 4000, and the player was rated as an A-level player. The player Bai Liu's level increased from B to A level]
Bai Liu's entire face was gradually covered with fish scales. His eyes emitted a dim green light in the sea water. Every scale exuded danger. Bai Liu dragged the Siren King and slowly sank.
The Siren King went from being dragged and floating without support to swaying his tail and maintaining his balance in the water.
The moment the Siren King's fins stretched out in the water, all the mermaids surrounding White Willow screamed and fled in all directions. The Siren King's flawless face was reflected on the small TV, and everyone held their breath for this beauty, as well as the danger behind this beauty.
Bai Liu's face was covered with armor-like scales, dark and hard, and his hands were covered with scales that kept growing out.
The Siren King had a pure white and clean face, and slender and clear fingers. They held hands in the sea filled with dust and corpses, shaking their tails and sinking. They looked strangely carefree, like two mermaids playing in the seabed.
But this harmony would be bloodily destroyed if the Siren King opened his eyes.
Because once the Siren King wakes up, Bai Liu will surely die.
"Bai Liu has been promoted to an A-level player." Wang Shun was in a complicated and uneasy mood. "I was right about him. He really has great potential and has a lot of room for improvement. If he enters a berserk state, he can really do a lot of things."
Mu Sicheng, who is now also an A-level player, paused when he heard this. He seemed to be reminded by Wang Shun's words. He reacted and narrowed his eyes: "Wait a minute - Bai Liu knows that lowering the spirit value can enter the violent state. As soon as you enter the game system, you will be warned that [the spirit value will fall below 20 will enter the violent state] -"
Mu Sicheng looked at Bai Liu who was slowly sinking in the sea on the small TV, and said firmly: "Bai Liu deliberately used this to let these monsters attack him, so that his mental value would drop and then stimulate his violent state, and in this way improve his panel attributes!"
Wang Shun was confused: "Why would he do this? Bai Liu can still pass the level without intensifying his violent state, right?"
"Yes, not only that, Bai Liu doesn't even need to worry about those mermaid monsters. He can just hide in the [Water Bubble] and send the Siren King back to the bottom of the sea, and he can easily pass the level." Mu Sicheng seemed to have figured it out all of a sudden. He continued with a bit of disbelief, "...The reason why Bai Liu wants to kill those mermaid monsters is because they might hinder his plan."
"What plan?" Wang Shun became more and more confused as he listened. "His mental level is only 7 now. What plan can he have?"
"Bai Liu deliberately let his spirit value drop to this level." Mu Sicheng let out a long breath and looked up at Bai Liu on the small TV:
"Do you remember what I said, that Bai Liu's goal in following the true end route is to collect all the monster books? Bai Liu is now almost done with the "Siren Town Monster Book", except for one part, which is the page "Siren King" - "Siren King's Attack Method". In order to complete this part, Bai Liu must let the Siren King wake up and attack him, but Bai Liu in normal condition cannot withstand the Siren King's attack, so -"
"——So, Bai Liu let the mermaid monster attack him, losing his spirit points all the way, forcing himself into the [Berserk State] to improve his panel attributes and withstand an attack from the Siren King?!" Wang Shun responded to Mu Sicheng's words, but he was dumbfounded after he finished speaking.
Wang Shun was so shocked that he was at a loss as to what to do and stammered at Mu Sicheng, "But this is a god-level NPC! To withstand an attack from this god-level NPC, you need a player panel of at least S-level like Spade!"
"Yes." Mu Sicheng looked at Wang Shun, "But you forgot an important point - Bai Liu didn't know that he was facing a god-level NPC. He treated this as a normal game."
"He guessed everything, but missed one thing - he didn't know he was facing a bug." Mu Sicheng tore open a lollipop for himself, bit it in his mouth, and said in amazement, "This lunatic, I feel like he thinks there must be a perfect way to complete this game."
"Bai Liu is obviously a player who can make the best solution, so he solved the mermaid corpse, mermaid wax statue, and mermaid sailor in order to avoid these monsters from causing trouble when he finally took on the attack of the Siren King. He wanted to save all his remaining strength to deal with the Siren King."
"It can be said that this guy has done everything to the extreme, with the lowest risk, the lowest points spent, and the highest return on the clearance path. Moreover, Bai Liu never questioned that he had chosen the best solution from the beginning to the end. The execution is almost perfect, even though the panel attribute is only F-level. It's really too-"
Mu Sicheng was silent for a few seconds, recalling Bai Liu throughout the game, and used a word to describe Bai Liu: "Terrible."
"Is there a chance that Bai Liu can pass the level?" Wang Shun's heart almost jumped out of his throat after listening to Mu Sicheng's analysis. "God Mu, I don't understand what you mean. Is it possible that Bai Liu can pass the level, or is it impossible?"
"I don't know either." Mu Sicheng chewed the lollipop absentmindedly.
The red light in his eyes flickered, and he looked at Bai Liu's small TV as if he had discovered something extremely strange. "Bai Liu has two endings. The first one is death if you fail to pass the level."
"The second one... Cleared the level successfully."
"This means that Bai Liu will break my single-player points record and become the first player to be included in the God-level NPC monster book."
"And just as you said, to resist an attack from a god-level NPC, a player with an S-level attribute board is needed. Currently, only the top scorer in the game, the King player, Spade, has an S-level attribute board."
Mu Sicheng's expression was somewhat murky: "If Bai Liu can do it, it means that his potential in the berserk state can reach S-level, and then he will become the second newcomer in this game who has the potential to become S-level."
Wang Shun looked at Bai Liu on the small TV and repeated Mu Sicheng's words in a daze: "The second S-rank?"
Bai Liu and the Siren King held hands and slowly sank in the water. Before his eyes were various overlapping illusions. The illusions were so densely overlapped that they looked like various blocks of color spreading out in front of him. Even his senses began to align with the things in the illusion.
His brain seemed to be controlled by something strange, and he had sensory experiences corresponding to the various things that appeared in the hallucination.
But Bai Liu didn't know why, he could easily determine what was an illusion and what was reality.
It was just like in the hallucination that Bai Liu saw himself being torn and torn by a group of mermaids. Bai Liu actually felt the pain of being torn and torn by the mermaids. With all his senses being completely deceived, an ordinary person would probably suspect that he had been bitten to death by mermaids.
But Bai Liu just remembered calmly that the group of mermaids were locked in the [underwater bubble] by him. Although there was a possibility that some mermaids would run out and bite him, Bai Liu still chose to believe in the reliability of his operation at this time. After all, Bai Liu felt that at this time, he was more trustworthy than the illusion.
Relying on this self-confidence that came from nowhere, Bai Liu remained motionless in the midst of thousands of crazy hallucinations, maintaining a calmness that made people's scalps tingle. He counted his own heartbeats to calculate the countdown to the awakening of the Siren King, and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
[System strong warning: There is still one minute left before the Siren King wakes up. The countdown has begun. Please clear the level quickly! ! 59...58...57...]
Wang Shun even had trouble breathing. He felt that he was more nervous than Bai Liu: "Only one minute left."
"We're almost at the bottom of the sea." Mu Sicheng was also concentrating on watching Bai Liu's small TV.
No one in the audience breathed loudly. They all looked up and breathed softly, their eyes glued to the small TV screen. Even the group of audience members who had been complaining before were now staring at Bai Liu's small TV.
Whether Bai Liu can pass the level depends on this minute.
The Siren King finally slowly opened his eyes.
At the same time, Bai Liu seemed to know that the Siren King would wake up at this moment, and he let go of the Siren King's hand in anticipation.
The Siren King was floating quietly in the water. He looked at Bai Liu. His eyes were as pure white as fresh snow, so white that they looked abnormally white like marble. His light eyelashes covered his silver pupils. His long hair lingered in the sea water around his expressionless and extremely beautiful face.
His captivating face with such a pair of white eyes made him look like a fairy from a myth or some legendary beautiful creature, shining brightly even in the seabed.
The audience looked at such a divine face and felt dazzled as if they were bewitched, and could not bear to attack him.
[System warning: The Siren King has awakened! ! Please stay away from the small TV screen! If you get too close to the screen, you may be mentally contaminated by the god-level NPC! ]
The audience in the Bailiu small TV viewing area moved towards the small TV as if they were mesmerized. Mu Sicheng keenly noticed that some of these people's mental levels began to drop rapidly.
Wang Shun, who was standing next to him, was also caught in the trap. He looked into the eyes of the Siren King, fascinated and said, "So beautiful, please don't hurt him."
When Wang Shun said this, his eyes were the same silver-white color as the Siren King on the small TV screen.
Mu Sicheng took out a mint-flavored lollipop and put it in his mouth. This is a long-lasting slow-release item that maintains the mental value. He looked at the Siren King on the screen and couldn't help but raised his eyebrows: "Wow, he is worthy of being a god-level NPC. The mental pollution effect can even penetrate the small TV screen."
The way monsters in the game contaminate is mostly through [contact], but the god-level NPCs are worthy of being god-level NPCs, and their way of contamination is [radiation], and these players cannot escape even through a screen.
[System warning: A large number of viewers' mental values have been polluted and reduced in the area of the player Bai Liu's small TV. The protection mechanism is now activated to force everyone to clean their mental values.]
[Pollution source detected - Siren King. The image is blurred. Please feel free to continue watching.]
A cloud of white mist fell into Bai Liu's small TV area. Wang Shun, who was still walking towards the small TV in a daze, was suddenly startled, coughed twice, and his pupils returned to black.
The face of the Siren King on the small TV had been blurred by the system. Wang Shun looked at the blurry image of the Siren King with lingering fear, and his eyes could not help but move to Bai Liu.
The audience behind the screen were all affected so badly. What kind of monster was Bai Liu, the guy who dragged the Siren King all the way and whose mental strength started to drop only when the Siren King was about to wake up?