Chapter 119 Paper Town
This is unscientific!
Tong Yao looked at the paper version of Qiao Song who was already swinging an axe in place, and grabbed her nearly completed hellhound, as if she was hugging her poor dog that hadn't left the house yet.
"Don't be too arrogant. Successfully tying paper is only the first step. There is also the skill of manipulation. If you have the ability, go two more steps forward."
The girl still had a lucky mentality, thinking that what Qiao Song had done might just be a decoration. Making it was only the first step, and it still had to be usable.
The biggest difference between paper-made beasts and paper-made people is that the difficulty of making and operating them is much greater. As long as the beast has legs and can run, it doesn't matter if it is on all fours or has three heads. As long as it can knock down the target and bite off the enemy's head with its mouth, it is considered a success.
Making paper figures is different. If the human body structure is not well made, it will not even be able to maintain balance and stand up, otherwise she and Tong Nan would not have been able to make a dog.
But Qiao Song could actually make a human skin paper clothing so complete, in one go, without even any extra material... It was as if he had peeled human skin with his own hands, and he was very skilled at it.
What did this person do before?
The girl couldn't help but swallow her saliva, feeling more and more uneasy.
Even if the puppet is made with part of one's own soul, operating it will be like a puppet show, which is not easy. This is not the half-baked work that Qiao Song did when he drew bones before, but a real independent creature constructed from the trinity of skin, bones and soul.
Qiao Song tried it and indeed felt the difference.
The body structure of the paper puppet kept appearing in front of her eyes, an enlarged version of the paper man. Whenever she thought of controlling the paper man's actions, the joints of the paper man would move, and at the same time, the patterns on it would be consumed.
So the difficulty lies in that if Qiao Song wants to control this paper man for a long time, he has to do two things at the same time, controlling the movements while replenishing the consumed patterns in time.
Understanding this, Qiao Song quickly picked up his pen and sketched, gradually keeping up with the speed of consumption and becoming more and more proficient.
The girl saw that the paper man, who had been staggering and moving stiffly just now, was able to quickly lift the axe and tentatively began to practice swinging it.
And the dog she just made can only crawl!
Damn it, I can’t even win this!
She had originally planned to let her big cutie bite off Qiao Song's paper beast's head in one bite, but looking at the posture of this "Qiao Song No. 2", he was wielding an axe just after he was born, it was hard to say whose head would fall off first.
The boy had wisely turned the paper beast he had made around. If he couldn't afford to provoke it, he could afford to avoid it.
It's rare that so many players are here today, and he wants to go out and play. He doesn't want to waste the opportunity with Tong Yao.
When Tong Yao saw him retreating at the critical moment, she immediately put her hands on her hips and yelled "little traitor", pointing at his head angrily and scolding him. It was useless. It was already difficult to fight 2 against 1, and now one of them had run away. How could they continue to fight?
Fan Heng, who usually loved to mediate between the little ones, stopped cracking melon seeds this time and looked at Qiao Song seriously, his eyes unblinking, as if he was looking through her bones to discern something: "Have you ever learned paper-making?"
Qiao Song stood still, waving the paintbrush, gradually manipulating the paper figure skillfully, and starting to make movements such as jumping and rolling.
"I haven't learned it, but I have set up a stall to sell fishtail lanterns during the Lantern Festival. At that time, I made dozens of lanterns a day."
That thing is purely handmade. The materials are purchased online. It is made of bamboo frames, stickers, and wires. Because it looks good and has high profits, it sells very fast during the Lantern Festival. That's how Qiao Song University's first small treasury was made.
Fan Heng seemed to be thinking about something, and did not ask any more questions until Qiao Song controlled the paper man to leave. Then he said, "You have four hours of free time. Before the hourglass stops, whether the paper man comes back or not, I will take your 'body' back with me."
Qiao Song's real body was confined near the table by a transparent wall, and only Qiao Song No. 2, who was more than three meters tall, could move freely.
Although the main body was restricted, the sense of security was actually improved a lot. Qiao Song could just focus all his attention on the paper man, just like playing an immersive game.
It’s just that others are driving mechas in the interstellar space, while she is controlling paper figures in the dungeon. These things are no worse than mechas. Which mecha master can customize a disposable puppet that is more than three meters tall and has good lethality in just one hour?
The axe in her hand was thrown repeatedly. After she got used to the feel of it, she was just about to bully the child who had threatened her before, but she saw that the boy and girl had already sneaked away, controlling their two hellhounds. Their ability to judge the situation was quite strong.
In the end, only a small black shell hit my arms.
To be precise, this guy held the paper figure that she projected her consciousness into in his arms.
Hei Dou lowered his head habitually. Even a shrunk Tyrannosaurus Rex was much taller than the puppet made by Qiao Song. Somehow, it was carrying a small schoolbag on its body. It rubbed against Qiao Song affectionately and acted coquettishly. Even the short little hands in front of it were cute.
"Sister Qiao Song! I'm coming out this time too!"
A small bean sprout-like creature suddenly appeared on Hei Dou’s head. It was Xiao Ni carrying a turtle shell.
Xiao Ni made the turtle shell for himself. Due to lack of time, he only made a small paper figure with strong defense and that could act as a mobile camera. This seemed quite stupid to the boys and girls. It was like finally making a powerful game character in an online game, but letting someone else play with it, and then giving himself a fragile little vest to follow around.
Of course Xiao Ni is not stupid, he can just leave the fight to Hei Dou. He can observe from the top of Hei Dou's head and provide assistance!
I originally thought that if Sister Qiao Song was still her original size, she could also sit on Hei Dou’s back together. But now looking at this female giant who is almost three meters tall, Xiao Ni’s words “I will protect you” seem a bit hot to the lips.
It doesn't matter!
"Hei Dou has materials in his backpack. If the paper figurine is damaged, I can help Sister Qiao Song and Hei Dou repair it!"
Making large paper beasts will leave a lot of paper joints, which are easy to fall apart. Once they are damaged in a fight, they will fall off quickly.
Leave the fighting to Hei Dou and sister Qiao Song, he will play a supporting role and still shine!
"Did you learn something from Fan Heng? Why do you look like you're going to fight soon?"
Qiao Song readily put the axe behind her and moved the joints. The body of the paper man was very strange. The body was obviously made by her own hands. Except for a bone and a piece of skin, the middle should have been hollow, but it became particularly solid because of the addition of a little soul.
She felt that it would be no problem for her to knock down the three-headed dog she met a few nights ago with one punch.
Xiao Ni scratched his head: "Uncle Fan only told me to be careful later. It's okay if the paper man controlled by the player dies, but it will hurt if the paper man is injured."
Paper figurines feel pain, but humans don't? No wonder the boys and girls ran so fast.
Qiao Song packed up his axe thoughtfully and strode away.
This meadow was larger than the floor area of the previous few days. Even with her current height of three meters, Qiao Song could hardly see the end. She ran quickly, and the footsteps of the paper humanoid creature were extremely heavy, making a thumping sound.
The four hours were definitely not for her to enjoy the scenery. She had to prepare for the bonfire party on the last day, explore the map as much as possible, and find out the information of other players.
He wanted to chase the boy and girl to see if he could find any clues, but the two naughty kids ran away very quickly. Qiao Song soon saw other creatures at the end of the horizon -
A bunch of ugly and bizarre paper beasts, either crawling or sneaking on their hands and feet.
Why do the cerebellums seem to be underdeveloped?
What Qiao Song didn't know was that many people also wanted to make human-shaped objects after learning paper-making, but firstly, they didn't have good skills, and secondly, they didn't have good manipulation skills. As a result, when the time was up, they turned into a group of cicadas that could only pupate on the ground.
The player who turned into a beast was still learning how to walk, when everyone heard a loud thunder in the sky.
After the rumbling thunder, the players who were still adapting to their new bodies heard the announcement:
【Weather system loaded】
At the same time, the system prompt sounded.
[You have entered the Four Seasons Grassland mini-game. The weather mode is loading. Please stay alive within four hours. Warm reminder: 1. As the seasons change, some small gifts will fall from the sky from time to time. Please pay attention to collect them.]
[2: Players whose paper beasts are destroyed need to restore their souls in time. Without the protection of the body, it will be very dangerous.]
[You can also spend money at the transparent counter on the grassland to buy a new shell, which is of high quality and can withstand the changing weather of the four seasons. Nearly a hundred kinds of paper animal skins are waiting for your patronage~]
Returning the soul should mean leaving the paper beast's body and returning to the operating table. Otherwise, when the time comes, Fan Heng will directly take her original body back. It is hard to imagine what will happen if the soul is left here.
But Qiao Song didn't expect that the system guy would be so diligent in advertising.
The main business of the Zhazhi Village dungeon is to sell paper to players, right? The raw materials used are brought back by players for accommodation.
It’s a one-stop industry.
Qiao Song pulled out the axe from his back. After the second thunder, he turned around decisively and chopped the creature that attacked him with one axe. It was a small snake.
The belated system prompt sounded: [Spring is coming, players please pay attention to the animals that are about to revive]
On March 3, the snake comes out of its hole? Is there any snake that fast?
After being chopped by Qiao Song, the snake quickly split apart and turned back into paper material. Before Qiao Song had time to dodge, she heard Xiao Ni's reminder: "Sister Qiao Song, a bunch of snakes are coming!!!"
The view from the top of the Tyrannosaurus Rex's head became clearer. Hundreds of snakes suddenly appeared, centered around all the humans. Even if Qiao Song chopped them one by one with his axe, his arms would be sore.
“Run first—!”
She moved very quickly, but it was difficult for the players behind her who were still learning to walk. They had not even trained their limbs yet, and they had to resist the attacks of the snakes.
Judging from the screams, there must be quite a few people in this area.
It seems that everyone from the southeast, northwest, and northeast villages has come today, otherwise the density would not be so high. She hardly met any living people in the past few days.
While thinking, Qiao Song took a step forward and nimbly jumped over a pile of grass in front of him, avoiding the second large paper beast - a crocodile hiding under the meadow.
The guy retracted his big mouth with regret, smacked it twice, and quickly accelerated to continue chasing Qiao Song.
Xiao Ni was sitting on Hei Dou's back and was shocked: "Is this the speed a crocodile should be able to move? This is not how it is portrayed in documentaries."
Just as Xiao Ni was about to call Hei Dou back to deal with the tail, Qiao Song stopped him: "Don't worry about the crocodile, keep running, there are too many paper beasts around."
This large meadow is very suitable for animals to hide due to its natural environment. Now, I don’t know if it’s the “spring” that’s causing the trouble, but the grass is even thicker than before and has grown to a height of more than one meter. Qiao Song No. 2, who is now over three meters tall, is stuck in it.
This kind of environment is perfect for wild animals to hide, and it makes people very passive.
"Run out of this deep grass area first."
While running, you have to be on guard against paper beasts that may jump out of the bushes at any time. There are all kinds of them, but the most annoying ones are the small ones. They are not very lethal, but there are too many of them.
Qiao Song knew that more trouble was yet to come.
The weather system should not be as simple as just the emergence of paper beasts. Sure enough, the rumbling thunder continued for a while, and finally rain began to fall.
The rain was not falling fast, but the raindrops were very big. Qiao Song was more concerned about whether the paper man was waterproof. There was no place to hide from the rain in this endless plain.
But the reality was better than she had imagined. The raindrops did not quickly soak into the paper man's outer clothes, but like raindrops, they left a shallow mark and then slid down.
The fact that it leaves traces means that it still has an impact on the paper figure.
At this moment, she quickly avoided a small mound of earth that suddenly appeared on her way forward.
There was actually a crocodile hiding underneath.
“Is this the end?”
Qiao Song raised her hand and swung the axe, smashing the crocodile's mouth flat. This made the crocodiles in the mounds behind seem to be stunned for a moment, as if they didn't expect her attack power to be so strong.
Qiao Song noticed that these crocodiles were whispering to each other and looked at each other.
Qiao Song actually saw a series of human psychological activities from the crocodile's little eyes, such as "The idea is too hard, why don't we retreat?" "Brother, she hit my nose so hard, I don't want to play anymore."
Could this be an NPC team building event? Considering the boy and girl's malicious opening and their happy behavior, it seems possible.
So the boys and girls went to harass other players, and the NPCs from other villages also came out to harass players from other villages?
Qiao Song ignored the spineless crocodile. While dodging the other crazy paper beasts, he continued to identify the direction of their escape. Finally, he found an area with less weeds. There were a lot of natural stone piles there, which were not suitable for growing grass. It was relatively empty and not conducive for paper beasts to hide.
Qiao Song discovered that many players had also come here.
And the further you run in this direction, the lighter the rain will be.
There are already more and more paper beasts that can walk upright running here, and it can be seen that this is the aesthetic taste of human beings, but when Qiao Song crawled out of the grass, he almost attracted everyone's attention.
There's no way, among a group of strange-looking species, she is the most unique in appearance.
"Am I seeing things right? A humanoid?"
A large lizard walking upright, with a red denim bib hanging around its neck and a pair of birthday sunglasses with the three-dimensional characters "happy birthday" on its face.
He lifted the corner of his sunglasses with his right paw and continued in surprise: "The weapons are also matching, and she walks so steadily. Wow, she even kicked the crocodile behind her."
The companions next to him turned into two giant kangaroos, one of them was holding something like a baseball bat in one hand, and there were many weapons visible in the pockets in front of them.
The other one was wearing a baseball cap and holding a pool cue for some unknown reason.
The two humanoid kangaroos were only busy gloating: "Hiss, the crocodile screamed so miserably, it must be an NPC from South Village, it deserves it, haha."
These few people can analyze Qiao Song's situation with ease. There is also a group of players who are silently sticking together next to them, and they only observe Qiao Song with vigilant eyes.
The kangaroo holding the pool cue took a deep breath and said, "Wait, this guy is not an NPC, right?"
The big lizard put his birthday sunglasses back on and looked up at the sky. "No, since it's in the circle, it's not an NPC. Pay attention to the sky later, don't miss that thing."
After Qiao Song found himself in the circle, Xiao Ni and Hei Dou were unable to enter. It seemed that only players could enter this area where there was not much grass.
The two of them quickly made a gesture, and Hei Dou turned around and carried Xiao Ni to the nearby area, pretending that he was just one of the paper beasts that followed Qiao Song to chase her.
As soon as Qiao Song left, the pursuit behind seemed to stop, which made both sides inside and outside the Shitan circle breathe a sigh of relief.
But then, Qiao Song discovered that many of the guys who had been staring at him quickly looked away and collectively looked up at the sky.
What's in the sky? Isn't it thundering and raining?
When everyone is doing the same thing, people around them will follow suit, and then everyone will see a few small black dots suddenly appear in the dark sky.
[Spring rain stops suddenly, please be careful to prevent hail]
When the system prompt sounded, most people were stunned. Only a small number of people who had been prepared and walked upright immediately slapped their thighs as if they had experienced the same thing before, "Here it comes!"
Qiao Song looked at those fully armed guys and finally realized something was wrong. Some props were obviously not usable in the paper beast state. How could the player's abilities be used in the paper beast state?
As she was observing, things in the sky began to fall.
As expected, it was just like hail, with large chunks of crystals, but they were obviously also filled with strange clusters of debris.
"Grab it!"
Qiao Song heard someone exclaim, and then a group of people gathered around and quickly snatched the few hail fragments from the sky.
Wait, when a hailstone fell near her, Qiao Song finally saw what was wrapped inside.
Fragments of wood from a shrine?
You can't be mistaken. She has been checking in at the shrine every day recently. She is very familiar with the grain and color of the wood.
But then the lizard, which had been holding the football stick, took a step forward, as if it had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
[The cue that comes with the billiard game comes with a laser guide to help you quickly determine the direction in which the ball should fall into the pocket]
The kangaroo in the baseball cap suddenly took out a white billiard ball with his left hand. Countless routes of the billiard ball collision immediately appeared in his eyes. He quickly determined the target and quickly flicked a ball into the sky.
Soon, a piece of debris on the top of the head was hit by the white ball and fell directly into the pocket of another kangaroo full of weapons at a precise angle.
[Shooting game arsenal, absolutely safe private space! ]
[A new object is detected. Do you want to mark it? ]
[Successfully loaded into the warehouse, sharing the weapons warehouse with friendly forces...]
The baseball kangaroo covered his stomach with caution and took a deep breath: "You need to be more careful. There are a lot of flammable and explosive objects in my arsenal. If you don't want them to blow up into the sky, be careful."
The kangaroo in the peaked cap said yes repeatedly, and soon muttered, "Who told you to open your pocket in front like a kangaroo mother?"
"You think I want to? Isn't that what the president wrote in his guide? He specifically asked us to make a kangaroo in the paper-making session. I practiced for a long time in advance."
Because I had increased my proficiency in advance, I finally made a kangaroo paper monster that could stand up. The guy in the baseball cap didn't want to make ears, so he put a hat on himself, and now his head is still bald.
The two kangaroos continued to work, and the cowboy wearing glasses that matched the birthday cake stood by and watched: "Why are there so few fragments of the shrine this time?"
In his last round, it was at least three times more.
"Could it be that the legend of the water ghost has really influenced this? More people are going to the lake, but fewer are going into the water, and there aren't enough offerings to be attacked by the shrine..."
The shrine also needs to be charged. In the past, there were always players who would try to kill themselves by touching it prematurely. They would be eaten by the sacrifice, which would increase the activity of the shrine and use their souls as fuel for the incense.
"Why does it feel like it's not only not getting stronger this time, but it's actually getting weaker? This shouldn't be the case. The villagers burn incense every day, so why is it getting weaker?"
With the coming of the Bonfire Festival, players need to gradually come into contact with the shrine fragments to improve their resistance when encountering the shrine in the later stages. There are so few fragments, how many people can get close to the shrine this time?
But this is also a good thing. At least there is less competition, and the old players who participated in the previous round may be able to stand out faster.
Just as he finished his analysis, he heard a louder rumbling thunder in the distance.
Qiao Song, the water ghost himself, who was not far away, also heard the sound of rain coming closer and closer.
[Rain is intensifying, please take precautions]
Qiao Song had never seen a system so kind and so timely in providing weather forecasts. She quickly understood the reason. She saw that a lot of transparent glass cabinets suddenly rose up in the grass.
Those display cabinets were clearly marked with prices, with a series of descriptions such as high waterproofness, but the real culprit was finally revealed -
[Limited time price: 50,000 Soul Coins]
How many?
Qiao Song’s eyes widened. What’s the difference between this and the people who raise the price of umbrellas at the subway entrance on a rainy day?
Even with such an outrageous price, someone actually bought it.
Those players who were huddled together and could only barely crawl on the ground were probably fed up with the counterfeit and shoddy products they had made, so they immediately pooled some money and went to the display cabinet to exchange for a paper beast that might not be the most powerful, but was definitely the largest.
A giant ray.
[The ocean fish priced at 75,000 is a paper beast with a waterproof performance of over 99%. It has an additional bat gene and can fly in the sky. It is absolutely worth the money! ]
The price and product description are a bit annoying, but it definitely has its merits.
This huge amount of money was well spent, as the players who formed a group directly let the buyers get into the skin of the manta ray, and then hung the manta ray above them like flying a kite.
That's right, they bought the fish to keep out the rain.
The rain was getting heavier, spring thunder was roaring, and the number of hail falling from the sky was increasing.
Due to its large size, the manta ray provided shelter for seven or eight players below and even caught one or two hail fragments, which greatly boosted the sales of paper beasts in the surrounding transparent display cabinets.
It's simply a walking advertisement for the system.
The game on this level is the trade fair in the paper-folding town, right?
At this time, Qiao Song also found that the paper on "his" body was also wet, but not as serious as others. Many people were soaked by the rain from the sky and their skin was peeling off. In addition, the fact that shrines fell from the sky made Qiao Song have reason to suspect that what fell from the sky was lake water.
She tried to summon the toolbox and it worked. After seeing someone using a pool stick to use a skill towards the sky, she guessed that after a person's soul descended into the body of a paper beast, it should be able to use skills bound to the soul.
As soon as the toolbox came out, Qiao Song No. 2's body, which was more than three meters tall, suddenly sank. She grabbed the rapidly enlarged hammer in one hand and spun it rapidly above her head, turning away a large number of water droplets to reduce the impact of the heavy rain on her body.
In a chaotic hailstorm, she also got two fragments of the shrine. Although they were only the size of rice balls, those guys who came to the center of the stone beach in advance to find a good position and were familiar with the rules of the game must be the old players left over from the previous round.
Since they value the shrine fragments so much, of course I have to keep them.
Strangely, Qiao Song didn't see his companions in this area.
Although since entering this dungeon, finding acquaintances depends entirely on mutual understanding, but if you judge people by skill derivatives, you haven't seen anyone using lottery tickets, books, or even paper beasts with animals.
However, the lizard man wearing a cowboy scarf and his two henchmen were suspected to be members of the strategy team.
According to Qiao Song's previous judgment, this area of space definitely covers the players from the four villages in the southeast, northwest, and northeast. This means that there is definitely more than one rocky beach serving as a temporary safe zone to avoid attacks by paper beasts.
At this moment, the two pieces of the shrine fragments in her left hand suddenly vibrated, as if attracted by a magnet, and began to move towards the toolbox she was holding on her right.
At the same time, the first stage of charging had been completed long ago, and the progress bar had been showing the toolbox loading tools, when suddenly a light came on.
A line of words appeared on the interface where colorful bars were flying like fireworks.
[Charging completed, you have unlocked new items! ]
【Shrine】
Qiao Song:?
Unlocked something?!
"It's spring now, and after the rain gets heavier, grass has started to grow here again. Let's get ready to move to another place." The Lizard Man had just finished greeting his younger brothers when he noticed two giant kangaroos staring without blinking at the last human-shaped paper beast to arrive in their area.
"Team leader, does the toolbox in her hand look familiar to you?"
As a collector, the player in the armory always likes to light up all the weapons in the illustrated encyclopedia, so he is more sensitive to the items held by other players. Now observing the box carried by the newcomer in the corner, he always feels that the box shook just now, as if something fell out of it.
And it's something that looks extremely familiar.
But the human-shaped guy seemed to be greatly shocked as well. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and ran away holding the items in his arms.
The kangaroo, with a pocket full of weapons, immediately realized that this guy had something good on him. Even if he didn't, he could just snatch the two shrine fragments he had just obtained from her. This guy had at least two hail fragments on him!
"Boss, don't just stand there, let's chase him!"
Before the cowboy lizard man was distracted, he was dragged by his two younger brothers to chase Qiao Song.
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She ran away and he chased her, and neither of them could escape.
I am taking you to the Yellow Springs Road——
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