Chapter 222 Snake's Treasure Game
Because Qiao Song had said before that they should be careful of the Snake, Ge Jia and Hua Lifan were keeping watch very carefully. Ge Jia was as rigorous as ever, scanning the surroundings with a tablet and always alert for unknown people.
But the members of the strategy team can never be serious for more than a few minutes.
Hua Lifan: "Sister Qiao, you want to try it? Apart from anything else, this coral jungle is quite useful. I can also give you a few seagulls later!"
After roughly making sure that there were no players around, he swam over first and skillfully pulled off a few scallop-like small pottery jars from his floral shirt and hung them on the corals like Christmas tree decorations.
"There aren't many players here, and we're relatively close to the edge. If I put twenty jars, there should be five or six item cards left in the end..."
Of course, this probability was not calculated by him, but was based on the valuation given by Ge Jia earlier.
The corals that were like dead objects before seemed to be awakened after Hua Lifan hung a few jars on them personally.
Qiao Songmingrui noticed that the temperature of the water on their side had risen slightly, and the warm water flow radiated from the coral area.
Hua Lifan lowered his voice and pointed in the direction of the coral: "They are about to start working."
Like a started machine, these corals emitted a faint light. Qiao Song sometimes felt that they were more like blood vessels. She heard a very slight sound like blood flowing.
Click, the surface of the jars hanging on the corals began to peel off layer by layer, like water chestnuts that had been peeled off their shells.
After shrinking in size, a jar can actually make people look white and tender.
Hua Lifan stepped on the coral and pulled the jars out like pulling a carrot: "Fortunately this is an infinite world. If you were to waste corals like this in real life, you would be scolded to death."
He exerted all his strength, clenched his teeth, and even his neck seemed to be exerting force, and then he suddenly pulled off the shrunken jars.
In just a minute or two, these things seemed to have grown together with the corals.
"We are in the marginal area, and these corals may be more enthusiastic," Hua Lifan grinned and shook his palm, quickly opened the jars one by one, and showed them to Qiao Song with bright sunshine, "but the buffering speed will be quite fast, look! The prop card is formed!"
Hua Lifan had exactly 6 prop cards in his hand, 3 of which had seagulls drawn on them, and the others were beach chairs, sun hats, and parasols.
He also forced a seagull card on Qiao Song, which had a cartoon picture of a seagull pacing on the street with a strong sense of stealing.
[Let’s go! Let’s go to the pier and get some French fries! ]
[A habitual robber on the beach who can lock onto any object on the target. When the target is in his hand, the success rate of the robbery increases. If the target is food, the success rate of the robbery increases exponentially. Of course, it is still quite difficult to rob a living person. ]
Qiao Song looked up at Hua Lifan, who quickly smiled and said, "Didn't the Dragon King Temple get washed away by a flood? I'll give you a few of these little ones as compensation. These seagulls are not real objects, but can pass through walls like light and shadow. They are very convenient to use."
It is indeed convenient if there is no entity.
Qiao Song suddenly thought of the magician white pigeons. The pigeons raised by You Yitong seemed to have no entity. They were like magic props and could be taken back at any time.
However, it was strange that she had not seen any players from the Newcomer Alliance or the Snake Alliance so far.
Qiao Song followed the coral and looked at several surrounding areas. She could sense the locations of most of the players in this area.
The smell of sea water was like a huge information library, transmitting what was happening around in real time. She could feel that the flow of people was increasing as she got closer to the central area.
But looking at the experiment Hua Lifan just did, the corals in the marginal area were obviously more efficient and processed 20 jars in just a few minutes.
In this situation, for safety reasons, many people should stay on the periphery. So many militants will move to the middle, unless there are huge benefits waiting for them in the middle.
Ge Jia, a player who is more sensitive to basic data, looked like he was about to say something but hesitated at this time: "I have a guess. Before, Hua Lifan and the old principal teamed up together because we were attacked near the center. Those places are a bit strange."
Qiao Song nodded and let her continue.
"The color of the coral over there is different from the ones outside. It looks very red."
Ge Jia has tried diving in the real world and knows what corals generally look like.
Although the players call this area the Coral Zone, it is because these things look very similar to the corals that the players know.
Ge Jia used a more metaphorical description: "The red corals in the central area look like worms that have sucked blood underwater."
Hua Lifan got goosebumps from her description: "If it's so scary, why are people still going over there?"
Ge Jia didn’t know the specific reason, she only knew that from her perspective, those things were a little scary.
Qiao Song pondered for a while: "Are all the players of Snake in the central area?"
Hua Lifan and Ge Jia both nodded. "Most of the time they are in the deepest part of the coral. Occasionally they will send people out to capture some idle players and try to promote cooperation so that they can produce jars in exchange for item cards."
This is a more euphemistic way of putting it. In fact, most of the time, players are treated as card-producing machines. As long as a fight starts, jars can be produced, and skill cards can drop from the jars. It's a win-win situation from the moment you plan to capture someone.
It means the catcher wins twice.
Qiao Song guessed that Hua Lifan and the other two also wanted to learn this trick, but they failed as soon as they opened.
Qiao Song glanced at the old principal who was leaning on the dolphin's back and looking at Coral in a daze.
"Go another 100 meters inside and test the frequency of tank washing. I suspect the waste rate of washing in the center should be much lower than that in the periphery."
Ge Jia immediately understood what Qiao Song meant: "So if the guild players want to exchange skill cards, they will try to go deeper into the coral reef?"
Qiao Song nodded, and the paper dolphin carried the old principal and swam slowly forward. Suddenly, the old man opened his eyes.
"Be careful kids, there's a group of social idlers coming over with bad intentions."
The old man's tone was quite serious. He straightened his back and looked into the distance. The dolphins were patted by him and even swam to the front on their own initiative.
A vague school gate suddenly appeared in the water.
[School Rules Article 11: The school prohibits idle people from entering during working hours. If you need to visit, please make an appointment in advance at the Academic Affairs Office.]
Ge Jia immediately looked at the tablet in his hand, but there was nothing displayed on it.
She had a slight sweat on her forehead and looked in that direction through the bubble of the breathing mask. It was the location where the Black Iron Guild members were that Qiao Song had asked her to look at before.
Maybe it was because the distance was too far, or maybe the other party used a prop to conceal his breath. Somehow, Ge Jia suddenly forgot about it.
This is not right, she is not such a careless person at work.
My mind was a little confused, and even had a buzzing sensation. I didn’t know if it was because I was too nervous.
Wait, her pupils dilated slightly, as if she had thought of something.
The players in that direction were from the Black Iron Guild. She couldn't observe their professional attributes remotely, but the old principal could detect their malicious intentions in advance...
Isn't this just some very special professional team in the guild... It's over...
Ge Jia was about to turn around to remind him, but saw Qiao Song rushing out through the small door as if he didn't care about his life.
Ge Jia only had time to shout: "Don't go over there! Some of these people have advanced professional skills!"
Infinite Highway is a very cruel world, where players will naturally be divided into different levels, especially based on their professional attributes.
Qiao Song was not considered a dangerous person by Ge Jia at the beginning, because Qiao Song was identified as a primary manual laborer because of his abilities.
The ones present here are the famous “management” of Black Iron.
Their initial abilities may not be strong, but they can use soul coins to buff themselves.
Backed by Black Iron and supported by a huge treasury, this is an almost invincible team. These are the Soul Coin players of the underworld.
But in fact, Qiao Song was not reckless and took the initiative to cross the protective school gate set up by the principal in advance.
She was forced to swim out.
She was now like being sucked by a magnet, completely unable to control the direction she was moving in. In her head, like the Great Compassion Mantra, system prompts that sounded like financial analysis words rang out.
[Ding——You have been targeted by a large capital party. The other party spent 100,000 soul coins to force you to be a coral guide. Please note that 100,000 soul coins have been received. Please perform your guide duties first. ]
Qiao Song was already feeling dizzy and his murderous intent was almost overwhelming his reason. When he heard the amount, he was stunned for a moment.
What does this mean? Before the fight even starts, you're giving her 100,000?
In the distance, a group of players wearing the same diving suit were slowly moving towards the coral.
Someone suddenly said something sarcastic:
"Mo Peining, haven't you already locked on to the player with the best local advantage in the current area? How come you haven't poached him yet after a great headhunter like you made a move?"
The headhunter named Pei Mo Ning frowned and said, "It shows that 100,000 soul coins have just been deducted from me. The other party should be on the way."
The companion who was urging him changed his tone: "Mr. Duo? One hundred thousand?"
Pei Mo Ning's financial headhunting skill can turn the nearest enemy unit into a friendly unit before a battle begins.
It is a good thing to be able to poach people, but the 100,000 offered is not an annual salary, but an hourly wage when they need the other person to act as a guide in the area.
Earning 100,000 soul coins in half a day, is this digging into the head of the Snake itself?
My colleague couldn't help it after holding it in for a long time:
"Although we have enough budget this time, we should not be too extravagant. Chen Long sent us here to test our abilities. Now is the time to change the style that we have brought to the guild in the past and stop using soul coins to open the way."
The main reason is that their current identities are quite embarrassing. It is hard to say whether they are traitors, but they have definitely deviated from the president's original plan.
"Both joining the display screen and joining Chen Long are not good choices. Since the two of them are now cooperating with our identities, at least we can get past the president."
"The goal of this infiltration is very clear. Bring back at least 200 skill cards, and destroy as much of the strange coral forest as possible. Tsk, the closer I get, the more creepy this thing looks. How dare those players keep changing skill cards in there? They are really ignorant and fearless."
The speaker was holding a strange tablet with several red and green lines and small cylindrical graphs on it, and an evaluation value next to the table.
[The current regional investable value is zero, it is purely a private industry and cannot take advantage of external economic interference. ]
[The financial consequences of the collapse of this area have been detected. Please operate with caution to avoid losing both money and life. ]
It was the first time that he could only detect such a result in a certain area, because in other copies, he could also influence the copy rules to a greater or lesser extent by accepting bribes.
There are even investors who can directly influence player skills.
The president said that the Infinite Highway is now a business, but in a place where soul coins are used everywhere to pave the way, it is really weird that a territory suddenly appears where soul coins cannot be used at all.
"There seems to be something swimming ahead, Lao Pei, is that the person you dug?"
Several people who had sprayed perfume and hairspray before going out on a mission suddenly heard the headhunter Pei Mo Ning remind them in a strange tone: "The person we dug this time seems to be a little strange, wait a minute..."
He didn't even finish his words before the unknown creature, which was at least 500 meters away from them, suddenly accelerated. Amid the rolling of the sea water, the sound of a large number of props being activated was heard.
But all they saw was a gorgeous ice-blue tail and a pair of claws that could tear them apart with almost any effort.
The companion with the strongest attacking ability in the financial team took decisive action:
【Midnight Touch】
[This is a pair of Midas Touch hands that are well known in some markets. The red lines touched by her will rain gold in your home with great efficiency. She will make your wealth multiply rapidly in the game of finance.]
[In the game world, objects touched by this hand will quickly turn into gold in a short period of time.]
Qiao Song rushed thousands of miles and knocked out a few of them with her tail. She soon discovered that one of them had a very interesting skill, which could actually turn her fish tail into gold.
The body's activity quickly disappeared, and Qiao Song felt that the fish scales that fell off after the attack looked shiny and sparkling, like real gold.
Her eyes quickly locked onto the woman at the front of the team, who was wearing a pair of golden gloves. No, it wasn't the gloves, but her hands had turned golden.
This guy just touched her tail with his fingertips.
"Pei Mo Ning! Is this the guide you bribed? Is she a local NPC with a confused mind or something? Why can she resist the agreement after receiving the money?"
Pei Mo Ning's forehead was now beginning to sweat. He had previously wanted to force the sale and had locked onto the other party remotely, but the result of accidentally purchasing 100,000 was something he had not expected.
But since just now, his head has been buzzing and various strange system prompts have been ringing.
[Ding—The job-hopping partner has returned your deposit.]
[Ding——The other party is approaching you at a distance of 2800 meters. ]
[Ding——The other party is approaching you at a distance of 1,300 meters. ]
【bite--】
In a few breaths, he didn't even have time to answer his companion's question, how come this thing suddenly appeared like a ghost? !
Pei Mo Ning's brain was a little congested now. Not only did he hear the system prompt about returning 100,000 yuan, he also heard the employment contract in a trance.
The other party was using the contract to recruit him. After being a headhunter for so many years, this was simply going against the grain!
"She didn't, receive,
Pei Mo Ning felt that it was becoming difficult to breathe. Suddenly, he saw a seagull that appeared out of nowhere in front of him.
"Brother, do you want to go to the dock and get some French fries?"
The bird blinked its red eyes gently, and suddenly, the bird's eyes cracked, and countless red and white crystals appeared like teeth, and a red mouth bit him directly.
Pei Mo Ning suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.
No, something is not right.
After a huge suction force, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his fingers. Pei Mo Ning's hand was swallowed by the seagull and it swam in another direction while being bitten.
"Old Pei!!!"
One of the companions had already taken out a long-range attack item and was about to use it when he suddenly heard a system prompt:
[The final exam of Chunlai Elementary School has begun. The exam will last for half an hour. Please start answering the questions. All props are prohibited during the exam. Cheating is strictly prohibited.]
In just a moment, the diving suits of all the players wearing black diving suits disappeared instantly like bubbles.
Without oxygen supply and pressure relief equipment in the deep sea, the fear of drowning can almost kill most people.
But Qiao Song knew that the people here were not ordinary people.
She is still entangled with the woman who turns everything into gold.
The diving suit on the other person also disappeared in an instant, but he quickly held his breath and reacted quickly to grab a piece of kelp. The thing instantly turned into gold and then transformed into a Desert Eagle.
【Gold lovers can also shine in the sideline field. 】
[Money may not buy everything, but it can definitely buy weapons and props for your family. Based on the total amount of gold you provided, you have already exchanged for certain offensive weapons in the guild's internal trading market.]
Qiao Song didn't expect that this woman could actually use props.
But she soon realized that it wasn’t the old principal’s skills that had failed, but a problem of location.
After she rushed here for headhunting reasons, Dolphin and the people behind her soon caught up. This woman who could turn stone into gold was the one with the fastest reaction in the team.
She swam away for a while as soon as possible and did not stay in the same area with her companions.
But once the diving suits disappeared, the possibility of this group of people being wiped out was still quite high.
Qiao Song did not put pressure on the old principal to adjust the examination area. Instead, he went after the woman alone.
Without the help of props, the opponent now has only one choice, which is to float up quickly.
On the way here, Qiao Song had already heard what these people were talking about. These guys were actually the Black Iron players who were poached by Chen Long from Wu Ma.
The guy who was originally going to be trained as the successor by Wu Ma was poached away, but why was he placed here with Si She at this time?
Moreover, there were many more people than Qiao Song originally thought, and the quality was uneven.
At this critical moment, only the headhunter and the woman reacted a little faster.
Qiao Song had been chasing upwards for only half a minute when he suddenly heard a huge explosion coming from below.
The sound of an underwater explosion is muffled, but the impact it has on the water area is not much weaker.
She didn't stop and continued to chase outside. The small paper man fragments were synchronously reflecting the situation over there. The guys who signed the contract with her were fine, and the old principal was taken away by the dolphins at the first moment.
The water surface was broken, and Qiao Song did not control the woman immediately, but let her breathe for a while.
Rapidly rising from the deep sea in a short period of time would cause fatal damage to the body. Qiao Song waited slowly for her to use up a healing item. Her body was covered with jars and she had almost no strength to struggle.
"you……"
She tied the man up with a net bag and was about to ask about Chen Long when she suddenly felt something move in her heart. Two of the pieces of paper that had responded before suddenly lost contact.
It’s Ge Jia and Hua Lifan.
Only Principal Ni Chunlai's dolphin can still send messages.
Qiao Song immediately hugged the woman and started diving.
The other party was already very weak, but he still struggled hard.
Qiao Song pieced together various pieces of information in his mind, and for a moment he suspected that their encounter with Heitie's gang was not an accident at all. Were they trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
No, she and Ge Jiahua Lifan had only known each other for a short time. Why did the other party think that she would go down to save people?
Suddenly, a bad signal came from the Paper Dolphin.
Qiao Song swung his tail and returned to the previous area at a very fast speed.
She had originally thought that the explosion in the sea would not be very powerful, but when she looked at the scene, she saw that the most serious damage was to the coral jungles that were not too close.
Qiao Song looked at the broken corals, which were originally as translucent as crystal, but now broke in the water like fingers and bleed out, and suddenly he had a very ominous premonition.
There was no one here. The traces of the previous fight were still there, but all the players' presence had disappeared.
She turned several times following the paper man's guidance, and finally her eyes fell on the broken end of the coral.
There's a little scrap of paper over there.
Isn’t this the safest periphery? How come all these guys were eaten by corals?
There is indeed something wrong with the coral.
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