Chapter 231 Zootopia
Boss Cai had imagined many scenarios of a face-to-face encounter with Qiao Song.
To this end, he even simulated a variety of response plans in advance, including how to avoid risks in expanding into the convenience store field, tricking Qiao Song, and even using the pair of Weiyang eyes given by Chen Long to shake Qiao Song psychologically.
But none of these plans would include a scene where he was chased by a lion in the forest!
He suddenly ducked, and before the wires on his back popped out, he felt a gust of wind passing over his head.
After a loud bang, a big tree in front was broken in half.
Cai Laoban's display screen suddenly became full of exciting things.
What the hell is this!!!
Qiao Song, what the hell have you turned into? !
Boss Cai turned and ran. It was not because he did not want to fight back, but because he found this forest too weird. As an administrator-level ghost, his personal professional skills were completely restricted.
The effect of wires has been weakened by 50%!
For a moment, apart from realizing through the data fluctuations that the damn lioness in front of him was Qiao Song, he was unable to make any effective counterattack.
[Boom - warning, warning, this area is a battlefield formed by the mixed abilities of multiple high-level administrators. Currently, 23 strange talk rules have been issued. Please respect the local copy for external administrators! ]
[Black management authority is being downgraded...]
I respect you, so you should respect me! Downgrade the authority. What if I get beaten to death by these natives? !
The display screen rolled over, and the wires wrapped around him suddenly supported him like spider legs.
We can't confront Qiao Song head-on here for the time being. This guy is a muscular fighter, he has to use his brain and utilize the rules to get rid of Qiao Song!
At least he knows this damn place has 23 rules!
Boss Cai, who thinks his brain is better than that of wild animals, quickly advances in an environment that looks like a primeval forest, like a spider, with the help of the electric wires behind him.
The various strong smells around him were converted into data maps and distributed on his screen, with a safer escape route marked.
There are many animals that he needs to avoid, but the danger level is not high. He can deal with them, but it will be a waste of time to deal with them.
"Lion, antelope, anaconda, hippopotamus, hyena, gray wolf, porcupine..."
"Wait, doesn't Zootopia only have the twelve zodiac attributes? Why are there so many animals with other attributes?"
He had indeed heard that in areas like the Rabbit, there would be internal rules that did not force all players or local residents to transform into animals related to it.
However, something was still not right about this damn place. The people running around here were not humanoid players with animal heads, but pure animals.
Boss Cai was moving quickly in the forest while thinking about the previous rules of Zootopia, and suddenly he discovered the key point.
Because Zootopia is Chenlong's home ground, other administrators generally don't come here very often, but Boss Cai has heard that similar situations have occurred before.
It appeared before because the celebration had reached its final stage and several big zodiac signs were fighting for position. The rule card during the melee had several identical rules written on it.
So, now at least three zodiac signs have started fighting in this place!
He chased Qiao Song on impulse, but ended up running straight into a fire pit with a gasoline barrel next to it.
There is no way that the damn old man Chen Long is unaware of this. Coming here to catch Qiao Song at this time is like trying to catch a rat in the toilet. Not only will he fail to catch him, but he will also get himself stinked.
That old guy was really trying to trick him!
Not far behind him, the sound of trees breaking continued to be heard, and Boss Cai could even smell the stench of blood.
The lion that Qiao Song turned into chased him like a ghost, hunting him as if he were food.
Who the hell is the NPC?
This is simply the opposite of Tiangang!
He cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to shout out loud. The rules of this area were very strict, and if he was not careful, he might suffer.
The skin covered by the white gloves felt a little itchy. Even if Boss Cai didn't lift them up, he knew that he would probably grow animal hair too.
Every administrator used to be a player before taking office, and Boss Cai hasn't experienced the feeling of being bound by rules for many years.
He still had a chance to regret, so he immediately used all his abilities to open a portal and leave.
Not only do we have to leave this area, we also have to leave Zootopia.
It's obvious that a big war is about to break out in this damn place.
But Boss Cai had finally gathered all the supplies and restored the store to full inventory. The convenience store no longer had any worries and he was in the best condition again.
He was unwilling to accept it.
If Qiao Song's chance to climb up is not cut off, he will live in the shadow of this player for the rest of his life.
If Qiao Song really wins and becomes the manager of Zootopia, with this guy's crazy personality, will he still be able to live a good life in the future?
That old fellow Chen Long still knows how to play along, but Qiao Song's dissatisfaction is simply written on his face. It is better to deal with a hypocrite than with a young man who has been offended.
He gritted his teeth, but before he could take out the props he had prepared in advance, he felt another strong wind coming from behind him.
Depend on!
The hem of his clothes was suddenly bitten. If it weren't for the electric wire to help block it, his kidney would have been lost!
Countless black wires suddenly whipped the lion away. Boss Cai's face darkened and he felt his strength weakened. This broken forest was gradually eroding his original management authority.
This crazy woman! It's amazing that she turned into a lion!
If he didn't want to test the rules with his own body, he wouldn't want to be a human being anymore!
The balance in his heart finally tilted towards the side that stayed behind, and the display screen sorted out the information obtained along the way.
Calm down. Transforming into an animal must have been affected by local rules. Judging from Qiao Song's appearance, his mental state would also be negatively affected.
First figure out the rules for turning into an animal.
After he came into this area, he only did one thing, which was to escape. He had been transferring space in the middle. He now had a semi-mechanical body and did not need to breathe. He only needed electricity and soul power.
The smells he felt were all data converted by sensors, so they were definitely not caused by mutations in the air.
That's exercise... Although he didn't run on his own legs most of the time, but relied on several wires behind him to support himself, some of his human organs still felt a certain burden.
If we pinpoint the source of variation to movement, everything becomes simple.
If that damn thing Qiao Song hadn't been chasing him, the mutation speed might not have been so fast!
The more Boss Cai thought about it, the angrier he became. He hadn't felt so helpless in years.
[Ding——The first stage of alienation is completed, please pay attention to the changes in your body. ]
The system prompt next to his ear made Boss Cai stunned for a moment, probably because he hadn't received such a reminder for players for a long time.
When he rolled over again to avoid the attack from behind, he indeed noticed the changes in his hands.
The original white gloves had become tattered and were torn by the skin inside, revealing something that was not the fur he had expected.
Boss Cai saw a skin that was somewhat similar to his original skin color, but obviously harder.
【According to the analysis of your personality and soul matching, your current state is crocodile. 】
[Please find your corresponding living area in time to restore to full status. ]
[Warm reminder, this map will provide a large number of wooden houses, tree houses, and docks as temporary safe houses to avoid attacks, and only fully human life units can enter and hide. ]
Once the first phase of optimization is completed, it will be equivalent to having the player identity of this area.
Boss Cai knew this, so he had been hesitating whether to leave or not. But if he left, he would have no chance to completely break off this ill-fated relationship with Qiao Song.
Well, just stay. It depends on the situation. There is a safe zone here.
His convenience store can be set up near the safe zone of any game. Even if the head-up display screen is running, at least he can go back to his home and rest.
Now there was only one question left, how to avoid the lioness chasing him?
The hot breath, accompanied by smoke and dust, is like a ghost that lingers around.
I used the display screen that I hadn't used my brain for a long time to escape the rules, trying hard to squeeze out the last bit of moisture in my brain, and even the screen became slightly hot.
There needs to be a balance between the number of players in an area and the rules.
It is impossible to kill one person with a hundred rules, and it is also impossible to restrain a hundred people with only three rules.
There are maps, smells...
Damn lioness, isn't this supposed to be a forest map? If anything, it should be a tiger! Why a lion?
Boss Cai cursed the organizer and Qiao Song in his heart at the same time. In the end, the screen was almost smoking. He finally calculated a position that had a high probability of solving his current dilemma.
As the lioness chasing from behind, Qiao Song felt very excited.
Her brain was dominated by primitive animal instincts, and as a lion hunting independently, she knew she should be more cautious.
But the moment she smelled the familiar scent, Qiao Song understood that she had to act stronger, preferably like a truly insane beast, to make the other party angry but also to make the other party feel that he could get rid of her as long as he was smarter.
Qiao Song's pupils that were erected during hunting have not fully recovered yet, but she can vaguely remember that she seemed to do this often in the past.
It seems to be called fishing.
[Ding—Friendly reminder, you are about to leave the occupied forest area 18, and the King of Beasts’ physical strength bonus BUFF is about to disappear]
Boss Cai’s guess was indeed correct. Every animal has its own territory. If you kill the owner of this area, you can replace his position.
At the same time, the invader becomes the challenger and will face the defender who is far stronger than himself.
This is the most primitive way of power transfer in Zootopia.
Tiger and several other southern zodiac signs then put forward the advice that Qiao Song had once given her.
Unlike the Goat, Rat and Rabbit in the north, those people had all met Qiao Song to some extent, and some were even acquaintances with whom he had a good relationship before, so they gave up their power very decisively.
As for the remaining zodiac signs in the South, Rooster, Tiger and Ox, none of them are willing to give up their power just by saying a few nice words or making a promise.
Instead of giving the thing that he had fought so hard to obtain to another kid to challenge Chen Long, it would be better to let this kid try it himself.
Try the most original chaotic fighting method of Zootopia many years ago.
Animal brawl.
It is not limited to the twelve zodiac signs. The corresponding animal appearance will be awakened according to the internal attributes of the soul.
There are no guilds or administrators here. Everyone is a separate warrior, fighting only for himself.
What Zootopia needs is a manager who can stand out in this melee.
And not just a promise made by the captain of a ship.
Qiao Song should have received the notice in advance, but the old man Chen Long seemed to have noticed something and cut off all communication and material delivery channels in advance.
NPCs that use external forces will be greatly restricted in their movement.
It is even less likely that the local animals would tip off Qiao Song.
The other zodiac signs had already turned the entire southern region into a primeval forest. The moment Qiao Song landed, she only had time to read the blank rule card, which required her to supplement the prompts, and then she turned into a free-running lioness.
After lioness Qiao Song finished supplementing the background rules on the black rule card, her memory soon began to be overwritten bit by bit.
Her pupils erected, her hair stood up, and she turned into a muscular middle-aged lioness.
The guy in front of her with a strange appearance and a smell of motor oil is already her 56th hunting target.
Qiao Song scratched the ground with his claws, swung his tail impatiently, and stared at the guy at the bottom of the hill who almost rolled and crawled into the swamp.
This is not her territory. If she chases after him rashly, her strength will be weakened.
Qiao Song slowly retreated into the darkness covered by the trees, staring at the guy who smelled of engine oil, and hid near a small wooden house near the swamp. Only then did she leave.
When faced with a prey that cannot be dealt with immediately, the best way is to force him into a place where he thinks he is safe.
Qiao Song marked the area and planned to come back later after eating. He had actually consumed a lot of energy today.
Seeing the lioness leave, Boss Cai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He did not rush directly into the cabin, because the rules stated that only those in full human form could enter.
Because he hadn't entered the game as a player for such a long time, he couldn't confirm whether he could transform back into human form.
Boss Cai almost forgot what he looked like when he was still a human.
Some distant, not-so-nice memories were about to flood his mind. Boss Cai’s screen instantly shut down, and after a while a blue ripple flashed.
He didn't like himself when he was still a human, and even hated his old name.
There are many photos of dead players collected in the computer, and he can also transform into the appearance of others.
By the time Boss Cai used his crocodile claws to brush off the dust on his body, his head had transformed into that of an ordinary man.
Half of the customers that convenience stores receive every day look like this. You may forget what they look like after passing by them for 10 seconds.
Before pushing open the door of the safe house, he listened and heard a human heartbeat. Boss Cai subconsciously wanted to reveal some kind of evil smile, but he had to hold it back.
This is not his home ground, he needs to exercise restraint.
His goal was to kill that damn lioness and kill Qiao Song.
It would be best to take advantage of these stupid local players. It would be even better if you could use the person Qiao Song wants to protect to kill her.
The moment the wooden door was pushed open, Boss Cai did not see the humans who were shivering and hiding in the safe house as he had expected, but only saw the players who were injured but vigilant to the outside world.
"Name, skill attributes, zodiac attribute, which guild you belonged to, report everything. If you can't report it, get out immediately!"
Several men and women surrounded Boss Cai.
After a moment of surprise, a strong murderous intent rushed into my heart.
They were just a bunch of ants, a bunch of guys who would be killed by him in minutes if placed in a convenience store, and they actually dared to talk to him in such a tone!
The crocodile skin on his hands began to move along his neck and torso. Boss Cai felt something strange on his body and finally realized that now was not the time to get angry and kill people.
He found that his body was undergoing irreversible animalization.
Was it because of his murderous intent just now, or was it because he would be affected by any emotional fluctuations?
The rules of this broken Zootopia aren’t even clearly written!
He pushed the frame of his glasses a little irritably and tried to put on a friendly smile:
"I'm Wang Er. My ability is to run a supermarket. I'm considered a life player. I was previously under Shen Hou. After losing a region, I've been moving between several regions. As you know, the South has always fought hard, and the winner has not been completely decided until now."
A man with a shotgun pointed at him frowned, "What's the name of your guild?"
Boss Cai narrowed his eyes slightly, because he was not sure whether any of these people used the Lie Detection Card. In the end, he picked a guild that had been wiped out a long time ago and which he had actually participated in, in order to confuse the public.
"The Jiale Guild."
After he finished speaking, everyone else in the cabin looked at the girl holding a strange mechanical device.
"The answer to question 2 was 100% correct, and the answer to question 1 was 80% correct. He lied a little, but not much."
【Lie Detector】
[There are many lie detectors on the market that use the liar's heartbeat, endocrine conditions, such as sweat, to judge the truthfulness of the speaker's words. Occasionally, you may encounter a person who is very good at lying and be deceived, but please rest assured that this machine is made by the smartest mouse in Cyber City. It consumes multiple lie detection cards and can definitely distinguish true and false words, and even the proportion of lies.]
Boss Cai didn't expect that there would be players holding such a useful prop.
I'm itching to get some and study them, then sell them in bulk at convenience stores.
His jealous look was noticed by others, but it was more of a desire to research than a desire to plunder.
It really fits the role of a businessman.
"Maybe I lied about the zodiac area."
A little girl leaned close to the polygraph lady and whispered.
The others discussed for about a minute, and finally put away all their weapons, which was considered as accepting Boss Cai's joining.
I have never felt that I have been so patient. I have repeated to myself at least a dozen or twenty times: don't do it, don't kill anyone.
These are all lovely players, and they are important materials for bringing down Qiao Song.
He suppressed his murderous intent and found a seat in a corner to sit down.
He scanned the surroundings. Although all the people in front were united in facing the outside world, there were also clear distinctions between the two groups of players with different forces.
On one side was a team that looked big and strong, holding a large number of high-destructive weapons. Boss Cai had even felt the power of several guns, which could slightly threaten his screen.
Of course, it's a screen that's weakened by this damn map.
Most of the people on one side are women, but each of them seems to have a lot of unique props and skill derivatives.
The female player holding the lie detector belongs to the latter.
"Anleshan, a day has passed. All the players who entered the forest are probably dead. Otherwise, according to the plan, someone else should have come to notify us."
When Boss Cai was about to come in, they thought it was the person who came to notify them.
The man sitting opposite her, holding a gun in his hand, was the one who had pointed at Boss Cai before, and his expression did not look very good either.
"This time, 30 players entered, and all of them were forced into the resurrection game. Do you think we still have a chance of challenging that lioness?"
He was already propping up his head, crossing his legs, and preparing to disturb the player's display screen, when he suddenly became energetic.
It turns out that some players are already preparing to deal with Qiao Song?
That would be awesome!
He immediately sat up straight and clapped his hands to attract the attention of other people in the cabin.
"Guys, if you want to deal with the lion in the forest, I have an idea."
Someone in the room frowned as he looked at the crocodile skin on his hands, which had not yet completely disappeared.
But as long as the whole remains humane, it will not be affected by the murderous attributes of animals.
This guy's attribute is that of a crocodile. Although it is not good to judge a person by his appearance, she still has a hunch that Wang Er is not a good guy.
"Then tell me what you think, new guy."
The display screen, which did not like this name, tried hard to suppress its rising murderous intent:
"I knew that guy when he was still a player. I know one of her weaknesses."
Boss Cai slowly explained a strategy, staring at his polygraph examiner, who nodded slowly under the gaze of his companions.
“95% of it is true.”
The atmosphere in the wooden house was suddenly not as tense as before.
While Boss Cai was instigating others to prepare to hunt down Qiao Song, Qiao Song continued to kill those fly-like players who had entered her territory.
From carnivores to herbivores, to flying animals in the sky and running animals on the ground, there are all kinds of things.
In fact, according to the environment, she should turn into a tiger.
In this melee area, various creatures will appear, which are based on their personalities, soul attributes, and occupational changes.
But here, there can only be one cow, one tiger and one chicken.
Before Qiao Song completely turned into a lion, she understood that as long as she ate these three guys, she would win.
At this time, the Tiger was sitting next to the Ox. They took some time out from their busy schedules and gathered in the same cabin.
There was a woody smell of whiskey around.
Youji was holding a bottle of wine, with her seaweed-like curly hair draped behind her. She blew slowly into the bottle as if she was drinking water.
"Is this the method you mentioned? Let her kill those who challenge her authority like slaughtering chickens?"
After calculating the number of players who entered the resurrection game, You Ji felt his scalp tingling: "After she wakes up like this, she will have some psychological burden."
In the safe house, the ugly bull, who looked like an old man but still had a muscular body, snorted hot air: "This girl is not such a fragile person. Without some fertilizer, how can nutritious crops grow in the soil? What's more, those guys sent it up there out of greed."
As long as you stay in the safe house and don't move until everything is over, these players will not suffer any harm.
The three zodiac signs notified their players in advance before launching the field battle.
In the past, people invaded other areas to fight for the zodiac. When they learned that they could fight for themselves and become the king of a mountain as long as they fought for a small area, some people began to get restless.
It would be too tempting to release Tiger and the others. Not only would they become the zodiac heirs of a region, they would even have a chance to directly inherit the entire Zootopia.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a step to heaven.
"If you want to sit in that position, you naturally have to be prepared for sacrifice."
Tiger put one leg on the seat and drank the wine poured by Rooster carelessly: "Someone sent it to her to sharpen a knife out of greed, that's a good thing."
Some of the sharpeners have even begun to form cliques and factions to deal with Qiao Song.
Boss Cai looked at the plan he had written and sneered in his heart.
It is said that there is strength in numbers. With enough players cooperating, defeating Qiao Song would be a piece of cake.
It seemed that he had completely forgotten about being chased by the lioness for several kilometers.
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