Chapter 64: Deadly Road Friendly Match
Boss Cai was very unhappy about the fact that his ability had been weakened to only 20%, but that didn't mean these little monsters could offend him.
Thick fog gushed out directly from the broken neck.
The black mist sometimes turned into snakes and sometimes turned into objects similar to sharp spears, lingering around the fingertips of the white gloves.
"Go, tear her apart for me."
In an instant, all the creatures condensed from the black mist collectively aimed at the fast-moving Qiao Song.
But she held the chainsaw high in her hand, showing no fear at all.
[Small household electric saw (with angel investment halo)]
[The statue's physical functions are superimposed, and everything can be cut: as long as you dare to cut, there is nothing that cannot be cut! ]
Ding ding ding——
Those intimidating-looking black spears and black snakes with bloody mouths were all blocked by the chainsaw, quickly split into two, and dissipated into the air.
The buzzing sound of the chainsaw cutting continued, making this fearless "mud monster" look like a happy madman.
Boss Cai looked at the weapon he had made, which was cut into pieces in an instant, and his tone gradually became gloomy.
“Interesting.”
This floating sculpture is obviously a regular prop. This kind of thing shouldn't appear on a ghost...
He turned his head to avoid the electric saw flying towards his face, and grabbed with his hand. The black mist began to wriggle and gather again. A large number of spears and black continued to block Qiao Song's way. The remaining part of the black mist, finally held hostage by the white gloves, turned into a bunch of electric wires and inserted directly into the ground.
[Permissions have been connected, the road race copy AI has passed the review, please select the map to be connected]
The white gloves grabbed the black wire, and a light blue lightning flashed at the end of the wire.
Boss Cai said coldly: "Access to the Thunder Plains."
"You like cutting things, right? Lightning is so fast, can you cut it?"
A mud ghost, just a low-level ghost in the dungeon.
Ghosts know how to deal with their own kind better than humans do. Although Boss Cai doesn't know where this little ghost got the courage to charge at him, he doesn't mind crushing a rude little bug to death before crushing the human player.
As Qiao Song danced wildly with the chainsaw, he was keenly aware that his hair stood up, as if he was in the wild and was about to be struck by lightning.
However, she showed a smile that made Boss Cai feel something was not right, and suddenly rushed forward, trying to get as close to the headless ghost as possible before the lightning struck.
Boom——!
A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck directly into the empty yard, frightening Lin Fan, who was still trying to break the blockade of the building at the door, so much that he almost lost his balance.
"Lightning skills!? Isn't this guy a ghost?"
Ghosts can use lightning, which is just like fish that escape from the water, and their attack method is as outrageous as fire.
Lightning strike is the death knell of ghosts and monsters. One strike of lightning can almost shatter one's soul. Even ordinary players, without props for self-defense, basically cannot withstand such an attack.
Jiang Zuting was much calmer than him, his eyes fixed on the roll of electric wire in the hand of the headless ghost.
"It seems that the research of the guild was correct. This ghost with a strange head can indeed access the permissions of other copies."
As far as they know, the owner of this copy should be a little girl in red, not this headless ghost.
Moreover, this skill seems to be the same as the one in the previous map they just passed, the Thunder Plains. I just don’t know if the mud ghost can withstand it.
"How long will it take to open the gate?"
Lin Fan was also very anxious. He tried several times and finally, at the moment when the countdown for "overdraft friendliness" ended, he successfully tore a hole in the list.
"It will be ready soon, just wait a little longer!"
Otherwise, once the headless ghost's attention is diverted and his friendliness level is reset to zero, the other party will be twice as hostile to him.
Fortunately, the headless ghost was now fighting with the mud ghost whose skills had been enhanced, and they just found an opportunity to slip away.
Boss Cai took several steps back with lingering fear. This little monster must have some problem. It was about to be struck by lightning, but it still pounced on him.
What's more, he was in a very bad mood. He was already in a bad state, and now he had to spend more money to use his skills.
【Electronic Permissions (for administrators only)】
[You have entered the Hearse Entertainment copy. According to the agreement you signed, in the special map, please pay the copy owner the permission fee per second]
Feeling the rapidly decreasing digits at the end of his account, Boss Cai couldn't help but curse him as a profiteer. The AI butler of Hearing Car Entertainment was too rigid. Couldn't the shareholders give him a discount?
That little brat in red is probably being raised to the point where he's almost richer than him.
Never mind, as long as it's worth the money.
Thunder roared, striking the not-so-big yard until the floor was about to crack. Boss Cai leisurely enjoyed the feeling of being crushed by the thunder, but frowned when he found that after more than a dozen lightning strikes, the buzzing sound of a chainsaw could still be heard in the yard, which had already been hit into a charred deep pit.
Lightning strike is useless?
An ordinary mud ghost would be scared to death by a bolt of lightning.
The smoke slowly dissipated, and a piece of paper that had been charred black and was previously a golden mirror fell from Qiao Song's body.
That was the lightning protection talisman paper she cut out from the paper man car.
It also looks very familiar, something that a certain dinosaur car player had used before.
Boss Cai's thoughts paused slowly for a second, and some unreasonable things were suddenly explained. An unknown kid actually dared to challenge him, and this guy actually possessed all kinds of strange props that only players could have, as well as that sculpture that was obviously wrong.
There were also defensive items that he had seen in the Thunder Plain. They were things that the female player had robbed from the paper-made boys and girls.
A roar echoed throughout the yard.
"So it's you!"
He said that there were a total of three human players here, and apart from the fakes, the guy who dared to challenge him was the most suspicious!
"Okay, okay, since you are so brave, I will take you to the Holy Infant Hospital for transformation, and then come back to my convenience store to be a guard!"
[Permissions have been granted, electronic pet is being captured]
Qiao Song's scalp felt numb and he rolled over quickly, picking up the electric saw and chopping off a black electric wire that was rushing towards him.
After being struck by lightning, she immediately took out her chainsaw and chopped directly at the guy's thigh. Not only did she waste her lightning protection props, but she also saw the familiar way of being struck by lightning. Could this be the guy who ambushed him in the Thunder Plain before?
If we count back, the guy who remotely controlled the monsters in the Flame Mountain to attack her and Gao Chengcheng was most likely this guy.
If we go back further, would he also be one of the special guests who recommended himself to participate in this competition in the car-building copy?
Okay, okay, let’s settle both new and old grudges together.
Are big ghosts so great? According to the laws of physics, humans and ghosts are equal!
With the blessing of the statue, this illusory smoke was like a thorn that could be easily cut by Qiao Song.
Boss Cai was also getting angry. It was the first time that he was hit head-on by a human player. What's more, the untouchable electronic information flow that he was most proud of could be easily cut off by a chainsaw like a tangible object.
Faced with such a desperate guy, and with his body weakened by a large part, Boss Cai was so angry that he couldn't dodge in time and was cut directly on the shoulder by the chainsaw. His body was fine, but...
"My suit!"
There was also a tear in the white gloves, but these were his favorite suit and favorite white gloves!
Even if he had countless sets of identical gloves and clothes, it didn't mean that this damn ant could do something so unreasonable to him!
The black smoke from the severed head of the furious Boss Cai began to vibrate rapidly, almost condensing into the shape of a square display screen.
Qiao Song turned around with the chainsaw and hit him again, successfully cutting off the second black wire that attacked him. Just by inserting the wire into the ground, the NPC can use the skill of Thunder Plain. If the wire gets on the player, nothing good will happen.
Looking at this NPC who suddenly grew a head, Qiao Song realized that this guy might be the owner of the display screen in the convenience store, right?
Based on the information she had overheard from the two people in the Black Iron Guild, it was indeed possible.
The head is shaped like an alien, and has special permissions, able to track across dungeons...
No wonder this guy voted for me in the road race. Didn't the system block me from the hunting order? Or did the display screen actually sense that the two destroyed stores were hers?
I probably didn't guess it, otherwise, the anger value would be even greater than it is now.
Qiao Song sorted out the cause and effect, but he didn't look guilty at all. He rushed over with the chainsaw and yelled at the two players behind him: "If you two don't hurry up, the three of us will die here!"
The black mist returned to Boss Cai's head and quickly condensed into a shape that was almost a square display screen. System prompts continued to sound in his ears.
[Warm Tips: Forcibly raising the physical threshold will shorten the use time of this body - you have successfully restored 50% of your body's strength, and your sanity has decreased by 25%. It has been detected that the difficulty of the dungeon has increased, and the player's clearance reward has increased. The additional reward afterwards will be deducted from your account]
[The data refueling package fee after the body upgrade has been automatically deducted]
The buzzing notifications of fee deductions made his head feel like it was going to explode.
"Still want extra rewards? Unless they can survive until then!"
The overwhelming black fog quickly filled the entire courtyard like an octopus. Qiao Song waved the chainsaw and could only try his best to cut through the black fog around him.
Jiang Zuting held his pen and checkbook in his hand at all times. He knew that once the mud ghost was defeated, he and Lin Fan would become the next targets, so he decisively used his ability again.
【Invest more! Secondary improvement of target capabilities】
[Friendly reminder: Your account balance is insufficient. Please recharge in advance before using the ability next time]
How powerful is this ghost? He actually drained all his bank accounts!
Jiang Zuting immediately turned around and shouted at Lin Fan: "How long will it take?!"
Lin Fan, who was leaning against the door to grab the list, finally saw the dawn of victory.
Amidst the flashing words "Permission Invasion", he saw a prompt that the permissions had been transferred.
"alright!!!"
As his voice fell, the purchase list was successfully retrieved by him, and a hole was opened in the small building covered with a transparent cover on the outside. The two people from the Black Iron Guild rushed out almost crawling.
The black mist, like tangible tentacles, chased out directly from the broken door.
Fortunately, after the buzzing sound of the chainsaw, all the black air at the door was cut off, and a figure that was not tall but reassuring enough stood there.
All fears came from insufficient firepower. For the first time, Lin Fan discovered that ghosts could also give him a sense of security.
The chainsaw, which had doubled in size, was shrouded in the light of a strange statue. Like a spoon for scooping pudding, it easily cut into pieces all nearby objects. It was like a knight saving the suffering, standing in front of the almost paralyzed him.
Of course, Qiao Song was not helping the Black Iron Guild to delay time out of kindness. On the one hand, because she had accepted angel investment, she had to do something that would benefit these two people. On the other hand, she needed these two people to open the channel and muddy the water.
"Stand back! He's coming out!"
After the closed space was broken, the confinement was broken, and Boss Cai, who had recovered all the authority and concentrated it in himself, directly used all the black fog to crush the barrier outside the house.
"Ants are ants. They are good at escaping. Now it's time for me to hunt."
Boss Cai pointed to the sky with one hand, and a tiny dot of light flashed at the tip of his right finger.
[Broadcasting rights revoked, all cameras turned off]
[Please remember the NPC guidelines, abide by the Goblin Administrator's regulations, and stay within the survival red line, otherwise you will be forced to eject from this dungeon area]
Boss Cai smiled and said, "I know. Just don't kill them all, right? I'll just kill a few."
He slowly put on a new pair of white gloves, and then he looked at the dimly appearing square display screen, on which a smiley face symbol with a faint blue light appeared.
"Then let Evernight Town usher in a real night."
The town, which was already dark, became even darker, and the lights that had been turned on seemed to be suddenly covered with a layer of shadow.
Qiao Song subconsciously looked up at the sky and felt that something that made him uncomfortable seemed to have disappeared. What followed was a more depressing atmosphere in this map.
At this time in the cinema hall, all the ghosts who were watching the movie with great interest had actually noticed that a small screen somewhere suddenly went dark. A waiter came over and took a look, and said that it was because a special guest was hunting, and no ghost mentioned it again after that.
But now, with that screen as the center, all the broadcasting screens in the entire viewing hall were turned off.
"What's going on? The screen is black?"
"What's going on with Hearse Entertainment? We were watching the live broadcast of the game, why did the screen suddenly go off?"
"Hey, that's not right. Why did I seem to see something from a convenience store just now—" His companion immediately covered his mouth and made a hushing gesture.
"They turned off the camera because they didn't want us to see it. Are you looking for death?"
The staff of Hearse Entertainment did not explain the reason for suddenly turning off the big screen, and shortly afterwards, Mike Crazy's voice was heard.
He spoke lazily, as if he was a little helpless: "We detected some minor accidents in the dungeon, so next, we will show the current situation of the game in the form of data. Each player's ranking and the number of portals collected will be displayed directly on the screen. Although we can't see the fun directly, the most important thing about this game is the result, right? The prize pool will be announced sooner or later, and I hope everyone can enjoy the next time happily. By the way, the owner of the dungeon also said that you will get 20% off on food and drinks later~"
Who cares about the so-called 20% discount on food and drinks! They came all the way here not to gamble, but to enjoy the fun of ghosts killing humans, and now their share has been cut in half!
However, the ghosts looked at each other, but did not dare to challenge Mike directly. In the end, they could only sit back on the sofa, eat special snacks, and point at the data on the screen.
After Mike Feng finished speaking, the black spherical screen immediately showed the detailed information of each contestant, as well as the ranking order and the gates owned by the contestants.
Qiao Song's name is among the top ten, but this ranking is based on the order in which they entered the Eternal Night Town, and it will not change before entering the last map.
After a few names, there is the number of doors they currently own. Almost everyone in the top ten has obtained a door.
Although the ghosts in the hall were dissatisfied, no one dared to make a big deal. After all, the movie tickets in the hall were free, and only other consumption and betting inside required extra money.
It is said that anyone who has caused trouble here will eventually become a part of the doll showroom of the copy owner.
Although the man in red is in human form, his strength is not inferior to any masked ghost manager.
"There's no picture here, how can I continue watching?"
The human players scattered in the different rest areas of Hearse Entertainment have the same question.
The people in the big guilds were relatively calm and had already begun analyzing the status of the people in the guild based on the text information on the screen.
Behind each ranking is the name of the contestant, the type and condition of the vehicle, and finally the number of gates.
The people of Dawn Town watched as the bright 2 behind their team member quickly jumped up to 3.
It was not a difficult task for them to snatch the door in the Eternal Night Town. They were just trying to expand the scope of their search for a way home as much as possible. After all, the word "door" was too sensitive.
"If I remember correctly, Bai You used the form of a little witch? She should have calculated the cause and effect line and used the witch card. In the first darkened screen, is there the female player who was given the card by her?"
A team member nearby answered: "Yes, the two players with the female player are from the Black Iron Guild."
The black-haired woman with a pair of cat ears on her head said lazily, "Those two guys from Black Iron are also very interesting. When their skills are used on players, they can actually achieve that kind of effect."
She raised her finger, passed it around a strand of black hair and continued, "Send someone to check that statue. If it can really cause damage to management NPCs when combined with offensive skills, we must find a way to get one back."
The person next to him nodded and wrote it down: "Yes, President."
At this moment, cheers suddenly broke out in the distance. The guys in the strategy group saw that the number following their team member had reached 4, and it seemed that they were about to overtake the Dawn Land.
"Those psychopaths who play games are still as noisy as ever." A middle-aged man wearing glasses said dissatisfiedly.
Compared to the indifference of the Dawnland and the thick-skinnedness of the Strategy Team, the Iron Guild seemed much more orderly, and even a little nervous.
Everyone was almost whispering and analyzing the data on the screen.
"Lin Fan and Jiang Zuting have run out of funds, so they should use their piggy banks soon. According to a rough estimate, the human player pretending to be a ghost should have very high potential," an analyst nearby whispered.
Those who are involved are often confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see things more clearly. By observing the players from a bird's eye view through live broadcast, it is not difficult to see Qiao Song's tricks, but if others were in her position, they might not be able to do the same thing.
Most players stay to watch the game, not just for fun or to bet on the prize pool, but also to analyze the abilities of their peers and see if they can attract potential newcomers. Even if they encounter more conspicuous players in the dungeon in the future, they can quickly determine the relevant information of the other party.
This is also why, even though Hearse Entertainment offers such generous rewards and all major guilds have sent their core members to sign up, we have never heard of any guild president condescending to participate and challenge the finish line.
After all, the live broadcast nature of road races will also expose players' cards.
"Put this player's name on the list of people to watch."
The man with a black triangle badge on his chest said so, and soon he added another sentence.
"If she can make it out alive, try your best to win her over."
Although all surveillance is cut off due to an accident, they can only judge the situation in the dungeon based on the player's ranking, but one thing is beyond doubt, this player's ability can cause direct attacks on ghosts and monsters. If bound to Jiang Zuting, they can get twice the result with half the effort when passing certain special dungeons.
Not only the players outside thought so, Jiang Zuting himself felt the same way. It was the first time he discovered that his ability could play a role of this level.
With one swipe of the electric saw, Qiao Song cut through the black electric wire, which was as thick as a car. The light in the house behind him, which was still on, was almost gone.
Large patches of black fog, carrying thin lightning, broke through the entire building and spread in all directions like a tide.
Boom——!
Countless lightning pillars struck in all directions. Almost all players in the entire Eternal Night Town noticed the abnormality here.
An illusory guy with a square head stood up from a house like a giant. Countless black shadows transformed into tentacles, which penetrated deeply into the earth like electric wires. The remaining few tentacles attracted lightning in the sky and struck every living thing on the ground.
While the players were trying their best to avoid the lightning, quite a few ghosts were inexplicably affected by the lightning. The Eternal Night Town, where the players had originally parked their cars for a rest, was then filled with the roar of countless engines. In order to avoid the lightning, many players and ghosts chose to get back into their cars.
Lin Fan and Jiang Zuting fled very quickly. The latter tore off the buttons on his sleeve and turned back into the food cart after landing. Their car had a built-in lightning protection system.
As a result, there was a bang on the roof of the car soon, and Qiao Songhao stood on the roof of the food truck unceremoniously, waving the electric saw in his hand, and quickly cut off a huge black wire.
There was no way. Her dinosaur car was still in the yard, and she just happened to take a ride from the Black Iron Guild. Fortunately, the system did not prevent her from getting on another team's car.
The noise on the roof was quite loud and Lin Fan couldn't help but pay attention.
"Damn, team leader, should we get her off the car?" Lin Fan, who was driving, was almost scared to death when he saw the overwhelming black wires surging out in the rearview mirror.
Just at this moment, the system sent another prompt.
[The lights of Evernight Town have been turned on 50 times, and 30 new portals have been unlocked]
While they were trapped in the building and fighting wits with Boss Cai, the players outside made rapid progress and lit up the lights of Eternal Night Town several times.
Jiang Zuting gritted his teeth and said, "No, we still need her to deal with those things outside."
There are too many suspicious points about this "ghost". He now suspects that this guy might be a player, otherwise how could a ghost have such strange props.
But that sculpture and that chainsaw are so important, and this guy can do what they can't.
Jiang Zuting and his team have a total of three prop cards in their card slots, one for control, one for attack, and one for saving money. He has used the attack card, and when it hit the black tentacles, it was like penetrating some invisible object. It was completely impossible to attack a solid entity, but the guy on the roof could!
"Whatever she is, we have to at least keep her out now. Drive into the buildings with lights on and get the other union members in!"
Since his progress could not catch up with others, he had to find a way to slow down the progress of other unions. Lin Fan turned the car and drove towards the lighted villa not far away. Coincidentally, at this moment, a bolt of lightning struck and hit the spatula that was rolling outside the food truck and flew away.
【Food Mobile Cart】
[S-level kitchen kit, 30% chance to directly defend against lightning and fire]
It was thanks to this attribute that they were able to pass through the Thunder Plains relatively easily.
Fortunately, the properties added to their car in the food dungeon are pretty good. It is not afraid of lightning strikes for the time being, but it is afraid of those black wires...
The buzzing sound of a chainsaw was heard, and Qiao Song directly chopped off the tentacles of the black snake that was trying to grab her. The two people from the Black Iron Guild were really smart. She hadn't even figured out how to fan the flames, and the two of them spontaneously went to divert the trouble.
It’s too troublesome to find the doors one by one. I guess the people from the big guilds should have gained a lot, right?
The first lucky people to be found by the Plague God Food Truck were the psychopaths from the Strategy Group, who had just come out of the 4th building.
The man in the baseball cap couldn't help but sneeze: "Get in the car quickly, I have a bad feeling."
The companion next to him was holding a cage toy made of building blocks, teasing the ghost caught in the cage like teasing a bird: "What are you afraid of? There are ghosts everywhere. With our abilities, isn't it easy to beat the ghosts?"
As a result, as soon as they walked out of the building where they had just beaten the monster, they saw tentacles outside that covered the sky and the sun. Like a huge black tree that was about to fall, its claws stretched out in their direction, followed by thunder.
According to the previous lighting conditions in the Eternal Night Town, they would definitely not be able to see clearly, but now it was too lively outside, with constant thunder, as if the sky of the Thunder Plain had been instantly teleported to the top of the Eternal Night Town.
The two of them reacted quickly and jumped onto the dragon boat.
"Damn, this value setting is not right, can such a big ghost appear in Evernight Town?"
"Isn't the weirdest thing thunder and lightning? I was wondering why there is thunder outside all the time. Could it be that some players are surrounding this ghost?"
Those of them who play games frequently understand better what game balance mechanism is. If there is a monster that can unilaterally crush all players on the map, then there is no need to play this game.
"No, this lightning seems to be caused by this giant ghost, and it's coming towards us?!"
Those black tentacles, as thick as telephone poles, came straight towards them.
The man in the baseball cap turned around, turned immediately and ran in the other direction.
The map is closed and they can't drive forward all the time.
Although they were running, the teammates looked a little excited: "Could this be the regional boss? The doors we just collected all look very ordinary. They don't seem to lead to the terminal, nor do they look like the special doors that the boss and the others said can lead to home. If we defeat this boss, will it drop more powerful doors?"
The man in the baseball cap frowned and looked in the rearview mirror, feeling something was a little strange: "I think I heard the sound of an engine."
The thunder continued, but he could still hear the sound of a vehicle's engine starting in the intervals between thunders, accompanied by a strange metallic clanging sound.
Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately manipulated the golden dragon in the car to move, condensing a huge ball of water bullets. However, he had just driven a short distance and had no time to aim at the enemy who was somewhere unknown when he felt something stuck to his car window.
【Oily golden fried rice】
[Adding more oil to fried rice will make it fragrant, but after it gets cold, it will become greasy and nauseating.]
A large bowl of sticky egg fried rice suddenly fell on the dragon boat car. The man in the baseball cap immediately realized that they were attacked by other hearse players. The dragon boat car had a high moisture content, and as a result, more and more lard appeared on the car window glass, making it impossible to see who had ambushed them.
Then a voice suddenly sounded.
"The Black Iron Guild sends you greetings. Hand over the map portal in your hand!"
Lin Fan and Jiang Zuting, who were driving the food truck at high speed, slowly raised their heads and looked at the roof of their car:?
"No, she's sick, right?"
If someone goes out to do something bad, would they specifically sign up for the other guilds? Don't they think the hatred is not enough? !
The author has something to say:
Joe Sludge Song: Anyway, it was the Black Iron Guild that did it, what does it have to do with me?
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