Chapter 226 Split the Hospital
Just before midnight, everything was quiet.
Putting away the clue pointing to the prop in his hand, the Pope looked around, and a crack appeared on the cold and steady expression on his face.
According to the prop instructions, the wishing tree should be located nearby.
“Why are there so many tree pits here?”
In the silent night, Sezier's doubtful voice was particularly clear.
When he entered the game yesterday, he passed by the garden. It was a very normal sight, with shaped trees everywhere and a pretty good view. There were even NPCs wandering around in it from time to time.
But at this time, the entire garden seemed to have suffered some kind of targeted attack, and there were potholes every few steps on the roadside.
Sezier was not wearing a doctor's uniform.
He is now wearing a white robe with golden spells printed on it. It can be seen that it is a high-end prop, and the spells are emitting circles of light.
However, there were still some bloodstains on the edge of his robe, indicating that his luck was as bad as ever and he had just been through a fierce battle.
"Maybe someone was tasked with removing the decorative tree last night."
The one who answered him was Iron Knight Zoffy.
The woman was no longer wearing the hospital gown she had worn before. Instead, she was covered in a layer of steel armor. The nail hammer on her waist was stained with the flesh of an unknown monster.
"When I passed by here during the day, most of the garden had been destroyed." She added after careful consideration.
Hearing this, Saizier's face became even uglier.
"Yesterday's mission should be relatively simple. The garden covers a large area. If we want to dig up all the decorative trees, it will take a long time... I didn't expect that a low-level mission would have such a huge workload."
After saying that, he frowned and said, "Zoffy, reconnaissance upgrade."
"yes."
In the Pope's live broadcast room, the audience couldn't help but burst into laughter.
[It’s so funny, the Pope is too damn cautious! ]
[There's nothing I can do, hahahahahaha. Our Pope is just such a cautious person. It's his nature hahahaha. ]
[Although, this is a complete waste of resources. The Iron Knight's reconnaissance is not very good, so it seems that the consumption is quite high. ]
[The Pope really has the potential to be the chosen unlucky guy. 】
[Nonono, you are on the first floor, and the Pope is on the fifth floor. His reconnaissance upgrade this time was not wasted at all.]
【[Screenshot.jpg]】
Someone released screenshots of Xu Zhiyan’s live broadcast room.
Among them, Xu Zhiyan's famous quote about using the wishing tree to get something for nothing was highlighted.
[Some of them are hit this time! Hehehe! ]
[Wow, the Pope really hit upon this by mistake. ]
[Ah, is this because Pope's luck has bottomed out or is it because Xu Baiwan's luck is even worse? ]
[I take back what I just said, Xu Baiwan is the real unlucky guy chosen by God!!]
[So why hasn't Xu Baiwan arrived yet? I can't wait to see him get caught by the Pope, hahahahaha.]
[He was really unlucky. On the way here, the system told him that the time to accept the task was limited, but it didn't tell him until what time. He was forced to accept the task first.]
[Wow, are these two going to compete now? I wonder if anyone will open an additional contest...]
Outside the No. 1 Consultation Building, Xu Zhiyan learned his lesson this time. After nightfall, he did not take out his only hospital gown and put it on. Instead, he honestly put on his own clothes.
His T-shirt was soaked with blood and was dripping down.
Let’s go back four hours.
Just after Xu Zhiyan finished speaking of his lofty ambitions and his plan to find the wishing tree while the iron is hot to defraud 10 million points, a special prompt popped up in the game system.
[Tip: It is detected that the player's task must be completed before midnight, please be prepared. ]
He cursed inwardly, looked around, and after asking, he found out that he was the only one who received the prompt. What kind of luck bonus was this!
Because they had experience killing a level 1 monster yesterday, after discussion, the four of them formed teams of two and took on a level 2 task respectively.
There was no disagreement. Considering that the time-limited mission might be more difficult, Jiang Huaique, who had the strongest combat power, took the initiative to claim his unlucky teammate.
But surprisingly, the new task seems surprisingly simple.
[Mission 4: Prankster [Random/Level 2]]
[Progress: 0%]
[Note: There are always some vehicles inexplicably appearing in the parking lot of the hospital. After midnight, other beings will use these vehicles. They have always been at peace with us, but recently, strange things have happened in the parking lot. The tires of many vehicles have been damaged, making them unusable. After investigation, we have obtained some information. An unknown evil spirit always likes to pass by the parking lot before midnight. Players are requested to try to eliminate this mischievous evil spirit who likes to puncture tires to ensure that the vehicles are intact. ]
[Tip 1: Please complete the task before midnight. ]
【Hint 2: The Poltergeist will change its form at midnight. 】
[Reward: Time 30s]
Jiang Huaique was shocked when he saw the content.
Poltergeist? Slashing tires? So low-level?
He looked at the panel and then at Xu Zhiyan, and asked uncertainly: "Xu Baopi, have you been replaced by someone else?"
Xu Zhiyan was excited because there were creatures that looked like spirits in the mission. When he heard this, his mouth twitched and he retorted, "Do you think it's normal only if you get a mission to kill the dean?"
Jiang Huaique pondered for a moment and nodded sincerely.
"Yes, if you draw the chance to kill the dean, then all the NPCs in the hospital will come after you and bite you, then I think that's normal."
"...Can you hope for me to be better?"
Afterwards, the four of them went their separate ways, and Xu Zhiyan and Jiang Huaique went to the parking lot together in the night.
The empty parking lot was a little eerie and very quiet, with cars parked obediently inside. There was no way there would be any evil spirits.
At first, because he thought the task was simple, Xu Zhiyan took out the slug spirit and patted his chest to make a promise: "Just leave it to the evil spirit. Look, the little slug has become thinner."
Jiang Huai Que looked at the slug spirit that had been fed non-stop for three months and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Xu Zhiyan raised his left hand, and a pool of soft black slugs lay quietly in his palm, with thick meat overflowing from between his slender fingers, looking quite plump.
In the previous three months, he had been busy clearing dungeons to get free rewards, and in the process, he had also fed the slug spirit until it became fat and black.
Different from the weak ones in the past.
The slug spirit's body reflected brilliant colors, with many round water droplets floating around it. Gradually, it shook its head, and a thin layer of mist rose, which looked a bit dreamy under the light.
"What the hell! It used to be shorter than your finger, but now it's leaking out even when you hold it with one hand! Ah... this hairless thing is so damn disgusting!"
Looking at the slug spirit staring at him with its small green eyes, its body was dark but there was colorful mist flashing around it, Jiang Huaique couldn't help but turn his head away.
"Have you ever thought about what would happen if this thing was as tall as you? No, I feel sick just thinking about it!"
"Hey! Don't verbally attack the little slug just because it can't understand you! It's trying very hard!"
Xu Zhiyan retorted loudly.
The slug spirit used to be so small that its appearance was barely cute, but it completely collapsed when it grew up. He knew that the little guy was not good-looking, but - the grown-up slug spirit was really useful!
Unlike those that need to be chased and fed, the grown-up slug spirits are simply powerful weapons for killing spirits!
As long as it is released, it can find food by itself. Not only that, water mist will begin to spread from the place where the slug spirit appears, and it can move freely within the range of the water mist. According to the guidance of others, Xu Zhiyan learned that this is a sign that the skill is about to take shape.
Where can I find such a promising summon?
Jiang Huaique obviously also thought of the skills that the little slug was trying to develop. He raised his eyebrows and stared at Xu Zhiyan, and said sarcastically: "Well, it's really working hard. It's much better than its father." For three months, his unlucky teammate had not achieved anything in terms of skills.
Sensing that the slug spirit had fully awakened and entered the hunting mode, Xu Zhiyan gave Jiang Huai Que the middle finger and stopped arguing.
Neither of them took the evil spirit in the parking lot seriously.
However, when the little slug raised its head and paused for a long time and did not disappear from the mist, Xu Zhiyan realized that something was wrong.
"It means there are no spirits here..."
The two looked at each other and spoke in unison.
"Game bug?"
After trying a few more times, just like before, the little slug still couldn't sense any spirits. This had never happened before.
Because they had no clue, the two first tricked the parking lot staff and got the records of this period.
The difficulty of the task is different from what it seems on the surface.
In the logbook, the damage to the vehicle was not just the punctured tire mentioned in the mission.
In the photo, cars are piled together, each of which is almost deformed, with countless large and small holes on them, so dense that it makes people's scalp tighten.
Jiang Huai Que was still confused.
"Fuck, what the hell is this? This dog is more capable than the system. Is the one who did this called a prankster?"
In Xu Zhiyan's live broadcast room, the audience couldn't help but agree.
[The mission names are getting more and more outrageous. Can this be called a prank? ]
[Oh my god... But the problem is, this effect can't be achieved by a spirit, right? What spirit can twist cars and pile them up like dice? ]
[There are so many holes in it, eh——it seems like it has a very high combat power. 】
Xu Zhiyan did not answer and silently flipped the pages. He frowned and turned to the end of the content about recent incidents.
After a few minutes of silence, he turned back a few pages, pointed at some photos and spoke helplessly.
"You've been fooled. The hint says 'The Poltergeist changes form after midnight'. It doesn't mean that it will change into a different form after midnight. It means that it will change into a ghost form after midnight."
These are two photos taken on the same day.
Judging from the content in the lower right corner of the photo, the first photo was taken at 10 o'clock in the evening, while the second photo was taken at 1 o'clock in the morning.
In the first photo, the car body has been punctured and deformed, while in the second photo, all the damaged vehicles have their tires punctured...
"It's really a dog system. The information is correct, but it's not complete."
It was clearly marked in the notes that this was only part of the information obtained from the investigation. Xu Zhiyan had previously been prepared for possible unexpected events due to incomplete information, but he did not expect that the information would be so incomplete!
Seeing that there were no more useful clues in the guard room and that quite a bit of time had passed, the two walked out of the guard room.
Something unexpected happened.
A black shadow was cast, and when Xu Zhiyan was enveloped by the monster's solid and huge body, he didn't know whether to praise his luck or not.
This is a snake-like monster with its body covered with steel thorns as thick as arms.
It was as thick as a human waist, and its body was covered with blood-stained scales. Perhaps because too much blood had flowed out, it was impossible to tell what color it was originally...
“Back off!”
Jiang Huaique stepped in front of Xu Zhiyan, turned his head and scolded him, then summoned his weapon.
“Since it’s not a spiritual monster, let me do it.” The Shadow of Death drew a beautiful arc in the air and was then tightly held in his hand.
He didn't wait any longer and rushed forward after giving brief instructions!
“Shua——”
The cold light passed by at an extremely fast speed!
When the blade was about to fall on the snake-like monster covered with steel needles, Xu Zhiyan suddenly spoke up to stop the attack.
"Wait! Don't—"
“Bang!”
But the attack had already begun and could not be stopped. After hearing the request to stop him, Jiang Huai's hand trembled, and he forcibly changed direction, and chopped the ground to the side with his sickle.
"Grass!"
He managed to steady himself, his hands were numb from the powerful impact, and he took a few steps back while holding the sickle.
Turning his head, Jiang Huaique didn't urge or scold, he just frowned.
In the live broadcast room, the audience was very surprised.
[What the hell? What the hell? Can this attack be stopped suddenly? ]
[The male mother has indeed become stronger! Although he seemed to be quite strong to begin with, I didn't expect that he could control his strength so accurately. ]
[No...Compared to this! He didn't even curse! ]
[Fuck? It seems so! He didn't curse after the sudden stop, but just waited quietly? Was the male mother possessed by someone? ]
[? ? Didn't you two upstairs watch the previous live broadcast? ]
[This is the tacit understanding between teammates, you know nothing! Although Xiao Baiwan and the male mother bicker with each other every day, they really have a good understanding. ]
[Pfft, didn’t Jiang Huaique learn his lesson after being beaten up by Xiao Baiwan’s reasoning several times because he attacked too quickly? ]
[I am dying of laughter, hahahahahahahaha, is that really the case? ]
[But why didn't the monster attack? Didn't it feel that someone wanted to kill it just now? ]
In the center of the screen, Xu Zhiyan stared at the snake-like monster that did not fight back and signaled Jiang Huaique to retreat.
While the two people switched positions, the snake-like monster did not attack, but just stood there blankly. After a while, it turned its head and the answer of not attacking was revealed.
Its eyes were also pierced by steel spikes, leaving it with no vision.
Xu Zhiyan walked forward slowly and looked at the basilisk, feeling a little nervous.
After hesitating for a moment, he spoke tentatively.
"Can you understand me? Do you need help?"
The safe house is full of monsters. As a person who has been dealing with monsters for many years, Xu Zhiyan understands the monsters' reactions better than other players.
As soon as they walked out of the guard room, they encountered the basilisk.
But the monster's sturdy body was full of steel spikes. If it had really just arrived, it would be impossible for it not to make any sound, which means that the monster must have been lurking here all the time.
When he and Jiang Huaique were in the small house, it should have been the best time to attack, but the other party did not attack. Instead, he waited outside politely.
Wait, why did he say politeness?
With a light cough, Xu Zhiyan ignored his own strange words and repeated, "Do you need help?"
From the invalid content of the task, we know that there will be vehicles of alien creatures parked in the parking lot, and the basilisk in front of us will blow up and damage these vehicles before twelve o'clock, leading to certain consequences.
Xu Zhiyan felt as if an idea flashed through his mind, and he tried desperately to grasp it.
Passers-by, outsiders, snakes...
Snake...snake staff!
Before entering the dungeon, there is a single snake staff representing medical treatment printed on the pure white door. The basilisk in front of you will damage the vehicles of foreign entities before midnight and is suspected to be patrolling the outermost part of the hospital.
He wasn't sure what the snake represented in this hospital where there was no time.
But the other party stopped in front of them and was seriously injured. This was obviously an act of seeking help...
And more importantly, no, the most important thing is that the steel spikes on the snake's body look like some kind of metal material needed for the development of the Nightmare Community Technology Tree! The kind that can't even be bought!
"Hey, be careful."
When the stalemate came, Jiang Huaique whispered a reminder.
Xu Zhiyan didn't look back.
He walked forward slowly, took a deep breath, and placed his palm on the basilisk's body.
The scales under the palm are covered with a hard shell, which is very layered, as if it were formed by layers of dried and solidified blood.
At this time he also saw the pattern of the steel spikes clearly.
It does look a bit like a walking stick, with one end slightly bent and the other side having sharp spikes, some of which have pierced deeply into the snake's body.
Holding a steel spike, Xu Zhiyan saw that the snake monster did not move, so he exerted a little force on his hand...
Feeling the power fluctuations transmitted by the metal in his hand, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise. This was the material he wanted!
Two hours later.
Xu Zhiyan sat at the edge of the green belt, so bored that he scrolled through the mosaic-covered screen on his phone, occasionally switching to the guessing page.
In front of him, Jiang Huaique was standing on the basilisk and pulling out the steel thorns one by one. Countless steel needles had been pulled out beside the basilisk, forming a small hill.
"Your mother Xu Zhiyan, he only knows how to order others to work and you're so lazy... It's very weak, isn't it faster to kill it than to remove the thorns?" Jiang Huaique cursed.
Anyone who spent two hours pulling steel spikes out of a monster would feel overwhelmed.
Hearing the voice, Xu Zhiyan raised his head and propped up his chin, saying perfunctorily: "Sell it well, maybe it will repay you later."
After seeing Jiang Huaique pull out the last steel thorn, he summoned Xiaocui Gu and watched the other party staggeringly collect all the accumulated steel needles.
It's a win-win!
The reason why he didn't want to kill the monster and then take the steel needle was because the corpses in this copy seemed to disappear quickly, and he was not sure whether the steel needle could be left behind. To be on the safe side, it would be better to take it alive.
The basilisk seemed to sense the goodwill of the two people. Although it could not communicate, it was very well behaved.
At this time, Xu Zhiyan and Jiang Huaique were both covered in blood from pulling out the thorns, and blood was dripping down their clothes.
"Are there any props to trap monsters?" Xu Zhiyan glanced at the panel and suddenly asked.
"Yes, why?"
Jiang Huai Partridge didn't understand why.
"You trap it, and then we'll see what's invading the parking lot. We're 95% done with the mission, and it looks like we'll have 100% success by midnight if the vehicle isn't damaged."
Xu Zhiyan’s plan was clear.
The mission was simply to prevent the basilisk from destroying the vehicles in the parking lot, he saved the snake but did not want to give up on the mission, this monster had the potential to destroy the parking lot so he needed to plan ahead.
Before leaving, Xu Zhiyan glanced at the snake monster, but ultimately decided not to change his mind and let Jiang Huaique kill the weak guy.
He is a businessman and he has his own persistence.
If the basilisk gives a reward, then he will not take the other person's life.
After a while, the basilisk confronted the Jianghuai partridge standing in front of it.
Glancing at Xu Zhiyan's figure walking away, Jiang Huai looked at the snake with tears and blood in its eyes and shook his head: "If you can't pass before midnight, tomorrow...it has nothing to do with us."
Unsure of the relationship between the snakes and outsiders, they can only try to make the right decision.
If Jiang Huaique could see the live broadcast at this time, he would definitely be surprised, because in Xu Zhiyan's live broadcast room, not many people talked about the speculation about the snake and the steel needle.
Rows of barrages flashed by, as if it was the New Year.
[Fuck! Did someone really open a competition? Or was it a public competition that passed the system review? ]
[Yooooo! This kind of death battle between players is something the system always likes to allow. Who will win? ]
[Wuwuwuwu Xiao Baiwan, although I like you very much, I'm sorry! This time I'll bet on the Pope! ]
[I bet 10 points on Xiao Baiwan and 50,000 points on the Pope. I am really a fan of Xiao Baiwan. 】
[No, I bet on a small million! I think he should have some chance? ]
[Difficult, what is the Pope's ranking? You should be more clear-headed. ]
[Not to mention anything else, the Iron Knights attacked and Xiao Baiwan had to kneel down on the spot. Don’t think that the Pope is stuck in the mission now, but he just has bad luck in this dungeon. ]
[Whether a live broadcast is good or not has nothing to do with personal strength. 】
Someone started a new public betting competition, and a rare one-sided situation appeared in the live broadcast room, with the odds quickly reaching 7:3.
In the center of the picture, Xu Zhiyan has already arrived around the garden.
He sniffed before entering.
There is no fragrance of flowers, no taste, and the wishing tree does not seem to be summoned?
No one received the mission?
Or, the player who received the quest was not able to successfully summon the wishing tree...
"Forget it, let's go check it out first."
Midnight must have come.
He quickened his pace, wanting to go and come back quickly, but his luck seemed to be extremely bad. Almost as soon as he entered the range, he was caught by the Iron Knight's reconnaissance!
"Target detected."
A cold female voice without a trace of emotion sounded.
The next second, an iron knight holding a mace fell from the sky and landed in front of the invader in an instant.
She moves so fast!
Looking from Xu Zhiyan's direction, he only noticed a flash of afterimages before his eyes, and a terrifying pressure suddenly fell! He subconsciously stepped back.
"Bang!!"
There was a loud noise and dirt flew everywhere.
The advanced weapon collided with the ground beneath his feet, and the huge shock wave caused Xu Zhiyan to take a few steps back and fall to the ground before he could stand firmly.
"Zoffy, stop it."
The Pope walked out from behind the bushes leisurely, with a faint smile on his face, and a hint of compassion.
"Xu Zhiyan, we finally meet." After saying that, he looked down at the handsome young man in front of him who seemed to have not yet come to his senses and whose legs were shaking, and spoke through gritted teeth.
"I've been looking for you for three months, and finally I found you!"
Xu Zhiyan was stunned. Hearing the hint of fanaticism in the other party's voice, he frowned and asked back.
"You've been looking for me for three months? Why didn't you just leave me a message? My coordinates and copy selections are clearly marked with prices, you just need to pay earlier." His voice was relatively steady, but if you listened carefully, you could hear the suppressed trembling in it, as if he was frightened by the attack just now.
“…”
Listening to the words of the player in front of him, the Pope was stunned.
He seemed to have heard of this matter, but when he heard the news at that time, he scoffed at it. How could someone sell his own coordinates?
However, now that this matter has been spoken out by the person involved, he seems like a clown...
While the Pope and the Iron Knight were silent, Xu Zhiyan secretly glanced at the phone that he had just pretended to drop.
The Iron Knight is very strong! If the Human-Skinned Buddha had taken that blow, he would have been seriously injured.
But why is his odds still 30%? How can he place a bet?
The aftereffects of the attack had not yet dissipated, and Xu Zhiyan's body was indeed shaking from the shock of the attack. His heart was beating wildly, and greed began to spread.
Just now when Jiang Huai was pulling out the needle, he was bored and glanced at his live broadcast room. Surprisingly, he could finally place a bet! Although the bet was his life or death.
But it doesn’t matter…
This time he's going to make a big profit!
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