Chapter 446 The Broken Wheel of Destiny
When dozens of stone monsters came up, Jin Sheng was grabbed by the collar by the three-headed dog in the lead and thrown onto its back. The dogs jumped to the edge of the chessboard map. When the stone monsters gradually approached, the leading three-headed dog jumped up and jumped to the back, followed by the other three-headed dogs. The slow-reacting stone monsters slowly turned around and walked in another direction...
The dogs are faithfully carrying out their master's orders.
Unlike other infinite game players who are keen on fighting and killing, when Jin Sheng confirmed that only dozens of slow-moving but very difficult-to-kill monsters would spawn at a time, he made up his mind to wait for his teammates' victory on the spot.
In order to conserve his energy, he divided his summoned dogs into two groups and took turns to rest.
The audience in the live broadcast room had mixed feelings.
[Well, although it seems a bit cowardly, it seems to be the best solution. ]
[Damn this coward, if he fights now, even if he plays for a few more hours, he can still help his teammates in the end. ]
【Who says it isn’t! 】
[Jinsheng, just live. Who can live longer than you? ]
[But after the dog master defeats these monsters, will he still be able to fight again? ]
[Instead of being a drag, it is better to live here honestly. 】
【Ahhh, I can do it too! 】
[Brother, but you don’t have Xiaoyi, is Jinsheng, the mascot who pays for your luck to S, playing a joke on you? ]
The onlookers expressed their opinions, some were dissatisfied, some were envious, and some were just watching the fun.
Time will not stop because of people's words.
【Countdown: 8:49:21】
The huge countdown panel is particularly clear, hanging below the canopy.
A square, tall glass building appeared on the endless road, blocking the way of Xu Zhiyan and others. Along with the building, there was also information related to the second level.
[Level Name: Collection Exhibition Hall]
[Note: The space filled with collections displays many monsters. The attacking team only needs to cross the exhibition hall to pass this level.]
[Tip: The display case doesn't look very solid, and the monster inside seems to be waking up. It is recommended that you pass through it as soon as possible. ]
Jiang Huaique was the first to see the man in front of the glass building, and Xu Zhiyan also frowned and stopped.
The collector stood in front of the exhibition hall, holding a metal cane and looking indifferent.
"In fact, I regret setting up so many checkpoints." Unlike his noble appearance, his voice revealed a hint of disgust and irritation.
Only a few hours had passed since the beginning of the End Copy. Although the stone chessboard had retained Jin Sheng, the other party and the pack of dogs played a minimal role in the entire copy. Even the life-beast that was wagging its tail was taken away. This was indeed a huge deviation from Xu Yan's original plan.
"I really want to make all of you into my collection right now." His eyes were full of coldness.
The unexpected event in the first level made Xu Yan a little annoyed.
Xu Zhiyan's relaxed look was not what he wanted at all. For some reason, he always felt that everything seemed to be getting out of control.
Or in other words, it was not until today, after facing Xu Zhiyan head-on, that he realized belatedly that even after losing his special characteristics and accumulating so many false memories, the other party still quickly grew from the child who could be manipulated at will to a human being who could stand on his own.
After saying that, Xu Yan moved aside to avoid the entrance to the collection exhibition hall and casually took out a cigarette.
The flames licked the cigarette butt, instantly igniting a scarlet light.
A stiff atmosphere quietly spread.
The collector himself was guarding the entrance to the exhibition hall, and the few people who had paid to change their fate became alert and walked much more lightly.
Only Xu Zhiyan still maintained a faint smile. Even when he passed by Xu Yan, he deliberately stopped for a few seconds, sniffed in the swirling smoke, and his expression was slightly surprised.
"Didn't this cigarette discontinued a long time ago? Are you smoking fake or expired cigarettes?" He didn't try to hide the shock in his voice.
Xu Yan was stunned and subconsciously looked at the cigarette in his hand.
He raised his head and looked at Xu Zhiyan's back as he hurriedly walked into the exhibition hall after he finished speaking. His eyes were dark and he fiercely extinguished the cigarette before he suppressed the urge to explain.
"Tsk, you become uncute when you grow up."
After a moment, Xu Yan's figure disappeared in front of the door.
On the other side, Jiang Huaique couldn't help but speak as soon as the group of people who spent money to change their fate stepped into the exhibition hall.
"You have a bad habit of talking nonsense..."
God knows how worried he was when Xu Zhiyan provoked the collector just now.
It was too close, almost face-to-face. If the collector suddenly attacked, Xu Zhiyan would become very passive at such a close distance and would be too easy to get hurt.
He said solemnly: "Stay away from that old bitch behind you."
Of course, Jiang Huaique, who already had a rough idea of Xu Yan's identity, was not very restrained in his choice of words.
The audience in the live broadcast room were a little nervous just now, but now many of them were laughing out loud.
[Pfft, your name is not inferior to Jiang Mama! ]
[I am dying of laughter. Do those who spend money to change their fate know that the Collector, as the builder, can hear the conversation inside? ]
【Hahahaha the collector’s expression is so interesting.】
[First he was teased for smoking fake cigarettes, then he was called an old bitch behind his back. The problem is that he can't rush out to refute, otherwise he will look stupid. Hahaha, he can't come out and say that what I smoke is not fake. ]
[Yes, this wave is indeed a victory for the trash talk tactics...]
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhiyan was not as happy as imagined.
When facing his teammates, he no longer had the formal smile on his face. He sighed deeply and frowned.
"This old man has a pretty stable mentality."
He had been provoking the other party since the first conversation, just to shorten the time of the previous few levels.
From the information obtained previously, it can be seen that Yan Chengfan only chose to set up the last level. If nothing unexpected happens, the BOSS of the last level will be the other party himself.
Xu Yan was solely responsible for setting up the first four levels, which meant that they had to clear all the way to the fourth level before they would meet Xu Yan himself. The remaining three levels were most likely consumption levels set by Xu Yan, which were meaningless but extremely annoying.
"It seems that he can't delete the levels that have been successfully constructed." Xu Zhiyan concluded.
Otherwise, after a few rounds of provocation, Xu Yan would have abandoned the unnecessary checkpoints and just rolled up his sleeves and started fighting.
As soon as Xu Zhiyan and Jiang Huaique finished their conversation, Dou Hongshan had already finished looking at the test results of the collection that Xiaokuigu handed over to the exhibition hall.
"The exhibition hall has four floors, with a total of 9,652 exhibits."
"There are humans and monsters, most of them are bosses or high-level NPCs that have appeared in previous instances."
There was some hesitation in her hoarse voice.
"It seems safe here?"
Even if you want to browse the entire exhibition hall, it won’t take long. Detailed inspection results show that although the display cabinet is not strong, it is still early for the exhibits to wake up.
"Anyway, there's enough time for us to go straight through."
Although he said this, Dou Hongshan was still hesitant.
She didn't believe the process would be so simple, nor did she believe the Collector would let them pass the second level so easily.
In the wide and silent hall, countless monsters were sleeping peacefully in the display cases.
Xu Zhiyan walked to the nearest glass cabinet and looked inside. He saw a monster half a man's height, hugging its knees and curling up into a ball. There were several black lines on its naked body. If he changed the angle, he could see a flash of silver light on the black lines.
He always felt that these silver lights seemed familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere.
With the thought of reminiscing, Xu Zhiyan walked past several display cabinets...
Suddenly, he suddenly remembered that when he was at Xu's house, he had seen several of Xu Yan's men, and a similar silver light flashed on the necks of some of them from time to time.
...something's wrong.
Those people only had a flash of silver light on their necks, while the black lines on the bodies of these monsters were more dense.
On the other side, Dou Hongshan and others made new discoveries.
"These display cases possess the power of space." She pointed at a half-human-high monster in the hall, her tone very firm.
On the side, Yu Xiu also discovered this problem.
He agreed, "Yes, it seems that all monsters will become about the same size after being collected."
A few people just looked over casually and found several monsters that were huge and several stories high in the copy, but were only half a person's height after entering the display cabinet.
This realization led the two to say similar things.
"We have to leave before the monster recovers."
"Fortunately we still have time, let's go."
Dou Hongshan and Yu Xiu spoke at the same time.
Jiang Huaique took a glance and nodded in affirmation.
Xu Zhiyan frowned and thought for a while, but couldn't figure out what was going on. In the end, he could only nod dejectedly and followed his teammates towards the exit.
As they quickened their pace, prompts kept popping up on the game panel beside them, indicating that the monsters were awakening faster and faster. By the time they saw the exit, some of the exhibits had already opened their eyes, with pinpoint-sized dots lighting up in their pupils.
Xu Zhiyan counted his steps and looked at the estimated awakening value of 100%.
When there were only a few steps left, Percentage speculated that they could pass through the exhibition hall smoothly... It took them only a dozen minutes to pass, which was a great success in a sense.
Just when everyone else breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Zhiyan suddenly stopped and reached out to stop his teammates behind him.
"etc."
He turned around and looked carefully at the monsters that were almost fully awake.
A fishy smell filled the air without anyone noticing. The only exhibition halls with lights on both sides of the door were extremely dark, making people feel depressed. The collections were quietly squirming in the narrow glass cabinets.
A rotting body, swollen and protruding eyeballs, hard and wrinkled skin, and three bluish-purple finger bones that looked like they were poisoned...
The monsters barely recovered their vitality and lay on the glass. Just on this floor, hundreds of eyes gathered at the door, which was terrifying.
Jiang Huaique thought his teammates had noticed something was wrong, so he frowned and summoned his weapons. Dou Hongshan and Yu Xiu also looked serious.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhiyan suddenly laughed softly.
"Arrogance indeed."
He turned his head to look at Shiva, who was following him obediently with almost no sense of presence, and nodded slightly to him.
“Shiva, now it’s your turn to shine.”
Looking at the three energy stones that lit up at the same time, Xu Zhiyan raised his hand and pointed at the dim hall: "It should be possible to bomb 9,652 targets at once, right?"
He had been thinking about what Xu Yan's purpose was in setting up this checkpoint.
Even if it was just a boring setting, there should be a pattern to follow. It's impossible that I really want to show it to them.
After all, if it was just a display, the other party would definitely force them to look at all the exhibits, rather than leaving vertically over the exhibits without even having to go up to the other floors...
Also, why did Xu Yan appear at the door?
He had been clearly ignored just now. If this guy shows up again to make trouble, he will most likely not be treated well.
Then the only possibility is that Xu Yan stood at the entrance of the exhibition hall to greet them in order to exert invisible pressure so that they could pass through here quickly and enter the next level as soon as possible.
After all, the rules don't explicitly state that monsters that haven't been killed in the current level can't appear in the next level, otherwise why would one person be left to fight in the skipped level?
When everything was connected, Xu Zhiyan felt it was better to be cautious.
"I don't want to encounter tens of thousands of monsters chasing me from behind when I'm halfway through the third level." He raised his hand with a smile, and defensive props lit up one after another, and several barriers stood in front of the few people.
Shiva stood outside the barrier, and the mid-tone electronic sound suddenly rose, full of fanaticism.
"Ding, the mission is confirmed!"
"The second form is about to be activated, and it is expected to annihilate all enemies within one minute!"
This number and strength, this is the enemy it wants.
The simple and crude appearance began to deform, more space boxes were thrown out from its cracked body, and a new body was being assembled...
Ah, it's war!
It has waited for this moment for too long!
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