Chapter 58 Night Fishing [End]
Before daybreak, Lao Yang learned that the three men were leaving in the early morning.
After what happened last night, he had a better understanding of the ruthless Xiao Xu, and got up early to prepare food for those who were about to leave.
When it was five o'clock in the morning, he took out almost all the edible things in the house and put them on the dining table.
Jin Sheng and Jiang Huaiqiao both had bruises under their eyes, looking like they hadn't slept well.
Even with Xiaoyi and Heiwu, the two still worked all night to get more insect corpses, but the harvest was not ideal.
It turns out that the number of insect corpses given is based on the status of the NPC.
Only those who are intact like Lao Yang can get more than 20 insect corpses. If any villager is injured, even if he is just frightened and bruised, the chance of obtaining insect corpses will be much lower.
Only Xu Zhiyan, who was still in the stage of staying up late, was full of energy and was picky about the sumptuous breakfast.
After eating, he wiped his mouth and stared at Lao Yang.
"Are there any local specialties we can take away? Even the baked potatoes we usually eat will do."
Now that we are here, even though this village seems very poor, I would feel a bit of a letdown if I don't pack something to take away.
What's more, frog eggs are a bit disgusting to humans, but maybe the monster employees in the safe house will like them. Since he has come here with great difficulty, he should bring some back for everyone to try.
Thinking about it this way, Xu Zhiyan was almost moved to tears.
He is such a generous and caring boss!
The barrage was shocked after hearing this.
[Baked potatoes? Didn't Xiao Baiwan already know that they were frog eggs? ]
[You want this, this, and this? ]
【vomit--】
[Is this what Xu Baopi is? He wants to take away even the useless wool? ]
[It turns out that one has to be so shameless to become a successful businessman...]
[Hey, hey, hey, no one cares about the final mission? Xiao Baiwan is going to lose a million this time! ]
[@Anonymous, how does it feel to be about to lose a million? ]
[What's the difference between one million and one million? There are so many hidden pits in this instance. It's good enough to get out of it successfully.]
Xu Zhiyan didn't know that the comments on the forums had already started to worry about his wallet.
He held his chin with his hands and looked obedient, waiting for Lao Yang to pack some local specialties for him.
Maybe they were about to leave. After hearing this, Lao Yang glared at him but didn't say much.
He packed all the delicious fish that had just been hung out to dry in the sun with oil paper, and brought out a half-man-high jar from some corner of the room. The jar was full of frog eggs that had not been processed after being fished out.
Taking the backpack handed over by Xu Zhiyan, Lao Yang grunted and put all the things in it.
Even Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.
"That's too much. Give it all to me. What will you eat?"
Old Yang shook his head and laughed after hearing this, and explained in his hoarse voice: "Fishermen don't come every year."
The implication in this statement is somewhat complicated. If fishermen cannot come every year, it means that this copy may have to face reorganization and upgrading after this group of players leave.
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyan stopped being polite.
Jinsheng received a hint from his teammate and walked over to hang his fully stuffed backpack on Xiaoyi's new dog vest.
It was already past three in the morning when he and Jiang Huaique returned last night.
Considering that it would be dawn soon anyway, Jiang Huaique simply replenished his mental strength and did not sleep. He used the scraps of cloth provided by Lao Yang to sew another dog vest for Xiaoyi overnight. This time it was a hook type with a handle underneath.
Thinking about the fact that he already had so many free vests in his bag that he couldn't count them on one hand, Jin Sheng wondered whether he should give some money to his new teammates when he went out.
At one side, Xu Zhiyan looked at Lao Yang and found that his already cloudy eyes became even darker, as if his soul had been taken away as he sat at the table.
The three of them said a few more words, but Lao Yang didn't respond.
It was not until they packed their luggage and went out that the familiar sound of a broken bellows was heard again behind them.
"Goodbye, fisherman."
Old Yang turned his back to the three people and did not look back.
When the last goodbye was uttered, it was exactly six o'clock in the morning.
Xu Zhiyan didn't look back either.
"Thank you for the treat."
He responded to Lao Yang's last words in a low voice, raised his hand and waved to his teammates to leave.
The familiar white mist appeared again.
It was almost impossible to see anything among the mountains.
The number of players who had successfully entered the village before also decreased a bit, leaving only seven.
The silent hooded duo were still far away from here, but from the number of bandages on each other's bodies, it could be seen that they were seriously injured after fighting the vengeful spirit in the well last night.
Zhuo Yong and Yu Zhen were the only ones left in his team; the other player who was injured in the frogman cave was missing.
Probably dead, Xu Zhiyan thought.
Jiang Huaique dragged his injured leg with lingering fear.
Time is tight and the cost of trial and error is too high. The higher the star level of the dungeon, the more difficult it is, the more complex the information is, and the lower the survival probability of the lone wolf player will be.
...He glanced at his injured leg and didn't dare to think whether this would be his last copy if he hadn't met Xu Zhiyan before.
But the reality did not make Jiang Huaique happy for long.
Zhuo Yong, with scratches on his face, stood in front of Xu Zhiyan.
"I'll give you 100,000 points. Don't worry about what happens next. When we get to the reservoir, I'll have other deals for you. I won't treat you unfairly."
There was a hint of cruelty in his voice, and his expression was sinister when he looked at Jiang Huaique.
Xu Zhiyan was stunned. Someone actually wanted to give him money?
"Is there such a good thing?"
As he spoke, he also looked at Jiang Huaique, and said in a sad tone: "Do you know how much determination I had to resist nodding?"
One hundred thousand! For free!
This was simply putting his soul as an honest businessman on the fire.
When Jiang Huaique heard this, he almost laughed out of anger.
"Just nod your head. We have to have an understanding of our affairs... I'm afraid that if I don't give you the money, you will use my head to exchange for money again." He said jokingly, pretending to be relaxed.
Jin Sheng took Jiang Huaique's bag with a worried look on his face and didn't quite agree.
Jiang Huaique shrugged and said that he had actually expected it, but he just miscalculated.
It turned out that he had already used cursed items on Zhuo Yong and his group when they were surrounded before. The damage these people would receive would be doubled and difficult to heal.
His idea at that time was very simple, that even if he died, he would take a few people with him. The curse would not take effect immediately, but only after the fatal injury occurred.
This high-level disposable prop was extremely hidden and difficult to detect, and it almost drained all his assets.
But Xu Zhiyan appeared halfway through...
This person is so annoying. He clearly treated him as a tool and kept asking him to sew dog vests, but he never abandoned him, a disabled person, along the way.
Jiang Huai looked at the handsome young man who was wrapped in thick clothes and seemed to be afraid of the cold. He stabbed the sickle into the ground and said loudly, "If I am still alive, can the 150,000 I mentioned before be written off?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Zhiyan's words of dissuasion suddenly changed direction.
"What do you mean by 150,000? It's obviously 200,000! Don't even think about writing it off! Jiang Huaique has to work for me to redeem himself for the rest of his life!"
He could see that Jiang Huaique was unwilling to hide behind others anymore.
This teammate, who holds a sickle, has a hot temper and likes sewing and doing handicrafts, is not a delicate person. Rather than being protected by others, he is more eager to rush to the opponent and fight.
Xu Zhiyan shook his head and quickly transferred 100,000 points from Zhuo Yong. Not only did he not leave, but he looked at the inconspicuous younger brother who liked to speak in inverted sentences.
"Yu Zhen? Do you have enough insect corpses?"
The short player standing nearby who had little presence turned his head slowly, as if he didn't expect to be called.
"I still have a lot of extra ones here. Do you want to come with us to the reservoir to kill all the evil spirits?" Xu Zhiyan shook the bag in his hand. It was bulging, and there were indeed a lot of extra ones.
Since Jiang Huaique wanted to settle the feud with Zhuo Yong, he could not interfere, but he could always win over one or two people besides Zhuo Yong.
Although there were insects that could help the Jianghuai Partridge to stand again, it was still a disadvantage in a two-on-one situation.
According to what Zhuo Yong said before, if there was still a transaction near the reservoir, it meant that the other party might not have accumulated enough insect corpses to use.
Each player must kill at least ten evil spirits during the day, as night fishing is not possible.
As a must-have item for the bonus level, they only managed to reduce the difficulty of obtaining it because they had Xiaoyi and the black mist spray. Other players would definitely still have to conflict with the black shadow in the well.
The two hooded men looked depressed, as if they had been beaten into autism. It must have been difficult for them to get enough food for two.
Seeing Yu Zhen stunned and lowering his head awkwardly, Xu Zhiyan knew that he had guessed right.
He looked at Zhuo Yong who was furious, and quickly retreated behind Jin Sheng and waved to Yu Zhen.
"How about it? Have you thought about it? Do you want to go to the reservoir with us? After all, these are hard-earned, and we won't trade them."
As the effect of the increase gradually appeared, Yu Zhen hesitated.
He and Zhuo Yong only got fifteen insect corpses, which meant that if he didn't buy more, he would have to stay here.
In the face of death, hesitating for even a second is disrespectful.
Yu Zhen didn't look up at Zhuo Yong, but said with a little trepidation: "I'll go to the reservoir and wait for your brother."
After saying that, he did not go to look for the other party in front of his elder brother, but instead headed towards the reservoir first.
Seeing this, the black hooded duo hurriedly followed. They just wanted to survive and did not want to get involved in the disputes between these players.
After confirming that only Jiang Huaique and Zhuo Yong were left at the village entrance, Xu Zhiyan could only help up to this point.
He turned his back and waved at Jiang Huaique.
"We'll go to the reservoir and wait for you."
"good."
After Jiang Huaique answered, he took out a small bottle containing special white worms from his arms and put the flesh-eating creatures inside into the wound on his leg.
After making sure his legs could move normally, he gripped the sickle tightly.
…
The Amber Mountain Reservoir remains the same as before.
There were a lot of corpses lying on the shore, some of which had already begun to rot and stink.
There are no wild animals here, and things in the water cannot come up. Players who failed to successfully enter the next stage of the main line have starved to death on the shore, and traces of fights can be seen from time to time.
The reward mission is indeed mainly based on rewards.
Jin Sheng picked up the slingshot and casually shot it at the water surface, without even aiming, and he casually shot out the insect corpses, and the prompt sounded.
[Reward mission: Eliminate the evil spirits in the Amber Mountain Reservoir]
[Number of eliminated: 1/10]
【Time: 05:21:34】
After six o'clock in the morning, the column turned into a countdown, indicating how long the players had to eliminate the evil spirits.
Xu Zhiyan divided his share of insect corpses into two parts, keeping ten for himself and giving the rest to Jin Sheng, asking him to share some with Yu Zhen.
After doing all this, he slowly walked to the location of the dam.
The dam is very high and one side goes straight down.
One look at it makes one feel dizzy.
The artificially built dam has mottled marks and the sides are covered with moss. Because there is no shade, not only can you not see the float clearly when fishing here, but your body water will be lost quickly, so players don't like to set up camp here.
But correspondingly, there are not many corpses here, and it looks a lot cleaner than other places.
Xu Zhiyan chose a spot in the middle of the dam, sat down cross-legged, and had a calm expression.
The game panel popped up instantly.
The red warning light almost blinded him.
[Warning: No explosive props may be used in this instance.]
After the last experience of the copy being blown up, the main system directly blocked all props that could destroy the dam during the final mission.
"I've already read the warning yesterday. I haven't even bought any bombs or anything like that. If you don't believe me, you can search my bag!" Xu Zhiyan spread out his hands, his tone full of innocence.
A small black snake crawled down his sleeve and into his palm.
It was the half-snake god that followed into the room yesterday.
The situation last night was very chaotic. After Xu Zhiyan rescued the big white snake from the snake god, the other party became even more angry and threatened to chop the shameless snake into nine pieces.
Xu Zhiyan's face turned black after hearing this, and he couldn't help but want to complain about who was shameless.
Fortunately, after his explanation, the half-snake god did not continue to go crazy. Instead, it became very easy to talk to, as if it had grown a brain, but not a complete one.
In short, just shut up if you are told to, and become smaller if you are told to.
Looking at the little black snake in his palm, Xu Zhiyan almost laughed out loud. Since he had nothing to do, he might as well start chatting with the little black snake.
"Didn't you regain your memory? Why are you still like this?"
The little black snake held up its body, stuck out its tongue, and replied: "My previous memory was hibernation."
"It was very cold here. I found a warm place, and then someone threw me into the cold lake. When I woke up, I found that I couldn't get out of the bottom of the lake."
It was trapped for a long time.
So long that I don’t know how many years.
It stayed at the bottom of the cold lake for as long as the villagers had gained eternal life.
"Until you put your hand on me."
It hooked Xu Zhiyan's little finger and absorbed the warmth from it.
"You took me away from the rules of the lake bottom."
Xu Zhiyan smiled.
"Rules?"
It turns out that the rules bound the snake god.
The man and the snake continued chatting casually. After about half an hour, Xu Zhiyan saw from afar that Jiang Huai Que, who had only one leg left, was being supported by Jin Sheng and walked out of the thick fog.
Jiang Huaique's injured leg was completely severed from the thigh. It was too far away to see the wound clearly, so Xu Zhiyan gave up after a few glances.
But in the live broadcast room, the audience jumped over and had a great time watching it.
[Good fellow! I finally understand why Bang Yi treats the male mother differently and is willing to kill his sister to get him to join the gang! ]
[Mad! People like this are crazy when they fight! ]
[This desperate fighting style is too scary. In order to kill Zhuo Yong, he didn't hesitate to cut off half of his own hand. ]
[Shit… Am I the only one who thinks it’s scarier when Jiang Huai Que chops my legs? Double the pain!]
[But he had to chop them down in that situation. The bugs had already crawled over his knees, and in less than two hours they would crawl into his brain. He couldn't wait until the dungeon was released.]
While the audience was discussing, Xu Zhiyan also received the piece of paper brought by Xiaoyi.
On it were three words written with Jiang Huai'er's bloody fingers.
[I won]
Xu Zhiyan watched and suddenly laughed.
It's not about safety or being alright, but about victory.
He felt that he had really found a treasure this time.
The little black snake tilted its head, not knowing what was going on, but the person it liked was very happy, so it couldn't help but be happy too.
Xu Zhiyan hung the snake around his neck, stood up, and brushed off the dust on his body.
After watching Jin Sheng making a gesture of mission accomplished in the distance, he touched the snake's head and said lightly.
"Come on, start working!"
"You have 60 seconds. Use all your strength to break this dam!"
Before he finished speaking, Xu Zhiyan threw the snake god into the water.
Absolutely safe time to start.
Players in the current area will not take any damage.
The last time this skill was activated, Xu Zhiyan discovered that there was a faint smell of ash in the area when it was activated.
That is the realm of ghosts and gods!
If there are rules in the water, then the two rules now offset each other, which will at least reduce some of the constraints.
The snake god, who didn't understand what was about to happen, only felt his vision spinning wildly, and the only thing left in his ears was the voice of the human he loved.
"Why?"
It asked subconsciously.
"For me."
Xu Zhiyan answered.
In the air, the little black snake's body suddenly grew hundreds or thousands of times larger after hearing these words. It did not return to its half-human, half-snake appearance, but instead looked more like a giant python covered in armor.
“Boom—”
It slammed into the dam. It was worried about the rules here, but unexpectedly found that the power of the rules was suppressed!
This realization allowed the half-snake god to vaguely grasp the thoughts of the people on the dam.
It hit harder.
The entire reservoir was shaking!
Xu Zhiyan was staggering and could barely stand, and could only try his best to keep his balance.
The system panel in front of him was jumping wildly.
[Player violation detected! ]
[Don’t you have a heart? When the dam breaks, the snake god will be washed away by the water and you can’t take it away...]
"Yes, I know."
"I have no heart."
After Xu Zhiyan gave a hasty answer, he gave up the idea of standing up straight to show off at the last moment and had to settle for the next best thing and sit on the dam.
The system panel was choked and repeated the content to let the players in front of it realize the seriousness of the matter.
【It will die.】
"How could that be? There is a river below, and what's more, I have absolutely safe time." Xu Zhiyan waved his hand, took out the black ring, and put it on his middle finger.
The two Ouroboros rings sparkled in the sunlight.
The dam at your feet was cracked by the snake god, and water from the Amber Mountain Reservoir continued to flow out from the crack.
The dam shook even more violently.
There are more than twenty seconds left of absolute safety time.
27, 26...
More and more cracks appeared, and Xu Zhiyan had to stand up awkwardly and move to another place.
23, 22……
[Why are you so sure there must be a river below?] The system pop-up window was cold and emotionless.
But after receiving this message, Xu Zhiyan felt a heat wave coming from behind.
19, 18...
On the other side of the dam, the river below had somehow turned into flowing magma.
The cold river water hits the magma, bursting out with scorching heat.
16, 15...
Xu Zhiyan stretched out his hand to feel the steam. It was a little hot, but it should be a temporary simulation by the system. It would not be as high as the real temperature.
But it still made him feel uncomfortable.
Especially the obstruction of vision made him unable to see the direction clearly when he wanted to leave the dangerous area in the center of the dam.
12, 11……
Reminder: The huge black snake is still hitting the dam regardless.
More water flowed down the crack.
8, 7……
Xu Zhiyan was knocked to the ground by the shock of his feet. There was no way forward or backward, and the air was filled with steam, making it impossible to see anything.
5, 4……
The dam is already in danger.
The giant snake's impact became more and more violent.
3, 2……
“Boom—”
Even with the protection of the rules, the dam could no longer hold and collapsed.
1.
The absolute safety time is over.
Xu Zhiyan also fell down.
The weightlessness made him panic for a moment, and he couldn't help waving his arms in the air.
He caught the little black snake.
Xu Zhiyan saw through the hazy steam that the little black snake seemed to be seriously injured after colliding with the rules. The scales that could easily crush stones in the past were now turning outwards, and blood was constantly oozing from the gaps.
【Both you and it will die.】
[This is a punishment for players like you who have no conscience. ]
The system laughed at him mercilessly.
The black snake in his arms raised its head, with a completely different attitude.
"Is there anything else you need me to do?"
It didn't care about the scars on its body, and its eyes were still focused on the human in front of it.
Xu Zhiyan kissed Black Snake's forehead for the last time, then turned to speak to the game panel.
"Is there a possibility?"
"Where are my teammates and Plan B?"
The next moment, Xiaoyi, wearing a new dog vest, flashed out from the thick fog!
Its keen sense of smell means it doesn't need to rely on its eyesight to find where the fallen person is. The handlebar-style vest that Jiang Huaiqie had hurriedly made last night allows even a physical idiot like Xu Zhiyan to hold on firmly and not be thrown off.
Before the system panel could react, Xiaoyi had already brought Xu Zhiyan and the little black snake back to the shore.
Jiang Huaique was lying on the ground, looking like he was about to die from excessive blood loss. Xu Zhiyan was lying beside him, not much better off.
In the end, he fell too low. Even if the temperature was not a real environment but a temporary simulation, it was already extremely high. He suspected that his back must have been burned over a large area.
However, as the water level dropped, more and more resentful objects came to light. Xu Zhiyan gritted his teeth and watched the panel bounce out.
[Reward mission: Eliminate the evil spirits in the Amber Mountain Reservoir]
[Number of eliminated: 2341/10]
【Time: 04:19:42】
And the number of kills in the meantime is still rising.
Countless evil spirits trapped in the water flew back from under the dam, found the things that trapped them, and then rose into the sky and flew far away.
Xu Zhiyan called up the panel and gave a thumbs up.
"I was worried that if the water flowed to other places, there would be problems."
Unexpectedly, the system forced out a round of magma, which directly dried up these special lake waters into water vapor, and all floated away.
"When it comes to cooperating with me, it's your game system that has to win!"
【……】
The system is almost going crazy.
However, in order to avoid more points being counted into Xu Zhiyan's account, the main system could only make an exception and advance the automatic settlement time of this copy to a minimum of ten minutes.
[The Night Fisherman dungeon has been completed]
[Players please exit the dungeon within half an hour]
[You can choose to settle the copy immediately. If you do not choose, the copy will be automatically settled after ten minutes. ]
The other three players were shocked, and immediately chose to leave the dungeon after the settlement pop-up window appeared.
Jin Sheng looked worriedly at his two teammates who were no longer able to move, but was driven away by Xu Zhiyan.
"Take Jiang Huai Que away first, and we'll meet up with Ke later."
See Jin Sheng and Jiang Huaique both leave.
Xu Zhiyan straightened up and stood up.
The snake god in his hand had stopped moving. I didn't know whether it had fainted or fallen asleep.
He checked the time, endured the pain in his back, staggered down the empty reservoir, and walked toward the center.
There was a broken ship chained up there.
Without the evil spirits' resentful objects, they were no different from any other pile of debris.
With every step Xu Zhiyan takes, the mission progress increases a little.
[Additional Task: Find a Safe House]
[Progress: 100%]
Finally, he smelled the familiar smell of ashes...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
