No one noticed Zhou Zhou's blinking. Corey looked at Elvia in horror, not understanding why he could still move. Obviously everyone in the cab was under control, so why?
It seemed that Alvia's hand was just casually placed on the other person's shoulder, but only Corey himself knew that his shoulder was firmly pressed by the other person, and even if he wanted to escape, he could not move at all.
"Corey?" Wu Yu's vision was blocked by the crowd. He only saw Corey stop in front of Zhou Zhou, but did not see the hand on his shoulder.
"Want to know why I'm okay?" The question in the other person's eyes was too obvious, so Alvia asked softly.
Zhou Zhou continued to remain still, with his ears perked up, he wanted to know too!
Before Alvia could explain the reason, Wu Yu at the back edge of the crowd suddenly shouted, "Kori, what are you waiting for?"
Zhou Zhou is so angry! He almost heard it, and he also wanted to know why Al was not affected. He himself didn't feel anything, and he only imitated it when he found that everyone was motionless. So why?
As time passed, Corey still hadn't brought back the mission items. They also had to throw the others out quickly. Time was running out!
Wu Yu was anxious and walked forward through the still crowd, but he saw Elvia turning around and looking at him indifferently.
Wu Yu paused, his face showing the same expression as Kori's. How could the prop be ineffective? Could it be that this person has something on him that can resist stillness?
He was still very wary of the man named Al. After all, it was his usual tactic to judge people by their appearance. He could basically tell who should be provoked and who should not be provoked. If there was not only one item for this mission, and if these two people had been very wary of him from the beginning, he might have continued to follow them until the end and would not have exposed himself too early.
It was too late to say anything now. All thoughts flashed through his mind. Wu Yu's eyes turned and he found that only Al had released the static state. With two of them, maybe they could...
Before he could make a move, the female player also broke free from the immobilization. She was originally frozen halfway through swinging her fist, but suddenly the immobilization was released and she continued to swing her fist, hitting the frozen player right in front of her hard.
The props can only control the player himself, not time and space, so after the player was hit, his body fell backwards and happened to hit Wu Yu. Wu Yu, who was not very good at fighting, had no time to react and was immediately pinned to the ground.
After the female player threw a punch, she also found something wrong. Looking at the people present who were still motionless, she thought for a moment and realized that it was the player who used the props. Looking at the man in the black windbreaker standing there nonchalantly, the female player's eyes darkened slightly, and she looked at Elvia with an inquiring look.
Zhou Zhou was very surprised, although his surprise was only in his heart. The female player also returned to normal, but why didn't the others move? He didn't know why Al and the female player were different from the others. He decided to wait until everyone recovered and then pretend to recover.
Elvia looked down at Wu Yu who was pinned down by the player, and then looked at Corey who was controlled by him. The two were obviously companions, but Corey was indifferent at this moment. His slightly cloudy eyes were floating around, as if he was thinking about how to escape. He didn't pay any attention to his companions at all. It seemed that their "companion" relationship was also mixed with a lot of water.
When the others gradually recovered, Elvia and the female player had already tied up Corey and the others. The female player was carrying a very long rope with a black metal hook at one end. It looked like it was used as a weapon, but was now being used temporarily to tie people up. Those players who chose to compete with Wu Yu for the quest items were tied together by the two men with ropes.
Zhou Zhou discovered that everyone's recovery time was different. The longest took two minutes, and the shortest was Al. He seemed not to be affected by the props at all. Zhou Zhou pretended to be released from the static state only after several other players recovered.
There is no need to fight any further now, as the opponent's high-level item has put them in a difficult position. Many people present didn’t know what was happening. Some players felt that the actions were inconsistent, while others felt that they were fighting with other players just a second ago, but in the blink of an eye, the opponent disappeared.
When I turned around, I saw that all the enemies were tied up. So what happened?
After the others recovered, the female player looked at everyone's confused expressions and said, "The other party just activated a static item, and everyone present was frozen."
The female player also recovered very quickly, and from her tone she seemed to know something about this. Zhou Zhou hurried over and asked curiously: "Why does everyone's recovery time differ?"
The amber eyes were round and big, and coupled with Zhou Zhou's curious expression, she looked like a well-behaved cat. The female player's expression eased a little, and her voice became a few degrees softer than before: "This item that makes the player still is a bit like mental control. The stronger the mental power of the player, the shorter the time it takes to get rid of this control."
Zhou Zhou nodded. Does that mean Al’s mental strength is very strong? This female player also recovers very quickly, and her mental strength is only slightly lower than El's, but stronger than any other player.
No, what about him?
Could it be that his mental power is extremely strong, so he is out of control?
Zhou Zhou was a little happy. It seemed that he still had something in common with everyone.
Suddenly, Zhou Zhou remembered that every time a copy was settled, there seemed to be data about mental power. He didn't pay attention to these data before, except for the first time he came out of the Love Academy and took a few glances when Keli and others asked about it. After that, he only looked at the points every time and would not look at other data. After all, most of the data had basically not changed at a glance.
Everyone was busy discussing how to deal with those players. Zhou Zhou quietly stood at the back and opened his task panel.
The primary task panel can only be seen by the player himself. After Zhou Zhou opened it, he searched for his mental power for each copy settlement.
When those statistics were before his eyes, he could no longer be happy.
The rows of zeros above are shocking. Not only is the growth of mental power in each game zero, but even the initial value is zero.
He has no mental strength!
Zhou Zhou immediately became listless. That's right, he is not a normal person, it is normal that he has no mental power. The previous stillness props were mental control, he didn't even have mental power, so the props had no effect on him.
He should be thankful that he has only discovered one item that is mind control, otherwise he would have been exposed long ago.
The female player turned her head and looked at Zhou Zhou in the corner. Her expression kept changing. He even flipped open the task panel and looked at it for a while. She didn't know what he saw. He was happy at first, but suddenly became listless. What happened?
"Are you okay?" The female player walked over. Although she was a little shorter than Zhou Zhou, her temperament and appearance were more mature. She reached out and pinched Zhou Zhou's face, and the feeling was as good as it looked.
Zhou Zhou didn't care about the female player pinching his cheek. He forced himself to cheer up and smiled at the female player: "Thank you, I'm fine."
Seeing Zhou Zhou, who had a delicate appearance and looked well-behaved, the female player couldn't help but want to pinch his face, but this time she failed. As soon as her hand moved, Elvia called Zhou Zhou away.
When Zhou Zhou heard Elvia calling him, he immediately walked over there.
Elvia handed the rope to other players, stared at Zhou Zhou who was walking towards her, and then moved her eyes to the female player over there.
The female player curled her red lips slightly and gave him an ambiguous smile. It seemed that she was already doubting his identity. After all, he had roughly guessed the identity of the female player. The other party's mental strength was also very high in the empire, so she might have already guessed his identity.
Zhou Zhou looked at Alvia, thinking that he called him over because of something, but Alvia just told him not to run around, as someone might be coveting the sword now.
Holding the hilt of the sword with one hand, Zhou Zhou said "oh" obediently, then turned his head and thought of something. He came close to Alvia and asked in a very low voice: "Al, do you think there are people in the empire who have no mental power at all?"
Alvia looked down at Zhou Zhou who was almost leaning on him, and asked while looking around, afraid that someone would hear what he was asking. He looked so cautious, like a thief.
"Yes, there are many in the empire." Elvia lowered her eyes, unable to see the look in his eyes. "Let's not talk about those who have completely lost their mental power due to war or accidents. Even among ordinary people, there are some people whose mental power is very low since birth, almost zero, so they don't use their mental power in their daily lives."
"Oh." Zhou Zhou finally felt relieved. It wouldn't be too strange for him to be mixed in.
The opposing players have all been tied up, and the other players are discussing how to deal with these people next.
It doesn't seem like a good idea to kill them all, as letting them go would still be a threat to them.
"Or just throw them into the sea and let them live or die."
A player suggested that there was only one boat nearby, but there might be more boats further away. Letting these people swim in the sea by themselves would also allow them to return to their starting point.
This proposal was agreed by most people, but they couldn't get out at all now.
Looking outside, I saw a group of skeletons still surrounding the mast, looking up at the players above and the skeleton who was still trying to climb up. Their empty eyes could not see anything, but gave people the illusion that they were waiting for the players to fall.
In fact, that unlucky player was almost unable to hold on. Where was he? Where have all the people gone? Help!
"How... do we get out?" "A player looked embarrassed.
Zhou Zhou held the sword, thinking that nothing happened when they met the skeletons yesterday. So what would the skeletons do if he went out now?
After taking a few steps towards the door, I heard Shirley's voice: "Zhou Zhou, where are you going?"
Turning around, Shirley and Keli strode over. Sensing Zhou Zhou's intention to go out, Shirley gritted her teeth and said, "We'll go out with you."
Keli didn't say anything, but you could tell from his eyes that he meant the same thing.
Zhou Zhou shook his head. He just wanted to know how the skeletons would react after he went out. If they attacked him without discrimination, he would run back quickly. If they didn't attack, he would think of a way to make the skeletons stop.
"I'll accompany you." Alvia walked forward.
"Okay then, come back early." Shirley immediately changed her tone and waved goodbye to them, completely different from the worried look she had just shown.
The corner of Keli's mouth twitched, but he could also understand Shirley's sudden change. After all, Elvia was indeed very powerful. With him accompanying Zhou Zhou, the two of them would definitely be able to return safely even if they were besieged by skeletons.
Zhou Zhou looked at Alvia quietly, and suddenly reached out and grabbed his sleeve: "Let's go."
There was a hint of excitement in their voices, as if they were going to an amusement park instead of facing a large group of skeletons.
The two men slowly walked out of the cab, and a group of players behind them stretched their necks to watch. They were lucky because they chose to follow their hearts, so they could stand here.
Although Nightmare City is a holographic game, most players do not get many points in the dungeon in the early stage. After many people die or are eliminated in the dungeon, they simply do not have enough points to buy resurrection items, so they try every means to pass the level.
Without resurrection items, it means that they will die in the game and will not be able to go online. They can only log in offline and check in every day to accumulate points. Checking in every day can only earn a few points. It takes three consecutive months to get a resurrection item, which means that they can only continue to play the game after three months. By that time, they don’t know how many times the game has been updated.
Right now, the Nightmare City only has one huge novice city, and other features will be opened in the later stages. How many points can be accumulated in the game in three months, and how much data can be updated, by then you will be far behind others and can’t catch up at all, so the mentality of many players is that they can only win and not lose.
Those who can now easily get by in the dungeon and not care about winning or losing are either preparing to play around in this game casually, or already have resurrection items, or even accumulated a lot of resurrection items, so they can afford to die no matter what, so they don't care about winning or losing.
Of course, there are also players here who choose to stand on Zhou Zhou's side because they cannot get over it in their hearts and think that stealing other people's things is unbearable.
But now it seems that their choice was right. Regardless of whether they can pass the level or not, it is better than leaving them alone in the sea to fend for themselves.
The moment the two men stepped out of the cab, the skeletons all looked up and turned to look in the direction of the cab.
The skeleton hanging on the mast and climbing up also stopped and looked towards the cabin.
I found that the skeletons' attention was diverted to other people. The player at the top of the mast was about to cry. Finally someone came to save me.
Zhou Zhou and Elvia walked forward step by step and found that the movements of those skeletons were different from when they faced other players before.
Facing other players, the skeletons were slashing around with swords in hand. Although they were still staring at them, they did not raise their swords.
The skeleton on the mast began to slide down slowly. When it was two meters away from the deck, it suddenly let go and jumped down from above, landing steadily on the ground.
The action was very cool, but it collapsed the deck, and its two skeletal feet were stuck in the wooden boards. The skeleton paused, then tried to pull its feet out, and finally had to remove the bones of its feet one by one before it could get out.
"Hahahaha~" The player at the top of the mast laughed out loud without any hesitation. I told you to chase me, and now you're getting your comeuppance.
Zhou Zhou looked at the collapsed wooden boards on the deck. The exterior of the ship was already severely weathered and corroded by sea water. If someone suddenly jumped down from it, the wooden deck would certainly not be able to hold up.
They couldn't tell whether the skeleton was embarrassed or not, after all, there was no expression on his face.
That skeleton must have a very high status, because when it walked towards this side, the other skeletons followed behind it and walked towards Zhou Zhou and the others.
Completely different from the previous appearance where they were frantically hacking and throwing players, now they seemed to be having a meeting, walking towards each other calmly.
The players in the lounge opened their eyes wide, these skeletons are hypocritical! Why do they get beaten up when they go out, but others are so calm when they go out?
When the two sides were about two meters apart, Zhou Zhou and Elvia stopped, and all the skeletons also stopped.
It seemed like a tacit meeting between the two parties, but in fact Zhou Zhou was completely confused, and he didn't know what these skeletons wanted to do.
The skeleton in the front, which was most likely the leader, stretched out a hand and pointed at the sword at Zhou Zhou's waist.
Zhou Zhou looked at the direction the skeleton's index finger was pointing, then looked at the sword at his waist, and said hesitantly: "Do you want this sword?"
The skeleton nodded immediately.
But this is a quest item. If they give it to the skeletons, their quest will fail. However, this sword was originally taken from this ship, so maybe the owner of the sword is the skeleton.
Zhou Zhou thought for a moment, then looked at Elvia, wanting to ask for his opinion.
"You decide."
Okay, Zhou Zhou took off the sword and handed it to the skeleton.
The player in the cab widened his eyes, looking at the sword that had caused them to fight, and it was given to the skeleton so easily?
"Brother! You can't give it to me. This is a quest item!" a player shouted while opening the driver's door.
"I should have let those guys snatch it away earlier. After all the snatching, it still ends up being given to Skeleton. It's just a waste of time."
"That was found by someone else. Even if they want to throw it into the sea to see the splash, that's their business."
"Yeah, giving it to the skeleton is just right so we don't have to fight for it anymore."
Zhou Zhou heard the players' voices. He was not going to speak at first, but he finally shouted to them, "This sword originally belonged to them. I found it on their ship."
Player: ...It seems to be theirs, but this sword is also their quest item.
The skeleton has already taken the sword, so the player can't complain even if he has any.
After taking the sword, the skeleton seemed very happy and looked at it from head to toe.
Zhou Zhou looked at the skeleton calmly, then suddenly his eyes widened, he took a step forward, bent over and leaned towards the sword.
What's wrong? Do they regret it? Want the sword back? The player stretched his neck to look forward, but unfortunately he could only see the backs of the two people.
Zhou Zhou turned his head and exclaimed to Elvia: "Did you see it? That skeleton hand!"
Alvia remained calm: "I see."
Player: ...No, what did you see? Let us take a look too.
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