Fearing that Shi Jinzhe wouldn't understand, Mu Bai stopped under a tree and looked up at it, letting him see the tree.
“Each world is like a leaf on this tree, and the anchor point is the connection between the leaf and the branch. With this point, the system can connect to each world and send more players to solve the problem that the natives cannot solve.”
After saying that, Mu Bai pushed the tree trunk so that the crown of the tree in front of him overlapped with that of the other tree.
The leaves overlapped, blurring the boundary between the two trees.
"Do you understand? There is more than one tree in this world, and there is more than one thing like the system. When a world is completely invaded by other things, it is difficult for the system to intervene in this world. If it wants to take back this world, it needs to reset its anchor point."
Shi Jinzhe focused his mind: "So that world's mutation was caused by something outside the system invading it?"
"Yes, to reclaim the anchor point, we need to find the weak point of the current world. Each boss has its own range of ability coverage. Players need to clear the level and break through this range so that the system can find a way to bring the alienated world back under its control."
Mu Bai straightened the bent tree trunk, making the boundary between the two trees clear again, and then walked towards the lake.
Shi Jinzhe couldn't understand the system's purpose in doing this. "But what can be done after the alienated world returns? It's completely a territory of ghosts and monsters now."
"Squeezing every last drop of value out of that world," Mu Bai laughed. "Did you think it was trying to save the world, which is why it went to all this trouble to make players clear this dungeon?"
Time is running out: ...
I never thought the system was that kind.
Mu Bai ignored him and continued speaking: "Some things, if you don't take them, someone else will. There should be a lot of minor bosses in that world. Do you know what that means?"
"There are also many skill cards."
"That's how it is. As you said, that place is no different from a mine to the system. However, most of the mini-bosses are disqualified cards. I don't know why the system needs so many disqualified cards."
Shi Jinzhe disagreed with this view: "To get a Disqualified Card, you need to defeat the boss. Even the weakest bosses are quite difficult. How many other people can clear the game? You can't get many Disqualified Cards."
“That’s true,” Mu Bai said. “Generally, these kinds of world systems are very cautious when adding players. Besides considering suitability, they’ll also add two or three players with strong skill attack power. And your skills…”
Mu Bai changed the subject, "It's true that you're not very good at fighting, which is why I don't understand why the system sent you into this kind of dungeon."
He knew his own skills all too well. The power of the empowerment didn't lie in its attack power. Although it could absorb life force, that was only against life forms weaker than itself. He didn't know the strength of things outside the system, so it was hard to say whether he could absorb all their life force.
"Actually, it's not bad...it's not like I can't fight."
Shi Jinzhe felt that Mu Bai's words hurt him a thousand times, but also hurt him eight hundred times, so he thought it best to defend himself.
"Besides, even if I can't fight, there are others who can."
Sheh broke the illusion that the first round of players couldn't break; she has enough attack power and is excellent.
Mu Bai turned her head away, her expression unreadable, after hearing his tone. "It wasn't you who hit him, so what are you so proud of?"
"It's not pride, it's just stating the facts. Shekh is really amazing."
Shekh listened and stood a little further away.
When he and Shi Jin were together, they never imagined that one day they would lose face as snakes.
“I have faced life-or-death crises many times, and she has saved me each time. Without her, I would never have made it here and would never have seen you and Mom.”
Mu Bai hummed in thought. She hadn't noticed last time because of the rush, but now it dawned on her. "You're not in the same world, so how did you get together?"
"The system acted as a matchmaker." Shi Jinzhe didn't say much, only telling Mu Bai, "I found her in the third dungeon, and then the system gave her to me as a reward."
"that's all…?"
"that's all."
Mu Bai was lost in thought for two seconds, then said, "...It's fine."
"Is there anything you'd like to say?"
Mu Bai arrived at the lakeside and looked at the hollow white giant tree. "When your mother first met me, she broke off my branches to burn as firewood. Then we had a fight. The place where you are standing now was originally a mountain, but it collapsed and became a valley."
...
Shi Jinzhe fell silent.
Shekh, standing in the distance, also fell silent.
The two exchanged a glance, both thinking of the labyrinth that Shekh had destroyed.
He was always thinking things through, and if they disagreed, they would tear the house apart. The three of them were more like a family; he was just too peace-loving.
Mu Bai stretched one foot towards the center of the lake. "How long can you stay here?"
"The system didn't say."
You have one and a half hours left. (Three hours)
Shi Jinzhe: "It just said there's still an hour and a half left."
Mu Bai pulled her leg back: "Can't you extend it a bit? I still have something to teach you."
Shi Jinzhe turned to Shehe for help, asking, "Do you have a solution?"
Just as Shekh was about to make a threat, the system said: "[There's still a dungeon running in this world; you can't stay too long.]"
Shi Jinzhe: "We have no impact on the instance."
The system sneered, "[By extending the dungeon boss's life, the difficulty has been subtly lowered, and it's already having an impact.]"
"If you weren't such a waste, why would the world boss need to use such a body to resist the invading filth?"
Shekh's words shattered the system's hopes: "On one hand, you make players solve problems in various worlds, and on the other hand, you leave behind all sorts of loopholes. Isn't that your problem?"
No one is perfect.
"You're not human."
His health problems are unrelated to me.
"You have ulterior motives; you didn't keep your promise to Bai Weishuang not to let her child play games."
【………………】
Shech doesn't play by the rules; he directly leaves the system speechless.
"You broke your promise first, so it's only right that you make it up to him, isn't it?"
"Then... two more hours."
Shekh: "No."
"What is the ongoing instance quest in this world?" Shi Jinzhe suddenly asked.
Over the course of two months, escort the exhausted butterfly in reverse to a farther destination, the farther the better.
As time passed, it all became clear that whether it was a moving mountain or an inverted food chain, the further away from Mu Bai, the more difficult the journey became.
But now that Mu Bai's body has recovered somewhat, the area he can control will expand again.
Shi Jinzhe: "How far is your starting point from here?"
Eight thousand miles.
Shekh immediately understood: "So it's because it's two thousand li less than the ten thousand li last time, making you feel like you lost out?"
If the system had known earlier that Mu Bai had recovered, it probably would have set the starting point at 12,000 li, so that these players could travel an additional 4,000 li.
Shi Jinzhe clearly thought the same thing as her: "How long has this round of dungeon runs been going on?"
Less than a month.
Upon hearing this, he turned his gaze to Shekh, seemingly lost in thought, and after a moment said:
"How about this, you let us stay here for a few more days. Didn't you feel the difficulty was lowered? I'll find you a substitute boss to restore the dungeon difficulty."
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