Chapter 203 Collapse of the City (1)
Su Yue opened his eyes drowsily.
The changing scenes around him confirmed that he had entered the final game.
This game is called [Collapsing City]. It is very difficult and has a high score. As the name suggests, it is a copy with a modern urban background.
What Su Yue was particularly concerned about was the [Number of Participating Players] column displayed on the game screen. In the past, it would display an approximate number, such as 7 to 9 people, 13 to 15 people, but the number of players displayed in the [Collapsed City] copy was [N/A].
There is no exact number.
I don’t know how many people there are.
This is unusual, but considering this is the last of seven games to have a bug, some of the issues are reasonable. Perhaps the excessive player count is a bug.
When he just woke up from his deep sleep, he was still thinking about what Qi Wujiu said in the Divine Realm, "Let's play chess together." He was a little curious about what kind of chess Qi Wujiu wanted to play. Qi Wujiu liked eating hot pot and some very elegant entertainment, such as playing the piano and painting, but he really seldom played chess, and this invitation was a bit strange.
Forget it, we have already entered the game, so don’t worry about these things for now.
Su Yue sat up.
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The place where he was lying was a very small bedroom. There was basically no space except for the bed, but there was a large glass window next to the bed. The shape of the window was basically the same as the wall, and you could see the scenery outside from here.
It is a very prosperous city at night. At first glance, you can see tall buildings scattered around and an overpass winding among the buildings.
The lights of those tall buildings are mainly pink, purple, blue and green, which gives them a more dreamy feeling compared to cities in the real world.
Then Su Yue noticed that he was wearing a wristwatch.
This is not his thing, it is obviously a prop for this game. The watch looks quite rough, but you can hardly feel the weight when wearing it on your wrist. There is a small metal cover on the dial. Su Yue flipped open the metal cover and found an LCD screen underneath, but the LCD screen is not responding.
Judging from the watch’s design, the lighting outside, and the architectural style, this city’s setting should be “future”.
Su Yue looked up again and saw a circle of runway-shaped wall lamps on the ceiling of the bedroom. They were blue-green and these lights were on as if they were monitoring his vital signs.
His watch suddenly beeped.
Su Yue opened the metal cover, and the LCD screen that had been unresponsive just now now lit up, emitting a pink and purple light.
In the dim light, Su Yue heard an electronic female voice saying, "Please leave the room quickly and enter the safe zone. Please leave the room quickly and enter the safe zone. Countdown 10, 9, 8..."
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Although Su Yue still didn't understand the situation, he knew that since the countdown had already started, it must be nothing good. He immediately opened the bedroom door. When the door opened, he found that this was not a house as he had imagined, but a large box truck.
What he called a "bedroom" was a section of a freight car.
Su Yue jumped down immediately. At the same time, he saw someone jumped down from the carriage next to him. He recognized it was Cang Zhi without looking carefully.
After successfully reuniting with Cangzhi, Su Yue finally calmed down. There were only three seconds left in the countdown. He had no time to look around carefully, but when he saw a white circle on the ground, just like the markings on the road, with the three big words "Safe Zone" written in the white circle, he rushed over.
At the same time, Cang Zhi and the two people beside Cang Zhi also rushed in.
Su Yue discovered that one of them was actually Zhao Shuo, and the other was a player from the plane.
There are five carriages in the truck. Su Yue was in the one closest to the safe zone, followed by Cang Zhi, Zhao Shuo, and the unfamiliar player. The moment they rushed into the safe zone, the electronic countdown just counted to "1".
fine.
Su Yue had just breathed a sigh of relief when his heart suddenly tightened. Five carriages, four people, this meant...
The hatch of the second-to-last carriage opened, and a player walked down hesitantly. He seemed to be still hesitating about whether to obey the electronic voice and enter the safe zone. When he saw other people standing in the safe zone, the player suddenly realized that he should go over as well. But before he could take a step, the electronic female voice sounded mercilessly.
——"Time's up."
drop.
There was a short sound, and the next moment, the entire five-car freight train exploded!
The huge shock wave made Su Yue take a few steps back. White smoke billowed, and the situation on the truck side was completely invisible. The fragments of the car were flying and reached the edge of the white line of the safe zone.
The player who didn't get off the car just now was of course blown to pieces in this violent explosion.
After the explosion, the surroundings fell into silence again, as if the residents of this city were already accustomed to explosions. The car debris and the smell of gunpowder on the ground still strongly impacted the senses. Under the cover of dark red clouds, the tall buildings seemed to be emitting a faint light.
In the safe zone, the four people subconsciously stood back to back, as if they were a whole, guarding against the next wave of danger.
However, there was no next wave of danger, but the watches of four people rang at the same time.
Su Yue opened the metal cover and the LCD screen lit up. In the pink glow of the screen, the electronic sounds in the four people's watches sounded at the same time. There was no overlap in the sounds and they were 100% consistent.
"Saviors, welcome to Night City. The city needs your help, and we have been waiting for you for a long time."
When the electronic voice spoke, a map appeared on the LCD screen. Su Yue tapped it with his finger, and the map enlarged out of thin air and was intelligently projected on the ground.
"Night City is currently controlled by an evil scientific research institution, and order has been disrupted. Saviors, please assist the Self-Defense Forces to dismantle the Science Fortress and restore order to the city. Collect the three-color heart keys to open the door to the Science Fortress."
A building on the map was marked in white, with the words "Science Fortress" appearing next to it. Su Yue located their current position as quickly as possible, and then determined the location of the "Science Fortress".
Looking in that direction, he saw the building at a glance. It was a building that looked a bit like a TV tower, but slightly shorter and thicker than a TV tower. It was white all over. In this city composed of highly saturated colors such as pink, purple, blue and green, the Science Fortress was very eye-catching.
"The Heart Key can be obtained through chat room quests or through exchange. It's important to note that when the sky darkens and true night falls, if you don't have the key, the Savior will be eliminated by the city's protection agency."
"Saviors, the future of the city is in your hands. Good luck!"
There was a crackling sound of electricity, and the electronic female voice disappeared, but the LCD screen did not turn off, but remained on the map interface. At the same time, a touch button appeared above it, saying "Switch to Chat Room."
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If we look at the game flow, the opening plot has concluded, and the player has entered the self-directed phase. The previous voiceover has already made a lot of things clear. This is indeed a game set in the future. There are two factions in this city, and their goal is to assist the Self-Defense Forces. By completing missions and collecting the "Three-Color Heart Keys," they can enter the white building, the Science Fortress, and dismantle it.
Although it is not clear what the mission is, it is obviously related to the "Switch to Chat Room" button, because the electronic voice has already said that the way to obtain the Heart Key is the "Chat Room Mission".
But Su Yue didn't rush to open the chat room because he was more concerned about something else.
There must be more than just four players here, because four players cannot support such a large setting. Moreover, Su Yue and his colleagues' car exploded just now, and Su Yue also heard explosions at least at three other locations, which means that there are conservatively estimated to be 20 players in this game.
The rules of the game state that if you still don't have the Heart Key by night, you will be cleared out by the city protection agency, which means you will die if you still don't have the key by night.
It is also said that the Heart Key can be obtained through "Chat Room Tasks" and "Exchange".
Are there really so many "chat room tasks" for players to do?
You know, exchange does not mean voluntary exchange.
So many players have invested in the game, and they must get the key in order to successfully survive the night. This almost makes it clear that at night, anyone can steal someone else's key, or someone else can steal the key.
This is not just about completing a copy of the quest, but you also have to be extremely careful with other players.
After figuring out this key point, Su Yue immediately looked at the fourth person in the safe zone whom he didn't know. The other person had obviously also thought of the possibility of killing each other. The moment Su Yue's gaze fell on him, he suddenly took a step back, raised his hands in front of his chest like a knife, and shouted vigilantly: "Don't come over!"
"..." Su Yue sighed, "That's not what I meant. I wanted to ask you, do you want to cooperate? We can protect each other."
As he spoke, Su Yue showed a very friendly smile.
The player was slightly moved. After all, Su Yue's smile was really gentle and cute, and it was hard for people not to have a good impression of him. But at this moment, in order to reinforce what Su Yue said about "we can protect each other", Cang Zhi very consciously stood next to Su Yue, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and nodded at the player with a cold expression.
Although Cang Zhi was handsome, he wasn't exactly a friendly presence. On the contrary, his perpetually expressionless face made him seem difficult to approach. Add to that his height, muscular arms, and the subtle curves beneath his clothes, and it all spoke volumes about his fighting prowess. The initially hesitant player instantly firmed up his resolve.
The player jumped back more than a meter and shook his head cautiously: "No, thank you."
As he retreated, he watched Cang Zhi warily, as if afraid he might suddenly attack and injure someone. As soon as he was out of range of a normal person's attack, the player turned quickly and disappeared between the buildings at an extremely fast speed.
Cang Zhi: “…”
Zhao Shuo: “…”
Su Yue sighed and glanced at Cang Zhi.
"I just want to give others a sense of security." Cang Zhi was so innocent that he seemed a little lost.
Now Su Yue couldn't even bear to blame them. The player had already run away. Even if they were found, it would be hard to believe Su Yue and the others. He could only leave it to fate. The risk factor of this game was obviously very high. The most important thing right now was to let each of his three people get a heart key before the so-called "true night when the sky darkens", otherwise they would be eliminated at night.
"Chat room mission, right?" Su Yue clicked the chat room button on his screen, "Let's go see what's going on."
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