Chapter 226 Collapse of the City (24)
Outside the special exhibition hall, Cang Zhi pulled Zhao Shuo and quickly rushed up the stairs.
Behind them, small green bombs flashed densely like fireflies in the summer night, crackling and exploding. Zhao Shuo could almost smell the smell of gunpowder, and his hair stood on end, but Cang Zhi seemed to really only regard them as a small source of light and looked at them casually.
Behind him, the door of the special exhibition hall slammed shut.
So Cang Zhi, Zhao Shuo and the Clown were left in the exhibition hall full of mechanical beasts, while Su Yue and the Gambler stayed alone in the special exhibition hall.
The moment the door closed, Cangzhi paused, as if he was very worried about Su Yue's situation, but then his attention turned back to this side, frowned slightly, and looked at the wall.
Zhao Shuo also turned back and took a breath.
On the walls, on the ground, on the ceiling... everywhere you look, there are fluorescent green small bombs hanging, which are completely different from the previous ones.
If so many bombs were detonated at the same time, the museum would be blown up into the sky neatly. Of course, the Joker controlled his bombs very carefully. Zhao Shuo had no doubt that he could control the explosion to the extent that only himself and Brother Cang were blown to ashes without affecting the appearance of the building.
As if sensing Cang Zhi and Zhao Shuo's caution, fog rose in the open space, and a green outline vaguely emerged in the darkness. The outline had long arms and legs, a tall and thin body, and a grotesque mask covering the contours of the facial features.
As the figure emerged, a strange laugh was heard in the darkness, just like the special effect the clown gave himself when he appeared.
Cang Zhi slashed directly with his sword.
If Su Yue was here, he would have said a few sarcastic words at this time, but Cang Zhi was not very good at this, so he just started to attack.
The effect was quite good. The clown stopped laughing halfway, and the human figure in the air jumped up and down in a panic, as if Cang Zhi's knife would chase and chop people.
The clown jumped onto the back of a mechanical beast not far away, then revealed his true form while panting heavily.
The mask with a hideous smile was cut in half by Cang Zhi, making the smile look even more weird.
...weird and embarrassing.
"You're crazy!" the clown yelled, "Do you have any martial ethics?"
Another flash of knife passed by.
Don’t tell.
clown:"……"
He had no choice but to start jumping up and down again. Now Zhao Shuo realized that Brother Cang still had martial ethics.
Judging from the way Brother Cang stabbed the clown, if he really wanted the clown to die, there was no way the clown would still be jumping around here.
The clown was driven by Cang Zhi to escape for a while, and finally he became anxious. He snapped his fingers, and all the small bombs that were originally attached to the wall lit up instantly, with green light flashing dangerously, as if they would explode in the next second.
A remote control appeared out of thin air in the clown's hand. He took it, feeling more confident. He said triumphantly, "As long as I press this button, the entire exhibition hall will explode immediately."
"Don't even mention you guys. Even the one inside will be wiped out..."
This time he couldn't even finish his words. Cang Zhi's eyes darkened. He really didn't like what the clown said.
The clown was sitting on the mechanical beast when he suddenly felt a huge force pulling on his hand. He was caught off guard and the remote control suddenly slipped out of his hand!
Zhao Shuo was wondering what was going on when he suddenly felt the ground shaking under his feet. He turned around and saw red dots lighting up in the dark exhibition hall.
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Before Zhao Shuo understood what was happening, he suddenly felt a chill on his elbow. He was startled and turned around suddenly. The mechanical tiger closest to him shook its head slightly, causing the metal parts around it to vibrate and make a heavy collision sound.
Zhao Shuo took a breath of cold air.
He realized that as Cang Zhi's anger and the Joker's fear reached their peak, the mechanical beast that had been dormant in the exhibition hall actually woke up.
Thanks to this sudden change, Zhao Shuo didn't have time to worry about how Cang Zhi snatched the clown's remote control. In fact, Cang Zhi's [God's Hand] skill was obviously beyond human ability, but now Zhao Shuo's attention was completely focused on these mechanical beasts.
The mechanical beasts have indeed become the biggest trouble.
After a short recovery period, they immediately possessed a very strong ability to move, with a very fast speed and great strength. Cang Zhi grabbed Zhao Shuo's arm at the first moment, pulled him away, and avoided the fierce bite of the mechanical tiger.
The Joker was not having such an easy time. He had jumped onto the mechanical horse's head to avoid Cang Zhi's knife, but the mechanical horse suddenly started to attack him. He jumped down hastily and fled in panic amid the heavy trampling, snapping his fingers anxiously as he ran.
The remote control was taken away by Cang Zhi, so the only way to detonate the small bombs was to snap their fingers, but each snap could only detonate one bomb.
Accompanied by a burst of explosions, the exhibition hall was filled with smoke. The Joker was proud that he had finally gotten rid of Cang Zhi and Zhao Shuo, and immediately detonated more bombs. It would be even better if he could blow up those two.
Suddenly, the ground beneath my feet shook violently.
The Joker froze, and all the mechanical beasts stopped for a moment. The next second, the shaking intensified. The chandelier crashed down from the ceiling with a loud bang, shaking the walls. Explosive bombs exploded, sending rubble and ash flying, and the mechanical beasts scattered.
Zhao Shuo could barely stand. He saw Cang Zhi in front of him with a double image. "What... is going on?"
"Get out of here!" Cang Zhi immediately made a judgment in the chaos, "This exhibition hall is about to collapse!"
"What should we do with the boss? He is even further down!" Zhao Shuo asked anxiously as Cang Zhi grabbed his collar.
Cang Zhi was silent for a moment, looking towards the special exhibition hall. After just one glance, he forced himself to look away because he knew what Su Yue would decide.
"I'll take you out first." Cang Zhi said.
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On the other side, in the "Special Exhibition Hall".
In order to fight for the key, the gambler and Su Yue have exchanged several moves. The gambler looks unremarkable, but when they started fighting, Su Yue found that this man was really not simple. After several rounds of punches and kicks, he was not at much disadvantage.
Su Yue turned his head to avoid the gambler's punch. He did not focus all his attention on the gambler because with the opponent's strength, it would be difficult for the weakened Su Yue to get rid of him in one move. So he had to be careful to see if there was any other movement in the museum.
But when the gambler's powerful punch brushed past his cheek, Su Yue suddenly stopped.
He smelled a faint scent of blood.
In the gaming world, most things related to blood are not good things. Su Yue suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked closely and saw faint bloodstains on the gambler's hands, eyes and face.
These blood threads were like spider webs, quickly covering all the exposed skin of the gambler. The color of the blood threads gradually darkened, so dark that it almost seeped out from the surface of his skin.
Just now there was only a slight smell of blood, but now the smell is so strong that it makes people nauseous.
In the bloody smell, one seems to be able to hear crying, begging, cursing...all kinds of sounds before people die, densely intertwined in the criss-crossing blood.
Su Yue listened quietly for a while, and when he looked at the gambler again, his eyes were cold.
He pointed out the fact: "You turned other players into weapons."
The gambler smiled, neither admitting nor making excuses. He grabbed Su Yue's face again. Although he was bare-handed, his fingers were covered with a thin layer of membrane.
He used the dead as his human armor and as weapons of attack.
The gambler's nails gleamed black, the color of blood that had coagulated for a long time. The strong smell of blood and the resentment of the dead came to his face. Even someone with no combat experience would know that the gambler's claw, which seemed to be bare-handed, was actually more powerful than most swords.
Su Yue raised his sword to block, and the sword collided with the gambler's claws, making a clear sound. The moment the sword tip touched the fingertips, a small ball of light exploded.
With a "hiss", the gambler seemed to be severely burned. He stepped back quickly, and the expression on his face finally changed slightly.
The gambler held his left hand with his right hand, and wisps of white smoke were rising from the edges of his fingers that had just collided with Su Yue's sword.
"This sword is called 'Judgment,'" Su Yue said calmly, "It's specially designed to sentence unscrupulous people like you to death."
It seems that the gambler's past massacres weren't entirely a game; he used them to increase his own strength, transforming the players who died at his hands into weapons. The greater the resentment, the greater the power, and of course, there would be backlash, but that wasn't something he considered.
But Su Yue's sword is imbued with divine power, which is just enough to restrain this evil thing.
The gambler was enraged by these words. He shouted loudly, and his shirt burst open, revealing his muscular body. His upper body was completely covered with blood spots at this moment, and even blood was slowly flowing down his hairline. He was almost swallowed by blood.
In this state, the gambler's fighting power is stronger than usual. Su Yue does not dare to be careless at all and directly responds with all his strength.
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In the game, Su Yue's power has been greatly reduced, but players can improve their strength through the props area. Players like the gambler who have a name and bring their own equipment into the game actually have the same combat power as gods in the game.
In full blood rage state, even Su Yue found it difficult to counterattack the gambler's attack and could only defend for the time being, but he also saw that the gambler's fighting method could not last long.
As his fighting power increased, the gambler's eyes, ears, and even the surface of his skin began to bleed. This evil technique of refining the dead and becoming one with himself was backfiring on him.
All Su Yue wants is the Key to the Heart, but the gambler is different. Su Yue can even feel that the gambler is more interested in killing him than taking the Key to the Heart.
After several consecutive rounds of fierce attacks failed to work, the gambler retreated suddenly. He leaned against the corner of the wall, with his hands and feet on the ground, like a wild beast, his eyes were red with blood, and he was breathing heavily.
He had never been trapped in such a situation, especially as the more people he killed, the stronger the power of the blood sacrifice became. It had been a long time since he encountered an opponent who could force out all the blood patterns on his body.
Now all his blood veins have been activated and his combat power has reached its peak. Even he himself cannot control himself.
The gambler suddenly stood up, and all the tattoos on his body suddenly became extremely clear. The totems that were just a mess became human limbs, struggling hands and feet, and tearful eyes on them. It was unknown how many people were stacked and painted on the gambler's body, and every line was shining with dazzling blood light.
"Go to hell!" the gambler roared and slapped him again!
This palm strike was no longer as powerful as before. Blood and energy were surging, and the earth was shaking. Especially the walls of the exhibition hall were completely unable to withstand this palm strike and collapsed with a "bang".
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The gambler's palm, filled with the power of the blood veins, coupled with the bomb detonated by the clown's escape outside, and the vibration caused by the awakening of the mechanical beast, made the exhibition hall unable to bear it anymore and shook violently.
Su Yue knew very well that the museum was probably going to collapse, but he did not immediately flee with the Key of Heart. After fighting with the gambler, he had made new plans. He clearly saw the bloodstains on the gambler's body, the twisted limbs, the tearful eyes, and he even saw the face of a little girl. Each bloodstain represented a life.
As a god, one should not hinder the destiny of an individual, unless the Academy of Classics believes that the abnormality has affected the normal operation of the world and orders the gods to deal with it.
But the God Su Yue has always been synonymous with "disqualified" in the eyes of the gods in the divine realm.
So it should be okay to do something disqualifying.
The smoke and dust soon cleared, and the gambler was still leaning against the wall, his face now covered in blood, barely breathing. When he looked up and saw Su Yue still standing there unharmed, his face paled. "Big winner, you... what the hell are you?"
Su Yue didn't answer him. So many people's faces were clearly imprinted on the gambler's body, and he felt sick to his stomach if he said another word.
The gambler grinned in this situation: "It doesn't matter. Do you think I'm done? Not yet. I've kept a magic weapon for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the gambler took out a dice out of thin air. The texture of the dice was like amethyst, crystal clear, but also with a faint blood-red glow.
"I said I'd bet with you, and you agreed," the gambler said. "Now do it."
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Su Yue frowned slightly.
It is normal for a character like the Gambler to have his own skills. The previous Crazy Rider and Seeker also had their own skills. It’s just that Su Yue thought the blood pattern was the gambler’s skill just now. Now it seems that this dice is his real magic weapon.
The dice floated between Su Yue and the gambler, spinning slowly. The ruins and mechanical beasts around them became illusory, as if they were in a separate space.
A separate space, even if it only appears in the game, is a very powerful skill. For example, Su Yue is now pulled into the space by the gambler, so he has no way to attack the gambler.
Su Yue remembered that Zhao Shuo had told him that according to legend, gamblers had this skill, dragging people into gambling. He thought at the time that this was crazy, and he never thought that he would encounter the same thing one day.
"The rules are simple. Compare the numbers," the gambler said. "One, two, and three are small, four, five, and six are big. Those who guess correctly get out alive, while those who lose are eliminated. I'll let you choose first."
Su Yue thought for a moment and said, "I choose the big one."
"Then I'll choose small." The gambler smiled slyly. Just as the dice were about to start spinning, the gambler suddenly said, "Wait a minute. I'm going to cheat."
Su Yue was stunned.
Cheating means cheating. Is he going to cheat?
After the gambler said this, the dice stopped spinning and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, obviously seriously injured by cheating.
The dice flickered, and a mechanical voice, like the one used in the game announcement, said, "The cheating rules have been set. Regardless of the number on the dice, the other player is considered a loser."
"Now start throwing."
The amethyst dice spun rapidly.
The gambler wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled at Su Yue.
He pointed to the blood streaks on his left chest and said, "I've always felt that there's no suitable decoration here, so I'll put you here."
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It turns out that this is the skill of a gambler, not [comparing the size] but [cheating].
This skill is simply cheating. It always determines that the other player has failed, which means that the gambler will win. Even if he will be seriously injured for this, it will still make a lot of money in the long run. I don't know how he got this skill.
It looked like a dead end, but Su Yue watched the dice spin quietly without saying a word.
The dice stopped.
The number shown above is [four].
That is the "big" chosen by Suyue.
"What a shame." The gambler looked at Su Yue and smiled even brighter. "You would have won if I hadn't cheated."
Su Yue still didn't react.
The radio sounded again.
"The dice shows four, the result is big... judgment failed. The gambler used the skill [Cheat], judging the other player as a failure. Re-judging..."
The gambler looked at Su Yue with a smile, as if he was waiting for the execution. He wanted to see a look of despair on Su Yue's face.
But he didn't wait, instead after a brief silence, he heard a sentence that was completely beyond his expectations.
"Judgment failed, there is no other player."
The gambler's pupils suddenly dilated. He looked at Su Yue in disbelief and hissed, "You're not a player? How could you not be a player? Are you cheating?"
Su Yue looked at him and still didn't say anything.
No number, no points, and certainly not a player.
I can’t even afford a necklace, I have to ask others to give it to me.
The amethyst dice continued to spin. Someone collapsed, but it was the gambler who collapsed. Amidst his incredulous roars, the voice on the radio said calmly:
"Re-evaluating... The [Cheating] skill is invalid. The dice shows a four, which is a high. The player is judged to have failed as a gambler and will be eliminated."
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