At the same time, Yu Xiangnan and He Huai stood frozen in place like two wooden sculptures, their bodies tense.
Even his breathing was controlled to be extremely light and slow.
Perhaps because it lost the guidance of the sound, the water creature lost its goal. After a short while, it slowly stopped moving, and the black water on its body dispersed, turning back into a shapeless mass of black water that lay on the ground.
No wonder... These items are worth two points each, but at the same time, they are much harder to obtain and will attract special NPCs to chase after them.
He Huai picked up the Sad Frog doll again.
At this point, the first incense stick had completely burned out, and the second incense stick had burned about halfway, indicating that only 30 minutes remained.
The two returned to their designated team area with four items: two ordinary items and two high-value items retrieved from the center of the grandfather clock.
Upon returning to the area, the two were surprised to find that the four items in their party had turned into six.
Lin Yuzhen scratched her head awkwardly and explained, "Just now, two people tried to sneak into the team to steal things, but they triggered the trap I set and were successfully subdued. I reset their health to zero, and their teammates didn't dare to come to their rescue. After they were eliminated, the items they were carrying were automatically dropped, so they only had six items left."
The two of them suddenly realized what was going on.
Yu Xiangnan gave her a thumbs up.
There are now a total of 10 items, 9+7+8+8+10+6+5+6+19+16=94. It seems that the team's score has exceeded expectations by quite a bit.
For the remaining half hour, the three of them only needed to stay in the team's designated area and prevent other players from stealing items to successfully complete the level.
Half an hour later.
As the last incense stick slowly burned out, in an instant, each team's designated area burst forth with an extremely dazzling white light, so bright that it was almost impossible to open one's eyes.
All players who remained on the field and had not yet been eliminated were instantly teleported away and returned to their original preparation area.
Yu Xiangnan glanced around and immediately noticed that the number of players on site had decreased by at least two-thirds compared to when it started.
The empty space seemed exceptionally quiet.
The skull in the center, draped in a wide cloak, emitted an eerie sound once more, breaking the deathly silence.
"Congratulations to everyone remaining in the room for successfully passing the team trial. You may now rest for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, the individual trial will begin. Those who successfully pass all three trials will receive the invaluable Golden Badge."
"We look forward to your outstanding performance in the upcoming trials."
As soon as he finished speaking, the cloaked skeleton instantly turned into a cloud of smoke and vanished without a trace, leaving the players on the spot whispering among themselves.
After exchanging words with He Huai, Yu Xiangnan, and Lin Yuzhen for a while, the three of them dispersed to find places to rest and devote themselves to preparing for the upcoming solo trial.
After a while, Yu Xiangnan suddenly walked up to He Huai and asked her, "Excuse me, I have a question I'd like to ask you. Is now a convenient time?"
He Huai was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly.
Yu Xiangnan asked, "I'm a little curious, why is your server number 023?"
There's no other way; it's much faster to ask him directly than to try and find clues myself. Besides, it's uncertain whether I'll ever see He Huai again after the solo trial begins.
Apologize first, then raise questions.
Upon hearing the question, He Huai paused slightly, subconsciously smoothing the stray hairs on his forehead. He then lowered his eyes slightly, a faint, bitter smile appearing on his lips.
“Well…” She paused for a moment, then continued, “It’s a complicated matter. To be honest, I still can’t tell whether I abandoned my home planet or my home planet abandoned me. Sector 023 is a new containment facility for me.”
"I think the players who choose to stay here probably all hope for a fresh start..."
As if a painful memory had been stirred up, He Huai's expression changed slightly, but he quickly changed the subject: "Although you are only level 72, after this team trial, I found that your strength is quite impressive, no less than mine. To be honest, I still haven't figured out what your class is."
"So... in any case, I'm happy to work with you, and I wish you all the best in your upcoming solo trial."
Yu Xiangnan didn't ask any further questions and replied, "The same goes for you. I wish you all the best."
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
The skull's voice once again reached the ears of every player present.
"Next is the first challenge of the solo trial. Good luck to everyone..."
When I opened my eyes again, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.
In an instant, the surrounding yellow sand raged even more fiercely, completely enveloping her figure.
After the sandstorm subsided, Yu Xiangnan found himself in a strange space constructed from giant golden gears, each gear taller than two people, spinning and intersecting at a dizzying speed.
"This Trial of Gold tests the player's speed and adaptability." The skeleton's voice echoed around like a ghost, "If you can pass through this gear maze within half an incense stick's time, you will have passed."
Only half an hour?
The gears beneath his feet kept moving, so Yu Xiangnan couldn't stop to observe and could only walk quickly into the so-called depths of the maze.
Just as she was about to pass through the gap between a set of gears, the gears suddenly accelerated and their sharp teeth nearly tore her clothes to shreds.
Her heart tightened, and she sidestepped and twisted her waist, narrowly dodging the attack with her agility.
Ugh, that's torture.
Four legs, get moving!
However, the danger didn't end there. Golden blades of light shot out intermittently from between the gears, slicing through the air like sharp blades with a piercing whistle. Yu Xiangnan dodged left and right, barely avoiding these blades.
The light blades grew denser and denser, and despite her efforts to dodge, she still lost a significant amount of health.
As time passed, the incense stick had burned down to almost nothing, and Yu Xiangnan was getting closer and closer to the exit of the maze. Suddenly, a huge golden barrier appeared in front of him, completely blocking his way.
Yu Xiangnan initially thought it was some kind of formation that required finding its core, but in the blink of an eye, light flashed on the barrier, revealing a math problem:
Given the function f(x) = x^3 - 3ax^2 + 3bx, the equation of the tangent line to its graph at x = 2 is 12x + y - 32 = 0.
(1) Find the values of real numbers a and b;
(2) If the equation f(x) = k has three distinct real roots, find the range of values for the real number k.
(Note: This barrier is a wisdom barrier; it presents questions randomly, varying from person to person. Furthermore, time is frozen within the barrier; players cannot leave unless they provide the correct answer or answer incorrectly three times (failure will deduct 80% of their health).)
Yu Xiangnan: "???"
Wow.
This is a high school level question, right?
A poor, working-class man who had been struggling for years after graduating from high school shattered his heart.
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