Chapter 278 Water and Thunder
This sudden change shocked everyone. They subconsciously huddled together, staring at the place where the strange bird was dragged underground - there was a conspicuous deep pit, pitch black, and not too close, so it was a little difficult to see clearly, but no one wanted to go forward to take a closer look.
"Do you feel that... it's a little too quiet here?"
The player ID of the weapon repairman is [Guan Tang Bao]. He is famous for being meticulous in the group and was the first to notice something was wrong.
When they heard what Guan Tangbao said, everyone else's faces changed.
Indeed, everyone knows what the wild forests are like. Even though they are rarely seen on Blue Planet, the game "Ten Continents" is full of undeveloped wild forests, with rich sounds such as birds singing, cicadas chirping, and streams gurgling.
But now in the woods where we are, we can only hear the sound of leaves and branches rubbing against each other, not even the most common chirping of insects.
It was so quiet that it felt like a dead place.
"Proceed with caution."
Nietzsche, as the head of the group and also the captain of the team, took the lead and took a step in a random direction after hearing Mai Li's instructions.
Although it was impossible to identify the species of the surrounding trees, they were all lush and green, and looked very alive. However, there was not a single animal to be seen in the forest.
The strange sunlight shines through the leaves, casting mottled shadows and feeling cold and eerie.
Everyone followed Nietzsche carefully until they passed through the entire forest, and nothing happened.
Outside the forest was a reddish-brown rocky ground with potholes and puddles everywhere. There were also various weapons and spiritual tools scattered around. It looked like an ancient battlefield, exactly the same scene that had been projected next to the stone pillar in the sky!
Upon seeing this, the players couldn't help but cheer, quickened their pace, and rushed towards the ancient battlefield.
One player exclaimed excitedly: "Wow! So this task is a welfare task!? I don't know what the triggering conditions are, the more the better!"
The player with the ID of [Royal Bamboo Grass] had just joined the community. It was also his first time to join a group. He was not too familiar with some of the rules, so he asked, "Team Leader, should we shoot now or wait until we get back?"
Nietzsche replied, "Old rules, wait until we get back to camp before filming!"
Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, several headless figures suddenly emerged from the ground one after another!
“Fuck!”
Wu Ke, who was running the fastest, was startled and uttered a curse in Chinese.
This curse was like a switch that turned on something, and more headless figures appeared densely in the distance!
Now it wasn't just Wu Ke who was shocked, all the other players were also shocked.
The sunlight seemed to suddenly become extremely hot, making people's skin feel dry and uncomfortable. Those headless figures stood in unison facing the players, not walking or moving, just standing there in a daze, which was extremely weird.
Guan Tang Bao screamed in the team microphone: "Hurry up and check the status bar!"
The players then discovered that everyone had a debuff that caused continuous bleeding!
[High Temperature]: [You are moving in a high temperature environment and are losing blood continuously.]
At the same time, an extremely terrifying unknown pressure came, and Nietzsche almost fell to the ground with a plop. She made a quick decision and said, "Retreat! Retreat to the woods!"
The players turned and ran, quickly retreating back into the woods.
However, this action seemed to stimulate those headless figures, and hundreds of headless figures suddenly rushed over quickly!
The players panicked even more. They prepared their skills, weapons and props, and retreated to observe. Then a surprising scene happened.
The moment the group of headless figures entered the woods, they were immediately rolled up by vines that broke out of the ground and dragged underground like the strange bird.
Headless figures rushed into the woods one after another, and vines kept emerging from the ground and pulling at them.
Nietzsche hesitated for a moment and gave the order, "Take a detour! Take a detour and check the situation again!"
The players flew back to the ancient battlefield panting, staying far away from the place just now and going deeper inside.
Nothing strange happened this time. After walking for a while, we saw a huge jade-carved stone platform.
The jade carving platform was hundreds of meters wide and more than one meter high. The whole thing looked like it was carved from a single piece of jade. The material looked familiar, and it seemed to be the same material as the jade carving floor that everyone stepped on when they first entered this ruins mansion.
There is a column of light in the center of the platform, in which floats an exquisitely carved jade box, still made of the same material.
This time, without waiting for Nietzsche to speak, Wu Ke, who was used to being a guinea pig, stretched out his hand and said, "Let me try!"
Nothing happened.
The jade box was taken away, and it was empty. The players passed the box around to each other for inspection. There were four big words engraved on it: Grant you eternal life.
The magician in the team, [Sea Turtle Qi Chun], whispered: "Granting you eternal life... sounds creepy..."
Guan Tang Bao thought: "Those people without heads just now, could they be the ones who have been granted eternal life?"
King Bamboo Grass couldn't help but rub the hairs on his arms: "Oh! That's too bad!"
Nietzsche signaled to Guan Tangbao, who had the most Qiankun bags in the team, "Put them away first, in case they are some kind of quest item!"
Guan Tang Bao threw the jade box into his Qiankun bag and said, "Okay!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the names of the third team in the team suddenly turned gray!
A voice that had almost changed its tone came from the microphone: "Don't touch the water!"
Unfortunately, this sentence appeared at the same time as what Wu Ke, who was not paying attention to the team panel, said. Wu Ke himself was grinning with a big mouth, and he reached out to stir the puddle on the ground, muttering: "It's so sunny here, but there is still water. It's quite strange!"
Just as he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky and struck Wu Ke directly.
There was a loud bang and Wu Ke was hit hard and his head was chopped into pieces.
I don’t know if it was because Wu Ke’s level was high, or maybe it was because he was a physical cultivator and had a thick health bar. In any case, the thunder did not kill him, but only knocked him to the ground. His whole body twitched and his health bar was almost empty.
All the players were shocked by this. The team's nurse, Huang Zhucao, was stunned for a moment before she reacted. She hurriedly took out several kinds of pills and stuffed them into Wu Ke's mouth.
Nietzsche asked the people who were wiped out to find out what happened: "What happened? Why are you wiped out again?"
Renxin Huadao immediately complained: "We walked to the edge of the 'Stone Pillar Square' and saw a very wide river, so we went down to check the situation. Originally, nothing happened. It was my fault. I said I would go to the river to check. As a result, when we got to the river, as soon as we touched the water, a big sinus hit our head... No, it was several thunderbolts that hit our heads, and then we were wiped out. We didn't even have time to react! It was miserable!"
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