Chapter 83 No one is seen, only gold (end) The mastermind behind the poisoning case...
The eight players stared at Shi Zhengyi coldly.
Black Tower game dungeon experience: It is best not to harm the golden body NPC, they are better alive than dead. Otherwise, the player really wants to strangle him to death.
Shi Zhengyi was surrounded by the support team. He smiled triumphantly and walked away with a swagger.
In the secluded place, only Shi Zhengyi and the man with gold-rimmed glasses were left.
"Hey, take it." He threw a card to the man with gold-rimmed glasses, "Do as I say, understand?"
The man with gold-rimmed glasses picked up the bank card and looked at both sides. There was a sticky note on the card, marking the balance of the card. The man with gold-rimmed glasses looked a little embarrassed: "Boss, what you asked for... has serious consequences."
"The nature of the work is dangerous, so it's normal to sacrifice a few people." Shi Zhengyi threw another card over, "Now, is it still difficult?"
A sinister smile slowly spread across the face of the man with gold-rimmed glasses: "Don't worry, I will make sure it's arranged."
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Blue building.
"What should we do? The golden NPC will definitely do something weird. How will he retaliate against us?" He Lun grabbed his hair in distress and howled for a while. He suddenly thought of something, "No, why should we be afraid? The butcher is dead! The most dangerous person in the dungeon is gone. Only a group of small NPCs with no fighting power are left. What weird things can they do!"
He Lun put his hands on his hips and laughed. Thinking of this, the expressions of the other players also relaxed a lot.
"Use your experience to judge whether there will be a second butcher in the main storyline of this copy." Gao Mengtang whispered to Wei Wei in the corner.
Wei Wei smoked absentmindedly: "It's hard to say. In the high-difficulty dungeon of Sequence 4, there may be multiple butchers in the main storyline. But you don't have to worry too much. Even if the butcher appears-"
Gao Mengtang: "It won't be very powerful?"
Wei Wei: "——Duan Song and I will fight them, you just stand by and watch."
Gao Mengtang: “…”
For a whole day, the players observed the hundreds of people in the support team from head to toe, but found no trace of the mastermind. He Lun played the criminal evidence they obtained - the recording - over and over again.
The recording shows that the mastermind is Bu Xiaoting's lover. Only by killing him can the main story be completely cleared.
But where is this man?
After two days, the player ended the search, found nothing, and returned to the blue building exhausted.
There were no lights in the abandoned hall, half of the room was illuminated by the setting sun, it was deserted and lonely. The footsteps of the players were empty.
At 0:00 tonight, players who have survived for 15 days can complete the main quest.
The players have no idea who is behind this.
The only consolation was that Gao Geng brought back good news.
The antidote to the zombie virus has been successfully developed!
"What is the success rate of treatment?" Gao Mengtang asked.
Gao Geng: "90%. Due to limited conditions, I only developed one tube of antidote, which is only enough for one person. The other NPCs don't know that the antidote has been successfully developed yet. I brought it back secretly."
Give the antidote to Xu Xiaoting, maybe he can regain his sanity and provide new clues to the players.
The player carefully protected the tube of injection filled with colorless transparent liquid and was about to go to the room where Xu Xiaoting was imprisoned.
As soon as he lifted his foot, he suddenly raised his head and looked around: "No."
The players calmed down instantly. It seemed like something was wrong.
"Is it too quiet?" Gao Mengtang asked. He couldn't see clearly, but he could hear that at this moment, there were only the voices and footsteps of the eight players in the blue building.
However, the support team also sent people to guard Xu Xiaoting.
Where did they go?
There was no one in the room where Xu Xiaoting was imprisoned. The zombie-like Xu Xiaoting curled up in the corner of the cage, his back to them, gnawing on meat and bones voraciously.
The player held his breath and for a moment, the only sounds were the zombies chewing and their teeth clattering.
Duan Song looked around the room, checking every detail. When he looked at the cage, his eyes stayed fixed for a few seconds, and then his pupils contracted rapidly: "The lock is opened, senior, run!"
Before he finished speaking, Xu Xiaoting turned his head and grinned, his teeth stained red with blood.
The zombies pounced on him at a terrifying speed. Gao Geng immediately protected his brother and dodged backwards.
Screams rang out, echoing far away from the empty mountain top, and the birds on the treetops flew away in fright.
"What's going on?!"
"Someone opened Xu Xiaoting's cage!"
"Don't let him bite you, protect the blind man!"
Xu Xiaoting's speed and attack power are much stronger than other zombies, and the virus in his body is contagious. Players can succeed countless times, but if they fail once, they will be at risk of turning into a zombie.
The blood of zombies may also contain viruses, so they cannot be injured or hit. This virus is related to the blood of the dead, and players cannot guarantee whether the drugs in the system mall can cure it.
"We shouldn't act rashly." Duan Song said, "Be careful not to be infected by his virus. I'll hold back the zombies, and you guys go call for backup."
Just as we evacuated the blue building, we heard the sound of footsteps. The support team had arrived, fully armed, wearing biochemical protection suits that covered them from the top of their heads to their heels, and they all held guns in their hands.
He pointed the gun at the eight players, tilted his head towards the scope, and pulled the trigger with his index finger.
"I, I don't feel right..." Lucky said weakly.
The leader wearing gold-rimmed glasses came late. He coughed lightly and gave orders that were not loud but very majestic: "The extremely dangerous zombie Xu Xiaoting escaped from custody. Shoot him immediately. Listen to my orders, three--"
Shoot, kill?
The player took two seconds to react, not daring to believe the meaning of this sentence. The charlatan stretched his neck and yelled: "Are you crazy? There are 8 of us still inside, what if we get hurt? No one is allowed to shoot, put down your guns!"
"two--"
A sneer of contempt should not have been heard through the noisy crowd and the sound of cold mechanical reloading, but the charlatan undoubtedly heard it.
In the direction where the sneer came from, Shi Zhengyi hid behind the crowd, curled the corners of his mouth, drew a line across his neck with one hand, and made a beheading gesture.
Break the lock on Xu Xiaoting's cage and let him escape. Then the support team arrives and, in the name of clearing out the zombies, they justifiably harm innocent people and shoot the players.
All of this was planned by Shi Zhengyi.
In the dusty and dilapidated hall, Duan Song and the zombie Xu Xiaoting had fought for more than 20 rounds, but he had not found a chance to inject him with the antidote. In terms of fighting skills, Duan Song was far superior to the zombie Xiaoting.
But he couldn't get hurt. Even a one-centimeter wound could cost him his life. He even had to control the strength of his blows to avoid leaving a large wound on Xu Xiaoting, as his blood was also contagious.
The battle was limited and difficult to sustain. Gao Mengtang held the only tube of antidote firmly in his palm.
As bullets rained down, Wei Wei quickly formed a protective shield and summoned the complete form of He Luo at the same time.
In the Black Tower game, dodging bullets is not a difficult task for players.
Zombie Xu Xiaoting is different. He doesn't know how to dodge bullets.
The splattered red and black blood had a strange smell that was a mixture of sandalwood and floral and fruity scents. There were more than a dozen large holes in Xu Xiaoting's chest. Wherever his blood sprayed, the walls, floors, glass... were all corroded and rotten.
Duan Song was the closest and took the brunt of the attack. He dodged several times to avoid most of the splattered blood. There was a big hole in Xu Xiaoting's chest, but his vitality was still terrifying, and he screamed and rushed towards Duan Song.
"The zombies are too strong to be completely eliminated by gunfire," the leader pushed his gold-rimmed glasses, "Stop shooting and prepare for blasting. The entire blue building must be razed to the ground."
The mercenary was well-trained. With two clicks, he put away his gun and took out a grenade.
The players left the zombies behind and rushed out, but they were surrounded by the support team, who were fully armed and equipped with the most lethal weapons.
Even after entering the game, the player's physical fitness has been greatly enhanced, but it will still be a big problem to withstand dozens of hand grenades.
The first wave of grenade attacks all fell on the protective shield woven by Wei Wei.
The water pipes burst, the walls peeled off, and the blue building was half in ruins.
Finally, Duan Song seized the opportunity, pressed Xu Xiaoting to the ground, and pushed all the potion into him.
The bombing continues.
The blue color of Xu Xiaoting's skin faded at a speed visible to the naked eye. The lines of his ferocious facial features gradually became clearer, and his red eyes became black and white again.
However, without the bonus of the Dead Born's bloodline, blood gushed out of his body, his chest was empty, and his mouth opened, but no words came out. Instead, sounds came from his broken throat.
After he regained consciousness, he stared at Duan Song and said incoherently: "Wild man, you still have the nerve -"
Without the protection of the blood of the Undead, Xu Xiaoting was as shaky as a candle in the wind. The grenade was blocked by Wei Wei, and the shock wave it transmitted shattered all his internal organs.
Before he could finish his sentence, his head fell back and his whole body went limp. He was dead.
The second wave of bombing began. This time, before the grenade could be thrown out, it was blocked by a giant octopus as big as a mountain.
The suction cups on the tentacles sucked the grenade and crushed it, and one orange-red gas ball after another exploded inside the body.
Like a group of fireworks wrapped in dark green translucent jelly, He Luo looked pretty. But this mixture of jelly and flowers fell down with the force of a mountain.
In just three seconds, hundreds of people in the support team were crushed into meat patties.
The golden NPCs cannot be killed at will, and these small NPCs can be crushed to death as many as they want. Wei Wei does not regard them as human beings.
The noise was extinguished in an instant, the air was eerily quiet, Shi Zhengyi was shaking on the spot, so frightened that he couldn't even open his teeth.
The charlatan was so angry that he cursed: "What! I risked my life to inject him with the antidote, but he only said half a sentence, wild man, what a wild man!"
Wild man...
Bu Xiaoting's lover after marriage.
Duan Song put down Xu Xiaoting's body in confusion, and at this time, Gao Mengtang and Wei Wei were looking at him.
"What should we do now?" Bai Jie was so anxious, "It's already 11:30, and there's only half an hour left until the 15th day. Why hasn't the murderer shown up yet?"
The players' eyes were all fixed on Shi Zhengyi's face.
Many NPCs cannot see the players' skills. In Shi Zhengyi's eyes, the hundred or so people who were fine just now were crushed by a strong airflow without any warning, and he was the only one left standing in the middle of a pool of blood.
Why...why is this happening.
Shi Zhengyi was shaking like a sieve, and the players were approaching him step by step.
Important NPCs, Qian Hao, Xu Wei, and Xu Xiaoting are all dead.
The only NPC left in the copy is Shi Zhengyi.
"You, what are you doing?" Shi Zhengyi realized it belatedly and cried out in fear, "What's going on? What happened to you? Are they...dead?"
The charlatan tilted his head to look at him, and smashed the bottle in his hand with a snap: "Are you the mastermind behind this? Are you actually Bu Xiaoting's lover after marriage?"
Shi Zhengyi shook his head repeatedly: "What? What are you talking about?"
"Who cares? Kill him first!" the charlatan shouted angrily, "Once you die, we can verify whether you are the real one!"
He raised the beer bottle and smashed it on Shi Zhengyi's head.
"You - monsters - die!"
When a person is faced with a life-or-death situation, he can unleash amazing potential. Shi Zhengyi picked up a wooden stool and threw it around recklessly.
He was mad, completely mad, scared out of his wits.
Shi Zhengyi screamed and roared, smashing things non-stop, and the players did not stop him, just looked at him like a monkey. When he raised an old lamp and threw it at Duan Song...
"Don't let him get close to me," Duan Song said solemnly, "Don't you either, get close to me."
He slowly moved his hand from his abdomen, revealing a wound as big as a bowl.
“The blood of the dead-born corroded my clothes and skin,” Duan Song said. “I was infected.”
Panic spread quickly, and horror was hidden in silence. The players stared at each other in shock, speechless.
The smoke in Wei Wei's mouth trembled, and he pointed his pipe at Shi Zhengyi: "He, has also been infected."
When Shi Zhengyi was madly throwing things around, he stepped on Xu Xiaoting's dirty blood. The blood dissolved his feet and ankles, and climbed up like plants after rain, further dissolving his calves.
"Can an antidote be developed now?" Wei Wei frowned.
Gao Geng shook his head: "It will take at least a week to make a bottle of antidote."
The virus will not give them seven days. During the short time he was talking, Shi Zhengyi's body began to turn blue and his eyes turned blood red.
He roared and screamed, making horrible strange noises in his throat. He seemed to be in pain and scratched his chest frantically.
My teammates are injured, and I don't know if they can be treated successfully. The enemies have been strengthened, and I don't know how to complete the main mission.
The players were extremely anxious, and the system's prompt sound pushed them into the abyss.
"The golden-bodied NPC Shi Zhengyi has been infected with the zombie virus and is now brain dead."
"The Butcher's awakening condition is triggered by death. After the death of the golden body NPC Shi Zhengyi, he will awaken as the Butcher."
"The Golden Butcher [Half-Man] has awakened. Run!!"
"What, what?!" Even though Wei Wei was knowledgeable and experienced, he was still shocked by the four words "Golden Body Butcher" and was speechless.
Golden body NPC, immune to all player skill damage and item damage.
Butcher, has extremely strong attack power and extremely high hatred towards players.
The Golden Butcher, an ultimate NPC who cannot be killed but can easily kill the player.
“How can there be a golden butcher?” The charlatan stretched his neck and shouted to the sky, “System, you have a bug!”
The black shadow quickly jumped up like a bamboo shoot. Only half of the body of the "half-man" was propped up on the ground with both hands, and his neck, which was more than half a meter long, was lowered. Two scarlet eyes bigger than volleyballs stared at the player. He blocked the crescent moon and the clouds, like a black hill between the horizon and the sky.
"Run," Wei Wei's lips trembled for a while, and he said one word, "Run quickly, we can't fight him!"
But when will this run end?
If they don't complete the main quest, they will be trapped in the dungeon forever, together with a [Golden Butcher].
Lucky cried anxiously and kept wiping his tears: "Who is the mastermind behind this? Almost all the NPCs are dead, why hasn't the mission been completed yet!"
The player dodged the attacks of the half-man, and replayed the situation in his mind again and again in despair. Where is the mastermind behind this?
The wounds on Duan Song's abdomen were festering over a large area, and he became manic and irritable. Neither Wei Wei nor Gao Geng could hold him down.
After looking at him for a moment, Gao Mengtang sighed softly: "Wei Wei, can you take the other five players and hold off the half-man for three minutes?"
"I can give it a try," Wei Wei said, "What do you plan to do?"
Gao Mengtang smiled and said, "In the dungeon, I definitely plan to clear it."
Wei Wei seemed to have a lot to ask, but now was not the time. He stopped retreating and rushed towards the half-man to attract his fire.
Only Gao Mengtang and Duan Song were left, hiding in the corner of the abandoned hall.
The small building collapsed, and above the first floor ceiling was the bright night sky. Gao Mengtang inserted the USB drive into the scrapped computer.
"The mastermind behind this is really unexpected." Gao Mengtang said to himself with a smile.
"Because the mastermind behind this is you, Duan Song."
Infected by the blood of the Undead, Duan Song lost his mind and bit Gao Mengtang on the forearm, causing blood to flow out, but Gao Mengtang no longer cared about it.
What he was about to do was dozens of times more dangerous than what the dead were born to do.
"Or rather, it's the person you possessed." Gao Mengtang whispered softly, "The person you possessed is Bu Xiaoting's lover."
Just like Gao Mengtang possessed a doll and it became the key to the narrow door, Duan Song possessed Bu Xiaoting's lover and became the mastermind behind the scenes.
They were not members of the Zhongzhou Security Team, but members of the Epiphyllum Ridge. Their combat uniforms would have epiphyllum patterns appearing at night.
Gao Mengtang looked at the unstable space portal on the screen and muttered to himself, "I should have thought of it earlier. The zombie virus is related to the dead born, and the dead born comes from the other world."
"Whether it's the Zhongzhou government, Xu Wei's Blue Needle Corporation, or Qian Hao's Crystal Pump Industrial Park, who has the ability to contact the other world?"
The mastermind behind this must be from Epiphyllum Ridge.
And Duan Song, an unlucky child with a luck value of -100, becomes the "mastermind" chosen by the system.
Gao Mengtang couldn't kill him.
So he decided to try something more dangerous.
The unstable narrow door swallowed up the computer screen. Gao Mengtang had one hand bitten by Duan Song and it was bleeding, but she still hugged him tightly, and with the other hand she lightly touched the empty darkness in the narrow door.
——He wanted to violate the system rules, jump out of the copy, pass through the narrow door, and return directly to Earth.
The powerful force prevented Gao Mengtang from entering the narrow door, and at the same time, there was an attraction that held Duan Song back. The two forces grew and ebbed, and Gao Mengtang gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain of his arm being bitten, and used all his strength to get in.
The other six players were so focused on dealing with the butcher [Half Man] that they didn't notice what was happening on Gao Mengtang's side.
However, when they were trying their best, they suddenly found that the butcher was not moving.
System: "Player [000 Blind] [666 Demon] has left the dungeon."
"Analyzing the unknown situation..."
"The mastermind behind the poisoning case [does not exist] in the instance, the main quest is wrong."
“It’s being corrected.”
"The task panel has been updated."
[Main Mission 1]: Survive for 15 days
[Main Mission 2]: Find the criminal evidence of the mastermind behind the poisoning case.
"The main mission has been completed."
"6 people survived, 2 people died. Dead players: [000 Blind Man] [666 Demon]"
"System error. Dead players are being recounted."
"The copy will be closed in 5 seconds."
"System rewards are being settled."
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