Chapter 72 The third level of the maze!
The Land of Nightmares is hatching a new conspiracy, and this time the Demon King is personally involved. It is probably only a matter of time before the humans on the surface tremble in fear.
At the same time, in the Demon Lord's lord above the maze, two little skeletons who had just come online were huddled together and whispering.
After hearing his friend's story about what happened last night, [Little Bunny Juice] opened his jaw in surprise and leaned forward.
"Favorability?! Are you sure??? Is there really such a system?!"
【Small Fish Cake Juice】Nods vigorously.
"Really! After I completed the cooking task, the system prompted me that I gained 10 points of favorability... the favorability of the Demon King!"
That being said, she still had no idea where this value was added, and she couldn't find it in the player's system interface.
The little bastard touched his chin, looked his friend up and down, and after a while he muttered nervously.
"It's not simple... You are not a simple woman."
"No, it's not easy?" Xiao Yugaozhi was stunned for a second, and said with a smile, "What are you talking about! I just want to ask, is it possible to unlock hidden tasks or something?"
This friend of hers was one of the first to enter the game. He is now a LV4 Iron-level player and also the highest-level player she knows in the game.
Even the link she clicked on to enter the reservation page was sent to her by this Black Iron Boss.
But now it seems that this guy is completely clueless about the various mechanisms of the game, and they are not as reliable as he imagined.
certainly.
She still gave her own advice.
"Stupid! You already have a favorable impression, why do you care about the hidden mission?! You have to take down the Demon King and make him make you his princess, then you can ruthlessly give him hell money. By the way, you can also bring your good sister in to ruthlessly give him hell money together."
The little fish cake juice was stunned for a moment.
"Wait, is this how the game is played?"
Little Bunny Juice: "? You didn't say we can't play like this, right?"
Little Fish Cake Juice said with a smile on his face.
“I’ll just play normally… but the cooking system in this game is surprisingly realistic, to be honest I’m a little surprised.
Bunny Juice scratched the back of his head.
"It's that dream technology, I guess. Who cares? As long as it's fun, that's all."
After saying that, she stroked her chin and muttered to herself.
"But I didn't expect this game to be played this way... There's something special about it."
Looking at his friend who seemed to be moved, Xiao Yugaozhi looked as if he didn't know what to say, and in the end he could only smile to resolve the awkwardness.
I can't imagine skeletons or anything like that.
At least reincarnate into a better-looking one first?
Like a succubus or something...
…
After the battle of Silverpine Forest came to an end, the players in the cemetery who had ended their conscription status returned to their daily gameplay.
The three small players in the first leather factory in the Great Cemetery are still improving the textile technology and exploiting the potential of the Shadow Weavers, and this time they are cooperated with a carpenter who is good at making traps.
After finishing the chemical pool, he continued to tinker with the explosives, trying to come up with a new formula with more stable output and greater damage effect.
In addition to players who want to be capitalists and Nobel laureates, a group of new talents have gradually emerged in the cemetery recently.
Especially among the new players who have joined the game, there are not only little cooks with maxed-out cooking skills, but also blacksmiths who can make pots and pans, gardening masters who can grow flowers and plants, and engineering dogs who are good at removing dust.
Luo Yan arranged for Youyou to give them some targeted tasks, such as preparing three meals a day and boxed lunches for the Demon King and his pet, designing and building a steelmaking furnace in the cemetery, planting the herbal seeds he bought from the Magic City, directing the construction of the crypt spiders, etc.
However, the areas that the tasks can cover are ultimately limited, and they play more of a "macro-control" role, guiding players to give full play to their creativity.
As for how to unleash creativity and how to use it, it is up to the players to explore it themselves.
Perhaps because this game is too realistic, most players are still keen to explore the limits of the game engine.
At the same time, it is also convenient for them to do things here that they can only think about but not actually do in reality.
While the life-class players were exploring the limits of "Scary Online", the combat-class players were also busy. They either went down into the maze to kill monsters and level up, or went deep into the mountains north of the North Peak to search for more powerful wild monsters to attack.
After the battle of Silverpine Forest, the Demon King's ability to call the wind and rain ignited the ambition of many people to become stronger.
As the saying goes, a skeleton soldier who doesn't want to be the Skeleton King is not a good skeleton soldier.
No one is willing to be cannon fodder forever. Even trimming the dragon's pedicure won't even scrape off a layer of skin.
While the high-level players in the server were catching up with the Demon King, the respected Demon King was not idle either.
The battle with the Earth Dragon Clan made him deeply aware of the shortcomings of his own strength.
Although players can rely on the ability of continuous resurrection to form a sea of skeletons, no one can guarantee that every battle will take place near the Demon King's territory.
Just like the previous battle, there were always times when he had to take the initiative to attack. Once away from the resurrection point, the player's resurrection advantage would be difficult to reflect in the same battle.
In order to maximize the advantages of the players and gain more bargaining chips for self-protection, he must upgrade his level as soon as possible! Only a peak steel-level or even silver-level necromancer can cast a collective strengthening spell on a thousand-man skeleton group!
Only in this way can the terrifying power of the Skeleton Sea be truly brought into play! The Skeleton Sea composed of blank skeleton soldiers is not to be feared, but the Skeleton Sea with dozens of undead enhancement spells is enough to scare the most elite human legions.
Although the attribute panel of the undead unit is weaker than that of other units, its plasticity is unmatched by other units of the same level! On the second floor of the maze, deep in the nightmare cave, in the wild area outside the influence of the nightmare town, a giant centipede is staring at the intruders who broke into the territory, making dangerous insect sounds.
Usually, it was harassed by some small bats, but this time there seemed to be some meaty guys. Thinking that it would have a big meal soon, it couldn't help but excitedly moved the clamps in front of its mouth, and countless limbs swayed up and down with joy.
Luo Yan did not waste time communicating with this guy about the ownership of the maze. He waved the magic wand in his hand and directly shot out a beam of scorching flames.
"Flame bomb!"
The centipede hit by the flames let out a cry of pain and twisted its huge body to charge towards Luo Yan.
The mighty posture was like a derailed train! Just as the giant centipede was about to hit Luo Yan, a strong wind suddenly hit it from the side.
Along with the figure came a broadsword!
Ding! A crisp sound resounded in the cave, and the giant centipede twisted its body in pain, and was knocked to the side by the ant-like figure.
The internal organs wrapped in insect fluid were tangled together, and the giant centipede that fell to the ground twisted its body in pain, making a shrill insect sound.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk——”
Bond, standing in a cloud of dust, looked silently at the giant centipede falling to the ground and screaming, then put away the sword in his hand as if it was the end.
At the same time, another figure rushed into the dust like a whirlwind!
The speed was so fast that people could not see clearly. In just a few breaths, it cut off the thousand legs dangling under the centipede's body like a meat grinder and cut deeply into the soft abdomen.
The giant centipede that was split in half could no longer move. The acidic slurry spilled all over the ground, making a hissing sound on the rocks.
Octo waved the scimitar in his hand, looked at Bond beside him and nodded, and the communication seemed to have been completed in silence.
It is worth mentioning that not only Octo, but also Bond was "promoted" by Luo Yan to become a self-aware zombie.
After being transformed into a zombie, Bond seems to be even more taciturn than when he was alive.
The two are currently at a similar starting line, both starting from scratch with their combat experience before being promoted, and at most they have the buffs added by the Necromancer.
Now it seems that they have become familiar with their new identities.
“Well done.”
Walking through the dust, Luo Yan looked at his two younger brothers and nodded approvingly, then confirmed the changes in the attribute panel.
Experience points increased by 2310 points.
I still remember that not long ago, he also killed a giant centipede of similar size, but the experience value he gained was 3,000.
Luo Yan couldn't help but fall into deep thought, he stroked his chin and said thoughtfully.
“It feels less than before.”
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Floating beside him.
"Could it be because of the upgrade?"
There are indeed discussions among players on the forum that not only the output ratio and the final hit will affect the experience gain, but the level difference will also cause gains or losses in experience value gains.
Simply put, the experience gained by killing monsters above your level is the most. The experience gained by a crypt spider killed by a LV4 player is only half of that of a LV1 player.
If you want to level up by bullying the weak, you can only rely on numbers.
“That should be it.”
Luo Yan thought for a while, looked at Octo and Bond and said.
"The giant centipede should be the limit of this level, and the little devil is our ally... Let's go to the lower level of the maze."
"Yes, sir!"
"At your command."
The two corpse ghosts obeyed the order in unison, walking one after the other in the team, consciously protecting their "father" in the middle.
Arakdo is still at the Shadow Weaver's Lair to inquire about the disaster, and Zerik is spreading the fear of the Demon King on behalf of the Demon King in the Gecko Clan. This time, Luo Yan brought two younger brothers with him to level up. On the one hand, he didn't need too many people, and on the other hand, he wanted to share less experience.
The group followed the map and soon arrived at the entrance to the third level of the maze.
According to the information provided by the little devil, this is the territory of the "Golem" and the golem makers, and it is in a more chaotic and separatist state than the first level.
Walking down the hundred-meter-deep stairwell, the moment Luo Yan passed through the stone door, what came into view was an incredibly spacious space.
Huge gears were turning slowly on the distant wall, which seemed to be a huge power source driving some kind of machinery.
From time to time, the loud roar of steam could be heard in the distance. The milky white steam obscured the outline of the gears and prevented Luo Yan from looking any further.
As far as he could see, densely packed pipes covered the misty walls, while the remaining space was filled with sophisticated gears, chains, and levers.
The power source that drives them seems to come from deeper underground than the deepest level of the maze.
The complexity of the art is fully reflected here, but it is difficult to tell which of these parts are useful and which are just deception.
What surprised Luo Yan even more was not the scenery in the maze, but the layout of the entire maze——
The entire space is divided not by narrow corridors like the first and second floors, but by rock stairs connected by mechanical devices and bottomless cliffs on both sides!
The space here is extremely spacious, but there are very few areas available for adventurers to move around.
Stepping onto the rock platform filled with steam, Luo Yan walked to the edge of the platform and looked down, but he could not see the end of the abyss at all.
One hundred meters?
Two hundred meters? Anyway—
The depth of this layer is simply incredible.
On the other hand, the complexity of this maze will probably exceed the imagination of all intruders. After all, the previous maze was at least flat, while this one was three-dimensional.
Judging from the information from the Adventurer's Guild, the adventurers outside also thought that the situation here was rather tricky, so much so that most people preferred to skip class and go directly to the fourth floor through the nearest passage, giving up on further exploration of the third floor.
Especially since Reggie Dragun died not long ago and the core of the old maze was extinguished, the mechanism on the third floor may collapse soon.
They could just wait until this place becomes a metal ruin before coming in to look for treasure.
Just as Luo Yan was looking around, a group of strangely shaped metal machines were waving their hands in all sorts of strange ways and climbing up from the edge of the abyss to the stone platform under his feet.
They have no fixed shape, just like a trash can with four soft water pipes inserted into it to act as hands and feet, and their lightbulb-like eyes flash a creepy red light.
"Invaders, annihilate."
Repeating the cold metallic sound, several robots had already discovered Luo Yan's presence and were surrounding him with clumsy steps.
Octo showed the two scimitars in his hands and was about to move forward, but was stopped by Luo Yan who was standing beside him.
“Back off!”
As he finished speaking, he swung the magic wand in his hand. A swirling airflow gathered at the tip of the wand and then suddenly sprayed forward.
"Hurricane Hammer!"
The raging wind hit the robots in the chest like a hammer, knocking them away like golf balls.
As expected.
At the same time that the robots were knocked into the air, the roar of the explosion sounded at the same time, and the flying metal fragments scratched the ground, leaving shocking scratches.
There was a slight look of surprise on Octo's expressionless face.
"This is……"
"A rare mechanical spell." Luo Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise as he could not smell the smell of gunpowder in the wind blowing towards him. "It seems that there are quite a few pagans on this floor."
and--
Maybe they are even more troublesome than the earth dragon clan!
In the darkness, several pairs of eyes were staring at the invaders with eager eyes, and their panicked expressions seemed to be caused by more than just the failure of the sneak attack.
"Human?! Undead!? Why are they here?!"
“Damn it—”
"That guy... could he be the new Demon King?!"
(End of this chapter)