Chapter 39: Five hours online per day? What is offline?

The awareness of knowing the coming of autumn from a single leaf is correct.

As soon as the two men ran down the stairs, more than 20 fully armed soldiers rushed into the maze following them.

The man who had run back to report the news was standing among them.

Seeing that his shield was taken away by the skeleton soldiers, he almost vomited blood out of anger.

The commander of the team didn't care about that and just pulled out his short flintlock rifle and pointed it forward.

"Fire!"

The two players running towards the maze couldn't understand what he was shouting. They only heard a gunshot from behind, followed by a crackling sound of gunfire! Lead bullets whizzed around in the dark open space, hitting the old bricks and granite pillars, splashing large pieces of gravel and dust! Fortunately, the two sides were already far apart.

Plus, the two of them were skeleton soldiers with a built-in "long-range dodge buff", otherwise they would have been killed in this round of volleys!

But even so, Yiye Zhiqiu still saw with trepidation that a bullet passed through his ribs and dug a hole in the ground! "Fuck! They are just two skeletons. Do you really need to send a division to chase them?!" Hu Wan cursed at the group of musketeers who were loading on the steps behind him while running.

It seems that this damn planner deliberately didn't want them to go upstairs, and he even specially sent out a group of super soldiers to sanction them!

As the two skeletons disappeared into the darkness, the human commander raised his hand and signaled the soldiers behind him to stop shooting.

"Damn it, we should have fired the flares first." The adjutant cursed with a frightened expression on his face.

When they heard about the undead, everyone panicked to the point that they completely forgot all their training... although they didn't really train much in normal times.

The reason why they were so panicked was not because the undead themselves were so scary, but because the undead appeared in the maze.

This is not a good sign.

"Should we chase after them?" A militiaman swallowed and looked nervously at the officer beside him.

The commander said nothing, weighed the pros and cons for a long time, and finally missed the best opportunity to pursue, and then made a decision.

"…First report to Sheriff Adelai, then notify the Adventurer's Guild!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"yes!"

They are not adventurers, just the town's militia.

Although their job includes guarding the entrance to the maze, they are not good at high-risk work such as exploring the maze...

…

The other side.

The official website of "Disaster Online".

Brother Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, who had disappeared for most of the day, finally reappeared in the sight of a group of stupid netizens.

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "Brothers! I found another exit from the maze!"

Table and stool: “!”

Minotaur Warrior: "You guys went outside?!"

Knowledge Explosion: "Tell me more about it!"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "Not yet, but still a little bit short."

Hu Wan: "Md, just as we were about to go up, a bunch of soldiers spawned out from the door. I almost ran my legs off."

Gou Shi: "Hahahaha! Have you stirred up a hornet's nest? (Funny)"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "I don't know, but the human who met me was like he saw a ghost."

It took Yiye Zhiqiu a few minutes to recount what happened to him and Hu Wan in the maze.

Including the discovery of new monsters "Slime" and "Lizardman".

Including new maps "Sewer Corridor" and "Maze Entrance B".

Including his division of forces in the maze and his speculation about the forces on the ground.

Everyone was fascinated by what they heard.

I didn’t expect that this game, which is still in the closed beta stage, is already so complete.

There is so much new content waiting for them in the areas they have not yet explored.

Of course.

This also means that they will soon face new challenges.

Judging from the adventurer's corpse and the reactions of the maze guards after seeing the skeleton, the enemies in the maze are likely not just monsters!

Gou Shi: "It looks like a wave of adventurers will appear in the maze. (Funny)"

Pig-Headed Knight: "So, which side are we on? Monsters? Adventurers?"

Candied Haws: "It's obviously a third party force."

Knowledge Explosion: "To put it nicely, it's a three-way melee, to put it bluntly, it's a mixed doubles match in the middle. (sweat)"

Gou Shi: “Exciting. (Funny)”

Can't afford to play: "This wave really increases the strength of the Demon King. (Funny)"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "That's not the case. Even if it's a mixed doubles match, we won't be the ones to be beaten in the middle. Firstly, the entrance B of the maze is quite far from where we are. We don't know the distance on the ground, but we walked all night to get there. Secondly, there is a tribe of lizardmen who can use tools and raise slimes in an organized manner in the sewer corridors. It will probably take a lot of effort for adventurers on the surface to reach our area."

Gou Shi: "Let's set up some traps! Ambush them on the path they must take! (Evil smile)"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "I thought so too. We can set up some traps on the path between Exit B of the maze and Exit A below us, and then set up some signs around it that only players can understand. According to the information revealed by the Demon King before, there should be a good reward for capturing adventurers."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "By the way, speaking of rewards, when we were killing slimes, we found that killing monsters would drop magic crystals. Although we don't know what those things are used for now, it's better to collect them if we can."

Knowledge Explosion: "Ah, we found that too."

The old man at the entrance of the village said: "Rather than saying it was a discovery, it would be better to say that the Demon King organized us to touch a wave of corpses."

Kebab: "I peeled 100 spiders last night, it was exhausting. TT"

Gai Shi Ying Xiong: "But the profit is not bad, I made 10,000 ghost money hahaha!"

Ayanami Little Devil: "Me too!"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "..."

Gou Shi: "I guess someone has started sweating. (funny)"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "..."

…

The Adventurer's Guild of Thunder City is as busy as ever today.

What was different from usual was that this time, not only the adventurers looking for commissions in the hall, but even the gentlemen drinking tea and reading newspapers in the office on the second floor were sweating profusely.

All of this started because of a report from Silver Pine Forest northwest of Thunder City.

Something unusual happened at the entrance to the maze there.

On the conference table.

Secretary-General Roskin held the report in his hand and made a brief statement on behalf of Lennon, the president of the Thunder City Adventurer's Guild.

"…Organized undead activity has occurred at the entrance to the maze in Silverpine Town!"

A man with a beard so long that it dragged on the table and who looked like a wizard asked in a serious tone.

"Were there any casualties?"

His name was Angelo, a magician from the Northern Academy, a permanent consultant to the Adventurer's Guild of Thunder City, an expert in the field of maze research, and a guest of Grand Duke Campbell.

Not just knowledgeable.

His own strength should not be underestimated. He had reached the gold level twenty years ago.

If it weren't for the soul level limiting his development, his strength would probably be far more than just gold.

But even so, in a place like Thunder City, a gold-level strongman is enough to be considered first-rate.

This is especially true for magicians.

"Not yet... As for the labyrinth, it's hard to be sure. Adventurers go missing there every day." Secretary-General Ruskin answered Angelo's question respectfully.

After hearing this, Angelo pondered for a long time, stood up without saying a word, left the conference table, and walked out the door.

Everyone sitting at the conference table looked at each other, undecided for a moment.

An official sitting in the corner muttered quietly.

"Since no one died, what's there to panic about?"

Another official said in a trembling voice.

"But, undead spirits... are said not to be created in a dead maze."

"Not necessarily," a consultant shook his head and said based on experience, "Even without the necromancer's bewitching trick, some adventurers who died in the maze would become undead... It's the same as those guys wandering in the forest."

As long as one does not receive the blessing of Saint Sith after death and his body is not eaten by wild beasts, there is a certain probability that he will stand up again.

And the probability is not small.

This is especially true for some adventurers who possess extraordinary powers. It is said that they will turn into relatively troublesome skeletons.

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However, just when everyone was relieved, another consultant sitting at the corner of the table suddenly said something very pointed.

"But without the restraint of the Demon King, they will soon be eaten by the slime..."

The atmosphere at the conference table suddenly became tense and there was a lot of noise.

"What do you want to say?"

"The core of the maze... may be reviving."

"How is this possible?! I've never heard of—"

"That's because you don't have much experience. There are many demon lords who have resurrected from the dead on the front lines. For Hell, it's just a matter of sending another demon lord!"

"Some time ago... I seemed to have heard from the church that they did sense the fluctuations of the teleportation array, but the energy was too weak, so they didn't find the specific location..."

"Is there another demon king coming?!"

The expressions on everyone's faces varied.

Part of it is fear, part of it is expressionless.

In addition to this, there was also a subtle hint of joy.

Although the devil is scary, it doesn't necessarily mean bad things. It's like if no one gets sick, the hospital may go bankrupt.

Although the Adventurer's Guild will not go bankrupt, its voice and budget will undoubtedly be cut.

For a maze city that has lost its demon king, they will sooner or later become redundant.

Secretary-General Ruskin quietly looked at President Lennon, who had been silent since the beginning of the meeting, and asked in a low voice.

"Should we report this to the mayor?"

The guild master thought for a long time and then spoke slowly.

"Don't rush to report it. Even if there are undead activities, it doesn't mean that it is definitely related to the Demon King... Besides, Grand Duke Campbell has not been in good health recently. I'm afraid the mayor doesn't have time to deal with such trivial matters."

Anyway, the militia stationed at the entrance of the maze will report to the local sheriff, and as the news goes up layer by layer, it will eventually reach the mayor.

"Let's observe it for a while longer."

"Also, raise the commission weight of Silver Pine Town by one level and let the adventurers go in and take a look."

…

Demon Lord.

Today is the third day since the official launch of "Catastrophe OL". It is also the first day that Luo Yan has made up his mind to gradually remove the air wall at the entrance of the mine and move forward step by step.

However, what he didn't expect was that just when his Demon Lord Territory was getting on the right track, he heard bad news from Youyou who was monitoring the official website -

While he was brewing the potion, this group of players had already caused trouble for him by provoking the people of Thunder City.

very good.

It seems that I don’t have to worry about how to make the cemetery famous. It won’t be long before a large number of adventurers will come here.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the place was quite far away from him. It would take him a whole night just to wander around in the maze.

According to those players, there seems to be a lizardman territory between them and Thunder City? I hope those unlucky guys can carry it for me for a while.

Just as Luo Yan was thinking this, a row of dark green pop-up windows suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Task: Ensure that the average daily online time of closed beta players is greater than 5 hours for three consecutive days (completed)! ]

[Reward: 400 closed beta qualification! ]

The five-hour task completion requirement is still too conservative. Many players didn't even log off several times yesterday, eager to gain more experience before new players enter.

With the completion of the task, 400 closed beta test qualifications have been automatically distributed to the players who won the lottery.

at the same time.

The new task is also triggered and appears immediately below the completed tasks.

[Task: For three consecutive days, ensure that the average daily net gain of Faith Value exceeds 1,000 points.]

[Reward: 500 closed beta qualification! ]

This task does not seem to be very difficult, after all, each player will provide 1 point of faith by default.

Including the 400 new players who joined, his average daily faith value gain has reached 500.

Although soon after the players summon them, the average daily consumption will reach 500.

However, at this moment, Luo Yan suddenly noticed the word "clean" in the task description.

In an instant, he lost his composure.

"Good fellow...it's hard for me to keep a low profile."

Youyou: "There's no other way, Lord Demon. It looks like... we can only invade the surface on a large scale!"

Luo Yan: "Do you want me to die?"

All the diamond-level fear demons are rushing outside!

And he was just a steel-level necromancer who had been promoted not long ago.

Youyou whispered.

"But, but...we can't keep hiding forever, right?"

I don’t know if it’s because he has merged with the devil’s personality, but this guy is unexpectedly more warlike than me.

However, it does make sense.

If the devil doesn't do anything bad, even if people outside know of his existence, they will not take him seriously.

Over time, he, the demon king, became a joke, and it became difficult for him to gain people's faith again.

Luo Yan closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, trying to find a solution to break the impasse.

Just at this moment, Youyou's voice suddenly rang out again.

"Master Demon! Something seems to be happening at the intersection on the first floor of the maze!"

Luo Yan was shocked.

"Grand Duke Campbell is coming with adventurers?!"

Youyou: "No, not really...but there is a lizard that can speak human language, and a spider that can speak human language, and they are clamoring to negotiate with you."

Luo Yan was stunned at first, then he immediately thought of something, stood up and gave the order.

"Tell the players not to touch them first!"

Youyou: "I've already pinned them down! Oh, and that acting method, CG animation... Anyway, please hurry over!"

(End of this chapter)