Chapter 29 [Scene 13] "Balloon" / "You finally gave me...
The "hummingbird" glanced at the "balloon" that fell behind it, then turned around.
The two entered the tower complex.
However, since they were not invited here, once they were discovered by the "creatures" in the tower group, they would most likely be trapped here.
[You have entered the forbidden area: the towers!]
Hummingbird saw a huge prompt box pop up in front of him, surrounded by scarlet exclamation marks.
She quickly set up the system prompt pop-up without stopping.
"The method for clearing the outer tower is relatively simple. The rules are written on a piece of paper." "Hummingbird" began to search the paper in the area according to the strategy given to her by the senior in the organization.
"As long as you find that piece of paper, you can basically pass."
The shape of the entire tower complex appears as a circle when viewed from above, so each area is circular and constantly changing, making it even more difficult to find.
But "Hummingbird" is not afraid of these things. After all, she has completed more than a dozen confidential missions. This is nothing!
"You check the inside, and I'll check the outside. If we finish in the same amount of time, we should be able to meet here again."
"I don't really trust you, but it's too slow for one person."
The "hummingbirds" quickly divided the work.
"Then... if you don't encounter a tower, it takes 10 minutes. If you encounter a tower, it takes 20 minutes."
"It doesn't matter if you're slow if you can't finish it. I can always find you anyway."
Hummingbird is very confident that it can complete its mission.
"Okay." "Balloon" smiled sweetly at her.
^
"No...no, we've already searched Area A, but there's nothing here," Hummingbird said in a distressed tone, "Is this outer tower really like he said..."
"Wait, that's weird... why are all of them question marks?"
"Hummingbird" was about to send a message to "Balloon" to ask about the progress on her side, but was surprised to find that all the chat objects in the Ribbon system had turned into question marks!
Even the public chat box and their team's chat box, from the name to the content, all turned into question marks!
[Ding Dong~ You have new news!]
"??? Aren't you going to explain it to me properly?"
"When did you become so...???? Was it me????"
——???
"What? There's harassment in this game?" "Hummingbird" looked at the content that dominated his chat box. "This is too unhealthy. Once I complete the game, I'll write a 10,000-word article to report it."
Close the chat interface.
Unable to communicate, but for the "Hummingbird" which has always had stronger individual combat capabilities, it seems to be more convenient?
…
Scanning along the outer wall of the outer tower area, "Hummingbird" didn't even see a tower, let alone any paper for passing the level.
"Tower system alert: An unknown object has been detected entering the middle tower. The outer tower will be sealed off soon! The outer tower will be sealed off soon!"
"Those still in the outer towers, please evacuate immediately! Ensure your own safety!"
"ha?"
At this time, the only "unknown objects" in the outer tower area should be myself and the "balloon"!
Hummingbird suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Besides, even if she found the paper, she wouldn't be teleported right now if she didn't act according to what was written on it! ?
The stone slabs under my feet began to shake violently, and dozens of pieces of debris broke off from the walls on both sides, revealing the azure sky outside the ceiling!
"System alert inside the tower: Death detected in an outer tower. The tower cluster is about to be sealed off! The tower cluster is about to be sealed off! Please do not wander around randomly! To avoid falling!"
The cracks in the stone slab actually began to slowly ease, and the gravel that had fallen to the ground actually recovered!
Such a good opportunity, I can't miss it!
The "hummingbird" leaps lightly!
She stepped on the fragments that were suspended in the air and rushed towards the sky at an extremely fast speed!
This is a small skill that "Hummingbird" had acquired before. The name is easy to understand - "Light Leap".
After activating the skill: Light Leap, her agility and jumping ability will increase significantly, but at the same time, her defense will decrease by 35%.
"Hummingbird" summoned her weapons and quickly shattered all the rubble blocking her way!
Thanks to its calculated timing, the "Hummingbird" has successfully reached the top of the outer tower before the ceiling closes!
Only then did she realize that, in fact, players outside the tower group could not see the specific situation inside the tower group at all.
So she still didn't know that each tower area actually has a ceiling and does not grow indefinitely!
No wonder I felt so strange just now...
Hummingbird stuck the weapon into the ceiling of the outer tower, which was the floor beneath her feet, and tied it to herself with a rope.
This is also to prevent her from accidentally slipping due to the steep slope.
[Chat with "Balloon"]
"Have you entered the middle tower?"
——"Hummingbird"
“??????????”
--"balloon"
"Why are you putting a question mark on it? Can't you speak? You're so stupid."
——"Hummingbird"
“???”
--"balloon"
"No..." Hummingbird stopped what she was about to say, "There should be a signal once we enter the middle tower."
"...Could it be that she is still in the outer tower?"
——Then who entered the middle tower? !
They were the only two people in the outer tower just now!!
"No, it's still not right. Since we are the only ones in the outer tower, that [thing] can't possibly pass through the outer tower and enter the middle tower!"
For the first time, "Hummingbird" became suspicious of the strategy guide published by "4399 Game Master", a veteran of the organization.
If we go by the guide, one of the important rules of the tower complex is that people can only enter the upper levels from the lower tower levels, while people on the upper levels cannot enter the lower levels!
...But, now it's obviously wrong!
"If there's really a problem with the strategy..."
Then wouldn’t I be harming her?
"Hummingbird" broke out in cold sweat again.
"Hey, you must not get into trouble." She muttered to herself as she walked towards the wind, "We must overturn our previous plan..."
"Let me - break everything, hahahahahahahahaha -" "Hummingbird" laughed wildly in the wind.
——Of course, this was actually just silent laughter.
But she didn't want to admit it.
^
[You have new news!]
[Chat with "Balloon"]
"Where have you been?"
--"balloon"
You say to the "balloon": [You... input...] [Send]
Before he could finish his words, a new message came from the other end.
[Chat with "Balloon"]
"I'm so scared."
--"balloon"
“…”
Hummingbird, who was standing on the vines she had just planted, couldn't help but sneer at these words: "Humph, does she really think I'll fall for this!?"
[Chat with "Balloon"]
"Don't worry, I'll come find you right away."
——"Hummingbird"
“…I’m not in the middle tower.”
--"balloon"
"Hummingbird" saw that the message he had edited had been replied to before he had time to withdraw it, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Slam shut the chat and meet!
She pulled her foot out of the vines, held on with her already numb hands, and kicked hard!
When she climbed up, she found that although the structure of the tower was solid, the building materials used were very ordinary.
Besides, if she wasn't afraid of hitting the tower if she fell, why would she be so cautious!
But now...
[Chat with "Balloon"]
"Did you hear that sound?"
——"Hummingbird"
"Uh-huh."
"QAQ"
--"balloon"
"Hummingbird" suddenly remembered that she had met no more than ten people in this game so far.
Excluding her brother, there are nine people left, and six of them didn’t know when they learned how to “precisely use” emoticons!
There are two more.
One is "Zhi", who took a knife to cut himself when they met for the first time!
Later I found out that this guy is actually a coward!
At that time, she had never thought that she could still be a human being, and she thought it was some kind of easter egg linking the game and the movie!
The last one, of course, is the one who is chatting with her now... the baby-faced one.
"Who on earth is spreading this 'emoticon virus'..."
"Hummingbird" thought fiercely as he kicked the broken ceiling cleanly!
…
“Waaaaaaaaaa——” the girl’s exclamation sounded below.
The "hummingbird" adjusted its posture, continued to use the wall for leverage, and finally landed on the ground safely!
It's not like she hadn't thought about pulling people up, after all, there was no mechanism outside.
But looking at the "balloon" in front of her that seemed to be trembling with fear, she still felt that her decision was indeed correct.
"Are you okay?" "Balloon" stretched out his hand.
Hummingbird glanced at her, patted his dusty robe that had fallen to the ground, and stood up easily.
"Tell me, how did you get here?" The "hummingbird" automatically ignored the fact that it had arrived by rapidly descending from a high altitude and began to ask the "balloon".
Balloon took out a piece of paper from his backpack and handed it to her: "Is this the paper you were talking about?"
"I found it in the inner circle," Balloon smoothed out the wrinkles on the paper, "but it was crumpled up."
"You mean, someone found it before you?" When "Hummingbird" heard this, he remembered the content in the system prompt.
"By the way, the one in the system prompt, is that you?"
"No, I sent you a message when I just came in." "Balloon" shook his head and held the paper in front of her.
Only then did "Hummingbird" discover that there was a string of strange symbols in the corner of the paper.
——It looks like ancient characters, but it is impossible to tell what they are.
"Do you recognize this?" "Balloon" asked, poking its head out from the side of the paper.
"It looks a bit like seal script, but it looks distorted." Hummingbird sighed. She couldn't recognize many ancient characters. "It should be some kind of symbol."
"Did you touch it and teleport here immediately?"
When she was walking above the towers just now, she also discovered that above the outer tower, there was an area where the ceiling was extremely soft.
After walking through that section, they arrived at the middle tower where they were now.
So, are there partitions between the floors of the tower?
But where could that be?
"Forget it, let's go first, time is running out."
"Hummingbird" stopped to think, and took the lead in pulling the "balloon" on the side and walked in the opposite direction of the exit of the middle tower in the strategy.
"Yeah," Balloon followed obediently. "I just checked, there are about 11 hours left."
"...Shut up, I don't need your reminder."
"Oh, oh, then I'm so useless. Will I be a burden to you?"
"...Just keep it to yourself."
"Woo woo woo."
"I told you not to talk!"
^
While the two were talking, "Balloon" sent a message to one of the only two people she knew who was familiar with ancient characters.
If "Zhi" couldn't reply to the message, she wouldn't have sent it to him!
[Chat with "Brother"]
[The other party has withdrawn]
[The other party has withdrawn]
"Hey, what does this mean?"
"[picture]"
——"Hummingbird"
"You finally sent me a message.^^"
--"elder brother"
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