Chapter 40
The job transfer system is still lagging.
Su Xingyuan was not in a hurry, he just said it casually, smiling and muttering to himself:
"I think this game won't do something as unethical as modifying the player's profession on its own, right?"
…
The system seems to be stalling even more.
Su Xingyuan certainly knew that according to the original game settings, savior was probably the best profession he could choose.
In addition, An Qian from the newly emerged Savior Association keeps calling the player "Savior" all the time, so it is easy for players to figure out what kind of identity the main storyline assigns to the players.
Su Xingyuan even suspected that if the job transfer task did not give him the option of [Savior], he would most likely be prompted to reload the game and restart.
But... who says players must choose to be saviors?
Even if the [Lord of Hell] did not appear, Su Xingyuan, who had seen through the game settings, might rebelliously save a game to see what it would be like if he chose another profession instead of [Savior].
Moreover, the profession of [Lord of Hell] was obtained by the player himself after he made achievements beyond the program's expectations, so he felt very at ease in choosing it.
Su Xingyuan did not rush him. He considerately gave the game system and its production team time to prepare the new career storyline and opened his personal panel first.
He reached level 26 during the job transfer mission world and gained ten new free attribute points, which he had not yet added to the various attributes.
Su Xingyuan thought about it and decided not to touch these free attribute points for now. He would consider how to add points in a targeted manner after the profession details came out.
He opened the [Monster Encyclopedia] again, completed the descriptions of those low-level monsters, and obtained some gold coins.
Now his total gold coins is 3560.
As for high-level monsters...
Su Xingyuan looked at the [Fourth Demon King] in the illustration and raised his eyebrows slightly.
[Name: The Fourth Demon King]
[Description: One of the six demon kings who escaped from hell. His body is huge, made up of the corpses and flesh of many different races. He is good at reading the information of other races through flesh and blood assimilation, and assimilating them into the servants of the fourth demon king. [+]
Key point: Escape from hell.
"So..." Su Xingyuan fell into deep thought and made a bold guess: "Now, the Demon King is equivalent to my former subordinate?"
He suddenly felt like laughing.
No wonder the game system is almost in chaos. If this is really the case, it will be a complete mess.
Who could have imagined that the top boss demons who were high up and could destroy the world would once call a human being their boss?
However, Su Xingyuan had no intention of changing his career. He was even eager to try it out and was looking forward to his next meeting with the Demon King.
There was nothing much to add about this demon king for the time being. Su Xingyuan was just about to close the panel when he suddenly saw that a new icon had appeared in the upper right corner of the [Monster Encyclopedia] at some point, with a small red dot that needed to be resolved.
Is this also something that is unlocked after level 25?
Su Xingyuan clicks the icon and a prompt box pops up.
[Monster Encyclopedia has detected that the total number of monsters included has exceeded 50]
[The player has reached level 25 and has changed his job to rescue——]
[…Lord of Hell]
【……】
As if it was incomprehensible that the facts were contrary to its assumptions, the pop-up window was stuck for a moment, but after a moment of confusion, it chose to skip this step as if nothing had happened and continued running:
[Unlocked new features of the illustrations]
Su Xingyuan: “…”
In a sense, the game is determined to let players become saviors and follow the plot.
The next moment, all the monster descriptions he had supplemented and improved were listed on a huge screen.
At the bottom of the screen, a horizontal 2D game screen appears.
【Mini game: Around the world】
[Description: While traveling around the world, players may encounter various events. Explore and resolve the events freely, and upgrade to obtain mysterious rewards! 】
[Note: Players can perform idle cruise operations here, which will not affect other game modules]
[Events triggered during the hang-up process will be notified]
Su Xingyuan blinked and became a little curious.
First, a cutscene appeared on the screen. It was a picture of Su Xingyuan's initial image on his personal panel walking. The background was very blurry, and Su Xingyuan couldn't tell how this person was traveling around the world.
Two seconds later, a small exclamation mark appeared, which seemed to indicate that a special event had occurred.
The next moment, the cutscene disappeared, and was replaced by another scene that didn't look so good.
It was a cave-like dungeon-like space. There was no light source inside, only a circle of red light at the edge of the screen, which allowed Su Xingyuan to barely see the structure inside.
Not only is it 2D, but it's also pixel-style, but both the scene and BGM have the flavor of a horror pixel game.
...Is this what they call "traveling around the world" or "casual hanging up"?
I’m afraid it’s not “Dungeon Tour” or “Escape Plan”.
Just as he was thinking this, there was movement at the left entrance of the horizontal game, as if someone was walking.
Su Xingyuan tried to slide the screen, but to no avail. He could only look at the door suspiciously, thinking that this game had such a high degree of freedom and was holographic. It shouldn't allow a passionate player like him who would rush into anyone he met to have the special experience of being chased by monsters in the built-in mini-game, right?
After all, it seems that there is no combat system in this pixel-based built-in game.
However, the appearance of the owner of the footsteps soon dispelled his doubts - they were a group of pixelated figures who were fully armed, in uniform, and looked very vigilant.
The alert pixel people did not act rashly. They even moved in unison, exploring slowly forward. Every now and then, a small emoticon of [serious.jpg] would appear above their heads, which actually looked a little cute.
“…”
Su Xingyuan, who was originally not in a very interesting mood but stayed here only out of curiosity, blinked slowly.
In his not-so-long gaming career, pixel games account for more than half. If you play pixel games more often, you will find that the pixel characters are really cute.
Moreover, Su Xingyuan has more patience with pixel games, and at least he will not ignore this idle game for a while.
Therefore, he suspected that this was a deliberate setting by the game makers in order to hook particularly ruthless players.
At this moment, the sound of bats flapping their wings suddenly came from the horizontal screen pixel game, and a small black shadow flashed by the edge of the screen.
It is very common to see bats in cave environments, but the highly vigilant pixel people obviously will not relax themselves just because the sound is normal. One of them even pointed the gun at the place where the sound came from and almost pulled the trigger.
Su Xingyuan frowned slightly, realizing that this villain's mental state didn't seem to be very good.
And if the decrease in spirit value has no effect in this environment, there will be no such thing as high or low san value. If this continues, the cute pixel people may become cute pixel corpses.
Su Xingyuan tried to operate the screen again. This time he found that he could zoom in to observe the details, so he turned the camera to the man who looked mentally distressed.
He first saw the blood on his clothes.
Then there is the necklace in the front pocket of the little man's black clothes.
The necklace looked like it had been put in there in a hurry, with half of the chain sticking out, and that half of the chain was also spotted with blood.
It seems that his companion died in front of him and handed over his belongings to him before he died.
It is very likely that the little man's sanity value has decreased after facing a terrifying creature and seeing his companion die in front of him. It is even more rare that he can still insist on exploring forward with the team.
Su Xingyuan stretched out his hand and tapped the little man.
He originally thought that there would be no changes, but the little man seemed to have sensed something and almost jumped up, with three huge exclamation marks appearing above his head.
Su Xingyuan:?
The player blinked, then quickly poked the five little men one by one.
As expected, each of the villains responded to his touch, and even communicated about the situation after realizing that everyone had been poked and prodded by an unknown force.
Su Xingyuan was so curious about what they were talking about, but he couldn't hear them and there were no subtitles, so he could only guess based on the little people's movements and the emoticons that popped up above their heads.
At this moment, the sound of bats flapping their wings appeared again in the cave.
However, this time it was not just sound - along with the flapping of wings, there were also swarms of bats that suddenly emerged from deep within the cave!
Even though those bats looked like pixels, they couldn't conceal their danger. Su Xingyuan could even clearly see their sharp claws, which were digging straight into the eyes of one of the pixel men!
Fortunately, those pixel men reacted very quickly. They took out a tube and pressed something, but a large ball of flame instantly burst out of the tube. The flames pushed away the swarm of bats, giving them a chance to breathe.
And Su Xingyuan had already recognized what these monsters were.
This cave is indeed a dungeon, and bat monsters are one of the most common monsters that appear in cave dungeons. Su Xingyuan encountered these things when he first entered the portal.
But he knew very well that bats were just appetizers. Creatures like these that appeared in groups would generally not be the final boss.
Fortunately, although these bats are tricky, they are not as difficult to deal with as those in the mutated dungeon that Su Xingyuan had visited. The pixel people solved them with some effort, and because they were fully armed, they didn't even suffer any injuries.
The Star Principle started poking again - this game shouldn't be made for him to just watch the show, there must be places where he can intervene.
Finally, when he clicked on the little man's head, a small pop-up window appeared next to it:
[Do you rent out items? 】
rent? How to rent?
Su Xingyuan clicked "Yes" without hesitation.
Then, his backpack unfolded to the side, and even the supplemented illustrated books turned into a roll of parchment.
Su Xingyuan paused, thought for a moment, and chose "5 desserts to restore physical strength" and "Meat Worm Illustrations".
Almost at the moment he made his choice, the two things appeared in the 2D pixel world on the screen.
The pixel people were very smart. When they suddenly found something falling, they took a big step back in caution. Then after seeing clearly what had fallen, they were slightly stunned.
That was... exquisite food placed on the ground with parchment paper, which was out of place in the dark cave.
Facing the worried looks of his teammates and the risk of this being a trap, the captain carefully stepped forward and slowly removed the top layer of dessert.
Below the dessert was a parchment scroll covered with words he couldn't understand - it wasn't like he couldn't understand it, but more like some kind of cognitive blindness that made it impossible for him to comprehend the phenomenon before his eyes.
And the moment his eyes fell on the parchment, his brain suddenly became clear for a moment, and then, he strangely understood the general meaning of the handwriting.
[——Name: Cave/Meatworm. They are white all over, move slowly, are not easy to kill, appear in groups, and are easy to clean up. 】
[——But if you find a shell on them, running away is your only option. 】
He looked up with a hint of understanding.
At the end of the sight, there seemed to be a swarm of wriggling insects slowly approaching.
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