◎Then the last time is...◎
The snake's body was as thick as the waists of two adult men combined, and its entire body was bluish-white, almost blending in with the color inside the ice cave. If it weren't for the bloodstains on the ground due to its severed head, it would be difficult to tell at first glance that it was a snake.
Poxiao bravely walked forward and touched the bent part of the snake's body with his toes.
Not moving at all.
call--
He finally breathed a deep, long sigh of relief.
"Now you can rest assured."
As Yue Se said this, she pushed Po Xiao on the back. Po Xiao stumbled forward two steps and suddenly fell to the ground in a slightly strange posture.
The ice was hard and made a dull thud.
"Dawn, what are you doing?"
Yue Se didn't expect that he would fall down with just a slight push from her, and for a moment she was in a state of surprise and confusion.
Xia Li strode over, touched his body, and quickly glanced at the grayed-out name on the list.
"He's offline."
"What?!" Yue Se's thin brows knitted together. "What's going on? We're still on the map!"
"Sister Lihua, are you sure Dawn isn't out of health, but offline?" Bingchuan hesitated, looking at Dawn lying on the ground, bewildered. "Dawn was hit by the Hissing attack in the last two rounds. I was afraid I wouldn't have enough mana, so I only healed him once with Holy Light. By then, his health was already low."
"Yes, Ali, Dawn is not that kind of person. He would rather die in battle than escape by logging off." As if afraid that she would misunderstand something, Zero rarely spoke to explain for Dawn.
Xia Li looked at the three of them with amusement: "I haven't said anything yet, why are you so anxious?"
"I'm afraid you'll blame Dawn for not having a strong sense of teamwork..." Zero laughed awkwardly.
Xia Li smiled, looked at Poxiao's motionless body and said, "He must have been forced offline while stumbling forward."
No player would inexplicably log off in the middle of a battle or game. Even if they did, they would at least choose a relatively safe environment before logging off. Otherwise, when they log back online, they might be surrounded by a bunch of greedy monsters.
When Dawn fell to the ground, his body was stiff, and it didn't look like he had logged off voluntarily.
"But other people are in the game cabin. Unless they do something themselves, they can't be ejected from the game, right?" Yue Se shook her head, a little confused.
"Oh, that's not right. What if there's a power outage?" Zero suddenly asked.
Xia Li shook her head. "No, the game cabin has an emergency power supply system that can maintain normal operation for an hour after a power outage."
"Then this..." Zero himself was a little confused.
You have to know that Miracle's server is quite powerful, with countless operators behind it monitoring and updating it at any time. So far, there has not been a single game bug. This is the first time he has heard that players would be forced to exit the game.
The three people were puzzled.
Xia Li: "There is a possibility."
Everyone: “Which kind?!”
Xia Li: "If someone uses external force to damage the machine while the game is running, the game chamber will wake up the people inside and warn them of the danger outside."
"So you're saying that Dawn's gaming cabin is being destroyed?" Yue Se stared.
Xia Li nodded.
"Will he be in danger?!"
Yue Se was more concerned about Dawn's safety than the fact that the team was missing a fighter.
"It should be fine. The game cabin is very sturdy." Xia Li smiled at her, as a comfort.
"That's good!" Yue Se breathed a sigh of relief, her heart finally at ease.
Since no one knew what was happening at Dawn's end, or when he would be able to come up again, everyone temporarily carried his stiff body to the innermost part of the cave entrance and left it there.
Night is coming.
While there was still a little light outside, Xia Li quickly walked to the snake's body, pulled out a skinning knife, and began to scratch the snake's back.
She was very good at cutting, and she quickly peeled off the snake skin, which was six or seven meters long, by following the only snake bone.
"Sister Lihua, what are we going to do with the snake skin?" Ice cream saw a whole piece of bluish-white skin spread on the ice and swallowed fearfully.
Before, she had concentrated all her energy on healing her teammates and hadn't paid much attention to the hydra. Now, in the dim light outside the cave, she saw the bare snake frame and wet skin, which was really creepy.
However, Xia Li was not surprised. As she expertly cut the snake skin into small pieces, she explained, "The skin of a multi-headed snake has a small blood-replenishing effect."
After saying that, he handed Ice Cream a piece of snake skin the size of a book and said, "Try eating it?"
Ice cream had a pitiful, weak and helpless face: "I...can I not eat it?"
Xia Li: "No."
"I still have 20% of my blood left..."
"You think 20% is a lot?"
In order to save mana when fighting the snake monster, Xia Li saw Bingchuan being bitten by the snake several times but she refused to treat herself. As a result, her blood level became lower and lower until it was lower than that of everyone else in the field.
Ice Cream looked at her slightly annoyed face, lowered his head and picked at his fingers. After a long while, he seemed to have finally made up his mind. He simply closed his eyes and said, "I'll eat it!"
"Well, that's good." Xia Li happily put the snake skin into her mouth.
The cold skin with a slightly fishy smell swirled back and forth in her mouth, just like tears swirling in her eyes. Ice cream's face turned pale, and she pushed the skin to her palate with the tip of her tongue and swallowed it with difficulty.
[You eat snake skin, health +100]
Looking at the notification floating before his eyes, Ice Cream blinked in surprise and delight: "My health has really recovered!"
Xia Li smiled and nodded, then handed her two more pieces of snake skin: "Go ahead and eat."
Seeing this, Yuese and Lingdu came forward to help. They took out their knives and started to scratch the big and long snake skin.
Time passed quickly, and they finally finished cutting the snake skin before the light was completely gone, and obtained a total of 130 small pieces.
Each small block can increase 100 blood points. According to the blood levels of the four of them, Xia Li left 20 blocks for herself, gaining 2,000 blood points, 35 blocks for Moonlight, 35 blocks for Zero, and 40 blocks for Ice Cream.
After eating the snake skin, the four people's blood finally returned to almost full level.
The only thing left to solve is the blue problem.
Xia Li leaned against the cave wall, sitting in the spot closest to the entrance. She said to the three unclear shadows inside, "Get some sleep and regain your stamina. I'll call you in two hours."
"Okay." Yuese and the other two said in unison.
The Ite Ice Land is never peaceful at night.
It was pitch black outside the cave, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. The blizzard blew in waves, making sounds like ghosts howling and wolves howling as it passed by the cave entrance.
If they had not discovered this cave or any other shelter, spending a full two-hour night on the ice would have been as difficult as asking a person who can't swim to go into the sea or a person who can't fly to jump off a mountain.
After sleeping for a while, suddenly, the eyeballs under the eyelids moved.
She has always been a light sleeper, and even the slightest movement can attract her attention.
Just now, she heard a few rustling sounds amid the howling of the storm.
The voice was extremely subtle, as if it was right next to her but was deliberately lowering its volume so that she wouldn't notice it.
She slightly opened her eyelids, revealing a thin slit, and her pupils quickly turned to the outside of the cave.
A thin and long black shadow overlapped in the night, with a pointed head, long arms and long legs.
It's the Ice Savage!
The Ice Savage is very curious and playful, and especially likes to wander around the map at night. If he sees a player he likes, the player must play a game with him, otherwise the Savage will get angry and tear the player to pieces with his nails.
The game is a best-of-three game. Players must win two games to escape from the savages, otherwise they will die.
God knows why the official came up with such a horrible gameplay, but this is the description given in the monster manual.
If you want to survive till dawn, you have to follow the rules.
Xia Li withdrew her gaze and turned into the cave. She saw that the three people inside were breathing evenly and did not toss over, confirming that they were sleeping soundly.
Then she suddenly opened her eyes and looked directly into the eyes of the savage who was squatting at the entrance of the cave, only one meter away from her.
The savage was holding an oil lamp in his hand and staring at her intently, with a strange smile slowly appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Xia Li looked at the bottomless mouth, indifferent, waiting for changes.
Sure enough, after a while, the savage could no longer hold back, and raised his long arm from his side, palm facing up, to show her a small stone in his palm.
At the same time, the smile on his lips became even more bizarre, as if he was expecting her to make some reaction that would allow him to take action.
But Xia Li didn't.
She nodded calmly, indicating that she would not refuse to play this game with him.
The savage was disappointed for half a second, and the next moment he began to weigh the stone with his palm.
The small stone bounced up and down in the air, making an irregular sound of rising and falling.
When the stone falls for the third time and is thrown up again, that is the moment!
Xia Li seized the opportunity and acted quickly!
The light of the oil lamp that the savage placed on the ground flickered, and in a flash, the stone that was about to fall into the savage's palm was snatched away by her.
Xia Li held the stone and shook it in front of the savage, indicating that she won this round.
Yes, the game the savages want to play is weighing stones. To win, the player must snatch the stone away at a speed that the savages cannot react to.
It sounds simple, but it is quite difficult to operate.
First, the stone is in the opponent's hands, meaning the savage has the initiative. They can heave it however they please, quickly or slowly, high or low, as they please. This leaves the player in a passive position.
Secondly, the savages have long hands and even longer fingers. Compared with them, the human players' short and thick hands are at a disadvantage.
Taking these two factors into consideration, it is actually not easy to defeat the savages.
Fortunately, she won the last round.
The savage obviously didn't expect the human to react so quickly. He was very unhappy that the stone was taken away. The corners of his grinning mouth drooped, as if giving her a silent warning.
The second stone was re-held by the savage.
The stone was thrown into the sky again. Xia Li stared at the stone without blinking.
It was still the third time it fell and about to be thrown up for the fourth time...
Xia Li was about to take action, but then!
The savage didn't throw the stone into the sky, but threw it from his right palm to his left palm!
Xia Li's face tightened and her expression suddenly became serious.
Seeing that she was angry but dared not say a word, the savage was particularly happy. He shook the stone in his left hand with a gloating look and mocked her.
Now she has one win and one loss, with one final game left to decide the match.
The stone jumped on the savage's left hand side, the first time it was up and down, the second time it was from left to right, and the third time it was up and down again.
So the last time is...
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