Chapter 30
One game night, all the Makur employees at the three leveling points in Tut City, namely the "Ruined Mine", "Thorn Ramp" and "Old Barn", were wiped out by a mysterious person.
The death rate was so fast that there was not even enough time to warn companions in other areas of the game.
After being killed in the Myriad Worlds, the player's real spiritual body will be damaged and fall into a period of mental weakness. This period is determined by the strength of the player's real mental power.
For most of the core members of Makul whose mental power is between D and C, they will fall into a period of confusion. It is different from the damage in battle, but more like the "going astray" in cultivation. The time for C-level mentalists is relatively shorter, and it takes 1 hour to wake up, while for D-level, it takes 5 to 8 hours.
And if it wasn't the first death in the Ten Thousand Worlds, the period of mental and physical weakness would be even longer.
Due to the special nature of mental power, accurate real-time monitoring is difficult to achieve. When something is wrong, a large number of employees have already fallen into a period of mental and physical weakness. It was not until employees recovered one after another that the Makul Group figured out what had happened.
As a planetary power, the Makur Group has been developing on Makur Star for hundreds of years. Internally, its members are divided into 10 levels. At this moment, in the headquarters, in the advanced area accessible only to employees above level 5, the Minister of Armed Forces is reporting the situation to the group's three directors:
"A total of 84 collective members died in the attack, 75 of whom were Level 5 members, and 9 of whom were Level 4 members... 62% were from our armed forces, and the rest belonged to other units."
"Every member who died in the game suffered an experience penalty, dropping one to two levels. Their real-world combat effectiveness was also severely affected, estimated to be only half of their usual level. The medical department estimates that full recovery will take 8 to 15 days."
"I got the enemy's basic information from the Level 4 member who woke up first. They're wearing a special gray hood and special equipment with extremely high defense and the ability to reflect damage. They're armed with a sword, but they can cast magical skills. I don't know if it's the effect of that weapon, but the damage is definitely over level 20, and..."
Having said that, the Minister of Armed Forces paused.
The three group directors present looked uglier as they listened. Registering a star network port costs 10,000 star coins. The employees who can enter the Ten Thousand Worlds are the absolute core of the group, the core combat force and various special talents of the Makul Group. There are only a little over 800 people entering the Ten Thousand Worlds. There are more than 500 members active near Tut City, and one-fifth of them were lost in one night.
Pence, the director who oversees all matters of the group, pressed on, "Anything else that's special?"
"According to feedback, all the items on the bodies of the killed employees dropped in large quantities. The materials for spawning monsters, gold coins, and even equipment on them disappeared."
The Makul Group has a dedicated investigation team to deal with various situations. When the first member said this, the investigation team thought that the other party wanted to find a reason to leave the resources on his body as compensation for the injury.
In this planetary group, even if the fifth level members are core members, they are basically D-level psychics and a very small number of F-level employees with outstanding achievements. Level four members need to have the strength to reach C-level psychic power. They are the elites and future senior executives who are focused on training in the group. It is not excessive to make such a requirement.
As more and more members woke up and all said they had the same situation, the investigation team realized the seriousness of the matter.
Since the emergence of the Ten Thousand Worlds, there have certainly been deaths, but the items on their bodies will not be dropped. Only in extremely unlucky cases may one or two insignificant items be dropped. This cognition has become common sense. Such a large number of drops now is definitely abnormal and must be related to the mysterious person.
Hood, the director in charge of biological smuggling, looked at the director of the research department waiting nearby and asked, "What have you found?"
"We're leaning towards a special mission. From the information we have so far, the mysterious individual's activities are outdoors, at night. The common trait is that the monsters there drop valuable resources, and the monsters are around level 10."
During this briefing, the senior executives of the Makur Group received new news:
"Another group of group members leveling up in the wild were attacked by a mysterious individual. Not only were the resource points attacked, but members on missions were also attacked. This time, 32 level 5 members and 1 level 4 member were lost."
"..." The research director was silent for a moment, then changed his tone and said, "Ruling out nighttime operations, they appeared in the wild, so they probably can't operate in the city."
The holographic conference room was silent for a while, and finally the bald doctor Meijia, the most silent of the three directors, broke the silence: "You two will handle this matter. My research is at a critical moment, so I will not be involved."
After saying that, he hung up the phone and disappeared from the room.
The senior executives present did not react to the bald man's attitude, and it seemed that they were used to it.
The two remaining directors exchanged a glance, and Hood said to Pence, "I'm currently in Baihua Town. My escort mission isn't complete yet, and it'll take at least three in-game days for me to return. You can investigate this matter first and wait for me to return."
Pence had an idea and did not answer Hood directly, but gave orders to the Minister of Armed Forces.
"Members of Tut City will be relegated to the city limits. We will test whether the individual only appears in the wild. All members will gather at the outer city mill at dusk and adjourn."
"yes."
In Tut City, Pence also logged in, and had control over the resources provided by his subordinates and his own strength as a B-level psychic. Even though he did not spend a lot of time killing monsters like ordinary members, he would still take time out every day to manage the group's miscellaneous affairs. He is now level 12 and has a set of green excellent equipment.
After going online, Pence rushed all the way to the police station in the outer city.
Through the resource collection mission, he has raised the favorability of the security captain here to over 30, reaching the [Familiar] relationship.
During this period of exploration, the research department of the Makul Group has long discovered that as long as the relationship is established, a lot of information can be obtained from these NPCs. Although most of it is nonsense, it may also contain mission information.
Pence had originally intended to question all the NPCs he had a good relationship with, but he didn't expect that after he mentioned a little bit of the situation, he saw the security captain's face become serious.
"Gray robes, wanton killings... If nothing unexpected happens, your friends may have been hunted by assassins."
"Assassin? Hunted?" Pence perked up and immediately asked, "Why would they hunt us?"
"I don't know. They're a bunch of lunatics who believe in killing. Not only will they take your life, they'll also take your personal belongings as their medals. They're a bunch of people without any honor... Oh, or maybe they only value the honor of killing."
Hearing the captain's words, Pence felt even more strongly that he had arrived at the mission: "So there's no way to solve it?"
"Solve? Of course. If you can kill that gray-robed assassin and strip off his robe, I can report you to the inner city's public security bureau. You'll receive a reward and a commendation. However, they're all very good at hiding. Once they take off their robes, they can hide in the crowd. You can only find them when they're wearing their robes."
"I see."
Pence left excitedly. Just now, he received a system prompt.
[You have triggered the mission 'Assassin's Bounty']
Mission Description: Assassins appear in Tut City. Catch them and get the reward from Tut City Public Security Bureau!
Reward: Unknown
Pence immediately returned to StarNet and contacted all his subordinates.
Upon learning this, the research director excitedly exclaimed, "A hidden mission! We were right. This might be the mission to enter the inner city early!"
"That mysterious man is so strong, he turned out to be a wild boss. The probability of a wild boss appearing is extremely low, they are all monsters. This assassin might even be a hidden boss among the wild bosses!"
"And the items we have are also dropped by the boss. Will we be able to get the skill of stripping the loot after killing it?"
The last guess hit the mark exactly what Pence had in mind. There were endless opportunities in the world during the pioneering period, and the three directors in the group were also in competition with the mysterious boss.
Dr. Mejia's secret laboratory is the most valued, Hood, who manages the biological smuggling business, is the most trusted, and Pence is sandwiched between the two. In the eyes of subordinates, he seems to have the highest status, but in fact he is in an awkward situation and his real status is not as good as the other two.
The emergence of Wanjie made Pence see an opportunity, and this hidden mission made him even more excited, and he was determined to seize it.
"Organize all our manpower in Tut City and take down this hidden boss!"
After some arrangements, the remaining personnel of the Makul Group in Tut City were dispatched together. In order to prevent the BOSS from appearing, they formed small teams and kept a distance from each other to form a ring structure. Once a team found the location of the BOSS, it would be quickly discovered and locked by others.
Finally, on the second day after the mission was triggered, the members of the Makul Group who deliberately operated outside the city were attacked again.
Pence could totally accept the price of the death of an eight-man team in exchange for a chance to kill a hidden wild boss, as one-fifth of the personnel had been killed before.
Soon, Pence led a group of group members ranging from level 8 to 10 and slowly surrounded the BOSS.
"superior!"
The tactics had been agreed upon long ago, which was to rush forward in close combat to attract hatred and use the body to block the opponent.
Soon, after sacrificing more than ten members, the gray-robed assassin was completely surrounded.
The other party held a beautiful snow-white sword and stood silently in front of everyone. His face under the cloak was unclear, and only the vague jawline could be seen.
Pence felt that victory was within his grasp.
From previous battles, they have learned that although the boss's spells are powerful, their damage range is limited. With this advantage in numbers, as long as the opponent cannot fly, they can kill him by just stacking his health bars.
Pence looked at the beautiful snow-white sword in the gray-robed assassin's hand, and was already imagining what kind of high-level equipment it was and what the reward for the mission would be.
The group members standing at the forefront of the encirclement suddenly felt heavy all over, and their movements became extremely slow, like a rusty machine.
【Slowness】
The people behind noticed that the BOSS had used a skill and were about to rush forward, but they saw that a long object suddenly appeared in the BOSS's left hand that was not holding the sword.
Then, accompanied by a faint light, the object turned into light and disappeared.
The next moment.
“Squeak——”
All the players present, except for the gray-robed assassin, lost their hearing. Only sharp echoes resounded in their heads. As their bodies stiffened and they were unable to move, damage values appeared in front of them.
'-80', '-80', '-80'... '-80'
After ten times of fixed 80 points of real damage, there was no one alive in the whole venue except the gray-robed assassin. More than 300 core members who gathered temporarily this time, including the group's director Pence, were all killed. The whole group was wiped out completely.
The spell scroll in Ye Bai's backpack for the hidden boss in the wild is missing a scroll. After using it, he can release a high-level psychic spell [Banshee's Wail]——
Scroll quality: rare
Effect: During the release, it causes 80 points of true damage per second and performs a magic resistance determination: if it is greater than 50, a 50% slowdown effect will be obtained; if it is less than 50, the opponent will be stunned.
Duration: 10 seconds
Spell range: 100 meters
Ye Bai had long guessed that he would be recognized as an NPC, otherwise, who else would be the other player besides Bai Ye at this stage of the game who has already changed his profession?
Without knowing about faction relationships and the faction town in the inner city, how could the Makur Group consider Bai Ye's cross-server pursuit from Blue Star to Tut City to cause trouble? The more likely scenario was that they were targeting Ye Bai as a boss.
Everything that happens now also verifies Ye Bai’s guess.
As for the mission triggered by Pence, it is actually a hidden mission. It is a prerequisite for a faction mission. It may be triggered when the assassin's whereabouts are discovered and the favorability with other hostile faction NPCs is reached.
If Ye Bai is really killed by Pence and his men, then based on the number of kills she has committed, the other party will obtain all the drops from her body, and the assassin's gray robe will definitely drop. At that time, the other party can choose to keep the assassin's gray robe to replace Ye Bai's identity and join the assassin's guild, or they can hand it over to the town forces in exchange for a bounty.
This actually fell into Ye Bai's plan.
Her efficiency in killing people one by one was too low, and it was unknown how long she would finish. When others realized they couldn't kill her in return, they knew to hide. And if they knew she was a player, their strategy for dealing with her would change.
Only when Ye Bai was mistaken for the BOSS, no player could resist the temptation to gang up on the wild BOSS.
The enemies appeared within a range of 100 meters and were completely unprepared, so Ye Bai's [Banshee's Wail Scroll] exerted the maximum damage effect.
After all, even if Pence and others thought that Ye Bai was a hidden BOSS, they would never have thought that the BOSS would release such a fatal ultimate move before the health bar was even revealed!
Especially [True Damage] directly deducts health bar, ignoring any defense and resistance. It is used to deal with players who have not even turned once, and the effect is quite explosive.
Of course, it should explode, this is a one-time item that costs 4 gold coins!
Things like high-level spell scrolls are luxury items that only professionals can consider. For first-level players, they are life-saving items that can only be purchased with money. However, players at this stage are just like Zhu Ya in the past, unable to even enter the door of the magic item store.
Even though more than 200 players have died, the items dropped from them may not be worth even 1 gold coin.
However, after coming out of the state, Ye Bai's first thing was to start picking up the fallen items on the ground.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it’s still meat!
She had killed more than 300 people in total, and her hunting drop rate had already reached 100%. The only thing missing from the elite members of the Makul Group was their underwear.
In order to deal with this attack, Ye Bai specially spent 1 silver coin to rent a warehouse in the inner city of Tut City. Before going out, she put all the spoils she had obtained and the items she did not need temporarily in the warehouse.
If the plan goes well, she can empty her backpack to pick up the spoils. If something unexpected happens and she is killed, at least she still has the capital to make a comeback.
Ye Bai diligently picked up the items dropped by the monsters he killed in the night. He went back and forth three times and switched identities before he was able to load all the items dropped on the ground back into the inner city warehouse.
Finally, looking at the almost full warehouse, Ye Bai showed a satisfied smile, because she knew exactly what was going on.
Is it luck that makes everything go so smoothly?
No, no, no, that’s because you haven’t seen the essence clearly. If you really look back, you will find that luck only accounts for 1%, and the remaining 99% depends on money!
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