Chapter 3: The Bracelet Shock
Despite its age, the wall in front of you is likely to be the best-preserved building in the city's ruins.
Link saw this six or seven meters high green wall, and his memories of the past gradually emerged.
It's back, it's all back!
It's not just a wall, it's actually a labyrinth of concrete that existed when the city flourished.
After the Wasteland Age, the Mechanics took over the city and looted all the metal in the city. This labyrinth has been preserved because it is purely concrete, so it is safe from poisoning.
When the game is officially open beta, the Cult of the Mechanics discovers the [Death Underground Palace] and will send troops to be stationed here.
Mechanic soldiers wear exoskeleton armors, which drop blueprints, parts, and even armor chips that are needed by the Mechanics when killed. Back then, Link was able to earn his first pot of gold here, relying on the complex terrain of the labyrinth.
Link waited a few seconds in front of the bluewall labyrinth for the jeep to emerge from the half-hidden smoke and dust.
The Wasteland mercenaries saw Link standing on the street with his arms covered.
"Hit?" The Heavy saw the slave clutching his arm, his expression as if he had won the lotto.
"This can make you blind, what kind of luck?" The driver's companion couldn't help but complain.
The machine gunner's nose was almost tilted to the sky: "Maybe it's all thanks to me if I can escape this time, remember to treat me when I go back!" ”
"Don't talk, that guy ran away."
"Cut, where can a slave go!"
The jeep was completely empty of fuel and continued to slide forward by inertia.
One pistol and one person rushed slightly, jumped directly from the car, and ran in the direction where Link disappeared.
When the two of them reached the entrance of the green wall, the probe glanced inside.
"It seems like a labyrinth, this kid ran into it!"
The two looked at each other and decided on a strategy almost instantly.
"You chase from here, I'll block the exit, let's intercept it at both ends!"
"Good! We're going to do it quickly, but don't draw the Mechanicus to you. I don't want to be a human battery! ”
The two men had guns in their hands and did not pay any attention to the face of an unarmed and wounded slave.
But he is extremely jealous of the Cult of the Mechanics.
……
Link enters the concrete maze and immediately finds the feeling of farming monsters at that time.
I think that's where he found the fun of farming monsters, relying on the complex terrain and narrow field of vision of the concrete maze, he pulled a dozen mechanical god cult soldiers in circles by himself, and then devoured them little by little!
It was also here that Link's 'Golden Farmer' career was laid.
"Destiny", a game that came into being in order to solve the contradiction between the people's growing material and cultural needs and backward productive forces. Led by the joint government, many companies jointly built, which uses the latest generation of light brain technology and virtual game cabin, except for the most basic parameter settings in the game, everything else is deduced and generated by the light brain itself, and human intervention cannot be made.
With the release of the game, "Destiny" instantly became popular all over the world, with a peak of 400 million people online at the same time, and almost everyone became a leisure and entertainment project after returning home from work. In reality, companies will naturally not miss such a publicity opportunity and set up their own guild teams to bring influence into the game.
And then there's our main character, Link, who has been in the game since the beginning of the game's open beta. Luck is usually not a good luck, but it is this concrete maze that opens a new door for him - farming monsters and gold!
Link gradually became a gold player, producing in-game currency every month in exchange for a decent income.
Luck is not good for technology, long-term gold mining experience has allowed Link to practice a good operation and efficient fighting skills, plus he is willing to work hard, and the order is timely, he is stunned to kill a bloody road from many gold farmers and studios, and he is famous. So there are a lot of stable customers on hand, including some local tyrants from big guilds.
For Link, this is the 'place where dreams begin'.
Link calmly walked through the labyrinth, and the layout of the entire labyrinth was all in his head.
Link's plan is to use his familiarity with the labyrinth to play with the two of them. When the two were alone, they used a dagger to attack and kill.
It's just that Link didn't pay attention at this time, and the blood flowing from the gunshot wound on his right arm gradually flowed along the thin lower arm.
But what is surprising is that the blood does not flow down the arm to the fingers, but is 'amputated' by the gold bracelet at the forearm.
This gold bracelet is greedily sucking fresh blood at this time.
The whole body of the bracelet is made of gold, and the entire ring-shaped part of the bracelet is shaped like a death worm, with a body similar to a worm, vague head organs, and ring-shaped sharp teeth in the mouthparts. At the end of the death worm, a lifelike scarab beetle is carved.
Link didn't notice it at first, but when he arrived at the ambush site and raised his dagger to ambush him, he saw a horrified sight on his arm.
The gold death bug on the bracelet is moving!
The Death Worm slowly wriggled, and the gold bracelet began to shrink, fitting perfectly into Link's skin, revealing no gaps.
The blood was absorbed by the Deathworm, and the gold on its surface began to peel off, revealing a crimson body that had eaten enough blood.
Link watched as the bracelet tightened tighter and tighter, reaching out to break free, only to find that the bracelet had been attached to his arm, as if it were one.
"W-What the hell is this!"
When Link escaped, he took the bracelet with him, hoping to change some money for start-up capital after he successfully escaped.
I didn't think that the previous 'detail' operation turned out to be a scourge!
But at this moment, a series of prompts appeared in front of Link's eyes......
[You have obtained the Zerg Hive (Broken)]
[Zerg Hive (Defective) Bind Successfully]
[Compositing screen activating, please ...... later]
"It's a Zerg hive!"
Link felt a huge wave in his heart.
Traveling into the game, he was not too surprised to go back to six years ago, but after getting the Zerg Hive, the whole face was full of storms and rain!
"The 6.0 version of the Heart of the Swarm, why did it appear in my hand?"
Link is alone in the dark corners, and no one can answer his questions.
Link recovered from the shock and listened with bated breath to the enemy's location and made sure that his neighborhood was safe before returning his attention to the system interface.
After the original [Attributes] and [Tasks], there is another [Synthesis].
When you enter the [Synthesis] interface, the first thing that catches your eye is a complex description comparable to that of a drug insert.
After reading it, Link summed up the following three points:
...
To put it simply, it can be used for biosynthesis and modification of organisms.
In version 6.0 before Link's crossing, Paul the Great, who got the heart of the full swarm, was pressed by the player.
One person led the army of modified creatures, and he beat the big companies and guilds until they lost their temper.
Only Link knows the news that the Hundred Guild Coalition forces lost in the battle with Paul the Great Titan ships, dragon ships, biochemical alloys Leviathan, legendary mobile suits, super fortresses, and Death Star gravitational command......
Worth tens of billions!
After the war, Paul the Great retreated!
Unilateral slaughter!
The Zerg Hive that Link has activated now is only a part of the Heart of the Complete Swarm, and its functionality is greatly reduced compared to the full version.
But even this 'castrated version' is enough for Link to rise.
Currently, there is only one formula in Link's [Crafting] interface.
Creature + Ingredient = Creature
It is only necessary to provide the ingredients required for the formula, and the new creature can be synthesized.
Among them, the biological requirements shall not be higher than the Link level, and there is no restriction on materials.
"I'm only level 1 now, and where can I find creatures in the ruins of the city?"
Getting the Zerg Hive was a bonus, but with no alternative creatures right now, Link had to deal with two Wasteland mercenaries.
As soon as Link exited the interface, he found that the bracelet on his wrist had disappeared, and there were a few pieces of broken gold lying on the ground, but the death bug and scarab tattoos appeared on his arm, presumably this was the state of the artifact after binding.
[You get 400 grams of gold]
Link picked up all the gold when he heard the shouts of two mercenaries.
"I'm in place!"
"I'm all right too!"
The voices of the two were one after the other, without any concealment.
"I want to wrap one after the other!" Link saw through the other party's plan at a glance and knew the other party's location through the sound.
If the two of them came back and forth, not only would he not be able to sneak attack, but he would also be caught between the two. Moreover, the range of wandering is reduced by half, and it is easy to be attacked by the enemy on the back and forced into a dead corner.
"Now this place can't be stayed!"
Link got up, his position in the middle of the maze.
Now the only way to break the plan is to lean towards one side first and break them one by one!
Link got up and walked to the front door, and just two steps later, he heard a rustling sound from the weeds in the corner, and he looked at it and saw that it was a mouse.
Link's eyes lit up: "Hey! Isn't there a creature here? ”
The rat level is only level 1, which is just enough to meet the conditions.
The dagger returned to his crotch, and Link tiptoed forward to grab the mouse, re-entering the [Craft] interface.
Rat (adult) + gold (100 grams) = ? (90% success rate)
[Crafting consumes 10 health, is it crafting?] Yes / No]
As for consuming 10 health......
Link glanced at his 30 HP, he couldn't die!
With a 90% success rate, what else is there to consider?
Synthesis!
Link noticed that the 100 grams of gold in his left hand were gradually absorbed and disappeared from the palm of his hand.
The rat in its right hand is encased in a blood-red filament that grows from the palm of its hand, eventually forming a palm-sized blood cocoon.
[Blood Cocoon hatching countdown: 30 seconds.] ]
According to the crafting instructions, the incubation time of monsters is directly proportional to the level of creatures and materials.
Rats are the most common creatures, while gold is a rare metal with a green quality.
Fortunately, Link doesn't have much gold, so the incubation time is extremely short.
Link hugs the blood cocoon and hides in an inconspicuous corner of the labyrinth.
The anxious and anticipatory half minute finally passed.
With a graceful line of system text prompts, a mouse broke out of its cocoon and poked out its furry little head to look at Link.
[Monsters are synthesized and gain green quality - Treasure Hunt Rat!] ]
【Monster Attributes】
Name:Treasure Hunt Mouse (Larvae)
Quality: Green
Ethnicity: Rodents
Attributes: Metallic affinity
Level: 1
Initial Skill: Smell Hunt Lv1 (The Treasure Hunter has a keen sense of smell and can distinguish various scents in the air, and is especially sensitive to metalwork. The search range is 500 meters, and the range of metal products is doubled. )
Evaluation: An ordinary rat with precious metals fused with its blood, and is unusually sensitive to the smell of metals. To put it simply, you've picked up a cornucopia.
Link's eyes lit up, searching for treasures is secondary, this perception metal is really a bit of a cow beer!
Link gently patted the treasure hunt rat that sniffed and licked his palm, and whispered, "Now, take me to the nearest metal source." ”
It's time to test the abilities of the Treasure Hunt Mouse!
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