When I heard the sound of the end of the preliminary round, to be honest, most players were confused. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Most of the new expansions that players were exposed to were the Cthulhu Mythos, and most of them focused their efforts on it anyway. However, to be honest, the level of the Cthulhu Mythos is too high, and the average player will be able to beat the subordinate minion races such as Hugus and Baiaki. In the eyes of these people, the end of the preliminary round is still far away, and all of a sudden the things that make them lose SAN value disappear in front of them, and they don't quite react yet.

And for the other part, they don't know whether they were lucky, but anyway, they came into contact with the SCP Foundation, and then, after a more or less certain period of time, it was not surprising that these guys were all contained by the Foundation. The average player is fine, if you are found to have some wall-piercing magic or a tendency to seek death, then the Foundation's containment methods are quite rough.

And a small number of them, because of their extraordinary talent or luck, have been able to establish a relationship with the Foundation, at least no longer as tightly contained as they are, and they have access to the information of the other two expansions. However, after all, it was only intelligence, and without any warning, all those Foundation people disappeared, and they were also quite shocked.

Finally, there are even fewer who have gone deep into the world and have more than the average player knows about it, and many NPCs, most of whom have established close ties with the government, such as Little Gold, Venus, and Xiao Yila, who are the ones who know the most about the process of this preliminary tournament.

However, no matter what kind of player you are, you are not the backbone of the preliminary round. The third type of player can feel this most clearly, but they don't yet know what will happen next.

"Huh? What's the situation? Bi Yuan unleashed a fireball a little mechanically, and as before, the fireball cut through the darkness, providing everyone with a small field of vision that lasted very briefly. But in the field of vision, there was no disgusting multitude of creature limbs, and no slime-like creature that was sticky and could not be killed at all. The fireball cut straight through the air and smashed into the distant rock wall, making a "boom" sound that echoed throughout the valley.

It was only then that the players realized that the chaotic and noisy screams that had been lingering in their ears like the howling wind and the whining flute had disappeared and existed as background sounds, so that the strange sound of the squeezing of viscous liquid, which had been ignored until now, was no longer sounding, and the entire cavern was silent.

Bi Yuan was startled, and subconsciously shot another fireball, poured a few bottles of medicine, and then repeated again: "What's wrong?" ”

"......" Golden Libra called repeatedly in her heart, but there was no sound, and after repeatedly confirming the traces of the monsters around her with hope, she admitted this fact with a little trepidation, "The preliminary round, it's over." ”

"It's over?" Bi Yuan was stunned for a moment, repeating the words of the golden scale, and then remembered that he did hear such a prompt sound once when he kept throwing fireballs, and then those monsters disappeared.

Biyuan's harem group - of course, excluding the captured girl C Hua Weiming, after a brief discussion, the facts were confirmed, so they invariably greeted Biyuan and greeted Biyuan coldly.

Bi Yuan was very skillful, and perfectly coped with the care of the three girls, scratched his head at the same time, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that we haven't actually made any contributions." I don't know how many points I scored in the end. ”

Suddenly, the cave became noisy again, and Golden Libra, Harem Tuan, and Bi Yuan reacted in turn, preparing for an attack vigilantly. However, this time it was not the formless monsters that were moving in the darkness, but a group of humans who had just woken up, and their wheezing and moving voices suddenly filled the entire cave.

Of course, that doesn't mean they're safe. However, now that the preliminary round is over, players have regained the ability to resurrect indefinitely, and dying once or twice is not a big problem, so they have relaxed. Bi Yuan greeted him directly and said very kindly: "Yo, why are you here?" Will Death Three Times be resurrected here? ”

Sadly, few people paid any attention to him, just complaining on their own, and getting louder and louder. Except for some rude words that are not suitable for the novel, there are a few sentences that have a relatively high appearance rate. "That bastard—fuck us!" "Whoa, haha, haha, scare me to death......" "This, what's the situation?"

“…… Biyuan? Then, the girl in the Biyuan harem group, C Hua Weiming, appeared again.

These are all unlucky players who have been tricked by Richard's classmates before, whether they are stronger or weaker than the Golden Libras, and when the hordes of Shoguez erupt from the depths of darkness, they are already doomed to be imprisoned in the end. The only difference between the Golden Libra and the others is that they come here sooner or later.

"Huh? The preliminary rounds are all over? I'll go! I didn't get enough of a passing grade! "It's good that I earned enough points beforehand." "I don't know how long I've been trapped here, I always feel so tired, let's take a break offline." ……

After a brief exchange and reminiscences, the players roughly figured out the situation, and when they heard that the preliminary round was over in a completely confused state, they complained and cursed, and there was also the guide Richard, whose name they didn't know? Manson's curse, but instead of going for revenge, hurry down the line to see if anything is serious.

So, in twos and threes, these players disappeared into the cave one after another, and the cave returned to its previous silence.

"Master, then let's go offline first." Bi Yuan scratched his head and thought for a while, and finally said hello to the golden scale.

"Okay." Golden Libra nodded, but no one responded, looking at the cave that had become empty at the moment, Golden Libra pulled the corners of his mouth, and smiled a little reluctantly, "It's really, anxious." ”

In fact, there is nothing else to do in the golden scale, but she just doesn't want to go offline. So she walked out of the cave silently alone, without teleporting, step by step, passing by the white penguins, and returning to the ground.

But there are no remnants of abandoned inhuman cities on the ground, and there are no incredibly high mountains, and after stepping out of a crypt that you can't imagine at all from the outside, you will only see a white expanse of snow, ice everywhere, and a flat river that leads to the sky.

"Really, it's over." Although it had been confirmed many times before, this time, it seemed to have given Golden Libra a big blow, but she didn't immediately realize where this blow came from, so she asked Lin Qing in her heart.

However, of course, with the end of the preliminary round, the psychic link that was in effect during the preliminary round that was exchanged before has completely disappeared, even if the words belonging to Lin Qing sounded in his heart, it was just the imagination of the golden scale.

Immediately after, Golden Libra remembered another thing that she could ignore before, that is, Lin Qing had been locked up by her in a prison space that she couldn't reach, and even if she continued to stay in this game, I am afraid it would be difficult to intersect with him again - if she continued to maintain this state.

Perhaps, really, just maybe, maybe, there is a 1 in 10,000 chance that there will be a way to free the people in the prison space within the Eisen family. When the golden Libra stood on the ice field for more than ten minutes, so that her body was about to freeze and her HP dropped to a precarious point, a flash of thought crossed her mind and lingered.

Golden Libra nodded, clenched his fists, and took out a lollipop from his close place with great cherishment, and did not peel off the wrapper to eat, but just held it in his hand, felt the warmth on it, closed his eyes and smiled happily. When she opened her eyes again, her eyes were filled with conviction - she had a reason to go back to the real world.

"Well, yes, it's gone. Do you want to make sure she doesn't go online again? Not to mention anything else, I'm actually quite interested in your 'Sao Plan', so I let Boss Qi fall into the trap without knowing it. Because your selfish desires have been messed up, it would be a pity. ”

The golden Libra that had gone offline didn't know that in the cave behind her, there was a white penguin with tentacles sticking out of its mouth that had been silently watching her; She wouldn't have known that the penguin had also dialed someone's phone; She wouldn't even know that someone was out of the prison space - she didn't know anything, just like she didn't know where the players had gone.

…………

All of the above is happening all over the world at the same time, and I mean players in the atmosphere who disappear en masse and quickly after the preliminaries are over. But they didn't go offline as successfully as the golden scale, whether they wanted to go offline or not, what they wanted to do, what they were doing, what they looked like and what they said, they all disappeared.

And then it was gathered in the same place.

"While the player world is supposed to be using magic, they don't seem to be very comfortable with this 'magical' style of landscape. Anyway, don't keep them waiting too long, guys, introduce yourself. ”

According to statistics, the total number of players with the account of "Gate of the World" is close to 700,000, of which nearly 500,000 people are often online, that is, the number of participants in the qualifiers of the world's first martial arts club.

At this time at the end of the preliminary round, a total of 400,000 online players were almost all thrown into the same position, and it was naturally crowded, needless to say, that the players who found themselves suddenly shifted their positions, or went offline but seemed to have crossed over, and in an instant, it was like exploding a pot, and the noise was deafening.

However, not everyone is busy being shocked and whining, and players who have the energy to pay attention to other things will find out: there is a status bar, and this is still a game; There is no way to go offline, and the status is the same as in the dungeon; Where they are, it seems to be a somewhat backward town with a somewhat strange style, if you describe it in terms of the game world, it should be medieval style.

Of course, it's just medieval style, and the neat stone pavements are already paved with 400,000 players as far as the eye can see, a level of productivity that would have been unimaginable in the Middle Ages, let alone the tall and magnificent black palace in the distance.

Then, there is one more thing that proves that the anomaly in this place is impossible to achieve by manpower. That is, although the clouds you see when you look up are real, the blue sky is not, and players with special abilities can tell that there is something that can be called a ceiling in the distant sky......

These players conveyed this to the players around them, and more and more players raised their heads and looked at the sky with horror or disbelief. At this moment, something else changed in the sky.

The color of the ceiling changes suddenly, and soon, the sky that looms over the player's head is no longer blue, but is stained with a red and black checkerboard-like pattern. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PATTERN IS COMPOSED OF SEVERAL ENGLISH WORDS, NAMELY "WARNING" AND "SYSTEMANNOUNCEMENT", AND MOST PLAYERS HAVE A TRANSLATION PACKAGE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS.

They don't understand what this is all about. Because in the game "Worldgate", all system announcements are made by a clear female voice, or a man with a broken mouth who calls himself a GM speaks directly into the human ear. Of course, this does not prevent them from realizing that this is a sign that something important is about to happen, thus quieting them down.

The red pattern that covered the entire sky began to take on new changes. Somewhere above the center of the town, the red streams coalesced together and became a rather thick droplet of blood, but instead of dripping to the ground, the drop changed shape in mid-air, turning into an immensely tall, red-cloaked giant.

It didn't take long for the players to realize that their first impression was wrong, because under the low-pulled hat, the player could not see the face of a person - the face of anything, in fact, they could even see the front line inside and around the edge of the hat; And in the wind-swept hem, all the player can see is darkness.

Countless players were thrilled by the presence of this humanoid creature, and based on its cool appearance, it was mostly a character who knew something about the current situation, whether friend or foe, and seemed to be here to explain. In an instant, the player makes their own choice, trying to negotiate, attacking, trying to escape - and in an instant chaos becomes chaotic again.

The voice is excessively noisy and chaotic, and the words of the person negotiating are completely buried; Sporadic attacks reached the vicinity of the cloak, however it seemed that it did not even attract the attention of the cloak; The crowd was so crowded and chaotic that if it weren't for the players, they would have been trampled to death - in short, no one succeeded in achieving their goals, they were just creating chaos.

Perhaps trying to stop the chaos, the sleeve on the right side of the cloak suddenly moved. From the enlarged cuffs, the player can see the pure white glove, but the glove is also clearly separated from the cuff, and the flesh-body connection is not visible at all.

Then the left sleeve was slowly raised, and on the heads of the 400,000 players, the white gloves opened left and right, and it felt like the faceless man was opening his mouth, and then a deep and transparent man's voice sounded.

"Fellow players, welcome to my world."

"I'm the one who can control the world, you can call me the two-color ball."

In any case, as the most eye-catching character at the moment, saying this kind of mid-second explosion - or really awesome line, cloak - that is, the two-color ball naturally grabs most of the players' attention.

Then the two-color ball suddenly spread out its hands as sluggishly as before, and let out a funny, flirtatious voice that was completely different from before: "Seriously, I'm starting to understand what the Precursor said. Playing a stalk that only you can understand, it's like running naked in the crowd with a sneak, what a cool word! ”

"So, you're done with the meme? So we can play? The image of a huge toad appeared next to the cloak, and if it had been said before, those who thought too much might wonder why this child's voice came from a toad, after all, we know that the toad's childhood was a tadpole.

"I still don't understand why you're doing that." Then, the voice of a mature and resolute man sounded, and on the other side of the cloak emerged the image of a huge tank.

Then the players below were instantly confused. The momentum of the two-color ball just now.,That's the template for the ultimate boss.,How can you pretend to be forced to pretend to be general and suddenly change your style? Not to mention, isn't it enough to have a boss of the level of "the person who controls the world"? Two popped up again, are you going to make up the Four Heavenly Kings for a while? And then out of the Eight King Kongs, and finally into the Eighteen Arhats? Can you give me a card according to the routine! And we don't understand those words!

The two-color ball waved his cloak and said with a smile: "Although those just now are not fake, you still don't care. I'm just entertaining, and the next thing is a formal self-introduction, everyone, please listen well~"

Judging from the child's voice, it should be the toad whose mouth has not moved all the time to speak after his words: "Hello everyone, my name is Fengming." I think maybe someone has heard my name because I run a little religion in our world. But those don't matter, from today onwards, my ideal township has been built, and it will become your neighbor, please take care of it. ”

Then, although he didn't know how to make a sound, the tank smoothly uttered his simple and resolute uncle's voice: "Cleveland? Van Helsing, affiliated with MI7 of the Reich on which the sun never sets. My job is to rid the empire of all threats, and you are one of my targets. So, I'm your enemy, get ready. ”

The players began to whisper, after all, the statements of both of them were somewhat inexplicable.

However, the two-color ball soon spoke again: "Shut up - I mean, please be quiet, dear players. Next, I will explain to you what the situation is now. ”

"Maybe the smart kids have already thought that this is a super-super-super-super multi-person joint dungeon, specifically, a planet-level large dungeon. Oh no, please don't rush into suicide - it's a pity. Death will not be separated here, because we have provided you with the service of immediate resurrection in a very humane way. ”

"Look at the huge black building over there, it's called- well, 'Initial Hall', your rosters and death records are marked on the stone slabs inside, because it's 400,000 now, and there will be more in the future, so we've built it pretty big. When you die, you will be resurrected there immediately - you see, some of the people who committed suicide just now have come out. ”

"Of course, although it is said to be a resurrection, there are limitations. If you reach it three times, your real body will be destroyed by the game warehouse, and forcibly offline will naturally be the same - although I would love to say this, unfortunately there is no such function. In short, after the three deaths, we will have a punishment that you don't want to see, so stay tuned. ”

"Then, since this is a dungeon, there will naturally be a way to clear the level. I can tell you clearly, there is only one way to clear the customs - you can see, there is a ceiling on this, so you can probably understand, right? The 'Town of Beginnings' where you are now is located on the first floor. ”

"There are one hundred and eight floors in this dungeon, and each floor has a boss - the three of us are here to say hello to everyone as representatives. Hey, did I hear someone say, 'Before the eighteen Arhats are out, there will be one hundred orders and eight generals, hey!' ’？ Didn't you? Well, let's move on. ”

"The rules are very simple, if you beat the boss on the first floor, you can go to the second floor; If you beat the boss on the second floor, you can go to the third floor...... If you have beaten all the bosses, you will win, and all players will clear the level. However, if all players die three times - hehe, you won't want to know what will happen then. ”

"That's probably the case, do you have any opinions?"

In an instant, the players were boiling. Those who curse, those who complain, those who question, those who really ask questions, and those who take the opportunity to do what they want to do, who do not believe in evil and commit suicide -- the number of people has reached a certain level, and there will be any kind of person.

And the shadow of the two-color ball floating in the air, although it has no face, can clearly feel that he has a vicious, mean, and mocking smile.

"Thank you for your valuable comments, for which we have a unified response:"

"Dear players, I'm your father, don't play if you're upset!"

"Hahahahahahaha......ha