Chapter 28: The Lair of the Grim Reaper
Sitting on the beach motorcycle that he had not seen for a long time, feeling the fine itch caused by Xia Yan's hair being blown on his face by the wind, Lu Pingchuan actually felt that he was a little nostalgic...... Something strange was brewing in his chest, beating at his nerves, which were somewhat numb from the desert landscape and the game's quests...... Fortunately, the mining dungeon is not too far from the town, and it only took more than 20 minutes to reach the destination. www.biquge.info There is a post station area on the periphery of the barbed wire fence at the entrance to the mining area, where several repair and supply points are scattered around. Lu Pingchuan and Xia Yan found a shaded place at the door of a supply point and sat down, waiting for Zod's arrival.
"I heard...... Have you completed the number one difficulty herald mission? Sitting bored, Lu Pingchuan began to try to chat with Xia Yan without a match, "It's amazing!" By the way, how did you do it? ”
"Actually, it's not too difficult, it's mainly relying on it." Xia Yan did not refuse to talk this time, and generously told Lu Pingchuan the details of the mission, "The biggest difficulty of the herald mission is because it is a time-limited mission - players must run through seven contact points in different directions in the town within three hours, find seven hidden NPCs to complete the information transmission, and there are interspersed tasks in between...... For ordinary players, it will definitely not be completed without being familiar with the location and route of the town. However, because I have it as a means of transportation, I can fail to write down the approximate position of seven points at most at a time, and I can catch up with the time by running casually. ”
"I see, that's really lucky." Lu Pingchuan glanced at the blue sky above the two of them, and sighed sincerely, "But you are really courageous, how could you think of choosing the most difficult task?" ”
"Didn't you also choose the second most difficult sheriff job?" Xia Yan cross-examined, but stopped Lu Pingchuan. Fortunately, the other party didn't chase after him, but just changed the conversation, "I still have to thank you, if it wasn't for the method you came up with at that time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to move this motorcycle to the core area." ”
“…… Haha, it's not a big deal, if you don't have two more people in your car, I'm not sure to convince the other two teams to let us get on the bus, maybe we really have to do one. In the face of Xia Yan's frankness, Lu Pingchuan felt that he was a little constrained. But before he could finish speaking, a thought suddenly crossed his mind, interrupting his overflowing smile at the moment.
After landing in the core area of the town, except for Xia Yan's beach motorcycle, Lu Pingchuan has never seen other players with independent means of transportation. Although in terms of the proportion of people, the proportion of racing drivers in the four major professions is very limited, but if it is said that among all the racing drivers, only Xia Yan was lucky enough to find the beach motorcycles in the supply station, even Lu Pingchuan himself felt a little unbelievable.
If the total amount of supplies in the seven supply stations is the same, then if you look at all players, there is a chance that all the bikers will have to be in the double digits. Although such equipment is a professional plug-in, it really shouldn't be sent to the world channel to be hyped up. But even if none of the racers thought of using an off-road vehicle to tow a beach bike to the town like Lu Pingchuan, then everyone would just return to the same running line. And the herald's task is almost impossible to complete without a means of transportation, so why did Xia Yan, who happened to find the motorcycle and bring it into the core area with his quick wit, chose this task?
Lu Pingchuan's heart was angry with a series of question marks, and just as he wanted to ask, Zod's loud voice sounded in the direction of the entrance of the post station - the three of them converged, introduced themselves to each other, and went straight to the quest NPC.
The NPC in this series of missions, Benjamin, the head of the mine, is also a simulated robot - the resin face is painted with a delicate pencil mustache, and he wears a camel-colored top hat that matches the color of his coat, to show that this NPC is special. Xia Yan, as the captain, opened the task option, and the robot immediately used a sighing voice to tell the three of them about the next mission plot:
“…… God forbid, thank you so much Mr. Mayor for your help. Young man, you should have received the news that we have just discovered a new vein in this mountain range on the outskirts of the mine. However, in the process of development, there were unexpected obstacles...... The Indians who inhabited here spread horrific rumors about the new veins, and the search party we sent to reconnoiter the underneath the veins did not know what had happened, and none of them were able to get out of the cursed vein caverns...... If you have the courage to go down and help me find out the secrets behind this vein, then I will not do you any wrong......
The tone of the plot is sinister, and it sounds really different from the previous main city missions. The three of them received the commission, and soon followed the map to find a new vein located halfway up the mountain. As Benjamin said, it looked like an ordinary natural cave. It's just that the entrance to the cave is blocked by a boulder, and there are many herbs and strange sacrificial items stuffed around the boulder. Next to the cave sits a robot NPC that looks like an old Indian chief. Against the backdrop of the magnificent desert, this strange combination scene has an indescribable weirdness and mystery.
"That NPC is the gatekeeper of the entrance to the dungeon, and you can enter the dungeon after talking to him." Xia Yan pointed to the robot that looked like a chief, and then took the initiative to step forward and start the next mission plot.
"Greedy people, are you also here for the treasure of the mountain god? But I warn you, it's not gold and silver that are buried here, but a terrible Grim Reaper that can devour everything! The old chief began the plot introduction of the new copy with a trembling recording, "Our people have guarded the peace of this place for generations, and every year before the arrival of summer, we offer living flesh and blood to the demons underground, asking it to rest in the darkness and not think of the creatures on the ground...... And you want to blow up the rocks and lead them to the ground? No, never do it! This is not a threat, but a real curse and warning! Get out of now, before the wings of death come upon you! Get out of ......."
"It's really long-winded." For this kind of tricky plot content, Zod scoffed. At this time, the options suddenly popped up in the system dial: "Go back to Benjamin" and "Explore the 'Lair of Death'", Xia Yan chose the latter without hesitation.
"What, do you still have to hold on?" The old chief's glass eyes lit up, and he sighed, "Well, a courageous alien. In that case, like all warriors who aspire to slay demons, I want to bless you! Come, stretch out your left hand. ”
"Expose the system dial." Xia Yan reminded from the side. The three of them lined up and reached out to the NPC with their left hand wearing the system's watch face. The scepter in the old chief's hand swiped across the system dials of the three of them one by one and scanned them one by one, and a prompt sound immediately sounded from Lu Pingchuan's earphones: "Beep, congratulations on obtaining the profession-exclusive skill 'Control', which can be activated through voice and dial input, and the skill is effective within the 'Death's Lair' dungeon......"
Lu Pingchuan turned his head to look at Zode, and when he saw the surprise on his face, he knew that he had heard the same message in the headphones. Lu Pingchuan turned to Xia Yan and said with a smile: "No wonder you are in a hurry to complete this task, it turns out that this is the exclusive skill task line?" ”