After comparison, everyone had the same mission goal, and this result made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

"The system prompt just now said, [In this mission, friendly damage shielding will be temporarily turned off], but it is not in the mission type, and it is marked as teamwork mode."

David frowned and said, "Could it be that the system is deliberately slowing down the time for the prompt sound to appear, and wants us to kill each other during this time because we don't know the situation?" ”

"Unlikely."

Hohenheim shook his head and said: "Players are not stupid, and when they don't know whether they are friends or foes, and there is no key conflict of interest, they will definitely give priority to wait and see if they can get along peacefully."

If the system really wants players to kill each other, then it should also pick people who they know in the real world and have a deep hatred. ”

Could it be that the "allies" in the system prompt also include other types of existence? ”

Ding Zhenji thought for a while, pressed the speaker button on the control panel, and said hesitantly: "For example, the natives of the mission world, or other players from the stargate world..."

Hohenheim glanced at him and said thoughtfully: "There is indeed such a possibility, under the new version, there are two groups of players from different worlds in the same script mission.

The interests, positions, and mission objectives of the two sides may be different, but they can choose to be hostile or cooperative...

Hmm, I remember, you're from the Secret Service, right?

Do you have any information to confirm this? ”

Ding Zhenji was shocked in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Well, I'm sorry, I don't know." ”

"Okay."

Hohenheim nodded, and didn't ask if Ding Shinji didn't want to say it or if he didn't know - this mage and university professor from the Clock Tower actually had a good personality.

"We are now facing a dual threat from low-free energy regions and players from another world,"

Hohenheim thought for a moment and said, "The system put us together, and it is certainly not untargeted.

Personally, I suggest that since everyone has the same goal, why don't you act together until you reach the holy mountain mentioned in the mission objective? ”

"I agree."

David took the lead in speaking, glanced at the others, and said with a smile: "In an environment with low free energy, the recovery speed of spiritual power will be suppressed in a very low range, and it may be difficult to cope with high-intensity and long-term battles.

My power system is relatively able to hold up.

Although everyone has a one-time escape coupon from the last Gate Battle reward, and they can escape directly, it is best not to waste it. ”

"I'm okay with that."

Li Ang patted the armrest of the rattan chaise longue and withdrew the swamp divine power that was drilling underground, with a casual attitude.

His connection with the hive has been severed, and the divine power is used a little less, and only by taking his own way of believing in himself can he recover the insignificant bit.

Divine power should be saved, and his current energy is mainly focused on adjusting his mental state and consolidating spiritual energy.

In this mission, Ding Zhenji and Amberi are not easy to say, Liu Wuxian, David, and Hohenheim should be considered resourceful and well-planned.

If you act together, you can also save some trouble with the command and make it easier for him to paddle.

"Same."

Seeing that Li Ang agreed, Liu Wuxian, who was wearing a half-side skull mask, nodded lightly,

Ding Zhenji next to him also controlled the Kui Niu mecha and nodded in agreement.

All eyes turned to Ambori,

The red-haired pirate grinned, "The sheep flock in groups, and the beasts always walk alone.

So I choose... Act together. ”

A hearty smile appeared on her face, and her hand rested on the handle of the scimitar, "I'm not very good at anything else, but I still have some experience in slashing people." ”

Everyone present has agreed, so the next step is to explore.

After a short experiment, everyone came up with several rules -

Using summons in this area (including but not limited to animals, plants, mechanical golems, enchanters, summoning demons, etc.) will result in lightning strikes;

If you try to fly, or if you are more than 30 meters above the ground, you will be struck by lightning;

Any object that attempts to pass through those stone tablets will also attract a thunderbolt;

The power of each lightning strike is different, and if you break the rules all the time, you will continue to suffer more and more violent lightning strikes.

Overall, the initial power of all thunderbolts is enough to break through the defenses of the players present and deal damage, so try to avoid violations.

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"There is no penalty for failure, which means that not arriving is a punishment in itself.

You can't use drones, vehicles, horses, you can't fly low...."

David frowned and looked at the steles that had been slashed by Amberi but were still intact, and turned to look at the others, "Considering that the system allows us to reach the base of the so-called 'Pale Sacred Mountain' in five hours,

There should be plenty of time spent on the road—the difficulty should be in how to find the Pale Sacred Mountain, and the difficulty in solving the mountain on the way forward.

Judging from the habits of the system and the composition of our team, you shouldn't have the skills to directly reconnoiter a radius of several kilometers or even tens of kilometers, right? ”

"Nope."

Ambori shook his head; "If it's on the surface, my reconnaissance range can be much larger.

But now in this situation, whether it is Prometheus's reconnaissance drone or the biological weapon purchased by the Thousand-Throated Beast, it will be struck by lightning as soon as it is taken out.

Flying up to 30 meters above the ground can also be struck by lightning – even standing on the ground with a support rod tied to the camera. ”

"I'm sure I'll be able to find a clue."

Hohenheim said: "I just measured and scanned the stone tablets.

They are made of ordinary stone, and the creature statues that serve as pedestals do not contain skeletal muscles - that is, they are not made of living creatures.

And all the steles, which seem to connect the city in a straight line, divide the forest,

But if you look closely, you can see that there is a subtle arc between these steles. ”

As he spoke, he walked over to the stele and stretched out his index finger to flick it lightly.

Along the surface of the steles, rectangular flat light curtains were created to show others that all steles were really like dotted lines with a large circular edge.

"If you bring in the formula of the radian and diameter of the circle,

The center of the circle should be in the direction of our eleventh o'clock. ”

Hohenheim put away the phantom, raised his arm, and pointed deeper into the forest, "That area is a hillside, and if you turn over it, you may be able to see the traces of the holy mountain."

No matter how bad it is, you can climb higher and look farther.

Let's go first. ”

It's better to have a goal than nothing, and everyone else has no opinion and walks forward together.

The forest is deep and dense, the terrain is complex, there are vines and dead branches everywhere, and medium and large vehicles cannot be used, and the external conditions of lack of aura also make it impossible for players to use equipment and props at will, and can only walk on foot-

After testing, the natural recovery time of a whole tube of spiritual power has changed from half an hour to five hours, and the efficiency of drinking potions to obtain spiritual power has also been greatly reduced.

After all, the principle of many potions is also based on improving the efficiency of the body in absorbing free energy from the outside world, not water without a source and a tree without roots.

Fortunately, Ding Shinji's mecha can be used as a construction machine to open the way.

The three-meter-tall Kui Niu mecha walked in front, just raising the high-frequency cutting knife obliquely, without turning on the high-frequency function, the two mechanical arms entered the automatic lock mode, and all the vines and trees in front of it could be cut off.

And those poisonous snakes and insects that lurk in the trees, once they appear, will be easily dealt with by the two melee specialists, David and Amberi, who are relatively less dependent on spiritual power, and can splash and kill a large area of mortal life just by slashing flat.

Well, team up with Gao to play, yes, cool.

Li Ang nodded silently, and every time he walked out of a distance, he reached out and patted lightly on the trunk, penetrating a small amount of swamp divine power into the trunk, probing the tree rings, and leaving marks by the way, to prevent ghosts from hitting the wall.

Liu Wuxian glanced at him and didn't ask any questions, no matter what Li Risheng did, he was not surprised.

Even if he now took out an air purifier from his pocket, claiming that it could purify the air and alleviate the lack of aura around him, and encouraged everyone to fly into the air to emulate Benjamin Franklin, and attract lightning to power the air purifier,

She wouldn't be particularly stunned, and she could even imagine the image.

"Do you see anything?"

Bathed in the shadow of the Cow Mecha, Hohenheim looked up and asked, "Man-made structures, cooking smoke, startled birds in the distance, mountains, heat-sensing shadows, and so on." ”

"Nope."

Ding Zhenji carefully observed the data transmitted by various sensors, and replied through the radio: "Everything is normal ahead. ”

The lack of aura in the environment has actually had a certain impact on the Kui Niu mecha, the ghost has become lazy, and the call does not appear for a long time, and some functions based on the spirit cannot be used, and the energy consumption has increased slightly compared to normal circumstances.

"That's right,"

Ding Zhenji thought of something and said: "According to the test just now, drones, intelligent machinery, and other devices will be regarded as summons, and they will attract lightning strikes.

Why wasn't my mech attacked?

Is it because I teleported in with a mech? ”

"It's possible."

Hohenheim said, "But it could be that your mechs have a larger weight.

This is the case in the records of the bell tower.

Part of it comes from the killing game.,Occult curses that can directly launch ultra-long-range attacks on others,

In a certain case, it will not take effect on people,

Instead, it destroys the items he cherishes most and carries with him.

For example, glasses, wigs, etc.

We believe that it may be that these things occupy too large a share of the person's life, resulting in a higher proportion in the field of the occult than the person himself.

It is also commonly called: glasses are the body.

That's probably the case for you - this area doesn't see you as a human being, but the mech you fly as a subject of transcendent life, and you're just a fleshy ornament in the cockpit. ”

"Ahh

Ding Shinji smiled bitterly: "Although I may have been lucky enough to escape the verdict, why does it sound so painful..."

"What's so bad, you haven't seen anyone else in our bell tower."

Hohenheim was surprised: "They do everything to carry out occult experiments.

In order to hatch a basilisk, he commutes to work all day with a rooster;

In order to optimize the [Idler Dispel] spell, squat at the door of the toilet in the scenic spot every day to observe the effect;

In order to cultivate the base of curse spells, he risked his life to be infected with the cauliflower virus in the red light district, so that he could break down emotionally and enhance the power of the curse;

Only you can't think of it, and you can't do it without them.

It's too late for them to be happy to be a special case in the field of occultism like yours. ”

Ding Zhenji opened his mouth and smiled awkwardly: "... That's really, colorful. ”

"It's a lot more restrained than before, after all, everyone has a mobile phone now, and wizards who do something too out of the ordinary will be reported along with personal photos."

Hohenheim said calmly: "Many unscrupulous tabloids like The Sun are not afraid of retaliation for the sake of sales.

They love to pick up the weird and outrageous news about the gamers of the killing arena - especially the news about the usually high-flying, non-earthly clock tower.

For example, two mage apprentices cast spells on each other after drinking to test the effect of the spell barrier, and as a result, both of them became estrus cats;

The infirmary of the bell tower mistook a wild rat for a student who failed to practice transfiguration, and injected it with a needle for three days, and when the rat died tragically, it sent a sad report to the student's parents - and finally confirmed that the missing student had actually eloped with a deformant in the school to Romania, and even the child was gone; ”

Hohenheim paused for a moment and added, "Originally, that transformer was supposed to be contained in accordance with the regulations of the bell tower.

However, the one-month-old child of the deformed monster was inexplicably qualified as a player by the killing game, and became a more precious alien player.

Therefore, the mother and the child are expensive, and the children of the shapeshifters and ta have become the precious property of the academy, and no containment measures have been implemented.

Instead, the college built a small villa with a swimming pool for their family of three, and they took care of them with good food and drink every day, which made the other students in the college who were still struggling for credits, papers, and postponement particularly envious-

In order to prevent them from acting out of the ordinary, the school has to strengthen the protection of all magical creatures, especially those that are good-looking. ”

Hohenheim calmly told the strange things that happened in the clock tower,

In fact, the current degree of development of the bell tower is quite good, and the knowledge excavated from the ancient materials and classics is rapidly being transformed into productivity.

Affiliated colleges of the Clock Tower have also been opened - their teaching staff visit the parts of Great Britain every quarter.

Find the children scattered among the people with the blood of ancient wizard families, as well as the common children with a talent for magic, and invite them to study in the Academy.

I heard that in two or three months, there will be a new, more efficient crystal ball that can be used to identify spell talents.

All school-age children in Great Britain can line up to touch the crystal ball to test their qualifications under the supervision of the college's admissions department.

Maybe there will be a "Spell Talent, Three Stages!" Maybe it's a part of it...

Just when everyone was chatting with each other, Ding Zhenji, who was standing at the front of the road, suddenly felt something, and the Kui Niu mecha stopped suddenly, and the high-frequency cutting knife "buzzed" and suddenly slashed somewhere in front.