Chapter 150: Before the Raiders
After a pause, Heathcliff was organizing the language, telling what he had, and at the same time telling what had happened.
"Yesterday, the team of the strategy group carried out the strategy in the maze area as usual, collecting the map files of the 75th floor of the maze area, although it has been a long time since entering the maze area, but in order to prevent the victims of the raider group, we have slowed down the progress of the strategy a lot, after all, we have already predicted that when the boss on the 75th floor guards, there will be a hard battle, even a death battle......"
Hearing Heathcliff's words, not to mention Kirito and Asuna, even Luo Tianxuan's heart had a heavy feeling.
So far, players have conquered a total of 74 floors, and in these floors, only the 1st, 25th, and 50th floors of the boss have an unusually huge body and extraordinary powerful combat power, and except for the first floor, the Raiders team has to pay unimaginable sacrifices to win when attacking the 25th and 50th floors!
Now that the 75th floor has begun, players are under unimaginable pressure on the powerful boss who guards the level, so when attacking the 75th floor, it is understandable to slow down the speed of the strategy and carry out the strategy cautiously.
"Although it took a lot of time to collect the map files of the labyrinth area, the victims were not allowed to appear, but ......" Heatscliff's tone changed suddenly.
"Just yesterday, our team discovered the room of the boss guard, so we sent a team of twenty people to enter the room of the boss to investigate......"
With that, Heathcliff closed his eyes, making it impossible to see his current mood from his pupils.
"We first sent ten people as guards to stand by at the entrance of the boss's room, while the other ten people entered the room to collect information about the boss."
"Send ten people into the room of the boss to collect information?" Kirito looked at Heathcliff with trepidation, and Asuna looked at each other, both of them having a bad feeling at the same time.
Luo Tianhuan on the side looked directly at Heathcliff on the other side: "Looking at your appearance, the result shouldn't be good?" ”
Heathcliff shook his head and said, "It's not bad, it's very bad!" At the moment when the boss appeared, the door to the room suddenly closed! The ten people who were waiting outside the door didn't even see the boss's appearance clearly! ”
Hearing this, Asuna couldn't help but pause her breathing, and Kirito even clenched her fists tightly.
"According to the ten players who served as defenders, the door of the room was closed for about five minutes, and during that time, they couldn't reopen the door, either with lockpicking skills or with direct attacks, and after five minutes, the door suddenly opened on its own!"
"The result?" Asuna asked hurriedly, a hunch in her heart telling her that it didn't turn out well.
Because, since Heathcliff found himself and others, and explained this matter to himself and others, isn't there only one result?
Heathcliff closed his eyes for a moment and said in a deep voice: "After the door was reopened, the ten players outside the door did not see anything in the room, whether it was the ten players who went in to investigate, or the figure of the boss guarding the level, there was no trace of them, and there was no sign of using the transfer crystal to break away at the scene, and the ten people did not come back, according to the friends of the ten people, the names of the ten people disappeared from their friends list permanently." ”
"How could it be ......" Kirito breathed for a moment, his lips trembled slightly, and he felt incredible.
"There is no trace of a transfer of detachment...... Is the crystal void zone? Asuna guessed bitterly.
Heathcliff nodded and looked at Kirito and Luo Tianfan: "Kirito-kun, Luo-kun, when you go up to the 74th floor to guard the boss, the boss's room is also a crystal void area, right?" ”
"Ah......" Luo Tianhuan nodded and said, "Because of this, there are still a few people in the army who died......"
"So, I think that from now on, all the boss rooms will be crystal void zones!" Heathcliff released a startling message that silenced everyone present.
In the crystal invalidation zone, players will not be able to use crystal props, transfer crystals for transfer and detachment, recovery crystals for HP life-saving, antidote crystals for detoxification, etc., will all be unusable!
It's okay to recover the crystal and detoxify the crystal, although it can't be used, but you can still find a sub-level prop to replace it, and the impact is not particularly big, but the situation that the transfer crystal can't be used is terrible, and if you encounter a dangerous situation, if you don't have an emergency transfer, the number of people who die because of the accident will be greatly increased!
If in the future, all the rooms where the boss is guarded will be a crystal void zone, then, during the strategy game, there will be victims, and the death of teammates is likely to make players retreat.
At that time, the strength of the Raiders group will be hit the hardest in history.
And that's not all the bad news, Heathcliff continued: "In addition to the fact that there is no way to use crystal items, the room on the 75th floor guarding the boss seems to have a setting to close the door of the room when the boss appears, cutting off the player's way out! In this way, if we want to attack the boss this time, we can only send out the maximum number of teams that are conducive to command, and gather the top players to help out as much as possible! ”
"So, Luo-kun, Kirito-kun......" Heathcliff straightened up, his face looking directly at the two people in front of him. We need your help very much! With the help of the black swordsman and the black-clothed sword god, I believe that this time the boss strategy battle of guarding the level, no matter how difficult it is, we can pass it! In order not to make a lot of sacrifices for the players again, I hope you will help us! ”
The reason why I didn't ask Asuna was because Asuna was the deputy head of the Blood Alliance Knights, and she would definitely participate in this boss battle.
Kirito took a deep breath, his face was rigorous, he nodded vigorously, and said categorically: "Although I am a lone player, I am also a member of the strategy group, and I will participate in this boss strategy battle!" For me, though, I'll put Asuna's safety first, and if a dangerous situation happens, I'll give up my entire team to protect her! ”
"It's nature, and the people who protect something are very powerful, and I'm looking forward to your heroic performance." Heathcliff nodded slightly, and then looked at Luo Tianfan.
Luo Tianhuan shrugged: "Although I'm not a member of the strategy group, I don't want anyone to die in the strategy, so I'll help." ”
"Think of your help. All participants will meet in the portal plaza on the 75th floor in four hours, and we hope you will be ready. And ......" Heathcliff nodded in satisfaction. "Luo Jun, I hope we have a good cooperation this time."
"Hmm......" Luo Tianhuan replied.
……
Staying casually in an empty reception room of the Blood Alliance Knights, Luo Tianhuan sat on a chair, his upper body lying on the table, with a pair of dead fish eyes, like a salted fish lying on the corpse, without any energy at all.
"There's still three hours left, what should I do?" Asuna was distressed and nervous, the boss on the 75th floor was so powerful and so weird that she didn't even have much confidence to defeat the boss.
"What else can I do? The bridge to the bow of the boat is naturally straight, why do you want to do so much now? Take it easy......" Luo Tianhuan in the salted fish state said weakly.
"I don't know why you're still so laid-back......" Asuna sighed, should she say that he has no heart and no lungs? Or should he say that he is confident in his own strength and has no fear? It's too laid-back.
"Kirito, what's wrong?" Seeing that Kirito didn't speak, but looked straight at herself, with a worried expression, Asuna asked.
"I have a request, after you listen to me, I hope you don't get angry......" Kirito said softly with a heavy face: "Today's boss strategy battle, can you not participate and wait here for me to come back?" ”
"Why do you say that?" Asuna's face changed, and her expression darkened her head.
"No one knows what will happen when they attack the boss when they can't use the transfer crystal...... Kirito voiced his concerns. I'm scared if you have anything in case ......"
"You're leaving me waiting for you in a safe place while you're alone in danger, aren't you?" Asuna clenched her fists and angrily interrupted Kirito's words. "I know, I'm not as strong as you, but we're husband and wife, living and dying together, if Kirito you go and have no home, I'll ...... I'm going to kill myself! ”
Kirito's eyes widened.
Asuna smiled indifferently: "Anyway, if you die, I have no meaning to live, and I won't forgive myself for only waiting." ”
"What about Yui?!" Kirito immediately retorted.
Asuna's face turned pale instantly, and she actually forgot about the existence of Yui, yes, if she insisted on going to attack the boss with Kirito and then had an accident, or Kirito had an accident, and she was waiting for Kirito to return and committed suicide in order to follow Kirito, what should Yui do?
"So, for the sake of Yui, Asuna, I beg you not to participate in this strategy, and if I really suffer any misfortune, you don't have the idea of suicide, please......" Seeing Asuna's hesitation, Kirito pleaded seriously.
"I ......" Asuna didn't know what to choose, she was in a dilemma, on the one hand, she was worried about Kirito's safety, and on the other hand, she couldn't let go of Yui, no matter which one she was, she didn't want to lose them.
"Hey, hey, don't talk about this sad thing, okay? Thinking so much, you can't adjust your mentality, it's very dangerous in battle, what's more, I also participated in this strategy, with me, the situation won't become as bad as you think, you will definitely be fine. Luo Tianhuan on the side propped up the upper body lying on the table, telling Kirito and Asuna not to worry so much.
Kirishi and Asuna were stunned, glanced at each other, and then both smiled with relief, yes, it's useless to think too much now, and besides, with Luo Tianxuan, the situation will definitely not be so bad......
"I'm sorry, but I was cowardly...... Kirito bowed his head slightly and apologized to Asuna.
Asuna shook her head and saw Kirito's true thoughts: "Actually, you don't want to attack the boss, you want the two of us to escape together."
"Hmm......" Kirito nodded. It doesn't matter if I can't go back to the real world, I just want to live with you and Yui in that cabin in the woods, that's my idea. ”
"Ah, it would be nice if we could, be together every day, forever ......" Asuna also longed for such a life, but she knew that it was impossible, not only because of their current status, but also for some other reason.
"But Kirito, have you thought about it? What does our real body look like now? In the weeks following the start of the game, most players have been disconnected for a few hours, right? Around that time, all the players' bodies were transferred to hospitals in various places, which means that now, our bodies can only barely survive in a hospital bed, like a vegetative state, and I don't think that state can last for years. ”
"So, this game is time-limited...... "Kirito understood what Asuna meant, and his face turned pale. If we can't complete the game within this time period, even if we are still alive in the game, we will die because the real body cannot maintain a barely surviving state......"
"That's why we're working hard to beat the game, not only to free other players, but also to save ourselves." Luo Tianhuan can understand Asuna's worries.
Now, the players' consciousness is in the game, and their real-world bodies can only barely survive in the hospital on nutrient solutions, the muscles and organs of the whole body will become atrophied and exhausted due to long-term dormancy, everyone is yellow and skinny, and in the original book, players have done a long time of rehabilitation training to get their bodies back to normal.
Luo Tianhuan doesn't care about him, anyway, there are nine lamas, his body will be fine, but ordinary people like Kirita can't do it, they rely on nutrient solutions to maintain the vitality of the body for a long time, and over time, the body will not be able to stand it, and eventually lead to the death of the body, at that time, if they can't clear the game, then they will also die because of the death of the body.
"Don't worry, we will definitely be able to clear this game and return to the real world alive." Feeling that the atmosphere was a little dignified, Luo Tianhuan encouraged Kirito and Asuna's fighting spirit.
"Let's hope our bodies can last until then...... Kirito clenched his fists tightly. We're going to have to fight in every way......"
"Now we'll have to fight to the end......" Asuna smiled bitterly. Do your best......"