Chapter 219: Gratitude

The patch for "5H" is downloaded through the console's backend, so many players who don't go to the official website and don't pay attention to the latest information about the launcher don't remember the patch changes until they encounter a discrepancy. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 For example, this time, a row of characters "212/500" appeared in the upper right corner of Xiangyang's group of players, and then the last two digits of the first "212" turned red and tumbled, turning into "205/500", and the characters disappeared after 10 seconds.

We know that at the beginning of the game, the character in the upper right corner showing the number of players remaining is always there. Its disappearance stemmed from a patch update. In the new patch, it is stipulated that if the number of dead players is greater than 5 within 5 minutes, the system will display it for 10 seconds, otherwise the remaining players will be automatically hidden.

Of course, some people are wondering, since there is a hidden patch with limited conditions, so why not set it this way in the first place? The reason is simple, the initial display of the remaining players is to encourage players to fight. Because it is clear how many people are left, and if you kill one, you will have one less, and people's dark psychology will inevitably not produce some kind of pleasure.

However, as the game progresses and the squads begin to unite with each other, a set of games often becomes a struggle between two or more player forces. Hiding the remaining player count at this time is undoubtedly encouraging players to carry out small-scale assassinations and raids, and not to be held back by the idea that doing so may reveal my/the team/our current whereabouts. At the same time, it also ensures the living space of independent players/squads in disguise.

All in all, a discerning person can tell that the midway addition of this patch was pre-planned. It's as if there are a pair of eyes in the dark, looking down on the player from a certain vantage point, trying to get the player to catch and fight.

β€œ25!”

"Seven!"

These two numbers shouted out from the mouths of Xiang Yang and Brilliant at the same time. Xiang Yang remembers that the last time he saw the number of remaining players was 237, that is, there were only 25 players who died one after another during this time. Brilliant was also surprised, they were separated from the dishwasher for less than ten minutes, and 7 of the players who were chasing and killed were killed, and I don't know what means were used to wash the dishes.

The reaction of the little sister was: "Uncle, my game has a bug, and the number on the upper right is missing!" Xiang Yang deeply suspected that this girl had been sleepwalking completely during this time, or had been sleepwalking all the time. In the past, Junyi must have stinked her a few words, but now he has to patiently explain the patch problem to her.

"I can't hold up washing dishes!" Xiang Yang said. It was not for nothing that the pursuers were able to catch up with them so quickly. Although Xiangyang left all the slugs that could be let go of it to delay, what deterrent power could those slugs have? The brilliant squad can bypass the fast-moving mobs, and the best of the pursuers can naturally bypass it as well. Xiangyang also had to deal with some slugs that had to be removed, but those people were able to get through unimpeded, which led to the encounter in the ruins of Baiyan. Now the 7 people who were killed by washing the dishes in one go, of course, can't all be the dozen or so leaders, the most likely situation is: the people behind catch up!

"So, we can't afford to waste time!" Brilliant looked ahead, "Go ahead!" Xiang Yang nodded and said, "Well, move forward." "It's just that the future is bumpy!

After the brilliant team entered the metal passage, they walked at full speed for seven or eight minutes, and finally got out of the darkness and came to the present light. It was a large room, as square as a metal passage, but much more wide. It is said to be bright, because the ceiling of the room is made of a coherent piece of natural fluorite, like a glass skylight that blocks the daylight, and casts a soft and beautiful white light downward.

The objects in the large room have been destroyed beyond recognition, and the sun can faintly discern the architectural pattern through some traces, such as the well-designed stone pavement, the small and delicate flower beds, the undulating soft grass, and the central fountain with its intricately painted relief. This was originally an underground garden! The metal passage when they came was just a square water pipe that fed water to this garden!

Perhaps the most striking remains are the metal statues located on both sides. Many of them were distorted and destroyed, except for one or two, with a roughly humanoid form, slowly rotating, like dolls in a music box, and a slight but pleasant sound from the device at the level of the ground beneath his feet, which provoked Yixian to hum to himself from the moment he entered the garden: "Da-da-la......"

These are the dead things in the garden, so let's talk about the living creatures that make Xiangyang sigh "the future is bumpy"!

On the charred black fertile soil in front of Xiangyang to the left were twenty or thirty brown insect eggs, each half a meter high. The swarm of eggs is close to the wall, separated by a waterway, and there is a hole on its left side, which trembles slightly. Xiang Yang recognized at a glance that this cave was the entrance to the living labyrinth! What can be seen in the entrance is that there are about four or five slug people dragging slug people outward. At the entrance, two ghost lizards also fell to the ground, their backs open, and the blood vessels inside were inserted into the slug's body to merge.

In addition, there are countless fluorites inlaid on the wall in that area, and if you count according to the scattered slugs, at least fifty ghost lizards are hidden in it. Team Brilliant is targeting the arched door directly in front of it, and if nothing else, a maximum of three or five ghost lizards can enter. When the time comes, send a text message to wash the dishes, and let him keep up with all the ghost lizards to close the road, which is another natural barrier.

All the way, all the way to watch, all the way to guard, all the way to whisper. Yixian walked and hummed a song, and when she reached the central fountain of the garden, she suddenly slowed down and stared straight at the fountain made of white rock. Xiang Yang only glanced at it casually, and he saw that the fountain pool had long since dried up, and the place where Yixian looked at was a small minaret more than two meters high that sprayed water in all directions, the body of the tower was broken, and the spire penetrated the corpse of a slug. Xu is because of the age, the body is shriveled and the face is terrifying, only her long hair shows that this is a woman.

After all, it's still a girl, Xiang Yang smiled secretly, and said with relief: "Yixian, don't be afraid, the captain will be in charge of the meat in a while, Junyi and the little junior sister will be in charge of the output, you just follow me." After a few steps forward, Yixian became slower, and she tilted her head, still looking at the dried corpse. Just when Xiang Yang was puzzled and wanted to ask, she held Xiang Yang's hand and said quietly: "Brother Xiang Yang, that woman, has been watching us......"

What the! Xiang Yang looked back in horror, and sure enough, the female corpse who had just closed her eyes opened her white eyes without pupils at this time, and stared at the brilliant team expressionlessly.

"Stop!" Xiang Yang shouted, his teammates turned their eyes sideways, and he hurriedly added, "Don't retreat!" Pointing his finger at the female corpse staring at them, Xiang Yang smiled bitterly: "This, this is another system trap." ”

The little junior sister quickly understood what Xiang Yang was referring to, and said anxiously: "Uncle, if you don't advance or retreat, are you waiting here?" "I don't let you retreat, because I'm afraid that if you retreat, you will directly trigger this trap. The way I can think of a crack may not be very clever......" he said, turning his gaze to the side of Junyi Fei. Junyi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Understood, I will directly behead her, simple and rude, right?" ”

Xiang Yang shook his head, this guy is really used to acting alone, and he doesn't understand team cooperation at all, so he had to explain: "Your task is to go up and mend the knife, and the first wave of attacks will be handed over to the captain's metal howitzer." "The target is a stationary unit, the ion cannon of the captain's ion shield and the long-range ability of the little junior sister are too conspicuous, and the only thing that can avoid the ears and eyes of the system is the metal howitzer.

Junyi's interest was not reduced, and he still smiled: "Mending the knife? And that's not all! In our position, the system trap I can think of is the corpse on the spire directing all the ghost lizards to attack the player squad. My mission, to be exact, should be to kill the corpse as fast as possible after the captain's cannon fires! Hearing Junyi's accent on "fastest speed", Xiang Yang completely relieved his heart and shouted to Brilliant: "Captain, attack!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the muzzle of the cannon on Captain Brilliant's shoulder turned red, and there was a slam of flames. On the other side, the white tower of the fountain trembled, and the tower body shifted in an instant, and the captain's copper projectile shot into the shaking tower body. No, where is this a white tower! I saw that the tower body of the White Tower was cracked, and this White Tower was actually disguised by a white-skinned ghost lizard, and the female corpse was its combined slug!

The white-skinned ghost lizard stretched its head forward and roared, and the female corpse on its back also made corresponding movements to express anger at the first time. At this time, if Xiang Yang turned his head, he would see seventy or eighty rocks undulating on the wall behind him. At this moment, a green shadow swept sharply, cutting off the female corpse!

Jun Yi appeared on the side of the ghost lizard like a ghost, and a knee hit the ghost lizard's lower abdomen, shaking out the reaction force of the copper bullet on the ghost lizard's back. The ghost lizard is known for its short-distance speed, and the lizard's head immediately turned into an afterimage and bit Junyi's head, Junyi did not hesitate to stuff the arm equipped with the red shuriken into the mouth of the ghost lizard's teeth, and his left hand was upside down with the wind, stabbing violently from the wound of the copper bullet, from the inside out, through the ghost lizard!

This is the fastest speed that Junyi Extraordinary promises! At the same time as the cannon rang out, the spirit knife shot into the sky, followed by the copper bullet. He himself found a tricky position, using the geomagnetic combat boots and the angry head turning of the ghost lizard after being injured, to attack the ghost lizard at close range by surprise. After the combo was successful, the ghost lizard subconsciously loosened its mouth after eating the pain, Junyi did not retreat but advanced, and the whole hand was inserted into the throat cavity of the ghost lizard, and the blade of the red shuriken popped out, stirring the ghost lizard's internal organs.

"Junyi?" The white-skinned ghost lizard died, and the group of invisible ghost lizards on the wall regained their calm, but Junyi stood motionless at the central fountain as if the pause button had been pressed. Xiang Yang's suspicions changed, and he hurried over, not to mention the little junior sister. After getting closer, the two of them couldn't move as much as Junyi.

In the dry fountain pool, there was the corpse of a woman who had been cut off by a spirit knife. She looked at Junyi with a blank eye, and repeated one word in a soft voice like the slugmen on the backs of those ghost lizards she had met before: "Thank you...... Thank...... Thank...... As ......she spoke, two lines of inky liquid flowed out of her white-covered eye sockets and snapped to the ground along her withered cheeks.

Yixian, who arrived later, stepped into the pool, squatted down, bent her fingers to brush away the inky liquid, and turned around and asked softly: "Brother Xiangyang, the corpse, will you also shed tears?" ”

Xiang Yang was silent, washing the dishes and the information about the slugman came from his friend, and his friend summed up the opinion that "the slugman is the walking dead" out of nowhere. For now, it is very likely that they are still sane, and it is better to live than to die in this sticky hell. So, when I heard the "don't", was it actually a gratitude to me for being above the same kind?

As soon as the white-skinned ghost lizard died, the next action was much simpler. Junyi, the captain, and the little junior sister were responsible for eliminating the startled ghost lizards, and Xiang Yang took Yixian to take the lead and flew into the arched door.

The arched door is an upward staircase, and the arched walls are also made of metal bricks, which, unlike the aqueduct, have a pattern of pale appliquΓ©s. It's a pity that Xiang Yang was not in the mood to appreciate these patterns at all at this time and speculate on possible secrets. On the stairs in front of him, nearly 20 people were sitting on top of each other, and the man sitting alone on the front was looking at him with a smile and a sigh, and said: "The sunflower is blooming, I have been waiting for a long time!" ”

(Count 3500 words, thieves work hard~)