Chapter 17: Cracking
There are certain bizarre moments in this world that can make people feel the absurdity of life very truly.
For example, Raven and Wind Demon Kotaro managed to complete the dangerous and boring game flow for nearly six hours, and got the golden treasure chest hidden at the bottom of the level, but there were only potato chips and figurines inside.
Defeat bosses and get top-tier gear, which is regular comedy; It is a tragedy that a companion turns against each other because of wealth; There is a note in the box that tells you that it is the future you who has just been killed, which is a suspense drama.
And if the box is filled with potato chips and two-dimensional figures, they are definitely in an absurd game.
The two didn't hesitate and chose to take a large bag of potato chips. There has never been a way to resupply food on this train, and high-calorie chips will at least do some tricks.
As customs clearers, a small brand suspected to be Long Wen appeared on the weapons of the two, and the appearance is roughly one, a small five-pointed star?
They also have to leave the train, but fortunately, they don't have to go into the dark to accumulate "loneliness", and the weapon enhancement level will also be retained by 1/4, so there is no need to delete the number and retrain.
Raven and Old Tarro leaned back on the platform bench, the emergency exit behind them was not as clear as expected.
They are all said to have experienced a hundred battles, and they are not panicked when they encounter such a situation. What's more, it's actually a little confused.
According to conventional thinking, you should be able to find at least some clues on how to get out of trouble after clearing the level. The masterminds of the "game" seem to be determined to let them continue to play this.
"Would you like to try my cucumber flavored chips?"
The crow handed the bag of chips to the old wind demon, and the only sound on the cold platform was the creaking and chewing of potato chips.
I really ate it. After working hard for so long, if you don't eat all the chips, I feel even more lost. The Wind Demon also opened his original potato chips and handed them to the crow.
After Mr. Wind Demon abdicated, many places have changed significantly compared to the original fierce old man.
The crow was a little cranky. I don't know if that stupid guy from Yaksha got serious, and when he will be able to get to the platform at the terminal.
"Senior Wind Demon, it may be a bit rude, but I've always wanted to ask, why did you listen to a large area in your family in the first place?"
This is the fundamental reason why Kotaro Kazemo was impeached and his final position was not guaranteed. However, in the accountability of the family, the old ninja always had a stinky face and did not explain anything substantive.
The old man was silent for a moment.
"Power."
"There is no such thing as a high-sounding reason, and the root of what I did was my thirst for power."
The old wind demon was too calm, which surprised the crow a little.
He stuffed a few chips into his mouth and continued:
"As for the other reasons, there is barely one more. I don't trust the patriarch very much. β
Raven: "Mr. Masamune? β
"No, I don't trust either Tachibana Masamune or Genji. A descendant of the Tachibana family who suddenly appeared claimed to have found the left Imperial Blood, a claim that I could not fully believe no matter how many years had passed.
At that time, everyone in the family was carried away by the existence of the 'emperor', and after that person left, the family had not had the existence of the emperor for too many years. In the years that followed, our war with the Demons intensified, and I became more and more suspicious of the Patriarch.
In fact, Nanami and Ichiro had similar suspicions, but they didn't show it. β
The head of the Sakurai family and the head of the Ryoma family? The crow was even more surprised, shouldn't the relationship between these three be Shurachang?
The Old Wind Demon shook his head and stopped talking about it. Even if Tachibana Masamune really had a problem, he would have already died, and the Wind Demon would not be able to dig him out and ask him for the guilt.
Moreover, he couldn't deny that in the war between his family and the fierce ghosts, there was an obvious imbalance in the mentality of the heads of the five small surnames, and the chaotic and swollen hearts of the people became uncontrollable.
If the war hadn't ended unexpectedly, Stormfiend couldn't imagine what horrific things would have been. And at that time, their generation will be nailed to the pillar of shame of the Snake Qi Eight Family forever.
As the two fell silent, a man with a sleek physique and a giant nail clippers on his back ran towards them, clutching a figure of Robin in One Piece in his right hand.
"Are you an idiot! Are you bastards ready to satisfy your hunger with figurines? β
"But I like pirates so much, my hand has already been taken before my brain thinks."
Naturally, Yaksha sat down next to the crow and unceremoniously took a large stack of potato chips, causing the crow's blood pressure to spike.
This bastard of Yaksha will do it, also because he knows that he will be able to eat potato chips in the crow, and this limited intelligence is all in this useless place.
Yaksha: "Any clues?" β
"What did you meet in the first carriage, was it also the tattooed strong man?"
"Yes, he was the one after the Hydra. It always felt like he and the Hydra were not using all their strength. β
The crow had some guesses.
"So far, the only food we've found in the game is a bag of potato chips as a reward for the level.
Come to think of it, while it's not much yet, even a bag of potato chips is an extremely critical resource when this boring game has been played for so many rounds that everyone is hungry.
Cutting the difficulty and releasing water for the three players who reached the first carriage first to clear the level in the hope that we would let the others know that there was a small amount of food at the end of the level. In this case, no matter how badly designed the game is, sooner or later the player will desperately move forward. β
Yaksha slammed his thigh, such a game designer must be a heinous bastard.
"What about the figurines?"
The Wind Demon asked.
"Potato chips represent material needs, while figurines represent spiritual needs. In this extremely hostile environment, even though figurines are far more expensive than potato chips, almost no one will contest them as prizes.
The people who designed the game are laughing at the people who are trapped in it in this way.
People have to go through boring games again and again for a small bag of potato chips, many of whom can't even do it, and those beautiful figurines are out there that most people can't reach. β
I see, isn't this the life of the majority of social animals? Yaksha discovers that the game's designers are really wicked to the extreme, and that the train is called a game, which is actually a projection of a harsh reality.
......
However, Fenrir did a terrible job of the game because his level was really bad, and there was no one to help write the game plan.
As for the question of providing food and hunger, he simply forgot about it. Due to the special properties of this Nibelungen, a huge amount of earth elements has never stopped surging to the ground, which can be used to support the basic energy consumption of the body, and the people inside will not starve to death.
But their bodies will continue to dry up until they can no longer squeeze out a trace of loneliness, and their spirits will completely decay and lead to physical death.
If it weren't for the Nibelungen's ability to replenish physical energy with the earth elementals, JΓΆrmungΓ₯rd would have starved to death with Fenrir, whose body was half-bound to the rock wall, and all the sickles would have to be eaten by him.
As for the chips and figurines, they are really the best prizes he can offer. As a dragon king, Fenrir would not use trash gold and silver as a prize for the winner, and he would never be willing to give up a television set and a game helmet.
......
"If we repeat this round and round and round, it's not much different from a hamster, and it's just a joke for the bastards who are watching from behind. We have to find a way to beat the game, and we need a breakthrough. β
Wind Demon: "That inexplicable Vivi. β
"yes, there's definitely something wrong with that guy. Not very smart to seem, but he certainly has a connection to the game designer. We need to find him, control him, and get clues from him about the controller of the game. β
At the end of the day, you still have to rely on your own fists.
Unfortunately, there is no professional cement mixer here, and without this thing, the efficiency of extortion would have to be reduced by at least 70%.
"That guy is very strong, we have to be completely prepared before we can deal with him, after all, our goal is to capture him alive.
After the first playthrough, the weapon retains a quarter of its enhanced effect. With a good distribution of stamina, we can clear the level within four hours.
According to the physical strength of the half-breed, plus the energy replenishment of potato chips, we can clear the level twice more and try to capture the boss alive in the fourth rush. β
Stormdemon and Yaksha nodded. Trying to capture the boss alive carries a fairly unknown risk, and they have to be patient.
"Yaksha, what are your nail clippers now?"
Yaksha removes the oversized nail clippers with the length of his forearm from his back, and the nail clippers have an extra layer that looks like a small man.
In other words, if it is strengthened in this way, it may become an enlarged version of an inferior multi-purpose saber. I can barely use it......
The three of them stepped onto the stopped train and re-entered the last carriage.
The nine-headed bird carved and spat out gold coins, condensing into three golden square plaques with three words written on them, "Erzhoumu".
Fenrir was overjoyed to see that someone had finally started to play through the second week, and it turned out that his game was still quite likable.
After all, it's nominally a second week, and if all the levels are the same as before, it will seem that he is not serious and unprofessional. Fenrir struggled to figure out how to make some of the levels look a little different.
This explains why Yaksha saw a three-headed ghost car bird painted dark blue all over in the same carriage before.
The paint on its body has not yet dried completely, and it will fade when it fights, and it is weak and pitiful and helpless.
......
The strategies of the second and third weeks were faster than the crow's estimates, and the total time was less than 7 hours.
Most of the players trapped here have heard that there are three powerful players who are frantically "brushing up experience".
Many opponents saw that the weapons in their hands were obviously different in size, and they all lay down and admit defeat after two plays, and each game ended very quickly.
But as they repeated their strategy, the trio discovered an unexpected phenomenon: this bad game is indeed gradually being optimized.
In the second week, the monsters in individual levels began to have short lines, especially Weiwei at the bottom of the level, who stammered and could say a lot of lines.
After resting for half an hour and entering the third week, the three found that some of the carriages had been decorated in different styles, and the special props available in the game had gradually become diverse.
Whoever the game is running is still really improving the player's gaming experience, albeit just trying to make the Little Train game progress from a super bad game to a big bad game.
This was the first time Fenrir had designed and organized a game on his own without the help of his sister. There was some chaos at first, but now at least it has stabilized.
The younger brother Long manipulated the corpse to guard the small train, but he was inexplicably a little proud. However, his rapid progress is also thanks to the three particularly motivated players who served as game testers.
Join his treasure trove of lime-flavored chips to the selection later, the Dragonlord Fenrir's highest reward for humanity.
"Can the last level of the four-eyed game be completed by the three of us as a team?"
The three of them had already arrived in the second carriage, and the crow asked Vivi tentatively.
"Yes, but it's going to be more difficult."
The three nodded to each other, clutching their weapons.
Yaksha is in charge of standing at the front and disrupting the boss's line of sight with a multi-purpose nail clipper.
The crow's knuckles have been strengthened to resemble dragon claws, and the claw blade alone is nearly ten centimeters long.
Old Taro's weapon is still a chain hammer, but the weight of the metal ball and chain has been increased several times, which is the key to capturing the boss alive.
"3, 2, 1 ...... rush!"
"I am the strongest warrior in the Hun Empire, yes, the brother of the warrior Vivi! Our souls are imprisoned on this train, waiting for true warriors to release our souls! β
Raven: How did the soul of the Huns get tied to the little train! And you've just changed your hairstyle and weapons, and the rest of the place is exactly the same as Vivi before.
Fenrir manipulated the corpse guard to resist Yaksha's nail clippers while not forgetting to read the lines he had painstakingly written. It took a long time to hold back two sentences, and I couldn't do any more.
Yaksha opened all the multi-functional blades of the nail clippers, like a peacock opening the screen, and slashed at the tall corpse guard without stopping.
The crow took advantage of his recklessness to hide his figure behind the Yaksha, waiting for an opportunity to attack from the blind spot, trying to give the corpse guard a fatal blow with the dragon's claws and finger tigers.
"Yaye" used an oversized naginata, and the crescent-shaped arc blade drew a meteor-like trajectory in the carriage, and the momentum was so powerful that it was very difficult for the Yaksha to block it, and it was really fatal to use the nail clippers as a shield.
Fenrir didn't notice it, perhaps because of too many views, and his style of play became more and more like Raven and Nakshatra. The three moves are not far from the point, no matter how ugly the action is, it is okay, as long as it can confuse the opponent.
But the most proficient one he used was the Wang Baquan (knife). It was an indescribable personal realization, culminated in years of street fighting, transmitted to Fenrir like light from Raven and Yaksha through repeated video teachings.
It was downwind, but the crow was not anxious. Both he and Yaksha are essentially decoys for battle planning, and the real killer comes from Old Taro hiding in the shadows.
As a worthy old ninja with decades of experience, in such a small space, the crow is not quite sure of his existence.
Yaksha suddenly dropped his nail clippers and passed through the gap between the corpse's arms, slamming into the opponent's waist. Fenrir, who lost his balance, moved crookedly, and the long naginata accidentally got stuck in the iron sheet of the side wall.
Right now!
The heavy hammer descended from the sky with a strange arc, and the old man, who was hooked in the corner of the roof with one hand and one foot, used the chain to bypass several important joints of the corpse guard, relying on the inertia of the fall to pull the corpse guard and rush towards the crow and the yaksha.
The three of them pulled the chain together, and suddenly exerted force. In a roar, the burly corpse that did not look like a human fell to the ground.
"Now! Entangle him! β
Suddenly, Fenrir, who had a temper, turned the corpse at full power, and the muscles of his whole body swelled and knotted.
Rumble!
The chains broke into dozens of knots, knocking the three of them upside down.
A card of game merchandise that happens to fall out of the Yaksha pocket.
"You guys play this too? "Origin"? β
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