Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Death Inscription (9)

His perspective instantly descended into darkness.

Hiss!

Immediately after, a sharp pain erupted in Su Ming's skull.

It was as if something was stirring in his head.

He felt the feeling of being searched for memories again, only this time, it was extremely rough.

What surprised him even more was that there was a cutscene in front of his eyes next??

And the cutscene was not a new picture, he recognized it at a glance, it was the last time he played a game in that celestial scene.

Maybe it wasn't an animation, but the image was pulled out of his mind and played before his eyes.

It's the first level, the speed is extremely fast, playing in an almost distorted perspective, both the sound and the picture are blurred by the distortion, and only one sentence keeps echoing in his mind at the end.

It was he who gave the answer to this level.

I'm going to hell.

I'm going to hell!

I'm going to hell!!

His voice seemed to be distorted by something, and it seemed terrifying, and it was clear that he was only saying the answer in a calm tone, but at the moment it sounded like a crazy babble, constantly echoing, and even he didn't feel like his own voice when he listened to it.

At the same time, it was as if a flame had ignited from his brain, peeking through his eyes, and his pupils seemed to reflect a vast scorched earth, and countless walking corpse-like figures were walking around in a daze.

The picture flashed by, but it made him extremely profound.

Finally, everything was anomalous, and he regained his mobility and sight.

"What the hell?!"

At this moment, Su Ming couldn't stop taking a deep breath, his face was solemn and suspicious, as if he had a nightmare.

Looking around, there was no terrifying scene that flashed before his eyes, no flames, no scorched earth, no countless walking dead, only a vast and empty land.

If it weren't for the fact that the previous scene had been deeply recorded in his brain, he would even suspect that he had hallucinated after playing too many games recently.

The sky was full of clouds, but not as white as the sea of clouds in the celestial scene.

Gray-black clouds, as thick as volcanic ash formed after a volcanic eruption, but they do not fall, they are permanently suspended in the sky, obscuring the sky.

The vast land was empty, without vegetation or trees, and without any living beings.

But the surface of the earth is still undulating, and there are groups of high mountains not far away.

Although he didn't see any possible danger, the strange scene before still made Su Ming's face solemn, and the masked man had specially told him before he came, so at the moment he just stayed where he was and didn't try to move around to check.

"Is that picture just now the so-called hell? But it doesn't seem to have anything to do with here.,What the hell is going on?,Could it be that I'm triggering some special plot? But why......"

He felt a little inexplicable in his heart.

In order to answer a question in the game of the Celestial Scene, he only mentioned Hell once, and there is nothing about Hell on him in theory......

Wait a minute?

Su Ming suddenly thought of the sword he had received from the masked man, [Death Soul Breath].

This thing has to do with the River Styx and the Ferryman, and it seems that something like the River Styx should come from the so-called "Hell" or "Underworld......

He pulled out the [Death Inscription] card in his pocket inscribed with the spanboard, and looked at it thoughtfully.

Something that the player has ownership of can only be put into the inventory, and he can't take this sword, so he can only put it on his body, so in the scene, it is actually no different from holding it in his hand.

If the sword really attracted something, it might have been exposed to the sight of the mysterious being since he left the masked man's hut.

"But according to what the masked man said, before I take this sword out of the card, this sword should be in some kind of ban, otherwise it wouldn't be superfluous for him to ask me not to take it out and use it, after all, wearing it on my body means exposing my breath......"

He waited in place for an unknown amount of time, but he never saw the other players, let alone the masks.

If he wasn't sure that the scene in front of him was the place he saw on the card map, he would even suspect that something had interfered with his teleportation process and caused him to go to an unknown place.

"Forget it, don't wait, there's nothing next to it, it shouldn't be the so-called danger zone, if there are really any formations that can't be seen with the naked eye, forbidden places and other settings, I think I'm unlucky."

Thinking so in his heart, Su Ming took the first step tentatively.

The first step was fine, another step, still safe, and after a few steps in a row, Su Ming completely let go of his steps.

Due to the wide field of vision, he couldn't see anything in other directions, only the group of mountains not far away that might have something, so he also headed directly towards that side.

Fortunately, the distance was not too far, and after spending nearly 30% of his physical strength, he had already reached the bottom of the mountain.

However, at this moment, Su Ming was in a difficult situation, because this mountain had no road at all, nor any grass or trees, it was a barren mountain in the true sense, only mud and stones with dull colors.

With his remaining stamina, it was really difficult to climb over this mountain to the other side.

Walking around the base of the mountain for a while, he found a place that might allow him to pass, a low valley between the two mountains, which, although still without a road, was much lower in height.

found a way, Su Ming did not waste time, and directly started climbing the mountain alone.

After some more tossing, he was finally able to see the picture on the other side of the mountains.

It turned out that this high mountain turned out to be in a circle.

The strange thing is that between the mountains, there is not a flat land or a valley, but a bottomless black hole.

Just glanced at it so superficially, and it almost triggered some kind of phobia for Su Ming to see.

It was completely pitch black and there was nothing, so much so that it looked not like a hole, but rather a flat piece of ground that was smooth and did not reflect light at all.

However, he did not perceive any danger.

"What's the matter, I thought it should be some kind of tomb, shouldn't this be a coffin or something, why is it such a big hole, don't tell me this is a 'thief hole' made by the masked man in advance......"

Su Ming's face was strange, if this was really a "thief hole", how big should it be?

At this moment, he suddenly saw something flash in the opposite area, and then there was a wave around him, expanding a rectangular portal, and inside was the masked man.

As soon as he appeared, his eyes couldn't help but look at the huge dark deep hole below.

The masked man frowned and looked at him for a while, then turned to look at Su Ming and said, "Come in, follow me to the other side." ”

Su Ming followed him into the portal.

The environment is no different, it should still be this area, it should just be in a different direction, located on the other side of this ring of mountains.

The other players had already gathered here, and they were all standing there idle, seemingly waiting for the masked man to give orders.

After all, they haven't triggered the main quest for this scene yet.

But the masked man stared at the circular mountains over there and was silent for a long time before he said hesitantly: "I feel like I have chosen the wrong place this time, I suspect that this is not a tomb, but a ......."

"Seals?" Su Ming said tentatively.

The masked man glanced at him before continuing, "That's right, not only did I not feel any breath of death from there, but I could vaguely feel a breath of life mixed with decay. ”

"This is very strange, under normal circumstances, for life, decay means death, and it may be that only an extremely powerful existence can rely on its own vigorous and powerful life to fight death......"

"Babble, whether to go or not."

At this time, a male player named [No Deer in the Forest] suddenly interjected impatiently.

The masked man's eyes immediately turned cold, and he glanced at him faintly, as if he was looking at a dead man.

The atmosphere instantly became oppressive, and Su Ming almost thought that the masked man was going to make a move, because according to his guess, there might not be such rules to protect players here.

But the masked man just sneered and said, "Are you in a hurry...... Okay, this time it's up to you to get started. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ming received a system prompt.

【Main quest triggered】

【Dangerous Treasure Hunt】

[Task description: The location discovered by the carver this time is suspected to be not a tomb, but a special area where the unknown existence of the seal exists, out of usual caution, he had the intention of returning the same way, but the treasure hunter began to urge, so he decided to let the treasure hunter test himself, if he can be safe and sound, and then lead the other treasure hunters into the ......]

[Mission Objective: Wait for the instructions of the carver until the end of this treasure hunt]

At this time, Su Ming obviously saw that the player's body trembled, and several other players also turned their heads to look at him one after another.

Obviously, everyone knows from the mission description who the unlucky guy who is going to "test by example" is.

The masked man casually pulled out a portal with a card, and looked at the scene inside, which seemed to be on the cliff of a certain mountain in the ring of mountains over there.

Although he was talking to all the players, his eyes were only looking at the player who interjected, with an inexplicable chill in his tone, "Let's go, go over." ”

Su Ming smiled in his heart and took the lead and walked over.

After everyone had passed through the portal and reached the top of the mountain, the masked man did not hesitate to look at the player, pointing directly to the deep hole below and ordering, "Jump down." ”

Everyone looked at the player.

Seeing that he froze in place and didn't move, the masked man did not hide the murderous intent in his tone: "What, do you want to refuse to cooperate......"

At this point, he once again shows the terrifying pressure that was applied to the player in the hut at the beginning.

"Heh......" The player was not to be outdone, glancing at him, "I'll see how dangerous it can be......"

After saying that, he jumped straight down, regardless of the possibility of falling to his death in case the ground below was flat.

This cliff was still some distance from the ground, so Su Ming and the others could even see that the player was falling at an increasing speed.

While Su Ming was still waiting to see if the player would really trigger any trap, the masked man quickly took out another card, as if trying to pull out a portal.

Su Ming glanced at it, he suspected that the masked man might really be extremely afraid of death and didn't want to be discovered by anyone, this portal was very likely to go back to the wooden house, as long as there was a problem, he would run away directly.

But strangely, the masked man tugged at the card a few times, but the space in front of him only fluctuated a few times, and he couldn't pull out the full portal.

The masked man's eyes suddenly became solemn.

"Ah......h

At this moment, there was an anomaly from below.

The pitch black place down there was indeed some kind of deep cave, but something seemed to light up underneath.

Maybe it's too far away, or maybe the big hole has some kind of mechanism, and the light of the thing is a little blurry, but Su Ming can still see that the thing is moving upwards and is approaching the player who jumped.

At the same time, a strange hoarse roar swirled up from the hole, as if something was waking up.

At this moment, the masked man's eyes suddenly changed, and without hesitation, he took out a few cards one after another, trying to pull out the portal, but all of them ended in failure.

Eventually, instead of trying to get back to the cabin from here, he chose to stay away from here and set the coordinates in another part of the space.

This time, the portal is finally taking shape.

The masked man slipped into it almost without hesitation, and ran away on the spot without even saying a word.

But fortunately, he didn't close the door after he passed, but continued to take out the cards one by one, trying to pull out the door and go straight back to the cabin.

"What the hell? What are you doing? ”

At this time, not only Su Ming was dumbfounded, but several other players also hesitated, they wanted to see what was down there, but they were also worried that it might cause them to die here directly.

Su Ming was also very hesitant, in case he died here, the equipment of [Giving Death Soul Breath] would be gone.

However, at this point, the player is already in contact with the thing underneath.

[One player has died]

It was too far away for him to see what was going on there, but after just a few shots, he received a system prompt, and the player's avatar on the panel immediately dimmed.

"Ah!!!!h

The vague light was still coming up the bottomless hole, and the hoarse voice had grown into a roar, like some kind of beast.

At this time, Su Ming once again had that sense of crisis, and it was far beyond the sense of crisis brought to him by the masked man, only inferior to the god of that celestial scene!

The point is, this thing isn't the type to talk well at first glance.

His face also changed, he was reluctant to carry this equipment, and immediately prepared to drill into the portal.

The same was true for the other players, who scrambled to enter the door and return to the Masked Man.

The masked man was still anxiously pulling the portal at the moment, and although he was far away from the area, he still couldn't get the full portal directly.

"Damn, this area has been activated, and sure enough, it's a seal......"

Suddenly, several people turned their heads to look at the mountains.

I saw a terrifying figure surrounded by dark red light, soaring straight into the sky, as if it was about to penetrate the impenetrable gray clouds above the sky.

From the moment he saw that figure, the masked man finally stared at him, his body began to exude a strong aura of decay, and a low temperature began to spread.

At this point, he added a few more points to the completeness of the portal when he pulled it again, but it still didn't work.

But it didn't disappear directly, but remained that mutilated, stabilizing and slowly expanding towards the shape of a complete portal.

On the other side, that terrifying figure really crashed directly into Gao Tian.

Pound!

The clouds, which should not have been physical objects, were like some kind of gold and iron at this moment, and there was a huge movement that shook the earth at the place of collision, and countless golden mysterious runes lit up from the clouds, with the collision being the most dense, and the terrifying fluctuations also raged from there.

"This is a seal imposed by the high gods themselves...... Who the hell is this? ”

Seeing the dense mysterious runes, the masked man's tone could not hide his shock.

Pound!

Pound!

Pound!

The terrifying movement of striking iron came from high in the sky, and the mysterious figure roared, slamming into the thick clouds one after another.

And with each of his impacts, although it did not break the seal above his head, it seemed to be able to alleviate the other unknown seals of this space by the clouds.

The teleportation portal in the masked man's hand was able to briefly accelerate to form with each impact of the mysterious man, and it was getting closer and closer to success.

Several players huddle next to the Masked Man, like chicks hiding under the hen's wings.

But suddenly, the movement above the heads of several people disappeared.

"Holy, won't you......"

Su Ming slowly looked up, only to see that the figure stopped hitting the clouds and stood motionless in the air.

Suddenly, he seemed to turn in a different direction and look this way.

In an instant, Su Ming's premonition of crisis was like bursting the table, and the current in his body kept going.

"Pluto......

A deep voice came from the high heavens, and the next moment, the figure disappeared directly from the high heavens.

In the blink of an eye, there was an additional figure beside several people.

His hair was scattered, his face could not be seen clearly, he was wearing dull and decaying armor, and his body was surrounded by a dark red terrifying light, and his blood was full of energy.

The most surprising thing was that there was a sword stuck in his chest, inserted from the heart of his chest, and peeked out from behind, leaving only a hilt in front of him, directly stabbing him in half.

The sword was extraordinary, and even though it was wrapped in a dark red strange energy, it could still reveal a dazzling golden light from time to time, as if it was of the same origin as the mysterious symbol in the clouds.

The moment he saw this sword, Su Ming knew that this was definitely an artifact, and the quality started perfectly!

"Hades? It's not ......"

The figure seemed to be a little puzzled in the direction of the masked man at this time.

However, at this moment, the portal in the masked man's hand was finally completely formed, and he didn't say a word, and ran away!

Only the player closest to him barely followed, and once he entered, the portal simply disappeared.

Guided NPCs to run away?

In other games, when you encounter this kind of task that guides NPCs to lead the way, and you encounter unconventional monsters, everyone is "it doesn't matter, I'll shoot", this masked man is good, but he slipped away on the spot?

Su Ming was dumbfounded again, he didn't expect the masked man to be so timid that he didn't even dare to say a word, and ran away directly.

At this time, the figure also immediately came back to its senses and grabbed towards the void, but it didn't catch anything.

He slowly turned his gaze to Su Ming and the other two players.

"Dead ......"

Su Ming was not used to waiting for death, even in this case, he wanted to resist.

He was already highly mentally concentrated, and from the moment he heard this mysterious person say no good words, he directly took out the [Death Soul Breath] from the [Death Inscription].

And his other hand directly took out the [Hell Joke Fragment-003] and aimed it at the mysterious man.

From the moment this perfect quality divine spirit prop took effect, the thin sword in his hand stabbed directly at the other party.

Hell jokes can make units unlucky to be despised by Lady Luck, and [Death Breath] has a chance to directly attract the Styx stream and the ferryman to send the enemy's soul away!

In the face of this unconventional existence that far exceeds the combat power of the current players, this is his only turning point!