Hei Deng Xia Huo

Chapter 720 Invisible (4K)

Li Ang's unreliable as he was, his words did provide the others with new ideas.

When encountering anomalous attacks, they could use methods other than combat to stop or even control the anomaly.

The premise was that the players had to survive the first wave of attacks.

"What we know so far is that the entities in the rooms originate from past deceased guests of the hotel, and some of them can be communicated with and coexist peacefully."

Wanli Fengdao rubbed his sparsely stubbled chin and muttered, "Looking at it this way, isn't the system trying to screw us over?

Deliberately setting a rule that every lifeform eliminated in any form in the Dolphin Hotel grants 500 experience points and game coins, enticing us to find ways to antagonize the entities.

However, it's not that easy to antagonize them. So far, Mu Yin Zhi Gui has only successfully killed one entity, and even that was because the other party wanted to die and didn't resist at all.

Judging from the red-clothed old woman's behavior, these entities can not only travel between floors but also enter elevators—the invulnerability rule in the elevator may also apply to these entities.

How are we supposed to kill them?

Moreover, the residents who entered the hotel were already dead. After something happened to them in the hotel, they died again.

And players can kill them yet again.

What is this?

Can one life die three times?"

"When a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, it becomes a jiang (a type of ghost); when a jiang dies, it becomes an yi; when an yi dies, it becomes a xi. From a mystical perspective, a life can indeed die three times, but it's just transitioning from one life form to another."

Li Ang spread his hands and said calmly, "What I'm more concerned about is another point Carter Murphy mentioned."

Wanli Fengdao asked, "What other point?"

"No pregnancies."

Li Ang tilted his head, "The hotel residents usually enjoy the top-notch treatment of a five-star hotel, with the freedom to socialize, exercise, entertain, and even cohabitate.

But they are repeatedly told not to try to escape the hotel and not to have pregnancies.

Regarding the former, according to Carter Murphy's description, the hotel windows remain closed and never open, and the doors leading to the outside are always guarded by hotel staff.

There may have been multiple incidents of residents trying to escape the hotel in the past, because when Carter Murphy asked other residents about this, he saw expressions of deep secrecy.

As for the latter..."

Li Ang paused and said quietly, "On the surface, the prohibition of pregnancy seems to imply that the residents are actually still alive,

because newborns require a long time to raise and nurture, and during this process, helpless newborns who make noise at any time would bring insecurity,

so pregnancy is prohibited by hotel staff.

However, what if we go a step further?

What if it's not that newborns cause trouble for the hotel's operation,

but that newborns would have a drastic impact on the hotel itself?"

Wanli Fengdao frowned, "Wait, are you saying..."

"That's right, I suspect that the so-called fall of the hotel was caused by an unreported birth event."

Li Ang sneered, "Remember the previous rule? Every lifeform eliminated in any form in the Dolphin Hotel grants a reward.

Players are a very complex group, and the upper and lower limits of different individuals' moral baselines vary greatly.

There are good people like me who are upright, gentle and kind, approachable, refined and amiable, generous and helpful, and willing to help the weak, like angels descending to the world, like a light in the darkness,

and there are also vicious, heartless, and unscrupulous villains."

Li Ang ignored the strange looks from the other players and spoke eloquently, "If the moral index of ordinary people is 50,

and the moral index of the Demon Scientist Alliance, who have been misunderstood and slandered, and criticized and attacked on the player forums, is 0,

#Demon Scientist Alliance stole radishes and used them as seals for commercial fraud#

#Demon Scientist Alliance kidnapped a celebrity pet duck and extorted one million#

#Demon Scientist Alliance held an outdoor KTV event in the mountains and was mistaken for 'dragon's roar' by local villagers#

then, the moral index of some particularly vile players is -100, or even -200.

With players' bizarre skills, it is entirely possible to create new life through natural reproduction in the hotel, and then kill it to achieve the purpose of farming points."

Everyone's expression was a bit unsightly, especially the female high school student in Yu Yi's heart. Liu Wudai knew Li Ang's background, so his expression was relatively normal.

"This is entirely possible in practical terms. Even if it's not through in vitro fertilization, it can be done through cloning, division, proliferation, and other methods."

Li Ang said in a deep voice, "It's just that in that case, it's very likely that the hotel's strict ban on pregnancy will be violated unknowingly, leading to unpredictable consequences.

The system will not set up a point-farming segment,

and even if it does, it won't be so obvious and so easy.

All gains must be paid for with a corresponding price—this is the consistent principle of the Killing Field game."

After hearing this, the players fell silent, unable to speak for a long time.

13mArk raised his head and looked at Li Ang coldly, "Then what about you? Are you like you said, capable of cloning or cultivating new life?"

Li Ang smiled and didn't care about the distrust in the other party's words, "If you're willing to give me your blood, or a part of your body,

I might be able to demonstrate it to you."

"Forget it, I've never had a good impression of technical people."

13mArk shook his head and took a small step back, becoming extremely wary of the white-coated dragon head in front of him.

This person might be even crazier than the Demon Scientist Alliance lunatics.

In short, the information that the players have obtained so far can only analyze these theories and assumptions.

After searching the entire hotel again, the players returned to their respective floors and began to wait for curfew to arrive.

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The time is... 23:56.

Luo Zi glanced at the clock on the wall and continued to take out items from her backpack.

[Holy Light Bomb], a round, black sphere with a fuse,

which, after the user ignites the fuse and throws it out, can release high-intensity, wide-range holy light, causing serious damage to undead units, and also comes with a healing effect, allowing orderly alignment flesh-and-blood creatures to heal their wounds.

[Networked Intelligent Spider Mine], shaped like a palm-sized mechanical spider, which starts automatically after pressing the button, can actively hide in hidden corners, and when it detects hostile units, it will take the initiative to attack, run to the vicinity of the enemy, and explode on its own.

The shock wave and flames generated by the explosion will intelligently avoid its owner.

[Psionic True Sight Sentinel], looks like an artificial crystal sold in a jewelry store. After being triggered, it will transform into an invisible, ethereal body, floating in the room, with the function of detecting hostility and actively warning, and can also attack enemies when necessary.

[Cataclysm Sunset Mechanical Golem], a giant golem two meters high, with a smooth, round surface that emits a metallic luster, looking憨态可掬, but is actually a perfect-quality killing weapon that is not affected by mental skills,

ignores negative debuffs such as paralysis, poisoning, corruption, weakness, deceleration, and aging. Once activated, it will take the completion of the user's last issued command as its ultimate goal until its energy is exhausted.

...

Luo Zi placed more than a dozen items on the floor of the room,

The player's backpack bar only has twenty slots, but through the space equipment placing space equipment placing space equipment's layer-by-layer Matryoshka doll trick,

theoretically, an infinite number of items can be loaded into it,

but it will be much more troublesome when taking them out.

As an information merchant who is well-known internationally, Luo Zi's relationship network spans all continents,

From the top 100 players on the leaderboard to the newbies who have just obtained qualifications, her friends list includes them all.

Through information trading and brokerage business, Luo Zi accumulated a lot of wealth,

enough for her and her sister Laura to purchase two sets of top equipment.

Luo Zi doesn't like fighting,

not liking it doesn't mean she's not good at it.

Other players may specialize in wielding knives and guns, immersed in the collision of metal and iron at close range, the fight of blood and flesh, enjoying the dance on the tip of the death knife,

and will use a lot of sweat and exercise to temper their bodies and hone their killing skills,

but what Luo Zi specializes in is exerting the power of money, carefully studying the equipment and props system of the Killing Field game,

and trying every means to maximize the utilization efficiency of equipment and props effects.

The [Holy Light Bomb] must be thrown by the user in person to be effective,

but if you use the [Thousand Clever Hands Gloves] to let your palm split into clones,

and then register the [Thousand Clever Hands Gloves] as the user of the [Networked Intelligent Spider Mine], you can let the spider mine collect the [Holy Light Bomb] and automatically trigger it when necessary,

which can eliminate the long process of lighting the fuse.

The [Cataclysm Sunset Mechanical Golem]'s attack power, defense power, and mobility are exaggeratedly strong, comparable to the final boss in some script missions,

but its intelligence is not high and it is easily misled by the enemy's clones, afterimages, and teleportation abilities.

The high-mysticism monitoring effect of the [Psionic True Sight Sentinel] can largely make up for this.

The Sunset Golem does not need to "see" the hostile target, it only needs to release an attack towards a certain range according to the instructions of the True Sight Sentinel, which can cover the opponent.

If you put a layer of [Invisibility Cloak] on the Cataclysm Sunset Golem,

then this more than two-meter-tall mechanical golem can even hide its figure and be completely silent,

becoming an invisible killing machine,

If it stands still, even masters like Hei Shengzi or Li Risheng will not easily notice it.

The equipment system of the Killing Field game rarely has prefixes with a connection effect,

but through brainstorming ideas, combined with careful calculation experiments, and then reasonable planning and matching,

can make different equipment props exert an effect of 1+1>2.

This is what Luo Zi is good at.

"I wonder if I can get a bye tonight..."

Luo Zi muttered to herself and pressed the button on the top of the spider mine.

The compound eyes of the five mechanical spiders emitted red light, and accompanied by a slight "click" sound, they carried the fist-sized [Holy Light Bomb] on their backs,

and moved their feet on their own, drilling into hidden corners of the room such as under the stool, in the cabinet, and behind the TV, and hiding and lurking.

Then she walked to the Cataclysm Sunset Golem and touched the ring-shaped crystal on the Golem's chest.

The two pupils on the golem's head emitted a faint white light,

It bowed its head obediently to express its respect to its owner,

Hot steam spewed out from some holes in the metal body,

Even from a distance, you could feel the terrifying energy contained in this golem.

"Listen to the instructions of the Psionic Sentinel, attack hostile targets, and protect me."

Luo Zi gave a simple command,

and took out a soft and smooth, water-like intangible fabric from the backpack bar and covered it on the Cataclysm Sunset Golem.

In an instant, the motionless golem merged with the wall behind it, and there was nothing unusual about it.

After arranging the defenses, Luo Zi sat tiredly on the stool in the living room, and her eyes, reflecting the beige wallpaper, were a little sleepy and tired.

Players have not had a real rest since entering the Dolphin Hotel.

When they are thirsty, they drink canned energy drinks that they bring with them,

When they are hungry, they eat Kenmai Hua bento boxes stored in space props,

When they are sleepy, they take some special medicine—in order to avoid encountering the same misfortune as Mu Yin Zhi Gui, players do not sleep in the hotel.

Rather than being free and unrestrained players who travel through the heavens and the virtual sea at will,

it is better to say that they are prisoners trapped in a cage,

Every time they go to a world, they have to be careful of the water, air, and food there, worrying about monsters that pop out of nowhere,

and worrying about whether their heads will be cut off by the mission target in their dreams.

It's okay if they are simply beheaded, but they are afraid of encountering some more terrifying, primitive, and strange things. If they fall into their hands, it may be better to die directly.

How long will this kind of life last...

Luo Zi sighed in her heart and put her gloved hands under the horse head mask and rubbed her tired and sore eyes.

Of course, if she had another chance to choose, she would still accept the qualification to become a player without hesitation.

Only by being promoted to transcendence can she have the opportunity to take revenge.

Revenge...

Thinking of this, Luo Zi's eyes turned cold again.

Her enemy is a small group of people at the top of the American pyramid in the old world. They had great power in the past, and after the arrival of the Killing Field game, they can still command great transcendent power by virtue of their past status.

Organizations, institutions, companies, secret societies, fraternities, business alliances...

The network of relationships of those people is complicated and intricate. It took Luo Zi many years to slowly sort out the threads and compile a list of people who should pay the price for the death of her family.

At her age, with her appearance in reality,

she should be wearing beautiful clothes and walking in the mall with three or five girlfriends, happily shopping, buying a few drinks and sitting under the sun umbrellas on the pedestrian street, chatting about celebrity gossip, complaining about professors in college, and then receiving calls from her parents, smiling and telling them about the recent interesting things in school.

However, all of this, her life that should have belonged to her, was taken away by that accident.

Maybe there are kind and saintly people in this world who would forgive their blood relatives and enemies, give up the right to carry out equal revenge on their enemies, and would rather suffer the torment of pain themselves than break the meaningless cycle of revenge,

but Luo Zi is not that kind of person.

Revenge is like a thorn in her life, sharp and painful,

Although not fatal, every day and every night, every moment,

the swollen pustule attached to the thorn, constantly flowing with pus,

reminds her not to forget.

Luo Zi's tired and confused eyes gradually became firm. Before pulling out this thorn, she will always be treading in place,

She can't die and won't die.

She will become the eternal nightmare of her enemies. Those people must be vigilant and careful at all times, unable to live a normal life, spending every day she rewards them in fear and trembling, living in constant anxiety,

until the time comes and ushering in the end she has given them.