Chapter 41 Collision

Three minutes ago, the other end of the tunnel.

Xiao Tan's eyes were like torches as he stood in the middle of the tracks.

He wasn't taking any substantive action, but the system hadn't judged him as playing passively.

Wang Tanzhi and Long Aomin could be considered the first batch of players in Thriller Paradise. They were well aware that since the system generated a map like this tunnel with no exit, the train would definitely come.

At this moment, Xiao Tan was betting on this train. He had to achieve a one-hit kill, and he needed to rely on this behemoth traveling at nearly two hundred kilometers per hour.

Moreover, the train had to be traveling from his side towards the end where Long Aomin was. If it were the other way around, his plan wouldn't work.

It had to be said, Xiao Tan's luck was indeed good. If it were Brother Jue with his luck, things would be hard to say…

In any case, accompanied by a rumbling sound, the train finally came, and the direction was right.

Xiao Tan faced the approaching train head-on and roared to embolden himself.

The train was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had approached within twenty meters. Xiao Tan calculated the lead time, raised his right arm, palm facing forward, and used [Fu Ya] (Binding Fangs).

Instantly, a beastial shadow pounced out from Xiao Tan's palm. In mid-air, a roar faintly echoed. The beastial shadow grew enormously in an instant, and a huge mouth full of fangs seemed to swallow the entire train, suddenly snapping shut.

Although the crisscrossing shadows of teeth were not physical, they still caused the train to decelerate when they plunged into the train head.

At this moment, the train seemed to have crashed into thick glue, clearly stagnating. In the next four or five seconds, it went through a brief process of fast to slow and then slow to fast again.

As for Xiao Tan, as soon as [Fu Ya] (Binding Fangs) left his hand, he turned around and rushed forward, using Flying Nightmare Traces to run up the wall.

During the few seconds the train decelerated, he used his maximum speed, running along the wall in the same direction as the train head, maintaining a lead of about three meters…

Then, before the train re-accelerated, he leaped toward the front of the train head. This action cost him 39% of his survival value, but judging from the result, it was worth it…

This type of old-fashioned train had a triangular, protruding edge at the front, and the cylindrical top of the train head was also easy to grab onto. Therefore, after using a consumption skill and nearly half of his survival value, Xiao Tan successfully clung to the front of the train head.

"Whew… that scared me to death…" Xiao Tan felt lingering fear after completing this task. Although he had planned every step in advance, his fear value still soared when he actually implemented it, especially in the second he jumped out, his heartbeat stopped.

"It's a train after all… the immobilizing effect of [Fu Ya] (Binding Fangs) is indeed greatly reduced…" Xiao Tan thought.

In fact, before jumping up, he had considered various possibilities after the skill was released. For example, if [Fu Ya] (Binding Fangs) was completely useless, his subsequent action of running to the wall would be to quickly stand against the wall instead of running on it. Or, if the train was firmly fixed in place, that would be the best, and he could calmly sit on the train head. And then there were more extreme situations… the train head being derailed or overturned after being blocked by the skill, and sliding over with inertia, then the wall would no longer be safe, and he would only have the option of desperately fleeing forward.

Fortunately, the actual result was that the skill created a buffering effect, although the difficulty of getting on the train was still very high, it was still thrilling but without danger.

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In the conference room, Bei Ling also felt a tension just now. Seeing that Xiao Tan was okay, she breathed a sigh of relief: "This is too reckless… I thought he was going to commit suicide."

"I think I know what he's going to do…" Si Yu added.

"It's indeed a very risky tactic," Feng Bujue also said, "But from another perspective, it can also be said to be very clever."

"I can see it too. Isn't he just going to use the train's impact to launch [Bu Ying Zhui Hun] (Terrifying Shadow Chasing Soul)?" Bei Ling said, "But there are too many variables in this move. What if the train comes from the other side of the tunnel? Also, what if the speed far exceeds expectations? What if the train head is flat? What if [Fu Ya] (Binding Fangs) doesn't work?"

"Nothing will happen," Feng Bujue said. "This was originally a gambling plan. He directly bet the victory or defeat of this game on it." He actually said with a tone of appreciation, "If any link goes wrong, he will fail, and every link in this plan is extremely likely to go wrong. To succeed, you must have extremely strong on-the-spot reaction ability and… luck." Speaking of the word luck, Brother Jue couldn't help but think of himself and the [Ling Shi Mo Dao Fen Sui Ji] (Type Zero Magic-Conducting Destroyer) and those stories that had to be told. He paused with a melancholic look, and then said, "It is undeniable that these two things are also part of strength. Xiao Tan can think of this idea and risk trying it… then he can bear this victory."

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Time returns to this moment, in the tunnel.

Long Aomin looked at Xiao Tan, who was clinging to the train head, leaning forward, and holding a military刺 (cì, dagger), and what arose in his heart was undoubtedly a sense of despair…

"Standing against the wall will definitely be attacked… He only needs to reach out and slash at me with the force of the train." In these short few seconds, many thoughts flashed quickly through Brother Long's mind, "If I jump up… Not to mention that I'm wearing heavy armor, and my jumping ability is not good, even if I can really hit the ceiling with my head and curl up… He only needs to raise the military dagger and slash at my crotch with the force of the train…" His gaze quickly moved to the tracks, "Lying flat in the middle of the tracks… Letting the train pass over me… Then he only needs to stick his weapon to a height lower than the train's chassis, using the train's force… Ah!"

Long Aomin found that the results of his various imaginations were not optimistic. At this time, he couldn't help but think of a famous saying from "Kizaru" (Yellow Monkey) – speed is power.

As for Xiao Tan on the train head, he naturally saw Brother Long's figure. Perhaps it was out of habit… When a living thing appeared in his sight, his instinctive reaction was: silently using his finger to carve a large X on the train head, and using [Hua Ge Cha Cha Zu Zhou Ni] (Draw an X to Curse You).

An ominous premonition surged into his heart for no reason, but Brother Long didn't care. If he opened the game menu at this moment, he should be able to see the special status of [Curse]…

It was a long story, but it happened very quickly…

In the end, Long Aomin's countermeasure was to activate his title skill: [Kuang Bao Zhi Dun] (Berserk Shield).

The name of this title ability is the same as the name of the title itself, and it is a transformation skill, but its effects and side effects are not as amazing as [Dou Mo Jiang Lin] (Fighting Demon Advent).

In the Berserk Shield state, Long Aomin can reduce all damage by 30% and increase his maximum health to twice its original value. This skill can only be used once in each script, consuming 700 stamina points and 20% of his stamina limit, lasting for three minutes. That is to say, after using this move, until the end of the script, Brother Long's stamina limit will change from 3700 to 2960, and it will not recover until he returns to the login space.

Of course, he couldn't care about so many things at the moment. In order not to be instantly killed, he naturally activated all the skills he could. In addition to the title skill, Brother Long also used another main defense skill: [Bing Zhi Jia Ke] (Ice Shell), making the round shield in his hand instantly covered with a layer of frost.

He leaned his back against the wall and held the shield diagonally in front of him, preparing to meet the attack…

Looking at Xiao Tan again… he was also making a desperate bet. The curse had been cursed, and [Bu Ying Zhui Hun] (Terrifying Shadow Chasing Soul) had also been activated. This skill, whose power varies according to movement speed and impact force, was now embodied as Train-Man, and combined with the 10% first-strike bonus, no one could say what kind of consequences would result, except perhaps the system…

It can be said that both of them had done everything they could.

The victory or defeat… lies in this one blow.