Chapter 1 The Beginning

In Blackbeard's treasure space, Wang Tanzhi lost two Fine-quality weapons. However, he also successfully brought out three "treasures" from among the treasure.

The first was a piece of defensive gear, [Shadow of the Death Knell]; the second was a magic device, [Soul of the Wolf - Speed]; and the third... was the flintlock pistol he was holding at that moment...

[Name: Captain's Call]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Attack Power: Medium]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Special Effect 1: Every ten minutes, a Black Iron Bullet is automatically generated in the chamber (this effect is active from the moment the wielder enters the script world; when the number of bullets present in the script reaches three, this effect stops; when the number of bullets is less than three, the effect resumes)]

[Special Effect 2: Fire the gun into the sky to summon all characters holding a "Black Iron Bullet" (cooldown time of ten hours, requires the consumption of one Black Iron Bullet when activated; when this effect is activated, there must be a reasonable and safe landing point near the player for the summoned person to stand; the summoned person can refuse the summoning request)]

[Equipment Requirements: General Mastery A or Shooting Mastery B]

[Remarks: This gun has helped the captain reverse situations in negotiations many times, and sometimes he used it to test the loyalty of his crew; one day, he was drunk and on a whim, he carved a line on the gun - Everyone~ Come over here!]

In addition, the derivative of this gun also comes with an item description:

[Name: Black Iron Bullet]

[Type: Consumable]

[Quality: Fine]

[Function: Serve as ammunition or a special beacon]

[Remarks: A Black Iron Bullet that has been fired as ammunition can no longer be used as a beacon, and a bullet that has been used as a beacon will disappear.]

In summary, this [Captain's Call] was undoubtedly the reason why Ruo Yu and Hua Jian were able to appear here in time.

Within half an hour of the script's start, Xiao Tan had already given two Black Iron Bullets to Ruo Yu and Hua Jian respectively, as for the third... naturally, it was the one he had just fired into the sky.

Not long ago, while Ruo Yu was still fighting Xu Huai Shang, Hua Jian, who was watching from the sidelines, had an idea...

Xiao Tan's "disappearance" was actually a planned strategic inducement.

And the reactions of Xue Qiangwei and the other two were the same as Hua Jian's predictions...

"The level of that previous sword duel was indeed too high... I'm ashamed to say, I had absolutely no room to intervene and assist." Hua Jian looked at Hai Tang and Feng Xin in front of him and spoke slowly, "So... I simply gave up the idea of intervening; I chose to unconditionally believe... that Sister Yu can win." He paused, "If I thought that way, I could concentrate on thinking about other things, such as..."

"You deliberately made the assassin disappear from our sight, using this to put pressure on us..." Hearing this, Feng Xinzi had already vaguely guessed something.

"That's right." Hua Jian replied, "In fact, Xiao Tan didn't go far at the time, he just ran to the back of that group of martial arts experts as quickly as possible and squatted down... But in any case, as long as he could enter your blind spot, that would be enough." She smiled and continued, "Once you have the idea that 'the enemy has already taken action,' you definitely won't be able to stay put."

As she spoke, Hua Jian held up three fingers: "According to my deduction, there are only three actions you could possibly take... First, desperately rush into the sword array to assist the captain. In that case, this would undoubtedly be the worst strategy..." She paused for half a second, "Second, bypass the array, rush towards me, ignore Yuan Qi and the martial arts heroes, and focus on killing me. And this... is the middle strategy."

"In the end... you chose the best strategy." At this time, Xiao Tan took over the conversation and said, "You simply turned around and left the front yard, trying to find and kill Jue-ge." He spread his hands, "Unfortunately... this best strategy was also within our predictions."

"Hey... it's 'my' prediction, okay." Hua Jian retorted to Xiao Tan, then said to the two members of Red Rose, "In short... our assassin is very good at tracking; as soon as the three of you left, he quickly followed. The strategy I arranged for him was - 'Don't show yourself first, wait until the moment the enemy attacks Feng Bujue, then launch a surprise attack', because... that should be the time when your defenses are the most lax."

When she said this, Xiao Tan shook his head and sighed, "Alas... who knew that even when sniping Jue-ge, the three of you didn't reveal any flaws. Seeing that Jue-ge was about to get shot, I couldn't find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, in desperation, I came up with the idea of using a dog to release a smoke bomb. Alas... before the smoke took effect, you had already fired two shots."

"You can probably guess what happened after that." Ruo Yu said coldly at this time, "Xiao Tan used 'some means' to instantly summon us over, appearing... in front of you."

The three members of the Inferno Frontline spoke one after another, while walking to the front of the two Red Rose members, standing side by side.

"Although I'm a little unwilling..." Tie Hai Tang also knew that the overall situation was over, but she had no intention of giving up resistance, "But judging from the current situation... it seems we've been tricked."

"Yeah... a very good calculation..." Feng Xinzi also continued, "Even if the winner of that duel was our captain, you could rely on that method of 'summoning' teammates to form a numerical balance with us locally. In other words... when we chose the so-called 'best strategy,' we could at most only form a balance with you..."

"Heh, don't overestimate me too much..." Hua Jian laughed, "I'm not Feng Bujue... I can't calculate all those extra details; faced with those sudden, unexpected variables, my quick wit might not even be as good as Xiao Tan's." She replied frankly, "Honestly, if Sister Yu had lost, I really wouldn't know what to do, maybe I would have been instantly killed by your captain too..."

"Yeah, you guys are already very strong, like the various actions just now... they've actually disrupted our plan." Xiao Tan said, "If it wasn't for Jue-ge being so powerful... being attacked while fighting the Boss and not being killed, then the current situation would be hard to say."

"Hmph... thanks for the compliment." Tie Hai Tang sneered, and in that instant, she slightly turned her head to give her teammate a look, "But... we haven't conceded defeat yet..."

Feng Xinzi understood and quietly reached into the bag on her waist: "Yeah... those lines that sound like the victor evaluating the loser... you're using them too early!"

As the words fell, Feng Xinzi flicked her delicate hand and suddenly scattered a pile of strange metal fragments forward.

"Knew it wouldn't be that easy!" Hua Jian was also prepared, waved his staff, and cast a move.

[Name: Wall of the Sea Tide]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered]

[Skill Category: Healing]

[Effect: Creates a defensive force field that lasts for three seconds (cooldown time of ten minutes, the user can adjust the size and strength of the barrier according to their own will, but the consumption will also increase with the adjustment)]

[Consumption: At least 30 points of Spiritual Energy]

[Learning Requirements: Healing Mastery B]

[Remarks: A spell developed by some high-level elf mutants exiled to the depths of the ocean, the caster can use the power of the ocean god to resist all tangible and intangible harm]

At that moment, a cyan-blue energy wall suddenly appeared with a sound of the sea tide, blocking all the metal fragments.

But this wave of attacks did not end there...

Two seconds later, those metal fragments grew and deformed, turning into thumb-sized metal insects, shaped like bees.

Since the duration of the Wall of the Sea Tide was only three seconds, after three seconds... this half-energy, half-liquid barrier disappeared, and so... those water-soaked metal bees struggled to break free from control and flew up.

"I'll do it!" Watching the scattered metal bees pouncing forward, Xiao Tan volunteered and ran forward.

When Ruo Yu and Hua Jian heard him say this, they unhesitatingly dodged to the sides, bypassing the swarm of bees and rushing towards the two Red Rose members who had already turned and ran.

Buzz buzz buzz -

The frequency of the bees' wings vibrating was very fast, and the sound they made was very similar to that of real bees, but... their lethality was much stronger than that of real bees; if a person was "stung" by this kind of bee, it wasn't just a swollen wound...

The sharp needles at the tails of this group of metal bees not only contained poison, but after they scratched a person's skin with the poisonous needles, they would also try to drill into the wound... and then desperately advance into the torso like a drilling machine... causing further damage.

By the way... these [Mechanical Killer Bees] were not dropped from the script world, nor were they a system reward, but something that Tie Hai Tang developed with her A-level Mechanical Mastery. Although the manufacturing cost was quite high (some raw materials needed to be found in specific script worlds) and they couldn't be mass-produced, Feng Xinzi and Tie Hai Tang each carried a batch (about twenty-five) of such props in this competition to deal with situations like this.

"They're not flying very fast..."

In the blink of an eye, Wang Tanzhi, who was facing the bees, was calm and collected in his heart.

"If you observe carefully... aren't they all moving according to certain action patterns..."

At this moment, in Xiao Tan's eyes, those mechanical bees were flying so slowly, it was as if he was watching some kind of slow-motion movie clip.

"And, given the size of these insects, there's no need to use the tip of the hidden blade to destroy them, directly 'slashing' should work..."

He himself hadn't realized it yet... but at this moment, he was already using the power of [Soul Intent].

Swish swish swish swish swish swish -

[Altair's Touch] was unsheathed, blooming with a swath of sword light, cutting through the wind.

Xiao Tan, who jumped up and charged into the swarm of bees, used only three seconds to kill the surrounding twenty-four bees with a set of extremely precise movements and very efficiently.

"Phew -" He breathed a sigh of relief, "I didn't expect..." As he spoke, he flicked his hand behind his neck without looking back.

Tzpa -

The last mechanical bee was hit by the tip of the hidden blade and exploded instantly.

"... so easy" Afterwards, Xiao Tan finished the words he had been muttering...

............

On the other hand, on Feng Bujue's side.

"Ah... here it comes again." The Blood Corpse God, who materialized in the form of light, said with an impatient expression, "Didn't we agree... recently... don't call me out unless it's necessary?"

Hearing his words... it seemed that at some point we didn't know about, he and Feng Bujue had discussed something else.

Of course, as the author, I can roughly reveal the situation.

The experience of encountering the "God of Eternal Life" on Rabbit Star, as well as the process of contacting the "Six Harmonies Mirror Demon" with Jue-ge... had a certain impact on the Blood Corpse God.

After coming to the world of Thriller Paradise, he had seen many very powerful beings, and under the stimulation of these creatures... the "evolutionary instinct" of this "Yin Hu alien" had awakened once again after many years.

Recently, he seemed to be preparing to break through some kind of bottleneck, to put it simply... like a martial arts master's "seclusion". Therefore, he specifically greeted Feng Bujue, telling the latter not to disturb him unless absolutely necessary. And Jue-ge naturally conveyed this matter to his teammates... if not, Hua Jian and Xiao Tan would have called out the Blood Corpse God to help in the front yard just now, and in that case... Red Rose would have been wiped out directly at that time.

"Yeah, we agreed." Feng Bujue replied in a lazy tone, "So you should understand... that now it's 'necessary'."

"Tsk..." The Blood Corpse God still had an displeased expression on his face, "Alright..." He glanced at Xue Qiangwei ten meters away, seemingly uninterested in her; then, he looked at Cao Qin dozens of meters away to the side, "Oh? That one looks edible."

Having gone through so many scripts, the Blood Corpse God undoubtedly understood how to distinguish between players and NPCs; to summarize from the perspective of a foodie... the former would turn into white light after death, while the latter could become delicious food.

"Let me deal with the edible one..." Feng Bujue actually took the initiative to propose to fight Cao Qin, "Your 'move' (he didn't explicitly mention Fear Projection) shouldn't have any effect on him, and given your current state... you really might not be his match."

"Hmph..." The Blood Corpse God wanted to retort with "You also know that I'm not in good shape right now, and you're still calling me out?" But after thinking about it, he didn't say it, just snorted coldly and continued, "Fine~ then I'll deal with this tiger rider."

Before he finished speaking, Feng Bujue's figure flashed and rushed towards Cao Qin, shouting as he rushed, "Eunuch Cao! Sorry to keep you waiting!"

"Trying to run..." Seeing the other party charge out, Xue Qiangwei turned around and wanted to chase after him.

However...

The Blood Corpse God's tall figure suddenly flashed out... blocking her path.

"Girl." The Blood Corpse God stopped a beautiful woman, but his gaze didn't fall on the woman, but on the woman's crotch, "Your tiger... looks delicious..."