Gamers Are Fierce

The four of them were worried that the comics might contain memes, so they did not show the comics directly to the camera (although they also knew that live broadcast servers in the real world are equipped with software to counteract the effects of memes).

Instead, Nina used her fingers to release lasers, write text, and briefly summarize the comic's message.

The cover of the ninth volume of the comic series When the Stars Return shows a coral reef in a deep blue ocean. There is a conch lying on the coral reef, and several green seaweeds extend from the conch.

The comics are in full color, the paper is hard, and the painting style favors photorealism. The colors are bright and layered, and are highly infectious and emotionally charged. Compared with children's and youth comics, it is more like a work of art.

There is no information such as publication date, author, script, painting, etc. in the comic. Only the words Homeland Publishing House are printed on the back of the book.

As for the content...

The ninth comic begins with a red high-power unlicensed convertible driving on a deserted road. Sitting in the driver's seat of the car is a pink-skinned humanoid creature with no hair, nose, or eyebrows, and an old face. The expression is firm and cold, and the body is full of muscles.

Wearing a windbreaker and a hat, he had a cigar in his mouth, a silver cross necklace hanging on his chest, and a revolver hanging on each waist.

Sometimes he would quote scriptures and tell some mysterious fables and life philosophy. He might be a priest.

And in the back seat of the car, there was...a clown fish.

He has orange-yellow skin and white markings around his body. He stands upright like a human and looks relatively childish.

Judging from the conversation between the two parties, the clownfish may be the adopted son (or daughter) of the pink-skinned priest. The clownfish is hermaphroditic and does not show any characteristics when it is young. Males can transform into females, but females cannot transform into males. Judging from the painting style, this clownfish With her beautiful features and delicate eyes, it’s hard to tell her gender (even the comics don’t say it).

The two people seemed to have experienced something before this, and they were not in a good mood.

During the awkward chat, the two parties drove through the wilderness. The clownfish finally plucked up the courage to propose to the priest that if they didn't want to move on, they should find a place, such as the Anemone Jungle, to live there.

The priest was silent for a long time and said that when the dust settled, he would help the clownfish realize this ideal.

After driving for a while, the vehicle finally came to a tall metal fortress.

The gate of the fortress is tightly closed. The walls that are more than ten meters high are covered with machine gun turrets. There are also barbed wire fences and trenches outside the gate. I don’t know what they are guarding against.

The clownfish was a little scared and asked if this was really the residence of the pastor’s old friend.

The pastor nodded, turned off the car, walked to the front of the metal fortress with his hands raised, and shouted that he was here for friendship.

A machine gun was raised in the fortress, and a huge LCD screen was installed above the machine gun.

The machine gun was loaded, and the image of a human woman appeared on the LCD screen, expressionlessly telling the priest that his friend was dead and now the fortress was under her control.

The plot of the comic ends abruptly.

In general, the comic style is realistic and exquisite, and the color is skillfully used. It can be called a work of art.

Nina concluded: This may be a literary work in the style of a road movie. The protagonist takes a journey as the background, experiences various events, completes life experience, changes his mind, and realizes his life goals and self-worth.

For example, Journey to the West, The Last of Us Part 1, Thelma and Louise, American Gods, etc.

However, due to the lack of plot before and after, the names of the characters are unknown, and the details of the story are unknown.

The player we defeated earlier was attacked during the process of changing powder. And got this comic from the body of the security guard who came to attack.

If you can get a few more comics, you might be able to complete the entire comic plot and deduce the background story of the lost world, so you can survive better.

That's right.

Eva on the side nodded and said: I personally think that maybe this comic has such a special meaning to the security guards that they want to hide the new comic in their bodies.

When we have more people and accumulate more strength, we will take the initiative to remove the belt, lure the security guards to attack, and get more comics,

Even follow the security guards to their lairs to find...

As he spoke, the detector in the sky suddenly disappeared.

Eva's speaking speed also slowed down at any time, and she slowly added the second half of the sentence, ...Possible printing equipment - this comic is really too new.

The detector is gone.

Pei Youzhen frowned slightly and sighed, It's probably that the observation time has expired, or a battle broke out elsewhere.

But we have already passed the information on. As for how the outside world analyzes it, that is their business.

Qin carelessly raised his feet and put them on the bench opposite the bamboo basket, and said lazily: By the way, Eva, please turn on the ventilation system of the [Swinging Camping Bamboo Basket] a little stronger. It's almost time for dinner. .

My space storage equipment contains burgers, pizza, iced Coke and many other dishes from various countries. What do you want to eat?

Are you here to fight or to camp?

Eva's eyes twitched and she scolded: Although [Swinging Camping Bamboo Basket] can block the smell, the stronger the ventilation system is, the greater the consumption of my spiritual power will be.

Eat some high-energy drinks and food and be patient.

do not!

Qin screamed: Those drinks and food are too unpalatable. They are like a cross between slime, snot, and slugs. They also contain hard energy blocks like peanuts. Every time I eat them, I feel like I am going to lose ten years of my life. .

Do you hope that I will die early so that you can become the team leader and seize the talent?

laugh.

Eva sneered and said: With a cheerleading girl like you, I would buy some roses, put some poison in them, and then lie to you that they were sent by your admirers.

You will take a big whiff with a smile, and then show off the flowers in front of us.

Qin looked shocked and said: What?! You actually poisoned me!?

No! I'm just saying this assumption...

You really want to poison me!

Qin looked wary and said firmly: I knew I couldn't trust you!

...Sigh, there is really no possibility of communication with a brain like yours.

Eva sighed and rubbed her eyebrows.

Nina was watching all this with a smile, but suddenly, the tablet on her lap vibrated, and a circle of red light lit up around the screen.

The four girls instantly calmed down from their playful state. Nina pressed her fingers frantically on the tablet and softly announced a location, Three o'clock, 2.5 kilometers. A drone was destroyed.

2.5 kilometers,

Eva's eyes flashed, This is almost the limit of the reconnaissance plane's detection range...

How was it destroyed? Do you know?

Um.

Nina nodded, The last video was transmitted back before the drone was destroyed.

The other three girls approached and looked at the tablet. The screen showed the image from the perspective of the night vision device——

The drone flew smoothly along the passage. The scanning device under the fuselage scanned the spacious passage back and forth, measuring the terrain and detecting enemy traces.

Suddenly, the drone seemed to detect something and suddenly rotated the camera.

On the far wall of the dim passage, I saw a flying creature with two wings on its back.

The creature was lying on its back above the hanging ladder. Its back was covered with a solid carapace mixed with chitin and metal. The carapace was covered with thorns and chimneys.

Under the wings with a wingspan of nearly three meters, there are several groups of tentacle-shaped objects, like missiles on an armed aircraft.

The creature's mouth is wide open, with its hollow tube-like tongue sticking out.

From the middle of the tongue, a spike shot out quietly.

The spikes pierced the air, instantly spanned a distance of nearly a kilometer, and hit the drone - making the latter unable to even activate its defensive cannon.

The scene stopped abruptly.

...

Eva looked at the ferocious creature on the screen, which was completely unlike any species on earth, and murmured to herself: What on earth is this...

————

Lost World, Floor 47.

What's wrong?

Liu Wuxiao, who was riding a suspended motorcycle and wearing a fully enclosed protective suit, turned his head and looked at Li Ang, who was riding a fearful horse next to him and suddenly turned around.

The body shape of the fear horse is the same as that of a normal horse, except that its coat is pitch black, its eyes are red, and sulfur-smelling gas is sprayed from its nostrils. Wherever its four feet step on, a temperatureless blue flame will burn for 30 seconds. Burn objects.

In terms of movement speed, the Dread Horse's ultimate movement speed is comparable to that of a sports car, and its ability to adapt to terrain is far better than conventional vehicles.

There are no stirrups or saddles - the Dreadhorse hates these two things extremely, so the riding experience for low-level players is not very good.

Players with weaker physiques may even have their internal organs injured by the bumpy driving process.

However, with Li Ang's current physical condition, subduing the Dread War Horse was like playing for fun. The latter seemed to know this, and after feeding Li Ang a carrot, he obediently carried him through the structured city.

nothing.

Li Ang turned his head and smiled.

It has been several hours since he released the insect nest. The insect nest has exhausted the biomass in the 46-story landfill and began to expand upstairs and downstairs, looking for more sources of biomass.

Some newly produced scout bugs have also flown between levels, exploring the terrain and searching for enemies.

During this process, you will inevitably encounter robot beasts and other players.

Robot beasts have an extremely strong urge to kill flesh and blood creatures, but the newly produced scout bugs are covered with several layers of translucent and tight films, which can reduce part of the heat radiation.

The chimney-like organ responsible for absorbing oxygen and dissipating heat also has specialized parts built in, which can mask the smell of living things emitted when breathing.

Avoid being discovered early by robot beasts and attracting attacks.

The player, the Scout Bug, will not actively attack the players it encounters. Instead, it will first keep a certain distance, hide itself, and continue to observe the opponent.

And feed back the observation results to the brain worms in the nest.

If the player is alert, the Scout Bug will quickly fly away, and even burn itself directly if necessary, without giving the player any chance to capture biological samples.

The insect nest is not strong enough now, and it still needs time to convert the biomass into sufficient troops.

When the insect nest is expanded, the cerebral worms will change their strategies.

For example, the Scout Bug can release its body restrictions and emit thermal radiation and the smell of living things everywhere, attracting surrounding robot beasts to attack the player, thereby observing more player data.

Or directly send troops to attack or even capture or kill enemy players...

Boom——

There was a dull sound from the ceiling, the entire structural city was shaking, and the dome in the sky was shaking off dust.

The fearful horse sneezed, sniffed somewhat unhappily, and exhaled more sulfur-smelling gas.

Liu Wuxiao immediately looked at his watch, Six hours and 3.212 seconds...the second vibration.

The last shock was three hours after we teleported into the Lost World, right?

Li Ang frowned and said: This place vibrates every three hours? Is this some kind of signal or a time reminder?

In ordinary decryption script tasks, time reminders are often extremely important.

For example, every once in a while, the monsters in the mission will be strengthened. If you don’t act quickly, you will definitely be overwhelmed by the monsters;

Or if you don't discover clues and rush to the corresponding location within the specified time, you will be punished implicitly - losing a certain piece of equipment that you could have obtained.

uncertain.

Liu Wuxiao shook his head, glanced at the dome, and said softly: The first sound was heard at about three hours and 3.417 seconds.

The second time was six hours and 3.212 seconds.

The time difference is not exactly three hours.

Li Ang raised his eyebrows, Do you think this time difference has some special meaning?

It's possible.

Liu Wuxiao nodded and looked around, But the buildings here have strange structures and special materials.

It's difficult to tell how far away a sound is from us based on how fast it travels through building materials.

Maybe it was just a change in my location that caused the time difference.

Um.

Li Ang nodded slowly. He was also quite concerned about the sound. However, the architectural structure of the Lost World was very complex, and the positions of the passages between layers were not fixed. You had to find them by yourself.

So even the highest-ranking Scout Bug has only reached the 50th floor now.

arrive.

Liu Wuhao took a deep breath and stopped the hoverbike. Li Ang also dismounted the fear horse, threw a carrot into the horse's mouth, and ended the summoning skill.

In front of the two of them was a metal wall that was thick and unimaginably tall, connecting from the ground to the ceiling.

There are no traces of metal plates being joined together on the entire wall, and there are no rivets or other parts for fixation.

Only the middle part of the wall protrudes towards the direction of the urban structure, forming a giant pipe-like outline.

Thousands of tiny metal conduits extend from the outline of the pipe, covering the entire wall like ivy, extending all the way to the gaps in the walls on both sides and disappearing.

...

Liu Wushan was silent, took out a palm-sized instrument from his backpack, pointed it at the wall and pressed the button.

After a long while, he turned his head and said to Li Ang: The material of this wall is completely different from other building materials, and the specific thickness cannot be measured.

This should be the edge of the lost world.

Li Ang nodded, reached out and broke off the microcatheter, but it didn't move.

He frowned, took out the Tyrant Henglan, applied more force, and cut off a micro-conduit.

puff--

The metal conduit hung down like a snake with its head cut off, and a brownish-yellow amber liquid dripped from the conduit.

Is this... oil?

Liu Wushan frowned and did not touch the amber liquid. Instead, he took out an observation instrument composed of several sets of eyepieces from the backpack column and used the instrument to observe, No, this is not oil.

But it also contains high-quality energy.

I need to collect samples...

Don't worry yet, we have guests coming.

Li Ang turned around and looked back - a large number of humanoid puppets slowly crawled out of the hanging ladders and broken pipes on the edge of the city.