Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"here!"

The sounds of some conversations gradually approached the location of the mine where Han Zu was originally located. Three people walked out of a tunnel connected to the current mine. They were wearing some miners' clothes from the gold rush period. However, from the way they talked, Han Zu, who was hiding in the dark and observing, could confirm that they should be the players participating in the guild competition.

Using his perspective ability, Han Zu observed that they had the same mark on their collars, which should be the logo of their guild. Han Zu was a little confused, because generally speaking, in each copy of the guild competition, the number of participants from each guild would not be less than five people, but Han Zu only saw three. But maybe they were acting separately.

One of the three players took out a rough map with scribbled handwriting, but the angle was not right, and Han Zu couldn't see the things on the map clearly from his current position. However, the trio soon started a conversation and explained the origin and purpose of the map.

"According to the map we got from completing the mission, we should be close to one of the exits. According to the markings on the map, there should be no enemies respawning here. If we want to pass the level, this exit should be our last chance."

"Where is the exit?"

"Over here, if you keep walking along this tunnel, you should be able to reach another mine area. That is the background of this dungeon, the farthest location from where the accident occurred. There should be an elevator that can still work normally."

According to the location they pointed out and the content of the conversation, Han Zu was able to confirm that the exit location they mentioned should be the elevator location he took when he entered the copy just now. Looking at the state of these three people, they seemed a little embarrassed. They should have just experienced a fierce battle, or just escaped from a fierce battle. They did not look like cheaters who used special means, but their suspicion could not be ruled out 100%, so Han Zu decided to observe them first. If the situation changed, he would use his familiarity with the route to rush to the elevator location first and blow it up directly with the explosives on his body.

"Those guys are really weird. I've heard of their guild. It's a very ordinary guild. Most of the players in it are casual players, not competitive players. I didn't expect that when I met them today, they were so strong."

"We were too careless. It seems that judging people by their appearance is not advisable."

"Who would have thought that out of the eight of us who entered the tournament, only three of us could make it through, and we even took the 'Fool Exit'."

"Okay, hurry up, otherwise if they catch up with us, it's possible that we will be wiped out. You know, you can get a lot of points by eliminating other players in the event copy."

The three players put away the map and pushed the mine cart forward, following the tunnel that Han Zu had opened up before, preparing to head to the mine where the elevator was. When the mine cart passed the right angle, Han Zu discovered that there were a lot of ores in the mine cart, which were probably some dungeon elements that could increase the score obtained.

Han Zu thought about it and found that the guild names of these three players did not exist in the list of cheaters given to him by the company staff. Combined with their conversation, Han Zu was able to roughly confirm that they were not cheaters but normal players.

If this is the case, then the fact that the players of that ordinary guild suddenly became powerful mentioned in their conversation would make people suspect that they might be the cheaters.

"A player has successfully left the dungeon through a hidden route. The hidden route has been unlocked. The time limit is one hour and fifty-nine minutes. After the time limit is over, the hidden map will be refreshed again."

The system announcement sounded, broadcasting this information to all players in the current event copy. According to the introduction given to Han Zu by the staff before, these hidden evacuation routes will be blocked for a period of time after someone passes through the copy in this way. During the blockade time, this route will be blocked by the Infinite City system. Even if other players stand at the evacuation point, nothing will be triggered. Only after the blockade time is over can this evacuation position be used again. Of course, during this period, this position will become an "unfound safe zone", and any attack in it will be invalid. Generally speaking, this position cannot be found during the blockade period.

After confirming that there was no one else around, Han Zu walked out from his hiding place and walked back to the place where he had come before. The original tunnel seemed to be normal, but when Han Zu wanted to return to check the situation, he found that the original tunnel entrance was blocked by something. Han Zu reached out and touched it, and it felt like sand and soil, not an air wall.

"The sudden appearance of the air wall will not arouse suspicion from other players... Oh, I forgot about it."

Han Zu then remembered that his ability of perspective was still maintained. He changed his vision to night vision only and looked at the original tunnel location again. He found that the entrance of the tunnel had been covered by mud. In a normal dark environment, no one would find that there was a tunnel here. Even with lighting equipment, it would be difficult to find.

"That's fine."

Han Zu took out the knife and tried it at the bottom close to the ground. Sure enough, this place could not be destroyed at the moment, and not even a trace could be left. Han Zu put away the knife and prepared to continue forward along the tunnel that the three people had come here through.

After moving forward along the tunnel for a while, Han Zu came to a collapsed mine. A huge deep pit appeared on the ground not far in front of Han Zu. Walking to the edge and looking down, Han Zu could see a lot of red light in some places, which seemed to be flowing slowly in one direction. It should be magma. It seems that the depth of this mine is actually much greater than imagined.

"Click."

Han Zu heard a sound, like the friction sound of a stiff body suddenly moving. Han Zu looked in the direction where the sound came from. He found some people covered in dust and wearing miners' clothes. He couldn't tell whether they were mummies or something else.

"I still rely too much on my senses. If this guy hadn't made any noise, I wouldn't have even noticed them."

Han Zu moved his arms while walking towards the miner's corpses that made the sound, ready for a fight. When he approached the motionless miner's corpses, he suddenly stopped preparing to attack, because Han Zu found that although they all moved, even if they collided with him, they did not attack him, but changed direction and continued to wander around.

"It seems that this is what the company means by 'playing' an NPC."

Han Zu once again opened the almost useless Infinite City system panel and used it to observe all the zombie miners. Sure enough, the miners, who should have been hostile monsters, were now shown as green friendly units. The "acting" that the company mentioned was so thorough that Han Zu even found that he actually had the option to heal these "friendly forces", but now he lacked the necessary abilities and props.

"I'm sorry, guys!"

Han Zu took advantage of this and began searching these zombie miners. Surprisingly, he actually found some good stuff on them, such as the lever-action shotgun bullets that Han Zu had always wanted. Although there were not many bullets, only a dozen or so, it was still something to be happy about.

"Then I'll leave this thing to you."

In exchange, Han Zu put the knife in his hand into the hand of one of the zombie miners whose body he found a bullet, and then left his current location. Although those zombie miners moved slowly and seemed to have no thinking ability, they seemed to be very tough and there were quite a few of them, at least compared to the single-digit number of people in each guild.

But they are not completely brainless. At least they will avoid huge deep pits that collapse downwards.

As he continued to move forward, Han Zu began to think. The place where he entered the copy was a hidden evacuation point exit, so logically speaking, the distance between other players and here should be far away. According to common sense, although the method of obtaining some hidden props is not demanding, the steps are usually cumbersome and it takes a certain amount of time to obtain them, but this time it seems that this is not the case.

As mentioned before, although the system of the Infinite City does not play a big role in Han Zu, the timestamp can work normally. According to the time displayed above, the current event copy has just been going on for more than forty minutes. The prompt received when entering the copy made Han Zu understand that this copy called "Dark Mine" is an extra-large copy. In this case, it seems a bit too fast to find the hidden map in just forty minutes, not to mention that the actual time may need to be compressed a little bit.

Judging from the fact that the three players were able to leave normally, the people outside should have confirmed that they were not cheaters, that is, they completed the dungeon through normal means. Are they gifted? It is possible, but it does not make sense for them to fight with other teams, because in such a super-large dungeon, especially a newly made dungeon, the player teams should not meet so early. Even if the speed is very fast, they should have met now, but they have already fought and the winner has been decided.

Han Zu was different from the ordinary players. Before entering the dungeon, he got detailed information about the dungeon he was going to enter, from the resurrection points of each team, the location distribution of "friendly units", and the normal clearance route, to the refresh locations of hidden NPCs, and the triggering methods of activating the tasks required to activate them, including the clearance conditions and the method of opening multi-stage routes. Even if Han Zu did not understand it 100%, he knew about 80% of it. According to the current route of this dungeon, it was impossible for the teams of players to meet at this time, so someone must have used cheating methods. Now it seems that it is most likely the guild mentioned by the three players who have already left.

Although Han Zu's system was affected and he was unable to receive the transmitted information, he knew that people outside could know its location. At the same time, Han Zu could transmit information to them, but he would not receive a reply.

So before entering the copy, Han Zu and the researchers from the scientific research center who helped him came up with a feasible solution.

Han Zu sent the information he obtained, that is, the information of the guild that might be the cheater, to the employees outside. Although Han Zu did not know their names and specific members, the researchers outside could easily search for them. The next thing would need to be handed over to other employees disguised as NPCs. However, Han Zu needed to ensure that the cheaters would not be discovered and escape from the employees who were working when they were balancing the cheating data. At this time, Han Zu, who needed specific information, needed to use the method that he had discussed with the researchers at the scientific research center before.

Han Zu found a relatively small mining area, and after confirming that there was no one around, he pointed at the open space in front of him. A few seconds later, with the appearance of a teleportation light, a "friendly unit" that was incompatible with the current copy appeared in front of Han Zu. It was a one-meter-sized khaki slime with a lot of things stuffed inside.

The khaki-colored slime, although it is out of place in this event instance that is obviously set during the gold rush period, is the most common monster and seems to appear almost anywhere. In addition, some hidden NPCs and enemies often differ from normal instances, so even if someone discovers it, there shouldn't be any problems.

There were some documents stuffed in the slime's body. Han Zu took them out. They recorded the plans of some employees outside and the movements of other employees who entered the copy to modify the cheating data. After reading the information, Han Zu burned the documents with his "nuclear lighter". After thinking for a while, he stuffed the holster on his body and the sawed-off shotgun inside into the slime's body, and also put the bullets he found in it.

"In this way, we should be able to disguise it as a hidden enemy providing weapons."

Although he lost his weapon, Han Zu felt that this was not a big problem. He checked the oil lamp hanging on his waist and the letter with sealing wax. Han Zu deliberately made some marks at the exit of the tunnel where the slime was located so that other players passing by could find it more easily. Then he left and continued to move towards the location of other player teams.