Darkness and mystery are the main elements that fill the underground world.
Looking around, in the huge underground space, except for a few low-light plants that can emit faint fluorescence, most of the places are just as dark as a dangerous fog~
Coupled with the twists and turns of hard-to-find roads and rugged natural landforms, this place can be described as a desperate situation for adventurers and a hell for alien creatures.
It has been almost seven months since the game was launched in public beta. Players who have grown rapidly in strength have traveled to many places in the above world with their increasingly powerful strength and increasingly sophisticated equipment.
Although more areas have only been visited by a very small number of people, they have been visited by players after all.
Compared with the dangerous areas spread out in the open on land, the vast and complex underground world is much more terrifying.
The first thing that must be overcome is the dark environment here~
Over thousands of years, the creatures in the underground city have long had developed infrared vision or dark vision, so this environment will not be a problem for them. On the contrary, this place will be an excellent place for them to shelter.
Because relying on such an environment, as long as the creatures can better understand how to protect themselves from outsiders, then the dark blade handed out from the blind corner is enough to destroy many stronger people.
Therefore, compared with many dangerous places on the ground where terrifying beings are entrenched, the most terrifying thing about the underground world is the ubiquitous sneak attacks in the wild.
No, it's just a sneak attack~
The countless monsters hidden in this underground world are all masters of sneak attacks, and the continuous attacks and kills are enough to make any opponent who is blind here experience the "pleasure of being ravaged."
And if you want to light a torch or use lighting magic...
It's not impossible, but soon you will be surrounded by countless monsters that hate the light. Their number and strength depend on your luck~ If an ignorant person accidentally breaks into the Manticore, Minotaur, Medusa, etc.
If they were on their own territory, their experiences would be very deplorable~
Therefore, except for the local players in the dungeon camp and a small number of ghost players.
So far, the underground world is still an unknown "virgin land" for most players.
And because the player bases of the two races in dungeons and ghosts are not very large (young girls don’t want to choose such an unpopular race, many wolf men have followed suit, such as humans, elves, and towers), so
There are even fewer "explorers"~
And the pattern of the underground world is so strange and complex that no one knows yet how many unknown secrets are hidden behind those layers of darkness...
For Liu Yifei and the other three, this darkness is not a big problem. After all, one of the three of them has dark vision and two have soul vision. They can penetrate ordinary darkness. They only see what they see after switching their fields of vision.
Very different from usual~
For example, dark vision only has an obvious response to heat sources. All other things are either black, cyan, or gray-white. Large irregular color blocks fill the dark witch's vision, which really makes her feel uncomfortable.
Love this darkness.
The soul vision of Liu Yifei and the little assassin is slightly better~
It is more accurate to grasp the surrounding details, but occasionally some monsters similar to fire elements or earth elements will appear in the underground world. When this happens, it will be a pain in the ass~
Because these creatures will not be reflected by the soul vision into the image of soul life forms that are constantly floating around, they will only be like ordinary landscape stone pillars. If the monsters are smart enough to stay still, they may even encounter Liu Yifei and Xiao Xiao.
The funny situation where the assassin bumped directly into them~
The three of them cooperated with each other, but it was almost smooth.
The "three people" hurried on quietly. Just in case, Xue Lan summoned a little ghost and put it ahead to explore the road. For this kind of dark creature, this place is home, so nothing can escape.
Although their eyes are of low strength, they may attack elite monsters above level 50, but they are not suitable for use as pathfinders.
Just in case, the chats of the three-person team are all done through text in the channel. Even on the most boring journey, chatting with each other can still eliminate a lot of boredom.
"...Oops~ Brother Yun, you're right. After I logged off last night, Huang Quan's pig-head annoyed me for at least half an hour. He kept complaining about me and deceived me. He almost annoyed me to death. I was really annoyed at that time.
I even want to throw away the video device."
The little assassin complained bitterly in the channel about the inhumane mental torture that classmate Huang Quan inflicted on him after he was offline last night.
"You deserve it~ Who asked you to lie to her? You should have thought of it~"
"I am the one who annoys her~ But I didn't expect that she could be so annoying. I really lost to her... Hey, by the way, Brother Yun, there is really King Toradre around us...
For your elite? I really don’t feel anything at all. We won’t get separated, right?”
"Shit, you crow mouth, you can't throw it away even if you lose it. The order they received is to follow me and ensure my safety. Before meeting the final mission target, they are all my bodyguards. Maybe they get separated?"
But you probably really can’t see it~
No way, I didn't expect Toradre to be so generous this time. To be honest, I guess our journey will be quite boring. It seems that the strength of his subordinates is too strong and it is very distressing. I want to make some money.
No experience..."
This time it was Liu Yifei's turn to complain.
Liu Yifei never expected that it would be a "sneak attack" that was sure to kill him, but Toradre was really willing to spend the money and actually gave him a whole regiment (50) of sixth-level underworld killers.
The underworld killer
Not a low-level product like a skeleton warrior, nor a mid-to-low-level product like a black warrior, but a true sixth-level capped-down underworld killer.
Liu Yifei knew more or less about this series of creatures~
During the closed beta, he accidentally got a "dark warrior". Later, after the public beta, when he was still developing on the strategic map, Liu Yifei had already trained a small group of dark warriors.
Therefore, Liu Yifei is quite familiar with the changes before the sixth level of the two branches of warriors and knights (please check the specific strategic attributes in the relevant works, they have been posted long ago, and they are still very strong).
The dark warrior Liu Yifei got by accident during the internal beta test once made Liu Yifei amazed because such a cutting-edge weapon would be permanently in a shadow state.
This state does not allow the dark warriors to truly disappear without a trace like assassin players entering the stealth state, but it does make their form extremely faded and appear translucent. If you don't look carefully, you will think it is a piece of smoke.
, or a small unknown shadow or something like that.
But if the dark warriors are allowed to stand in the dark or in the shadows, then they will truly become "invisible"
Liu Yifei has heard about several subsequent changes of the Dark Warrior. They seem to be called the Dark Warrior, the Dark Warrior, etc., but they have only heard about it. If you want to see this kind of cutting-edge combat power, you will not be able to see it unless there is a very special one like the one from Dickwell.
Otherwise, players may just have to slowly get over it on their own.
However, even Liu Yifei had never heard of the "Underworld Killer", a sixth-level supreme creature. If Toradre hadn't given it to him this time, Liu Yifei might not have thought that there could be such a powerful "mercenary".
"
Strictly speaking, these guys are still mercenaries, but Liu Yifei feels that in terms of "absolute strength", none of them is worse than a spiritual-level strongman. The only difference is that these creatures are probably just "soldiers". Although they are powerful,
Still just a killing machine on the battlefield~
They do not have the intelligence as high as true spiritual powerhouses and do not have soul authority, so they cannot learn any academic skills. The skills they master are all talents or directly given by the system.
In fact, strictly speaking, the most essential difference between intelligent NPCs and low-level mercenaries in the game is whether they can master various academics and whether they can study out of their own will. Mastering more academics is the most essential difference.
If we put aside the corresponding increase in intelligence and academics, just in terms of basic attributes, health bar thickness, etc., anyway, Liu Yifei feels that any of the underworld killers in his current group are stronger than his Bol and Milank.
North and his ilk.
Perhaps the only one stronger than them in Plague City is Gregory...
It has the strength to be infinitely close to the spiritual level, but it is more "obedient" than any spiritual level existence.
For such a regiment to be armed, Liu Yifei couldn't help but want to use all his belongings to exchange it.
And Toradre actually gave it to him to "send death"... To be honest, after confirming the strength of this group of mercenaries, Liu Yifei really doubted whether the old vampire's head was giving up.
Clamped......
After determining the "value" of these powerful mercenaries, Liu Yifei immediately began to figure out various plans to gain more benefits from the opponent~
For example: beat the spiritual boss that someone unlucky enough to encounter along the way to half death, and then let the three of you have the final touch~
For example: The lair of a certain boss was raided, and everyone went in to loot it~
If it can be done like this, then this mission is really a "fat job". For this reason, Liu Yifei even planned to launch a sneak attack on several small and medium-sized underground cities, and simply kill all the NPC city owners inside.
Get rid of it
Even a medium-sized city lord with legendary strength cannot escape unscathed if he is suddenly besieged by fifty extremely powerful "underworld killers", right?
And if Liu Yifei really kills a city lord, the profits he will make will be enough to eat him to death~
Unfortunately, as they gradually went deeper into the underground world, Liu Yifei soon realized a problem
That is
Under the system rules, these guys are mercenaries, but not summoned creatures...
The advantage of summoning creatures is that killing monsters does not steal experience, so the income belongs to the summoner. Summoning creatures will only affect the explosion rate and reduce the quality of the items produced.
And the mercenaries are blind~
The experience of killing monsters is all the same. At most, lords or generals can only team up with them to kill together, and the effect of teaming up is the same as teaming up with players, and it will also affect the explosion rate~
The problem Liu Yifei is encountering now is...
Any non-friendly creature that appears within the attack range of his "bodyguard" will be instantly killed by the opponent's sword.
It’s not because the mission was specially designed this way. I’ve been fighting all the way till now, and I’ve been walking for more than a day. There are not even ten thousand but eight thousand monsters that have been hacked to death on the way. Actually, not even a hair has fallen out...
Sad, really sad
By now, even the good-tempered Liu Yifei couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Why are these brainless guys so cruel? Why don't you leave some one alive for me to kill?
Along the way, there were countless monsters and countless kills. Even Xue Lan and the little assassin sometimes ran ahead to kill two monsters to practice their skills when they were bored. But it was him who never touched a single monster~
Anyone who dares to appear within 100 meters of Liu Yifei without forming a team will be killed.
The sword flashes, the head falls to the ground, or the body is severed in two. In short, there are all kinds of ways to die without a whole body, which is horrifying to watch~
In order to avoid hurting innocent people, Xue Lan and the little assassin even ran away together when they were offline yesterday, so as not to turn into light and return to the city before forming a team the next day. That would be a big joke~
Yesterday, Liu Yifei was still a little unbelieving in evil and wanted to try various methods to get rid of the "bodyguards" forced on him by Toradre and kill two monsters. But today, Liu Yifei had given up completely.
It turns out that Toradere of Ya asked him to be his "guide"
He led these troops through twists and turns in the dark underground tunnel and sent them to death. Then he went home and received the reward...
Depend on
This is completely different from Liu Yifei's original idea of leading people deep underground to attack the king in the dungeon camp.
When he thought that he seemed to be tricked by the old vampire again, Liu Yifei felt a little unhappy~
If he hadn't considered that there was still a set of legendary props waiting, Liu Yifei would have really wanted to give up the job...
"Hey, by the way, Brother Yun, didn't you and Sister Xuelan go to the tauren village deeper underground last time? How about we go there again?" The little assassin suddenly mentioned the old things from the past.
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"Go away~ That kind of mysterious realm is basically a hidden setting of the system, or a back-up setting. It will not be gradually launched until the pattern of the entire world or at least the regional pattern changes to a certain extent. Before that, it belongs to 'legend'
"Zone" is something that very few players can access through normal means.
Like last time, we found such a ghost place because of a large-scale explosion and a hole in the ground. We were lucky enough not to die after falling. Do you think that kind of place is really that easy to find?
Are you not~
I don’t know how many people fell with us at that time, but later I was stunned that I didn’t see any of them~
And you didn’t even see the desolate look that you and I, Sister Xuelan, looked like when we first met.
One has a broken arm, and the other is seriously weak and injured~
Both of us were seriously injured, and neither of us were doctors. We had to support each other to find someone to treat us in the village. If we hadn't been lucky enough to run into a tauren patrol on the way, both of us would have died.
Do you think a place like that is so easy to get to?"
Liu Yifei said angrily.
"Hey~ That's what I'm saying~ I've never been there, so I'm just curious, haha... By the way, Brother Yun, tell me, are those Minotaurs and Minotaurs close relatives?"
"That's not true. I feel like they are different branches of the same race, just like the dwarves in Gruhar Village and the dwarves in the Sighing Mountains.
Do you think they are the same as the dwarves of the elves?
The appearance and living habits are exactly the same
But just because of an issue of 'belief', the two groups of people split. Now they are somewhat different, right?
So I think maybe those tauren villages have similar settings, but not..."
"Shh~"
The two of them were chatting happily in the team chat when Xue Lan, who had been silent for a while, suddenly stopped them from continuing to chat.
"Already?"
"There seems to be something going on ahead. My kid was killed instantly."
Xue Lan suddenly frowned and said.
The skill "Imp Summoning" is a magician's professional skill that can only be mastered after reaching the third level of "Darkness" academic level. After the revision of the system skill system, Xue Lan unknowingly practiced this skill to the eighth level.
Therefore, although the skill of Imp Summoning has a low base, the Imp summoned by Xuelan is still not very strong. It has relatively high agility and the ability to attack with long-distance fire bombs. It is a fairly qualified detection creature.
And because its agility is not weak, even if it encounters an elite creature of level 50, it can barely hide once or twice. Xue Lan suddenly said that it was killed instantly. It seems that it really encountered an incredibly powerful monster ahead~
As soon as Xue Lan finished speaking, the little assassin entered the stealth mode in an instant, and consciously moved towards the front line. Liu Yifei stopped temporarily, because the underworld killers were distributed in a simple circle around him.
If Liu Yifei continues to move forward, he may encounter friction with the other party under an unclear situation.
After waiting for a while, the little assassin didn't report anything. Just when Liu Yifei thought that the little assassin couldn't find the other party and wanted Xue Lan to help investigate, a curse from the little assassin suddenly came from the team chat channel.
.
"Fuck~"
"What's going on? What's going on ahead?" Liu Yifei couldn't help but asked hurriedly.
If there are no special circumstances and the opponent is easy to deal with, the little assassin can probably do it in three strikes, five and divide by two. If he encounters a player, the little assassin will not just kill Liu Yifei and the others without informing them. This is inexplicable.
Swearing is not a good sign.
"It's a group of minotaurs. They are so powerful... No, it doesn't look like they are minotaurs. They can also replay healing magic. Oh no, there are so many. I can't bear them anymore."
Liu Yifei was really frightened now. Even the little assassin couldn't bear it. Isn't this ridiculous? Can a Minotaur be so powerful?
If it is an ordinary cowardly spirit-level opponent, the little assassin has the strength to fight with him in a short period of time or even kill him in a short period of time. Maybe he will be repelled by a group of minotaurs?
Without waiting for Liu Yifei's instructions, Xue Lan had already summoned the Void Walker servants and Manticore pets, and then rushed towards the direction the little assassin left, while Liu Yifei continued to wait where he was.
Not long after, Xuelan's communication channel realized that it was not a minotaur at all, but the kind of bull-spelling man he had seen before. There were a lot of them, thousands of them, and they were not weak. The one currently fighting with the dagger seemed to be
A powerful tauren of spiritual level, but there is a guy who looks like a tauren shaman behind it to support it, so the little assassin can't beat it. The opponent seems to use a totem effect such as forced appearance, and the dagger's stealth is restrained.
Can’t dodge.”
After all, Xue Lan and Liu Yifei had been to the tauren village together and knew more about this hidden species, so they quickly understood the situation.
"As long as they are tauren, these guys are not bloodthirsty. Maybe it is a misunderstanding. Please go up and explain it quickly. Don't get the dagger stuck in it. If it doesn't work, I will step in." Liu Yifei said hurriedly.
The wait took a little longer this time, and Liu Yifei also noticed that Xue Lan had briefly fallen into a fighting state, but she did not call Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei thought that the problem should not be serious, so he did not rush forward.
Finally, Liu Yifei waited until Xue Lan successfully sent back the news, or the misunderstanding was resolved, and everything was fine~
Until then, Liu Yifei ordered all the "bodyguards" to gather two hundred meters behind him, and then slowly walked towards the front where Xue Lan and the little assassin were.
This is the greatest authority Liu Yifei has been given during the mission stage.
He could only keep a straight line distance of two hundred meters from these underworld killers. Once this distance was exceeded, these underworld killers would give priority to executing Toradre's order and follow Liu Yifei. If Liu Yifei fell into a trap within a distance of two hundred meters,
In a fighting state, all the underworld killers will explode with all their strength in an instant, killing all combat targets within a hundred meters around Liu Yifei.
It is because of this painful situation that Liu Yifei had to ensure the safety of the front. Otherwise, if he made a move or was hit by someone, it is estimated that no one on the other side would survive~
By the time Liu Yifei arrived at the scene, Xuelan seemed to have successfully negotiated with the other party, and Liu Yifei simply stood aside and listened quietly to the other party's narrative.
Why would such a large tauren group appear in such a place?
The result was beyond everyone's expectations
Because these tauren villages were attacked by external forces. Before the village was about to be breached, they scattered and escaped. Now they plan to take a detour to other tauren villages to notify them urgently, and then take a comprehensive evacuation.
And the attack on their village...
Liu Yifei is unimaginable~
It's actually a group of dragons
The black dragon group, followed by a large number of regular dungeon troops...
