There was lightning and thunder outside the window, and the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping. Huge raindrops continued to hit the window, as if they could break the glass at any time.
Due to the impact of heavy rain on electronic equipment, all the street lights in the city have been extinguished. Fortunately, the council took precautions and installed lighting stones as backup lighting equipment early and activated them immediately. This prevented people in the city from becoming blind and reducing the number of people in the city.
possible panic.
After these years of confrontation with the restricted area, humans have gradually obtained a lot of useful materials from the restricted area and effectively integrated them into modern technology.
Parliament is certainly the leader among them.
Therefore, although this sudden heavy rain was very strange and had almost the same basic rules as a restricted area, it did not affect the power supply of the Parliament itself, but network communications were still greatly affected.
But this effect alone is already fatal.
In this heavy rain, all urban areas seemed to have become an isolated and helpless island, unable to communicate with each other. They could only rely on themselves to fight against this unknown storm, and they might turn into a sinking reef at any time.
——No one knows how long the heavy rain will last, and some people don't even know the dangers contained in the heavy rain, but everyone is subconsciously praying that it will stop soon.
Mr. Huang's expression was calm, but his heart was quite gloomy. He didn't even drink a sip of the hot tea on the table, which was about to get cold.
Red Fish's judgment is rarely wrong, and if what she said before is correct, then this heavy rain will undoubtedly be a test for the entire safety zone——
Monsters that specifically restrain A-level extraordinary beings will only be more powerful than A-level extraordinary beings. A-level supernatural beings have the power of natural disasters, not to mention the possibility of creating even more terrifying S-level monsters. If they are not handled carefully, once
A large number of A-level monsters have appeared in the world, and some urban areas may be completely destroyed by these monsters!
...This is by no means a groundless worry.
"I hope these monsters will disappear when the rain stops, otherwise the problem will only become more serious..."
Mr. Huang tapped the table, thinking about how to minimize the losses.
The lights in the office flickered for a moment, but soon returned to normal. It was probably because the power supply was temporarily affected by heavy rain.
Xue Hongyu seemed to notice Mr. Huang's worry and remained silent for a while.
In fact, this heavy rain is indeed quite dangerous and full of unknowns. You cannot act rashly, otherwise she will not let Mo Leng stay in the house, but will suggest him to go out and make tentative contact with this heavy rain.
This child's ability is extremely terrifying, and once a monster with the corresponding restraint ability appears, it will definitely be extremely difficult. Whether it can be dealt with is a matter of course, and she does not dare to take the risk.
Scientific research emphasizes boldness and carefulness, not daring.
The atmosphere in the office was quite dull, except for the short Mo Leng, who didn't notice anything. He raised his head and held his chest out, always maintaining a military posture and staring at the wall in front of him. His big eyes were full of seriousness and he was mumbling something.
"I am a man, I am a man, I am a man..."
This man seemed to be completely immersed in his own world. The words "hunting" and "crisis" he heard before did not mean much to him, and he quickly forgot about them.
The air is quiet.
After a long while, Mr. Huang finally recovered his thoughts and murmured: "I don't know when this heavy rain will stop..."
He was wondering whether his order to hibernate the Parliament was right. There was no doubt that there would be big problems after this heavy rain.
He subconsciously reached for the teacup, only to find that the tea had already gone cold.
Xue Hongyu poured hot tea for him again and said calmly: "Mr. Huang, I know what you are worried about, but this heavy rain may not be a crisis, it may also be an opportunity."
After all, Mr. Huang is not a person who looks forward and backward. He quickly adjusted his mood, smiled and said: "I understand, is it the game theory you proposed before?"
Xue Hongyu has repeatedly used game terms such as "version", "experience value" and "copy" to describe the changes in the restricted area. Although there is no substantive written report and is just an inference, he has always remembered this incident.
"That's right."
Xue Hongyu nodded solemnly and began to describe his thoughts——
According to her theory, each forbidden area is a specific copy. Although there are various dangerous forbidden creatures in it, its rules are actually biased towards humans. In addition to crises, there are also a large number of ore plants in the forbidden area.
, rare props, and even "dungeon rewards" such as forbidden sequences.
And if according to the original logic setting, humans as players should conquer the dungeon as much as possible, so as to obtain rewards and strengthen themselves. This is the correct logic of action. However, not only did humans not do this, most people even just muddle along.
It is possible to stay away from the restricted area, so it gradually lags behind the version.
In fact, most urban areas, including the parliament, have a rather conservative attitude towards the restricted area, and they pay attention to progress little by little. They even regard it as a form of entertainment, and there are programs to explore the restricted areas.
And perhaps because the game progress is too slow, the version has updated itself - since you don't come to explore me, then I will come to invade you.
With the expansion of the restricted area, a large number of restricted area creatures poured into the buffer zone, and many people were eliminated. Although not all those who remained were extraordinary people, most of them had the courage to survive and could survive even in the dangerous buffer zone.
Survive.
The world is plunged into chaos, and the importance of power is constantly highlighted.
——And this is today’s version 2.0 of the Forbidden Zone Era.
In this version, the difficulty of the Forbidden Zone copy has been increased, and the difficulty of exploring the secrets is more terrifying than that of the 1.0 version. However, its expansion forces players to participate more deeply in the exploration of the Forbidden Zone. It is impossible not to participate.
And this is not without its benefits - corresponding to the increased difficulty of the restricted area, there are richer rewards.
According to effective data, 87% of the explorers who have entered the restricted area and returned alive today have experienced rapid improvement in strength, both in terms of physical strength and extraordinary abilities. The reason is currently unknown, but it is certain.
The thing is, this is by no means the hallucination of an extraordinary person!
In addition, the difficulty threshold for ordinary people to become practitioners has been greatly lowered. It seems that it is easier to search for Taoist source stones in the restricted area. Among the non-extraordinary people who dare to set foot in the restricted area, 47%
of people successfully found and opened the Taoist Source Stone, and the compatibility was ridiculously high.
——This was absolutely unimaginable before!
Not to mention that the Origin Stone is rare in quantity and extremely difficult to obtain. Even if someone is lucky enough to obtain an Origin Stone, the chance of successfully integrating it and obtaining Taoism from it is less than 7%!
The current acquisition probability is 47%! Close to half the probability!
This cannot be explained at all.
Therefore, Xue Hongyu has reason to judge that as the difficulty of the restricted area increases, the rewards obtained will become richer, and the experience points and qualification rewards will be expanded.
Especially the ability to quickly improve your strength in the restricted area is like turning on the double experience mode in the dungeon, which is absolutely fatal to extraordinary people who want to become stronger.
This also triggered a wave of exploration in restricted areas, and those who were brave and resourceful soon became strong.
And those who dare not explore... now many can only stay in the buffer zone.
Although the population of the safe zone has decreased a lot due to the expansion of the restricted area, the overall strength level of human beings is now far higher than before the expansion of the restricted area. Although it has not reached the point where all members are extraordinary, the number of wastes waiting to die has been greatly reduced.
.
In a sense, this is actually a good thing!
And because extraordinary people are passionate about conquering restricted areas, the number of low-level restricted areas is gradually decreasing. Although restricted areas and buffer zones are still everywhere, the safe zone has not yet reached the point of being precarious.
...It seems like a certain balance has been reached.
The 2:0 version of the restricted area era lasted for nearly half a year. Since the buffer zone blocked various urban areas and the cost of contact between them increased, it was difficult for the parliament to obtain too much data. However, it is still not difficult for Xue Hongyu to imagine that the outside world is now C-level or above.
There will definitely be no shortage of extraordinary people.
If it weren't for this, there wouldn't be so many A-level extraordinary beings caught in the rain in the city area affiliated with the parliament today. If it were in the past, it's still unclear whether so many A-level extraordinary beings could be found.
Of course, there is a big gap between A-level extraordinary people and A-level extraordinary people. After all, the basis for judging the level of extraordinary people is only basic physical quality, and the true strength cannot be reflected in writing.
But no matter how you say it, you can't conceal the huge role played by version 2.0 of the Forbidden Zone Era - this is the most rapid period of improvement in human strength!
It was not until half a year after the expansion of the restricted area that everything seemed to have temporarily entered a stable period. The area of the safe zone basically continued to no longer decrease, and a balance was completely formed between the restricted area and the restricted area.
In addition to the restricted areas, the crises facing mankind seem to have increased in this version - taboo spokesmen appearing from time to time, strange beings occupying urban areas, terrifying creatures in the ocean...
As versions are updated, more and more content seems to be filled in.
However, humans have not yet fully understood these things and have not yet enjoyed this period of stability. Today, it rained heavily for no apparent reason, turning the entire safe zone into a restricted area for a short time, and monsters specifically targeting high-level transcendent beings appeared.
The safe zone has fallen into a new round of crisis, and mankind has once again been forced to respond.
Xue Hongyu noticed very early on that there seemed to be a hand in the dark that was constantly pushing the expansion of the restricted area, thereby forcing humans to make changes.
——The version of the restricted area is constantly being updated!
After listening to Xue Hongyu's narration, Mr. Huang fell into a brief silence.
There is no substantive evidence for what Xue Hongyu said, but it is reasonable and well-founded. He has been dealing with the restricted area for a long time. He has always regarded the restricted area as a life and death enemy. He spent a lot of time fighting and killing, but he has never thought of it that way.
Pass.
"So you mean, this heavy rain is another version update?" he asked.
Xue Hongyu shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, it may also be a preview of version 3.0 of the Forbidden Zone Era."
She paused and explained, "The update notice for version 2.0 of the Forbidden Zone Era was the Equality Paradise incident. At that time, the Forbidden Zone had a vague tendency to expand, and we vaguely learned from the tombkeepers that the world might undergo drastic changes.
And the restricted area really expanded after that."
"Tombkeeper..." Mr. Huang murmured in a low voice.
He had never seen the tombkeeper with his own eyes, but both Xue Hongyu and Jian Wugui came to a definite conclusion - this tombkeeper was very important.
Even if he is not the culprit responsible for the emergence of the restricted area, he is definitely inextricably linked to the restricted area and knows many secrets.
It's a pity that the parliament has not been able to find him in the past six months.
It is worth mentioning that although the Tomb Keeper is a taboo sequence, his position seems unclear. Xue Hongyu’s attitude is to strive to get closer to him, while Jian Wugui remains silent, ultimately saying that the Tomb Keeper is too powerful to
Constraint, it is not easy to talk to him, so he spent a long time in the restricted area to improve his strength, and he has not come back until today.
In the past, Jian Wugui would never have made the judgment of compromising with the creatures in the restricted area. He could say this because apart from the fact that the tombkeeper was indeed powerful, there might also be other reasons...
"The restricted area is not a restraint, let alone a protection."
While thinking, Xue Hongyu on the opposite side once again said this long-decoded sentence, and said in a deep voice, "I still stick to the previous interpretation - the restricted area is not a restraint on the creatures in the restricted area, let alone the protection of human beings. This
It’s a battle of life and death—but although it’s cruel, the rules are actually more in favor of humans.”
"Under the premise of such an expectation, I believe that the version update of the restricted area will never be carried out randomly, but there will be more obvious prompts! This is to give human 'players' a buffer period - just like the Equality Paradise incident half a year ago
."
Mr. Huang held the tea cup and said without thinking, "So this heavy rain is a reminder of the version update, right?"
Unexpectedly, Xue Hongyu still shook his head: "Currently, the information is limited, and I cannot make an accurate judgment, but in addition to prompts, I suspect there are other possibilities..."
Mr. Huang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that the heavy rain that Xue Hongyu had mentioned before might be an opportunity, so he had an idea and said: "Is this a special... special event that you young people talk about in the game?"
He is an elderly person and has never been exposed to video games, so he doesn't know how to describe it specifically.
Xue Hongyu smiled slightly: "Perhaps it can also be said to be a 'special copy'. As for the monsters that suddenly appear - they are 'wild bosses'. I think this description is more accurate."
Although Mr. Huang couldn't understand, he could vaguely understand what the other party meant, and analyzed: "These monsters that specifically target high-level extraordinary beings are powerful, but they are not impossible to kill..."
At this moment, a young and lively voice suddenly sounded: "The boss has rewards! Where is the boss? I want to fight the boss!"
They saw Mo Leng, who had white hair, staggering towards the two of them, hugged Xue Hongyu's calf tightly, and said excitedly: "Sister Hongyu, I am a man, I want to fight the boss!"
Xue Hongyu touched his little head and said softly: "But you have already defeated the boss."
"No!"
"Yes, just today."
"No..." Mo Leng was about to shake his head and retort, but suddenly thought of something and asked strangely, "Could it be those things that Grandpa Huang asked me to wipe off today?"
"Yes, you are the most powerful person." Xue Hongyu praised.
"No, the boss is a very powerful thing! Those guys are so weak...they are obviously soldiers!" Mo Leng looked suspicious.
Xue Hongyu smiled and said: "That's because you are so powerful, so fighting the boss is like working as a miscellaneous soldier."
Mo Leng's eyes lit up, and the corner of his mouth almost reached his ears. He quickly wiped his saliva, hugged Xue Hongyu's calf tighter, and said expectantly: "Really...really?"
"Sister Hongyu, am I really that manly?"
"Yes." Xue Hongyu smiled, "You are the most powerful man, but a man will not disturb other people's business."
"I'm a man, I won't bother you!"
Mo Leng's face straightened, and he quickly returned to the wall with his short legs and stood up in a military posture again.
Seeing his cheerful expression, Mr. Huang was both amused and helpless: "Only you can fool this kid."
Xue Hongyu shook his head and said, "I didn't deceive Mo Leng. He is indeed an amazing man."
Mr. Huang didn't say much, but continued: "You said those monsters are bosses. Did you find something?"
Xue Hongyu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and nodded.
...As a wild boss that is quite difficult to deal with, how could there be no kill reward?
