[The wheel knob continues to rotate under your twisting, the speed is getting slower and slower, and it gradually makes a rattling sound. It seems that it has been twisted to the limit, but the water from the water outlet is still flowing in small streams. Whether to continue? 】
"yes."
[You ignored the pipe's protest and continued to exert force. You felt the tremors of the pipe under your feet become more frequent... Until at a certain moment, the pipe at the knob finally couldn't bear the pressure and exploded from the edge of the knob. The water flow from the outlet in front suddenly began to flow. Rushing out at a speed several times more turbulent than before...]
"Well……"
Mu You was embarrassed. He originally thought of tightening it a little, once and for all, but he didn't expect it to explode...
Fortunately, there was a chance to come back, so Mu You hurriedly retraced the timetable and stopped using the Qilin Arm.
[You stopped turning the wheel knob in time. At this moment, the knob was almost twisted to the load-bearing limit, but the water from the outlet was still gurgling. 】
[If you observe for a moment in front of the water tank, according to the current water storage speed, it will take about 50 hours from empty to full...]
It was not completely blocked, but the 'tsunami' time was extended from one hour to fifty hours, which increased the interval by more than two days, which was basically enough for the players to explore.
Mu You turned around and told the city owners the news, asking them to adjust the tsunami clock.
This news immediately cheered up the spirits of several city owners. You must know that after entering the real world for so long, it is precisely because of the threat of tsunamis that countless players have been trapped in one-third of an acre of land near the exit, unable to explore outside.
When there are more people, no matter what they do, they will get involved. Recently, everyone has clearly felt that the efficiency of collecting divinity is decreasing day by day. If this continues, I am afraid that it will soon become common for players to attack each other to snatch loot.
Fortunately, Tsunami has been shut down in time, finally solving this urgent need. Next, players can expand outwards as much as they want. Based on the current number and enthusiasm of players, this area will be completely explored, which is a matter of a few days.
After receiving the news, the city lords immediately began to organize expedition teams to prepare to open up wasteland.
Mu You was not in a hurry to explore outside, but instead jumped into the sea again.
Since he could get away with the cover of octopus skin, he wanted to explore the sea instead.
It can attract a mysterious creature that is more powerful than Jiuxing and stay in this sea for a long time. There may be some secrets hidden in this sea.
[You jump into the sea and swim downward. 】
[You are equipped with the relic 'Jellyfish Venomous Gills', which temporarily gains the ability to breathe underwater, but your health continues to decrease at a rate of one point per minute under the influence of jellyfish poison. 】
This relic was one of the trophies revealed by the Wetland Enchantress just now. Mu You kept it after seeing it was of some use.
Although the equipment will continue to be poisoned, this toxin is not fatal. When the health value drops below half health, it will adapt to the poison and stop losing blood. After all, it provides the ability to breathe underwater, which is rare in the real world. This side effect is not bad. accept.
[The water is dark and freezing. You look around, and along the curved coast, there is a kind of luminous water plant hanging, providing a little light for the dark sea water. 】
[You dive down, and several octopuses several meters long suddenly appear around you, swimming around you playfully. Fortunately, the octopuses do not attack you, but show obvious curiosity and friendliness towards you, as if they are inviting you. You play together...]
Entering the sea, the imagined scene of being directly eaten by many ferocious aquatic creatures did not happen. Perhaps because of the existence of the mysterious octopus, it was safer underwater, and ordinary little water monsters did not dare to act recklessly.
The 'little octopuses' gathered around him at this time seemed to be the children of the big octopus. Fortunately, protected by the skin of the King Octopus, these little octopuses did not notice anything unusual and regarded him as one of their own.
Mu You ignored the onlookers of these little octopuses and continued to control the character to dive.
But as you go down, the text actually reminds you repeatedly that 'the surrounding area is getting narrower'.
"Is this just a 'lake'?" Mu You thought.
The dive gets narrower and narrower, resembling a cone-shaped funnel, and this topography can only be explained by a closed lake.
If it's just a lake, the problem is even bigger.
You must know that the pipeline above the sea is constantly leaking. If this was just a closed lake with constant water storage, it would have flooded the surrounding land long ago. How could it always maintain a stable water level?
The only explanation is that somewhere under this lake is connected to the outside world!
Thinking of this, Mu You continued to explore downwards. What surprised him was that he never saw the big octopus along the way. He had seen tens of thousands of these small octopuses.
[As you dive all the way, the bottom of the water becomes darker and darker, and the visibility is extremely low. When you look up, everything around you is blurry...]
Although there is no fog blocking underwater, due to the dim light, the visibility is not as good as on land. After all, there are fog-breaking mirrors available on the ground.
I just dived all the way for more than an hour, and finally a prompt popped up.
[You suddenly see a faint light coming from below. When you look closer, you see that the sea floor is already in front of you, with rocks and vegetation, and many colorful and strange plants growing. 】
[At a glance, you can see a very conspicuous black circular gap somewhere on the seabed that is as bright as the sea of stars. This gap is hundreds of meters in radius, and there are undercurrents surging around it. It is bottomless, and I don’t know where it leads...]
[Dark vortex: A rare natural wonder in the real world, distributed all over the world. Behind each dark vortex is connected to another vortex countless miles away. Through these vortexes, you can cross space and reach another new area in an instant. 】
"oh?"
Mu You was delighted to see this. Isn't this the teleportation array? Moreover, it is a naturally formed wormhole, which does not require energy consumption and can travel to another area at any time!
Mu You immediately manipulated the character to see through the whirlpool.
[You speed up your dive and head straight towards the dark vortex. 】
[Just when you are about to approach the whirlpool, a familiar low voice suddenly comes from behind, and the voice is filled with anger. 】
[A huge eye suddenly opens not far from you, and around the eye, reflected by the light on the seabed, you can vaguely see the outline of a giant octopus...]
[The little octopuses chasing around you were all trembling in fear from this low cry, and they all fled from you in panic. 】
[When you look again, a thick octopus foot has cut through the sea water and is drawing towards you quickly. 】
[You were crushed by the octopus's legs. 】
【You are dead...】
…
"..."
Mu You was speechless. This big octopus had been coming sooner or later, but it just ran out to show off its presence when he was going through the wormhole.
Is this guy here specifically to guard this wormhole?
Mu You frowned. No matter what, he was attacked at this moment, which proved that the Octopus King's skin was useless. It would be impossible to escape from now on. He would definitely die here.
But even if you die, you must die with some value.
Mu You hurriedly backtracked according to the table.
[Time goes by and you go back to ten seconds ago. 】
[Looking at the octopus figure close at hand, you choose to summon the wind unicorn arm and aim at the octopus feet that are coming in front. 】
[Soon, Octopus Feet roared in again. Should you activate the Wind Burial Cannon immediately? 】
[You activated the Wind Burial Cannon, and the energy in your body was instantly drained. Countless fine wind blades appeared on the seabed, forming a bright light group. 】
[The extremely compressed wind energy passed through, tearing apart everything in its path. The incoming octopus feet were also forcibly repulsed by the wind burial cannon, and were cut open by the surging wind blades. 】
[Amidst a deafening roar, you vaguely saw the end of an octopus foot that was more than ten meters long, floating past you. Charge or not? 】
Mu You's eyes lit up. He originally just thought that since he was dead, he would finally test the power of the Wind Burial Cannon, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain!
Muyou hurriedly clicked 'Receive'.
【You collected 'Broken Octopus Foot'. 】
The moment the prompt popped up, around Mu You, an orange octopus foot that was more than ten meters long and covered with suction cups appeared in the pet shop. It was so huge that it almost filled the living room of the pet shop and filled the lobby. Several tables and containers were crushed to pieces.
When the two clones who were busy with their own affairs heard the noise, they both looked up in surprise.
Looking at the severed legs of the octopus that was still alive and kicking on the ground, the watchman looked at Mu You with a strange expression: "Body, do we have takoyaki to eat tonight?"
Mu You smiled bitterly and looked down at the game first.
[You were beaten to pulp by an angry octopus. 】
【You are dead! 】
[Your soul was pulled back by the soul-guiding lamp and returned to the green lamp. 】
[You were resurrected under the soul-inducing lamp, and cracks appeared on the resurrection stone in your hand...]
There are no surprises, the characters in the game have died.
Having been cut off a piece of meat, Mu You estimated that the big octopus must hate him to the core now, and it was better not to go there again in the short term to get into trouble.
Mu You shook his head and closed the game, put away his phone, walked to the octopus foot in the center of the living room, opened the lock core backpack entrance, and first sent the big guy taking up space into the backpack space.
[A broken octopus leg is an excellent gourmet ingredient. You may be able to use it to hold a barbecue party. 】
[But you'd better be careful, because the person who eats it will carry the smell of this octopus foot for a short time. You'd better not wander around the octopus during this period, otherwise its body may follow the smell at any time. You take revenge. 】
This is the octopus foot message fed back in the omniscient crystal.
Mu You had a headache after reading this. He thought that the meat of such a powerful creature should have some special functions. For example, it could be used as a weapon or made into precious materials. After eating, it would add some attributes or something. If not, it would give it some divinity. Okay.
As a result, there were no special effects at all, it was just an ordinary ingredient, and the octopus would take revenge on it after eating it. What’s the use of it?
Mu You didn't know what to do with this thing for a while, so he could only leave it in the space.
Fortunately, since this thing can be extracted from the game, it means it has no life, so there is no need to worry about it growing into a complete octopus or something.
Back at the pet shop, Mu You was not in a hurry to play the game again, so he went to watch the progress of the two clones.
On the Watchman's side, after spending money on online shopping and experiencing the life of a rich man, he finally remembered the business and started to slowly play the game. At this time, he seemed to be paying homage to his former residence, the Watchman's Cottage. In addition, I also bought a bunch of gifts at the old cat store at the door, saying that I was going to visit the old lady at the foot of the Misty Mountain later. As for fighting and upgrading, I didn't pay attention at all.
The progress of the herb gatherer was much more serious. As soon as he entered the game, he borrowed the Moon Scepter from Mu You and started to rush into the Tower of the Brave immediately.
After just a short while, Mu You looked again and found that he had already cleared the 100th floor, but fell to the last demon king. At this rate, he probably wouldn't even have to wait until the end of the day before he could clear the Brave Tower. Enter the real world.
"Are you sure? Do you really want to choose the fire element?" Mu You looked at the herb gatherer strangely.
After clearing the level just now, the herb collector did not start again. Instead, he directly applied to join the Burning Sun City as soon as he left. He was obviously preparing to believe in the God of Fire.
"Well, I already thought about it very clearly when we were in the Bitter Garden." The herb collector nodded, proving that this was the result of careful consideration.
Compared with other gods, the Vulcan God has a special meaning in addition to its combat capabilities: he is the only god of forging. In the future, he can take the route of a blacksmith and help people build equipment.
When it comes to forging things like this, only you will always know your own needs best. From this point of view, between Mu You and the three clones, it is best if one of them can believe in the God of Fire and be responsible for the equipment issues of others in the future.
The herb collector didn't expect other clones at all, and silently shouldered the task.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Mu You nodded. If someone was willing to take the initiative to assume the identity of the blacksmith, he would naturally be happy to see it happen.
After coming back to his senses, he also began to think about his secondary beliefs.
He has not determined his secondary belief yet. First, because of his lack of divinity, it is difficult to support a God of Order. Supporting two gods at the same time is still a bit ideal at this stage.
The second reason is that he is still not sure which series to choose.
Because the God of Order is generally more auxiliary, Muyou, the deputy belief, is more inclined to find a system that is more output-oriented. The alternatives include the God of Fire, the God of War, and the God of the Moon. After Lin Xue's Death God came out, there was another God of Death.
Unfortunately, each of these gods has its own shortcomings. For example, the God of Death's output seems to be powerful, but the situations where it can exert its full power are actually very limited. Once it faces good creatures, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Just as Mu You was hesitating, his phone suddenly vibrated.
When he opened it, he saw that it was a message from Xiaoya.
"Boss, there is a vampire in Yongye City looking for you."
"vampire?"
Mu You was stunned and instinctively thought of Mai Yi.
He had previously arranged for this cheap sister to search for the vampire duke's tomb. Could it be that there was news?
Thinking of this, Mu You hurriedly returned to the game and teleported to Yongye City to take a look.
【You appear in Evernight City. 】
[The sky in Yongye City is still dark, but countless lamps have been erected in the city. The densely packed street lamps are connected into groups, shining brightly on the city. 】
[To the southwest of the city, a steel city has vaguely taken shape. Countless automated mechanical creatures are wandering around the streets, either transporting minerals or carrying goblins. Deep in the new clockwork city, tall towers are being constructed at a rapid pace. middle……】
The southwest of Evernight City is the territory allocated to the goblins. Under the gimmick of the 'New Clockwork City', a large number of homeless goblins have gathered here. The goblin factory has begun to take shape, relying on many robots. The strong labor force provided has gradually begun to supplement the construction of Yongye City.
["Brother!" A familiar voice sounded behind you. 】
[Looking back, a bat descended from the sky, landed on the ground, and soon transformed into Mai's figure. 】
[I haven’t seen you for many days and miss you very much. Mai ran excitedly to your side, but when he saw your appearance clearly, he was immediately stunned. 】
["Brother, are you injured?" Mai looked at you worriedly, feeling your weakness immediately upon meeting him. 】
The weakness was naturally due to the sequelae of releasing the Wind Burial Cannon. At this time, Mu You had no time to talk to her, so he simply dealt with her for a few words and then went straight to the topic.
[You ask Mai if you have found the Duke’s tomb? 】
[Mai looked at you apologetically: "I'm sorry, brother, every Duke attaches great importance to his burial place and rarely discloses any clues to the outside world. Mai has not been able to find any useful information for the time being..."]
[Mai Yi's voice changed and he mentioned another thing: "However, when I was searching an abandoned tribe in the history of the Vampire Clan, I accidentally found an old diary left by the ancestor of the Vampire Clan, which seemed to mention the Vampire Clan. The process of the birth of the ancestor..."]
(End of chapter)
