What's worse than four A-level bosses? Five.
Lu Ning regretted not asking William about the specific situation of the crisis before. And Lewanska looked a little solemn after seeing it.
"Lu, if we attract the phoenix to the same place as the winter solstice and spring equinox..."
"I'm already thinking about this solution. But Lewanska, before that I want to ask, have you ever heard of this event in history that can be described as a 'nova'?"
"...It's hard to say. In the White Night era, there was rarely more than twenty years of peace. Conquests and wars were the main themes, and a lot of history was lost. The further back the interruption, the more serious it became. One section was very unclear. After the period, our current... city was established."
"What if this represents the present?" Lu Ning said, "Or, what if this crisis represents the Four Seasons Garden itself?"
"Do you think the monsters in the fourth crisis will not be attacked by other crisis monsters?"
"After all, the collective teleportation in the third crisis has already broken the habit. It wouldn't be a problem to break it a little more, right?"
"But that's no reason not to try."
Lewanska glanced at the elevator button, as if she wanted to see how long the waiting period was, but he was stunned for a moment.
"Countdown..."
"What?" Lu Ning followed his gaze and found that the number representing the cooling time on the elevator had begun to beat irregularly. It was naturally impossible to open the elevator in this state.
"Better don't bother."
A man carrying a grenade launcher walked along the corridor. Lu Ning had seen him beside Cheng Wulin before, but later she lost track of this man's whereabouts. However, judging from the marks on his body, he looked like he had experienced several battles.
"Who are you……"
"My name is Zhong Fu, a ranger on the city wall." The man shrugged, "You are not those skeletons wearing human skin, right? This thing is really difficult to deal with."
The man trapped by Lu Ning was obviously next to him. This man was obviously asking questions knowingly. Both Lewanska and Lu Ning could see it, but they didn't know what he meant.
"My name is Lewanska."
"I've heard your name." Zhong Fu shook his hand, "But it seems there aren't many people left in the team you formed? I hope you, the captain, haven't forgotten to improve your own strength... Let's talk Where are you? Yes, the door is open."
"Do you know what's going on?"
"The effect of the summer solstice. That guy can continue to affect our instruments, right? His own ability also affects all interactive tools he passes by, not only elevators, supply points, weapon depots that require data input, and even mission machines cannot be used .”
Zhongfu turned around and pulled it with his hand.
"Everything on the road that I walked over stopped working."
"But you look relaxed?" Lewanska said, staring at him. "How can we confirm that you are not transformed by those bones?"
"Oh, they won't bleed even if they wear a skin bag, or they can only squeeze out some semi-coagulated blood clots." Zhongfu raised his arm, which was wrapped in a piece of white cloth that was not too thick, and the blood stained a part of the white cloth red. , "This is the injury I suffered when I was attacked by a sneak attack just now. It can also prove my identity."
Lewanska glanced at Lu Ning, and Lu Ning nodded.
"If all interactive tools cannot be used, many of us will be restricted." Lewanska frowned, "Even support will become very difficult. The battle in Spring Garden was thanks to us being able to arrive in time. Only then can we deal with those ancient heroes separately, and now..."
"The four leaders have strangled our lifeblood." Lu Ning said, "The weapons and props we rely on to survive, and the enemies we can destroy through certain sacrifices, these two most critical things are our ability to survive in crises. The basis. But now there will be more and more enemies, and the things in our hands will be consumed faster, and the garden will no longer open access for us. This crisis is already approaching the limit of what we can handle. "
"We can't let the fifth crisis come, we have to escape early." Zhong Fu seemed a little tired carrying the howitzer, so he put it on the ground, "Let's stop talking secretly, Lu Ning, you I know Cheng Wuling, and I heard about you from her. From the bottom of my heart, I don’t agree with Cheng Wuling’s plan that sounds similar to ‘see the world’. But who made me owe her a favor? ? And you, just want to compete with her this time, right?"
Lu Ning heard Zhong Fu directly pointed it out and immediately glanced at Lewanska.
"What do you think he is doing? Cheng Wuling has confirmed his identity, and this guy might also know you, otherwise he wouldn't let you join the team so easily."
Lewanska touched her nose lightly.
"So you want me to..." Lu Ning decided to answer Zhong Fu's question first.
"Just let Cheng Wuling retreat when she sees the difficulty. Otherwise, if she wants to die, I, weighing more than 100 pounds, can only accompany her." Zhong Fu spread his hands, "Don't tell me that you don't have the confidence, even if you say you want to You should be prepared no matter how you say it."
"There are many aspects of preparation, and it is more difficult for Cheng Wuling to face difficulties than to defeat her directly." Lu Ning would not listen to him directly, "You also have level 5 props, right? Instead of asking me to do this, Can’t we just change the script and let the three of you escape?”
"Tsk...not to mention that if I do this, I won't dare to be in the same scene with her. With her sense of self-management, if she finds that she wants to leave early, I'm afraid she won't immediately change the script and come up with it. Overwrite it."
"So she has already counted enough?"
"That's not the case. Of course, this opportunity is not bad now, but it's a pity that my store is also locked."
"Put that aside in advance... Do you really think now is the time to discuss the issue of separation?" Lewanska had to interrupt the conversation between the two, "Even though she has received thirty stars, we are still trapped in In a crisis, the first thing to be solved now is the crisis problem, right?”
"It's good that you have this intention, but this crisis probably can't be solved." Zhong Fu glanced at him and then at Lu Ning, "You didn't tell him?"
"I just killed an impostor, and you came over after saying a few words."
"What haven't you said yet?" Lewanska frowned.
"The trigger condition of three-quarters is not only applicable to this. When the death toll reaches three-quarters, the trap crisis No. 16 will also be triggered."
Lewanska was silent for a moment and asked: "So how many people are left?"
"Not much anymore. I guess it won't be too late to lower it to below forty."
"Speaking of this...Cheng Wuling used Baimugui to count the number of people before. The number of survivors in this garden is one hundred and sixty, which is inconsistent with the original number of one hundred and fifty-seven. You know that the extra three What's going on?"
In fact, Lu Ning and Lewanska did not need to answer this question.
"Traitor?" Lewanska glanced at Lu Ning.
"No..." Lu Ning took a deep breath, "There is something we have all forgotten."
This is a confrontation scene.
Before this, Lu Ning had never even realized the core of this problem, the confrontation scene. After the mission prompt stated that it was a single-player confrontation, and after learning that the content of the scene was a battle royale, Lu Ning subconsciously thought that this was a single-player confrontation. It means confrontation.
But looking back now, which confrontation scene didn't have an assigned identity?
And this time the identity was mentioned countless times, and even Lu Ning was playing it in a decent way...
Alleys, streets, city walls, pavilions.
Tourists from each region have different identity backgrounds and reasons for entering the Four Seasons Garden, so this identity is at best used to disguise themselves.
"It's...'the mastermind'."
She concluded first.
"Confrontation scenes must give rise to conflicts of identity, and this time our conflict is not between the survivors in the garden, but the conflict between the five living areas with different conditions outside the garden. Those three people should be from 'Mastermind', so it will not be counted by the Four Seasons Garden, which originally belongs to the mastermind. It may even be..."
She stopped here and glanced at Lewanska instead of continuing.
"Who do you think it is? There are very few suspicious targets now, right?"
"So those three people must be tourists?"
"Lewanska!"
"...I know who you want to say, but we have no evidence to doubt our teammates."
"So why is it that Shi Ming is clearly the core, but Shan Lianmei is asked to take charge of all communication matters?"
"If they are really, why do they do something that can easily arouse suspicion? And now they have also completed the unlocking of the Summer Garden! For them, doesn't it mean that the sooner the crisis comes, the better?"
"...Dacolon is right to say that you are naive in some aspects." Lu Ning shook her head, "I hope you think about it carefully."
"I doubt Shi Ming's identity, but not to the point of thinking they are enemies. If any evidence appears, I will be the first to take action." Lewanska pursed her lips, seeming to be making a painful decision. "I don't want to doubt any of my companions until absolutely necessary."
"...You know me." Lu Ning changed the topic.
Lewanska raised her head.
"You don't know me directly, but you heard about me from someone. People are divided into groups. Among the people I have met, there are not many people like you." Lu Ning looked at him, "You are not a member of our organization, so... are you Carl and Robert?"
"The world is such a small place, right?" After everything was said, Lewanska felt relieved.
"Did you let me join the team in the first place because you wanted to avenge Karl?"
"I'm not so narrow-minded as to seek revenge just because of the outcome of the confrontation scene. Robert told me that your victory was wonderful."
"so you……"
"I recognize your strength, so I want to recruit you into the team. Is there any problem with that? Lu Ning, Karl made his choice, and I respect his choice. There is no room for you in this."
"Sorry, I was too worried."
"Are you two okay? Is it time to discuss now..."
"There are a lot of things to discuss now." Lu Ning twirled her fingers. "The current crisis requires us to slightly reduce the enemy's strength. We also need to consider countermeasures for the upcoming No. 16 Trap Crisis and find the ones among us. Those three unidentified people, and the task you gave me to drive Cheng Wuling away in advance is even more difficult than leaving me in advance."
"Does that mean you agree?"
"Promising and being able to do it are two different things."
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Just opposite Lu Ning and others, Zhefu and his calm mercenary partner were running as hard as they could.
The third companion who was traveling with them had already died unexpectedly. The death came so quickly that they didn't even have time to launch a defense. The companion became an abstract painting on the wall.
"Old gun! What kind of monster is that!"
"Bodyguard." Lao Qiang still looks calm even now, and even dragged Zhefu to help him run faster.
"So the one who attacked us is a survivor? Impossible! Let's not talk about what the pile of things that make up the bodyguard are. That thing can't be too far away from people!"
Lao Qiang chuckled: "What are those things? Aren't they weapons? All kinds of weapons are put together now."
As soon as he finished speaking, a barrage of barrages came from behind.
"Weapons? War robots are just about the same! This firepower can almost keep up with last year's mopping up operations... How long do you have until you can move the barrier?"
"Eighty-six seconds, oh, it should be counted as forty-three seconds now."
"That's it!"
"Why panic? There are still forty-three seconds."
Lao Qiang waited for the rain of bullets to be stopped by the mobile barrier and immediately turned it off. As he ran back, he said leisurely: "If the store hadn't been locked, I could at least buy two more of them and continue to hold off that guy."
"How long has it been? Why aren't you in a hurry?"
"It's useless to be anxious." Lao Qiang touched his pocket, "Zhefu, you are a little young in the industry, but you are not lacking in courage, and you can't move your brain, right?"
"Then how to deal with that thing at the back?"
"Deal with it? It's obvious that the bodyguard is wearing the outer armor. You can't hurt the people inside without breaking the shell. Do we have anything to break the shell? No!"
"It's still over!"
As they spoke, the two people ran into the outer room of the small garden. There is a door connected to the garden, and you can go directly to the elevator room.
"Zhefu, we have a mole here."
"Aren't we just guilty..."
The old gun slapped Zhefu on the back of the head: "I'm talking about the survivors who are not counted! Remember, you have to tell the leader that the mole is killing people in the dark. We don't know what the purpose is, but it's definitely not What a good thing."
"Old Qiang, even if I tell the leader, he will probably be happy to see this." Zhefu whispered.
"He can prevent others from having an easy time, but he still has to take care of the remaining brothers. Oh, this elevator." Lao Qiang lowered his head and looked at the button, and found that he couldn't press the elevator at all, and the numbers continued to be chaotic.
The "war robot" has arrived at the door.
"Zhefu, press hard. If you press it just when it reaches zero, the elevator door will probably open." Lao Qiang pulled Zhefu over, then walked over and unfolded the barrier to block the door. The huge robot waved the weapon in his hand. The barriers were constantly being cut, but these weapons from the arsenal could not break through the defense of the props.
Zhefu cursed and pressed the button hard. Soon his expression turned into panic, big beads of sweat flowed down his forehead, and his lips began to crack.
Lao Qiang continued to touch his pockets calmly, and then sighed; "I was originally nicknamed an old smoker. When the leader asked me to quit smoking, I gave it away. If I had known this would be the result, I would have What should you quit..."
The moment the elevator door opened, the time for the barrier was also up. At the last moment when Zhefu rushed into the elevator, he saw the old gun being torn to pieces by the metal storm, and he also saw the only half of the face exposed in the metal pile.
