After being pulled and forced to follow Edge, Dadong and Ash to the podium in a huge ballroom with a red curtain, Annie was soon in this ballroom filled with faint green light and smoke. I found a lot of weird dancers floating and dancing on the dance floor that was like a cliff-like void, following some classical music.
Obviously, just like the evil spirits, changing zombies, and some super-healing 'black long straight' ladies she encountered outside, the dancers in front of her were all wearing dresses, but in reality they were On top are zombies that are completely rotten, covered in ulcers, boils, maggots, and exuding a disgusting stench!
Here, this is the first time that Annie feels a little disgusted by why this backward VR game has to be so realistic... Of course, maybe it's her fault that she shouldn't use something more advanced than the 'X1 Touch Suit' Are many times more advanced all-round tactile, olfactory collection and feedback game equipment for gaming?
"Is this here?"
(￢д￢.)
"But where is the key? Where is it? Are you trying to fight those zombies out again?!"
? (??Д??≡??д??)!?
After taking a look at the green place where all the zombies were suspended in the air, Annie looked at the weird dance floor that was filled with strange green smoke and shimmering light. The young lady Artemis who came here with an unconventional hair color asked.
"The key is not known yet, but the key person has been found!"
"That's her!"
"Did you see that? The only normal 'woman' among those zombies is Kira!"
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the zombie ring in Chaos Mansion, one of the first games Halliday developed! And 'The Shining' is just a small part of it, so don't be fooled Got it!"
"So I can basically determine that the key to unlocking the second clue must be the only woman who looks normal!!"
Artemis stared at the NPC 'Kira' who was dancing up and down on the dance floor for a while, and then made her judgment firmly.
It is indeed true that they came to the library to find the director and entered "The Shining"!
Isn’t this?
They found the 'ex-girlfriend' that Halliday loved the most but didn't dare to confess. Halliday specially arranged this scene and left the specious clues, just because he wanted others to know his story. , know that he is not an old bachelor who wants to be beaten to death, but a dedicated lover who really likes a woman but dare not confess or accept it?
Anyway, Artemis thought that was probably the case! As for whether that was the case, she couldn't confirm. After all, a young girl like her couldn't guess too much about what a dead widowed old man thought.
To be honest, if the easter eggs left by the other party were not related to the actual control rights of those stocks and the 'Oasis' game, but those things had a huge effect on their careers, and even related to whether they could defeat IOI Sixth Man, if she could defeat that online creative company, she would definitely not be able to easily speculate and guess what perverted thoughts a disgusting old man has, right?
"!!"
"Zombies again..."
"But how are we going to find her? I can't fly, and I don't have flying equipment or vehicles with me!"
To be honest, if Ash hadn't pulled him, Edge might have wanted to run out a long time ago. Why would he stay in this copy where there are ghosts and terrifying zombies everywhere?
"Maybe we can jump over there!"
"Look! Go through the zombies, use them as stepping stones and climbing props, and then try to get as close as possible to the 'Kira' in the middle, and try to decipher that clue?"
Artemis was a little eager to give it a try.
Because she is now basically certain, certain and certain that the second key and the second important clue must be in the body of the only normal female NPC surrounded by countless zombies. It must be like that!
"Jump over? Over the zombies?!"
"No no no!"
"Forget it, Artemis, I have to go to you. I won't go there anyway. I think it's time for me to quit this terrible dungeon!"
Edge hurriedly waved his hands and took two steps back. Now that he could face those terrible rotting zombies here, it was already very difficult for him. If he had to jump and climb from those terrible zombies to the woman's side, , then spare him, he might rather not ask for the second key?
Anyway, he didn't think he could really become the first to obtain three keys and seize Halliday's easter egg with so many competitors stronger than him, surrounded by these friends in front of him and the sixth people of IOI. The lucky one!
"It can't be helped!"
"We have to jump over, you guys give way first, I think I can try..."
As she spoke, Artemis began to take a few steps back, intending to speed up from here and jump onto the pair of dancing zombie girls and zombie gentlemen closest to them, and then get closer to the zombie girl and gentleman. The center of a dangerous dance floor?
"!!"
"Huh? Annie, what are you doing?"
But unfortunately, before Artemis had time to speed up, she was grabbed by a little guy by the leg of her trousers, which made her lower her head and ask with some anxiety and confusion.
Because time is running out now, they must try to crack it quickly and get the key and find the clues. If the woman is not the key to the clue, then they have to quit and try again!
"No need to jump, I am a mage..."
ε=(??ο｀*)))Alas
"So, it's better for someone to go take a look for you? At least, they must be a little faster than all of you combined!"
??(??｀▽′)????
After saying that, no matter what Edge and Miss Artemis thought, Annie just flashed and easily reached the sky above the woman also called 'Kira', and waved her wand to kill the woman who was following her. The other party's dancing zombie was opened and beaten into the bottomless abyss.
Then, she cast her spell again, pulling the woman together and slowly sliding towards the suspended rock in the middle of the dance floor.
"What next?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
"Do you want to do anything else?!"
(??????.??????)????????
After using the slow-fall technique to land on the suspended rock in the middle of the dance floor with Obasan named 'Kira', Annie turned to the people at the entrance to the dance floor on the other side and asked. .
'! ! '
'It turns out that a mage is so convenient. He is Halliday's biological son... No, I will learn spells another day and become a great mage! '
'ah? '
'You'd better forget it! Edge, you definitely won't be able to learn it. Those spells may be more difficult than advanced mathematics and analytic geometry in college. You'd better save it! '
'No way? But Dadong, you are not Master, how did you know? '
'Because I learned it! '
'Then what? '
'No more! Do you know why there are so few mages in the game? Why are there so few people who get the title of arcane mage? '
'? ? '
'Why? '
'Because arcana is more difficult than 'arcanum'! With the title of Archmage of Arcane Arts, I have only seen Anne in so many years! '
'! ! '
'Really that powerful? '
'Of course it's amazing, otherwise why could she, the daughter of darkness, have been able to get away with it for so long, and even the people from IOI and the Fan Alliance Guild couldn't do anything to her? ! '
'When you say that, if you think about it carefully, it's really...'
'Then Dadong, I really can't learn magic? ! '
'This is not impossible. It is indeed difficult to become a magician, but maybe you can go to the academician's spell or the priest's? '
'Does it make any difference? '
'Those two professions are different from Master. It is said that you don't need to learn too many things. One only needs to be ruthless to yourself, and the other only needs to be ruthless to others (relentless deception)? However, those two professions require some prerequisites, and they are not so easy to learn...'
'ah? '
Aiqi, Axiu and Dadong ignored a certain little girl on the dance floor who was already impatient. They just kept loudly discussing the differences and opinions between Masters, Warlocks and Priests.
"..."
(lll￢▽￢)
"Hey! You guys should tell me quickly, what should I do next?!"
o(*｀ー??)o
Seeing those guys chatting away, Annie finally became a little impatient. She wished she could teleport over with a flash and kick them all!
'I see! ! '
'Annie! ! '
'quick! Ask her to dance or kiss her! Then……! ! '
At this time, Artemis had just told her the guess she knew, but in an instant, a strong suction force appeared in the direction of the stage door, and then the five of them were sucked outside in an instant, and disappeared directly. No, he has been transported to the entrance of The Shining.
Obviously, the five-minute time limit has been reached, and those players who have not completed certain judgment conditions of the dungeon will be directly sent out by the system as a matter of course.
"!!"
!(;??o??)o
"..."
(ー`??ー)
Seeing that Miss Artemis and others were teleported out before they could finish their words, and could not use friend communication at all, Anne had no choice but to frown, turn around and stare suspiciously at the Ou who was smiling at her. Basan. In the current situation, I'm afraid she can only decide what to do on her own, and those guys definitely can't count on her.
"Ask her to dance or kiss her?!"
(￢д￢.)
"Let's forget about that kind of thing... Do you think it might be easier to just burn her?!"
??(ψ｀▽′)o ??
After saying that, without waiting for the other party to react, Anne directly raised her hand and launched a flame attack, causing a tongue of flames to sweep directly towards the other party and lick it, and instantly burned the other party to ashes with a scream and exclamation. Ashes.
(…)
ε=(????｀●)))Alas
Next!
Before Annie could start burning the surrounding zombies again, she saw that as the woman was burned to ashes by her, the surrounding zombies instantly shattered into ashes-like fragments. Then they quickly gathered in front of her, and finally formed the image of a bad old man wearing a hood pretending to be a prophet that she said she was very familiar with.
There is no doubt that Anne deciphered the second clue and found Halliday, the game character of the other party, the bad old man she particularly hated - the prophet Arnock!
"Aha! I finally caught you!!"
(??????)
"watch out!!"
??(ψ｀▽′)o????
When she found out that bad old man Halliday appeared, Anne couldn't wait to use her long-planned fire blasting technique and hit him directly in the face! !
! !
"??"
Halliday was a little caught off guard. He didn't know what the little girl in front of him was thinking. She seemed to be crazy and did that kind of thing to him as soon as they met?
"etc?!"
"you……"
??
Boom~! ! !
The next moment, a certain unlucky Halliday just appeared and happily took out a green emerald key, and was about to hand it over to the other party to open the treasure chest with the second clue. He was horrified to discover: a huge explosive fire spell. The fireball had already hit his hood, and instantly caused his whole body to burn with a huge explosion, and instantly turned into pieces of fly ash...
"snort!"
ε=(??ˇεˇ????))) Bah! !
"You guys who don't learn well, let's see if you dare to encourage those bad guys to cheat in games in the future?!"
(??????????)hey-hey!
Burning the other party with a fire, and then getting the emerald key, Annie suddenly felt refreshed and comfortable, without even looking at the ashes of the other party, she teleported back to the Shining. At the entrance of the big house in the theater, I managed to see Edge, Miss Artemis and others who were already waiting impatiently outside.
'! ! '
'How's it going, Anne? '
'Very good! This is the second key, the emerald key, right? '
'Tell us, tell us, what is the clue that the second key says? ! '
'? ? '
'Annie? '
Seeing a little girl coming out and seeing what the other party was holding, Artemis, Edge, Dadong and others gathered around them, intending to listen to what the clues the other party had gotten were about. of.
"ah!!"
━(??Δ??∥)━ン
"that……"
(′～`●)
"It seems that I forgot to open the box just now, and it came right out..."
(^～^;)ゞ
Annie, who was heartless and didn't care about such trivial matters at all, seemed to have come to her senses at this time. She felt that she was too happy for a moment after 'burning' the clone of that bad old man Anok, so she didn't Did you accidentally forget something important?
'! ! '
'It seems that our guess is correct, it is that woman Kira! Artemis, hurry up, let's separate the team and enter the dungeon one by one, trying to get the keys and clues as soon as possible, but don't let the people from IOI take our place! '
'ah? Okay, okay! '
'? ? '
'Edge? Won't you go? ! '
'No! I dont go! You can just go on your own and don't worry about me, I'm right here! '
'Are you scared? '
'I'm not afraid! ! '
'You're just scared! We just figured it out, and Annie got the key. Now we just need to run to the dance floor and find the woman as fast as possible. What are you worried about? '
'...'
'Anyway, leave me alone! Artemis and Parsifal have already gone in, you two had better go in quickly! '
'you……'
In the end, Edge, who seemed a little timid or didn't have much resistance to those evil spirits, stubbornly refused to go in. He just watched helplessly as his four companions left the team and ran in through the entrance. ...Then, he waited patiently at the exit with a bad little girl who got the key but didn't remember to look at the clues.
"Annie!"
"Did you see Halliday again? What did he say this time?"
Although he didn't plan to go in, that didn't stop Edge from asking a little girl around him about things he was more concerned about.
"What did you say?"
∑(°ー°〃)? !
"He didn't say anything. He just said 'wait a minute' and was burned by a fireball!!"
????(????｀??)??????
"!!"
"You attacked Halliday?!!"
Unconsciously, Edge's voice became a little sharper in vain, and he just widened his eyes, made an exaggerated gesture and half-hunched his body, looking straight at a certain person in disbelief who looked unconcerned and unconcerned. A troubled little girl with an impatient expression.
"What's so strange about that!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"I wanted to burn him last time. If he hadn't run so fast... Forget it, I won't wait here with you. It's a bit boring. Let's wait until they crack the third clue!"
(*??????`??)
After saying that, and making a big face at Edge, Annie put away the emerald key that seemed to be of no use, then waved her hand, opened an oval Master portal, and went inside As soon as he jumped, he quickly disappeared.
At this time, on the scoreboard of Halliday's easter egg game, there was the name of a certain little girl, a certain Anne Hastur, who was known as the "Daughter of Darkness", and her originally ranked number one. The score skyrocketed again, a full increase of one hundred thousand, and separated Parsifal and Artemis, who were in second and third place respectively, by a long distance.
…
'Report! '
'I take it, sir, that you must see this first?' '
Then, at the same time, at IOI Online Creative Company, the second largest company in the world in 2045, a certain small manager hurriedly called out to the manager of the company, Nolan Sorrento, and said to the other party very dissatisfied. With patient eyes, an electronic panel showing the Halliday Easter Egg Game scoreboard was respectfully handed to the local's hand.
'! ! '
'It's that dark girl again! ! '
'Well? ! '
'Why is there still that Parsifal? So what's going on? Hasn't he already...'
If seeing Anne Hastur, the daughter of darkness, who had repeatedly opposed their IOI company in the game and caused heavy casualties to them just two days ago on the panel made him grit his teeth, then, again Seeing that Parsifal score change really gave Nolan Sorrento a bit of a scare.
Because, he clearly sent people to blow up the home of the dead otaku living in the slums to pieces... But now, why can the other party's points change?
'! ! '
'Tell me, what's going on? ! '
At the critical moment, Nolan Sorrento, who resisted telling something about something that few people knew about, first stopped talking, waited for a while, and then forced himself to ask the supervisor with some unknown anger. road.
'Is such that……'
'One of our egg hunters saw these guys at the top of the standings entering that library a while back! '
'He sneaked over and heard them unraveling the clue...'
'Next, as long as we win the "The Shining" challenge, we can get the second emerald key! '
'However, that challenge seems a bit difficult, and I don't know if those people have found any loopholes or bugs... In short, our personnel have lost hundreds of people so far, and we still haven't found a way...'
'In this way, at least six people are ahead of us...'
Pointing to the scoreboard and gesturing to the boss to look at their miserable and screaming employees, the supervisor said helplessly.
Obviously, their IOI points are now seriously behind those few individual players who are making rapid progress. In this way, if they continue to follow those people to solve the puzzles, then there is no doubt that in the end, haha Liddy’s easter egg must have nothing to do with their company.
'alright! '
'I know about this, go ahead and do your work! Remember, tell them to beat that Shining level and get that last clue as soon as possible! '
'If they fall behind others again this time, their puzzle-solving team will not be able to get the bonus this year! ! '
After waving his hands and shouting impatiently, asking the supervisor to quickly watch those useless employees working and looking for Easter eggs, Nolan Sorrento hurriedly walked to a deserted place and quickly took the He pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.
'That's right! it's me! '
'Zander...'
'That boy, he's alive! ! ! '
'Also, he may be with that hateful little girl and the daughter of darkness now! Therefore, I hope that you can find them for me in the shortest possible time, no matter the cost! '
'Yes, I'm talking about the real world! I need to find them in the real world and catch them! This is all for the company, do you understand? '
'very good! I hope you can bring me good news soon...'
'So be it! ! '
After cynically issuing a strict time-limited order to a female field supervisor in his company's security department, the manager of IOI Online Creative Company, Nolan Sorrento, hung up the communication on his cell phone. , and then fiercely pinched it in the palm of his hand.
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