"Please...let me go, please..."
The woman with messy hair and torn clothes fell to the ground, pleading to the people standing in front of her.
In front of her, stood a man wearing a top hat. He was wearing a black suit that looked like it would affect the battle. He was holding a silver aristocratic rapier in his hand. The rapier was stained with a woman's blood.
"Where are the sirens?"
His sword was pointed at her face. The woman's face was fair and beautiful, with delicate features.
"I, I don't know what a siren is. I really don't know. I'm just a maid from the royal city who comes out to buy things. I really don't know..." The woman's mood collapsed. She cried and begged for mercy, holding on to her hands. The man's black trousers begged him extremely humbly: "Please, let me go, I really don't know..."
"You don't know?" The man laughed, not believing it at all: "Princess Tulip, I remember your face clearly. Even if you are wearing a maid's costume, you can't hide it from me. You are the descendant of the previous generation of Siren Princess. , don’t you know about the Sirens?”
"I...I'm not Princess Tulip..." the maid cried: "I just look like her..."
"Uh-huh!"
Screams rang out, and the man slashed her face with his sword. A piece of skin flew up, and bright red blood sprinkled all over the woman's face. The scene was extremely bloody for a moment.
"Okay, Eli." The teammate next to him said, looking like he was watching a show: "It looks like she is really not the Tulip Princess. She doesn't look like she's pretending."
"Yeah?"
"Believe me, you know." The teammate pointed at his eyes: "I have a pair of eyes that can see everything."
The man glanced at the bleeding and screaming woman on the ground, struck down with his sword, and cut off her head.
The head rolled to the ground, and the innocent maid died with her eyes open.
"Eli, before the game starts, you are a well-known gentleman after all." The teammate said: "Your methods can be a little gentler. At least, don't be so bloody. Those idle NPC Protection Association guys will hate you. Yours. They will speak out against you on the forum and criticize you like a devil."
"Then consider me a devil." Eli said: "You brainless, courageless losers, their heads are only worthy of being used as balls to kick. Don't let me see them appear in front of me, otherwise I will definitely kill them." Got rid of this bunch of trash."
He raised his sword, the silver sword glowed slightly, and he saw his blue eyes on the sword.
This is a red-level weapon of excellent quality.
After a moment, Eli spoke:
"The clues have been broken again. We have obviously traced the line to the princess... But, I am very curious as to why the maid looks exactly like the princess. Isn't this a taboo in the royal family?"
"Perhaps this maid is a shadow dancer. She is a poor innocent girl who blocked the knife for dear Tulip." The teammate shrugged: "And you killed her, cruel devil."
"Then I just fulfilled her duties."
Eli said lightly and was about to turn around and leave.
Suddenly, as he turned his head, something flashed in the corner of his eye.
He looked quickly.
——He saw an erect head that was also staring at him.
The maid's eyes stared at him like fish eyes, and her strange sight sent chills down the spine.
The headless body of the maid on the ground was curled with blood and flesh, twisting like maggots, and then began to rot rapidly.
The originally healthy corpse quickly turned into a piece of curled and rotting rotten flesh.
"What the hell is this?"
Eli backed away quickly, not wanting his precious Sword of Arx to come into contact with something so dirty.
"Wait, let me hear the sound of her corpse..." his teammates said softly.
The teammate raised his hand and pressed it on his temple, as if listening to something.
"What did you hear?" Eli asked.
"...She is calling a name, which should be the key clue to all this." The teammate said: "I think our clues have not been interrupted, and we have a new goal."
"What is it?"
"She's barking..." Teammate said softly:
"A name."
"Su Lin."
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Small white characters slowly appeared in front of several people's eyes.
Su Mingan stared at the rules in front of him, not letting go of any details.
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[Rule 01: In this "Feast at Sea", all acts of violence are allowed, including cheating, stealing, plundering, and killing.
My dear contestants, any rules of Playa can no longer bind you - you are born free and you are entitled to do whatever you want! 】
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[Rule 02: The victory conditions for this feast are: the team with the highest total points when the bell rings tomorrow. 】
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[Rule 03: The theme of this feast is “Guarding and Fighting”. All participating teams will be divided into occupying groups and plundering groups. Participants can form teams freely and choose the group of their own teams. 】
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[Rule 04: The rules for "occupying the group" are as follows:
(1) The team that chooses to become the "occupation group" needs to obtain points by occupying strongholds. The occupying group needs to designate one team member as the "Occupier", and other members of the team can freely choose to become "Guardians" or "Hideers".
(2) Among the teams, only the "occupiers" are eligible to occupy the stronghold. When the "occupier" of this team stands near the red core of the stronghold, the time will start to count. If it has not been driven away or killed for more than ten minutes, the stronghold will be occupied by this team.
The team can earn points by continuing to occupy these strongholds.
Among them, some streets will become ordinary strongholds (District 2, District 4, District 6, District 8, District 10, District 12, District 14, District 16, District 18, and District 20, a total of ten places), churches, The Royal City and South District Pier (three locations in total) are special strongholds.
After an ordinary stronghold is occupied, ten points will be provided to the participating team every hour, while special strongholds will provide thirty points per hour.
When a stronghold is captured, it will belong to the team that captured it for one hour. After one hour, other teams can also choose to stand near the red core. If they are not driven away or killed for ten minutes, the stronghold will be changed.
Strongholds will not be captured when squad members other than the "Occupier" are standing near the red core.
"Occupiers" are not allowed to take the initiative against other teams, otherwise the entire team will be disqualified.
(3) The mission of the "Guardian" is to protect the "Occupier". The "Guardian" can take the initiative against other teams and receive a 50% combat power bonus.
(4) The combat power of "The Hidden One" is reduced by 50%, but the "Feather of the Phoenix" effect is obtained once. The mission conditions of "The Hidden One" will be revealed in Rule 05.
"Phoenix Feather" effect: When you are on the verge of death, you are forced to recover 50% of your injuries. This effect can only be triggered once. 】
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[Rule 05: The rules of the plunder group are as follows:
The team that chooses the "Plunder Group" needs to gain points by killing members of the occupying group. All members of the looting group receive a 100% combat power bonus.
However, once the plunder group triggers the "Phoenix Feather" of the occupying group's "Hidden One", the attributes of the entire team will be reduced by 150% for one day. 】
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The rules are very long. It seems that there is still a section at the bottom, and the small white characters are still beating.
Seeing this, Noel suddenly said:
"I have seen the fifth one so far. Although there are some more after that, the rough rules are already out. Maybe we can discuss it first."
Several people raised their heads, they were also digesting the rules.
"These rules are very interesting. Generally speaking, this is a point-taking game." He said: "It seems that the occupying group is prepared for strong teams, while the looting group is a counterattack option for those weak teams. "
Lin Yin nodded.
Her view is similar to Noel's.
The rules of this maritime feast seem to be numerous, but in fact the core elements are very simple.
This is just a point-taking game, reminding her of competing for parking spaces in QQ Space.
The more points you occupy, the more points you will automatically earn every hour.
Around these more than twenty strongholds, players will launch an extremely chaotic battle for the strongholds.
It seems that the plundering team with 100% combat power bonus has an advantage, providing space for counterattacks by those weak teams. As long as they do not trigger the instant death immunity of the "hidden ones" in the occupying team when attacking, the entire team will gain a 100% combat power bonus. This effect lasts for three days and is very invincible.
For the occupying group, it will become their task to hide the "occupiers" and the "hidden ones".
Once the "occupier" dies, the entire team is disqualified. After the only instant death resistance the "Hidden One" has fails, the member will also lose the meaning of existence.
Team members with different identities will become the focus of intrigue between the teams.
If different teams want to join forces, they will inevitably face the question of "whether to reveal the identities of the members of this team."
This will alienate groups of dozens of players who thought they were working together.
...Only a five-member team will become the most stable small group.
The fire crackled in the fireplace.
The black-haired girl sat quietly on the soft sofa, slightly touching her chin with her fingers. She seemed to be thinking about the rules panel in front of her.
After a moment, she spoke:
"...I think that from a strategic point of view, strong teams will not choose to become a plundering group. A 100% combat power bonus is good, but the way to obtain points is too unstable. Strong teams kill people too fast, and if they are suddenly cut down Whichever "hidden person" we reach, the whole team will instantly pull their hips."
On the side, Lu Shu looked away from the rules.
He seems to have different ideas:
"Lin Yin, in fact, the "Hidden One" is not difficult to find. It is written in the rules that although the "Hidden One" has the effect of a death recovery, his combat power will always be reduced by 50%, while other "Hidden Ones" in the team will The "Guardian's" combat power will always be increased by 50%. This plus and one subtraction will make the difference very obvious. You can see the difference during the fight and you can see who has what identity." Lu Shu said.
"What you said is fine, from the perspective of an ordinary team." Lin Yin laughed: "...But we are a strong team, and we are still the strongest team."
She waved the map in her hand, and the snow-dyed parchment trembled between her fingers: "In our eyes, there is no difference between other weak teams whether they have a 50% bonus to combat power or a 50% debuff. .Because there is not much difference between 50 combat power and 150 combat power in front of our eyes, it is still difficult for us to identify who the other party’s hidden person is.”
All the smart people present quickly saw the hidden gist of this rule.
The rule is to prevent a strong team from choosing a looting group and just start crushing them all the way, killing everyone in sight.
Because the possible "hidden person" will become a huge boulder in front of them. Once the "hidden person" of other teams is killed, the entire strong team will collapse.
Unless the two teams are equally powerful, once they fight, they will quickly be able to see who does less damage and find out who is hiding.
But this method takes too much time and takes a while to figure it out. It is not suitable for strong teams that need a fast pace.
"...So the strong team must not choose the plundering group." Lin Yin made the final decision: "If we want to kill them, we must not choose the plundering group. We can't see who among these weaklings has lost 50% of their combat power."
"Yes." Noel responded: "From an overall perspective, the point-taking method of obtaining points is more suitable for us."
...After all, their biggest advantage now is control of the situation and the large number of people.
Although the rule that only "occupiers" can occupy points limits them, it is still possible to control people to surround the point and prevent other players from grabbing it.
"It's a very balanced rule." Lin Yin said: "Giving the strong team a chance will not let the weak team become a soy sauce. After all, the weak team will most likely choose the predatory team. They are noobs pecking each other, and they can't watch. The problem of hidden people is eliminated, and the plundering group’s combat power bonus is fully 100%.”
"The bonus is 100%... it's a bit troublesome for some guys." Noel rubbed his temples.
The top 100 players in the world rankings only have a combat power of 1,400 to 5,000. If those mid-range players were multiplied by two, almost everyone would be able to catch up with them.
He even heard that several of the top 100 players are in this book. Once their combat power is increased to 100%, it is estimated that they will exceed 2,000.
"Then we also choose the plundering team?" Lin Yin suddenly stood up: "If Su Mingan chooses the plundering team, his combat power will exceed four thousand, isn't that scary??"
Her eyes sparkled, as if she was excited about her hypothesis:
"Look, if you have a combat strength of 4,000, what level does it have to be? People blocking will kill people, and gods blocking will kill gods. There is no problem in crushing the entire dungeon, right? What kind of bicycles do you need? You can just slaughter the entire Praia. Right? What kind of god is there? Do you want to care about his face? Just rush to Yunshang City and kill the god directly. We don’t need to worry about other players at all, and we don’t need to worry about who is the hidden one. This is beyond the rules of the sea feast. range of intensity."
"It's not that exaggerated." Lu Shu said standing aside: "The player's combat effectiveness increases exponentially. It does not mean that the numerical value will double when the strength is doubled. If the combat effectiveness increases by 100%, the numerical value should be increased by a few digits at most. Let’s have a hundred points of combat power. For example, Su Mingan will have a combat power of 2600 or 2700, that’s what it should be.”
"Gods are not that easy to kill." Noel also answered: "From the current point of view, we still need to comply with the dungeon rules."
"...Oh." Lin Yin sat back down again.
She was crestfallen and seemed to be very frustrated. She banged her fist on the sofa: "How could this happen...how could this happen? This rule is too specific to us. Without this 100% combat power bonus, we would be very vulnerable to other people." It's obviously a crushing thing, forcibly closing the distance between the weaker team and us. It's going to be much harder to beat now..."
She sighed and looked at Su Ming'an, who had been silent all this time: "You think so... Hey, Su Ming'an, do you think this rule is too targeted at strong teams..."
She suddenly stopped talking.
Where she looked, Su Mingan, who was sitting on the sofa without saying a word, had a strange expression at this time.
Seeing Lin Yin mentioning him, Su Mingan suddenly raised his head.
In his eyes, there were still some emotions that had just been concealed.
"No." He suddenly smiled: "Don't you think this is a good rule?"
