Yuanhai?
A group of players looked around curiously at the new map that they had been transported to by the NPC.
Darkness is the main color here. The viscous and thick seawater surrounds the surroundings and flows slowly. Unknown seaweed grows from the gaps in the ancient reefs, swaying with the waves.
Are they...in the sea?
And it’s still a very deep place?
Obviously there are no traces of any living creatures except for scattered seaweeds, not even the smallest schools of fish, but the players always have a feeling that they are being watched, as if they are under the black tide. There is something strange hidden underneath that they cannot see.
The surroundings are eerily quiet, but if one listens carefully, it seems that in addition to the undercurrent, there are also faint whispers lingering in the ears. When the players try to hear clearly, they disappear.
Even though there are systematic protections that have greatly reduced the impact of the environment on players, the most straightforward visual and auditory effects have already made many people suffer from deep sea phobia.
Players who believe in many societies conclude that it is an extremely hellish place.
Why is there such an underworld environment everywhere in Thousand Islands! ?
Many players cursed and complained in their hearts, but in the eyes of the "Apostle", their performance was enough to make him sigh again.
No wonder the "Doctor" likes and values strangers so much.
They do have extraordinary strength in some places.
The "Apostle" still vaguely remembers that when he was on the "Black Tide" mission, he entered the Abyss for the first time. Even he felt sick and dizzy. It took him a while to barely adapt. Many of the fusion warriors who were traveling with him were even more so. He either fainted and fell to the ground or went crazy.
Like this group of strangers, although it can be seen that they are a little scared, they are more curious, and they can even discuss among themselves, which is simply a miracle.
It's just...a pity.
The "Apostle" secretly observed the stranger, shaking his head at the same time.
Because the "Doctor" has figured out the upper limit of the strength of this group of strangers. At present, reaching the third level of professionals is their ceiling.
The bodies of the strangers seemed to have limitations. Although they were improving rapidly, once they reached the critical value, they could not improve any further no matter what method they used.
And even at the same level, excluding individual strangers, the combat effectiveness of the vast majority of strangers is much weaker than that of them at the same level.
This kind of combat power may be good at the mortal level, but once it rises slightly to the extraordinary level of fighting above the fourth level, it is of no use at all.
However, it is enough for now to deal with his upcoming scenes.
Thinking in his mind, the "Apostle" followed the direction where more and more strangers started to look, and also looked over.
All I saw was a palace.
A faintly fluorescent palace.
It's no wonder that the players' eyes were drawn to it. After all, no matter how weak the palace's light was, it was still as eye-catching as fireflies at night in such a dark environment.
Water God Palace.
The "Apostle" frowned. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but it felt like the palace was a little brighter than the last time he came here?
How can this be! ?
Obviously they have not sent the "divine witch" over for several times, and they have even taken away the power of people's "wishes" accumulated in the "divine witch". The Water God Palace has lost the source of its power, and naturally it should be unable to maintain it and gradually become gloomy. Until it is completely extinguished.
And...what about the Yamata-no-Orochi that guards the Water Shrine?
He actually stopped lying on the Water God Palace and used his original vitality to maintain the operation of the Water God Palace.
All kinds of weirdness reminded the "Apostle" of the first node where all their plans on the Thousand Islands began to collapse and failed, the Astologis.
snort.
"Apostle" snorted coldly.
It seems that the little girl from Yanyu intends to fight against them to the end. Although the "Apostle" doesn't know what the little girl did at that time, it doesn't matter...
He could feel that the Yamata no Orochi was still here, but it seemed that he could predict what was going to happen next, so he hid in the Water God Palace.
But, does this work?
He stretched out his hand and grabbed it from the void next to him, and a wormhole-like storage door was opened by the "Apostle". From inside, he took out one black box after another.
"People from a foreign land, there is an important task for you next."
"Please escort these sound transmission devices and arrange them to the four corners of the palace in the distance. I want to use these devices to call the guardian here."
After the "Apostle" finished speaking, the players in the Abyss sounded the reminder that the [Under the Black Tide] camp mission had entered the second phase.
[Ding, the current mission objective has been updated - "Deployment Device"]
[Mission details: Under the leadership of "Yosuke Sakai", you have successfully entered the Abyssal Sea. It is quiet, dark and chilling. Only the palace in the distance can make you feel a little bit in this dark sea. Nuan Nuan, now you have been ordered to place four black boxes in the four corners of the palace, but for some reason, you always feel that these unknown mysterious devices are exuding an ominous and strange atmosphere... 】
[Mission goal: Place "unknown devices" in the four marked places]
[Task reward: 500,000 experience points for each device successfully deployed]
[Current mission progress: 0/4]
On the players' Abyssal Sea map, four light spots immediately flashed out, corresponding to the four corners of the Water God Palace.
"this..."
Some of the community players who didn't know the inside story stood there and looked at each other. In fact, they had this feeling in their hearts from the very beginning. Could it be that they...had entered some villain camp?
And now this naked mission reminder barely has the words "do bad things" written on it.
Although players don't know what these "unknown equipment" are for, there is no doubt that it is definitely not as simple as "Yosuke Sakai" said.
To do...or not to do?
This is the hesitation faced by some of the club's individual players.
But for the players of Ka and the Holy Fire Guild, there is no such trouble at all.
Because the total amount of task rewards is fixed, and then distributed according to the number of people and contribution of each box during the escort process, it is somewhat similar to the prize pool task. In other words, the fewer people escorted, the more people there are, and the rewards will be natural. The more you get.
Therefore, the president of ka, Kuroyu, immediately ordered to seize the quota of two box devices, all of which were his own people. When the Holy Fire Guild next to him saw it, he quickly also grabbed a box device to prevent outsiders from getting in.
In the end, almost 30% of the individual players were left. After seeing this, they did not hesitate and immediately began to transport the boxes. They did not care about the impact on the plot, but were afraid that the last device would also be occupied by these two guilds. , they won’t get any reward at all.
During the whole process, the "apostle" who watched with cold eyes did not say a word, because he had already expected this result.
Just like his understanding of foreigners, this group of outsiders... put interests above all else in their eyes. As long as they grasp this point, it is easy to control this power.
Soon, the Ka guild that was the first to set out, under the leadership of Black Feather, arrived at the nearest place marked on the map to their starting point.
After they followed the prompts and installed and started the device, the black box glowed with light, and an invisible sound wave that was not difficult for the players to see began to penetrate and release into the Water God Palace.
Although players cannot hear this weird sound wave, more obvious movements can still let them experience the role of the black box.
hiss...
Hisssssssssssss...
This is the sound of a snake spitting messages.
No matter where the players are scattered in the Abyss due to escorting the box, they can all hear the sound coming from inside the Water God Palace.
Although the players cannot understand the snake language, it is not difficult to hear the emotions conveyed in the voice.
Irritability, anger and... struggling pain.
It was as if the sound waves emitted from this black box device were giving the big snake deep in the palace a splitting headache and extreme discomfort.
This is indeed the case.
Those black boxes that emit weird sound waves are the "Abyss Catalyst" invented by "Doctor".
From this straightforward name, you can tell that it can catalyze the creatures that are parasitized and polluted by the Fallen Abyss but have not yet completely fallen, and accelerate the process of degradation.
Originally there was no need for such trouble, as long as a catalytic converter was enough, but who would have thought that the big snake actually hid in the Water God Palace and used the Water God Palace to weaken and isolate the power of the catalytic converter.
This forced the "Apostle" to use four times the power at the four corners to pollute the big snake, causing the big snake to completely go crazy and lose control, becoming a creature that fell into the abyss, came out of the abyss, and attacked Thousand Islands.
This is what the "Kuroshio" plan is all about.
If after the first device was activated, the big snake in the Water God Palace just roared, but as the other Holy Fire Guild also successfully deployed and activated the second device...
The sound of spitting from deep inside the palace can be clearly heard. It is much more rapid. Even when it was first started, it was accompanied by the ground shaking, as if the big snake was hitting the palace wall with its head.
All signs indicate that even hiding in the Water God Palace will be of no use under the increasing number of catalytic devices.
The remaining two devices are located at the two farthest corners.
I thought it would be smooth sailing all the way, it was just a matter of time.
Can...
The big snake could not come out to fight back, because once it left the natural barrier of the Water God Palace, it would fall instantly. However, as if it wanted to resist, many black shadows emerged from the Water God Palace.
The goals of these shadows are very clear. Some of them are to stop the players who are transporting the remaining two devices, and the other part is to attack and destroy the two devices that have been installed and activated by Ka and the Holy Fire Guild.
When these black shadows got closer, the players saw that they turned out to be warriors with human bodies and snake heads, wearing simple armor and holding bone spurs.
[Child Guard]
【lv10】
A "detection" was thrown over, and Ka Guild Leader Hei Yu breathed a sigh of relief. These monsters looked quite scary, but it turned out that they were only level 10. Wasn't this giving them food?
It seems that the official finally has some conscience. They know that they, the players of Yueyuan Island, lack a "monster siege" plot, so now they are making up for it.
Although the current scenes and monster levels are far from the scale of Sakuragi Island, it is better than nothing.
After Kuroyu gave the order, the impatient ka members took the initiative to greet the heir guards before they could even approach.
A fight broke out between the two sides in an instant, but as for the result, it was undoubtedly one-sided.
Originally, the number of players in the Ka guild was dominant, and as a top guild, it goes without saying that the level of the players was not too much. It was easy to deal with such clumsy and low-level warrior guards.
They even started to complain about why the monsters were so weak, why not get some stronger ones so that they could get more experience points from hunting them.
As the heir guards fell one after another at the feet of the players, as if they could finally bear it no longer, a roar came out. Several players who had just surrounded and killed one guard just felt their eyes blurred, and the next second They actually flew away into the air and were swept away by a powerful sweep.
One of them with relatively low defense turned into white light in the air and was instantly killed with one blow.
The abnormality here quickly attracted Black Feather's attention, and he saw a snake-headed guard with a larger size and better armor appearing right where the player was.
[Chief Guard Captain——Barrus]
【lv20】
Roar!
First, he lowered his head and saw the corpses of many compatriots lying on the ground around him. Then he roared angrily, but he did not choose to rush into the players and kill everyone in order to avenge his compatriots.
Instead, the guard captain strode forward, and while the players were still losing detection, he ran towards the catalytic device protected by the Ka Guild.
not good!
Only then did many players in the Ka guild react and hurriedly threw various skills and arrows at Barus in an attempt to stop him.
After all, once the device is destroyed, their work will be in vain.
"Warrior! Warrior, let me taunt it and bring back the hatred!" the commander of the ka guild shouted anxiously.
But this is useless. No matter how players attack it, it seems to turn a blind eye, as if there is only a device surrounded by ka members not far away in its world, and as its last mission in this life, it is... .
Smash it!
[Death without mercy: Your firm will makes you immune to all control skills, and you will die immediately after the duration expires]
Barus felt that his whole body had been bruised and bruised by the intruder's sword, and there was pain everywhere.
The dark green blood mirrored its yellow snake, but it still didn't dare to wipe it or blink, because it was afraid that if it relaxed a little, it would fall down and never stand up again.
It cannot fall, at least not now, that evil device must be destroyed...
Only in this way...
Only in this way can the snake god protect them and protect...the witch in the palace!
It continued to shoot away the intruders who were blocking the road with one shot. Looking at the evil equipment that was already so close, Barus felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling, because it knew that it had done it, and it was not ashamed of those who died. My compatriots, we are not ashamed of the Lord Snake God, nor are we ashamed of... after so many years, we finally ushered in the new Master of the Divine Wizard. !
Just one blow, just one...
Barus summoned all the strength in his body, raised the bone spur in his right hand high, and stabbed hard at the equipment!
Poof!
Success! become...
A penetration sound sounded.
But it wasn't the sound of bone spurs penetrating the black box, but the sound of sharp blades piercing flesh.
Barus slowly lowered his head. The last scene reflected in the snake boy was an arm... no, it was an arm covered with dark blue scales and transformed into a thorn blade. It exuded the same evil aura, and then from His chest pumped out.
thump...
Barus's tall body fell, and behind him, the figure of a stalker assassin gradually emerged. Now the stranger's face was filled with a satisfied smile.
[Ding, you successfully killed "Child Guard Captain—Barrus" and gained 35,000 experience points]
[Ding, you have upgraded...Ding, you have upgraded...]
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