wavenovel Chapter 105 [We Might Be Playing Two Different Games]
Chapter 105 [We Might Be Playing Two Different Games]
Chen Kai's spear pierced the red crystal, and a crisp freezing sound echoed across the snowfield.
The single, white, sun-like eye turned one last time, then froze, solidifying into an enormous, milky-white gemstone.
Three seconds.
At the end of the Weeping Mountains, a new obsidian sword peak, a thousand meters high, rises, reflecting the frigid polar sunlight.
"It's over." Chen Kai maintained his throwing posture until the muscles in his arms spasmed from overexertion, then he collapsed onto the ice, panting heavily.
Wang Xuan deactivated the [Scholar Barrier], and the heavy plate armor slammed heavily onto the ground, causing him to collapse.
"This game... is freaking hardcore." Wang Xuan grinned. "Just now, I thought my official console and my brain were going to burn out together."
Ai Jia was the only one still standing. Ignoring her two teammates, she quickly walked towards Li Yao, who was lying on the ground.
Li Yao was unconscious, but the [Guardian Heart] amulet on her chest emitted a warm light and pulsed like her breath.
"She's fine. The coma was just the brain's self-protective mechanism." Ai Jia breathed a sigh of relief after the examination. "Without her final guidance, we would have been overwhelmed by the overflowing 'infinity' first."
Chen Kai struggled to his feet, leaning on the broken spear, and walked to the foot of the huge obsidian mountain.
There, a fist-sized, deep red crystal floated in the air.
Obsidian from the Heart of the Abyss (Legendary Material)
[Description: A core that combines the residual power of a dragon meteor from the era of the three ancient gods with the pulsating energy of polar magic. It is the crystallization of disaster and also the key that could potentially grant godhood.]
[Note: Dwarven craftsmen would probably go mad over this.]
After reviewing the materials provided by the UI designer, Chen Kai reached out and picked them up.
Ding!
The system notification sounded in the ears of the four people.
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to the player team "Pioneers" (unnamed) for successfully achieving the first kill of the legendary world boss—Obsidian Behemoth!]
[The progress projection of the Ashem world is complete.]
The new area "Lamentation of the Black Plains" has been generated.
[The entire team receives the title: Slayer of Calamity.]
[Reward: ... (to be settled in the safe zone)]
"The Slayer of Calamity..." Chen Kai repeated, a weary smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. "This name sounds much better than the 'Cataclysm' that those newbies are bragging about on the forum."
Wang Xuan struggled to his feet, walked over, and carried Li Yao on his back.
"Let's go, it's too cold here; and with such a commotion, and the system announcements flooding the screen, the whole server is probably looking for us right now." Wang Xuan watched as Chen Kai put the core into his backpack. "We're now mobile bosses carrying a fortune."
"Back to the valley?" Ai Jia asked.
"Back to the valley." Chen Kai nodded, glancing at the still dense forest to the east. "It's warmer there, suitable for resting. Besides, I need to repair my spear."
……
Returning from the frigid snowfields to the lush forest is like jumping from a black-and-white TV into a 4K color TV.
Wild Boar Forest on the east side of the valley.
The distance from here to the newly formed obsidian mountain is not actually that far; you can see the black crystal clusters soaring into the sky from the treetops in the distance.
But at this moment in the Wild Boar Forest, the second group of players were engaged in a chaotic free-for-all.
Lightning Blade was going crazy; this was their third attempt to take down that damned Three-Eyed Demon Boar.
Having learned from their previous experience, they learned to spread out, to use the terrain to their advantage, and some fearless players even learned to use their clumsy movement to bait the pigs into charging.
However, the numerical difference cannot be bridged by such clever tricks.
"Is it made of iron?!" a player holding a bone axe shouted in despair. The axe in his hand had just hit the pig's back and bounced off, leaving his hand covered in blood.
"Watch out for its third eye! Don't look! Anyone who looks is a coward!" Lightning Blade shouted until his voice was hoarse.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
As the gray halo dissipated, seven or eight players standing at the front were petrified and turned into statues.
The enormous black boar swung its tail, which resembled a steel whip, and charged at us.
*Snap*
The stone statue was shattered on the ground.
The white light at the respawn point lit up one after another.
"No, retreat! Retreat now! The aggro is all messed up!" Lightning Blade was exasperated as he watched the formation crumble once again.
The rampaging three-eyed boar suddenly stopped.
As if sensing the presence of some natural enemy, the huge pig snout twitched twice and grunted uneasily.
Not just it.
The birdsong and insect chirps throughout the entire forest have disappeared.
Rustle, rustle.
"Who's that?" A novice player hiding behind a tree pointed blankly into the depths of the forest.
The fog dissipated.
Four figures slowly walked out.
The leading man was tall and wore heavy armor made of some unknown silver-gray metal. He carried a spear that, although broken in half, still shimmered with a pale blue light.
To his left was a man wrapped in heavy plate armor, carrying a sleeping girl on his back.
The woman on the right was wearing tight leather armor, her face expressionless, her eyes cold as if she were looking at a pile of dead objects.
The shirtless novice players, armed with wooden sticks and stone axes, instinctively made way for them.
Look at their dazzling equipment, and then look at the wooden stick with stones tied to it in my hand.
Is this the same game?
We're playing "Primitive Man Survival," while they're playing "World of Warcraft"!
The three-eyed demonic boar was clearly aware of the danger.
As the overlord of the newbie zone, its dignity does not allow it to back down.
It stared at the four humans who didn't look very tall, especially the man with the spear who was walking at the front.
"Roar—!!" The boar stomped its hind legs on the ground and unleashed its signature move, the [Savage Charge].
It swept up a flurry of fallen leaves and charged straight toward the group of four.
"Watch out! This monster can kill instantly!" Lightning Blade shouted, trying to warn the top players.
I regretted it as soon as I shouted it.
Do they need someone in their underwear to remind them of their full gear?
Faced with the behemoth, Chen Kai didn't even lift an eyelid.
"It's so noisy." Wang Xuan, who was carrying Li Yao on his back, frowned, seemingly worried that he would wake the person on his back.
Aijia, who was standing on the right side of the group, stopped.
She was very tired.
Guiding the Seed of Chaos on the snowfield drained almost all of her energy.
All she wants now is to find a quiet place to lie down and have a drink of hot water.
And this pig, oblivious to its own mortality, is blocking our way.
Ai Jia raised her right hand and gently pointed her index finger at the enormous creature charging at high speed.
"Target: The Obstructor."
"Instruction: Structural disintegration."
That elite monster, seemingly invincible and unbreakable in the eyes of novice players, had its iron-hard mane shattered, and its powerful muscles relaxed and separated.
Less than three meters from Ai Jia's fingertips.
wow-
Flesh, bones, and fur disintegrate into dust and ashes.
The menacing monster was now nothing more than gray powder spread out beneath the feet of the four.
A gentle breeze blew by, raising a cloud of dust.
The three-eyed demonic pig was reduced to ashes.
"Let's go." Chen Kai looked ahead.
The four of them stepped over the pile of ashes.
From beginning to end, they didn't glance at the dumbfounded new players, nor did they show any emotion towards this "powerful" elite monster.
Like passing by an ant that gets stepped on and killed.
Lightning Blade felt he could breathe again only after their figures disappeared at the edge of the forest.
"Holy shit..."
The iron-tipped spear in his hand clattered to the ground.
He glanced at his bleeding hand and then at the still-warm ashes on the ground.
"This is the right way to play this game!"
……
Ten minutes later.
The official forum for Asem Online, which was already filled with complaints about the game's difficulty, exploded.
The title of the pinned post was glaringly red.
[Pinned][Multiple Images Warning] Stop refreshing! The real "natural disaster" has arrived! That's not a cheat, that's a god!
Posted by: Lightning Blade
Content: "Brothers, I'm not quitting the game. I'll kneel down first as a sign of respect."
"We were clearing land in the Wild Boar Forest just now when that demonic boar that wiped out our entire party three times was instantly killed by a small team of only four people."
"He wasn't hacked to death, nor burned to death."
"That female mage (I'm not sure if she was a mage) just raised her finger and pointed lightly."
"The pig is gone. It turned to ash. Physically, it turned to ash!"
"Figure 1.gif (the moment the giant pig disintegrates)"
"Figure 2.jpg (A close-up of the four-person team's departing figures, their luxurious gear)"
"And you all heard the system announcement just now, right? 'First kill of a legendary world boss,' 'The Slayer of Calamity,' I bet it's those four people!"
The number of replies exceeded a thousand in an instant:
"Holy crap?! Is this equipment for real?! That warrior's spear is even glowing!"
"Plate armor?! We don't even have underwear, and they're wearing plate armor? The model's detail is so high, I feel like my graphics card is burning out."
"What's the principle behind that skill? This doesn't make sense! It killed someone instantly without even a light effect? Is it a conceptual ability?"
"Upstairs, the game's background description mentioned the word 'concept'! It seems that's the core of advanced gameplay!"
"Who exactly are they? Beta testers? Or GM alt accounts?"
"Is this what 'natural disaster' is...? I love it! Coach, I want to learn this!"
"Am I the only one who noticed the girl being carried? That amulet seems to be glowing too. Everyone here is a villain!"
In a corner of the forum, a player with the ID "Truth Excavator" quietly posted an analysis thread, which was quickly pushed to the top.
Title: Speculations about the four mysterious players – We might be playing two different games.
"Considering the current attitude of the Horde NPCs towards them (fear mixed with reverence), and the world announcement just now, I have a bold guess."
"We ordinary players are 'commoners,' or even 'vagrants.'"
"And those four triggered a hidden high-level storyline, embarking on a true path of 'god-slaying'."
"Do you remember the direction they came from? The Weeping Mountains. Now look at the updated map; there's a new 'Obsidian Sword Peak' there."
"They killed a legendary boss in the snowy mountains, then casually passed through the newbie village and crushed a bug."
"Brothers, times have changed."