The main storyline of version 2.0, "Dark Resurrection", differs from version 1.0, "Scarlet Festival", in that this large-scale mission does not require a so-called NPC commander, and players can explore and adventure in the spirit world on their own.
This is equivalent to opening up a large-scale dungeon with a high degree of freedom for all players. There are endless monsters in it, and the map is ridiculously large, which is enough for them to play for a long time at this stage.
To explain it with the results of the official meeting, the territory of the spiritual world is too vast. Even if the major forces send high-end combat forces to lead it, it is difficult to achieve more effective results. Moreover, the empire and the church do not have so many manpower. It is better to let the "undead strangers" pour into the spiritual world on a large scale and act on their own. In this way, they can discover traces of polluting organisms more quickly.
The number of undead strangers is huge, and they are immortal, which makes them perfect for fighting against the pollution tide. All major forces only need to pay some resources as rewards to effectively reduce their own losses.
In this way, not only did they respond to the prince's call and obey the empire's instructions, but they also did curb the spread of the pollution to a certain extent.
It has to be said that the strategic policy proposed by Governor Jack of the Generous Parliament is indeed the optimal , and it was quickly recognized by the top leaders of many forces.
For a time, Chen Lun's regional popularity soared by more than ten points again.
Of course, if the "Undead Stranger" encounters a powerful monster that is difficult to contend with in the spiritual world, various forces have also thoughtfully formulated a response strategy for them, which is "asking for help"!
Generally speaking, powerful individual polluting creatures or large numbers of polluting clusters are accompanied by pollution sources nearby... Therefore, major forces can use the intelligence transmitted by players to send out elite teams of extraordinary people to specifically eliminate each pollution source.
Simple and efficient.
Therefore, in the eyes of the top leaders of the empire, the church, and various major forces, the players are not only the main force, but also serve as cannon fodder and spies.
Easy to use, cheap and recyclable have become the core labels of "Immortal Stranger".
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The small group of high-level players, led by Dongyang Polaris, are now wandering aimlessly in the spiritual world.
Although one can see some vague outlines of the real world in the azure vision, they are not real and all the scenes here seem to be filled with abstraction.
They were walking on the cobblestone road one second, and in the next they might be floating on the twisted river. Not only could they not tell the direction, they also had no idea of ​​their current location.
Therefore, Dongyang and others only hope to encounter the polluted creatures as soon as possible and have a good hunting moment.
Not long after.
As everyone moved forward, they found that the scene had changed again. After a strange stirring and distortion, the surroundings seemed a little dim, and the originally wide blue view became a little cramped.
"We seem to have arrived at an underground building?"
Su Keying looked around and made judgments based on the vague outlines.
"Well, it looks a bit like a dungeon... I see the shadows of the cell bars, and torches hanging on the wall."
Tailtone nodded.
At this time, the sharp-eyed centaur seemed to have discovered something. He pointed to the end of the aisle and reminded:
"It seems like something is coming."
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and indeed saw several human-shaped shadows slowly approaching them. At the same time, there were bursts of loud whipping sounds coming from the silent environment.
Bang!
Crack!
Everyone held their breath. Dongyang silently made a gesture to them. They all understood and took out their flintlocks or weapons, ready to fight at any time.
As the shadows got closer, they finally saw each other's true faces.
They were three hideous-looking "humans" whose coarse linen clothes were already torn and stained with feces, blood, dirt and other filth, making them disgusting. In their hands, they were tightly grasping a whip covered with rusty iron spikes, and they kept whipping their bodies, leaving bloody wounds all over.
"It's a polluting creature!"
"Fuck him! There are only three of us, what's there to be afraid of!"
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than ten meters, Gnoll shouted and directly used his sequence ability. He raised his body a bit, bulged his muscles, and rushed forward.
Through investigation, everyone found out that this polluted creature was called "People Whipped to Death" and its level was between 35 and 40. They immediately had an idea.
"First, focus your fire on the one in front, and be careful not to hurt your teammates by mistake."
After Dongyang gave a reminder, he picked up the flintlock and pulled the trigger.
Bang, bang, bang…
There was a lot of gunfire and flames were everywhere.
The members of the small group attacked one after another in an orderly manner in the chaos. They followed Dongyang's command and focused their fire on the "whipping death man" that Goutoujin encountered first.
For a moment, the contaminated monster only had time to swing two whips at the dog-head gold before it was torn to pieces by the firepower in an instant, and the other two beside it soon followed suit.
Everyone received a kill reward notification. Even if the team shared the experience equally, each person still received a few hundred, which was not a small amount.
"Hiss... don't say it, it hurts me."
Goutoujin squatted down, resisting the urge to vomit, and picked out the remaining extraordinary materials from a pile of flesh and blood. As he spoke, he fished out six bloodshot eyeballs.
"After all, the level is there, the damage is still very high, and only you and Forgotten Wuji can handle it in the team."
The Dragon King flattered him at the right time.
"That's right. The team must have a tank to pull the monsters. Otherwise, how can you squishy heroes output with peace of mind?"
The dog-headed golden showoff smiled.
Polaris cast a sympathetic look at the crowd and secretly said that they were just tools.
Under Dongyang's command, everyone collected the spoils and planned to distribute them after today's operation was completed, so they continued to move deeper into the dungeon.
Next they came to a relatively spacious hall. In their blurry vision, they seemed to see many torture tables, as well as iron chains and shackles embedded in the walls.
More humanoid contamination creatures approached them.
Here, there are not only the "whipping death" we just encountered, but also "hammering death" and "burning death", each holding a huge wooden mallet and a large candlestick respectively.
The new monsters were of a higher level, at level 40 and above. The battle lasted for nearly ten minutes before everyone cleared out these twenty or thirty polluting creatures. Everyone felt a little tired.
"This place looks like a church dungeon, with so many executed prisoners. But how did they become contaminated creatures?"
Goutoujin wiped the blood off his body and asked with some confusion.
"have no idea."
Forgotten Wuji shook his head.
Bang, bang, bang…
At this time, a dense and heavy footsteps came, and the group of high-level players turned their heads to look. Unknown to them, a group of jailers wearing red robes and white scary masks surrounded them.
What surprised them even more was that on the jailers' bare chests, on the obviously necrotic skin, there was a pattern of a red apple.
"Red Apple Church?!"
"Oh shit! The villain in version 1.0 is back!"
The Dragon King shouted exaggeratedly.
"Let's clear out the monsters first."
Dongyang said in a deep voice.
These jailers hold a strange long-handled weapon with a crescent-shaped jaw on top. The outer edges are extremely sharp, and the inner circle is covered with sharp metal teeth. Once the neck is locked by it, a slight pull is enough to behead the person.
They were obviously also contaminated monsters, and their level was quite high, reaching around level 45. They swarmed around the small group, making it difficult for them to escape in a short time.
Fortunately, Dog-Headed Gold and Forgotten Wuji took the "Mnotaurs Exclusive Potion" and turned into two tall bull monsters, taking most of the damage for everyone. Polaris also played a key role at the right time, constantly throwing cards that were like high-speed blades from behind, accurately and efficiently killing the jailers.
If a teammate is accidentally injured, he will use magic to "revive" the player by exchanging positions with the cards in time to help him out.
When the battle was over, Polaris didn't even use his trump card transformation skill, which made Pumpkin Girl and others regretful that they couldn't see Beizi's "Crocodile Man" form.
"call……"
Dongyang wiped his sweat and took out a towel to wipe the burnt blood plasma on his fist. He had just smeared the flammable oil of [C-level weird creature - burning|hot dance partner] on his hands, and the effect was quite outstanding. With his bare fists, he burned five or six jailers to death.
"The main storyline of the new version is indeed more intense, and the frequency of battles is a bit high... This has consumed most of our physical strength, so we must take a rest first."
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of "thirst potion" and drank it.
Goutoujin and Forgotten Wuji were cleaning up the remains on the ground and counting the spoils. The others couldn't complain about the disgusting environment, so they had to find a slightly cleaner place to sit down and drink some potions to recover.
At this moment, Polaris, who was leaning against the wall, frowned.
"My passive skill 'Spiritual Intuition' has a bad omen. It seems that there is something very dangerous in this dungeon, and it is approaching us."
After hearing this, everyone stood up quickly.
Goldfinger had just picked up the spoils and was still bending over when he saw a large area of ​​disgusting greasy fat tissue spreading rapidly on the ground in front of him, with even mold growing on it.
"What the hell...what is this?!"
He and Forgotten Wuji retreated again and again and stood with the others.
Everyone looked in the direction where the "fat fungus blanket" was spreading, and found that it was flowing out from a strange door.
Chenxi turned and gestured to Honey Pomelo, who nodded, took off the longbow from his back, pulled out an arrow from the quiver at his waist, and drew the bow and arrow.
With a whoosh, an arrow flashing with bright starlight shot straight into the dark door, illuminating the scene inside.
Everyone in the small group couldn't help but widen their eyes.
On the floor of the room, there was a giant tumor that almost filled the entire room! Seven or eight bulging meat lumps kept , and the blood vessels on them were beating vigorously and rhythmically!
A man who vaguely looked like a priest stood above the tumor, with only half of his body exposed. However, it was obvious that he had become a part of the tumor, and black and red viscous liquid kept flowing out of his seven orifices.
Polaris threw out the probe and his eyes focused.
"Be careful! I can't detect its panel data..."
Everyone was shocked.
"You can't even see Brother Beizi? Isn't this guy level 70 or 80 or higher?! Can we defeat him?"
The Dragon King was startled and spoke quickly.
"Don't act rashly, this could be a source of pollution!"
Dongyang judged and turned to look at the others.
"To be on the safe side, we'd better use the 'Pale Seal' to tell Jack about the situation and let the organization handle this matter... Although we won't get a reward for the kill, at least we can get a reward for intelligence."
Everyone looked at each other, thought about it, and nodded in agreement.
The adventure in the spirit world has just begun, and they don’t want to be too radical, so as not to waste their resurrections... and now everyone has been promoted to Sequence Eight, and the penalty of dropping one level upon death is still quite severe.
Seeing that his teammates all agreed with his proposal, Dongyang interacted directly with the "Pale Seal" and sent a message for help to the team leader Jack.
Then he whispered:
"Let's keep quiet and return to the previous area..."
Just as everyone was slowly retreating, the Dragon King on one side of the team suddenly felt his feet slip, as if he had stepped on something.
"Zhao..."
He looked down and cursed inwardly.
He saw the greasy fat tissue spreading from the dark shadows to the feet of the crowd unknowingly, and he stepped on it!
Puff puff puff!!
In the room, the huge tumor suddenly burst open like a flower, and bulges appeared one after another. Blood-stained jailers and people who had been tortured to death rolled out of it.
The "priest", with half of his body exposed above the tumor, suddenly twisted his face, raised his dry hands, and rang the filthy bells that were tightly clenched and growing together.
Jingle bells!
The contaminated humanoid monsters crawled up from the ground, all screaming and wailing. The sound was very uncomfortable and even creepy.
The flesh bulges burst and grew again over and over again, and one contaminated monster after another rushed frantically towards the small group of high-level players.
"There are too many of us. Don't hold on. Let's retreat first!"
Dongyang shouted calmly.
Bang, bang, bang…
Tutu, Nana and a few others started firing behind them with their flintlock rifles, and everyone quickly fled in the direction they came from.
However, they discovered that the cells along the way were strangely opened, and a group of contaminated monsters that had been tortured to death rushed out of them, blocking their way back.
“Fuck!”
Goutoujin panted and cursed.
Polaris looked solemn, these polluted monsters were indeed difficult to deal with, even he couldn't kill them like mowing the grass, he had to rely on the cover of his teammates to kill them one by one...but now they were surrounded, and it was very difficult to fight their way out.
"What bad luck! I encountered a pollution source right after entering the spirit world..."
The Dragon King ran out of bullets and complained while reloading.
"It's over. I'm afraid I'm going to lose my life."
Just when everyone was feeling heavy-hearted, a tall figure appeared out of nowhere and crossed the encirclement of the polluted monsters at high speed, leaving behind a trail of afterimages.
The clanging sounds of chopping were endless, accompanied by the dull sound of flesh being torn apart, as the jailers and those who were tortured to death were dismembered and fell to the ground one by one.
When the high-level players came to their senses, they saw a pile of debris on the ground, blood mixed with the fat fungus blanket, piled up in a thick layer. All the polluted creatures were dead, without exception.
The familiar figure of a man in a black hat was standing not far away, holding a silver rapier, and was turning his head to nod at them.
"Mr. Jack!"
Dongyang greeted quickly.
Everyone was surprised at how quickly the leader of the organization came to support them. It had only been less than a few minutes and he had arrived.
"My brother Jack is so handsome..."
Weiyin chuckled and took several screenshots.
However, Jack did not say much. He nodded and walked into the door alone. Then, someone heard something happening inside and a terrible noise was heard.
boom!!
The purple sword light "gushed" out from the door like a flood that broke through a dam.
Even the entire dungeon was crumbling.
The already blurry blue vision began to completely collapse, until everything slowly dissipated and turned into an open rural scene.
The man in the black hat walked towards them with a silver cane . The huge tumor behind him disappeared, leaving only a cracked, washbasin-sized silver-white strange "beetle" and a ground full of extraordinary materials.
"Well, your intelligence was very timely. This is indeed a source of pollution, and I have now eliminated it..."
Chen Lun said to them with a smile.
In fact, the reason why he arrived so timely was that this was not his real body, but the "fraud incarnation" that had been wandering in the spirit world for a long time. Not only the incarnation, but also the circus cadres, the Golden Cup Councillors under him, and even Mr. Bottle Pot were all sent by him to rush to the designated location according to the player's request for help and destroy the corresponding pollution source.
Soon after the main quest officially began, he discovered that he could share the kill rewards of his players, just like in the Western War.
This aroused his interest to a great extent.
The saint's promotion mission is imminent, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to accumulate more experience points.
"Teacher, could that beetle be the source of the pollution?"
Polaris looked at the body of the silvery-white bug and asked in confusion.
"You could say that."
Chen Lun nodded.
"This insect is called Didak, the Son of the Ancient God. It is the most terrifying monster in the entire pollution disaster. And the filthy blood of the source flows in its body."
"Mr. Jack, the polluting creatures we just encountered seem to be from the Red Apple Church..."
Dongyang said in a deep voice.
"Well, I have already investigated. If it goes as expected, the fact should be that the 'Spiritual Turbulence' captured a dungeon stronghold of the Red Apple Church, and this Didak insect man happened to devour the strongest priest among them and contaminated the entire stronghold..."
Chen Lun said softly.
In fact, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the Red Apple Church, which had been temporarily offline, would reappear in the players' field of vision in such a situation.
The group of expert players nodded, not quite understanding.
"Okay, I have other important things to do, so I have to go. You guys continue to hunt polluted creatures in the spirit world... If you encounter difficult monsters again, you can notify the circus like you did just now, and the officers will come to help you solve it."
"Hey! My dear brother Jack! Don't go!"
Weiyin wanted to run over and pull him, but Chen Lun, the incarnation of fraud, had already pinched the brim of his hat, turned around and strode away.
She chased after him, but found that Jack had disappeared without a trace after she had taken just two steps.
She was so angry that she stamped her feet and cursed.
Chen Lun's real body has found some clues about Carmen through divination in the fairyland, and is planning to send the fraud incarnation to the depths of the spirit world and look for her at the end of darkness. He doesn't have the time to waste here with this little fan girl.
"I hope you can gain something..."
He traveled through the spirit world with a deep gaze.