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Chapter 1483 Niu Niu's Walkthrough

"what's the situation?"

"You cleared the level?!"

"Really? No way!"

"Number 78952 is that goose!!!"

At this moment, an incredulous voice came from the tavern where [Sword Maniac] was located.

Because the Ghost Market was undergoing renovation and upgrades, the team members temporarily moved to the player area in Peach Blossom City to discuss their next strategy. Most of the people spending money there were also players.

While the other team members were still in a daze, [Knife Maniac] quickly calmed down. He opened the window of the private room and looked out, seeing that many players walking on the street had stopped.

Judging from the situation, he was probably writing furiously on the forum.

Even though some secret information about the four-star dungeon hasn't been leaked, the heated discussions among some players on the forums have made other players, who don't even have the qualifications to exchange for dungeon entry tickets, realize that the dungeon's difficulty is definitely hellish.

Among them are professionals like [Jianghu Baixiaosheng] who directly predicted that no player would clear the dungeon within a month.

But I never expected that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

This slap not only stunned Bai Xiaosheng, but also left the other members of [Dao Kuang Jian Chi]'s team in a daze for a long time before they came to their senses.

"Impossible!" [Red Beauty Drunk] disregarded her image, grabbing her long, black, and smooth hair into a mess. "This dungeon is so difficult, how could any player team clear it so quickly!"

Then he began to talk incessantly about the difficulties they had encountered.

After failing in his first attempt, he made full use of his intelligence advantage and set his sights on dealing with the beast tide problem when he entered the instance for the second time.

Furthermore, knowing that the storyline involving the hidden key figure Feng Mo would be triggered at the end of the first stage of the assessment mission, they also focused on collecting some clues left by the Northern Barbarians during the preparation period for the first stage.

So that it can be used in subsequent negotiations and transactions with Fengmo.

In response to the challenges posed by the beast tide, their stance should be aligned with that of the Great Xuan Dynasty, to which Feng Mo belongs.

Indeed, in the second phase, because the evidence presented was sufficient and a group of spies sent by the Northern Barbarians were found to be intentionally spreading black blood beads to attract beasts, Feng Mo was able to prioritize stopping the beast tide.

But that's when the problem arises.

In the small, chaotic land of Xuan Yang Domain, there are forces hoping to fail in launching the beast tide, and there are also forces that vigorously promote its launch.

Because the players' overt joint operation with Feng Mo was too conspicuous, the hidden forces began to target them.

That's right! I'm talking about you! You heinous Xia Jinyu!

Because Master Yu had been operating in this chaotic place for a long time, he had an inherent advantage in terms of terrain. Even if Feng Mo wanted to turn the tide, he would have a very difficult time dealing with it. Therefore, he had to resort to his prepared secret methods.

This refers to the Black Death Tower, an assassin organization led by Yue Piaoling.

At this stage, the open and covert struggles between the two sides are beyond the players' control. And just when the entire Chaotic Land was in complete chaos, the beast tide was only delayed by one day before it engulfed the entire Xuan Yang Giant City.

This is also the reason for the second failure of the "Sword Maniac" team.

On the third attempt, the team learned from their previous failure and instead of alerting the enemy, they used the Four Seas Gang's informants and the intelligence gathered from the previous operation to target the Northern Barbarians first.

They used inhumane methods to interrogate the other northern barbarians and find out their whereabouts.

To ensure the smooth progress of the interrogation, the "Demon King" borrowed a menacing guillotine from the Evil-Repelling Palace.

However, the problem was that on the fifth day after the final ring quest was released, the beast tide still arrived as expected.

Because the entire Xuan Yang Giant City was activated by a Blood Refining Array, which became the most deadly bait to attract those beast hordes.

It's you again! You heinous Xia Jinyu!

These were the answers they came to when their team returned to discuss the matter. This also explains why Xia Jinyu was able to persuade the Northern Barbarians to delay the beast tide by a year, in addition to the benefits they could gain during that time.

The scale of the beast tide triggered by this blood sacrifice formation was even greater than that of the beast tides that the northern barbarians used to activate with the depreciated and outdated product, the Black Blood Pearl.

Moreover, during the last dungeon run, [Sword Maniac] discovered an even more serious problem.

That was when they believed they had thwarted the Northern Barbarians' plot ahead of time, and Feng Mo, with his formidable strength and the secret help of the Black Death Tower, had basically completed the task assigned by the Great Xuan Dynasty.

The god of wind, who had been cold and indifferent throughout, harbored murderous intent towards their player team!

Although it was only a fleeting moment, as an expert in playing with killing intent, [Sword Maniac] was certain that his perception was correct. In his judgment, if Xia Jinyu, who had committed heinous crimes, did not activate the blood sacrifice formation on the fifth day...

So, the sixth day could also be the last day of the final ring's limited-time period—the seventh day!

This teammate, who seemed to be wholeheartedly helping us in the early and mid-game, will reveal to us just how terrifying the Wind God can be when he becomes the enemy.

This is why the usually rational [Red Beauty] broke down again after hearing the world announcement.

In this instance, Feng Mo's strength is at the Dharma Aspect Realm, which means other players can't easily defeat him. This is one of the reasons why they previously discussed gathering the strongest players into a team to have a chance of breaking through his moves.

Because in a one-on-one situation, no player can stand up to Feng Mo.

This also includes the [Sword Maniac] and the Rootless Demon who have activated their title bonuses.

Perhaps the "Pancake Demon" was an accident, which is why he was included in the strongest team.

In short, the current announcement is hard for player teams that have died time and time again in dungeons to accept.

Similarly, Qin Fan and Feng Mo were also somewhat surprised.

Unlike other players who can only guess, they can directly access the dungeon's completion history to view the entire process of the Bull Team.

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The familiar Xuan Yang city, the familiar hiding place.

The first step taken by the Niu Niu team was fundamentally different from the others.

"This is."

"He's analyzing the magical barrier of this giant city." Qin Fan's gaze drifted towards the Wealthy Manor. Xia Jinyu, who was cultivating magic in her study, was completely unaware of Niu Niu's little actions.

"The Rain in the instance is also comparable to the Heavenly Revelation Realm of the Martial Artist Dharma Aspect Realm in terms of realm, but the grade of its inherited techniques is far lower than that of Niu Niu, who received the true teachings of Rain in reality."

“Niu Niu isn’t trying to break through this barrier; he’s using it to protect himself.”

Feng Mo also discovered the strategy of Niu Niu's team. After Niu Niu methodically drilled a small hole in the barrier, Li Li Mei took the lead and began to build an underground secret chamber directly under the Xuan Yang Giant City.

At the same time, the other three players also started moving.

The goose and the [Undying Evil God] skillfully bypassed layers of patrols and guards, breaking through a defensive loophole in the giant city, while [The Most Affectionate Person in Kyushu]...

"He is"

"Flirting with girls?"

"Yes, and it was settled in just a few words. The other party's identity seems to be quite extraordinary. She is a young lady from the Gongsun family. She is not as good as Gongsun Mei, but because of her family background, she has some influence in this chaotic place."

With a casual wave of his hand, Qin Fan caused the entire instance world to accelerate rapidly.

The five players in the Niu Niu team also had clearly defined roles.

Niu Niu continued to infiltrate the barrier that Xia Jinyu had set up for Xuan Yang Giant City.

Lili is focused on embarking on her great civil engineering career.

Through various means of being a gigolo and male best friend, the affectionate guy has infiltrated the wives' group of the upper echelons of this chaotic place. He is also the only candidate for this team to gather resources from the outside.

The goose stirred up trouble outside the city against the beast herds, sowing discord and instigating conflict between several herds. Meanwhile, the Undying Evil God silently eroded the beasts with his corpse energy and secretly transferred more and more corpse beasts to the underground castle built by Lili.

Don't they interact with the characters in the story?

"That's interesting. Even that lovelorn guy who's a freeloader is trying his best to avoid meeting with people we know."

The first round of assessments, which lasted thirty days, was quickly passed.

Next, they calculated the scores required for the second stage. Although they reached the passing score, it was far inferior to the previous [Sword Maniac] team. Qin Fan and Feng Mo also discovered the key points of this team's strategy.

They never intended to use the so-called plot characters to cause trouble, or rather, their first two runs of the dungeon had made them realize that their small size was no match for the clash of several behemoths.

They were told that the final step required them to survive for seven days in Xuan Yang Giant City.

They abandoned all preemptive sabotage tactics and instead increased their defensive capabilities across the board.

For example, the goose could be used as a ferocious beast to continuously weaken the beast population in the Xuan Yang Domain, and then the dead ferocious beasts could use the corpse race characteristics of the [Undying Evil God] to strengthen themselves.

The "Soulmate" guy, on the other hand, is constantly gathering resources outside and living off his girlfriend.

The resources they collected were then used by Niu Niu and Li Li to reinforce the underground castle and analyze and reapply the magical barrier.

Beyond that, they will not interfere further.

Qin Fan found a conversation between Niu Niu and Li Li very interesting.

"Boss Niu, are we really sure it's okay if we don't get involved with those hidden elements?"

"Problems only arise after contact, okay? Think about our identities."

Lili chose to directly access the relevant interface.

[Identity Introduction: You are a scavenger who has wandered into Xuan Yang Giant City. You have no identification, but your strength is extraordinary. Revealing yourself rashly will only arouse more suspicion and may even lead to your death!]

At this moment, Lili seemed to understand something.

"Is this identity a trap?"

"It's a trap. We've only been in the instance for a little over two months, both inside and outside. No matter how much we do, it's difficult to gain a trustworthy identity in this already suspicious place."

Do you know what this means?

"what?"

"This means that we may be able to use some crises to gain temporary allies, but once our usefulness is exhausted, the first thing our allies will do is to eliminate us as a threat."

Look at the second half of this introduction. If we were to reveal it rashly, it would only lead to more suspicion and even death!

The hint couldn't be clearer!

It's very likely that the underlying logic of this scenario is that no matter how hard we try, we can never gain true trust, and on the last day of the final assessment, when victory finally arrives, it will also be the moment we truly relax.

The forces we think we can utilize will turn against us and stab us in the back!

"This this."

Lili wanted to say that this dungeon couldn't possibly be that insane, but based on the information she had gathered during her previous two failures, she realized that the possibility was still quite high.

After all, let's not forget that this instance exists to test suitable players as part of the first exploration of the outside world.

So the first thing they need to understand is that as outsiders, the natives will not have any goodwill towards them. Lili, who is now considered a high-level player, has learned a lot of information from her master, Gongshu Lian.

For example, a world can exude a deep malice that outsiders can feel at all times.

This malice can profoundly affect everyone in this world.

Even a random flower or blade of grass seen by the roadside.

When this malice strikes, even an inconspicuous pebble might rush over to trip you up.

Therefore, when players think they have figured out the personality and way of doing things of each character in the story, and feel that they have catered to their preferences and even regarded them as close friends, this sudden and unexpected blow is more likely to make players realize a truth.

People must rely on themselves!

“Niu Niu is growing up very fast.”

"It must be because he successfully unified the underworld in Dongxuan Prefecture. Although Jiang Tianxiong, who is by his side, is not very strong, his style of doing things can teach Niu Niu a good lesson on all levels."

"Not bad, very good."

Qin Fan then accelerated the time to the final assessment stage.

He witnessed the outbreak of the beast tide.

I saw that the goose used the laxative bomb that the Ghost Market players had researched a long time ago, specifically designed to target the Earth Devouring Beast, to launch a full-scale attack from the inside.

He also saw that the Undying Evil God was using more and more corpse beasts to form a massive corpse domain, which was enough to potentially confront the vanguard of this beast horde head-on. However, he still chose to back down and transfer the danger to the powerful figures in Xuan Yang Giant City.

He also saw that the "Husband's Sorrow Alliance" formed by the "Deep Affection Brother" was causing chaos in the Xuan Yang Giant City under the banner of female awakening. He took the opportunity to plunder the belongings of many wealthy families in the city and also used a young sister from the Gongsun family to swindle a treasure from her clan.

These resources were used by Lili to modify the Blackfire Mechanical Beast, and the Blackfire Force Field formed by their aggregation became a powerful safeguard for the underground castle.

As for Niu Niu successfully seizing control of the city's protective barrier, it was his blood sacrifice that ultimately led to the decisive massacre of the city. (End of Chapter)