Chapter 1717 Can Eat People
The [Dark Swamp] located outside the territory of the Violet Empire and bordering the Baroka Territory is the destination of Mo Tan's trip. As the name suggests, it is a land that looks like a bird. A wasteland of shit, where for the past thousands of years there has been nothing but deadly swamps and miasma.
Not to mention that places like swamps are not suitable for survival. In fact, even if those swamps that swallow people are filled up, the already self-contained miasma ecological model will greatly shorten the life of ordinary people. , if you want to live there for a long time, it is conservatively estimated that you will have to live less than 20 years.
Since more than half a year ago, an area composed of thick fog suddenly appeared on the edge of this swamp, which is not far from the Baroka Territory.
Looking from the outside, the area is not large, but according to the investigation of the ambitious regent of the Violet Empire, the thick fog is not simple at all. It is not only complicated, but even It can be called weird.
First of all, according to Xiu's understanding, the real area of the fog area is many times larger than it appears from the outside, or even more exaggerated. The 'space structure' inside may be extremely unstable, or follow a different set of rules from the outside world. .
This sounds a bit ridiculous, but in the world view of [Innocence Realm], it is not at all out of line. After all, according to the current world view, the phenomenon of "ghosts breaking walls" in reality is also a kind of phenomenon. Spatial disturbance, under this premise, it is completely normal for some "space problems" to appear in this kind of game with sword and magic as the background.
Secondly, the swamp also has a certain 'disorienting' effect. In other words, it will confuse any existence including but not limited to human beings, causing them to lose their sense of direction and then get lost. In that thick fog, I finally came out from the west in a daze.
It needs to be explained here. Suppose we regard the foggy area as a square, then its north, south and east sides are basically facing the shady swamp, and a little further east is past the shady swamp. The sea behind it, and to the west of it, is the Baroka Territory of the Violet Empire.
According to the information provided by His Royal Highness the Regent, although there are no restrictions on movement in the swamp while avoiding the fog area, as long as someone enters the thick fog, no matter which direction they enter, Yes, it will definitely come out from the west, that is, the side close to the Baroka Territory, and it will definitely be impossible to leave the mist from the other three directions.
Therefore, Hugh Blaise, who wanted to unify the empire wildly, and was thinking about fighting against the outside world while keeping his inner peace, believed that there might be some secret hidden in that foggy area, and no matter what the nature of that secret was, it would be very important to the future of the empire. It was not a pleasant thing for the emperor.
In Xiu's blueprint, the Dark Swamp must be part of the Violet Empire in the future, and now, even if it is not yet designated as its own territory, it must be the back garden of the Violet Empire.
And that unpleasant fog area is now like a shadow lingering in the back garden, which is absolutely intolerable to Xiu.
Because of this, he had actually secretly launched an investigation into the thick fog before the Violet Coup, but the result was that he found nothing.
The reason is very simple. In addition to the above two points, namely the 'unusual space structure', the 'lost attribute' and the last 'time flow rate', everyone can basically only go in prepared and come out in a daze. .
Of course, unlike space, Xiu doesn't think this misunderstanding can really shake the concept of 'time'. You must know that although we often talk about 'time' and 'space' together, these two concepts actually exist. The huge difference, in simpler terms, is that 'space' still has room for manipulation, but 'time' has gone beyond the scope that ordinary mortals can influence
Note, what is said here is 'absolute time' ', that is to say, although there is almost no power that can affect the flow of time, there are many ways to create physical illusions, such as making people mistake 'absolute ten minutes' for 'ten days'. Or there are many ways for people to mistake the 'absolute ten days' for the 'imagined ten minutes' and starve themselves to death.
In short, combined with the above reasons and the fact that one of his operatives disappeared during the process, His Highness the Regent finally decided to use Motan, a weapon that can be considered a double-edged sword, and asked the latter to do it. Check out that foggy area.
There are two reasons. First, as Xiu said before, although the foggy area will make people lose their sense of direction, it does not seem to be a problem for people like Mo Tan who have no sense of direction at all. It was not a threat; in addition, Xiu had great confidence in the 'Tan Mo' he knew, and felt that this person was a heavy chess piece that could break the deadlock no matter what the situation.
In other words, in Xiu’s eyes, Motan is the eighty thousand in chess, the king bomb in the military flag, the chariot in Go, the wizard chess in chess, and the flush jackpot in Magic: The Gathering. Shun, the flying chess in DND, and the pot of lust in Landlords, all stand out as nonsense.
Everyone knows that the regent never fights an uncertain battle, so he thought he could successfully convince Mo Tan, and in fact, he did succeed.
Among them, Xiu himself, through his own influence or [Female Bee]’s previous help and favors to Mo Tan in the past, present and future, can probably account for about 5% of the persuasion chips, while the other Ninety-five percent...it is a mission that may be dangerous, but the rewards must be extremely generous!
Yes, although Hugh Blaise is a real native of the Innocence Realm, like many people including but not limited to the Saint Fairy Graham of the Wealth Sect, His understanding of aliens/players is quite detailed. You must know that in the final high-level topic of the previous exchange meeting in Academy City, the information on the aliens provided by the Violet Empire has basically become the final reference for all forces. , and that thing is even an abridged version.
In short, His Highness Xiu, who has a deep understanding of aliens and game concepts, believes that anomalies of this level are definitely a very tempting task for players, and the base must be an [epic] quality.
On this basis, combined with the news of the [Inquisition and Controversy], His Highness Xiu believed that Tan Mo would not refuse such an epic mission that would bring a lot of benefits as long as it could be completed.
And this is also true.
In view of the temporary benefit that System Sauce suddenly provided, which is the only 'role switching' system in the game [Innocent Boundary], regardless of the fragmentation situation, the three characters under the name of Mo Tan He already has the conditions to participate in the competition at the same time. In this case, the strength of the chaotic neutral personality is far from comparable to the T0 level combat power of Futaba and Mu Xuejian. Naturally, he plans to participate in both individual and group battles. I want to sharpen my skills before the battle and improve myself a little.
And the special mission chain called [Jackdaw's Oath], with the quality of [The Only Epic], does have considerable temptation for him, that is what was mentioned in the remarks, as long as it is finally completed [Epic-level professional mission: Fog Ghost] can be obtained when the speed is over 95%.
This is so tempting.
You know, even T0-level experts like Futaba and Mu Xuejian are only high-level, even though they are the kind of people who can fight dozens or even hundreds of them. Ordinary high-level ones are not mainstream, but high-level ones are high-level ones after all, and there is still a gulf-like gap between them and epic levels. At that time, Ito relied on the power of the super spirit body to temporarily break through to the epic after paying a huge price. As a result, Futaba was beaten to the point where she was unable to fight back. This is the best evidence.
Epics have absolute level suppression on high-level ones. In other words, even a crappy epic like Ito with an unstable foundation is stronger than the pinnacle of a high-level pyramid like Futaba.
Although the 'epic career mission' is not directly given to the profession, for a rich, well-connected, and capable player like Mo Tan, as long as he encounters something that is too exaggerated, it is actually useless. It is different from giving it directly to the profession.
You must know that the reward for the third runner-up in [Battle of Condemnation] is only an 'epic career mission clue'. Only the runner-up and champion can directly receive the reward for high completion of the mission [Jackdaw's Oath] The same 'epic career mission', that is to say, even if the first and second place winners of the team battle are all five-man teams, after an innocent battle, only a total of 12 people can get the epic career mission. , if we make loose equivalence based on ranking rewards, then epic career tasks are at the same level as the 'legendary task chain', 'legendary equipment', and 'regional task chain', which shows their gold content.
It is true that it is already September 13th, and it is less than three weeks away from October 1st when the [Inquisition Controversy] begins, so even Mo Tan under the current personality cannot He believes that he can complete the entire special mission chain of [Jackdaw's Oath], and even if he takes a step back, even if he can really complete [Jackdaw's Oath] with a completion rate of more than 95% within this period of time, I'm afraid he still won't be able to complete it. That epic-level professional mission, so even if it is done, it will be done after the trial and debate.
But it doesn't matter, because the fundamental reason why the character 'Tan Mo' became stronger is because of the killing game with Futaba, and in the team battle of the crime debate, the two were teammates, so if Futaba can win When it comes to the epic profession, he, Mo Tan, can naturally get it.
As for the individual battle... To be honest, Mo Tan didn't think Futaba had a chance to win second place.
The reason is very simple. It is because the epic level absolutely suppresses high-level ones. According to Mo Tan’s judgment, taking Cordoba as a reference, the Awakening Dragon ranked fourth on the list is definitely not Epic, the chaotic and evil question mark in the third place may be an epic, Cordoba is an epic, and the question mark in the first place is naturally 100% epic.
In this case, it is almost impossible for Futaba, who is almost impossible to beat even the Awakening Dragon and others, to win the championship. Therefore, although Mo Tan attaches great importance to this task, he does not No rush.
It was precisely because he was not in a hurry that Mo Tan, who had been delaying his journey, had just arrived near his destination.
In addition, there is another reason why Mo Tan came so late. After he conducted a very simple investigation, he found that this mission was much more dangerous than he had previously expected.
There is no other reason. After Mo Tan’s investigation, although Xiu did not lie to himself, except for the NPCs who entered, 99% of them would get lost and then walk out from the west of the foggy area in a daze. Only one person is still missing. In addition to the news, there is another thing that the regent did not mention...
That is, all the players who entered, that is, 'foreigners' like Mo Tan and Yu Ying, were not able to leave. came out.
In fact, this matter became a minor topic of discussion a few months ago, but because Mo Tan’s three roles were too busy at the time, they even had to work during the day. I was worried about things in the game, so I didn’t pay much attention.
After re-improving the information, things became a little weird.
First of all, Mo Tan, who has conducted several investigations inside and outside the game, can be sure that the dark swamp located in the eastern part of the Violet Empire and bordering the Baroka Territory used to be fog-free.
In fact, the so-called fog area actually appeared on the 1st of the Shadow Moon in 9570 of the Holy Calendar.
And that day happened to be the day when the realm of innocence was launched.
To say that this matter was just a pure coincidence, Mo Tan definitely didn't believe it, especially after a series of subsequent situations were made public on the forum and he found out those things, he didn't believe it even more.
The conclusion is that as of early August this year, more than 300 players have stated on the forum that they were lost in a foggy area and could not get out no matter what. Although these people Some know where they are, and some are completely confused, but according to research, the places where they are lost should be the thick fog in the Shadow Swamp in the eastern part of the Violet Empire!
Unlike those NPCs who would inexplicably leave the fog area from the west side after being lost for a period of time, those players who were lost inside were really lost and couldn't get out no matter how they walked.
In this case, those unlucky ones who accidentally entered there have only two choices left. One is to continue to go around in crazy circles inside, and enter the fog on time every night to get to the server. ; The other one is to simply cut off one's wrist, delete the account and start over again.
In this case, although there are some people who do not believe in evil, the vast majority of lost players still choose to compromise and give themselves a break.
After that, although the matter never became popular because there were too few victims, after many people summarized how to play the game well and summarized it into posts, there were not many A player will deliberately seek out such a wilderness where he cannot improve himself to suffer. Naturally, the number of victims will drop sharply, and the popularity of the topic will gradually cool down.
But...
There are fewer victims. In the final analysis, the behavior of the players has changed, and it has nothing to do with the silent, strange and mysterious fog area.
That thing eats people when it should!
Chapter 1,708: The End
(End of this chapter)