Chapter 1995 The Thirty-Two Strong
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The Boundary of Innocence, Public Space No. 007
"Ugh, my neck..."
Although I can no longer feel the pain, I defeated my opponent and left the competition space. Gu Xiaole still shivered with lingering fear, covering his slender, fair, and beautiful neck and muttered: "I can only say that it's lucky that I'm in a public space. If it were in a game, it would be impossible for me to regain control of my body." Take the right back, ah no, I didn’t take it back just now.”
After muttering this, Gu Xiaole suddenly became dejected. The reason was very simple. Since he failed to regain control of his body from the Samurai Soul even in the [Nine Yangs Tonghui] situation, then if he was placed under normal circumstances without In the Realm of Sin, it can basically be said that unless Samurai Soul gets tired of playing, it is completely impossible for her to regain control of the role of "The Great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole".
In this case, based on the performance of Samurai Soul just now, Gu Xiaole can swear that if Samurai Soul is allowed to do whatever he wants, his body will be tortured to death in ten minutes at most. Just take the example just now, Although the Samurai Soul himself had no concept of 'pain', when it tilted the body's neck more than ninety degrees, Gu Xiaole found himself in severe pain and had begun to bleed.
[Until my strength reaches a further level, don’t even think about ‘possession and body merging’. And even if I become stronger, my Samurai Soul will theoretically also become stronger along with it, alas. 】
Sighing silently, Gu Xiaole shrugged his shoulders very unmotivated, feeling a little exhausted.
To be honest, she actually doesn’t attach much importance to her achievements in the [Inquisition]. A small part of the reason is that this girl has a rather Buddhist personality. Not only is she very open-minded, but she also doesn’t What vanity? As for the decisive reason, it is that she does not need the rewards that many powerful players yearn for, namely - [Epic Career Quest Clues] and [Epic Career Quest].
If you want to ask why, we can only say that Gu Xiaole has a huge advantage over other players, that is, her profession is [Onmyoji] in the game, but she also happens to be an [Onmyoji] in reality. Not only that, Her aunt is still the strongest onmyoji on the planet, and her biological father is the patriarch of the strongest onmyoji family.
And what does this mean?
Let’s put it this way, everyone is familiar with Futaba. She is one of those people who is no worse than Gu Xiaole in terms of talent, understanding or intelligence, but she especially hopes to get the [Epic-level professional mission] Clues] or [Epic Career Mission], if you want to ask why, the most fundamental reason is that Futaba can be a master of psychology, mathematics, computer, and hacker in reality, but she... really doesn't understand magic.
Awakening Dragon is also the same. It is true that this strongest professional player is very good in all aspects. He can be said to be in the hall and in the kitchen. His English level is also very good, and his physical fitness is better than Hanguang, Pioneer, and The gentlemen are too strong, but even so, he can't even beat Hanmei in reality, so he naturally doesn't know where the epic direction of the [Fighting Soul] profession lies.
But Gu Xiaole is different!
Although her strength in the game is comparable to her strength outside the game, she is a well-established Onmyoji who has been receiving professional training since she was a child. Therefore, although she will also face bottlenecks, that is But it's more like a 'Bottleneck for the locals of Innocence' than a 'Bottleneck for Players'.
That's right, although 'players' have always enjoyed special treatment in this game, and there is even a [chat] system that can have an impact on the world view (bags can be replaced by space equipment), there is nothing. The process of reaching the high-level peak is several times or even dozens of times faster than that of ordinary NPCs, but what few people know is that in the process of going from the [high-level peak] to the [epic], compared to the NPC, players actually There are huge disadvantages.
Of course the innocent company will not mention this detail, and it is difficult for ordinary players who have only been in the trap for more than half a year to notice it. However, in fact, the technical departments of a few clubs and studios have already noticed the clues. It's just that they didn't make it public. On the one hand, according to the Innocence Company Judging from what they have done in the past six months, it is absolutely impossible for them to give any 'explanation' to players on this matter; on the other hand, although this situation will narrow the strength gap between ordinary players and their own professional players, But things like [card level] are actually very helpful for the 'business' of these clubs and studios.
To give a simple example, many clubs and studios have the ability to mass-produce the equipment, weapons and even tasks that high-level players need. Companies such as Broken Wind Bird and Tokiwa, which place more emphasis on business, have even Several complete assembly lines have been created, but if everyone can easily ascend to the epic level, then those things that the epic level powerhouse needs, Clubs and studios may not be able to ship in large quantities, and even if they can still achieve mass production, troubles including but not limited to raw materials will seriously affect their profits, and cost-effective tasks matching epic powerhouses are very rare. There is almost no possibility of mass production and customization, so after a comprehensive analysis, the current situation is more in line with commercial value.
To sum up, for players who have not grown up in the world of innocence and have not experienced real training, it is really difficult to climb the peak of 'epic'. After all, even extremely talented people like Futaba have difficulty using their talents to offset the 'worldview gap' problem. You can imagine how difficult it is for everyone to truly break through to the epic level.
But Gu Xiaole, who can be temporarily classified as a 'Superman' outside the game, does not have such obstacles. In other words, as long as Gu Xiaole's hard power is enough, she can enter the epic realm at any time. To exaggerate, even now In fact, she could also use some secret method to directly upgrade herself, but considering which method would seriously affect the upper limit of the role of 'Gu Xiaole', she decided to take it one step at a time and ascend to the epic level in a perfect manner.
“But now it’s almost completely stagnant...”
Gu Xiaole lowered his shoulders feebly and muttered: “The next step is to sharpen all aspects by possessing the Samurai Soul. The body has expanded the spiritual power nodes from three to at least six, but my Samurai Soul... will I still be alive after being possessed? Ahhhhh, when my father said that I might be stuck here, I still can't. I don’t believe it, but the Samurai Soul outside is not there yet. I have been taught how to be a human being in the game. Damn it!”
Since Gu Xiaole deliberately chose a sparsely populated place to vent, this complaint was not ignored by others. He noticed that she kept complaining like this for five minutes, then she closed her mouth due to lack of oxygen and took a while to catch her breath.
"If it really doesn't work, I can only ask my uncle. Hey, my stinky daddy is so annoying. He can't come up with a solution himself and doesn't allow me to ask others for help. He is clearly using his uncle as an idol behind his back. You still have to have that face in front of your daughter, even though you are the only one who calls her brother-in-law sweetly on the phone.”
Gu Xiaole rolled his eyes and decided to ask his uncle, who could let his natal ghost hold a shareholders' meeting on his behalf for liver gaming activities, some other time. After that, his mood suddenly improved. After stretching his body, he stood up from the lawn refreshed. : "Okay! Go back and say hello to everyone and log off. Today is [Wild Rose Flower] Garden] is the 20th anniversary, so I have to get out of the game early and queue up to buy the anniversary figure. This year’s limited edition is my life [Major]. Even if I die, I have to take my husband home on the 7th!”
After that, Gu Xiaole no longer delayed and directly chose to teleport back to Yidong's private room.
Then——
“The blood-stained player, it feels a bit difficult to handle.”
As soon as he returned to the house, Gu Xiaole heard his aunt’s voice, and turned to After looking at the big screen, I found my aunt named [Beauty] Sure enough, at the commentator's seat, next to her, was a petite woman. Although she had pulled the high collar of her black woolen sweater near the bridge of her nose, only a pair of beautiful black hair that seemed to be embedded with silver crosses were exposed. Her eyes are thin, but she can still tell that she is a beautiful woman with very good looks.
But Gu Xiaole's focus is not on how beautiful the other person is, but on the other person's identity.
【Spirit Controller Ye Xi, the mother of Xiaoge and Xiaodao, the aunt's best friend, the woman who once single-handedly penetrated the first seventeen levels of the underworld, well, she looks very gentle. The virtuous look is completely different from what dad described. 】
Gu Xiaole frowned, then walked briskly to sit between Yi Dong and Mo Tan, put a pair of long legs on his younger brother's knees and asked happily: "Lan Jiang's Competition?”
“Don’t you have eyes yourself...”< br>
Yidong pushed his cousin's legs away with a look of disgust, and said while staring at the screen: "Hurry up and watch the game. Let me tell you, that kid Kang Lan seems to be cheating. He is already suppressed. I’ve been beating the girl opposite for ten minutes!”
"Eh?"
He quickly turned around and tried to put his legs on Mo Tan's knees, but after getting a sweet smile from Yu Chen, he did it cross-legged and looked straight at the screen. Gu Xiaole asked curiously: "Why?"
"See for yourself."
Yidong rolled his eyes and curled his lips.
At the same time, the [Beauty] sitting in the commentary seat on the screen also spoke again. She was seen holding her companion's arm seriously and speaking quickly: "Look, look, look. ! This is the first time that player Hiran has avoided a sudden attack by player Xue Ran. Not only has he not been injured at all, he has even further distanced the two sides. What do you think of being called "Xiao Xian?" Xiaoxian's woman tilted her head and thought for a while, then replied with a very pleasant and soft voice: "I think this can no longer be described as luck. Player Hiran gives me the feeling that he has studied blood. Like players Ran for many years, he knows everything about the opponent’s fighting style and attack rhythm, and even has a complete grasp of his thinking pattern.”
"That's it."
The beauty touched her chin and guessed: "Could it be that Player Hiran is a fan of Player Bloodstained, so that's why he knows her so well?"
“It’s possible , after all, the Xueran player seems to be very popular."
Xiao Xian smiled and clapped his hands: "If this is the case, player Hiran must be very happy to be matched with a player that he likes so much. ”
The beauty chuckled and shrugged: "Player Hiran may be very happy, but the mood of the bloody player may not be very beautiful. Although she was calm at the beginning, her attacks have now She started to lose her composure, and she was obviously in a hurry."
"I don't think so."
In the end, her partner shook his head and said softly: "Xue Ran. The player is a professional player, so I don’t think she will lose her cool so easily. If I have to say, she probably made the same guess as me, thinking that Hirarashi player may have studied herself in all aspects, so she There will be a seemingly unorganized battle, trying to disrupt the rhythm of the Hiran player."
The beauty suddenly realized, and whispered: "Wow, there is such an explanation! But there is nothing like this about the bloody player. Zhangfa’s attack seems to be... ineffective.”
“Yes, Player Hiran still uses his body skills as if he can read the thoughts of Bloodstained Player.”
"Tsk, tsk, no matter how powerful the berserker is, he still can't outrun the ranger."
"So the most important thing here is to predict the opponent's actions, but..."
"Yes. Player Xue Ran, who has the greatest need for prediction, completely lost to player Hiran in terms of prediction.”
“If this continues. If so, the situation of the blood-stained player will be very bad.”
“Yes, although the lower the blood volume of the berserker professional type, the stronger the combat effectiveness, but player Hiran’s health value is still more than 100%. On the other hand, the blood-stained players, after replenishing their health three times with potions, now only have less than 40% of their health left.”
"Next, it's time to decide life and death."
"Hmm!"
...
"Speaking of which, have we seen that beauty before? Wrong."
Gu Xiaole, who actually didn't care much about the game, turned to look at Mo Tan and asked curiously: "So the one next to him is the other commentator from Group B?"
"Yes."
Mo Tan nodded, and while paying attention to the unfolding, he replied distractedly: "The commentator next to me who is partnered with the beautiful woman is called 'Good Wife', but the former thinks that calling it that may make people uncomfortable. Others misunderstood that they were Lily, so they called their partner Xiaoxian.”
"A good wife is not bad..."
Gu Xiaole complained in the bottom of his heart, and then looked up at the screen together and sighed: "Lan Jiang is really amazing, this is simply taking someone else's pants off. You can see it, right?”
“Who says it’s not the case?”
"Ah, that Xue Ran used his ultimate move, Lan Jiang..."
"Did it, and dodged it in advance, tsk tsk."
"Tsk tsk."
……
[Controversy on Condemnation] Final Round on the Second Day
[Hirashi-Neutral and Good] advanced to the top 8 of Group B and ranked among the 32 strongest players in individual battles.
[Bloodstained - Chaotic Neutral] was eliminated miserably. At this point, the two strongest clubs in the industry, Red Constellation and Broken Wind Bird, only have one main player left who has not been eliminated.
At this point, all of Mo Tan’s acquaintances have completed the game.
Thirty minutes later, all the games on the second day of the [Battle of Punishment] came to an end, and the top 32 players were finally announced, with the top eight players each occupying the top eight spots in the four groups A/B/C/D. For——
Chapter 1986: The End
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(End of this chapter)