Chapter 469 Red Apple Pollution Source
The difference between version 2.0's main storyline "Dark Resurrection" and version 1.0's "Scarlet Ritual" is that this large-scale mission does not require a so-called NPC commander. Players can explore and adventure in the spiritual world on their own.
This is equivalent to opening a large dungeon with a high degree of freedom for all players. There are endless monsters to kill in it, and the map is ridiculously large, enough for them to spend a long time at this stage.
To explain the results of the official meeting discussion, it is that the territory of the spiritual world is too vast. Even if the major forces send high-end combat forces for leadership, it will be difficult to achieve more effective results, and the empire and the church do not have that many manpower. It would be better to simply let the "immortal strangers" flood into the spirit world in large numbers and act independently, so that traces of contaminated creatures can be discovered more quickly.
The base of undead strangers is huge, and they have the characteristics of immortality. They are just suitable for fighting against the pollution tide. The major forces only need to pay some resources as rewards to effectively reduce their own losses.
In this way, they not only responded to the prince's call and obeyed the empire's instructions, but also curbed the spread of the pollution wave to a certain extent.
It has to be said that the strategic policy proposed by Governor Jack of the Generous Council is indeed the optimal solution at this stage, and it was quickly recognized by many high-level forces.
For a time, Chen Lun's regional popularity skyrocketed again by more than ten points.
Of course, if the "immortal strangers" encounter powerful monsters that are difficult to contend with in the spiritual world, and each force has thoughtfully formulated a response strategy for them, that would be "asking for help and shaking people off"!
Generally speaking, individual powerful pollution organisms, or large numbers of pollution clusters, are accompanied by pollution sources nearby... Therefore, major forces can use the information transmitted by players to send out elite squads of extraordinary people to eliminate each one in a targeted manner. source of pollution.
Both simple and efficient.
Therefore, in the eyes of the empire, the church, and the top leaders of major forces, 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 Gao Wan group headed by Dongyang Polaris is currently walking aimlessly in the spiritual world.
In the blue field of vision, although some vague outlines of the real world can be seen, they are specious. All the scenes here seem to be filled with abstraction.
One second they were walking on the stone pavement, and the next second they might be floating on the twisting river. Not only could they not tell the direction, they could not know their current location.
Therefore, Dongyang and others only hope to encounter the polluted creatures as soon as possible and have a good hunting time.
It didn't take long.
As everyone moved forward, they found that the scene had changed again. After a strange stirring and distortion, the surroundings became a little dimmer, and the originally broad blue field of vision also became a bit cramped.
"We seem to have arrived at an underground building?"
Su Keying looked around and judged through the blurry outlines.
"Well, it's a bit like a dungeon... I saw the shadow of the iron bars of the cell and the torches hanging on the wall."
Oyin 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 stared in the direction he pointed, and indeed saw several groups of human-shaped shadows slowly approaching them. At the same time, there were bursts of loud whipping sounds in the silent environment.
Snap!
Crack!
Everyone held their breath, and Dongyang silently gestured to them. Everyone understood and took out a flintlock or something, ready to fight at any time.
As the shadows gradually approached, they finally saw each other's true face.
They were three ferocious-looking "human beings". The burlap clothes on their bodies were already torn and stained with feces, blood stains, mud and other dirt, making them disgusting. And they all held a leather whip tightly in their hands, covered with rusty iron spikes, and they kept beating their bodies, leaving bloody wounds.
"It's a polluting creature!"
"Fuck him! Just three of them, afraid of a hammer!"
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than ten meters, Kotou Jin called out and directly used his sequence ability. He raised his body, bulged his muscles and rushed forward.
Through investigation, everyone learned that this polluted creature was called "The Whipping Man" and its level was between level 35 and 40. They suddenly felt confident.
"Concentrate your fire to kill the one at the front first, and be careful not to accidentally injure your teammates."
After Dongyang reminded him, he picked up the flintlock gun and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang bang…
Gunfire rang out and fire broke out.
Everyone in the small group took action one after another, in an orderly manner amidst the chaos. They followed Dongyang's command and concentrated their fire to attack the "whipping man" whom Kotou Jin encountered first.
For a moment, the pollution monster only had time to swing two whips at the kobold, before it was torn apart by firepower in an instant, and the other two beside it quickly followed suit.
Everyone received a kill reward prompt. Even if the team shared the experience evenly, each of them still received a few hundred, which is not a small amount.
"Hiss... don't say it, it still hurts me."
The dog-headed gold squatted down, resisting the urge to gag, and plucked the remaining extraordinary materials among the flesh and blood remains. As he spoke, he fished out six bloodshot eyeballs.
"After all, the level is there, the damage is still very high, and only Brother Gouzi and Wang Wangwuji can handle it in the team."
The Dragon King flattered him at the right time.
"That's right, the team must have tanks to pull monsters, otherwise how can you squishy guys deal safely?"
The dog-headed golden man smiled.
Polaris cast a pity look on the crowd and secretly whispered for the tool man's life.
Under Dongyang's command, everyone put away the loot and planned to distribute it after today's operation was over, so the group continued to move deeper into the dungeon.
Next, they came to a relatively spacious hall. In their blurred vision, they seemed to be able to see many torture tables, as well as chains and shackles embedded in the walls.
More humanoid contamination creatures approached them.
There are not only the "whipping man" that we just encountered, but also the "hammering man" and the "burning man", each holding a huge wooden mallet and a large candlestick.
The new monsters were of higher levels, above level 40, and the battle lasted for nearly ten minutes. It took everyone to clean up the twenty or thirty contaminated creatures, and everyone felt a little tired.
"This place is like a church dungeon. There are so many prisoners who have been executed, but how did they become polluted creatures?"
The nugget gold wiped the blood on his body and asked with some doubts.
"I don't know."
Forgotten Wuji shook his head.
Bang bang bang...
At this time, there was a burst of heavy footsteps, and the Gao Wan group turned to look. At some point, a group of jailers wearing red robes and white scary masks surrounded them.
What surprised them even more was that on the bare chests of these jailers, the obviously necrotic skin had a red apple pattern imprinted on it.
"Red Apple Church?!"
"Damn it! The villain in version 1.0 is pretending to be a corpse!"
The Dragon King shouted exaggeratedly.
"First clear the monsters and then talk."
Dongyang said in a deep voice.
These jailers are armed with a weird long-handled weapon with a crescent-shaped jaw at the top. The outer edge is extremely sharp, and the inner ring is full of metal tines. Once locked around the neck, it can be raped with just a slight tug. Make people look down on their heads.
They were obviously contaminated monsters, and their level was quite high, reaching about level 45. They swarmed around the small group, making it difficult for them to escape in a short time.
Fortunately, Nugget Gold and Forgotten Wuji took the "Tauren 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 like high-speed blades from behind, killing the jailers accurately and efficiently.
If a teammate is accidentally injured, he will also use magic to "transform into a living person" and switch places with the cards in time to help him out.
When the battle ended, Polaris didn't even use his trump card transformation skill, which made Pumpkin Girl and others regret that they couldn't see Brother Beizi's "Crocodile Man" form.
"Huh..."
Dongyang wiped his sweat and took out a towel to wipe the burnt plasma on his fist. He had just smeared the flammable oil of [C-Class Artifact-Scorching Dance Partner] on his hands, and the effect was extraordinary. He burned five or six jailers to death with a pair of meat fists.
"The intensity of the main line in the new version is indeed stronger, and the frequency of battles is a bit higher... This consumes most of our energy at once, and we must take a rest first."
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of "Thirst Potion" and drank it.
Goudou Jin and Wang Wangwuji cleaned up the broken bodies on the ground and counted the loot. The others couldn't fault the disgusting environment, so they had to find a cleaner place to sit down and drink some potion to restore their health.
At this time, Polaris, who was leaning against the wall, frowned.
"My passive skill 'Spiritual Intuition' has a bad omen. There seems to be something very dangerous in this dungeon, approaching us."
After everyone heard this, they stood up quickly.
The dog-headed king had just picked up the trophies and was still bending down when he saw a large piece of disgusting fat tissue spreading quickly on the ground in front of him, with mold even growing on it.
"What the hell...what is this?!"
He and Wang Wuji stepped back and stood together with the others.
Everyone looked in the direction where the "fat carpet" was spreading, and found that it was flowing out of a strange door.
Chen Xi turned to signal to Honey Youzi, who nodded, took off the long bow on his back, took out an arrow from the quiver on his waist, and drew the bow to nock an arrow.
With a hiss, an arrow shining with bright starlight shot straight into the dark door, illuminating the scene inside.
Everyone in the small group couldn't help but stare.
On the floor of that room, a large piece of giant sarcoma suddenly "grew", almost filling the entire room! Seven or eight large bulging meat bags were squirming constantly, and the blood vessels on them were beating powerfully and rhythmically!
A man who vaguely looked like a priest stood on top of the sarcoma, with only half of his body exposed, but it had obviously become part of the sarcoma, and black-red viscous liquid was constantly flowing out of his seven orifices.
Polaris threw out the probe and his eyes narrowed.
"Be careful! I can't detect its panel data..."
Everyone was shocked.
"You can't even see Brother Beizi? Isn't this guy at level 70 or 80?! Can we beat him?"
The Dragon King was startled and said quickly.
"Don't act rashly, this should be a source of pollution!"
Dongyang judged, and he turned to look at the others.
"To be on the safe side, we'd better use the 'Pale Seal' to tell Jack the situation, and leave this kind of thing to the organization to solve... Although we can't get the kill reward, at least we can get the intelligence reward."
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 aggressive, so as not to waste the number of resurrections... And now that everyone has been promoted to sequence eight, the penalty of losing a level after death is quite serious.
Seeing that his teammates all agreed with his proposal, Dongyang directly interacted with the "Pale Seal" and sent a message for help to the team leader Jack.
Then, he whispered:
"Let's keep quiet first 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 slipping, as if he had stepped on something.
"Bleach..."
He looked down and cursed secretly.
He saw those greasy fatty tissues spreading from the dark shadows to everyone's feet unconsciously, and he stepped on them!
Puff puff puff! !
In the room, the big sarcoma suddenly bloomed, exploding and bulging one after another, and out of it rolled out the jailers and people who had been tortured and died, covered in blood.
The "priest", with half of his body exposed above the sarcoma, suddenly twisted his face, raised his withered hand, and rang the filthy bell that had grown tightly together.
Jingle, jingle, jingle!
The polluted humanoid monsters got up from the ground and screamed and howled. The sound was very uncomfortable and even scary.
The meat bulge exploded and grew again, and again and again, each pollution monster rushed towards the small group of high-players.
"There are too many, don't hold on, let's withdraw first!"
Dongyang shouted calmly.
Bang bang bang…
Tutu and Nana held flintlock guns and shot behind them, and everyone quickly fled in the direction they came from.
However, they discovered that the cells along the way opened strangely, and a group of polluted monsters who had been tortured to death also rushed out of them, blocking the way back.
"What the hell!"
The nugget gold gasped and cursed.
Polaris looked solemn. These pollution monsters were indeed difficult to deal with. Even he couldn't kill them like mowing grass. He had to rely on the cover of his teammates to kill them one by one... But the current situation was surrounded and he wanted to get out. Difficulties abound.
"It's really unlucky that I encountered a source of pollution as soon as I entered the spiritual world..."
The Dragon King ran out of bullets and complained while reloading.
"It's over, I'm afraid this life will have to be handed down."
Just when everyone's hearts were heavy, a tall figure appeared out of thin air and crossed the circle of pollution monsters at high speed, leaving behind a trail of afterimages.
The sound of clanging slashes was heard endlessly, and along with the muffled sound of flesh being torn apart, each of the jailers and those who had been tortured to death were dismembered and fell down.
When the Gao Wan group came back to their senses, they saw the wreckage on the ground, with blood mixed with the fat carpet, forming a thick layer. All those polluting creatures died without exception.
The familiar figure of a man in black hat stood not far away, holding a silver thin sword and 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 him. It had only been a few minutes before he arrived.
"My brother Jack is so handsome..."
Wei Yin chuckled and took several screenshots in succession.
However, Jack didn't say much. After nodding, he walked into the door alone. Immediately, something happened inside, and there was a terrifying loud noise.
boom! !
The purple sword light "gushed out" from the door like a bursting flood.
Even the entire dungeon is crumbling.
The already blurry blue vision began to completely collapse, until everything slowly dissipated and turned into an open countryside scene.
The man in the black hat walked toward them with a silver cane. The huge sarcoma behind him disappeared, leaving only a cracked, washbasin-sized silver-white weird "beetle" and a floor full of extraordinary materials.
"Well, your information is very timely. This is indeed a source of pollution, and I have now removed it..."
Chen Lun said to them with a smile.
In fact, the reason why he came so timely was that this was not his true form, but the "incarnation of fraud" that had long been wandering in the spiritual world. Not only the avatars, but also the circus cadres, members of the Jinbei Council and even Mr. Pinghu were all dispatched by him to rush to the designated location according to the player's request for help to destroy the corresponding source of pollution.
Soon after the main mission officially started, he discovered that he could share the kill rewards of his players again, just like during the Western War.
This intrigued him to a great extent.
The Saint's promotion mission is about to begin, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to accumulate more experience points.
"Teacher, is that beetle the source of the pollution?"
Polaris glanced at the body of the silver-white bug and said doubtfully.
"So to speak."
Chen Lun nodded.
"This kind of bug is called 'Son of the Ancient God' Didak. It is one of the most terrifying monsters in the entire pollution disaster. And on their bodies, the filthy blood of the source flows."
"Mr. Jack, the polluting creatures we just encountered seem to be people from the Red Apple Church..."
Dongyang said in a deep voice.
"Well, I have already investigated it. If there is no surprise, the fact should be that the 'spiritual turbulence' captured a dungeon stronghold of the Red Apple Church, and this Didak insect man just happened to swallow the strongest one among them. priest, 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 player's field of vision in such a situation.
The small group of senior players nodded in understanding.
"Okay, I have other important things to do, so it's time to go. You can continue to hunt polluting creatures in the spiritual world... If you encounter troublesome monsters again, you can notify the circus as you did just now, and there will be cadres Come and help you solve it.”
"Hey! My good brother Jack! Don't leave!"
Wei Yin still wanted to run over and pull him, but Chen Lun, the embodiment of fraud, had already pinched the brim of his hat, turned around and strode away.
She chased after him, only to find that Jack had already disappeared without a trace before she even took two steps.
She was so angry that she stamped her feet and cursed.
Chen Lun's body has already found a little clue about Carmen through divination in the fairyland. He is planning to let the incarnation of deception go to the depths of the spiritual world and search at the end of darkness. How can he have time to spend time with this little fan girl here? Waste of time.
‘I hope I can gain something...’
He traveled through the spiritual world with a deep look in his eyes. (End of chapter)