Chapter 101: Continuous level breaking
Wang Ying felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart. Actually, he wanted to suggest identifying it with Wen Xishu.
Everyone changed from acting separately at the beginning to acting as a team again. But then there would be a problem with ownership.
Gritting his teeth, Wang Ying began the identification.
【Identification person one, item activated, starting forced display of functions.】
The vacuum cleaner started to operate. Others did not know the function of the vacuum cleaner. At first, Wang Ying only felt his heart sinking.
He waited for several seconds and found no movement. The sound of the vacuum cleaner was like a storm roaring, but there was no change in the surroundings.
In this situation, he certainly couldn't count on this thing to kill the enemy. His first reaction was that he was really done for.
But next, new things appeared in Wang Ying's eyes. The vacuum cleaner was now pointing toward the direction of Wen Xishu, Zheng Zai, and Wang Ying.
【Absorbed 15 points of fear value and 12 points of frustration value from self. Absorbed 59 points of optimism from teammates. Some items have been transferred to the emotion slot. Can choose to inhale or spray out.】
Wang Ying tried to choose to inhale the optimism value of his teammates.
He suddenly became excited, as if he had confidence in an instant. Although he had not fully figured out the principle of this thing, at this moment, he seemed to have the same confidence as Wen Xishu had not long ago.
Wang Ying's eyes obviously became more spirited, and he was overjoyed:
"This thing... actually has such a wonderful use!"
Once he became optimistic, Wang Ying began to explore this vacuum cleaner. On the contrary, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai suddenly became a little worried.
Zheng Zai had not noticed anything wrong, just thinking in his heart, can this thing really save Team Leader Wang? Brother Wen's judgment shouldn't be wrong, but then again, anything can happen in the Mysterious Tower, right?
Wen Xishu suddenly questioned himself—could it be that the Luo Pan is not effective because it is a pseudo-Luo Pan? Are the items found not easy to use?
But Wen Xishu immediately noticed that he was full of confidence just now, how come he has no confidence now...
"Wait, why is my emotional span so large? I got the permission from the creator of this level, and the other party also said personally that the Luo Pan is very useful to me. How can I question it?"
"No... is the vacuum cleaner sucking away a part of my emotions?"
Wen Xishu reacted.
Wang Ying discovered at this time that the buttons on the vacuum cleaner have a brain, a body, and a vortex-shaped pattern.
He pressed the brain just now, and now he began to press the body.
【Absorbed 5 points of physical value, 5 points of agility value, 5 points of recovery power.】
This time the vacuum cleaner was not pointing at Zheng Zai and Wen Xishu; Wang Ying only aimed it at himself.
He immediately felt that his physical function seemed to have declined. At this, Wang Ying was excited:
"Brother Wen, you are right! This thing is really a divine artifact! With it, I can definitely pass the fifth level! Thank you! Thank you!"
Wang Ying's words made Aspasia on the side freeze; she didn't understand what had happened at all. But suddenly she felt a little regret in her heart.
Wen Xishu also guessed the ability of this thing and gave his own advice:
"It seems you already know the function of this thing, but... the absorption capacity of the vacuum cleaner has an upper limit. I guess..."
"You have to learn to collect and release. If you just keep sucking, there will definitely be problems. It's hard to say if the vacuum cleaner will explode."
Wang Ying thought about it, and it was true. This treasure is indeed very strong, capable of absorbing the opponent's attributes, both mental attributes and combat attributes can be absorbed.
But the absorption value is relatively slow. Facing those experts whose attributes crush him, the speed of absorption is too slow, and maybe they can kill him at the start.
And the vacuum cleaner must have an upper limit of absorption value; this thing is not invincible.
However, Wang Ying believes that if it is just dealing with normal species, there is absolutely no problem. And as long as the absorbed attributes are placed on himself...
Then he can achieve continuous recovery in battle, and the problem of endurance of various attributes will be solved.
Wang Ying continued to operate for two or three minutes, and after confirming he was familiar with it, he left the room with the vacuum cleaner.
The next second, Wang Ying's figure disappeared and appeared on a huge TV.
The fifth level began.
The scene of the fifth level is on a cruise ship. Everyone on the cruise ship has become a mid-tier third-level normal species. The speed at which some normal species erupted was already like a cheetah.
Wang Ying was on the deck, and like Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai before, he received a prompt that falling into the sea would count as death. This rule is the same for monsters.
Not long after, the first wave of monsters rushed toward Wang Ying.
In the initial slaughter, Wang Ying was at a disadvantage. Without the Slaughter Tower attribute panel, it was extremely difficult for him to kill even a single mid-tier normal species.
Fortunately, the number of monsters in the first wave was not large. Although Wang Ying was soon covered in bruises and blood, he did not fall down.
And attributes such as speed, reaction, and strength were constantly getting stronger.
Aspasia was shocked when she saw Wang Ying constantly getting injured, thinking that Wang Ying would definitely die this time.
She was still very worried about Wang Ying, but she couldn't help complaining, clearly Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai could handle it, why did he have to go to his death?
The second wave of monsters was more numerous than the first, and the number was terrifying, already a dense mass of monsters.
In Aspasia's view, Wang Ying should hide and not stay in an environment like the deck where he was attacked from both sides.
Perhaps Wang Ying was already confused, or was entangled by monsters and could not hide at all, or Wang Ying felt that only the deck was safe.
In short, Wang Ying did not choose to escape.
After the third wave of monsters attacked, Aspasia felt it was over again, and her heart was full of—Old Eagle is really going to die.
She had already begun to think that this was indeed a scam by Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai.
But next, Wang Ying suddenly gave a loud shout and became braver as he fought! He, who was originally surrounded by monsters, pierced the chest of the monsters with amazing strength and staged a scene of tearing normal species by hand!
Wang Ying's speed, strength, reaction, other physical functions, and even fighting spirit all reached their peak.
Although he was covered in blood and seemed to have died long ago, the wounds under the bloodstains had already healed.
The vacuum cleaner stood behind Wang Ying, and every time Wang Ying repelled a few monsters, he would suddenly operate the vacuum cleaner. That vacuum cleaner was simply like the eye of some kind of magic circle.
The person covered in blood was swaying, but he did not fall, instead, the number of monster corpses around him was increasing.
Wen Xishu discovered that Wang Ying was still good. Basically, Wang Ying was already in some kind of balance with the vacuum cleaner.
Although the vacuum cleaner can absorb attributes, it cannot absorb too much; this thing is not yet at the level of a divine artifact.
And Wang Ying also noticed a point: his body could not accommodate too many absorbed attributes, and his health value needed to be deliberately consumed so as not to "burst himself."
So Wang Ying fought very restrainedly, looking like he would be injured from time to time, and his attributes were always controlled, not letting his combat ability continue to expand.
"This person was able to survive in the previous Mysterious Tower challenge, and he really has some skills."
Wen Xishu had already concluded that Wang Ying would definitely survive.
The facts were indeed so. Although Wang Ying's killing speed was relatively slow, he finally ended this level before the stronger monsters arrived.
Visually, Wang Ying's clearance was painful, and he was almost always injured. But in fact, Wang Ying was not injured at all.
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Mysterious Tower, eighth floor.
When Wang Ying's figure appeared in the room again, Zheng Zai said happily:
"Great, Team Leader Wang, congratulations on successfully clearing the level. It was a close call, a close call!"
Wen Xishu also said:
"Congratulations, Team Leader Wang. With this thing, you can be considered to have a tool to provide a bottom line. Decide how to act next. There are still a few levels left, I hope we can successfully clear them."
Wang Ying was greatly encouraged:
"Brother Wen, thank you so much! I was a bit... small-minded before, I really shouldn't have had those thoughts!"
Wang Ying was a bit ashamed. In the battle not long ago, although it was a close call, when death approached, it was inevitable that there would be changes in his heart.
Successfully surviving in the end made him feel deeply moved.
Wen Xishu waved his hand:
"No, no, I am not a gentleman, and you are not a small person."
Wen Xishu really didn't think Wang Ying was small-minded; he was not a gentleman. He thought that if Wang Ying didn't have the guts to identify it, he would really kill him and Aspasia.
Aspasia stood there, not expecting Old Eagle to survive. This was naturally a good thing, and she immediately said:
"Old Eagle, I was really sweating for you. It's great that you're fine. Your performance just now was really brave."
Wang Ying smiled:
"This is all thanks to Brother Wen's discerning eyes. Let's go, let's continue to identify other things."
Zheng Zai was slightly surprised; it turned out that Team Leader Wang was still willing to take care of Aspasia.
Wen Xishu was not surprised, although he had already sentenced Aspasia to death. But Wang Ying and Aspasia had some friendship.
And people like Wang Ying like to enjoy the feeling of "I am the team leader, I pay more, and you are grateful to me with guilt." This is also a common problem for people with too much self-esteem.
People who can take responsibility will certainly not easily abandon team members. But whether they can survive is not up to Aspasia.
The two teams began to continue their actions. Wang Ying, who had courage and a tool to provide a bottom line, plus Wen Xishu, who had a Luo Pan to cheat, both went all out in the following.
Wang Ying soon returned to the room with the glass bottle before, picked up the glass bottle, and decisively started the sixth level.
This glass bottle is indeed not a combat item; the glass bottle is actually a very special recovery prop.
Any liquid dripped into the glass bottle, rainwater, lake water, even urine, will become a peculiar recovery potion with random positive effects.
Because it is random, sometimes some attributes may not be used, and even some attributes may not need recovery.
After the identification was activated, Wang Ying tried several times and found that the liquid obtained by dripping blood into the bottle three times had different effects each time.
The prompt obtained was 【Your kidney function has been strengthened.】【Your respiratory function has been strengthened】【Your adrenaline secretion time will be extended】 and so on.
These effects cannot be said to be useless, but it seems like some kind of health supplement fusion device.
Fortunately, the bottle itself cannot be destroyed. As a head-smashing weapon, Wang Ying felt that, combined with the vacuum cleaner, it could still fight.
Wang Ying started the challenge of the sixth level. Continuous challenges made Wen Xishu change his view a lot.
Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai did not delay, and the two decisively started the challenge of the seventh level. This time neither of them waited, nor did they watch the TV.
During the process of Wang Ying challenging the sixth level, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai directly started the challenge of the seventh level.
The TV screen changed from the full-screen Wang Ying to a split screen of Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai, and Wang Ying holding the glass bottle and vacuum cleaner.
Although he said he was willing to continue taking Aspasia, Aspasia did not seize the opportunity to fight with Wang Ying.
She is now the only audience.
The new round of props that the Luo Pan guided Wen Xishu to get was a chainsaw. The attributes of the vacuum cleaner were already very strong, but this chainsaw was even more powerful.
Anything injured by the chainsaw would not burst out flesh and blood at the wound, but would burst out props like jelly beans, soap bubbles, and cotton candy.
The scene of manipulating Zheng Zai to wield a chainsaw to deal with monsters should have been flesh and blood flying, but the actual combat scene... it was simply like coming to a dream castle.
Sunlight passed through the soap bubbles, presenting seven-colored light, cotton candy and jelly beans were flying around, and occasionally there would be some pink little horses with wings dancing happily.
The little pink horses would bring Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai some mental encouragement, and those jelly beans and cotton candy made Zheng Zai and Wen Xishu recover a lot of physical strength.
As for the soap bubbles, there were many at first, and then they constantly merged, becoming a huge soap bubble.
The mid-tier seventh-level normal species that entered the soap bubble became slow, and the painting style also became Q-version.
But at this time, something that made Zheng Zai dumbfounded happened.
Wen Xishu did not manipulate the controller, but snapped his fingers.
Snap.
The sound of the snap was crisp and pleasant. On the index finger joint of Wen Xishu's right hand, dazzling red light was burning like a fiery red star.
At this moment, Zheng Zai found that all the powerful female monsters around... all stopped at the same time.
The luster of the rotten flesh on the monster's body gradually faded. Not only the luster, but even the color began to fade, presenting the posture of soil.
Subsequently, not only these female monsters rushing over, but also other rare species, and even elite species and leader-level existences in the forbidden land in the distance...
All of them were like being deprived of life by some mysterious power—turning into the color of soil.
The battle is over.
However, in the blink of an eye, Wen Xishu's kill count directly became five digits, far exceeding the stipulated one hundred.
Zheng Zai touched his forehead and said in a trance:
"I... grass."
He is actually a fairly polite person, but now looking at this picture, he can only say such a sentence.
"Even in the Slaughter Tower, Albert killing monsters is not so exaggerated. This thing is too terrible." Zheng Zai had lingering fears.
In the final analysis, he did not know the ability of the Phoenix Glove.
Wen Xishu's snap played out the feeling of Thanos, but Wen Xishu knew very well that this could only be achieved in the scene designed by Ding Dong.
The reason is nothing else... these monsters, or the scenes, no matter how vivid they are, are essentially all props, all made of soil by Ding Dong.
And Ding Dong was created by the Phoenix constellation. The Phoenix constellation died, and Ding Dong was born. It can be said that Ding Dong is actually a puppet that inherited the memory of the Phoenix constellation.
So what Ding Dong created is of course created by the Phoenix constellation.
With this glove, these twelve levels have no difficulty for Wen Xishu.
The eleventh level or the twelfth level both have quite a few bosses and quite a few rare species.
Currently, Zheng Zai's ability is okay when facing normal species, but when facing rare species, he is completely invincible.
But all this is no longer a problem. Wen Xishu can first use a snap to solve all powerful existences, leaving only weak existences.
In this way, Zheng Zai can easily pass the next two levels.
Wen Xishu planned it this way, and did it this way.
After clearing the tenth level at an unimaginable speed, Wang Ying was still fighting in the ninth level.
Wen Xishu did not bother with Wang Ying. He decided to finish the process first and clear all twelve levels before talking.
At this time, Wang Ying was still thinking, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai should still be fighting in the tenth level, right?
(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 103 =====
4-30.
The inpatient building originally had 26 rooms, but it was later rebuilt and added four more rooms. And the last room is 4-30.
The door of this room was closed, and two words were written on it—No Entry.
"There is actually a locked room here, should we use a wrench to knock it back to the unlocked state?" Zheng Zai said.
Wen Xishu said:
"Good idea, you can try."
Zheng Zai said and raised the wrench, preparing to smash it toward the door of 4-30, but when his hand was raised high, preparing to smash it down...
He suddenly found his wrench starting to petrify.
"How can this be? This wrench is actually petrified." Zheng Zai was shocked and immediately gave up smashing the door.
When the action of smashing the door was canceled, Zheng Zai was surprised again; the petrification of the wrench actually began to slowly lift.
Wen Xishu saw it in his eyes and said:
"It looks like we can't forcibly break open this door. This is a decryption element; this door needs to be opened in the correct way."
Zheng Zai was puzzled:
"What should we do?"
Wen Xishu did not think for too long, and soon had the answer in his heart. He took Zheng Zai and began to walk back.
"Brother Wen, why are we back here?" Zheng Zai looked at the room number, 4-22.
This room is the room where the gloves are located. Wen Xishu picked up the gloves and said:
"There is a prop here that can open the door."
"Gloves?" Zheng Zai asked again.
"Not sure, but it must be related to the gloves. I guess the gloves might be the key item to get the key to open the door." Wen Xishu said.
Zheng Zai said:
"Then isn't this too easy?"
Wen Xishu thought about it and explained:
"No, don't forget, there was actually a preparation work before. If we didn't do this preparation work, getting the gloves would be meaningless."
Zheng Zai suddenly realized:
"You mean... five-star review?"
Wen Xishu nodded:
"Yes, the five-star review is the prerequisite for activating the gloves to get the key."
The five-star review helped Wen Xishu get the invitation. But when Wen Xishu left five "※" before, he was not the so-called "destined person."
In the Tower of Desire, after Grandma Wu and four others drew "※" respectively, the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hands, and feet would be projected onto the portrait. If Mo Yuan and others put on gloves and touched the drawing paper, Ding Dong would be born from the drawing paper.
But now, Ding Dong has been born, and Grandma Wu and others have left. So the only one who can activate that ritual is the "destined person."
Wen Xishu knew very well that he was the destined person.
Thinking this way, Wen Xishu put on the gloves. He had already completed the ritual of drawing "※" before, and what he needed to do next was to touch the drawing paper.
The moment the gloved hand touched the drawing paper, Zheng Zai's eyes widened, and he saw a strange scene—
The hexagons and circles on the portrait began to move slowly and change size, and emitted dazzling light.
Everything was very similar to the process of Ding Dong's birth, the difference being that the things in the painting were no longer Ding Dong, but a key.
When the key in the painting was taken out by Wen Xishu, Zheng Zai clapped his hands and said:
"Brother, you are simply amazing. You once again gave me a feeling... that you seem to know the script."
The first time he met Brother Wen, Zheng Zai was thinking, how come Brother Wen feels like he knows the level design process, clearing levels all the way. This time he had this feeling again.
Wen Xishu said:
"Let's go, Old Zheng, let's see this finale treasure."
(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 102 =====
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