Chapter 88: Desk Lamp War God

Actually, this desk lamp wasn't that wonderful. But Wang Ying had to show that this desk lamp was quite good.

After all, this was the desk lamp he chose to identify; he couldn't have misjudged it.

Once a person has a public image and an idol burden, it is very difficult to truly become oneself.

Tong Ming said:

"Captain is amazing, what is the function of this lamp?"

Zheng Zai was also quite curious.

Wang Ying said:

"I'm not clear on the specifics, but right now, several perspectives are appearing in my eyes..."

Wang Ying said as he turned his back.

The light was weak, but enough to illuminate this small patient room. Wang Ying said:

"Although I've turned around, I can see what you are seeing."

"Zheng Zai, you are staring at this lamp."

"Tong Ming, you are looking at the ceiling."

"Wen Xishu, what are you looking for? Why are you rummaging through the cabinet?"

Everyone understood. As long as the people were illuminated by the light from the lamp in Wang Ying's hand, the images they saw would be shared with Wang Ying.

Tong Ming clapped his hands and said:

"This is truly a treasure. Carrying this lamp, Captain, you can see what each of us sees, so you must be able to observe more details."

Zheng Zai also nodded, indicating his approval. But internally, he was thinking, this item...

Would it allow Wang Ying to possess the vision of five people alone? Could he handle it?

Was this thing good? In Zheng Zai's view, it should be good. But if he were to watch five books at the same time, watch five different scenes... he would feel a bit of a headache.

He always felt that this thing was suitable for Brother Wen.

It's like having five monitors, but your CPU hasn't changed... then you might not be able to smoothly capture all the information on every monitor.

Wen Xishu didn't clap or flatter, just looked for things in the bedside cabinet.

Wang Ying asked:

"What are you looking for?"

Wen Xishu said:

"I'm wondering why there would be such a desk lamp in this patient room."

"Analyzing the mission, we will find that our patience for the rules has increased in this mission. But the anti-magic value requirement for interpreting items has increased."

"So is it possible that we can find clues elsewhere?"

Wen Xishu felt that this place, the psychiatric hospital, combined with the museum, should have some psychiatric hospital elements.

He had found the museum elements, so what about the psychiatric hospital elements?

What did the iron chains on the ground imply?

Wang Ying shook his head and said:

"Don't over-interpret it. This place is full of treasures. I think we shouldn't identify those items with overly bizarre appearances."

"If we were to rummage through cabinets like you, our progress would be slow."

Wen Xishu remained unmoved.

He had already discovered a small note, with a little girl drawn on it, blindfolded, with the little girl's hands tied.

But there was no textual description.

With the help of the desk lamp's effect, what Wen Xishu saw became what Wang Ying saw, and Wang Ying didn't think there was anything to this drawing.

Aspasia, on the other hand, felt that what Wen Xishu said made some sense, but she could see that Wang Ying didn't like Wen Xishu's go-your-own-way style.

This actually stemmed from the style of the members of the Gambling Stone Society, which was very similar to the squad operations of the Slaughter Tower.

Almost everything had to be requested from the captain. The captain bore all the responsibility.

Wang Ying was a person willing to take responsibility, which was also the reason why Aspasia liked to cooperate with him.

However, what Wang Ying enjoyed was the self-satisfaction of "I am the boss, I will carry it."

If someone performed better than him... then that would be a bit troublesome.

"Let's go, let's not waste time here."

Wang Ying said.

Wen Xishu still stared at the note.

He was multitasking, thinking about how to interpret the content of the note, while thinking, why would there be such a big video wall at the end of the hallway?

Why was identification divided into multi-person identification and single-person identification? Why was there a process of forcibly displaying the item's function?

In the mission prompt, it said that the Great Inventor foresaw the coming of the apocalypse, invented some items, hoped they would be used by people, and then the inventor died.

At the same time, the mission prompt also said that identifying items has risks—but now there were no risks at all.

All the clues were in Wen Xishu's mind. He felt that there must be some secret hidden in the hospital, and there must be another link, and this link might be related to the identified items.

Sure enough, Wang Ying had just stepped out of the patient room door when he suddenly—disappeared.

This scene stunned Tong Ming and also gave Zheng Zai a fright.

It wasn't just Wang Ying; Aspasia was the same.

At this time, a sound came from outside, it was from the video wall at the end of the hallway.

"This... where have we been teleported to!"

【You are already familiar enough with the item, so you have stepped out of the patient room, and now you have entered the item-usage phase.】

Including Tong Ming, Zheng Zai, and Wen Xishu, everyone received such a prompt.

From the video wall side came Aspasia's somewhat angry voice:

"What does the item-usage phase mean? Captain, aren't you being a bit rash!"

Aspasia was clearly very dissatisfied with this sudden teleportation.

She felt that there seemed to be many dangerous auras around, and these auras were approaching bit by bit. Wang Ying said angrily:

"Who could have guessed this! How would I know we would be teleported here?"

At this time, Wang Ying and Aspasia had arrived at a city ruin.

They were hiding in the shadows of a dilapidated building. In their ears, they seemed to be able to hear some sounds from the throats of strange creatures.

【Current challenge, lv1.】

All prompts seemed to appear in everyone's mind, even Tong Ming, Zheng Zai, and others who hadn't been teleported could receive the information.

Tong Ming discovered that Wen Xishu had put away the note, and his expression was completely unsurprised:

"Hehe, did you guess long ago that besides the forced function display link, the item also has a forced usage link?"

Wen Xishu looked at Tong Ming:

"You're quite smart."

Tong Ming was very happy:

"Watch TV, watch TV. In the psychiatric hospital in the bunker, what I love most is watching TV."

Zheng Zai said:

"What's going on... if we walk out of the patient room, will we also..."

Before he finished speaking, Tong Ming had already walked out of the patient room.

But Tong Ming was not teleported away.

Tong Ming said:

"Only those who choose to identify will be teleported away. We didn't choose. Hehe, it's so fun here. It would be great if the Captain could bleed a little."

Zheng Zai was a bit afraid of Tong Ming.

Wen Xishu didn't feel much; he also arrived outside the patient room.

Zheng Zai said:

"Brother Wen, if... if we encounter an item you want to identify later, can you pull me along? Don't worry, I won't fight you for the ownership of the item, but... but I can protect you."

Zheng Zai was out of good intentions. Thinking that the subsequent identification of items would all teleport them to the world inside the TV... made Zheng Zai a bit afraid.

He was worried that Brother Wen had a good brain but couldn't fight. Zheng Zai also vaguely guessed that Wang Ying and that woman were afraid they were about to face a fierce battle.

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Now it's lv1, which is the easiest level. I reckon that the second item we identify will take us to the lv2 survival level."

"And so on, the more items identified, the further back the level we go to, and the more difficult the level will be."

Tong Ming laughed:

"So, the Captain choosing to identify the desk lamp... was quite stupid. Right? In other words, what we need to consider is whether this item can kill enemies on the battlefield without knowing any information at all."

"Hee hee, here they come. They're coming."

Tong Ming was very excited.

Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai also looked at the big TV screen at the end of the hallway.

The screen suddenly switched to a distant angle, like a drone's aerial view. From this angle, Aspasia and Wang Ying looked like two tiny ants.

And around them... appeared a dense swarm of ants, approaching Wang Ying and Aspasia!

"Could this be the scene in the Slaughter Tower? Too interesting!" Tong Ming couldn't help but clap.

Wen Xishu watched the TV silently.

……

……

Unknown city, unknown area. Looking from the distant buildings, the CBD area of this city was quite prosperous, but now it was already in ruins.

But under the ruins, countless crises were hidden.

"It's a normal species! Damn it, we are clearly in the Mysterious Tower, how could we encounter so many normal species from the Slaughter Tower!" Aspasia almost screamed.

Wang Ying's face was very ugly.

【Please use the item you identified as a weapon to guard the hospital and kill one hundred enemies. You have two chances for outside help.】

Wang Ying now had no time to argue with Aspasia; he discovered that the only weapon he could use was the desk lamp in his hand.

He turned on the desk lamp, and besides sharing vision with Aspasia, it had no other functions.

And the monsters around were constantly approaching.

The most fatal thing was that he had once mixed in the Slaughter Tower, but in the Mysterious Tower, his panel attributes were simulated as level one attributes.

In other words, now the slaughter value cap was 100, and the level was 1.

There were no Slaughter Tower panel bonuses, no Slaughter Tower sequence support! The only thing to be thankful for was that the normal species around... were all the weakest primary level one normal species.

"Let's go back to back now. The two of us first find a favorable terrain. There are some sharp stones on the ground, remember, hit the temples. Just like the old captain taught us!"

Wang Ying still calmed down quickly.

Aspasia also knew that she had to listen to Wang Ying now. The two quickly set up a fighting stance. There were rubble and steel bars around, which could also be used as temporary weapons.

Primary level one normal species, that is, ordinary people. They were like zombies, but not the kind of zombies with amazing explosive power, but more like zombies whose flesh and blood had been consumed by hunger, with slow mobility.

They were easy to deal with, but if there were too many, ordinary people couldn't hold them off. And the real Slaughter Tower battlefield wouldn't have such neat lowest-level normal species.

Often they were mixed with quite a few other stages of normal species, or even rare species, elite species.

Wang Ying and Aspasia's situation could also be considered dangerous. The mission required killing one hundred normal species, but there were more than one hundred around... and there were some powerful mid-level and high-level normal species in the distance.

Wang Ying and Aspasia quickly chose a high ground, intending to use the high ground to attack the low, utilizing the slowness of the normal species to kill and consume them bit by bit.

The psychological quality of the two quickly entering the state, and the strategy they chose, both allowed Wen Xishu to see that these two had indeed mixed in the Slaughter Tower.

And had received relatively professional training.

When the normal species approached, Wang Ying even accurately pierced the temples of the normal species with steel bars several times, the scene was extremely bloody.

When the steel bars were pulled out, blood flowed like a fountain. Aspasia's beautiful face nearby was also covered with a layer of blood.

The two's operations were effective, and Wang Ying's ruthless energy caused the dozen or so normal species that approached first to fall to the ground quickly.

Aspasia was not simple either. Her explosive power was not as good as Wang Ying's, but she was agile, her limbs were flexible, and she made several unbelievable movements, killing four normal species from extremely tricky angles.

"Wow, great, great! But... hey, how long will it take for them to notice? Hahahahaha, it's too fun, right?"

Tong Ming was a typical schadenfreude type.

Wen Xishu didn't like Tong Ming, but he didn't hate him much either—after all, he was also watching the show now, and he also really wanted to know how long it would take for these two to discover one thing:

Their monster kill progress had not changed.

Wang Ying and Aspasia were very devoted to killing enemies, and the more professional the two were, the more they knew they couldn't be distracted.

So even though that number was clearly in the lower right corner of their vision, and even though that number had never changed... both of them forgot for a while.

Monster kill progress: 0/100.

In other words, up to now, although they had worked hard to kill twenty or so normal species, the mission hadn't counted them in.

Zheng Zai was a bit worried and really wanted to remind them, but he and Wang Ying and the others were simply not on the same "channel."

Three more normal species approached. At this time, Wang Ying, holding steel bars in both hands, made a very nimble 360-degree turn, and in almost one second, pierced the temples of the normal species three times.

This explosive power made even Zheng Zai admire him, and Tong Ming gave a thumbs up.

Wang Ying himself felt it too. In such a dangerous environment, he seemed to have stimulated his potential and made several handsome and efficient kills.

Only then did he remember to check the kill count, to show off in front of Aspasia, to let this woman know his strength.

That was what Wang Ying thought, but the smile on his face disappeared the moment he saw the number...

"How... how is this possible? What's going on? Why is it like this! Why!"

Wang Ying's scream gave Aspasia a bad premonition:

"What happened!"

Aspasia's breathing was already a bit chaotic.

Wang Ying said:

"Look at the kill count required by the mission..."

Aspasia first frowned, then was shocked, revealing a look of fear:

"Why... we clearly have already..."

Wang Ying didn't know either. At this time, quite a few normal species appeared around again. He picked up the steel bar, wanting to fight, but his movements were much slower.

It wasn't because he was tired, but because he was hesitant in his heart, worried that everything he did was a waste of effort.

"Help! Can't we ask for outside help!" Aspasia shouted loudly.

Her voice was a bit hoarse. Although her ability was far superior to the normal species, she couldn't stand such consumption. Wang Ying didn't want to ask for help, but at this moment, he could only do so.

At this time, the three people watching TV all heard Wang Ying's voice:

"Help... help me! What should I do now? You know what happened, right? Aspa and I—"

Before Wang finished speaking, he had to interrupt his speech, kick away the approaching normal species, and then said:

"Aspasia and I were teleported to a strange place! Help me! We have to kill one hundred monsters, but we've killed dozens, and the monster count hasn't changed!"

The time for help was only one minute.

Tong Ming said: "Cap... Captain, come on, come on! Come on! It's so scary, Captain, but as long as it's the Captain, you will definitely be able to survive!"

Tong Ming's tone was full of cowardice and panic.

Zheng Zai suddenly felt some disgust for this teenager. This teenager looked the same age as Brother Wen, but completely lacked Brother Wen's chivalrous heart.

Wang Ying wanted to curse. He didn't ask for help to hear cheering!

Wen Xishu said quite calmly:

"Use the desk lamp. Captain, try using the desk lamp. Throw away the steel bar in your hand and use the desk lamp to deal with the monsters."

"Okay! Wen Xishu, thank you!"

At this moment, Wang Ying was genuinely thanking Wen Xishu. Aspasia was the same.

The time for help ended.

Tong Ming restored the smile on his face:

"What are you doing? Don't you hate them too? I can tell, you really hate them. Why save them?"

Even if the desk lamp wasn't a sharp weapon, Wang Ying and Aspasia could still manage to deal with one hundred primary level one normal species without a battle plan.

Wen Xishu's prompt was extremely correct in Tong Ming's view. So Tong Ming was a bit puzzled:

"That Wang Ying, his ability is not as good as yours, but he is jealous of you, thinks he is the captain, and doesn't like your various correct suggestions."

"So you are this kind of return good for evil type..."

Wen Xishu said:

"Yes, the Captain has also verified the game mechanism for us at this moment. He has a grace to us. What he thinks is his business, but I cannot see death and not save."

Tong Ming felt it was meaningless.

Of course, what Wen Xishu said wasn't the truth either.

Wen Xishu thought, there were still eleven rounds of this kind of link. If two died in the first round, it would be too fast. Teammates were consumables, but they couldn't be consumed too fast.

Zheng Zai thought: Brother Wen is truly too good! What virtue or ability do I have to encounter such a good teammate as Brother Wen?

……

On the other side, Wang Ying on the battlefield held the desk lamp in both hands and beat the necks of the normal species.

"Aspasia, don't exert force on their temples anymore, find a way to cripple their knees, we don't want to make ineffective kills!"

After Wang Ying regained his reason, the decisions he made were quite correct.

If you kill the opponent with something other than the desk lamp, it's equivalent to wasting physical strength, but if you don't kill them, and use the desk lamp to finish them off, it counts as a kill.

This desk lamp was also magical, and it didn't have any damage at all. Although it didn't have powerful destructive power, it was also difficult to be damaged.

All Wang Ying had to do was ensure he could smash the heads of the normal species with the desk lamp.

This process was a bit long.

Tong Ming said:

"Should we continue exploring first? Just watch like this?"

Wen Xishu said:

"You can go, I have to wait for the Captain."

Seeing Wen Xishu not moving, Tong Ming didn't move either.

Time passed minute by minute...

When the kill count reached 99, Aspasia was already tired to the ground, her eyes a bit unfocused, as if she had just finished filming a two-hour Japanese movie without a cut.

And Wang Ying was the juice man who didn't have a drop left.

Now, another group of monsters slowly poured in, and among them was a mid-level normal species. Its limbs already had things like bone spurs, and its speed was much faster than other normal species, like a sprinter running explosively.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ying's weak hands immediately picked up the desk lamp and shouted:

"Fuck you! Fuck you!"

Wang Ying wasn't being ruthless towards the mid-level normal species that was about to rush over, but immediately wanted to kill an ordinary primary normal species to quickly complete the mission.

He did indeed succeed. His strength exploded, and he smashed the head of a normal species with the desk lamp.

Clang, the desk lamp fell to the ground, he really didn't have any strength left.

If he hadn't wasted quite a bit of strength earlier, he could actually still fight, but now, he really didn't have any strength left.

Wang Ying collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily.

Fortunately, at this time—all the monsters stopped.

Kill count: 100/100.

【You have successfully demonstrated the value of this item after the apocalypse. About to return to the museum, I hope you can demonstrate more items to people. Returning this round, your physical strength will recover 50% of its maximum value.】

Wang Ying and Aspasia finally returned to the museum.

After their physical strength was restored, Wang Ying and Aspasia weren't as disheveled as they were on the battlefield. The bloodstains on their bodies were also cleaned up in an instant.

"Captain is so amazing... simply a war god, I have never seen such a brave person, I think I will remember the figure of the Captain, the Desk Lamp War God, for the rest of my life."

Tong Ming looked admiring.

He acted vividly, that kind of exclamation, natural and in place, completely not exaggerated.

So for a while, Wang Ying wasn't sure if Desk Lamp War God was praising him or being sarcastic.

Wen Xishu said:

"Captain has worked hard, now..."

Wen Xishu deliberately didn't continue, but looked at Wang Ying. Wang Ying was still grateful to Wen Xishu:

"You say, what's wrong now?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Now a standard round has basically been completed, we still have at least eleven rounds left. One round includes the identification part, the display part, and also the usage part."

"And the game indicated one point, it must be killing enemies with the identified item to count. So, we still have to choose carefully and consider the function of the item itself."

"Whether this function is conducive to us... killing enemies."

Wang Ying nodded:

"Okay, I have a count in my heart, my physical strength has recovered quite a bit, shall we start exploring the second patient room?"

Aspasia spoke up at this time:

"Are we still going to keep this way of everyone going to a patient room to look? Should we act separately?"

Tong Ming agreed:

"I also think... what if we see something very suitable for fighting, like a weapon... then everyone will want it, it will always be disharmonious, right?"

In this situation, it was clear that things whose original functions had combat attributes would be the most popular.

For example, a knife, even if the special ability of this knife was very lame, but as a knife, it was more suitable for killing enemies than a desk lamp.

Once there was a direction, everyone thought about finding items suitable for identification based on their own abilities, acting collectively, searching room by room...

You couldn't enjoy good things alone.

Wen Xishu discovered that people were indeed selfish. But he didn't reject this situation. In fact, he felt that this was even better, he didn't have to pay for their death-seeking.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 89 =====