The sky was pitch-black, and there was only a thin star hanging in the east in the vast night sky.
It was close to the horizon. Tang Mo withdrew his gaze as soon as he heard the voice.
He looked at Fu Wenduo. His fingers tightened before slowly loosening.
Fu Wenduo said, "Let's go in first."
Tang Mo nodded. "Okay."
The two of them quickly entered the service station. Fu Wensheng had already stood up.
He was waiting for them at the door.
Every highway in China was built in rural areas. The service station where the Tang Mo trio were currently staying was a small service station in a county-level city in Yangzhou. It was quite old and not luxurious. The service station stood alone in the vast expanse of land, surrounded by farmland. The darkness hid everything and Tang Mo determined that there was no one.
The black tower had begun to announce the rules of the new version.
"Ding dong! The black tower 3.0 version has new rules — "
"First, every other month,
Each of the 10 districts of Earth will open a game for the last person in the district. Starting from April 2018,
The last 10 days of each month will be the district review period for the last person. "
"Second, at 18: 00 on March 31st, 2018,
The forced tower attack game is open. Players who haven't attacked the tower in three months,
Must enter the tower attack game. "
"Third,
The black tower game (mentally handicapped mode) is open, please explore on your own. "
"Ding dong …"
Suddenly,
The clear child's voice stopped.
The Tang Mo trio were carefully listening to the version update.
The voice suddenly stopped and Tang Mo's heart tightened. Chen Shanshan's super intelligent thinking ability gave him an ominous premonition.
He looked up at Fu Wenduo. Fu Wenduo's hand was on the black dagger. They were now more than 60 kilometres away from the black tower in Yangzhou City.
But in the dark,
They could actually see a small shadow quietly suspended in the sky.
The black tower should be very small but it was very clear in Tang Mo's eyes.
All over the world, the same thing was happening in every area where the black tower was located.
It was late at night in China, early in the morning in Europe and daytime in the United States. In cold Russia, heavy snow blocked everything. It was snowing heavily in Moscow as a tall bear-like man wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes walked to the centre of the Red Square. The black tower was suspended on the south side of the Red Square, above Saint Basil's Cathedral.
On a snowy night, some players happened to be near the Red Square. When they heard the black tower announce the rules of the new version, they carefully rushed over and hid in the dark to observe. However, when the man walked over, all the players around him widened their eyes in horror. Then, they turned around and ran away as fast as they could, not daring to stay a second longer.
In an instant, there was only one person left on the huge Red Square.
The only man stepped into the thick snow and walked to the black tower. With every step he took, the snow was knee-deep.
Finally, he reached the door of St. Basil's Cathedral and the man looked up at the black tower.
At this moment, the black tower's voice was heard again. Back in Yangzhou, China, Tang Mo's heart skipped a beat. In all corners of the world, many players looked at the black tower closest to them with horror. Then they heard a rough and hoarse male voice saying, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes."
"Ding Dong! The third of the Black Tower's three ironclad laws — "
"All players, please, attack, the, tower."
With this, the Black Tower regained its tranquility. All over the world, the players could no longer sit still. The commotion swept the entire planet.
Moscow's Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral.
The tall and strong man's blue eyes didn't fluctuate when he heard this voice. He slowly turned and left the square. However, just as he walked to a street lamp, he suddenly pulled up the iron pole with one hand and slammed it into the black tower behind him.
The iron pole flew straight and actually jumped 100 metres into the air, about to hit the black tower. But just as the iron pole was about to hit the black tower, it passed straight through the black tower and landed smoothly on the ground. There was a loud bang as the street lamp smashed into the cathedral below the black tower. Inside the cathedral, there were dozens of similar giant metal objects and stones that fell to the ground, smashing the white jade Jesus statue into two pieces.
Moscow was silent in the blizzard as the man stepped through the heavy snow and left the Red Square.
Yangzhou, China, a service station.
Fu Wensheng was standing by the window and watching the black tower from afar. It wasn't until the black tower announced the new rules that he recovered after half a minute. He turned his head and murmured, "The black tower … is that the voice of the black tower?"
Tang Mo looked calm. "… Yes, it is the voice of the black tower."
Fu Wensheng hadn't reacted yet but his heart was beating very fast. However, he found that Tang Mo and his brother were very calm and didn't show any abnormalities. The child took a deep breath to calm his mood. He calmly analyzed, "The black tower has always used a child's voice that tends to be mechanical. Whether it is announcing the news to the world, all of China or when a player clears the game. However, the black tower has used other voices before. "
Tang Mo replied, "Yes, five months ago, Fu Wenduo …" He turned to look at Fu Wenduo. "The first time you attacked the tower, you pulled all Chinese players into the tower attack game. At that time, the black tower gave you the song 'Thanksgiving', a female chorus. After that, it also hummed the 'Lullaby' with a female voice but it never used this male voice. In addition, this time it said … "Tang Mo paused before continuing," It said that players should work hard to attack the tower. "
Fu Wenduo raised an eyebrow at Tang Mo. 'It gave me the song' Thanksgiving '?'
Tang Mo was thinking about the new rules announced by the black tower and the heavy male voice that sounded at the end. He didn't notice Fu Wenduo's eyes.
Fu Wenduo retracted his gaze. "This is the third of the three ironclad laws announced by the black tower when the earth went online."
"Yes, it is the third one. All players should work hard to attack the tower. " Tang Mo said, "It also announced the first rule of the new version. From next month onwards, the last player game will open once a month. Then it said that all players should work hard to attack the tower … "Tang Mo sighed and concluded," The black tower is telling players not to forget this ironclad law. It wants players around the world to not slack off and constantly strengthen themselves. Thus, it didn't mention the other two ironclad laws and only said the last one … "
Tang Mo didn't say it but Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng understood what he meant.
The black tower would no longer allow things like the Nanjing Group to happen.
Tang Mo didn't know that apart from Nanjing, the other nine districts in China that were involved in the last player game two days ago were judged by the black tower to be last because of the existence of a powerful organization. There was no doubt that the black tower's 3.0 version update, in addition to notifying players of the mandatory tower attack game at the end of March, the most important message it wanted to convey was:
All players should work hard to attack the tower.
From now on, it was likely that there would be no organization like the Nanjing Group. The last player game that would open once a month was like a sword of Damocles hanging over players' heads. No one dared slack off.
Tang Mo said, "However, the black tower also revealed another piece of information. The world is divided into 10 regions and it will find 10 last player areas in each region to open the last player game. In other words, players from other countries also participated in the last player's garbage cleaning game. It's just that the black tower didn't announce the information. Its notice was announced within each region. "
Fu Wenduo suddenly said, "Five months ago, it announced that the earth went online at 8 am on November 15th. Then, at 8 am on the 18th, global players officially went online. "Tang Mo and Fu Wensheng looked at Fu Wenduo, waiting for his next words.
Fu Wenduo whispered, "The East 8th District?"
Fu Wensheng immediately reacted. "Eh? Is it because of the East 8th District? " Xiao Jitong had always been responsible for the Nanjing Group and the Strategy Group. Perhaps because Fu Wensheng was still young, Xiao Jitong didn't reveal too much information to him and he didn't think in this direction.
Tang Mo had long guessed this and said, "Therefore, the black tower's time is based on Greenwich Mean Time. The second of the three ironclad rules is that the game time is from 6 am to 18 am every day. This time corresponds to the standard time of each region. If something like the Christmas instance dungeon happens again, there will be a way to deal with it. "
Fu Wenduo asked, "Race against time?"
"Yes, it is a race against time. Of course … if you have the strength to walk faster than the earth's rotation, it is better to directly participate in the game. "
Fu Wenduo chuckled when he heard this. Tang Mo also shrugged.
Fu Wensheng stood to the side and silently watched his brother and Tang Mo talk. The thoughts of these two people jumped very fast. Many times, Tang Mo didn't say anything at all and Fu Wenduo could think of other things. Then he would say something and Tang Mo could follow his thoughts to the next step.
Fu Wensheng could barely follow their thoughts. It wasn't that his reaction was slow or that he wasn't smart enough. He just didn't have the special tacit understanding these two people had. Fu Wensheng looked at them and inexplicably felt that he couldn't blend in. Fortunately, the child hadn't thought deeply about what role he should play in this group when Tang Mo talked about the second thing.
"The third rule of the 3.0 version is to open the mentally handicapped black tower game. I don't know what this mentally handicapped mode will be like. "
Fu Wensheng immediately said, "When I was pulled into the tower attack game by Big Brother, the black tower informed me that it was a mentally handicapped tower attack game. Perhaps this mentally handicapped mode is similar to the original one? It's just that the black tower said it was a mentally handicapped black tower game, not a mentally handicapped tower attack game. Perhaps this is just an ordinary black tower game, not a tower attack game. "
The three people carefully discussed the three rules of the black tower version 3.0, as well as the male voice used by the black tower and its cold words.
In the middle of the night, Fu Wensheng found a few empty mineral water bottles in the service station. His ability could fill up to 30 bottles of mineral water a day. Thus, he never wasted the opportunity and diligently filled 30 bottles every day. While Fu Wensheng was filling the mineral water, Tang Mo quietly walked out of the service station.
Fu Wenduo looked up at him and Tang Mo said lightly, "I will be back soon." Then he walked past Fu Wensheng. The child also looked at Tang Mo and understood that he might be going out to relieve himself. Fu Wenduo stared at Tang Mo's back until Tang Mo's figure completely disappeared. His lips curved and he didn't speak.
Tang Mo walked to a remote corner behind the service station and looked around. After determining that no one was there, he pulled out a ruby from his pocket. Tang Mo put on Mario's hat with a blank expression, looked at the wall in front of him and … silently hit it.
Bang bang bang!
After three bangs, Tang Mo picked up the three pieces of garbage that fell to the ground and returned to the service station.
Early the next morning, the trio continued on their way.
Fu Wenduo said that it would take up to four days from Yangzhou to Beijing. But this time, they had just stepped into the Hebei region when they accidentally entered a black tower game. Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng happened to be pulled into the game, leaving only Tang Mo sitting in the car. Tang Mo's eyes blinked and he was surprised to find that his two teammates had disappeared.
Tang Mo reacted quickly and reached out to pull the steering wheel from the passenger seat. After controlling the direction, he stopped the car.
Three days later, one big and one small figure appeared on the highway.
Fu Wenduo had some injuries on his body while Fu Wensheng was better. His forehead was scratched and there was a little blood. During the game, Tang Mo had been using the turkey egg to communicate with Fu Wenduo and knew their situation. Now that the two brothers came out, Tang Mo sat in the passenger seat and the three of them continued to drive to the nearest service station.
Tang Mo found some supplies from the service station. He returned to the car and handed a bottle of mineral water to Fu Wenduo. "You are fine and have successfully cleared the game. However, today is March 14th."
Fu Wenduo took the water. "This is Handan. Drive to Beijing. If there are no accidents, we should arrive before midnight tomorrow. "
Tang Mo took out a map book from his bag and opened it to the map of Hebei. He pointed to the map and said, "The map shows that this place is about 100 kilometres from downtown Handan. I observed it on the highway before. Based on the size of the black tower, it shouldn't be very far. "
The two of them looked at each other.
Fu Wenduo said, "Let's go to Handan tonight."
Handan, Hebei, March 14th, 23: 30.
Fu Wenduo parked the car on the edge of downtown Handan and found a hidden underground parking lot. He and Tang Mo got out of the car, leaving Fu Wensheng alone in the car to wait for news from the other two people. The child had similar experience. He sat in the car and said, "Don't worry about me. Brother, Brother Tang, be careful. Previously in Nanjing, the Nanjing Group was relatively strong. When the black tower version 2.0 was updated, Captain Xiao and Captain Xiao went directly to Xinjiekou to observe the changes in the black tower. But this is Handan. Be careful. "
Tang Mo nodded gently.
Fu Wenduo didn't answer.
Fu Wensheng watched Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo leave. The two of them were very fast and disappeared from the entrance of the parking lot in a few seconds. Fu Wensheng stared nervously at the only entrance to the parking lot. He held his props and was wary of every player that might appear.
Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo had never been to Handan but the black tower was the best guide. The two of them walked along the road, carefully paying attention to the movements around them. Once they reached the bottom of the black tower, the two of them met again. They found an abandoned clothing store and quickly hid inside.
There was silence around them.
Fu Wenduo entered the clothing store and immediately closed the door. He had just raised his head when he heard Tang Mo whisper, "Here, come here."
Fu Wenduo was slightly surprised and quickly moved over.
This clothing store was located on the commercial street next to the centre of Handan. It was a single-room shop. On the side facing the street, apart from a small door for one person to enter and exit, the rest was a glass window displaying clothes. Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo squeezed their bodies in the shadow of the triangle formed by the glass window and the wall, staring intently at the black tower not far away.
A minute later, a black figure flashed across the road and entered a nearby shopping mall to hide.
Tang Mo stared closely at the shadow.
They waited for another five minutes and didn't see anyone else besides the hidden person.
The cool evening wind blew across the road, blowing the dust on the ground and covering the dark red blood that had long dried on the concrete floor. Through the glass window, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo stared at the black tower in the air. Tang Mo waited patiently as time passed.
At 0 o 'clock, a dazzling white light shone from the black tower.
Tang Mo didn't expect that this black tower update would unexpectedly flash a strong white light. His eyes hurt and he reflexively narrowed them. Before he could react, a hand covered his eyes, blocking the white light.
Tang Mo breathed.
The hot palm was tightly attached to his eyelids, the hot temperature passing along his skin. A faint white light was vaguely projected through the gap between Fu Wenduo's fingers. Tang Mo's lips opened slightly and he didn't speak for a long time. Three seconds later, the white light dissipated. Fu Wenduo put his hand down.
A moment later, Tang Mo said, "… I didn't expect this update to be different from the last time."
Fu Wenduo asked, "Did you see it last time?"
Originally, Tang Mo felt a bit awkward and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart. After hearing this, he asked strangely, "You didn't see the last version 2.0 update?"
"I just entered an instance."
It turned out to be like this. Tang Mo said, "At that time, the black tower emitted a colourful light, probably similar to the light balls in KTV. Then it said that the new version was online and the update was over. "
Fu Wenduo asked, "Only this?"
Tang Mo explained, "It also said the total number of players in the world at the time. In addition … "
Tang Mo's eyes narrowed. He quickly turned his head and continued to look at the black tower.
He saw that at the top of the black tower, a small white light was constantly flashing. This light was so small that it was hard to detect. Tang Mo's eyes narrowed as he counted the number of times the light flashed over and over again. The light was beating very fast and its frequency almost exceeded the limits of human vision. It flashed again and again. Unfortunately, Tang Mo was distracted and wasn't sure if the number he counted was correct.
Once it flashed for the last time, the white light stopped. Tang Mo whispered the number, "… 9927."
Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo also silently counted the number of times the white light flashed. The two of them didn't have time to communicate. Fu Wenduo saw a second white light suddenly appear below the previous one and start to flash again. This time, the frequency of its flashing was slightly slower. When the light finished flashing, Fu Wenduo said, "364."
Tang Mo clearly remembered that three months ago, the first white light only flashed 62 times and the second light stopped halfway. He pursed his lips and was about to discuss the situation of these two white lights with Fu Wenduo. Suddenly, an extremely dim white light lit up below the second white light.
Tang Mo's eyes widened.
In the dark, the third white light was so weak that it was hard to detect. But it lit up.
It flickered faintly, then slowly stopped.
Three seconds later, it flashed again. Finally, it stopped permanently.
The next moment, a cheerful child's voice was heard. Loud music reverberated in the sky above Handan. Countless children's voices were humming an unknown nursery rhyme in unison. They sang happily. As Tang Mo said, the black tower emitted a colourful light, like the inferior coloured balls of light in old-fashioned KTV. The light instantly illuminated the entire square and the city centre.
In the cold wind, the cheerful song seemed to change tone. Once it was sung three times, a cold mechanical child's voice was heard.
"Ding dong! 21.42 million players have successfully loaded the game … "
"Game saving …"
"Player data loading …"
"Game data loading …"
"Save successful …"
"Loading successful …"
"The last instance has been updated …"
"Ding dong! On March 15th, 2018, the black tower version 3.0 is officially online. Players are welcome to enter the game. "
"All players, please attack the tower."
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