System limit of thirty percent was something that most players had not experienced before.
This level of limit had already broken through the limit that the players faced in the scenario. If one still remembered the situation when Feng Bujue and Li Ruo Yu entered the inner world together, then they would know that thirty percent was the limit for the players in the inner world.
In this state, the game menu that the players summoned would no longer appear 'before their eyes' but directly appear in their 'consciousness'.
The 'interface' that they observed would be brand new.
The status bar in the new menu had completely disappeared. The player's Life Points, Stamina Points, Sorcery Points, and abnormal statuses would not be displayed in the form of data. These things had to be felt and measured by the players themselves.
Other than that, the players' sense of pain would be strengthened. Considering that the forced disconnection mechanism had malfunctioned, this … was quite scary.
Of course, this state had its pros and cons.
Even though the support provided by the system had decreased, in return … the limitation had decreased as well. The players' sense of perception would become more detailed and … realistic.
The increased system limit would no doubt allow the more powerful players to unleash greater combat power than normal, but … there would be a corresponding risk.
…
Two minutes after the hack, inside Shiva's conference room.
"How is it? Can you guys do it? "Brahma looked at his four teammates anxiously.
"You'll know once you see it …" Vishnu shrugged. "If it was possible, the person who succeeded would have left the game in white light already."
"F * ck …" Brahma slammed the table and cursed.
"Hmm?" Asura was startled when he heard that. "How come the word 'f * ck' was not blocked?"
"Hey, hey … at a time like this, you still care about whether the system has blocked swear words or not?" Brahma asked.
"No, this might be very important." Among them, Yama, the female player, was the calmest. She said in a low voice, "You've heard the system voice chat just now … I believe the fact that profanity wasn't blocked and the change in the game menu … has something to do with the 30% limit."
"Hmm …" At that moment, the fifth person at the table, Shiva, finally spoke. "Who would have thought … 'he' was telling the truth."
"'He'?" Hearing this, Vishnu keenly sensed something. "Who? What did he say? "
"Three days ago, on the morning of the day I gave up, Feng Bujue snuck into my house and told me … on the day of the finals, an army of Anomalies would invade the game space."
"Wow ~ Wow ~" Great Brahma was shocked. He widened his eyes and said, "Boss … The amount of information in your words is a little shocking …"
"If it was in the past, I wouldn't have believed a word of that." "But … due to 'recent experiences', now … I don't know what to believe anymore." He heaved a sigh of relief and laughed bitterly. "Heh … If I had to choose, I'd rather believe in Feng Bujue …"
"Cousin, what exactly did you experience?" Asura was a chuunibyou youngster. One of the characteristics of chuunibyou youngsters was that their intuition was very accurate. "Could it be that I saw a ghost?"
Before he finished, Shiva turned to look at his seventeen-year-old cousin. "It's not a ghost … It's an angel."
"Huh? Angel? What's all this about? "Great Brahma expressed his opinion straightforwardly.
Shiva was about to reply to him, but …
Bang!
Suddenly, a loud crash came from the wall on the side of the conference room.
Bang, bang, bang!
Following that, there were three more rapid and fierce sounds … The wall was bumped into a protrusion.
"What the f * ck?" This time, even Vishnu was cursing. "There's something outside the wall?"
"Theoretically speaking … there shouldn't be anything. Because outside the wall is the data layer, and the 'space' there is completely different from the 'space' we are in. " Shiva was surprisingly calm. He stood up and explained, "Based on what Feng Bujue said … Lynk and Ed worked together to create a mass-produced creature called Redundancy. This creature can move at high speed in the 'data layer' in data form, and when it gets close to the 'physical space', it will take form and invade it. "
Bang! Crack!
Just as he was explaining, the metal wall of the conference room was broken and torn apart.
In the next second, a redundancy soldier with purple-black skin poked its long and narrow head in and let out a terrifying groan.
"However, these things shouldn't be that strong." As Shiva spoke, he walked forward slowly. He raised his hand and used Fang Force to pierce the Redundancy's forehead.
Then there was a crack, like the sound of a crustacean's shell breaking … The Redundancy's forehead was pierced through by Shiva's fingertip, and it exploded. The fatally wounded Redundancy did not even have the chance to scream before it turned into a data stream and disappeared into the air.
"If it hits the vitals, this level of skill is enough to kill one instantly," Shiva said in an explanatory tone as he pulled back his right hand.
However, before he could finish his sentence, several more arms and heads popped out from the cracks in the wall.
Seeing this, Shiva took two steps back and said, "In any case … these are the main soldiers that you're going to face." Then, he glanced at the exit of the conference room. "Before the exit is destroyed, let's get out and meet up at the market through the log-in lobby."
"Ang!"
"Ah!"
Before Shiva could finish his sentence, the soldiers seemed to understand him. They let out a low growl and increased their speed of squeezing out of the crack.
"Remember, do not stay in the narrow space." Shiva's reaction was calm. He reminded his teammates of what to pay attention to as he punched again. He used pure physical strength to force the Redundancy back. "Be it the log-in lobby, personal storage, or Thriller Box … as long as the Redundancy sense a data reaction in the 'phase layer', they will invade it. Even if you can withstand their attack in a small space, once the walls around you are broken down, you'll still be sucked into the data layer … Only heaven knows where you'll be transported to. "
"Understood." By then, Yama had reached the door of the conference room. Before she left, she turned back to say, "Then, we'll follow the old rules … We'll meet at Area 101."
Speaking of which, since Brother Jue had set the common market at Underworld Frontline at Area 101, many players who were acquainted with Brother Jue set their common market there as well so that they could run into Brother Jue once in a while. Over time, the teammates and friends of those players also changed their settings … Thus, Area 101 unknowingly became a gathering place for all sorts of superstar players.
"Boss, we'll be waiting for you." After the door in front opened, Great Brahma also left this sentence and walked in.
"Regarding the topic of 'Angel' …" When Vishnu retreated to the door, he turned back to say, "… I look forward to what happens next." Then, he walked in as well.
In the blink of an eye, only the two of them were left in the conference room.
"Cousin, you should go as well. Leave this place to me." At this time, Asura entered his eighth-grader mode and said something that sounded like a death flag.
"By the way …" Shiva glanced at him from the corner of his eyes. "… With your power, you should be able to move freely in the data layer, right?"
"That's right." Asura replied in an imposing manner, "You retreat first, I will enter directly from the crack here in a moment …" As he spoke, his eyes revealed a fanatical look, "That pretentious Link … Let me take him down!"
…
At the same time, at Area 4 of the market.
"Huh? What's going on? " A middle-aged man stood at the corner of the market. He scratched his head and looked confused.
This man's surname was Li and his name was Feng. He was the owner of Ruoyun Pavilion in the east of City S. Even Feng Bujue had to call him 'Uncle Li'.
For those who have forgotten the previous paragraph, when they see this, they might think that I'm introducing the leader of a dark organization. However, for those who have a good memory, they should remember that Ruoyun Pavilion is an art auction, appraisal, and exhibition business. Also … it's owned by Ruo Yu's family.
At this point, I think everyone will understand. That's right … Li Feng is Ruo Yu's father.
Speaking of Ruo Yu's father, in real life, he is definitely the standard winner in life.
Let's talk about family background first. In Li Feng's grandfather's generation, there was a very famous person. That was the famous superstar at the beginning of the century — Li Hua. Even in 2055, half a century later, many people still worshipped him as their Prince Charming.
Although Li Feng wasn't Li Hua's direct descendant, and there is a saying that wealth can't last more than three generations … But a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. Li Feng's family background was pretty good.
Looking at his life experience … Li Feng received a good education in the first half of his life. Although he was a bit shy, he wasn't as socially awkward as his daughter. It can be said that before the age of twenty, he didn't encounter any difficulties in his life.
Until … he met Shui Ruoyun, Ruo Yu's mother.
The two met when they were studying in Vienna. Their story developed for three to four years. It's not difficult to write a romance novel, so I won't go into the details.
Long story short, not long after the two returned to their country, they got married and founded Ruoyun Pavilion.
At that time, Li Feng didn't know that Shui Ruoyun's parents … Just like Gu Chen said, they were two of the ten strongest spiritual ability users on this planet. Shui Ruoyun's aunt was Gu Chen's wife. Gu Chen and his wife … Obviously, they weren't easy to deal with.
To put it simply, Li Feng joined Luxurious Lunch without knowing it … Oh, no … He joined a family with a very dark background.
In fact, even now, Li Feng didn't know about the existence of the supernatural world (Because he was too gullible, his wife and daughter hid it from him to protect him). He himself was just a normal person.
But … this normal person's luck was really good. Perhaps … he was the perfect example of the saying, 'Good people have good karma, while fools have dumb luck'.
In this unprecedented crisis of the game space being invaded … Li Feng was only level 10 (Although he created his game character a long time ago, he didn't have much time to go online. He only occasionally played in non-sleeping mode). Li Feng, who didn't understand the situation at all, lived longer than many high level players …
Because he couldn't squeeze past those young people, when the first wave of attack came, Li Feng was far away from the crowd near the big screen. Thus, he was lucky enough to avoid the first wave of attack.
Because he was standing behind the system store, when the invasion happened, the fleeing crowd didn't rush towards him.
A few minutes later, as more and more soldiers rushed in, the speed of their growth far exceeded the killing speed of the guard robots. At this point, a group of soldiers finally arrived in front of Li Feng.
But at the same time, the NPCs in the store behind Uncle Li … made their move.
Usually, the NPCs who stood in the system store were jokingly called "Wooden Dummies" by the players. These guys basically didn't talk, and they didn't do anything. When the players came to buy something, they only needed to stand in front of the counter and summon a virtual menu to complete the transaction. Those NPCs stood there just to create the feeling of a store.
Originally … How could a store in an online game use the mechanism of "talking to buy"? If they really used that kind of sales method … Have you seen queuing in a bank before? Have you seen queuing in a supermarket before? Let alone a game with hundreds of thousands or even millions of players, even a game with tens of thousands of players online at the same time … Why don't you try changing a store that sells health potions into a "talking to buy" mechanism? Do you want to buy something without queuing for a few nights?
However, today, those "Wooden Dummies" used their actions to reveal their true identity to the players — enhanced guard robots.
Just as Li Feng was about to be killed by one of the soldiers, the boss of the equipment store behind him jumped out of the counter and kicked the soldier in half. Then, the boss of the equipment store put on a good show in front of Li Feng. With his own strength, he faced the surprise attack of seventy to eighty soldiers head-on, killing them as if they were pigs and dogs.
Unfortunately, this situation only lasted for about two minutes …
There were only about sixty shop owners and guard robots in the area. Although the guard robots had the ability to teleport and had the physical skills equivalent to level 60 players (the player's level limit was 50, but the guard robots could be set to level 60. Moreover, the player's original limit in the game space was 2%, so they couldn't start a battle at all. So, under normal circumstances, the guard robots were more than enough to manage the players.), they also had their limits. When the number of soldiers outnumbered them by ten to one, or even twenty to one, the guard robots couldn't hold on any longer. Once they were injured, it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.
As for the shop owners, each of them could fight against a hundred soldiers. Their upper limit was higher than a normal guard robot. When their 'quality' reached a certain level, 'quantity' was no longer a threat to them.
But … in the army of soldiers that Link and Ed created, they didn't just consist of the lowest-level 'Redundant Soldiers'. They also created something more advanced — [RAID] (Redundant _ Arrays _ of _ Independent _ Disks).
In more detail, these creatures were 'Independent Redundant Disk Arrays'. Of course, there was also a simpler name for them — [Sweepers].
The appearance of the sweepers was very similar to humans, but their bodies were covered in the same purplish-black 'skin' as the Redundant Soldiers. In terms of size, they did not appear to be as intimidating as the tall and large Redundant Soldiers, but the difference in combat ability between the two … was like heaven and earth.
Even though the sweepers' intelligence was not that high, their power was already at the level of a level three Anomaly, and they were equipped with 'tactical control modules'. The key point was … the sweepers were 'mass-produced'. With enough time and resources, they could be created.
At the twelfth minute after the invasion began, the first sweeper showed up, followed by the second, and the third …
So, the Redundant Soldiers were just the vanguard of the assault … and the sweepers were the main force that would complete the clean-up.
Bang!
With a loud explosion, the NPC before Li Feng exploded into pieces of data under the combined attack of the three sweepers.
Uncle Li, who was covered in cold sweat, retreated step by step until his back was pressed against the counter of the system shop. He had no choice but to stop. "Er … Even though I don't know what's going on, with so many monsters surrounding me … I'm most likely going to die …"
This time, there was no way the guards would come to his rescue. The guards and shop owners of Area 4 were all surrounded, and they could barely fend for themselves. Currently, the surviving players had gathered in groups of three to five to form a defensive formation in order to resist the attack.
"But … even if I die, I'll just 'die' back in the log-in lobby … right?" Uncle Li mumbled to himself. He was starting to lose confidence.
At the same time, one of the sweepers walked up to him and raised his fist …
Bang!
The punch landed!
This was a solid punch, a punch that burned with blazing fighting energy.
But this punch was not from a sweeper, it was from …
"Uncle, are you alright?"
In that instant, the silhouette of a man with incomparably defined back muscles appeared in front of Li Feng, while the sweeper who had raised his fist a second ago had already disappeared without a trace …
Uncle Li rubbed his eyes and looked at the ID of the sweeper — Seven Kills.
"Er … I'm fine," Uncle Li replied. "Thank you, young man."
"Haha … You're welcome." Seven Kills tilted his head and waved his two fingers in front of his eyebrows as a greeting to Uncle Li. When he did that, Uncle Li could clearly see that Seven Kills' right glove was still emitting white smoke.
"Uncle, don't be afraid." The next second, another voice rang out. Following it was a muscular man with a large shield who was as large as Arnold Schwarzenegger. "We will protect you."
Obviously, this time … it was Long Aomin.
"Don't let your guard down. Uncle Li is only level ten." Political Commissar Tan Lang soon appeared on the roof of the shop. "If he is touched … I might not even have the chance to heal him."
"Huh?" Uncle Li was confused. How did they know that his surname was Li? His in-game ID was clearly 'Cloudy Maple Overturned'. "How did you guys know …"
Before he could finish his sentence, the leader of Blades, Defeating Armies, appeared to cut him off. "Political Commissar is right … Everyone, stay alert! If anything happens to Uncle Li, we'll all have to go to the leader's place for tea … "
"Argh!"
"Let's do this!"
"We have to protect this place no matter what!"
At that moment, the members of Blades were in high spirits. Even during the competition, they had not been this aggressive.
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