This underground cave was quite a large map. The tunnels intersected with each other, and there were many flags in the cave. There were three entrances in total, and they were hidden at three different corners of Chang Lin Town. No matter which entrance they took, when they first entered, there was only one path to take. However, after passing through some monsters and traps, the number of paths would increase, and the various rewards would be distributed at the end or the middle of these paths.
Theoretically speaking, the pool that Xiao Tan and Laughing Soul fell into could be reached by players who did not know how to swim. Even though the middle of the pool was deep, the water around it was shallow. Even if they held their breath and swam to the bottom of the pool, they could walk up because the distance was not that far. Furthermore, even if the players ran out of air and choked on water, they would not lose consciousness. However, their Life Points would continue to drop, and they would suffer from the feeling of drowning.
If they continued to move down the path next to the pool, they would be ambushed by monsters.
"Sounds like something is coming …" Hearing the strange noise coming from the front, Xiao Tan uttered another useless sentence.
"That was what I wanted to ask you earlier," Laughing Soul added. "There are no plants on the wall, but there is a stench in the cave. This means that some kind of animal is roaming around. There was no smell when we first walked down the path, but here, the tunnel widens. This means that the animal is very large and can only move around here. " As she spoke, she took out the MP5 from her inventory. She attached her flashlight to the gun and aimed it at the darkness ahead, ready to fire.
"Then we'd better run!" Xiao Tan said. "If we run back to a place where the tunnel is narrower, it won't be able to catch up to us."
"And then?" Laughing Soul turned to ask. "This is the only way. Even if the pool is temporarily safe, we won't be able to leave."
"Hmm … You have a point." Xiao Tan also took out his Winchester Shotgun and loaded it.
Actually, if they ran back, it was not a bad idea. After all, the players did not need to worry about food or sleep in the scenario. As long as they were not attacked by monsters, their survival was not threatened. When the sun set and their teammates realized that they had not returned to the inn, they would naturally come out to look for them.
However, Feng Bujue had no idea what had happened to Xiao Tan and Laughing Soul. He would not have thought that the two were trapped inside a giant hole. He would have guessed that they had been captured by NPCs. Therefore, even if Feng Bujue and the others went from room to room to room to search for the two, they would only be able to roughly check if there was anyone in each empty room. They might not be able to find the hole in the ground in the remote empty room.
In any case, there was a high chance that no one would discover them until the end of the scenario. That was Laughing Soul's prediction.
"It's coming. It's very close …" Laughing Soul stared at the darkness and said in a low voice. Both her and Xiao Tan's detection specialization were E rank, but as a marksmanship specialization player, her vision was clearly superior to Xiao Tan's.
When Xiao Tan heard this, he also aimed his gun and prepared to shoot.
Roar!
There was another roar mixed with a loud rumble. A monster the size of a car entered their line of sight.
The monster was so large that it was hard to get a full view of it. However, its skin glistened under the light, showing the outline of its back. It looked like a giant crocodile.
However, the monster's head was slightly different from a crocodile. It looked more like a dog, but the roar it made sounded like a bear's.
With a bang, the shotgun in Xiao Tan's hand fired. At a short distance, this should have been a powerful shot, but at that moment, it failed to penetrate the monster's shell. At most, the shrapnel embedded itself into the crocodile's back, but it was unable to harm its flesh.
Almost at the same time, Laughing Soul's MP5 started to fire, but her attack was more efficient and targeted. She aimed at the monster's eyes, and her shots were rhythmic.
The giant crocodile knew that it would be bad if its eyes were shot, so it opened its jaws and kept shaking its head to evade the bullets as it continued to charge forward.
"Retreat!" That one word from Laughing Soul was simple and clear.
Xiao Tan understood what she meant. He knew that she was not talking about 'retreat' but 'retreat as we fight'. Therefore, he fired as he reloaded. He retreated with Laughing Soul and continued to attack the enemy.
The monster was attacked. Even though it did not suffer much damage, it was not completely unaffected. Furthermore, to protect its eyes from being attacked, it kept shaking its head, and its crawling speed was naturally affected.
With the giant crocodile slowed down, Xiao Tan and Laughing Soul had more time to deal with it. After all, they had long-range weapons and plenty of ammo. As long as they maintained a distance of more than five meters, they would be able to kill the monster.
The appearance of this monster was intimidating. It was quite scary to be able to charge at them in such a narrow and dark environment. If the players ran with their backs facing it, the sense of urgency of being chased would be very strong. However, in terms of setting, this monster was not that strong. In fact, it was easier to deal with compared to the tree demon that Feng Bujue and Passing Rain had encountered on the mountain.
Its speed was average, and it would slow down with some suppression. Its defense was high, but its weakness was very obvious, and it could be easily seen through by the players. Its attack style was simple, and it was purely physical, so its attack power might not be able to kill the players in one hit.
Most importantly, the surrounding environment had basically given the players a clear way to deal with it. Players who only knew how to fight in close combat could choose to turn and run. Once they reached a spot where the monster could not catch up, they would be safe. Players with long-range attacks, needless to say, could use their long-range weapons to slow down the monster and kite it. After all, the tunnel was so small, and the target was so big that it would be harder to miss than to hit it.
In reality, if one knew about the flag beforehand, it would be easier to turn and run. This was because the monster would be stuck somewhere in the tunnel and lose its ability to move. Then, it would be much easier to kill it.
This kind of guiding setting seemed to make the battle too easy, but in fact, from the system's point of view, this was reasonable.
For a hidden tunnel like this that was obviously hiding some kind of reward or plot flag, the system would not give the players a path that would lead them to certain death. If that was the case, it would have been better to set it so that they would fall to their death.
Therefore, when the players had depleted two-thirds of their Life Points and a certain amount of Stamina Points, the battle that followed would not be too difficult, unless it was a Nightmare difficulty …
Roar!
Sure enough, after another roar, the two people who had been kiting the monster for five minutes discovered rather gloomily that … as the monster chased after them, it got stuck in a place where the rocks converged and couldn't move anymore.
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