Fifteen minutes ago, seven kilometers west of the Explosion Tunnel.
On the roof of Golden Maggot One, an unfamiliar voice said, "Don't think about it … You are like the hands on a clock, spinning in circles. If you don't find the spellcaster, you will never be able to leave … "
Before the voice finished, Xiao Tan and Matcha Cookie were already in a state of panic.
But this time, Xiao Tan was not in a hurry to step on the brakes. After all, this was just a normal voice. One, it was not accompanied by a scary ghost image, and two, it was not accompanied by the hasty background music of the 90s horror movies. Therefore … it was still within Doctor Wang's tolerance level.
"Who is up there?" Xiao Tan raised his voice slightly and asked with fear in his voice.
As he asked, he gave Matcha Cookie a look through the rearview mirror. At the same time, he slowed down the car.
Matcha Cookie reacted quickly. She pressed a few buttons and prepared to activate the weapon on the roof of the car.
"My name is R2-Sharp Wind," Sharp Wind replied. "I'm here to help you get out."
"You're an Anomaly?" Xiao Tan asked instinctively when he heard the name.
"Yes," Sharp Wind replied calmly.
"Wait …" Xiao Tan quickly waved his hand to signal Matcha Cookie to stay put. "I remember … Brother Jue mentioned you before."
"Yes, I once snuck into a sandbox and helped Feng Bujue," Sharp Wind replied.
"Hmm …" After Xiao Tan heard that, he thought about it and felt that the man's words were more trustworthy. "Okay … I understand. How about I stop the car first and let you come down to talk? "
"Hey! You believe him just because he said so? "Matcha Cookie reminded him softly." What if he's lying … "
"Since I can come up to the roof of this car without making a sound …" Sharp Wind interrupted Matcha Cookie. "Then I can also launch a surprise attack without your knowledge, or leave behind a nuclear warhead … and then leave without making a sound." He paused. "I wonder if this hypothesis dispels your doubts?"
In the few seconds that Sharp Wind was talking, Xiao Tan had already stopped the car. Then, a figure flipped and landed on the road in front of the car.
R2-Sharp Wind looked the same as when he was in South Park, but this time, he was wearing a thick protective suit. He looked like a man with Michelin tires.
"I'll keep this short …" Sharp Wind did not seem to have any intention of getting into the car. He stood in front of the car and said, "The time frame of this' circular space 'is the moment when I'm within 100 meters of you. Therefore, I conclude that … this is not a mental interference ability, but a trick to distort and connect the physical space … Therefore, the spellcaster purposely waited until I was with you before making his move, "he said methodically." As far as I know, this type of spell is the specialty of the Time Wardens. Among the Twelve Time Officers, other than Sam Montier who is imprisoned on Devil Munching Island, the one who is most proficient and likes to use this kind of spell is Tver … "
"I don't know him."
"Never heard of him."
Xiao Tan and Matcha Cookie had the same reaction.
"It's okay." Sharp Wind was very forgiving about this. "Let me continue … First, please construct a concept in your mind … The street before you looks straight, but it is actually not a straight line. It is the outer edge of a dodecagram. This edge has 24 corners that are inverted." He pointed at the split in the road. "Those split in the road are the hints. Every time you pass the 24 corners, you complete a circle and return to the starting point."
"You can tell that?" Matcha Cookie asked, "Wait … before that, you said you're an 'Anomaly'?" She was, after all, a professional player from a mainstream guild. It was impossible for her to not know anything about this, so it was normal for her to be curious.
"I'm sorry, but I can't explain it to you in detail." Sharp Wind used one sentence to stop Matcha Cookie from changing the topic. He continued, "In any case … any folded space will have a gap, and this gap is the key to breaking through. It is also the spellcaster's hiding place."
"Like the eye of a magic circle, right?" Xiao Tan asked.
"You can put it that way." Sharp Wind added, "I've been on the roof for quite some time, and I've basically seen through the pattern here … So, let me show you how to get out." He raised his arm and pointed in a direction. "The dodecagram has four 'hexagonal intersection points'. As long as you drive into the split in the road ahead and make a few turns according to the rules, you'll reach one of them. Based on my memory, this intersection point is closest to the starting point of the circle, so there's a high probability … "
Chi!
Before Sharp Wind could finish his sentence, a sharp blade suddenly appeared and pierced through his chest.
Xiao Tan reacted quickly. He was shocked, but his body moved instinctively. He threw out his fist and prepared to rush out the windshield to help.
"There's no need …"
To his surprise, Sharp Wind raised his hand and spread his fingers. He gestured to Xiao Tan to stop him.
"I can take care of it myself." Rimwind's expression was so cold that it made people's hair stand on end.
In the next second, he twisted his body and broke the sharp blade that pierced through his body.
Behind Sharp Wind, there was now a strange shadow. It was a humanoid creature wrapped in a long robe. His hands were covered with a mane, and his face looked like a half-human half-bear. But the most noteworthy thing was the color of his fur … It was zebra stripes.
This was the time officer, Tver. The sword in his hand was a strange sword that was three meters long and one inch wide. The base of the sword was round, and the hilt was connected to the body of the sword. If it was placed flat on the ground, it would look like a huge pendulum, except that there was a small section sticking out of the round end of the pendulum.
Of course, it didn't matter what the shape was. It was already broken by Sharp Wind anyway …
"You came out yourself. That saves me a lot of trouble." Sharp Wind turned around and said coldly.
"Since you've already seen through my technique …" Tver said, "It's the same wherever we fight."
"Hmph … Yeah …" Sharp Wind suddenly laughed, "It's the same …"
…
At the same time, on the battlefield between Lute and the players.
A bloated figure rushed over from afar and joined the battle.
Even though the figure was bloated, its movement was as fast as lightning. The cold gleam flashed, and the sound of sharp blades slicing through bodies echoed. The level three Anomalies were unable to fight back, and they fell one after another.
Lute reacted immediately. Before the metal snowflakes, six hexagonal light beams appeared and fired at the same time!
The light beams that were so fast that no one could react to them shot out continuously. They chased after the newcomer, but … none of them hit their target.
"Long time no see …" After Twenty-Three dodged the light beams, her body slowed down. On her snow-white cheeks, there was a bloody gash. "You've changed a lot … Lute." She used her thick sleeves to wipe away the blood, and her eyes stared at Lute, who was in her fourth form.
For high-level Anomalies, a change in appearance or even a complete change in their structure would not affect their ability to recognize each other because they only recognized codes.
"So, that's how it is … You did come here through the SCP." Lute analyzed the use of the 'spacesuit' on Twenty-Three in a few seconds and made the corresponding speculation.
While they conversed, more and more Origin Anomalies appeared around them. In the blink of an eye, on the surrounding streets, buildings, and empty space, there were already sixty to seventy figures scattered about. The batch that Twenty-Three had dealt with earlier … was like trying to put out a fire with a cup of water.
"You said … 'you'?" Twenty-Three's expression shifted. Two seconds later, she realized something and shouted, "Red Iron, what are you doing?"
Just as she finished, a manhole by the street was pulled open, and Red Iron poked his head out rather disheveled. "Repairing and electrocuting my own heart …"
"Phew …" Twenty-Three took a deep breath, and a helpless expression appeared on her face. "Then, are you done?"
"Just in time!" Red Iron replied and leaped out from the manhole. By then, his wounds had indeed disappeared, but there was a large cluster of yellowish demonic vines on his chest and back.
"The contaminants in this scenario sure are useful. I only need to change the mode slightly, and …" Red Iron grumbled.
Twenty-Three cut him off. "Where is your protective suit?"
"Er …" Red Iron was startled. "That was too disgusting. It affected my combat ability, so I took it off." He paused for half a second before adding, "Don't worry, I've already hidden it. I'll just find it and wear it before I leave."
"Hmm … Wing sure is tired …" Twenty-Three sighed deeply. "If you were my subordinate, I would have killed you already …"
"There's no need for that. I'll do it for you," Lute said with a cold smile.
Before she finished, the beam shot out again like a bolt of lightning.
Who knew …
The beam missed, and it was ridiculously off course … It shot one of her own people. A level three Anomaly was shot for no reason, and his head was blown off.
"What!" Lute was shocked by this.
Of course, this result was not caused by Lute's mistake but by an external force. When Lute made her move, Shiva also controlled the stone plate of the Heavenly Hourglass to fire an energy beam at the prism before her. It was this attack that caused the beam of light from the prism to lose its accuracy.
"I knew … there would be a weakness," Shiva said with a smug tone.
This big brother of Brahman had been through many battles. In the past, when he played online large-scale team dungeons, he had faced countless Bosses that took a long time to fight, had almost zero room for error, had an extremely difficult pattern, and had extremely high requirements for instant reaction time … A man who had gone through this kind of training was indeed extraordinary.
Shiva saw with one glance that it was impossible to stop the beam, at least not with his reaction speed. However, he was certain that the man's unique and monotonous fighting style … had to be hiding some kind of weakness, but because the beam was too scary, no one else had noticed it.
"The beam attack is indeed fast," Shiva said to his teammates. "But … since it is a long-distance attack, it needs to be aimed." He raised his arm and pointed at Lu Te. "This guy's appearance is very good at hiding his aim. Before the attack, he neither moved his line of sight nor did he make any preparations … But, there is still one detail … those condensed prisms." He paused. "Her 'aim' … is completed when she gathers energy. Even though it is impossible to tell who she is aiming at with the naked eye, as long as we make use of the two seconds that the prism is there to disrupt it, then … what happened earlier will happen."
"Ha! I see! " Da Fan's expression relaxed, and he said, "Then that's easy. Boss, use the Heavenly Hourglass to suppress her, and I will go over to give her a Earth Throw and send her back to …"
He wasn't able to say the final "West" because … in this instant, six streaks of dark light shot out from each of the six corners of the enormous metal snowflake.
These six attacks were truly unprepared in the truest sense of the word. In less than a second, Lute used a method that she had not used before to shatter the six stone plates of the Heavenly Hourglass.
As Shiva had already used up the Stone Plate of Fire when he was fighting against the D1-DRAGON, he only had the Stone Plate of Earth left in his Heavenly Hourglass that he could use.
"Where do you want to send me? Big guy, "Lute mocked.
"Hmm … You sure are efficient at slapping people in the face. You are faster than me finishing the whole analysis …" Shiva complained internally, but on the surface, his face was dark. He pretended to be calm and threatened, "Your name is Lute, right? Hmm … Interesting. I still have many tricks up my sleeve. Don't think that just because you have shattered my Sorcery Weapon, you can rest easy …"
"If you want to take out the rocket launcher, then go ahead," Lute interrupted. "The things in your inventory, the skills in your skill bar, I know them all." Her tone was dripping with condescension. "I also know how much Life Points, Stamina Points, and Sorcery Points you and your three friends have left …" She paused as if waiting for the Four Heavenly Kings' reaction. Then she continued in a dark tone, "Ha … Your Terror Points have started to rise. Can I interpret that as shock and fear?"
"Red Iron, you cover the four of them. Try your best to hold on …" In the one minute or two while they were talking, 23 had already observed the four players' condition, and she had made this decision helplessly. "I will hold back Lute," she said with a serious expression. "Before 'he' arrives, we cannot be defeated."
"Ridiculous." Lute laughed coldly. "23, you know it yourself … You are no match for me, so why do you have to go to this extent?" The voice from the giant snowflake became clearer and sharper. "Other than that … why do you think I am still fighting with you? Hahaha … "
The chilling laughter drilled into every player's ears. "The scene before my eyes … I had already foreseen it. Even though the deaths of the Dragon and Kuai Duo were outside of my calculations … your deaths have already been displayed before my eyes." She paused for two seconds to calm her tone. "23, before you came here, you were dealing with my level two subordinates, right? Humph … and now … what you need to complete is the order to 'hold me back near the Explosion Tunnel'. "
23's expression did not change. She still focused on Lute, just in case the enemy decided to ambush her.
"I know what Zero can do," Lute continued. Lute continued, "But he seems to have underestimated what I can do..." On the surface of the metal snowflake, a human face appeared with a ferocious smile. "The future he 'saw' no longer exists... because..."
"Looks like … I came at the right time." At that moment, another woman's voice rang out.
Twenty-three's and Red Iron's expressions abruptly changed … Zero's instructions had never mentioned such an unforeseen event.
From the northern side of the battlefield, a woman walked over. Her appearance and clothes were very ordinary. If she were placed in any game, she would be similar to a passerby.
But the code showed that she was Lute, the fifteenth form of Lute who had mutated to the weakest state.
"Surprised, isn't it?" Lute, who walked over slowly, carried an unconscious young man on her shoulders — Phantom Dawn. "Actually, it's not that hard to understand …" she said expressionlessly. "I have … left myself a final insurance."
Not far away, Lute in her fourth form continued her 'own' words. "After entering this scenario, I immediately split a part of my power and had it hide at the edge of this space.
I have calculated all kinds of low probability scenarios … including the leader of the demons, your Z Organization, and the various variables that the players can bring.
Even if the worst-case scenario happens … 'I', who is at the edge of this space, can forcefully shatter the outer shell of the scenario and escape back to the 'table'.
And if everything goes smoothly … haha … "
Lute in her fifteenth form walked over and said, "Zero must have told you … to hold me here, and when Phantom Dawn and Feng Bujue arrive at the same time, you can defeat me." She shook her head and tossed Phantom Dawn to the ground. "Humph … I'm sorry, but I've seen that future. So … I've already laid out the plan … to kill it. "
Lute in her fourth form smiled. "Now, what are you going to do? 23. " Her voice chilled. "I know … you are very special. Even if your logic tells you … that 'abandoning everyone and running away' is the best choice, you might not follow it …"
When Lute spoke, the fifteenth form raised her arm to touch the large metallic snowflake. The next second, she morphed into liquid metal and quickly melted into her main body.
At the same time, the Origin Anomalies that were scattered around the city finally gathered there. Other than those who had died, there were about one hundred of them left.
Although they were all below Level 3 and had not undergone any sort of enhancement, it was more than enough to eliminate the four players from Gods of Brahman and Red Iron, who had yet to recover from his injuries.
"You're right …" 23 was silent for a long time before she finally spoke. "You're right …" She paused. "The situation is completely under your control. There is … no hope on our side."
"Almost?" Lute scoffed. "Are you sure it's not 'absolute'?"
"No …" 23 said. "So, I need to wait. I believe … 'he' will find a way."
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