Chapter 116 The Second Female Insect

"Pfft...!" I spat out the dirty water in my mouth. "It's just a little water, I'm not that weak." I turned over and got up. The ground around me was full of mourners. The sudden flood knocked down everyone outside and injured many people. The priests who flew out with me were also lying not far from me, but they fell unconscious again. No matter how powerful the mana is, he is still a priest, but he cannot compare to our armor-clad Jingshui.

Bailang imagined a sloppy person appearing next to me. "Should we get out of here as soon as possible?"

"Wow, Bailang, why are you like this?" As a shadow beast, Bailang has fluffy white fur and looks very majestic and beautiful. But now these 'hairs' are all wet, and they don't have the usual fluffy feeling. They are all stuck to the body, and Bailang feels as if he has suddenly lost weight.

Bailang didn't answer me, but shook his body violently like a dog and shook off all the water on his body. "What now?"

"Much better." I got up from the ground and said, "Hurry up and get out of the way. We will be in trouble when these people get up."

I directly summoned the plague, then put away the white waves, climbed onto the back of the plague with Yeyue, and the plague took us up. After I got very high off the ground, I discovered that the area of ​​this oasis was not large. Apart from a lake in the center, there was a religious building complex and a large forest. Those who participated in the sacrifice just now must have come from other places. Of course, those are NPCs, and players will not participate in such activities.

After circling in the air, I quickly found the Nile River as a landmark terrain, and let the plague fly north along the river, while I called Ye Yue. "Bring me the Power Stone."

Yeyue took out the power stone and handed it to me. It can be said that the appearance of this gemstone is not much different from ordinary gemstones. There is even no difference at all except that it is wrapped with a relatively obvious aperture. But if you look closely, you will find that there seems to be a white flame burning in the center of the transparent gem. Looking at the attributes, there is no hint except that the name is a magical gem.

"It's strange. You've obviously got the gem, so why didn't you hear the notification that the mission was over?"

"Could it be fake?" Yeyue boldly assumed.

"No! The identification result is that it is called the Power Stone!"

After thinking for a long time, I couldn't figure out why this happened. Yeyue was obviously not good at using her brain either, so she had no choice but to leave Ling and Xiaochun alone. There were also Chili Pepper, Emmenis, Xiao Longnu, Grandma, Xiaofeng, and even Banon Jiaolan and Hong Ling also called out. Ling, Xiaochun, Amynis and Xiaolongnu all have good intelligence and are very good at analyzing problems. Chili Pepper, Aina and Xiaofeng often know some special things and can occasionally provide some information. As for Bannon Flail and Hong Ling, one is an antique-level evil dragon, and the other is an ancestor-level old monster. They should also be relatively powerful intelligence centers.

After telling them the situation, let them help think about it together. As expected, there is still strength in numbers. Chili immediately expressed that he knew something about the situation.

"Before I became my master's familiar, I was the queen of the Sea Demon Tribe. Egypt is also connected to the sea, so I understand some of the situation. If I am right, this gem is probably not activated."

A Dianna also said: "We, the mermaid tribe, have heard some things here in Egypt. It seems that the Sun God has the habit of snatching power. Anyone who enters his temple will have his power restricted to a certain extent, and can only be restored after leaving. . However, sometimes individual creatures or items still cannot recover their power after leaving it. Although this situation is rare, I think this gem should have encountered this situation by chance."

"It's not a coincidence, it's a mandatory requirement of the mission." Ling said with certainty: "A gem that resists divine power. How powerful is this? Don't you think the previous mission was too simple? It makes no sense that the prize is so good, but the mission is so easy. ah?"

"Then it shouldn't be that we have to continue completing the mission, right?"

"I am very sure of that."

"I'm afraid that's the case." Ling nodded and said, "I think I have even guessed what the next mission will be."

"what is it?"

Ling pointed towards the distance. "see it?"

We happened to be flying through a curved river at this time. In order to take a shortcut, the plague did not fly along the river, but flew directly upstream. At this time, the river is on our right, and a long winding dragon can be seen far to our left. I recognized them instantly. Those were human players who were preparing to take part in the God's Chosen Examination.

"Are you saying that the next task is to take part in the God's Chosen Examination?"

"Not only must you participate, but you must also pass." Ling said decisively: "I'm sure. The tasks have been crossed."

The so-called task interleaving is a task setting method in "Zero". Because the main system of "Zero" has a powerful single-player task customization function, the tasks performed by each player are actually customized by the main system for that player. This task will randomly set tasks for you based on your social relationships in the game, your own strength and other factors. There is no task that is completely public. In previous games, the same NPC would issue the same task to almost all players. As long as you communicate with him, you will get the task, and you can even do it repeatedly. At most, some games will differentiate slightly based on the player's occupation, but there is absolutely no situation where it is determined based on the player's profession. But "Zero" has this ability, and the missions are all specially designed. Different players who talk to the same NPC will definitely get different tasks, and some may get tasks and others may not. Even if the same player comes into contact with the same NPC at different times, the mission may change.

Based on this powerful mission system, cross-missions often appear in "Zero". Cross-task refers to the intersection of two unrelated tasks. For example, a team of players received a task to protect an NPC from reaching a certain location, while another team of players received a task to prevent the NPC from reaching a certain location. The two teams of players will inevitably conflict during the mission, unless one of them voluntarily gives up the mission. This situation is called task crossover.

The powerful artificial intelligence of the main system will formulate tasks based on the characteristics of the two teams of players. Even if there is a gap in strength between the two teams, the system will ensure the difficulty of the tasks for both parties by adding helpers to the weaker team or creating trouble for the stronger team. Proceed according to the difficulty standard obtained when you took the task.

In fact, the only form of cross-task confrontation is between two teams of people. Sometimes multiple groups of players may receive multiple different tasks and either compete or help each other to complete the tasks along the way. Some task crossovers may even involve an entire guild, or it may involve a frequently occurring NPC behavior. And now I seem to have encountered the last situation. Some NPC events were involved.

Generally speaking, task crossover is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes the goal is to deliver an item to a certain place, but the way to get there is very dangerous. But the task difficulty is at the easy level. At this time, a relatively strong combination is often interspersed. The task of this combination may be to clear a passage to that location. Although the goals of the two tasks are different, the things to be done are similar, which is just right. can help each other. Directly lower the difficulty of the task.

However, the task I took this time to get rid of divine suppression was obviously super difficult, so if there was a crossover, it would definitely be a conflict between my task and other people's tasks or the behavior of NPCs. In this way, I have to kill these people or kill certain NPCs during the mission. This is an increase in difficulty.

Ling said that this time the tasks were overlapping, and obviously it would not end so simply. It would be easier if the NPCs were simply involved. After all, although the NPCs are artificial intelligence, they have their own lives. So the behavior is predictable. It would be troublesome if unfortunately the players were involved in the mission. Players often do some weird things. Although they may not win, it is common for them to mess up the mission.

Xiaochun said: "My analysis results are the same as Lingdi's. It should be that you must complete the God's Chosen Qualification Screening Task. Doesn't it mean that the rewards are different every time? If you pass. According to the consistent characteristics of cross-task tasks, the rewards It must be to restore the function of the divine power gem."

Banon Juanlan smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to worry at all. Since someone has passed it before, it means it can still be completed. Based on my many years of experience. Among adventurers in the world, your strength is not the first or second. Also at least in the top ten, so if two guys have done it, you can definitely do it too.”

I said distressedly: "The problem is that participating in the competition is very disadvantageous for me, you know?"

"Why?"

"Because I am a beast tamer. I am indeed invincible in PK battles between adventurers. However, many competitive competitions and levels limit the number of participants, and even do not provide helpers. If you PK with one person, No matter how strong he is, with my nearly 9,000 evil spirit knights plus 21 bell knights, coupled with so many of your magic pets and spirit-controllers. There are also summoned creatures of the four major gems, and most guilds with less people will be able to You can't stop me, let alone a player. But competition is different. I can't drag nine thousand evil spirit knights to fight against people. Even summoned creatures will definitely be limited in number and ability, or simply not allowed to be used. Although without you, my single combat ability is considered very strong among players, but I am a beast tamer after all. Don’t expect my single combat ability to solve everything. Just like don’t expect a mage in a wrestling match No matter what ranking you get in the competition."

"I know it's a bit difficult, but you have to try, right?" Ling asked me.

Plague also turned back to us and said, "How was the meeting? If you really want to attend, I will fly over?"

"Turn around. Let's go to the screening of the Chosen Ones." I finally made up my mind. Anyway, this kind of screening competition generally does not bear the consequences of death. If you don't try, it's useless. The temptation of the divine power gem is too great, and it is worth paying for it.

It was already dusk when we flew to our destination, and a large group of players gathered near the God's Chosen assessment venue. The plague suddenly fell from the sky and frightened many people around. Although I have several dragon familiars, in an environment where most players cannot even carry one or two magical pets, the fact that I can appear riding a dragon is already a manifestation of my strength. . There are many dragons in Essinger, and the people in our guild are numb, but to people outside, dragons are still a rare thing. The five dragon islands gather 95% of the dragons in the game, and the remaining vast space only accounts for 5%. You can imagine how rare dragons are. Fortunately, Xiao Longnu was in human form today, otherwise she would have scared a few people to death. Compared with the number of giant dragons, the Chinese dragon is definitely as precious as the giant panda.

After dark, the number of people gathering here began to increase. I made the plague change into a human form to avoid being killed by the surrounding eyes. Other humanoid demon pets and those that could turn into humans came out to show off. Even Bai Lang and Shui Dart were not in shape. Those who are too big also come out to feel the breath of the desert. Of course, others don't know. In fact, there are two magic pets under the sand, but they can't see them.

The rose vine stretched out its tentacles under the sand, and with its help we eavesdropped on a lot of useful information from the conversations of the people around us. First of all, I know that the real screening start time is late tonight, and there is no need to queue up for the testing process. That arena-like place is not a testing venue. The real venue is in a space specially designed for screening, and there will be no spectators at the beginning. All participating players will enter the first level of screening at the same time. Those who pass will immediately enter the second level, and those who fail can choose to be teleported out or stay to see how others test. So there won’t be an audience at first. After that, the audience will grow more and more. Also, it doesn't matter if you are late at night. Anyone who arrives before 12 o'clock tomorrow night, Egypt time, can start the test immediately. If they meet the standards, they will be promoted, but they will be wiped out.

Originally, I was worried about so many people taking part in the test this time. If there is a knockout tournament like a sports meeting, wouldn't it take several months to end? But from what they said, it seems like it won’t take that long. Everyone started testing at the same time, which must have been very fast.

It feels like the tentacles of the rose vine are not long enough. There were too many people here and a lot of information could not be collected, so I simply released all the ghost bugs. These little guys spread out around the venue and can quickly transmit all kinds of information back to me.

Sure enough, the little guys quickly helped me get some information. Some of the people participating in the screening had been here two months before and knew some general rules. First of all, the opponent target in the first phase of the test seems to be a divine servant. It is said that it is just an ordinary creature. However, during the competition, you are not allowed to wear armor, hold weapons, and are not allowed to find helpers. So although the opponent is not strong, it is not easy to pass.

There are also a few people who have passed many levels before, and they even know what happens next. According to these people, the screening is not entirely about combat. It seems that even character must be assessed, and the methods are varied. And I heard the most critical information. During the screening process, there was indeed a situation of player versus player, and it was a big fight. It is said that after passing a certain level of screening, all those who pass will be sent to one place. Then there will be a big fight. And implement the last elimination system to eliminate the first few people to die. Then proceed to the next stage of testing.

It's a pity that no one here has been to the final test. Obviously the two people who have received the rewards are not here, or they have not been eavesdropped by the little beetles. But this information is enough. At least I know some important information.

While I was enjoying my eavesdropping, a young Caucasian soldier suddenly walked up to us with a large group of people. "Is this your thing?" The guy was holding a ghost bug in his hand, and the ghost bug was struggling left and right trying to bite him.

I smiled awkwardly: "The little ones are restless and like to run around. Don't worry, they won't attack people without my order."

"I don't think they would be running around restlessly without your orders, right?" The young man glared at me fiercely.

"I just let them move around freely. Is there any problem with that?" I stared into the young man's eyes and said, "Besides, it shouldn't be a big deal if I let my bugs run around in the desert, right? Could it be that they bite me?" you?"

"That's not the case."

"Since I haven't, it means I haven't offended you. If I let the bugs I raised to roam in the desert without an owner, it shouldn't be considered an infringement on your rights, right?"

"I don't care if you let the bug go, but you use it to eavesdrop on us and say you haven't offended us?"

I really didn’t expect that someone would find me eavesdropping on their conversation. I thought no one would find the ghost bug! Besides, even if they were discovered, they shouldn’t have known that these little things could be used as bugs!

"Why do you say I was eavesdropping?" I refused to admit it anyway. Catching a bug doesn't count as evidence. He can't do anything to me if I don't admit it, right?

What I didn't expect was that the young man suddenly said: "Of course I know you are using these little things to eavesdrop on our conversation, because...!" He suddenly took off his helmet, turned around and lifted up his hair. There was actually a beetle-shaped protrusion at the base of his neck that was exactly the same as mine. "Because I am also a parasite."