Chapter 499 Genius and Mediocrity

When Cha Bai killed Du Juan, Ryan was sitting in the restaurant enjoying his meal.

When he heard the news, he swallowed the steak he had bitten, oil sizzled at the corners of his mouth, raised his head and looked at the dark ceiling.

"Dead."

Ryan was a little disappointed.

Du Juan was his teammate and the main force supporting "Mirage". They had known each other for more than two years.

Although Du Juan had always wanted to kill him and take the position of president, for Ryan, the meaning of teammates was to be responsible for them.

A hole opened in the ceiling, and a clown came down to pass on a message.

[Ugly Man Moving Things]

[Effect: Passing Messages, Transporting Goods, Transportation]

The clown sat opposite Ryan, picked up the remaining steak on the table, ate it, and pouted, saying, "Du Juan is dead."

"I know."

The clown was connected to the cat elf Charicos. While he was feeling the taste of the steak, he sat on the roof and used his insight to guard the surroundings.

"He's a muscle guy, maybe the third teammate of [Residual Blood]."

"I know."

"Do it?"

"No."

Ryan narrowed his eyes.

Since the birth of the king, they, the players, seemed to be cursed, and their loyalty to the king occupied the players' instincts.

"Ryan, what do you think the king is going to do?"

"I can't confirm it."

"Yeah, we just need to be obedient."

"Maybe."

Ryan said that, but he had a guess. He was looking at the unique task panel of "Death Corridor".

[Main task: Go to death]

[Task details: Help the king create a world for him]

[Task requirements: Become a villain in the maze]

[Good news for the task: You can survive even if you die. As long as the chimera ant is not killed, you will be immortal. Of course... the premise is, hehe, your brain no longer belongs to you]

Ryan has never encountered such a script.

From the moment he became a chimera ant, he should have known that "Mirage" was finished, but he knew it too late in the end.

【Charmer】 plus the king's loyalty, both are irresistible to them.

What the king wants to do... The king wants to jump out of his own identity. For details, you have to ask the dead queen ant.

Oh, right... ask the queen ant.

Ryan lowered his head. He was thinking that as long as he could bring back the queen's soul, he would know the truth. On the one hand, he wanted to live for the king, and on the other hand, he didn't want everyone in his guild to die.

Chimera ants are contradictory creatures.

They will make their choices painful because of the memories of their previous lives.

Ryan is not the only chimera ant with other ideas, but he is the strongest one.

When he was about to go and see the queen's body, Mingnu played music.

The bricks on the ground rose.

Ryan was sent directly to the king's room.

He saw that the king's skin was cracked, and a large amount of pus flowed out of the wound. His state seemed to be tortured.

"You..."

At this moment, Ryan's loyalty and care for the king occupied his rationality.

Mingnu said: "The master is healing himself. The price of premature birth is that the body cannot bear that power. If one of you Chimera Ants dies, the power of the king will begin to change."

"Is it some kind of evolution?" Ryan asked.

"..." Mingnu was speechless.

"Ryan."

The king spoke.

"Yes."

Ryan knelt on one knee.

"Play games with me."

The king's sudden request startled Ryan.

"There are many things called 'games' in your world, right?"

"Yes."

"Let's start with the red and white machine."

"Yes."

Ryan's voice was heard by [Ugly Man Moving Things] under the investigation.

"Yeah, yeah."

Charicos smiled with his eyes closed.

"Ryan, don't think too much, then there is no need to assassinate him."

In the Chimera Ant colony, there is a part that only obeys the will of the king.

Once a companion has other ideas, he must be killed.

Charicos knew Ryan very well. He knew that the death of "Cuckoo" would definitely make the president think about other things. If he was allowed to threaten the king, it would be troublesome.

Ryan might be a very upright guy, but he was also the foundation for "Mirage" to survive beyond level 80.

He was one of the only two players in "Mirage" who had reached the "super-standard" level before becoming a Chimera Ant.

Their previous president died in the "World War".

Killed by a meteorite.

The meteorite also ruined the competitiveness of the "Death Corridor" at level 80 with other corridors.

"Hehe."

Charicos looked up at the dark clouds. He felt that it didn't matter. Anyway, he just had to be a good Chimera Ant.

He was absolutely loyal to the king.

Because the king gave him outrageous power, allowing him to directly cross the level from an "ordinary player" to "super-standard".

Companions and teammates, if they die, they die, even if they die themselves, it doesn't matter.

As long as the king is happy, it's fine.

"Cold fellow."

The old man's voice came from behind.

"Mr. Roger."

Charicos turned his head.

Chimera Ant Roger, a native of Cairo, is a big bird with an interesting appearance, and an old man.

"Your companion is dead."

"I know."

Charicos turned his head and scanned the entire Infinite City from a high altitude, feeling refreshed.

"Mr. Roger, what are you doing here?"

"Nothing to do, just strolling."

Roger looked around, looking at the looming shield, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"What a powerful ability, a double-layer shield that isolates the Infinite City and the King's Castle..."

"[Barrier Fruit], do you know it?"

"Never heard of it."

"That's right..."

Charicos suddenly stopped talking, he felt an extremely strong magic seducing him.

"It's him..."

He ground his teeth and his face was bulging with blue veins.

Not long ago, Charicos used a magic ball to isolate the Infinite City's communication system, but it was broken by a hidden player using an unknown skill.

He remembered that weird magic factor, and now it's here again. The other party locked his position and was using some means to attract Charicos' attention.

"Is this guy going to weaken the power of [Barrier Fruit]..."

Charicos stood up.

The cat's eye locked on the area where the magic came from.

If it was Ryan, he would let others try it, but Charicos was different. He had a nouveau riche mentality.

"Mr. Roger, help me guard this place, I'll be back soon."

Charicos spit out a glass ball from his mouth and put it in Roger's hand.

Roger held the ball with magic ripples in both hands, and raised his head inexplicably, and Charicos had disappeared.

"So fast..."

...

In Soran's team, Kasim and Yak are special. They represent Mash's legacy and are the eyes that witness how the four-person team has come to the present and become stronger.

Since Mash's death, Soran has a strong desire to protect Kasim. In fact, it was Kasim who decided to help Linuo this time. Soran did not agree with him coming.

At first, Soran asked Yak and Jelf to come.

Kasim thought that Yak should not come, because Yak was the deputy captain and could not die.

And he, Kasim, is just a low-profile replica of [Explorer]. Even if something happens, it will not affect the development of the team.

Kasim's abilities are almost all in the exploration system.

He knew that if he wanted to get close to the king, he had to find a way to break through the barrier around the tower where the king was, but that thing was done by a player.

When he cut off the power of Charikos's magic ball, he knew the existence of the [Barrier Fruit] and that Charikos was the initiator of the shield.

Having followed Soran for so long, he has more experience than many players.

"Okay."

Casim took a deep breath, sweating all over his head, sitting in the center of a magic circle.

[Magic circle to lure the enemy's skull]

[Type: One-time magic skill]

[Effect: Crush the special skull and obtain a magic circle that specifically locks the enemy. This ability can only be used for one person, limited to once per script]

[Brief description: Xiao Ming is obsessed with Sadako. He researched this thing just to marry Sadako. Later, he and Sadako went to the well. In order not to be lonely, he used this trick to create a death videotape]

Casim remembered the magic of Charikos and left a message to Jellal alone when he lured him over.

"Look for me, kill that guy."

He turned off the headset.

An extremely evil aura has covered the area.

Casim hid in an inconspicuous hut.

The door opened.

Charicos stood outside the door.

The four looked at each other.

…

[Hero 5874 is dead]

…

[A guard found the trace of Hero 5874, it was a complete instant kill, there was no battle at all]

…

Charicos stood in the magic circle made by Casim, and he realized that he was induced by this thing.

Cat's claw threw Casim's head on the ground, splashing blood and silence.

"Damn..."

[The guard suddenly realized that Hero 5874 was actually willing to die]

Charicos realized the problem.

He didn't understand why he wanted to die. The ambushes around him shouldn't be a big deal to him.

…

After the Battle of Hegemony, Casim and Soran once talked about an idea.

"Captain, we still owe them."

"That's how alliances work."

Sauron said stubbornly, but he knew better than anyone else.

"Kasim, we'll pay you back in the future."

"Okay."

...

Sauron lowered his forehead, and a white light flashed across his glasses.

[Teammate 5874 has died]

"Damn..."

His burst of energy frightened everyone in the arena.

"Don't lose your mind."

The person who spoke was the long-haired man who was recruited by Li Nuo to Soran in "Creation Mountain".

"They have [Rescuers]."

Sauron took a deep breath, restrained his breath, and Baishi Guanyin disappeared from behind him.

"Continue the game."

...

So Kasim dared to use this trick because he knew the existence of [Rescuers].

He believed that the "Hum" team, which could get a chance to survive in the big guild, could survive the scenario. If it was a disaster that Li Nuo and the others could not survive, it would be a dead end for Kasim.

Charicos couldn't know what he was thinking.

The players in "Death Corridor" were indifferent.

Suddenly, the wall was knocked open by a grenade, and a fire destroyed the building.

Charicos had foreseen it and stood outside the street. He looked forward and saw a large number of interstellar hunters and a strong middle-aged man.

"After I came here, I realized that some of you saw my ability, so you attracted me."

Charicos raised his chin and smiled evilly.

"Is this this kind of ambush?"

Victor lowered his head, and his sunglasses reflected Kasim's separated head.

"Good boy." He praised Qasim.

But for Chalikos it was like a hammer to the head, "good boy," which could have been sarcasm or contempt.

Before becoming a Chimera Ant, he was still a low-level player, and his job in the script only served as a human shield.

There are geniuses in the world, Chalikos is a mediocrity.

[Barrier Fruit] Such great power has not been developed in his hands. Therefore, the big shots never take him seriously. The big shots have no time to listen to the inner monologue of a low-level player.

He still licks his face and gets along well with the people around him every day.

Still no one takes him seriously.

Chalikos suppressed too many emotions. He regarded himself as a talented person. After all, he could not be a waste after living until now, but he didn't know that Ryan was silently protecting him.

Why is this happening... Look at me more... I am still capable... Chalikos has experienced unexplainable darkness, and his mentality has gradually become depressed and distorted.

Until the power of the chimera ants released his true nature, and eventually his character formed a strengthened gene, and he grew like a leapfrog.

Over spec.

The power of dreams.

Now he has unparalleled speed and the large-scale defense of [Barrier Fruit].

He suddenly became one of the four most powerful players in "Phantom".

No one will despise me now, right?

It was the chimera ants that gave me these.

It was the King who gave me my final new life.

His loyalty was only to the king.

Chalikos found it amusing that the guys in front of him seemed to think they could kill him with heavy firepower.

"Is this the only value of your existence?"

Chalikos moved his fingers.

The "barrier" fell from the sky and collapsed the surrounding buildings.

Victor's whole body shone with black luster, and his whole body was strengthened with nano-muscles, which withstood the fall of the barrier.

Before Qasim's accident, Cha Bai kept Victor away from the center of the incident.

——"Mr. Victor, it's better for you to go to the outside and clean up the soldiers."

Chabai didn't want Victor to get involved.

But Chalikos' appearance in the outer zone was an "accident."

Victor is a man with a strong sense of responsibility. He has four children. A girl named "Valerie" has escaped from the shackles of the "family", and the remaining three noisy and sensible children have always been by his side.

He wasn't going to leave the danger to three troublemakers.

Even though he knew it was an extremely difficult situation, Victor still couldn't control his body and faced it.

Chalikos smiled and clicked his finger.

The force of the barrier increased, and the ground beneath Victor's feet was crushed.

The group of interstellar hunters could not get close. They raised their weapons and shot at him. Barriers were spread all over Chalikos, and bullets could not penetrate the defense at all.

Even the impact of [Explosive Phantom Light Burst] has no effect on Chalikos.

Victor's feet stepped into the ground with strength. He shouted for all the interstellar hunters to get out. After a few seconds, he suddenly accelerated and collapsed.

Nano-muscles are technology from "Metal Gear Solid". Victor implanted nano-machines with the help of Eminem. These nano-machines can absorb shocks and automatically respond to external attacks, making them almost invulnerable and infinitely powerful.

But Rome wasn't built in a day.

Nanotechnology is incompatible with Victor's original cybertechnology.

Only the hardness of his muscles has indeed increased to an extremely strong level. When using it, his whole body will be torn apart and painful. Almost instantly, he bullied him in front of Chalikos and punched him down.

The ground shook.

The ups and downs of the air made ripples.

Chalikos didn't move a step.

"Uncle, you are so strong, but you can't break through my barrier."

Victor lost his right arm, and the mechanical device inside the arm spurted out thick swamp gas. The ambushing mechanical life form fired at it, and for a moment, the explosion that was enough to submerge the ship lit up the sky.

Cats naturally love to play.

The nouveau riche mentality fosters a playful temperament.

Chalikos laughed wildly in the fire, and every inch of his skin was covered with a barrier, an almost absolute defense that protected him from harm.

Victor is enclosed within a circular barrier.

Chalikos gradually tightened the barrier. He wanted to crush Lao Wei into pieces.

At this moment, he missed his sight and saw a figure in the distance, picking up Kasim from the ground, whose body and head were separated.

Zeref placed Kasim's body under a wall that was not affected by the flames. He held Kasim's hair and looked level with him.

"If you die, that bastard will have to skin me alive."

At this point, Zeref sighed and reluctantly placed Kasim's head between his legs.

Victor turned his head with great effort and shouted: "Zerf...run...this is awesome!"

"I know, I know."

Zeref touched his hair and walked over with his head tilted.

[Brave 5860, targeted by guards]

Chalikos stared at each other, grinning ferociously.

"You look different."

Zeref's eyes were blank, and there was no emotion on his lazy expression.

Chalikos took a step forward, disappeared in an instant, and rushed towards him wrapped in a barrier, tearing Zeref's location into pieces!

In the sky, a shadow fell on Chalikos.

"I see."

Zeref is faster than him.

A mask appeared on his face, and he stepped on the air like a dancer at a masquerade, circling the sky, with neon lights shining on his face.

[Mask of Godhead]

[Number: 2]

A burly figure appeared.

The undead from Sparta.

He raised a "Leviathan Axe" in his hand, smashing the ground into a deep gully.

The moment Jellal landed, he threw the axe, forcing Charikos to retreat far away.

Facing the impact of the axe blade, Charikos used a barrier to bounce it away.

The impact knocked him away, and he slid on the ground like a scarecrow, lifting the gravel on the asphalt road, and flew back more than ten meters before stopping.

When he looked again, he didn't see Jellal.

It wasn't until Charikos saw his headless body falling to the ground that he suddenly realized.

When...

"Don't just rush in when you're fighting, especially if you're a mentally ill guy like you."

Jeref held Charicos' head and smiled at him.

[Killed the "Invader"]

Victor lay on the ground, with a red light flashing on his chest.

"Mr. Victor, did you give him 'cyberpsychosis'?"

Jeref came over with Charicos' head.

Victor: "How can you tell."

"This guy's pupils are floating." Jellef said.

As he spoke, his mask disappeared, and he was naked. It was the ability of [Escape] that caused him to lose his clothes.

"I just used my axe to feint, and then used [Escape] to teleport behind him. If you hadn't made him mentally ill, it would have taken a while to kill him."

There was a faint golden thread on Jellef's fingertips, which was his main weapon.

"How did you break his barrier?"

"Just be faster than him."

Jeref was calm as if he was talking about something as mundane as eating and drinking.

Victor took a deep breath of relief.

Jellal's understanding of abilities and his excellent observation skills in battle are all better than most players.

This is a genius.

If he hadn't been lazy, there would be one more person who could oppose Soran.

Chalikos is a nouveau riche after all. He doesn't know how to use his abilities. He is inferior to those "super-standard" ones who have accumulated primitive skills in on-the-spot experience.

Jellal pulled Victor up and retreated far away.

"By the way, Victor... that, help me."

"What?"

"First, destroy the body of this cat elf, and second, remember to save me later."

As soon as Jellal finished speaking, the Leviathan axe he had thrown out just now flew back, and with a bang! It whipped him away!

The original owner of this axe was a bad-tempered god of war. He didn't allow anyone to use it. Every time Jellal used it, he would be hit by the spinning axe, which could cause serious injuries or even unconsciousness.

Victor stared at the unconscious Jellal with empty eyes, thinking that they were a bunch of unreliable guys.

During this period, the mechanical lifeforms and interstellar hunters who followed destroyed Charikos' body.

The blood foam on the ground condensed together.

Charikos stood up from the blood. He had no head, only a body. He disappeared in an instant and escaped from everyone's pursuit.

It was raining continuously.

Charikos stumbled towards the tower where the king was.

There was blood all around his feet.

The guards will regenerate once after death. This is the answer Cha Bai told everyone.

In fact, even if the body is destroyed, it will still be reborn.

But now Charikos is no longer a player, he is a wandering undead in the infinite city.

He is headless and thinking with his soul.

He is loyal to the king.

So the outer barrier still hasn't disappeared.

But someone is not completely loyal to the king.

Who is it...

Ryan...

Charikos is going to kill Ryan.

[Loyal guards must clear the way for the king even if they die]

[Only those who are loyal enough are worthy of staying by the king's side]

[Only I am the only guard]

Due to the "death" of Charicos, the barrier protecting the king disappeared.

Since he was not completely "dead", the power of the guards would not be transferred to other Chimera Ants.

...

Roger stood on the top of the tower, looking at the half-broken glass ball in his hand, showing difficulty.

The broken half means that the barrier protecting the king is gone, and the unbroken half means that the barrier protecting the Infinite City still exists. Charicos believes in the power of the king and uses half of his life to isolate the king from the outside world who are eyeing him. Compared with the players, the Cairo people in the universe are more dangerous.

"Another one died..."

"Yes, another one died."

The king pressed the game controller, all his attention was on the screen.

"Ryan, save the S bullet for me next time."

"But..."

"Death is inevitable, don't worry about it."

The corner of the king's mouth raised.

"Compared to that, Contra is quite interesting. How about making a similar level?"

"You mean... where is it?" Ryan asked.

Wang said: "It has nothing to do with you. Just play the game with me. If you don't clear this level because of me, I will kill you."

Ryan: "I understand."

Wang: "Mingnu."

"I understand, sir. I will do my best." Mingnu plucked the strings.

...

"Brother Li, the barrier in the area where Wang is disappeared."

Victor's voice came into Li Nuo's headset.

"I understand... you'd better tell Lao Ma and the others."

"Qasim is dead."

"I know, you have to tell Lao Ma about this..."

"Brother Ma really became the captain?"

"No... mainly... ah, forget it, there's no point telling you."

Li Nuo hung up the communication.

He was standing in a steel corridor, surrounded by darkness, with only a cardboard box at his feet.

After the news of Kasim's death appeared, Li Nuo and Xiao Wu found the cardboard box. According to Nanami, this thing could connect to the head of Ram in the cardboard box. Li Nuo made a mistake... Nanami was very Stupid, he shouldn't trust Nanami unconditionally...

Cardboard Ram usually leaves a large number of cardboard boxes in the city in order to move quickly, probably hundreds of them, so where he can move it all depends on luck...

Li Nuo and Xiao Wu got separated.

Xiao Wu was very lucky, she went directly to the highest observation deck in the city.

Li Nuo memorized it and came to the mining tunnel at the bottom of the city. It was an airtight secret room. This secret room was extremely secretive. It had no windows, no doors, and only an exhaust port, which could accommodate a cockroach. That kind of thing.

He wanted to return to the cardboard box, but found that it would take ten minutes to restart the broken box.

On the other side of the wall, a truck was driving on the underground track.

It was Carton Ram who was driving.

Lilo Liro was sitting in the passenger seat.

The infiltration battle between two Cairo policemen is about to begin.

At this time, Li Nuo kicked the cardboard box angrily.

Cardboard Ram felt a headache, failed to apply the brakes properly, and hit the wall. He was surrounded by a group of chimera ants guarding here.

Lilo Liro was smiling, and the two Cairo policemen's infiltration operation failed.