Chapter 277 Blood Spreads, Storm Rises
Bing Lei, North and the others appeared calm on the surface, but there were huge waves in their hearts.
Just now, Master Lu's words revealed a very important message -
Sijidao’s teacher is actually a fifth-level pharmacist!
They didn't know this before.
Compared with the pharmacist, who is stronger, Su Xia's teacher?
"If it weren't for Sijidao's teacher's reluctance to get involved in the Coral City dispute, we would have been able to produce a large amount of cheap potions." Master Lu looked at everyone and said, "This game has a high degree of freedom. Su Xia is not the only one who can get stuck with bugs!"
"So Sijidao is really your father?" Bing Lei asked him seriously.
"you……"
Master Lu clenched his fists, his face turned blue with anger. If this wasn't the case in the city, where fighting would disrupt order, he would really want to start a war with Bing Lei and the others right there and then!
For now, I can only bear it for now and figure out what happened in the pharmacy.
Why on earth could Su Xia become the owner of a pharmacy?
Why didn’t Yu Tuo seal up the pharmacy?
They didn't dare to ask Yu Tuo directly about these things, so they could only wait for the official information from Coral City, or find out the information from the people around Su Xia.
On the forum, the little ant gave a new picture.
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[Note, not long ago, Pharmacist Su and his two brothers seemed to have signed some kind of agreement with Yu Tuo]
[Based on the situation at the scene, Yu Tuo was very satisfied with this agreement and treated Pharmacist Su as his own]
【……】
Combining what everyone saw and the news on the forum, the possibility of Su Xia surrendering to the enemy is getting higher and higher.
Bing Lei, North and others had no objection to this. They knew Su Xia's character well and knew that no matter what choice he made now, he would stand with them in the end.
Even if I don't join them, I should at least join the Bikini Bottom team, right?
Unless the entire Bikini Bottom team surrenders to the enemy.
Moreover, Yu Tuo's original intention in supporting Su Xia was to have him go to the intelligence department to disrupt the situation and destroy the collusion between Wu Zhonggui and Sijidao.
In essence, even if Su Xia surrendered to the enemy, he would still be opposed to Sijidao and his gang within the enemy.
"By the way, Brother Su, this title is really beautiful, it's golden. Other players have obtained titles before, but most of them were white or gray. What level is Brother Su's gold?"
"I don't know, but it's cool anyway."
North himself has a title, but it’s not very nice, it’s called [Sow Controller]. It’s gray in color, and has always been hiding, not having the face to show it out.
This title was automatically awarded to him by the system after he killed more than a hundred wild boars in a row one night in order to level up.
In addition, most of the titles that have appeared so far are such as [Lumberjack], [Monster Hunter], [Hard-working Gatherer], and [Errand Runner], most of which are useless.
Only the title [Monster Hunter] is somewhat useful. It is green and can increase the damage to non-human monsters by 1%-3%.
"The robot soldiers have all withdrawn. Can we go through now?"
"Wait a little longer. There are still a few robots blocking the block that haven't been withdrawn yet. They should be there soon."
Some people couldn't wait to find Su Xia to find out the situation, and some people used the private chat system to ask Su Xia, but they never received a reply.
It’s not that Su Xia doesn’t want to reply.
But now his private chat system is about to explode.
The number of messages from friends alone has soared to 999+. At a glance, all of them are red. The number of messages from strangers is so many that it makes his scalp tingle.
He didn't have the energy to reply to each one of them one by one, so he could only wait for the mechanical tribe to withdraw and then explain slowly.
We waited until noon.
Su Xia simply logged off, had some lunch, and talked to a few roommates in the cafeteria about the current situation.
"Brother Su, according to you, that Moser is the key?" Li Defu asked while holding a tray.
"Yeah." Su Xia nodded.
"What if Moser comes back and disagrees with Yu Tuo's decision and insists on sealing up the pharmacy?" Director Yu Wen Shuxue, who was sitting aside, asked Su Xia.
"Don't worry. Yu Tuo is the nominal mechanical city lord of this city after all. Moser will give him this face."
"Will something happen?" He Lie asked, "Brother Su, didn't you say before that Yu Tuo and Mo Se had a fight because of their different ideologies, and ended up getting beaten up?"
"No, the relationship between Yu Tuo and Mo Se is not that simple. Generally speaking, their interests are the same."
Several people in the dormitory were eating and chatting.
During this period, I often had gaming friends passing by and I would say hello to them.
Since the game was launched, the six core members of the Bikini Bottom team have become celebrities, and even Li Defu has a lot of fans.
It is said that he has a lot of female fans and he has been in high spirits recently. Even in winter, one can smell the scent of peach blossoms blooming.
But when several people asked him if he had any ideas about being single, he shook his head firmly.
"No, I can't let love stop me from playing games!"
"Well said, Defu really hits my mark!" Director Yu Wenshuxue smiled and gave a thumbs up in praise.
After a few people chatted and laughed and had their fill, they leisurely returned to the dormitory to continue playing games.
The time came to one o'clock in the afternoon.
The dark clouds above Coral City completely dissipated, and the pale sunlight had a hint of warm yellow.
It was at this time that Mercer finally led his army back.
Along with this came some shocking news.
"Have you heard? Two rebel bases in the wilderness have been destroyed!"
"What, it just happened today?"
"Yeah, just a few hours ago!"
The news spread quickly, and it seemed that the mechanical clan had released it on purpose.
The blood-stained mechanical army returned to the city, full of murderous intent. The temperature in the entire city dropped to freezing point in an instant. Many people were terrified and didn't understand why there was such a strong murderous atmosphere.
This was the first time that most players in Coral City saw a complete army of mechanical people.
That terrifying army filled the vision of countless people, from the sky to the earth, like an unstoppable metal torrent, so shocking and heart-wrenching that they could not think of any way to resist it.
"Oh my god, are there so many robots in Coral City?" Many players couldn't help but exclaim, their eyes widened, "Where were these robots hidden in the past?"
Seeing the spectacular and terrifying mechanical army, Bing Lei, North and others shuddered, realizing that they had completely underestimated the mechanical army.
After the incident with Su Xia and the pharmacy last night, they also planned to mobilize players to attack Coral City and rescue Su Xia.
Now it seems that the gap between the player army and the mechanical army is like a firefly compared to the bright moon.
"Those are human heads! Look, there are so many human heads!"
Behind the mechanical army, there are long upright metal poles. The silver-white poles have been dyed dark brown by the dried blood, and on the poles are human heads with their eyes open.
The cold wind blew, and the strong smell of blood spread between heaven and earth. The hair of those human heads was like dry grass flying in the wind.
Obviously, those heads were the spoils of the mechanical clan's expedition.
This picture not only reminds people of the last time An Lan was ambushed by Commander Beifeng and his troops. After the battle, his head was also impaled on a long pole.
The photos taken at that time are still circulating secretly.
"Are the Mechanicals doing this in response to Commander Beifeng's actions last time?"
"Do they regard Commander Bei Feng as a serious opponent?"
Not only the players think so, but the residents in the city also think so.
In the past, the mechanical race never took the resistance organizations in the wilderness seriously, and just regarded them as troublesome little bugs.
Soon, players on the game forum also sent out messages.
[My novice map was slaughtered by the mechanical tribe. All NPCs died, even my mentor was killed. Where should I go next? ]
[My novice village was also slaughtered! Damn it, I came back after completing the quest, but I couldn’t find the NPC to hand in the quest! ]
The players’ reactions determined the outcome of this battle for the Mechanical Clan.
It was true that two old rebel bases were massacred, and this time the Mechanical Clan did not attack in the middle of the night, but simply crushed them with their absolute strength.
Under these posts, some players left comments:
"Brother, join our big family of resistance alliance. If you don't resist, our bases will be slaughtered one by one sooner or later!"
"Yes, the brothers from these two bases can temporarily come to our base..."
This is the voice of the resistance alliance, and it is very unified.
Several roommates took the opportunity to build momentum and promote the Resistance Alliance, directly labeling the Mechanical Race as an evil organization.
They also hinted that the main plot of the game at the current stage must be to defeat the mechanical race, and the game cannot develop in the opposite direction.
But Master Lu and others also hurried to promote themselves.
"Brother, don't listen to them, come directly to Coral City." Master Lu personally came out, "Right now the resources in the city and suburbs are not saturated. As long as you come, we will compensate you for your losses... Why bother to survive in the barren wilderness?"
The debates on the forum never stop and you can see quarreling posts every day.
At this time, many players and indigenous people in the game were confused.
"Did the Mechanicals mobilize such a large force just to defeat the bases of two small resistance organizations?"
You know, not long after the server was launched, Longcheng sent a large number of messengers to the bases of various resistance organizations, persuading them to evacuate their old bases, cut ties with the players, and move to new bases.
Only a small number of members will remain in the old base for external contact.
Today, the two bases that the Mechanical Clan captured were exactly the old bases. Only one in ten members of the resistance organization inside remained, and most of them had already been transferred.
Not long after, new news came out.
[The Mechanical Clan harvested the bases of two resistance organizations just to vent their anger]
This news came from the mechanical clan base.
The mechanical race did not deliberately conceal the failure of their operations over the past two days.
Soon, the whole story became clear.
"I heard that the Mechanical Clan sent out a large army to attack a large united resistance base, but the other side received the news in advance and evacuated."
"The leading robot was very angry, and on the way back, he slaughtered the bases of two small organizations to vent his anger."
"Ah? Just a convenience?"
"yes……"
The sentiment coming out of the message was strange.
It was as if the mechanical people were just in a bad mood and stepped on two ants to death along the way.
Su Xia was sitting behind the shop counter. After hearing the news, she remained silent for a long time.
I didn't expect that Moser would be so angry that he broke down.
After a while, even more shocking news came out, and this time, the entire Coral City was shocked.
[In addition to the rebel base, the Mechanic also accidentally wiped out two secret contact points of the Zero Point Tavern in the wilderness]
[All the tavern members were killed, their heads were stuck on those long metal poles]
【……】
The matter became a big deal, and when everyone received the news, their eyes widened with disbelief.
In the office building, Qi Lang's heart trembled when he saw the news. He stood up from his chair, sweat oozing from his forehead, and he felt that something big was going to happen.
That's the midnight bar!
From the mechanical clan’s side, the news given was actually “failure”.
"This reason is really too perfunctory!"
Qi Lang was in a state of anxiety and paced back and forth in the office, hurriedly asking his secretary Chai An to find a solution.
It was very obvious that the Mechanical Clan did this on purpose. On the surface, they mistook the secret contact point of the Zero Point Tavern as a resistance organization, but in reality they just wanted to kill everyone in the Zero Point Tavern.
What happened and why did it turn out like this?
If the Midnight Tavern starts to retaliate and countless killers are dispatched, humans like Qi Lang who are pushed to the forefront by the mechanical race will be the first to suffer.
"Don't worry, Lord City Lord. Something must have happened that we don't know about." Chai An said patiently, "The leader of the army this time is the mysterious Lord Mercer. As someone close to Lord Lord, Lord Mercer has a strong sense of the overall situation. He would not act this way if there was no reason."
"But he still killed two contact points in the tavern!" Qi Lang scratched his hair, fearing that things would get out of hand.
"Didn't I give the reason? It was a mistake." Chai An said with a gentle smile.
"The people in the Zero Point Tavern are not fools. Will they believe this reason?"
"Lord City Lord, at this level of negotiation, what we need is not a reason, but a step to ease the situation." Chai An explained patiently, "You can give any reason. Giving nothing is a declaration of war."
"This... can it be like this?"
"Yes, we just have to wait patiently."
Wait, this is Chai An’s judgment, and it is also the judgment of most people in the city.
This matter is so unbelievable that there must be a reason for it.
Many people had guessed it - the failure of the Mechanical Clan’s expedition was probably related to the Zero Point Tavern.
Killing the two people at the contact point was just the mechanical clan expressing their attitude.
Next, what awaits us is the attitude of the Zero Point Tavern.
If both sides have problems and take a step back, the matter may eventually be resolved quietly, and it will be assumed that the mechanical race made a mistake.
"I heard that the top executives from the Zero Point Tavern came to our city to discuss the matter of the masked stranger. It's a good opportunity for us to have a direct conversation and negotiate."
There was a lot of discussion in secret, and someone mentioned Fan Lu's name. The atmosphere in the whole city became more and more tense amid the blood and murderous atmosphere.
At this time, Su Xia was still in the pharmacy, quietly basking in the warm afternoon sun, waiting for the final moment.
I don’t know how long it took, but a gust of wind blew and a figure appeared silently outside the store.
Mercer, he actually came in person.
He was wearing a stylish black tuxedo, with an upright posture and a black cane. He looked like a medieval gentleman, but there was no gentle smile on his face and his eyes were terrifyingly cold.
The hanging corners of the clothes were stained with blood, and I didn't know whose it belonged to.
He does not have a huge metal body like Yu Tuo's main body. His appearance and shape are similar to those of a normal person, but the sense of oppression he brings is no weaker, as if one person is worth thousands of troops.
He raised his head and looked at the new sign of the store indifferently.
"Pharmacy..."
In the shop, Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu didn't move a muscle. They felt as if a cold mountain was pressing down on them, making it difficult for them to breathe.
The pressure was getting greater and greater, gradually making their faces turn pale, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to breathe, almost suffocating.
Did Mercer want to kill them?
The two men's eyes went dark, but they held on to the corners of the table tightly to prevent themselves from falling.
After a while, just when they thought they were about to die, the horrible pressure suddenly eased.
“Hoo…Hoo…”
Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu covered their chests, gasping for breath, their faces as pale as paper.
The two looked at each other, with indelible fear in their eyes.
Just now, they really had a close call with hell.
Looking outside the store again, Moser's figure had disappeared, and only a cold word came in the wind.
"Since Yu Tuo believes in you, I will give you a chance. You can do whatever you want!"
