Chapter 4: Newcomers to the Universe Chapter 26: Nine consecutive rounds
On the seventeenth layer of the dark abyss, one hundred and twenty-five thousand citizens of the universe are standing on the gray ground.
"Congratulations on reaching the seventeenth level of the Dark Abyss. The rules for this round are: when half of the people have died, all the living people will move to a higher level. If after five minutes, the number of people dead is less than half, the participants will be randomly eliminated."
"The mission begins."
The sound echoed in the sky.
Xu Jingming looked around.
He has read a lot of information, so he knows the rules of each round very well.
"The rules of the fourth round are that the strong must be more proactive and not waste time." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "Because once the five minutes are up, if the death toll is less than half, they will be randomly eliminated. Top masters may also be randomly eliminated."
The weaker you are, the more you are willing to hide and bet on 'random elimination'.
Because the probability of them dying in battle is greater than the probability of being killed randomly!
The stronger you are, the less willing you are to gamble on luck.
"I am a sixth-order starry sky life. In terms of actual combat, I am considered top-notch at the sixth level." Xu Jingming is clear about his own positioning. People like Mr. Lu, Miss Zi Teng, and Miss Qingyu are all sixth-order starry sky life, and they are all second-rate masters in the Blood Rain World.
Moreover, Xu Jingming has also collected public information. The actual combat bonus of sixth-level starry sky life is generally around 5 times.
As the number one genius on Blue Star, Xu Jingming’s actual combat bonus reaches ten times, which is extremely rare among the sixth-level starry sky life forms.
For seventh-level star life, the actual combat bonus usually starts at 10 times.
For the eighth-level starry sky life, the actual combat bonus starts at 30 times.
The entire 'Universe Human Alliance' attaches great importance to actual combat bonuses, because from the 'actual combat bonuses' one can judge the strength of the mind and the control over the body. These two aspects are the foundation of becoming a 'Ninth Order Source Life'.
"Among the contestants this time, there are 2 at level eight, 156 at level seven, and more than 100,000 at level six. My strength is at the bottom of level seven and the top of level six, so I should be able to rank in the top 1,000." Xu Jingming looked at the melee of more than 100,000 people on the field and clarified his own position.
Suddenly, a space citizen nearby attacked. Xu Jingming dodged and used his left hand like a knife to cut the opponent's throat.
Bang.
The opponent blocked the poke with his big palm and kicked at the same time. Xu Jingming raised his knee to block it naturally.
Bang bang bang!
The two sides fought lightning fast, back and forth.
Xu Jingming has been practicing Baji Chuojiao since he was a child. He is very proficient in palm, fist, elbow, leg and foot techniques. And at his current level, his whole body can be transformed into a weapon. His hands can perform double shield techniques, and he can also perform spear techniques.
The two sides fought for six consecutive moves, and the space citizen suddenly retreated, glanced at Xu Jingming, and looked for other opponents.
The fight between the two also caught the attention of some other contestants, who all tried to avoid them: "These two are both very powerful, probably seventh-level star life forms."
The killing is going on.
The masters are chasing us.
Some of the weak ones were fighting frantically, but of course there were more who were deliberately trying to escape and delay time.
"Run, run. Once the time is up, you will be randomly cleared. I will most likely be able to enter the next round." Many citizens of the universe are old players. Maybe their actual combat skills are average, but their body movements are very agile.
Those who escaped slowly were killed one by one.
Those who thought they could rank in the top 10% didn't want to be left behind, so they were all very ruthless. Some weaker contestants also tripped each other up, and every time a contestant died, they were a little safer.
At four minutes and three seconds, buzz!
A dark red beam of light descended from the sky, covering everyone.
At the end of this round, they will all successfully advance to the next round.
Although the rules say "half the number of people will die", in practice, because of the fighting everywhere, at the moment the time is up, more than a dozen people may die at the same time! Therefore, the number of people eliminated is slightly more than "half".
"Hahaha, I managed to escape to the end, the prize money reached 200,000, and after deducting the registration fee, there is still 100,000, which is a profit." Many fifth-level star life forms cheered and jumped for joy. Obviously, their strength was average, and they even relied on external forces to become star life forms. But they just had a strong addiction to being a loser! They thought they had mastered some "tricks" and participated in the escape from the dark abyss activities again and again.
In their opinion, as long as they pass the four rounds, after deducting the registration fee, they can earn at least 100,000 yuan, which is much more than working hard.
But in reality, the fifth-order star life forms are too weak, and most of them cannot make it through the first three rounds.
For example, only 125,000 people made it through the first three rounds, while the number of people who participated in the sixth level competition generally exceeded 100,000. This can be judged from the numbers.
At level five, if you play 'Medium Escape from the Abyss', the probability of losing is very high.
But many star creatures are still willing to participate in "Escape from the Abyss"! They call it "tempering the mind and will" and "tempering actual combat". In fact, even if they lose ten times, as long as they win once, win millions, they will be addicted to the taste of making huge profits.
After all, even if you work hard, a fifth-level star life form can’t earn one million cosmic coins in a year.
"The fifth round is about to begin." Xu Jingming was also enveloped by the beam of light, but he was very calm. It was normal for him to get through the first few rounds with his strength.
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"In this level of the abyss, the rate of casualties is quite fast. I estimate that half of the people will die in about 4 minutes." The cute girl in the hat is the most terrifying existence in this event, the cosmic star anchor 'Tata' who has already reached the eighth level limit.
Tata's telepathy naturally covered every corner of the battlefield. Even another person who was also an eighth-level starry sky life form did not notice Tata's spying.
Disguised as a cute girl, she was running away in panic, looking very scared. She ran around in the crowd, but wherever she ran, there would naturally be some chaos and fighting, and the speed of attrition increased greatly.
Although she didn't kill anyone, thousands of contestants died under her invisible influence .
“That’s amazing.”
"Why are you so strong?"
"Tata has a strong influence on the situation. Those contestants are quite experienced, but they are unknowingly influenced by Tata."
"How on earth do you do that? Every time I imitate Tata and drill through the crowd, I get beaten to death."
Tens of millions of cosmic citizens watching Tata's performance found the performance to be as beautiful as a painting.
Without doing it himself, he just ran left and right, and indirectly killed thousands of citizens of the universe.
This kind of influence on the outside world is indeed incredible.
"Everyone is very careful and alert when participating in Escape from the Abyss. There is a guard distance between people. Once the guard distance is broken, it is likely to cause a fight." Although Tata could not see the audience's comments, he still explained in voice, "Affecting their distance will naturally cause chaos. Moreover, minds affect each other. My mind can naturally affect the state of mind of others, making them more angry and irritable. When they are irritable, it is easier to conflict and fight."
Tata ran happily, and wherever he ran, the fighting became obviously more fierce.
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The rules for the fifth and sixth rounds are the same as those for the fourth round.
Such rules forced the strong ones to take action, while the weak fifth-level ones and even some of the sixth-level ones who had no confidence were fleeing frantically.
Finally, the dark red light column descended!
Xu Jingming arrived at the 14th level of the Dark Abyss.
"The current number of people is estimated to be only more than 15,000." Xu Jingming glanced at the densely packed universe citizens from various civilizations around him. With his speed of thinking, he could easily determine the approximate number, "I estimate that there should be very few level 5 people on the field."
"Haha, brothers and sisters in the live broadcast room, did you see that? I, a fifth-level star life, made it to the seventh round!" A short and fat alien said excitedly. Of course, only the audience in his own live broadcast room could hear it. "Including the reward bonus in the total prize pool, my bonus this time is conservatively estimated to be 1 million universe coins. Haha, so cool. I know that many people are like me, without any evolutionary talent, and have been stuck at the fifth level. But you can learn from me, just work hard to practice your 'body skills', practice to be fast enough, slippery enough... in the escape from the abyss activity, you can hope to survive seven or eight rounds."
"The next step is the team battle, and I will definitely be a drag." The short and fat alien nodded, "It all depends on luck. If there are enough experts in the team, I can make it to the next round and double the prize money. Wow, hahaha..."
There is indeed a certain probability of escaping from the abyss, allowing the weak to make it to the middle and late stages and receive huge bonuses.
This also made the participants very enthusiastic.
But in fact, for the organizers, every "Escape from the Abyss" event is profitable, and they can definitely earn 50% of the reward amount and handling fees. A little bit adds up to a lot, and it is still a virtual game that attracts a lot of money in the entire universe.
"Rules of this round: Every two teams fight until all members of one side are killed. All members of the winning team advance, and all members of the losing team are eliminated. If the game is not over within five minutes, both teams are eliminated!" The voice echoed in the sky.
Xu Jingming and his group of more than 10,000 people were crowded together, and suddenly the ground cracked open.
The ground cracked irregularly, naturally dividing more than ten thousand people into more than a hundred teams.
The cracked earth became small islands floating on the ocean.
Xu Jingming looked around and confirmed at a glance that there were a total of one hundred people on the island where he was.
"We have exactly 100 people in our team." A purple-haired man in the team spoke up. "Once our island collides with another island, we must attack immediately. Because once the five minutes are up, as long as one person on the other side survives, we will be eliminated."
"We must unite and cooperate with each other." The short and fat alien also said loudly, looking full of fighting spirit. In fact, he was the only level five in the team.
"Everyone should not be selfish."
"Even if I die, I have to ensure the team wins. If the team wins, we can go to the next round."
People spoke one after another.
Those who can make it to the seventh round are either experienced or strong enough. They all know the importance of unity at this moment.
"Here I come ."
The island where Xu Jingming and his team are located is getting closer to another island.
When the two islands collided, both teams rushed forward bravely.
"Yeah, let's fight hard. Killing one is no loss, killing two is a credit." For these citizens of the universe, 'fearlessness and courage' is the most basic. The most important thing is to grasp the situation on the field and learn to cooperate.
If they cooperate well, ten masters are stronger than thirty masters scattered around.
Xu Jingming's understanding of the gun, whether it is the "flow of water" or the "appearance of all living things", pays great attention to the situation on the field! He naturally pays attention to the situation on the field, and to a certain extent affects the "flow of water" and the changes in the potential.
Make up for the key weaknesses yourself.
The sharp point is to add fuel to the fire yourself!
He is like a 'lubricant' that improves the coordination of the entire team.
"Well done, I hope you can still be in the same team with me in the next round." The purple-haired man was also influencing the team. He glanced at Xu Jingming and was quite approving. The purple-haired man didn't care about Xu Jingming's actual combat skills. What he cared about was... Xu Jingming's ability to grasp the situation on the field and improve the team's coordination.
In team battles, what is needed is an expert like Xu Jingming who is good at coordination.
The purple-haired man was also good at controlling the situation, and his strong mental awareness also affected the surrounding contestants. He also had super close combat strength! This was the real strong one among the contestants.
Xu Jingming was amazed. "My combat bonus is ten times, but this person's combat bonus is probably 20 times! In the Blood Rain World, they are both top-notch masters."
Although there were experts on the other side, they were obviously inferior overall!
"It's only the seventh round, why are the opponents so strong? Are the officials who escaped from the abyss deliberately targeting me?" The leader of the opposing team was a bald man. He was fierce and domineering, charging ahead, but was suppressed by the purple-haired man.
The purple-haired man is also cooperating with masters such as Xu Jingming, and the teamwork is obviously much stronger.
The opposing side is losing men.
"I can't even make it through the seventh round this time. I'm going crazy." The bald man was suppressed by the purple-haired man, and he saw that his team was getting fewer and fewer people. He couldn't help but feel sad and angry.
He is the star anchor 'Magic Knife' in the Seventh Order Star Life, and has won the first place in the medium-sized Escape from the Abyss event several times! Live broadcasting 'Escape from the Abyss' is his main project.
But in the past 21 days, it has never made it into the top ten.
"It looks like we're going to lose."
"Don't panic, winning and losing are common. I'll start a new round later. I don't believe it." The bald man saw that the game was hopeless. There were still more than fifty people on the other side, and there were only two or three big cats and small cats left on his side. In desperation, he gave up resisting and let the purple-haired man's palm pierce his chest.
This time, the battle took only three minutes for Xu Jingming's team to win, completely killing all the opponents.
"Wow, hahaha, I win without any effort, I win again without any effort." The short and fat alien condensed from the illusion, and as a member of the winning team, he naturally advanced as well.
"The opposing team is actually quite strong, with quite a few experts." Xu Jingming secretly sighed, "It's just that my teammates are stronger, and the whole team is more united."
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The seventh, eighth and ninth rounds were all team fights.
Every time Xu Jingming was assigned to a new team, the team was strong as a whole. Maybe it was also because he acted as a lubricant for the team. Anyway, they won three rounds in a row!
"Congratulations on reaching the 11th level of the Dark Abyss. There are now 1,950 contestants left. I have good news for you. According to the current amount of tips from the audience, you will conservatively receive a prize of 3.76 million cosmic coins." An exciting voice sounded in the sky.
This made the contestants standing on the ground feel quite good.
Even for a sixth-level star life form, more than three million cosmic coins is a huge bonus.
Of course, while they were happy and joyful, more people had already been eliminated.
Xu Jingming also felt very happy.
This money comes so fast!
I worked hard in the Blood Rain World for more than a month and only earned one million. Now, in less than an hour, I have earned so much.
"Calm down." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "Don't be obsessed with the Escape from the Abyss event. According to the information I found, many citizens of the universe have said that... the first time they participate in the Escape from the Dark Abyss, they are very lucky and can usually make a lot of money."
"Luck is more in favor of novices. This is deliberately done to attract citizens of the universe and keep them participating." Xu Jingming advised himself secretly.
But no matter how much I tried to persuade myself, my heart was still burning.
Because the bonus will increase more and more dramatically as time goes by.
