Volume 2 Amber Chapter 131 Quietly Entering My Dream
A green light bloomed from the black-haired young man's hand.
Countless thin green vines stretched out from the cuffs of the shirt. They were shaped like small snakes, intertwining and entwining, gradually forming a rectangular object.
The five players didn't dare to blink, staring at the vine snake in the black-haired young man's hand, which eventually formed a "book".
A quaint yet strange "book".
The little vine snakes are wriggling constantly, giving people the illusion that the book is alive.
This is the illusory to conceal the appearance of "Philip's Adventures in Wonderland" and make players mistakenly believe that all this is his own extraordinary power.
Wow!
The book suddenly opened, and the pages made a sound when they were scraped.
"Quietly entered my dream..."
Mr. Jack's deep voice came slowly.
Then a white light flashed, and the five players' eyes suddenly blurred.
boom!
When they came to their senses, they were already in a dark forest.
"hiss……"
Everyone took a breath.
Such power... is a bit scary!
The five players looked up and around, not daring to make any loud noise.
The shadows of the trees swayed, the light was dim, and there was silence all around. As far as the eye could see, there were only countless tall trees. Apart from the five of them, no other living creatures were seen.
"Have we... already entered the 'copy'?"
the centaur asked in a cautious whisper.
"It should be. It's better to be careful."
Polaris replied briefly.
A few people walked a few steps and found that it was meaningless to move forward aimlessly, so they stopped again.
"What kind of a hellish place is this? There's not even a road."
Goutoujin said in a low voice.
"And it's pretty spooky... So where should we go?"
Forget Wuji said.
Polaris thought for a moment and shook his head.
"There are no hints or tasks. This is very strange... How about we split up first? If there are any special situations, we can contact each other in the chat room."
"Can."
The centaur nodded.
But at this moment, Su Keying exclaimed.
"What's wrong?"
The others looked at her.
"My sanity value has inexplicably decreased by 1 point!"
She said.
The others were also startled and quickly checked their own panels. As expected, just as Su Keying said, the sanity value dropped by 1 point out of thin air.
"Something's wrong! If we stay in this place for too long, our sanity will be deducted!"
The centaur said solemnly.
"At this rate, we won't be able to hold on for long before our sanity is wiped out and we die instantly."
Polaris analyzed calmly and then added:
"Don't waste time, act now, quickly!"
Following his words, the others stopped talking and immediately ran away in all directions.
Polaris ran straight forward. During this process, he kept an eye on his panel and found that his sanity value was decreasing at a rate of about 1 point per minute.
According to their current attributes, the upper limit of sanity is only 6 to 7 points, which means that each life can only stay here for a few minutes!
The time is too short!
"What can we do with such little time? Alas...!"
Polaris frowned, feeling a little depressed.
This is clearly a great opportunity, but it comes when I am so weak. It would be a shame if I don't seize it and waste it.
Just then, a text message from Su Keying appeared in the chat room.
"——I'm dead!"
Soon, other people also saw the message, and the centaur asked quickly:
“——Dead? How did he die?! What happened to you…?!”
"——I don't know, I was just running and suddenly my neck hurt, then I lost consciousness, and then I came back to life. (Speechless expression)"
Su Keying replied.
Polaris sent his message in the chat room while running:
"—Where were you after you were resurrected? Did you record what happened just now?"
"——I don't know. The area around here is still the same, all gray woods. It must have been recorded. I turned on the video since I entered here."
Su Keying replied.
At this moment, Goutoujin and Wangwangwuji sent a text message:
"——I'm dead too. Damn it, I don't even know what happened! It's inexplicable!"
“——Same death, same as Su Keying, neck hurts, then the screen goes black… I saw you, Su Keying!”
Polaris glanced at the message and thought to himself, it seems that they are still together after resurrection.
The next second, his pupils shrank.
Because he also felt a sharp pain in his neck, and then his vision went dark.
At the last moment, he noticed a detail, and before he had time to think about it, he was prompted:
【You are dead! 】
After his vision returned to normal, Polaris was stunned.
He found that the place where he was resurrected was still in the Gloomy Forest. Not far away, the Centaur, Goutou Jin, Wangwang Wuji and Su Keying were gathered together.
"You all died once?"
Polaris walked over and asked in a deep voice.
"Yeah...same as Su Keying said."
The centaur didn't look too good.
Goutoujin and Forgotten Wuji frowned, wondering how they died.
"If we don't figure it out, we might end up like this again... It would be fine if we encountered a high-level monster, but dying for no apparent reason like this is really annoying."
Dog-Head Gold pulled off his hat and complained.
My level was not high to begin with, and all the experience points I had accumulated were lost.
"I think I discovered something, but I'm not sure yet...Su Keying, show me your video."
North Star said.
When others heard this, they immediately turned their attention to him.
"Okay, I'll post it in the public chat."
Su Keying operated her panel and sent the recorded video.
Polaris clicked on the video and watched it intently, and others followed suit and clicked on the video to watch.
After a while.
"I think I see a line! It's a reflection, look here!"
Dog-head gold said loudly.
"Keep your voice down! Who knows what strange dangers there are here? Don't draw attention!"
The centaur reminded.
Following the reminder from the dog-headed gold, everyone did notice that a flash of light flashed in Su Keying's first-person vision. There was an extremely thin thread between the two trees, which could not be seen at all if one did not look carefully.
"It's spider silk..."
Polaris turned off the video and looked up at them.
"I noticed it before I died."
The others were all shocked.
"So, the surrounding woods are full of this kind of... spider silk?! If we're not careful, we'll be cut to death?!"
Goutoujin exclaimed.
Polaris nodded silently.
"So we can't run, and we have to pay attention to our surroundings at all times."
"Oh no! We don't have much time, and this is too inefficient...!"
Goutoujin was extremely depressed.
The centaur and Forgotten Wuji also looked unhappy.
"Since we can't get too far away, there's little point in us acting separately. Let's go together from now on so we can take care of each other if we get into danger."
Polaris analyzed calmly.
The others nodded silently.
Immediately afterwards, the five players moved vigilantly and walked slowly in one direction.
Their shadows twisted and rippled, reflected on the surface of the lake.
A black-haired young man was standing by the lake.
"Um……"
Chen Lun held his chin in his hand and pondered.
"It seems that every time I enter the 'Fairyland', the dangers around me will be different. I didn't encounter this kind of spider silk last time... Will it reset?"
He raised his eyebrows.
"And...their deaths will actually be blamed on me!"
Chen Lun looked at the prompt box and gave a strange smile.
[You killed players Polaris, Su Keying, Centaur, Dog-headed Gold, and Forgotten Wuji! Gain 500 experience points and 2 attribute points! ]
"Is it because I am the master of 'Fairyland'? So if they die in there, I can also get the kill reward..."
Chen Lun pondered.
"Players kill monsters to level up, and I kill players to level up...?"
When he went to rescue Pompeii's family before, he used a flintlock rifle to kill three centaurs' guild players once. The prompt box at that time gave him some inspiration, and now it has been verified again.
“I had originally planned to wait until the public beta to try it out, and now it seems to be true… and with Philip’s Adventures in Wonderland, I don’t have to kill them one by one, which is tiring and easy to attract hatred.
As long as we build the Wonderland into a high-level dungeon for future teams and attract players to come...if they die here, their heads will be counted on me and they will be grateful to me."
Chen Lun shook his head, feeling a little sorry.
Because when he sent five players into the wonderland just now, he felt a little pressure. It seemed that due to his own sequence reasons, his control over the "wonderland" was not thorough enough.
He had a vague intuition that at this stage, the number of players he could accommodate in "Wonderland" was about ten. If the number exceeded this, he would not be able to control some switches freely.
"So the strategy will have to change..."
Chen Lun thought about it in his mind, and after a while, he smiled.
"Since there are not many people, then we should go the elite route and set the price of the 'Fairyland' ticket higher. This will not only select a group of the most outstanding players, but also make them cherish the opportunity to enter..."
The more Chen Lun thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
"Only the best players are qualified to explore the way for me."
He had this idea long ago, because it was too inefficient to explore the vast and dangerous "Wonderland" by himself. He didn't want to be like Philip, who never saw the end of his life.
There are many talented and gifted players in this group. They can definitely use their brains to find the right shortcuts for themselves, and they can also use the advantages of their resurrection to clear hidden minefields for themselves.
Then in the end, a clear strategy will be presented to Chen Lun.
"Of course, the most important point is that the Maggie statue will continuously drain their sanity... This efficiency is much higher than if I could 'charge' the statue myself!"
Chen Lun walked to the statue by the lake with a smile on his face.
Running his fingers over the base gently, he casually sat on it, leaning against Maggie's tail and looking out over the lake.
[Currently stored sanity value: 28]
This is the wisdom gained from Polaris and his group. Excluding the loss of opening and maintaining the "Wonderland", all the surplus was stored.
"Come on, five warriors from other places..."
Chen Lun's eyes were fixed on the lake, and through the rippling waves, they fell on the five figures in the gloomy forest.
rustle……
His footsteps stepped lightly on the dead branches and leaves.
The Polaris group moved slowly but steadily, and there were no more inexplicable casualties.
They encountered "spider silk" twice more along the way. Fortunately, all five of them were vigilant and discovered and avoided this deadly trap in time.
When he first discovered it, Polaris paused for a moment and took a closer look.
He found that this "spider silk" was very fine and tough. When a leaf fell on it, it broke into two halves directly without any hindrance.
At that moment, the spider silk seemed to tremble slightly, like a high-frequency oscillating cutting line, which was very scary.
The five people didn't dare to make a sound and even controlled their breathing.
"——Although we won't be attacked this way, our sanity points are depleted too quickly. I already have a headache and I will go crazy soon... We won't be able to walk far."
The horse person sent a short message in the public chat.
"——I have an idea... Let's have one person scout the way ahead, as fast as possible. If he dies, we will know where the 'spider silk' is.
When the person exploring the way ahead dies, the person behind will take his place, and the cycle will repeat. This way, our efficiency will be greatly improved. "
Polaris expressed his thoughts.
Several people were silent for a few seconds, and Su Keying carefully sent a message:
"——Who goes first?"
“…”
Each person only has three resurrection chances, and they just wasted one. The next person to explore the way will most likely die first, so the duration of this dungeon activity will be greatly reduced.
"——I'll go first. You guys can assign someone to replace me later... Now is not the time to be selfish. Only if we work together can we achieve something."
The centaur took a deep breath, sent the text message, then walked out of the team and ran forward.
The others looked at each other, were silent for a moment, and hurried to follow, but deliberately kept a distance from the centaurs to avoid encountering the "spider silk" and being unable to react in time.
After running for several hundred meters, the centaur suddenly fell to the ground.
The people behind him saw it clearly. His body was cut horizontally from the waist, split into two pieces, and then turned into white light and dissipated.
"——I'm dead, be careful... I'll be here soon."
The centaur sent a short message.
"——Let me go next. Brother Polaris is very experienced, so let him stay for last."
Perhaps it was the horsemen who took the lead, Forgotten Wuji volunteered to take over.
After they avoided the "spider silk" at the place where the centaurs died, Forgotten Wuji began to sprint. In this way, after several cycles, everyone died once.
However, the players have already pushed the route for a long distance, and they are full of confidence, so they use this method again to explore the way forward.
After another round, this time only Polaris was left.
"——I have walked a long way. It seems that we are out of the range of the Spider Silk. There is no danger here."
He sent a message in the public chat.
"——Great! We finally got out of that 'spider silk' area... We have already met up at the back and are heading towards you."
Su Keying replied.
Polaris took a deep breath and took a step forward.
He had previously participated in a gang fight in the outer city's watery beach and reached level 10, but because of these two deaths, he dropped back to level 8.
So far, there has been no substantial gain, which makes him a little depressed.
“I hope to gain something from this…”
Soon, he felt his vision suddenly become wider, and a small pool of water appeared in the woods ahead. In the middle of the pool, there was a small piece of land, on which was placed a shabby wooden box.
Seeing this scene, two words immediately popped up in Polaris' mind - "trap".
Having had countless gaming experiences, he has seen this kind of scene many times.
He stopped and stood far away from the pond, then posted what he saw and heard on the public chat.
"——Treasure chest? Pool of water? This must be a trap..."
The horseman replied.
"——Polaris, please wait for us, we will be there soon."
Just at this moment, Polaris began to have a splitting headache. He opened the panel to check and found that his sanity had dropped to less than half.
He endured the pain and sent the message with difficulty.
"——Hurry up, we don't have much time!"
