"Hurry up, hurry up!"
"Grab the supplies and jump off the cliff, soone will pull you up."
"What about the teleport array you contacted? If we take the flying carpet to Trevela from here, it will take four whole hours!"
The players logged on quickly and started bustling about.
Cumin Powder had a decent rallying ability; her connections weren’t widespread, but tily.
Night Fighting Sword and others also logged on urgently to et with Caral Snail.
They didn’t go to transport supplies; as the best-equipped team, they had a more severe task.
"Li Aozi wanted us to find weapons in the hidden area of the [Falysia Hero] ruins, according to this note. There’s an Epsilon Stage BOSS here, but we can avoid it by parkouring and navigating through the map."
PVE expert Yutianxiao analyzed the intelligence Li Aozi provided:
"Clearly, an Epsilon Stage enemy will be at least level 100, which isn’t sothing we should encounter at our stage. The data Li Aozi provided is likely for the storyline—we just need to navigate the map safely."
"Fall from the cave above directly into the ruins, and imdiately roll to avoid an attack from the ’Heroic Overlord’ Li Deweidens. Be careful, though: you’ll undergo three forced Constitution checks in an instant, and with our attributes, our health will continuously drop. So, we must hurry. There’s a shortcut where you need to wall-kick, change direction in mid-air, jump behind a statue, and then follow a path into a garden."
"This is so hard..." Garidon complained, "Do the level designers of [Starry Abyss] not consider our level? Do they think every player is a professional?"
"Maybe only us pros get such tasks."
Yutianxiao couldn’t help chuckling:
"Anyway, we have only one shot. Old Ye and Cumin Powder have high Dexterity attributes. You two ditch your weapons and run fast. Your job is to jump into the garden and fetch Li Aozi’s weapon."
"No problem," Night Fighting Sword nodded, "I’ve rented Gravity, so I can change direction in mid-air without any stopping upon landing."
"Leave it to us," Cumin Powder patted her chest and then looked at Caral Snail, "Thanks for being our decoy."
"It’s nothing," Caral Snail shrugged.
"I’m a decoy too," Garidon muttered under his breath, "It’s so unfair..."
Cumin Powder kicked him and quickly changed the topic:
"Any ideas on Condition B?"
"No idea, we don’t know any Zeta Rank strong ones."
Yutianxiao shook his head:
"We’ll take it step by step. It’s surprising this task was released so late; we’ve already missed the optimal timing."
He looked at the villagers of Newbie Village, who were also mobilized and even more hardworking compared to the players.
"If we can’t complete the task, we’ll lose the Newbie Village; but they’ll be holess..."
Yutianxiao sighed:
"Already refugees here, now suffering again. The [Starry Abyss] scriptwriters should have so empathy."
Caral Snail nodded, a flash of green in his eyes.
"Um..."
Caral Snail suddenly said:
"I have an idea about the Zeta Stage."
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"One more minute..."
Canyue lowered his head, silently waiting.
He was calm yet cautious. As a mber of the Sovereign series, in his view, to eliminate Leo, one must completely destroy him—otherwise, the guy would just replace his Implant Gear.
As for sparing an opponent out of admiration... do you believe that?
Those who believed are all now little cards in Canyue’s pocket.
Now that they’ve torn apart, there’s no way a witness and insider like Leo would be left alive.
With Infinite Dinsion Slash at his disposal, he could tear Leo into pieces. He even bombarded the entire city; even with implant gear, it should be dinsionally severed.
By all accounts, Canyue had the upper hand.
Yet, for so reason, even with the victory at hand, he could not find peace.
Years on the battlefield, living life on a knife’s edge, had developed a unique instinct in him. The more arrogant he appeared on the surface, the more cautious he was deep down.
This split personality didn’t turn Canyue into a schizophrenic. Instead, it enabled him to intentionally reveal weak points, overcoming adversities and defeating the strong with the weak.
At this mont, Canyue’s cautious instincts were kicking in.
’Uneasy mind, restless spirit, I must have made a mistake sowhere. Where did things go wrong?’
He ticulously reviewed his combat history and the plan agreed upon with Governor Bablushka.
No matter how much noise Leo’s Echo created, it was insignificant in front of Kappa Rank Governor Bablushka. As an Ascender on the Pathway of the Holy chanic Monk, he could easily block it with a flick of his finger.
The virtual stations set up on Baizhu Star could deceive the Communications of March Lily Fortress too.
Combined with the isolation of the Dinsional Barrier, top-level secrecy was physically achieved.
There was no problem with any of this.
But he felt uneasy, a strong sense of foreboding in his chest, as if urging him to review and reflect repeatedly on his mistakes.
’I must be missing sothing or overlooking an error!’
If the plan was correct, then the issue must be in the execution.
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