The sun was blazing brightly on the top of the mountain, and screams were heard from afar.
Just in case, after careful consideration, the group decided to go straight to the confirmation method Xia Jing mentioned.
So each player had two body parts chosen by others at random, and then chopped off by himself. For a moment, the entire mountaintop was a bloody and terrifying scene, with screams everywhere.
Xia Jing's examination was completed by Shen Bai, and Song Yang came over and watched after he finished his self-certification.
After chopping off his ankle once, the young man's fingers were cut off cleanly by himself, with blood flowing out and the finger bones clearly visible.
Ordinary people would find it difficult to endure this kind of pain, but Xia Jing remained calm.
However, Song Yang, who has studied medicine for so long, only realized today that he could frown when watching this scene.
He heard Xia Jing jokingly ask, "Are you in pain, Doctor Song?"
I still have the mood to tease him.
Song Yang glared at Xia Jing and asked in a low voice, "Have you lost your sense of pain?"
After one cut of the knife, the guy didn't even tremble.
Are you naturally tolerant to pain, or are you used to it after experiencing so much pain?
Xia Jing felt that there was no need to answer this question.
As early as in the "Everything Grows" copy, he had told this man that he would feel pain, but it was completely within the tolerable range.
He just looked at Song Yang thoughtfully, which made Song Yang feel a little uncomfortable.
At this moment, Chai Feng, who was standing by, cast an inquiring look and asked, "Are you all done here?"
Shen Bai, who was supervising the entire process, couldn't help but glance at Xia Jing with a subtle look and said, "...He's fine."
Shen Bai touched his arm, and as if he was frightened by Xia Jing, he got goose bumps, and turned away.
In Song Yang's field of vision, the cut surface of Xia Jing's finger had stopped bleeding visibly.
Xia Jing reached out for his severed finger, but Song Yang took it before him.
Xia Jing looked at him, and seeing that he didn't let her come, she whispered, "Help me cover the broken finger, or I will grow a new one soon."
He treated his ankle just now just as quickly.
Song Yang: "..."
He turned sideways to block the gazes from the people around him, and then began to operate skillfully with an expressionless face.
In the dungeon world, unless the limb is seriously broken, there is no need for stitches.
After Xia Jing's severed finger was put back in place, Song Yang went through the motions, sprayed medical spray on Xia Jing's wound, and bandaged it tightly with a bandage.
His brows furrowed, and his movements were as gentle as possible. However, Xia Jing said seriously at this moment: "It hurts, Doctor Song."
Song Yang immediately burst out laughing: "...Did you do this on purpose?"
Xia Jing looked innocent, as if to say, "I told you it hurts, why are you still unhappy?"
After the group checked each other, they checked each other's backpacks.
After confirming that no one had any extra monsters hidden in their backpacks, they began to discuss their next plan.
At this moment, everyone's faces looked unhappy because of broken bones.
Pei Guang was the first to raise a question: "If the robots' brains are interconnected, then their actions must be organized and planned. Is there any point in searching the mountain again? They could easily avoid us and attack our base camp."
Zhao Mingjing sat beside him with her head down and eyes drooped. She looked as if she had aged dozens of years overnight and was extremely tired.
She said nothing, just listened to their discussion silently.
In response to Pei Guang's words, Chai Feng said, "That makes sense, but this way we have to wait for them to appear, which is too passive. Time waits for no one in the dungeon. There may be other clues on the mountain. I think we still have to search the mountain."
This time Song Yang agreed with Chai Feng's opinion.
He said: "Yesterday we searched West Hill and North Hill. Although we found footprints, the robot can move, so chasing the footprints is pointless. I think we may have to focus our search on other clues."
Everyone looked at him.
Song Yang said, "There's one thing I'm concerned about—I wonder if any of you have played multiple main monster dungeons before?"
Everyone was stunned.
A multi-main monster copy, or more strictly speaking, a multi-main monster copy other than a copy with an infinite number of main monsters, is very rare in Smiley City.
Deng Kai shook his head: "I've only heard of this kind of copy before, this is the first time I've played it."
Shen Bai felt a little uncomfortable.
He didn't have much experience, otherwise he wouldn't have reacted so strongly when Song Yang estimated the number of monsters in this copy.
Chai Feng seemed to have thought of something and his expression changed slightly.
He closed his eyes. This reaction made the others feel uneasy. Deng Kai asked blankly, "What's wrong?"
Song Yang said solemnly, "I played this kind of dungeon once before. After killing the first monster, the player could already see the dungeon progress with their eyes closed."
For example, if there are ten main monsters in the dungeon, then if they close their eyes now, they should be able to see a prompt like "2/10" in their consciousness.
Just after "Zhang Yan" died, Zhao's mother and daughter immediately had problems. Song Yang didn't have time to confirm this information, but now that he had some free time to check, he found that there was nothing in his mind.
At this moment, Chai Feng opened his eyes, his expression becoming serious. "Indeed, although I have never played this type of dungeon, I have seen other players mention this mode on the forum before, but now I have no idea what it is."
The others quickly closed their eyes to confirm - no, nothing, their minds were blank!
Deng Kai and Shen Bai were both a little panicked. Tang Yi also looked uneasy: "Brother Song, what does this mean?"
"There's only one possibility," Song Yang paused and said, "This isn't a multi-monster instance at all. We were wrong in our initial preconceived notions."
Several people were shocked.
After realizing what was happening, Shen Bai said in disbelief, "Wait, you, you mean... the robot is actually a secondary monster?! Such a terrifying thing is not the main monster of this dungeon?!"
Deng Kai was dumbfounded. "But Brother Song, you speculated that there might be ten robots... If there are ten such terrifying secondary monsters waiting for us to deal with, then what will be the main monster in the dungeon?! Is the main monster not an alien at all?"
Song Yang said calmly, "No, the main monster is definitely an alien creature, but it may not be a robot. As for its specific identity, we still have to find it by searching the mountain. We still have the east and south sides of the mountain to search, and clues may be in these two areas."
"We've lost two of our partners, so the group needs to be reorganized."
Song Yang looked around and said, "First of all, there must be someone guarding the UFO."
"The robot has activated the aircraft's charging mechanism. It will definitely take some time for the energy to be fully charged, and then the monster will have to press other buttons to successfully launch the UFO. So, theoretically, as long as we can hold on inside the UFO, the monster's plan will fail."
"There must be at least two people guarding the UFO, and these two people cannot let the other person out of their sight to ensure that there is no chance of being attacked by the robots."
It may seem dangerous for those who stay behind, but in fact, since they don't need to move, they are actually safe as long as they have protective gear.
Searching the mountain, on the other hand, consumes a lot of physical energy, and there is no certainty as to what will happen.
Zhao Mingjing probably couldn't participate in the mountain search anymore. She sat there in despair, still unable to get over her daughter's death.
Chai Feng suggested: "Little friend, you should stay."
Song Yang glanced at Tang Yi, who pursed his lips and nodded, "Then I'll stay, Brother Song. I'll take good care of Aunt Zhao."
After Song Yang thought about it,
I also feel that this is the only solution.
He pressed Tang Yi's head and whispered, "I'll give you a protective prop later. You and Aunt Zhao must not leave the UFO, and do not leave each other, understand?"
Tang Yi nodded heavily.
Song Yang raised his eyes.
The remaining six people——
"Let's go our separate ways." Xia Jing said softly.
Song Yang paused and nodded.
This was to ensure that both of them were fully aware of the situation to the east and south.
"Chai Feng, Shen Bai will be with me, Pei Guang and Deng Kai, you will be in a group with Xia Jing, is that okay?" Song Yang finally decided.
Chai Feng looked at Xia Jing, then at Song Yang, his eyes flickering, and he smiled and said, "I have no objection."
The others had no objection.
As a result, everyone seized the time and acted separately.
*
The temperature today is higher than yesterday, but fortunately once we get into the mountains, there is shade from the trees and it is somewhat cooler.
Xia Jing and his group went to Nanshan, while Song Yang and his group went to Dongshan.
This is Xia Jing.
As soon as they separated from the others, Deng Kai whispered in Xia Jing's ear, "Brother Jing, are Brother Song and Brother Chai getting along?"
Xia Jing tilted his head.
Deng Kai muttered, "No matter how I look at it, it seems like Brother Song took the initiative to put Brother Chai in his group to prevent you from having contact with Brother Chai."
Pei Guang teased from the side: "Hey, you are quite smart."
Deng Kai said embarrassedly, "That's all I know. I'm just curious about what Brother Chai has done to make Brother Song so wary of him."
Xia Jing's eyes turned slightly, but he didn't say anything.
The other side.
As soon as he stepped into the woods, Shen Bai became nervous.
The man who appeared in front of everyone with an arrogant look on his face yesterday has been scared to death by the robot's attack method. He is afraid that a silver spider will suddenly appear from somewhere, insert its legs into his head to copy his memory, and even skin and bones him.
Unlike him who was nervously paying attention to his surroundings, Song Yang and Chai Feng were standing one in front and one behind, and neither of them spoke.
Chai Feng kept gazing at Song Yang's back. After walking for a while, he casually said, "Xiao Xia looks quite capable. He should be ranked quite high. I haven't heard of him before. Is he a newcomer who has just joined Smiley Face City?"
Song Yang didn't look back and said calmly, "He's a weirdo. He uses up all the points as soon as he gets them. So he doesn't have many accumulated points and can't make it onto the leaderboard."
When Chai Feng heard this, he was surprised and asked, "Isn't he in any hurry to leave here?"
"The novelty hasn't worn off yet, it will be fine once it does."
Chai Feng was silent for a long time.
He smiled and said, "Song Yang, you are not guarding against me, are you? No matter how you think about it, there is no way there is someone who doesn't take his own life seriously."
Song Yang still maintained his calm demeanor: "To be honest, once we leave this instance, you'll see how he squanders his money in the supermarket. Anyway, it's enough if he can keep 4 or 5 points of the points he has."
Chai Feng was slightly stunned.
Song Yang walked in front, paying attention to the movements in front while also keeping an eye on what was behind him.
There was some information about Chai Feng that he didn't tell Xia Jing, for fear that Xia Jing would develop unnecessary interest in this man.
He knew a player who had completed a dungeon with Chai Feng.
There were thirteen players in that dungeon at the beginning, but in the end only three were left.
Regarding the deaths of the other ten players, the surviving player once privately told Song Yang: "Six of them were clearly killed by monsters, but the other four died in strange ways."
"You've probably heard of Chai Feng's reputation, but so far no one has been able to produce evidence proving he's responsible for the other players' deaths," the player said solemnly. "I think Chai Feng might be a psychic. If you accidentally run into him in a dungeon in the future, you'd better be careful."
At this moment, Song Yang could feel the gaze that was like a poisonous snake entangling his back.
Chai Feng should be clear about his ranking and his points.
The moment he saw Chai Feng yesterday, he was already prepared.
But it was enough to go after him.
Song Yang walked forward step by step with an expressionless face.
He would not let Chai Feng extend his hand to Xia Jing.