The clouds grew thicker and thicker, and the wind blowing through the mountains and forests grew stronger and stronger.
In the summer, the sun is often still shining brightly at five or six o'clock, but at this time the sky has become gloomy, and there is a feeling of impending storm.
The group searched carefully along the West Mountain, even checking the cracks in the rocks. The atmosphere was tense.
They completely gave up on keeping an eye on the top of the mountain, which meant that if the main monster had already sneaked into the top of the mountain, they would have no way of knowing.
Deng Kai turned over a huge rock, but still found nothing. His throat tightened: "There's still nothing. What if we really don't find anything in the end?!"
He seemed to be on the verge of collapse from the tense atmosphere, panting anxiously, "If we go back to the top of the mountain now, maybe we can still face the main monster. I don't understand, if we can even face it, are we 100% sure to lose? But if we can't find any clues and don't have time to get back to the top of the mountain before it attacks the UFO, then we'll really lose!"
Zhao Mingjing was turning over the fallen leaves, biting her lip as she searched.
Song Yang and Xia Jing checked the two pits separately.
Hearing this, Song Yang didn't even turn his head, but said indifferently: "Again, if you don't agree with this plan, you can act according to your own ideas. Everyone can and does need to be responsible for their own safety."
Deng Kai looked at Chai Feng.
Chai Fengze glanced at Song Yang.
The man's back showed no hesitation, and could even be considered quite calm.
Xia Jing was the same. He was still thinking about pushing aside the bushes one by one to check. When he didn't find the target, he turned around and continued walking forward.
Chai Feng thought for a moment, then turned around and said, "Don't be impatient, Xiao Deng. I also feel that we must find the identity of the main monster in order to crack this dungeon. I can't explain why, but it's probably just an intuition, something I've developed from playing dungeons so many times."
"This is too mysterious..." Deng Kai was stunned. He sighed and continued to search for clues, muttering, "Okay, okay, hey, I'm really afraid of death."
Tang Yi was sweating profusely from exhaustion. He followed Xia Jing's footsteps, observing his surroundings and asking, "Brother Shen just ran away. Will he suddenly appear and attack us again?"
"Of course it's possible." Xia Jing said.
Immediately, Deng Kai also became nervous and looked around tremblingly.
The group continued to move forward. Chai Feng patted Deng Kai on the shoulder. Deng Kai gave him a listless look that said, "I know, I will look for clues seriously."
Chai Feng comforted him: "We will definitely be able to get out."
Deng Kai nodded and said dejectedly: "I hope so..."
Chai Feng lagged behind him half a step, looking at his back, his eyes changing color.
…
Continuous searching, constant mental tension throughout the process, and a never-ending pace.
Halfway through the journey, Zhao Mingjing tripped over a rock and fell to the ground.
Tang Yi hurried over to help her: "Auntie, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, don't worry about me, we have to hurry!" Zhao Mingjing quickly got up and tried to catch up with them.
Everyone looked at her strangely, and Zhao Mingjing paused.
Her left leg and jeans had been cut by a sharp stone, and a large strip of skin under the jeans had also been cut. It was a very serious scratch, but Zhao Mingjing seemed not to notice it.
Only when she caught everyone's attention did she lower her body, as if the pain in her legs had finally arrived.
She smiled stiffly and said, "I'll spray it with medical spray and it will be fine soon. You guys go ahead and I'll catch up right away."
Chai Feng directly took out the medical spray and sprayed it on her: "Okay, let's go. If you really can't walk, you can slow down. Don't be so stubborn."
Zhao Mingjing said gratefully: "Yes, thank you."
At the front, Xia Jing and Song Yang looked at the scene and glanced at each other.
Xia Jing smiled, turned around and continued walking forward, and Song Yang followed calmly.
…
The sky was getting darker and darker, as if it was going to fall directly into night.
It is a very terrifying feeling to wander in the mountains and forests under this kind of light.
Dark clouds rolled in, covering the sky.
Deng Kai shuddered and said, "Will there be thunder later? Will we be struck by lightning if we stay in the woods?"
Fortunately——
The thunder didn't strike, but the rain came first.
When the first drop of rain as big as a bean hit the tip of his nose, Xia Jing raised his head.
Immediately afterwards, two drops, three drops, four drops... with a loud sound, heavy rain began to pour.
Players will put weapons and medical supplies in the space bag, but they don't think about bringing an umbrella.
And even if you really brought an umbrella, who would have the time and energy to hold it at this moment?
Across the sound of rain, Chai Feng raised his voice: "Let's speed up. The rain is too heavy. It will be bad if the clues are washed away!"
Everyone nodded and quickened their pace.
They were soon soaked, and their thin clothes stuck to their bodies.
The heavy rain kept hitting the ground and hitting them.
When the sky was at its darkest, almost everyone felt like they were drowning and suffocating.
In this situation, people's emotions are most likely to collapse.
Fortunately, at this moment, Tang Yi suddenly pointed to a small slope and shouted: "There seems to be something down there!"
Everyone quickly gathered together and looked down the slope with flashlights -
The bottom of the slope was covered with fallen leaves and weeds, and some transparent fragments could be faintly seen among the grass leaves.
Chai Feng said loudly: "It looks like glass?"
He frowned: "Could this have been left here by an NPC? Aren't we looking for the metal warehouses like the ones used by robots?"
Xia Jingdao: "The commander's 'vehicle' may not necessarily be made of the same material as his subordinates."
Chai Feng thought for a moment and nodded, "You're right. It's impossible for garbage to appear in the dungeon for no reason. We have to go down and take a look."
It was at this time that the accident occurred.
A pair of hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind them.
Everyone turned around and saw a beast-like black shadow appearing from nowhere and rushing towards them.
When I looked closely, I found that it was Shen Bai. He was on the ground with his hands and feet, his eyes like a wolf, and he pounced towards Song Yang fiercely!
This gesture was too strange, and Tang Yi was frightened and opened his eyes wide: "Brother Song, be careful!"
Chai Feng roared, "Song Yang!"
Song Yang's eyes darkened and he turned around to dodge Shen Bai's attack.
Shen Bai's target is still Song Yang.
He was very agile and when he missed his target, he quickly turned around and fled to the other side!
Song Yang pulled out his gun and shot along his trajectory. The bullets kept hitting the invisible barrier and were bounced back into the soil!
Shen Bai lost his usual arrogant yet timid look. He laughed and said, "You can't kill me, human!"
He took out a knife from the space bag, but the appearance of this knife was different from that of ordinary knives - the blade was sharp and the teeth were stained with blood.
Xia Jing stepped back and said calmly, "Song Yang, this is a monster item. Be careful not to get hurt by its energy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Bai swung his knife fiercely while running, and an invisible sharp energy hit Song Yang. Song Yang dodged again, and a deep knife mark was left on the ground beside him!
Deng Kai screamed and hid far away in fear.
Zhao Mingjing quickly protected Tang and retreated to avoid being affected by the battle.
Xia Jing stood in front of them, scanning the entire battlefield motionlessly.
Only Chai Feng took out his gun and shouted, "Song Yang, I'm here to help you!"
However, the battle between Song Yang and Shen Bai was very fast. They left only a bunch of afterimages in the dim forest, and Chai Feng seemed unable to intervene at all.
Behind Xia Jing, Tang Yi said in a trembling voice: "Xia, Brother Xia, aren't you going to help Brother Song?"
Xia Jing slowly curled his lips and tilted his head.
He said something that startled Tang Yi and Zhao Mingjing behind him.
"Song Yang is not so incapable of dealing with a mere human."
Tang Yi was stunned: "But Brother Shen is not human now..."
His voice stopped abruptly.
At this moment, Song Yang's skin was scratched by Shen Bai's sword energy, and he staggered back a step, leaving a gap.
The next second, a huge force knocked Xia Jing aside!
Under the astonished gazes of Tang Yi and Deng Kai, Zhao Mingjing, as fierce as a devil, rushed towards Song Yang with a huge hammer in both hands!
Song Yang stood in the forest, Zhao Mingjing and Shen Bai attacked him from both sides at the same time!
Deng Kai was stunned. He screamed, "What the hell is going on?! What are you guys doing?! Someone, explain this to me!"
At this moment, huge energy seemed to burst out from the bodies of Shen Bai and Zhao Mingjing.
One of them was only good looking but weak inside, while the other was seriously injured and looked like he could faint at any moment. But at this moment, he burst out with strength, waving the props as if he could smash Song Yang to pieces in an instant!
Chai Feng rushed over to block Zhao Mingjing's attack for Song Yang, but it was in vain!
Zhao Mingjing's props were very powerful, and Chai Feng was blown away by the airflow caused by the props!
Zhao Mingjing made a "tsk" sound, as if she felt that Chai Feng was in the way. She paused for a second and then attacked Song Yang again!
Deng Kai was going crazy. He hugged a tree tightly and screamed, "Have you all been replaced by robots? There's only one robot left, right? Are we outnumbered now? I don't understand, I don't understand!"
Tang Yi ran forward, helped Xia Jing up, watched all this tremblingly, and said: "No, that's not right... Brother Shen's attack mode is not like a robot... He... has not been replaced at all, and Aunt Zhao hasn't been replaced either!"
Tang Yi seemed to have suddenly thought of something and looked at Zhao Mingjing: "Aunt Zhao, do you have control abilities?!"
After these words fell, Zhao Mingjing sneered and smashed the giant hammer towards Song Yang.
"No, no, Zhao Mingjing doesn't seem like the type to attack his companions..." Chai Feng muttered. He suddenly turned to look at Tang Yi, his face ferocious, as if facing a great enemy. "When we were searching outside today, you were the one who was always with Zhao Mingjing! Xia Jing, be careful of him!"
The rain kept falling.
Xia Jing's black hair was completely wet.
He knelt on the ground and slowly raised himself up.
When Chai Feng finished speaking, Xia Jing clearly felt the small hands supporting him pause.
At the same time, a strange feeling attacked his brain, causing his thoughts to become chaotic for a moment.
Xia Jing closed his eyes instantly and his body fell down.
Also at this time.
Not far away, Song Yang suddenly took out a prop and let out a light sigh.
The prop was a gun that looked like it was made from a monster's arm. It was red and black in color, with twisted veins. It was one meter long and exuded a strange aura.
Shen Bai and Zhao Mingjing didn't recognize the gun, but they sensed danger. Their pupils suddenly constricted, but they couldn't stop the attack!
"Bang" and "Bang" two gunshots rang out, echoing throughout the forest!
And Xia Jing's side——
Just as he was about to fall to the ground, he suddenly stretched out an arm to support his falling body. His eyes opened, and his black eyes were clear.
Then he suddenly raised his head.
A few steps away, Chai Feng was stunned.
The young man tilted his head and said with a smirk, "You're worried about why you can't control me, right?"
Chai Feng's expression suddenly changed: "You——"
Xia Jing smiled like a fox: "Hey, be careful behind you."
Chai Feng was shocked and turned around suddenly!
Song Yang stood calmly not far away, with smoke coming out of the muzzle of the monster prop gun in his hand.
Shen Bai and Zhao Mingjing appeared behind Chai Feng at some point. They jumped high, holding monster props with cold faces, and attacked him from behind!
Deng Kai was already kneeling on the ground with his eyes blank. He could not keep up with the pace at all.
Chai Feng's eyes were bloodshot. He quickly took out the protective gear to protect himself, but it was shattered in an instant, and he was smashed to the ground by a huge force!
The harsh friction sound of metal colliding was heard, and Chai Feng lay on the fallen leaves, with two weapons crossed and pressed behind him!
He was like a death row prisoner, pinned down by the executioner and unable to move!
A battle started suddenly and ended suddenly.
Suddenly, the only sound left in the forest was the crashing rain.
Deng Kai and Tang Yi were both frozen in place, not daring to move.
Only Song Yang and Xia Jing remained calm throughout the entire process, as if everything was under their control.
Song Yang put away his weapon, raised his hand, and brushed back his wet black hair, revealing his forehead.
He exhaled, walked over, pulled Xia Jing up, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, this kind of superpower can't hurt me. On the contrary, the feeling of being touched by the controlled superpower is very interesting." Xia Jing patted the fallen leaves on his trouser legs that were stuck to the rain and stood up.
Song Yang's mouth twitched: "You acted out such an over-the-top act just for the experience?"
He saw that although the force Zhao Mingjing had just used on Xia Jing was great, it would never have caused the young man to be unable to stand up and look "weak".
He was simply deliberately exposing an "opportunity" in an attempt to lure others into attacking him.
Xia Jing looked at Song Yang innocently, and the words "see through but don't say it out loud" were almost written on his face.
Song Yang rubbed his wet head helplessly.
Xia Jing walked up to Chai Feng with interest.
Zhao Mingjing and Shen Bai were like two robots executing a single command.
Their weapons weighed heavily on Chai Feng.
Chai Feng's muscles bulged, veins popped out on his forehead, and he held on with a flushed face, trying not to let the props completely crush him.
The two sides were deadlocked there.
Tang Yi reacted quickly and got up from the ground, hiding behind Xia Jing and Song Yang, looking at the three people tremblingly.
Deng Kai looked at Song Yang and the others in bewilderment, then at Chai Feng, and hurried over, trembling and saying, "What the hell is going on? I'm completely bewildered."
Chai Feng slowly clenched his hands. He stared at Song Yang with humiliation and said sternly, "Is the ability of your item a supernatural rebound?"
At this moment, Shen Bai and Zhao Mingjing's target of killing had obviously changed from Song Yang to himself.
At this point, Chai Feng knew there was no need to defend himself. He sneered bluntly, "Song Yang, if you let them turn against me, you'll harm them. You'll cause them to lose points or be locked up in a dark room. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Song Yang said coldly: "Don't treat me like a fool. Once a psychic's powers are used, they cannot be taken back. From the moment you controlled these two, they have been unable to regain self-awareness and have been declared dead, right? In this case, no matter how they attack the player, they will no longer be punished by the system!"
Because the person has already died!
Chai Feng froze and began to grit his teeth.
"Control? Sister Zhao and Brother Shen were both controlled? By Brother Chai?" Deng Kai was dumbfounded. It was only then that he realized, "So, so Sister Zhao was injured just now, but she seemed to be unconscious. I find it inexplicably strange..."
Tang Yi thought of something and exclaimed: "Aunt Zhao said before that Uncle Shen pressed the wound. Was she lying too?!"
These two people were basically on the top of the mountain just now, and under the control of Chai Feng, they worked together to perform a trick!
Their purpose was to trick Song Yang into hiding behind the bushes!
There is no need to guess why Chai Feng targeted Song Yang - it was for Song Yang's points!
After realizing this, Deng Kai and Tang Yi couldn't help but swallow their saliva secretly, and felt a cold sweat running down their faces.
Who would have thought that when the copy came to the final critical moment, there was a jackal among them waiting for an opportunity to strike!
This jackal was plotting to take the life of his companion while also trying to take his own.
——He was injured in the battle behind the bushes, probably just to be able to escape at the critical moment. But he was injured on purpose, while Song Yang was unharmed. No wonder he was so angry at the time!
——And just now, he was trying to shift the blame for controlling Zhao Mingjing and Shen Bai onto a little kid like Tang Yi!
He could have just put the blame on Zhao Mingjing and been done with it, but he went to the trouble of framing Tang Yi, just to mislead Xia Jing and make him kill another player!
This is really insidious!
"I've always been curious about when you were going to break up with me, but it turns out you're quite patient and you even endured until we made new progress." Song Yang sneered.
Once he passed the level, Chai Feng would never find another chance to devour Song Yang's points. This guy couldn't sit still until this time.
This kind of endurance is worthy of a man who is said to be cautious enough.
"You knew it a long time ago? Song Yang, are you kidding me?!" Chai Feng said while panting and gritting his teeth.
Song Yang said calmly, "I can't say for sure, I just suspect it. Shen Bai's attack and defense are a bit strange, and his escape method doesn't seem like a robot. But if he is still human, he would attack the player out of character. The only possibility is that he is being controlled."
And who will control him?
Could it be Zhao Mingjing who accused Shen Bai at the time, Chai Feng who was injured, or Deng Kai and Tang Yi who were watching the battle from outside?
Among the many choices, both Song Yang and Xia Jing's intuition pointed to the same person.
It's just that they need verification.
"Control, this is indeed a supernatural power that can eliminate a large number of players without them noticing." Xia Jing's eyes were full of interest.
He squatted down, looked at Chai Feng, and his voice sounded very soft: "Let me guess--"
"This type of ability will not be considered an attack by the system, so you can manipulate the player at almost no cost."
"Once a player loses consciousness, it's impossible to leave the dungeon. You could easily harvest kills through simple 'manipulation', but there's a problem—"
"Your abilities are very limited. As long as you're at a certain distance, or if the player is alert and vigilant enough, you won't be able to touch them. This is why you need to control individual players and use them to attack the rest."
Chai Feng panted and stared at Xia Jing in embarrassment.
Xia Jing remained unmoved and smiled, "Although Zhao Mingjing and Shen Bai have lost their self-awareness, they still possess the shell of human players. If their attack on the other players fails and they are counter-killed, the players who counter-killed them will also be penalized by the system."
"This is a plan that won't lose money no matter how you calculate it."
"But you should have expected that Song Yang wouldn't be so easy to kill, right? So you knew from the beginning that you had to trigger the system to punish Song Yang with the small dark room."
"You need Song Yang to kill Shen Bai in one fell swoop. Before that, you must have Shen Bai use protective gear to protect himself. Otherwise, Song Yang will receive a point deduction notice from the system, knowing that Shen Bai is still in human form and is being controlled."
"At the critical moment, you must remove all of Shen Bai's defenses and let him face Song Yang's fatal attack."
However, Xia Jing said that.
Song Yang is not so bad that he can't deal with a mere human being.
This sentence was a test from Xia Jing, and it also entered Chai Feng's brain through Zhao Mingjing's ears.
At this moment, Chai Feng must have known that his trick might have been seen through.
Regardless of whether Song Yang and Xia Jing knew that he was the instigator, they must have known about the existence of "control ability".
He could no longer proceed according to plan.
It's time for Zhao Mingjing, the late chess piece, to take the stage.
He had to cut the Gordian knot.
It doesn't matter whether the blame is put on Zhao Mingjing or Tang Yi, or whether Zhao Mingjing and Shen Bai successfully kill Song Yang, or whether one of the two is killed by Song Yang.
He wants to achieve his goal in this decisive battle and escape successfully.
What a pity, who would have thought that Song Yang just happened to have a supernatural rebound item.
In fact, even without this prop, if Song Yang saw through Chai Feng's trick, he could still make Chai Feng's plan fail by trapping Shen Bai and Zhao Mingjing with the prop.
"Although it failed, this plan was very interesting. It is the most interesting experience I have encountered after playing so many copies." Xia Jing smiled and stood up.
After hearing this, Tang Yi and Deng Kai were speechless and at a loss for words.
Suddenly, Tang Yi was startled, his eyes widened as he asked, "—Wait, who pressed the second button on the UFO control panel?!"
Shen Bai is not a monster, he is just controlled by Chai Feng, so the person who pressed the button on the control panel obviously could not be him, unless Chai Feng himself is the last robot!
But Chai Feng was obviously not.
If so, he wouldn't be afraid to move under the pressure of Zhao Mingjing and Shen Bai at this moment. This is precisely because he is afraid of hurting these two people and the system will deduct his points!
As soon as Tang Yi asked this question, Chai Feng's face suddenly became strange.
Song Yang didn't look back. He looked down at Chai Feng and sneered, "When you found out that the button in the UFO was pressed, you were also scared, right?"
Chai Feng looked embarrassed.
Just as Song Yang and Xia Jing said, Chai Feng waited until the final stage of the copy before deciding to formally take action against Song Yang.
Shen Bai and Zhao Mingjing are the two people who are easiest to control, but there is no need to use these two chess pieces at the same time.
Zhao Mingjing was injured and weak, so Song Yang wouldn't be too wary of her, so he could put her aside.
If Shen Bai is not capable enough, he can use her as a trump card at the critical moment.
But at the critical moment, Xia Jing revealed that he and Song Yang already knew Shen Bai's identity. Chai Feng's rhythm was disrupted, and he used the card of Zhao Mingjing in such a confused way.
But from beginning to end, the most terrifying thing was not just that Xia Jing and Song Yang saw through his trick.
But it was the button that was pressed inside the UFO.
Thinking of this, Chai Feng's fingertips shrank slightly.
When they were on the top of the mountain, he misled everyone into thinking that Shen Bai was a robot.
But he himself knew best that it was not him who instructed Shen Bai to press that button.
All along the way, he had been secretly thinking about this question -
At this moment, Chai Feng raised his eyes and cast a dark gaze behind Xia Jing and Song Yang.
At the same time, Song Yang and Xia Jing also turned around and looked at Tang Yi and Deng Kai calmly.
——At that time, among them, except for Xia Jing, Song Yang, Chai Feng, Shen Bai who was controlled by Chai Feng, and Zhao Mingjing, there were only these two people left.
These three looks made Tang Yi take a step back with a stiff face.
Suddenly, Deng Kai jumped onto the slope without hesitation.
Tang Yi was startled.
The next second, a machete flew out.
Deng Kai's head and body were separated.
His head fell down the slope and his body was stuck on the edge of the slope. A piece of severed metal flew out of his throat and hit the fallen leaves.
…
More than an hour ago, on the top of the mountain.
The moment the robot discovered that the players had started fighting each other, he secretly decided to take advantage of the situation.
He pretended to suddenly remember something and rushed towards the UFO frantically.
After entering the UFO, he quickly pressed the second button.
When the others arrived shortly after, he pointed at the control panel in panic and told them that it was Shen Bai who pressed it.
…
——Shen Bai is not the last robot.
But the last robot was indeed hiding among them.