"Isle of Eyes", 0/10.
After this four-star copy was refreshed, countless players in the game hall entered and exited the login room to check the copy cover.
The word "island" is in the copy name, and there is obviously an island on the copy cover.
The trees on the beach are tall and lush green, while a little deeper into the water it becomes a thick black, making it difficult to tell what is hidden inside.
There is a layer of something like fluff floating on the cover, making the picture a little blurry. This fluff seems to be everywhere in the entire picture, making people wonder what it is.
After the compilation post came out in the forum, many people thought that this time it would be the same as usual, and it would take a while before people would gradually push the post up.
Unexpectedly, in just a few seconds, three floors had already lost 1 point. This speed shocked countless players.
After Song Yang pushed the post, he laughed when he checked the private message of the poster - isn't this Lu Chenfei?
He sent a message: "Are you finally going to enter the four-star dungeon?"
Lu Chenfei quickly replied: "Almost. I've practiced enough in the three-star dungeon."
Lu Chenfei seems to be nonchalant, but he is actually a cautious and steady person.
He had always been ranked second in the player leaderboard, but no one could have imagined that he had never participated in a four-star dungeon.
It's just because he judges that he doesn't have enough experience and is not sure, so he won't rashly challenge high-difficulty copies just to increase points.
Lu Chenfei said, "Guess what, the second and third posts on the top are Li Mian and Fei Shengxiao."
Song Yang smiled. It seemed that this time it would be a game with acquaintances.
Thinking of this, his expression slightly withered, and he said: "I have a friend who also wants to participate, but he is not available until Monday."
Lu Chenfei: "Isn't Monday the day after tomorrow? It's not a big deal. Let's discuss it after everyone gathers. You can ask your friends to support the post first."
Song Yang: "OK."
So not long after, the gathering post was pushed up again.
The fifth player dealt a "1".
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Song Yang's "friend" was naturally Xia Jing.
In the past, Xia Jing had no way to control the time gate for players to enter the dungeon, and he was too lazy to get entangled with other strangers for this, so he had no way to participate in the four-star dungeon.
But now with Song Yang as the bridge of communication, everything is much simpler.
He finally had the chance to step into the mysterious four-star copy.
Late at night, in an empty safe house.
Xia Jing sat by the window, looking at the strange and changing scenery outside, his eyes spinning.
What exactly is waiting for him in the four-star copy?
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By Sunday noon, all ten players for this dungeon had gathered.
According to Lu Chenfei, the rankings of all players this time are probably within the top 50 - of course excluding Xia Jing.
But he subconsciously felt that Song Yang's friend who dared to enter the four-star copy must also be a high-scoring player.
As the organizer, Lu Chenfei sent everyone a time gate to log into the copy - 11:30 am on Monday.
At this time, students and office workers are all having lunch break and everyone is free, so no one has any objections.
on Monday.
After Xia Jing finished drawing the mask, he looked around the safe house in Tuanzi's desperate eyes.
The safe house was quiet and everything was as peaceful as before.
Xia Jing's eyes darkened slightly.
He lowered his eyelashes, smiled and said to Tuanzi, "Take good care of the house."
After he finished speaking, he turned around, opened the door and walked out.
Ten players, in various corners of the game hall and inside their respective player space doors, simultaneously pushed open the door of the login room.
At noon, at 11:30, the four-star copy "Island of Eyes" was officially opened.
Countless players in Smiley City are waiting for the return of this group of players.
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When Xia Jing's vision became clear again, he was already on a beach.
The temperature was very high and the sun was shining directly, turning the beach a pale white.
Xia Jing was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, shorts and sneakers - these were the clothes the copy gave him.
Even through the neither-thick-nor-thin soles of the sneakers, the soles of the feet can still clearly feel the high temperature transmitted from the sand.
In addition to him, the other nine figures had also appeared on the beach. Everyone exchanged glances and gathered towards the middle door.
Song Yang smiles whenever he sees Xia Jing. This has become his conditioned reflex.
But when Lu Chenfei, Li Mian and Fei Shengxiao saw the mask on Xia Jing's face and Song Yang's expression, alarm bells started ringing.
Lu Chenfei quickly grabbed Song Yang and said in a low voice, "The friend you are talking about is 'Xia Jing'?!"
Song Yang reacted quite quickly.
Before Lu Chenfei could finish his next words, he twitched his lips and interrupted him, "He's not some 'substitute lover', he's Xia Jing, and his death was a system bug."
Lu Chenfei, Li Mian and Fei Shengxiao were all confused.
Wow, Song Yang answered the question before they even asked.
"Is he Xia Jing himself?" Li Mian was stunned. She looked at the young man wearing a strange mask who was walking slowly towards her.
It's unheard of that Smiley City's system would have a bug...
Lu Chenfei was also thoughtful.
He thought for a while, then looked at Song Yang inquiringly: "If it's not a substitute lover, then what about the lover?"
The corners of Song Yang's lips curled up.
Lu Chenfei lowered his voice: "Where is the beautiful manager of the safe house?!"
Song Yang's smile froze: "..."
Lu Chenfei thought Xia Jing couldn't hear him, but when Xia Jing came over, he looked very surprised and asked, "What safe house manager?"
Song Yang turned his head stiffly and looked at him silently:...Are you serious?
Xia Jing blinked innocently: What's wrong?
Li Mian and Fei Shengxiao's eyes quickly moved back and forth between the three people.
Fei Shengxiao was almost writing "exciting" on his face.
This is Shura Field, Shura Field.
Lu Chenfei was a little vague to Xia Jing: "It's, uh, the safe house, that..."
Song Yang wiped his face, took a deep breath, and said expressionlessly: "I don't know what you are talking about, anyway, I like Xia Jing."
As soon as these words came out, Xia Jing smiled.
Li Mian and Fei Shengxiao gasped, covered their mouths, and blushed.
Lu Chenfei choked out: "So straightforward?"
Song Yang continued expressionlessly: "If I don't speak frankly, who knows what you guys will come up with. Do you understand now? I like Xia Jing, and only him."
Lu Chenfei: "So——"
Song Yang: "Yes, I like him, I like Xia Jing."
Lu Chenfei: "That——"
Song Yang: "I only like him, understand?"
Lu Chenfei flipped the table: "Enough, enough, I understand, I mean, the other five friends are here, you should put away your dog-killing knife!"
Xia Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled like a fox.
The other five players are two women and three men.
They looked a little embarrassed when they came over. The five of them looked at Song Yang and Xia Jing, and a line of words was written on their faces: I didn't expect that there would be someone so talented and bold as to come to a four-star copy to fall in love.
One of the gentle women said, "Please introduce yourselves first. My name is Xi Nuanyang, and this is my husband Jiang Shuye."
Beside her, a man with a shaved head nodded.
Before, they had contacted Lu Chenfei directly. Since they had never met each other, they couldn't remember each other's names when introducing themselves, so they couldn't match people up. Therefore, this step was moved to after logging into the copy.
Another man, as sturdy as a bear, said calmly, "My name is Sun Qian. Please give me your guidance."
Beside Sun Qian, a skinny woman raised her hand and waved it in front of her eyes, saying absentmindedly, "My name is Jin Yaya."
After saying this, Jin Yaya frowned and said, "The catkins are already floating out. Do you feel any discomfort in your eyes?"
The group nodded silently.
When I first logged into the dungeon, the air on this beach was fresh.
But just as they were talking, flying catkins floated out silently from the forest.
This symbolized that the dungeon had officially opened, and their eyes quickly began to feel dry, tears involuntarily secreted, and their vision became a little blurry.
Xia Jing blinked and turned to look at Song Yang who was standing nearby.
Even the people standing next to me became a little blurry.
Island of Eyes.
The core of this copy is related to the eyes, but how will the eyes play tricks?
On the other side of Jin Yaya, a man with a small mustache said quickly: "Let's speed up. My name is Luo Jiu."
Song Yang and the other five people also reported their names respectively - in fact, when they just logged in, the other five people had already noticed Song Yang and Lu Chenfei and recognized them.
When they heard the name at this time, they finally got confirmation.
The ten players were not inexperienced novices. After getting to know each other, they stopped talking and looked around.
Fei Shengxiao frantically wiped away her tears and pointed forward, asking, "Is there something behind that rock?"
Everyone turned around and saw a huge reef about fifty meters away, with a black point faintly visible behind the reef.
They quickly approached and went around the reef to take a look, only to find that there was a charred pit there.
The object lying in the middle of the pit looked like a fragment of a helicopter. The fragment included an entire huge windshield, and two propellers were hanging prominently on the top of the fragment.
Sun Qian and the husband Jiang Shuye stepped forward, lifted up the fragment, and found ten small bottles of eye drops scattered underneath.
They picked it up and looked at each other's eyes which were constantly secreting tears - these eye drops were obviously for players.
Jin Yaya frowned and said, "Is this the identity given to us by the copy? A group of tourists who crashed here in a helicopter?"
Luo Jiu muttered, "Just to make the eye drops item appear more reasonable, the dungeon has to go through such a big fuss?"
Sun Qian thought for a while, shook his head, and said in a low and hoarse voice: "I think this helicopter fragment must have other uses. Just in case, I think we should take this fragment with us and put it in the space door bag. Do you think it's okay?" After hearing this, the expressions of the other people suddenly became obscure.
The question is who should keep this seemingly critical but not critical clue.
After Sun Qian finished speaking, he was ready to do it himself, but before anyone else could raise any objections, he showed a look of astonishment.
——The helicopter debris could not be put into the space door bag, it was blocked outside the small bag opening!
Is this a problem with the fragment itself, or is there something wrong with the space gate bag?
The ten people's expressions changed slightly, and they all tried, and soon came to the answer - in this copy, their space door bags could no longer store any items.
This small pocket can only take out things but not things in.
Realizing this, the group frowned deeply.
The four-star dungeon had just begun and they felt the difficulty.
If they want to bring the fragments with them, they can only carry them with their bodies. In such high temperatures, in a four-star copy, they don't know what they will encounter. This consumption of physical strength is very disadvantageous to them.
But if they don't take the fragments with them, if something goes wrong later, they may lose the chance to leave the copy completely.
All of a sudden, the ten people were caught in a struggle.
Song Yang glanced around again and said, "I think we'd better take a rough look at the forest on the island before deciding whether to take the fragments with us."
At this point, Sun Qian quickly said, "I have special abilities. My sight can reach far away. I can take a look first."
The group showed surprised expressions.
Song Yang was also a little surprised. He said, "Thank you for your help. You can put some eye drops in first and then check it out."
Sun Qian nodded.
Under everyone's gaze, he raised his head and put a drop of eye drops in each of his eyes.
He closed his eyes for a while, then opened them again, concentrating on looking ahead, turning his body from time to time to ensure that he did not miss any angles.
After a moment, he closed his eyes and rested, saying, "Outside the island is all ocean. There are no other islands, and no borders. I think the main map of the dungeon is still on this island. The forest on the island is full of strange plants and animals, as if they have all mutated. I always feel that the background of this dungeon is a bit like the end of the world."
In the end of the world, life forms mutate and the earth's environment becomes harsh. The flying catkins in the air seem to confirm this.
Luo Jiu asked hurriedly, "Didn't you find any clues about the 'Eye'?"
Sun Qian finally recovered, opened his eyes, and shook his head: "No."
So far, the only thing related to eyes is their eyes that are constantly shedding tears.
Song Yang asked him, "Are there no other 'people' on the island?"
Sun Qian shook his head: "No, only us."
That means there is not even any NPC in this copy, and where is the main monster hidden on this island?
Song Yang pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, let's go into the forest and check it out first. It's not convenient for us to move around in the forest at night, so we must find a place to rest. Then we can send two more people to move the aircraft debris over."
The others had no objection and nodded.
Before entering the forest, everyone put in eye drops.
The eye drops were a little cold and temporarily relieved the discomfort in their eyes, but they were not so effective that they could immediately resist the invasion of flying catkins.
After only a short while of comfort, their eyes began to secrete tears again and their vision began to become blurred again.
Lu Chenfei muttered, "My vision has always been 5.3, and this is the first time I've experienced this feeling of not being able to see anything clearly."
The instructions for use are written on the bottle of eye drops: Use three times a day to relieve eye discomfort. Please use in moderation, otherwise serious side effects will occur and cause blindness in both eyes.
Xia Jing turned the bottle, seeming to be lost in thought.
If this potion is used according to the instructions, can the player's eyes be completely restored to normal?
If so, then after their eyes return to normal... what chance will they have?
"Eyes" are closely related to "visual sight".
What will they "see" then?
Xia Jing raised his head and looked calmly towards the front of the jungle.
Song Yang walked beside him, with Lu Chenfei, Li Mian and Fei Shengxiao behind them.
They lined up in a team, quietly moving through the jungle, vigilantly observing their surroundings.
Just as Sun Qian said, the postures of the trees and animals in this jungle far exceeded their imagination.
The leaves of some trees are all thread-like. When they pass by, these thread-like leaves seem to have an electrostatic reaction and stick to their skin, making them feel itchy.
They immediately waved away the silky leaves, but red marks were left on their skin, which swelled up after just a few scratches.
Even if other plants are not poisonous, they still have strange shapes.
I didn't see any mammals, but there were lots of bugs.
A huge moth flew over and landed on the back of Luo Jiu's exposed neck.
Just as Xi Nuanyang was about to remind him, Luo Jiu screamed in pain, stretched out his hand and slapped the moth to death, splashing liquid and blood all over his hand.
——This is actually a blood-sucking moth!
Everyone was stunned.
Perhaps the smell of blood spread, and the next second, more "rustling" sounds came from all directions.
Countless flying shadows appeared from the depths of the jungle and approached them rapidly. The dense and changing dance made people feel creepy in an instant!
Everyone was on guard—these were all blood-sucking moths!
Song Yang quickly pulled Xia Jing over, covered the back of his neck, frowned and looked to both sides, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please pay attention. Don't use props easily unless you have to!"
Once the props are taken out, they cannot be put back into the space door bag. Unless it is a one-time use prop, otherwise they will have to carry the props all the time!
As soon as these words came out, the others paused their conditioned movements.
Li Mian protected Fei Shengxiao, and Lu Chenfei stood in front of them.
Jiang Shuye protected Xi Nuanyang.
Jin Yaya and Sun Qian stood back to back, gritting their teeth.
Only Luojiu——
He cursed "Fuck", and actually took out a giant bottle of insecticide from the space door bag.
Lu Chenfei was shocked and asked, "You actually still carry this thing with you?"
Luo Jiu opened the insecticide cap and sprayed it in all directions, cursing, "I hate bugs the most, so I have to carry insecticide with me at all times! This is a pretty strong dose, I'll spray all the way over!"
The things in the official supermarket of Smiley City are just useful.
As soon as the spray was sprayed out, blood-sucking moths as big as a palm fell to the ground like rain, and soon covered the entire ground.
After that, Luo Jiu walked and sprayed, as if he was determined to kill all the insects on the island.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Shuye laughed and said, "If you're so afraid of bugs, why did you enter this dungeon?"
The jungle on the island is full of insects.
Luo Jiu said coldly, "Four-star dungeons aren't available every day. It's rare for one to appear, so you have to enter even if you don't want to."
Sun Qian heard this and said, "There will always be opportunities in the future."
Luo Jiu was silent for a moment, then curled his lips and said, "Who doesn't want to leave Smiley City as soon as possible? If I miss a four-star dungeon, I'll have to wait a long time. I don't want to hesitate any longer. If I'm lucky enough to be the only player to clear it like the last four-star dungeon, and take all the points from everyone else, maybe if I can enter two four-star dungeons, I can leave here."
As he spoke, he glanced at Song Yang with a hint of meaning.
Song Yang looked at him and said nothing.
The others didn't say anything either.
Luo Jiu said this simply and bluntly - if one person wants to take all the heads, then they all have to die, right?
But they are not angry. After all, aren't there many players who enter the four-star dungeon aiming for high scores?
There is no need for players to find ways to attack each other or harm each other. The difficulty of the four-star copy is destined to cause the death rate to rise sharply.
But the question is, who knows, they themselves will not end up being part of the final head count?
The copy has just begun and there are still many uncertain factors.
No matter what they each think in private, the most important thing now is to work together to solve the copy.
Otherwise, total annihilation is not impossible.
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We walked in the jungle for about an hour and the scenery was all the same.
Finally, they stopped under a tree and took a rest.
"We've walked about two kilometers," Sun Qian glanced at the holographic screen, "and it's been an hour and a half since we logged into the dungeon."
He looked up at the sky again: "It's getting a little dark. I think the time gate in the dungeon may be approaching evening."
"So, what has everyone discovered now?" Jin Yaya frowned and rubbed the corners of her eyes to relieve the discomfort in her eyes.
The dungeon background resembles the end of the world, with mutated plants and insects, eyes shedding tears under the flying catkins, and a space door bag that can no longer hold anything.
What does all this mean?
Where is the main monster in this copy?
The group couldn't help but think deeply.
In the corner, a vine suddenly hung down from a branch and quietly wrapped around Xi Nuanyang's arm.
Xi Nuanyang was about to take out a weapon, but her husband Jiang Shuye quickly tore off the strange vine with his bare hands and threw it away.
He still remembered Song Yang's instructions.
Xia Jing watched all this and whispered, "This dungeon world seems to be constantly trying to trick players into taking out items."
Lu Chenfei stood aside and whispered, "Is it to quickly consume our weapons?"
Li Mian frowned and said, "I don't think so. If the dungeon consumes our weapons, then the purpose is nothing more than to weaken our combat effectiveness. This is a universal rule. If Smiley Face City uses this rule in this dungeon, then it makes no sense not to use it in other dungeons."
But obviously, they had never encountered such a deliberate situation in other copies.
"Even if this is a four-star dungeon, the way Smiley City increases the dungeon difficulty shouldn't be so low-level."
Therefore, the induction of this copy must have other deeper meanings.
At this moment, the entire island suddenly made a rustling sound.
A slightly salty, moist sea breeze blew through countless trees and passed over the heads of all the players.
Facing the wind, Song Yang raised his head sharply.
In the distant sky, a dark electric cloud was rapidly surging towards them at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Song Yang's face darkened. "But this dungeon seems to be preparing a big show to force us to use our props."
——As soon as he finished speaking, the light and the door disappeared from the island in an instant.
The sky suddenly darkened like night.
The others were stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked up. At that moment, a thick, twisted bolt of lightning split the sky, splitting their blurry vision.
Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang, and a loud noise that almost shattered the sky exploded. The trees in front seemed to be overwhelmed by the shock wave and bent towards them.
The wind was blowing hard and the rain was pouring down.
Everyone's pupils suddenly constricted, and Sun Qian shouted sternly: "Everyone be careful!"
In front of them, a huge tree was uprooted by the wind and fell towards them horizontally!