Suddenly, I heard a deafening roar in my ears. It was the sound of the tide and the tsunami. Before I could turn my head to look, I was already submerged by the endless waves.
These waves also had a powerful destructive power. It was a water-based magic. The tiger god suit I was wearing had low magical defense. The first wave of attack knocked off more than 400 of my health. I hurriedly transformed into the tortoise armor and quickly took the quick-acting blood medicine.
The tortoise added 400 HP to me and gave me 30% resistance to water. But my health was still plummeting. The quick-acting blood medicine couldn't withstand the relentless assault of the ocean water.
Oh my god, the ultimate magic has such powerful force!
My health dropped to the bottom in less than a minute, but just then, the system message appeared: "You have passed the level!"
The light went out, and the ocean water all disappeared. I was now in the cave.
Turning my head, I saw Misu, Sandros and Afrim also appeared.
We looked at each other, and Sandros suddenly smiled: "Missi, you really hurt Baalzebub's heart this time. This water god suit was also gathered for you by him. I never expected that his 'first death' in the game was caused by the skill of the water god suit, haha!"
Afrim also nodded: "Surely, this is a divine-level suit. It's too powerful. If Missi fought me, apart from mutual annihilation, I can't think of any way. But, I definitely can't hurt Missi, such a beautiful goddess. I'm afraid I will only die in front of Missi."
I finally understood, "The Water God's Fury" is a super-large magic like "Green Sea" and "Tiger Roaring the World". It attacks everyone in the entire arena at the same time. So, I killed the four princes who had just run out of blood in one go. Since four out of eight people died, the system judged us to have passed the level.
Dang, speaking of which, this magic seems to be aimed at me. Why bother involving innocent people...
Misu seemed to be startled by the consequences of her impulsive action. However, when she turned to see me, her anger seemed to come back.
I hurriedly distracted her, shouting: "Look, there's a door over there!"
I stepped into the stone door in one step. My eyes widened. This place was completely different from the dark cave. There was a green grassland, a dense forest, clear rivers, a blue sky, and birds, beasts, insects and fish were freely playing and foraging here.
The system message appeared: "You have entered the natural space. All equipment and items cannot be used now."
I was dizzy. I looked down and saw that except for the small skirt made of leaves around my waist, I was wearing nothing. The bag was also gone.
Although I knew that various items would come back after I went out, being naked in the game for the first time was really a bit uncomfortable. Even in reality, I had never walked in the wild without wearing clothes. But there was still a little feeling of cheerfulness in my heart. No wonder many people like to go on naked tours in the wild.
Suddenly, a scream came from behind, and I turned my head to see. I saw a white thing disappear.
Then, I saw two people with bloody noses: Afrim and Sandros.
I coughed: "Brothers, what did you see just now?"
Afrim and Sandros both looked dazed, with blood flowing from their noses and mouths: "We saw it. We really saw it. 5555555, no more, we're dying - dying - dying!"
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In a luxurious villa in a certain state of the United States, a blonde and blue-eyed girl angrily took off her game helmet and threw it down on the ground. Then, she screamed: "Antranig!!!"
A man with black suit and curly hair hurriedly ran in from the door: "Oh my god, Missi, you finally decided to come out of the game. Film companies, major media, the President of the United States..." Look, so many people are queuing up to see you. I've called for you dozens of times but you wouldn't come out. I'm so frustrated!"
The girl widened her eyes: "Those people, what do they care? Antranig, go and tell 'Heaven Company' that I want them to connect the latest 'Goddess 13 Model' with my game helmet. Hurry up!"
Antranig touched his forehead with his hand: "Oh my god, Yameinig, don't give me such tasks anymore. The 'Goddess 6 Model' rendering machine you're using now has taken me a lot of effort to convince 'Heaven Company'. The 'Goddess 13' is their latest model. All new movies need this machine for background production, sound processing, and picture rendering. How could they hand it over to us?"
Yameinig snorted: "Why do you keep finding excuses? It seems I might have to consider changing my agent."
Antranig shuddered. His heart was bleeding. He thought, if it weren't because I like you so much, do you think I wouldn't want to change my job?
However, this couldn't be said out loud. Antranig gritted his teeth: "I can try, but it's really impossible. Besides, even if they agree, the rent will be astronomical!"
Yameinig said proudly: "If they don't agree, that's fine. I won't take their movies anymore. And I'll also call on my global fans. From now on, I won't watch any movies from 'Heaven Company' anymore! Hmph!"
Antranig wiped a cold sweat off his forehead. What a terrifying woman! Anyone who offends her is really in for a bad deal.
Yameinig added: "Anyway, after connecting it to my game helmet, their machines can still do their own things. The 'Goddess 6 Model' is like that, isn't it? You didn't say it was called something like 'Multi-task System'? The rent, it doesn't matter how much. Anyway, whenever I casually say something in the game, rich guys rush to give me money to spend, hmph!"
Antranig nodded reluctantly: "OK, Yameinig. I'll go do it right now. But you also need to send the president away first. Besides, for that new film, what kind of character traits do you plan to show? Time Company has to select the script according to your requirements."
Yameinig impatiently said: "What character traits? Of course, it's always the same, the gentle and shy lady type! My fans don't like this kind anyway, right?" ...
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In the "Natural Space", we have been walking for several hours. Sandros and Afrim are still in a semi-dazed state, and nosebleeds keep popping up from time to time. When we ask them questions, all we can get are a few words like "hum", "um", and "ah".
We have no idea what this mission is. According to Laure's initial instructions, this mission is to "rescue the God of the City". Judging from the skeletons in front of us, this place is probably a small-scale "Labyrinth of Death", but why would there be such a vibrant space in a "Labyrinth of Death"?
While thinking about this, suddenly we heard a voice shouting from afar: "Help! Come and help me! "
Sandros and Afrim looked at each other blankly: "It seems someone is shouting something. Oh, it's a man's voice? Um, ignore him and keep thinking about my Miss Yimei..."
I was so dizzy. These two guys must have never seen a woman in their entire lives. Are these young gentlemen not like the legends say and are not seasoned in the love field?
Forget about them. Saving people is the priority. I rushed towards the sound.
Not far away, we saw an old man with a white beard running helplessly on the grassland. Behind him was a tiger.
I rushed up and attacked the tiger fiercely. Unexpectedly, without my equipment, my offense and defense were both low, and after a few exchanges, it became dangerous.
There was no choice. I found the right moment, hugged the tiger's head, and used the Animal Training Technique to make the tiger gradually calm down.
After releasing my hands, while the tiger was dazed, I pulled the old man far away and found a big tree. Using the Climbing Technique, I carried the old man up the tree.
The tiger circled under the tree, roared angrily twice, and then left.
I let out a sigh of relief. Looking at this old man beside me: "Why were you chased by the tiger? You didn't know to stay away?"
The old man shook his head: "I wanted to understand how the tiger does things, so I got closer. Who knew the tiger could be so easily angry."
I was stunned. What kind of strange old man is this? I said: "By the way, how did you end up here? Were you also here to do the mission? Oh, I was wrong. You should be an NPC, a biologist?"
The old man shook his head: "No, I'm the God of the City."
I gasped, almost falling off the tree. This old man? Squatting on a branch like a monkey like me? The God of the City?
Seeing my skeptical look, the old man widened his eyes: "I'm really the God of the City. I just didn't like that ring on my head too much, so I put it in the cave."
I was dizzy: "You, you weren't imprisoned?"
The old man said: "I was imprisoned originally, but several hundred years ago, my old friend, the God of Nature, defeated the bone dragon guarding the prison and released me. However, I didn't want to go back to reality, so he made a Natural Space for me and I'm here playing now."
I was even more dizzy: "Do you still have any sense of responsibility? Playing? You're the God of the City. If you don't go out, we players can't build new cities!"
The old man looked at me seriously: "Why build a new city? Building a city will destroy how many farmlands, how many trees, how many flowers, how many animals losing their homes, how many hills being flattened, how many rivers being polluted? I deliberately didn't go back to reality!"
With each sentence he said, my heart skipped a beat, and I couldn't look directly at the old man's eyes.
I remember a professor at university once said to us in a sharp voice: Humans are parasites on the Earth. Cities are like sores growing on the Earth. One day, humans will kill their Earth mother. However, later this university professor got a mental illness and jumped into the river. According to his will, he said that he did this to help get rid of a pathogen on the Earth.
That incident really left a deep impression on me. We really need to protect our own homeland... But, no! I'm in the game world now. What does it matter if the Earth is affected?
The old man in front of me really looks like that white-haired professor. Has this city god gone crazy too?
In the game, with so much land, building several cities is nothing. Seriously...
The old man noticed me lowering my head and suddenly said with relief, "OK, good. It seems that the human world still has a chance. And there's a young man like you who knows how to repent."
I quickly smiled and said, "Yes, I know I'm wrong. I'll go and destroy this disease-causing organism right now... Oh, wrong. After I leave here, I will definitely spread your teachings to the world!"
The old man nodded repeatedly, "OK! OK! You're a really good young man. Unfortunately, I have already given all my precious things to the God of Nature. Otherwise, I would have given you something nice today."
My mind raced and I thought, "Right, old man. I have little influence on my own, so why don't you go out with me to promote it?"
The old man thought for a moment, "The outside world is so filthy. I won't go."
My face darkened. "Old man, that's your fault. As the saying goes, 'If I don't go to hell, who will?' You are enjoying this here, but the people outside are still living in ignorance. You can't be too selfish!"
The old man was startled and exclaimed, "Yes, I'm really too selfish! I should go out!"
I hurriedly said, "At my place, there is a large grassland, similar to this one, which is very suitable for you to live. How about you go there?"
The old man said in surprise, "Is there really such a place? Then I have to go and have a look. Please tell me the coordinates and I'll go first."
I told him the location of the village of Haza. Just as he was about to leave, I hurriedly grabbed him and said, "By the way, I heard that there is a city-building stone here. Haha, I wonder if I can see it?"
The old man smiled, "What's the use of it? The city-building system is not open. That thing is just a decoration. Do you want it? Unfortunately, no one can have it."
"When can I get it?"
"Those who enter here passed the death arena. That's what I built. To pass the arena, you must kill your companions. Hehe. And those who kill their companions will never be able to obtain this city-building stone on me."
"Why can't I get it?"
"Young man, the first city was built by a group of united people. At the same time, the wall was built to protect the citizens' safety and also represented the meaning of peace. So, this city-building stone was set so that only those who valued friendship and peace could obtain it. As long as players kill their friends in the arena, they will be forbidden from obtaining this city-building stone."
"If they don't kill their friends, they can't pass the next stage. Haha, I'm very clever!"
I nodded vigorously. "Old man, you are truly a genius. I admire you so much. Then... you can give me the stone."