Outside the Puppet City, by the river, Xing Ye was using a projector to watch Guan Ling and Randy. Seeing Guan Ling's vivid expression, he smiled softly and praised, "Good acting."
He is not a good gambler, but he also knows that the performance of gamblers at the gambling table can be said to be a psychological warfare. A qualified gambler must hide his own cards and induce the other party to misjudge his cards. Acting skills and hype are indispensable.
Although Guan Ling owes a lot of gambling debts, his acting skills are really good.
"Di Kuang's positioning of Guan Ling is wrong. How can such a talented actor be put in the position of a nanny?" Xing Ye said.
Cao Qian said, "He's too unstable. I'm a little worried."
Xing Ye: "I understand. Who would believe a gambler who says, 'I'll never gamble again'? They're too emotional. Under the influence of the atmosphere at the gambling table, they lose their composure and become completely desperate lunatics. This is also the reason why Guan Ling is unstable, and why I never considered him a formal teammate."
Cao Qian is different from Guan Ling. She has little emotional fluctuation and is very good at forbearance. She really doesn't understand what Guan Ling did, and doesn't think she can get along well with this teammate.
"Let's see how he performs this time," Xing Ye said. "We must take his instability into account during the battle."
The mirror listened to them talking and moved its body, and the image on its surface shook.
Xing Ye said, "Sit still."
The mirror pouted: "Why are you projecting the image from the projector onto me..."
Xing Ye said, "There's no other way. The projector needs a flat surface for projection. It's flat here, so I can only use you."
Mirror shifted uneasily. "There's not even any shelter here. How are you going to ambush me?"
"Because it's flat here, Randy will let down his guard, making it a better place for us to set a trap." Xing Ye said, "Besides, who said there's no cover? There's a vast river behind us."
Ordinary people can't hide in water for long because they need to breathe. But the puppets are different. Xing Ye and Cao Qian don't need to breathe right now. Players are still ordinary people, so they have their own set mindsets. They might be wary of a valley, but the first thing they think of is that a river can't hide anyone.
Besides, it is night now, and even if the moonlight is bright, it is not as clear as during the day.
This was the most suitable ambush location carefully selected by Xing Ye. As early as on the way back from the illegal mine with Randy, he had already been thinking about how to kill this person.
At that time, Xing Ye had his eyes on this position.
His small warehouse contained a number of tools. This time, Xing Ye brought a long iron pipe, which Cao Qian had driven deep into the mud beside the moat. The three of them jumped into the water, grabbed the pipe, and hid themselves not far from the surface.
"The moat is different from a natural river. Generally, moats are dug out openly by humans, so its edges are deep and solid. Otherwise, if the soil is lost, we will sink. I have observed that this position is the strongest and should be able to support the weight of the three of us." Xing Ye said.
One advantage is that he and Cao Qian are puppets, and their bodies are mostly made of wood. Even if the iron pipe can't support them, they will float to the surface.
The more troublesome thing is the mirror. It is made entirely of metal, is large and heavy, and will sink if you are not careful.
After hearing Xing Ye's plan, Mirror said unhappily, "We have to soak in water again."
This reminded Xing Ye of their meeting in the first world, and he felt a little embarrassed. At that time, the mirror had finally climbed up, but was kicked back by him.
At this time, Guan Ling was secretly going to find the two players to confirm. Xing Ye and Cao Qian began to set a trap. Cao Qian followed the instructions and inserted the iron pipe. The iron pipe easily hung Xing Ye and Cao Qian, but when Jingzi's hand touched the iron pipe, the iron pipe quickly sank 5 centimeters!
"This won't work. I can't hold on for long." Xing Ye climbed out of the water and looked at the mirror helplessly.
It would be much easier if it was a small makeup mirror that I could just put in my pocket.
"Why don't we let the bronze mirror man hide far away?" Cao Qian suggested.
"No, the mirror must follow me and cannot be separated for a moment." Xing Ye said decisively. As a prop, the mirror had no self-protection ability and he was worried.
Jingzi was a little happy. Xing Ye was still very nice to him, which was completely different from Randy's pocket watch.
After hearing what Randy said, Jingzi was very uneasy. Fortunately, Xing Ye was always patient and gentle with him, which made Jingzi slowly feel relieved.
Now that Jingzi had become a drag on the team, he felt very uncomfortable. Seeing Xing Ye drawing the QR code, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he said to Xing Ye, "You can use a piano! The moat is only six meters deep. Your piano may be small, but if you draw a few and stack them together, I can stand on the pianos and hold onto the iron pipes. It will provide a double guarantee and won't be so hard on you!"
"That makes sense." Xing Ye reached out and touched the mirror head. "You're getting smarter."
Seeing that he didn't look worried at all, the mirror said, "You must have thought of this a long time ago and are deliberately making me anxious."
"I just thought of it, about the same time as you." Xing Ye said with a smile.
The mirror has many clever tricks.
Randy had his own way of confirming the situation. He didn't go directly to the two players, but instead bribed the mine owner and the security captain's puppets to inform him of the two players' movements. Only after confirming that they had smashed up Coke's house and gone to the small warehouse to look for Xing Ye and the others did he believe Guan Ling's words.
Guan Ling also told him about the movements of the city lord and the mine owner in the past few days. After summarizing the information at hand, Randy came to the same conclusion as Xing Ye: a decisive battle was imminent.
He had never seen Pinocchio, and hadn't found the real quest yet. But Randy knew he couldn't let the two players get the ending, otherwise his world would be wasted.
It was not until late at night, after making all the preparations, that Randy made up his mind to set a trap with Guan Ling to snatch the puppet.
But he felt that just two people were not enough, so he made an appointment with Linda.
Linda was unwilling, but Randy didn't know how to tell her that she didn't want the puppet that Xing Ye brought to her door, and instead agreed to cooperate with Randy to deal with the two obedient players.
One more person equals one more danger, and Guan Ling didn't want Linda to take action. But at the moment, the more people the better, and Guan Ling had no reason to refuse.
In the end, three people left the city. After seeing the projection, Xing Ye became even more silent.
Randy's purpose of bringing Linda along was too obvious. Xing Ye didn't have a good impression of Linda, but he was very disgusted with Randy's actions.
After all preparations were completed, the projector showed that Randy and the other two had left the city. Even if complications arose, they had to fight on, even if it meant killing Linda as well.
The three of them jumped into the water and listened attentively to the sounds outside.
Seeing that they were approaching the ambush site, Guan Ling spoke up to remind the three people in the water: "Randy, where are you going to set the trap?"
The sound of conversation in the quiet night was very obvious. Even though Guan Ling's voice was very normal, Xing Ye and others were underwater, so they still heard it clearly. This was the signal.
The puppet in the water began to draw the QR code quickly.
Due to the resistance of water and the fact that the pen in the water can easily bend, Xing Ye used the body of the bronze mirror man this time to draw on him to ensure that his QR code could be on one plane.
"You are a mature adult," the mirror helped Xing Ye find the QR code beneath the fountain. The fountain and plaza were independently built by the city lord and the residents of Puppet City, symbolizing Puppet City's official independence from Benedict's control. This delayed QR code imbues inanimate objects with the attributes of life, allowing them to handle events autonomously. It responds based on the user's IQ, with higher IQs granting greater powers to the inanimate object. However, it exhibits a certain degree of instability, with a 10-minute time limit and a 5-minute redraw.
The object that Xing Ye uses the word "maturity" for is river water!
The moment the QR code was drawn successfully, the water in the moat suddenly rolled up into huge waves and hit Randy and others hard.
Guan Ling was well prepared. The moment he heard the sound of water, he fell to the ground and rolled. Cao Qian flew out of the water with the help of the river water. The "Glorious Fist" in her palm shone with silver light under the moonlight.
With a "bang", the huge power of the fist, with the cooperation of the river water, hit Linda and Randy like raindrops.
Since Linda has chosen to cooperate with Randy, Cao Qian will not be polite.
At this moment, under Xing Ye's will, the river water chose to transform into a high-pressure water gun. The water flow was concentrated together, and the powerful water pressure hit the two people madly.
The moment Guan Ling dodged the attacks of Cao Qian and the river water, he remembered what Xing Ye had said. When facing a sudden attack, humans' first reaction is always to resist and dodge. However, there are very few people who can attack and defend at the same time when dodging. Once they are busy defending, there is a 90% chance that they will reveal a flaw, and a sneak attack is the easiest at this time.
Guan Ling clicked on the QR code he found in the residential area without hesitation. This was a QR code that Xing Ye had not seen and could not confirm its use. Guan Ling decided to take a gamble with it, believing that this must be an offensive QR code.
At this time, the "Line of Cohesion" previously used on the Pinocchio has taken effect and its validity period has expired, so Guan Ling can use other QR codes.
"Domestic waste"—how can it be possible that puppets in residential areas don't produce domestic waste? To become truly human, you must produce waste! A delayed QR code, targeting mechanical objects, will cause mechanical humans to experience abdominal pain, bloating, and other illusions of producing domestic waste. This can be overcome with perseverance, but it will severely affect their mental strength and last for 30 minutes.
"Good!" Guan Ling slammed the ground hard. This QR code was amazing. Although it would not attack the opponent directly, it could destroy the enemy's willpower. When a person was unwell, his thinking ability would decline. He didn't believe that anyone could fight calmly while thinking about diarrhea.
One of Linda's initial skills is "Lack of Ambition". When the user loses his fighting spirit, he can pay 50 points to make the enemy's attack miss. However, this ability cannot be used if the user has any fighting spirit.
At the moment Cao Qian attacked, Linda immediately used the skill of having no ambition. The conditions for using this skill were very harsh. One must not even have the will to dodge and must maintain an absolutely indifferent mentality before activating the skill, which lasted for 10 minutes.
In other words, Linda must empty herself and not even have the thought of avoiding the situation, only then can she protect herself.
Fortunately, she was already used to this skill, and she closed her eyes and lay lazily on the ground. Cao Qian's main target was not her. With the help of the high-pressure water gun, she hit Randy hard.
Cao Qian's strength is already terrifying, and with the effect of the "Fist of Light", the power of this punch is likely enough to break steel and iron bones, and even Di Kuang's iron skin and bones may not be able to withstand it.
Randy was just a shabby puppet similar to Xing Ye, and his physical strength was no match for Cao Qian's attack.
However, his combat awareness was very strong. The moment the river water suddenly rose into the air, Randy immediately used his limited initial skill, Tender as Water, which could give his body water attributes and make it unaffected by physical attacks. He would be deducted 50 points and the duration would be 10 minutes.
Like other Fate-Defying players, Randy's initial skills are also body-changing, but his abilities are special, so they don't last long, but 10 minutes is enough!
"Fist of Light" and high-pressure water gun are both ineffective against Randy, but Randy can use QR codes. He raised his wrist and was about to click on the bracelet to use the QR code when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach, as if he was going to have diarrhea. He really wanted to go to the bathroom!