novelhk Chapter 1097 A Passerby Cannon Fodder in an Infinite Flow Dimension (Part 20)
Chapter 1097 A Passerby Cannon Fodder in an Infinite Flow Dimension (Part 20)
"Shenzhou, if I'm gone, please do your best to protect my sister while ensuring your own safety, okay?"
"I'm holding her hand right now, so you don't have to wait until you're gone. Take good care of yourself."
So, Miaomiao's hand was once again tightly gripped by Xie Chenzhou, who had been appointed to the task in a time of crisis.
In times of crisis, there is no distinction between men and women; there is only the ambition to survive.
Soon, they encountered another crisis, this time involving a living person—a muscular foreign man who held a buzzing chainsaw blocking their path. The chainsaw's chain spun rapidly, gleaming with a cold, menacing light, while the man wore a ferocious grin.
"Three more, just the right amount to whet my chainsaw's appetite!"
The man's voice was rough and harsh, and he spoke broken Chinese. The chainsaw he held up was huge, and he looked like a bodybuilder, but he exuded a strong aura of malice, as if he had killed too many people.
He didn't give them much time. From his appearance to his show-off and then his charge at the three of them, it was only a few dozen seconds. The roar of the chainsaw was so loud it hurt their eardrums.
Miaomiao was about to draw her dagger and step forward when she saw that her older brother had already made the first move.
It's unclear whether Miaomiao's experience of using a stick to repel the giant worm made him realize how incompetent he was, or whether Xie Chenzhou's effortless dagger-wielding of zombies made him feel even more incompetent.
In short, when facing the chainsaw man, Tan Jiashu not only did not have the slightest thought of backing down, but was even full of energy. The veins on his arm holding the thick stick bulged, and he stepped forward steadily to meet him.
He dodged the sharp edge of the heavy chainsaw the other man was swinging, seized the moment when the man was exerting force, suddenly turned sideways and closed in, his thick stick accurately stabbing the other man's armpit, and then smashing it into the man's wrist holding the chainsaw.
With a muffled "crack," the man screamed in pain as the chainsaw clattered to the ground.
It's just a pity they didn't saw off his foot directly.
Tan Jiashu didn't give his opponent a chance to react. His opponent was just a little clumsy, but his strength was enough to make up for it. Tan Jiashu, on the other hand, used his agile fighting skills and the stick in his hand whose material was unknown.
He then swung the stick twice more, striking the man's knees with swift and decisive movements. When the man cried out in pain and dared not be arrogant anymore, the brother, who was always seen as gentle by Miaomiao, actually took the dagger from her hand and dislocated the man's tendons.
As the man collapsed to the ground, groaning in pain, Miaomiao was being led backward by Xie Chenzhou to prevent his blood from splattering on her.
Killing is wrong. Zombies are not human; they are corpses without self-awareness or even controlled by bacteria. Therefore, killing zombies is not considered murder.
But the chainsaw maniac in front of them is a human being, and murder is illegal. And games have no bottom line. If the video is actually preserved, it will be even more difficult to explain when they return to the real world.
Under normal circumstances, one should avoid killing if possible, but one must make the other party suffer a fate worse than death, rendering them incapable of any action.
At this moment, Tan Jiashu's actions were just right. Since he was a human, his tendons and ligaments wouldn't be able to regenerate instantly like those insects. Severing them eliminated the threat and made him die sooner rather than later.
In contrast, Xie Chenzhou remained standing still throughout the entire battle, appearing harmless like a well-behaved child, but his hand was tightly gripping Miaomiao's wrist, never letting go.
"I'm staying here to protect Miaomiao, in case there are other dangers nearby. It would be troublesome if they got separated." He said this seriously, his tone full of worry.
Miaomiao was about to say that she didn't need protection, but Tan Jiashu nodded in agreement first.
“Yes, Chen Zhou is right! Miao Miao, you stay with Chen Zhou. I’ll go see if this chainsaw works. If it does, it’ll be another weapon.”
Well, since her older brother had spoken, Miaomiao couldn't argue and could only let Xie Chenzhou hold her hand.
Miaomiao was confident in her fighting skills, but then she thought that Xie Chenzhou only had a box of marbles, making him the least offensive among the three. If an emergency occurred and they were separated, this chosen one might accidentally perish here unarmed, which would make her mission troublesome.
Thinking about it this way, she tacitly accepted the idea of holding hands and walking together, and was led by Xie Chenzhou for a long time in a daze.
Of course, her brother took possession of the chainsaw.
Time slipped away quietly amidst the intense exploration, and four hours had passed before we knew it.
Miaomiao subconsciously looked up at the screen in mid-air, only to see that 34 of the previously lit player avatars had now turned completely gray—meaning that in just four hours, 34 players had perished in the game. The air in the maze seemed to grow heavier, and every step forward felt like a battle with death.
As the mastermind behind the "Ghostly Enigma" game in the mirror world, the male NPC sitting in the control room has long regarded the players as his enemies and forgotten that he himself was once human. He is now more obsessed with becoming the creator of this game, making everyone fear and worship him.
But at this moment, he was not happy, nor did he feel the satisfaction of control he had before; instead, he was filled with astonishment and hatred.
At this moment, the game's NPCs stared intently at the three figures on the screen through the surveillance cameras that covered the maze, their voices filled with disbelief and astonishment.
He has been designing this game for many years and has indeed seen many skilled players, but he has never encountered a "tough nut to crack" like today.
The zombie horde is its carefully cultivated "mobile bait," while the carrion worms and the giant multi-legged worm are its proud "trump cards." In the past, players were either chased by these monsters and became food, or they ran so far that they strayed from the possible direction. At most, only a few players who were good at escaping could escape by chance.
But these three people were different. Instead of being scared out of their wits, they confronted it head-on and killed its most prized "work" directly, as swiftly and decisively as if they were clearing away an obstacle.
What made it even more uneasy was that the three of them were passing through the checkpoints quickly and accurately.
In particular, the male player's "stop, turn, and look back" method seemed to be specifically designed to counter the looping maze. Every turn and every return precisely avoided the traps, steadily approaching the maze exit.
At this rate, they'll reach the exit and win the game in no time! This won't do!
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