novelhk Chapter 355 It's not easy to put together a team.
Chapter 355 It's not easy to put together a team.
At the entrance to the [Snowy Lava] instance, the pungent smell of sulfur wafted in the cold wind.
The Titan Temple berserker, who had just been arrogant, now had his facial muscles twitching violently.
The greatsword in his hand slammed onto the obsidian floor with a clang.
The blade grazed his instep, leaving a trail of crimson blood, but he didn't dare utter a sound.
"A...a wandering spirit?"
The berserker swallowed hard, his tall frame involuntarily shrinking by half.
"You just said you wanted me to roll down?" Chen You stood on the boulder, looking down at him.
"No, no, no!" The berserker shook his head violently, waving his hands frantically in front of his chest.
"I said I'm leaving! I'm leaving right now! Hold on tight, it's windy up there!"
As he spoke, he respectfully stepped aside, afraid that staying even a second longer would displease the great master.
The surrounding players finally snapped out of their shock.
Someone shouted first, "Holy crap! It really is a god-tier player! Level 45!"
"Wasn't he level 36 yesterday? How did he train like that?!"
The crowd erupted instantly.
The previously loosely organized groups surged frantically toward the boulder where Chen You was.
"God of War! Pick me! I have high defense and high HP, I can tank monsters!"
"Pick me! I'm the only agility mage in the entire server, my movement skills are off the charts!"
"God of Travel, take me with you! I can break rocks with my chest, and I'm as steady as a rock when I step on mechanisms!"
"I can do the splits! I can step on two mechanisms five meters apart at the same time!"
An elven thief wearing tight leather armor performed a split on the spot, and the sound of ligaments tearing could be clearly heard.
Chen You rubbed his temples.
What bizarre shapes these are!
He raised his hand and pressed it down.
"Stop." Chen You's voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear.
The noise stopped abruptly.
He glanced down at the hundreds of eager players below.
My gaze lingered for half a second on the berserker who had maxed out his intelligence and the mage who was using fireballs to attack fire monsters.
"Given the tactical prowess you've just demonstrated, I must conduct a simple selection process."
Chen You pointed to the area below the boulder, "Those who want to join the group, line up. I'll give you a question; those who answer correctly, come in; those who answer incorrectly, get out."
The crowd was taken aback at first, but then immediately sprang into action.
In less than half a minute, hundreds of people lined up in a long queue, all eager and full of anticipation.
Chen You cleared his throat and looked at Da Congming, who was ranked first.
"First question, listen carefully." Chen You spoke slowly.
"What if the BOSS raises his hand and unleashes a screen-wide instant-kill ultimate attack?"
"You have an absolutely invincible protective shield on your left, and a berserk buff that increases your attack power by 900% on your right. Which way are you going?"
Da Congming paused for a moment, then his eyes flashed with confidence.
"To the right!" he roared.
"reason."
"The best defense is offense! As long as I get the berserk buff and maximize my damage output, I can kill the boss before his one-hit kill skill lands!"
Da Congming clenched his fists, trembling all over. "That's called a one-for-one trade at the absolute limit! A man's romance!"
A low murmur of admiration erupted from the crowd.
"That makes sense!"
"Truly a brilliant mind!"
Chen You looked at him expressionlessly.
"roll."
Da Congming's smile froze on his face: "Huh? Why?"
"Because you're too smart." Chen You pointed to the side, "Next."
Oh dear!
Da Congming sighed heavily, with an expression that said, "It's my fault for being too outstanding," and then retreated to the side as if he had lost his parents.
The second one to come up was the berserker who had maxed out his intelligence.
He held his head high, his eyes gleaming with wisdom.
"Your turn." Chen You looked at him. "There are three circles on the ground. The red circle deducts health per second, the green circle restores health per second, and the blue circle increases movement speed."
"The boss has targeted you. Lightning will strike in three seconds. Where do you think you're going?"
The berserker sneered, as if he saw through everything: "Too easy! This question tests reverse thinking!"
He held up one finger, pointing to the sky: "I just calculated it; the falling speed of lightning is related to air humidity. I choose to stand in the blue circle!"
"Why?" Chen You raised an eyebrow.
"Because the blue zone increases movement speed! As long as I run fast enough, the lightning won't hit me!" the berserker said smugly.
Chen You took a deep breath, barely suppressing the urge to draw the Jade Emperor Sword.
"Lightning is locked onto you; it will strike you no matter where you run."
"Then stand in the red circle!" a fire mage shouted from behind.
"Use the electric current from the lightning strike to electrolyze the poisonous element circled in red! That's called a chemical reaction!"
Chen You felt like he was about to have a stroke.
He pointed to a timid pastor at the very back of the crowd: "You, the one with the stick, speak."
The pastor was startled and stammered, "I...I ran out of the crowd to an empty open space...I didn't want to hit my teammates with the grenade..."
Chen You snapped his fingers: "Pass. Stand to my left."
The pastor, his face filled with disbelief, ran to Chen You's left side with wild joy.
A sigh of frustration suddenly erupted from the crowd.
"Next question." Chen You quickened his pace.
The screening process was lengthy and arduous.
Chen You witnessed the diversity of species.
When faced with the question "What should I do when the BOSS summons minions?", some people answer, "Reason with the minions and persuade them to abandon darkness and embrace light."
When faced with the question "What should you do if the healer runs out of mana?", some people answer, "Draw your own blood and give it to the healer to drink."
Chen You felt his patience was being slowly drained.
He even began to suspect that the Origin Realm recruited this group of people to conduct some kind of intellectual test.
It took Chen You a full half hour to barely gather thirty-nine people.
"Alright, you guys are the ones." Chen You jumped down from the boulder and dusted himself off.
The players who weren't selected sighed and looked on longingly at the team.
"God of Travel, are you really not going to reconsider me? I'm very intelligent!" The berserker was still making a last-ditch effort.
Chen You ignored him and turned to walk towards the huge obsidian archway.
Thirty-nine "lucky ones" followed closely behind him, like a group of chicks afraid of losing their mother hen.
[Team Channel]
Chen You (Regimental Leader): Listen carefully.
Chen You (Regiment Leader): Once inside the instance, everyone will follow my commands.
Chen You (Commander): I didn't tell you to move, so you just stood there like wooden figures.
Chen You (Commander): I tell you where to run, and you run there, even if there's a cliff in front of you, you have to jump.
Chen You (Leader): Do not touch anything that looks like a switch, and do not talk to any NPCs.
Chen You (guild leader): Roll all dropped items by class.
Chen You (Regiment Leader): Type 1 if you understand, type 2 if you have a question.
A string of neat "1"s appeared in the team chat.
"very good."
Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, Chen You was the first to step inside.
Thirty-nine assistants followed closely behind, not daring to breathe.