This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic Chapter 549

Chapter 549 The blind man touches the elephant

 【You turned around and ran away without hesitation...】

 Next, Mu You began to lead the giant towards the lake, and at the same time notified others in the group to prepare for action.

　　…The giant is red all over and approaches you at lightning speed. You quickly turn around to defend yourself from the enemy, but are blown away by the huge force and your life plummets…]

　　【The Sin of Wrath is triggered, you immediately cause the same damage to the giant, slightly delaying its offensive...】

 【Under the influence of the vampire talent, your real health is slowly recovering at a rate of 1 point + 0.5% of your maximum health per second...】

This time with the vampire's ability to restore blood, it is much easier to tangle with this giant. He can even run away and defend himself. By the time the opponent catches up with him and hits him for the second time, the damage from the previous attack has often been fully recovered.

 After chasing and escaping for about half an hour, Mu You finally led the giant to the seaside again.

  【The wind ahead suddenly increases, and you appear in front of a stormy sea. your choice…】

  【You activated 'Existence', and your sense of existence became extremely thin. 】

　　　【You plunged into the icy water. 】

　　【The giant from behind arrived in an instant, but stopped suddenly before approaching the seaside...】

　　【The giant looked at the rolling waves ahead and beat his chest angrily, but after all he did not dare to cross the thunder pool. After glaring at the water surface angrily, he could only turn around helplessly...】

Everything seemed to be a replica of last time. Mu You played with the giant twice in the same place. The difference was that this time it was not so easy for the giant to leave.

　　…The giant cursed and turned back. However, at this moment, the waves suddenly surged on the water, and a sullen low roar sounded from the depths of the water. 】

You look back and see a huge shadow passing by you like lightning, jumping out of the water and swooping towards the giant on the shore. 】

Through the turbulent river surface, you can see clearly that it is an octopus as big as a mountain. Its tentacles are covered with suckers, its mouthparts are sharp, and its copper-colored eyes are shining with cold blood. 】

　　【The giant was caught off guard and was instantly knocked down by the octopus monster. He hurriedly struggled to stand up, but the octopus monster's tentacles had already tied him tightly...】

　　…The giant's hands were sucked by the suction cups and could not break free...The giant struggled with all his strength, but the octopus monster's tentacles became tighter and tighter. In an instant, the giant's body was covered with scars and blood flowed profusely...]

　　…The octopus monster opened its huge mouth and bit into the giant's head. The giant turned his head to avoid it, and at the same time kicked the monster in the abdomen with his foot. 】

　　【This kick caused the octopus monster to temporarily let go of its tentacles, and the giant took the opportunity to break free and retreat...】

　　【However, the octopus monster refused to give in, moved its tentacles together, and chased after it with amazing agility...】

 【The two giant beasts disappeared into the mist one after another...】

 “Let me go, there is really such a thing hidden under the water!”

 At the same time that the octopus appeared, Blue Beard made a row of shocked expressions among the group of city lords.

At this moment, there are eleven city lords in the group of city lords. Except for the two city lords, Xingguang and Dark Night, who are away for business, the other nine are all present. Like Mu You, they saw the scene of the octopus monster coming out of the water through the game.

This octopus is much larger than the giant. Even the nine-star giant has no power to resist in front of the octopus.

“Okay, don't be in a daze, don't miss this opportunity, take action immediately!” Mu You typed a reminder.

This time, while the octopus is out of the water, it is a perfect opportunity to sneak across to the other side of the black hole to open up wasteland. Of course, the more people there are in this matter, the better.

But the staff is too messy and difficult to manage, and it is easy for things to go wrong. If there is too much noise, it will be bad for the giant to be alert in advance.

 So Mu You only notified a few city lords and asked them to bring their elite members and wait by the lake early.

Others were already prepared. As soon as the octopus appeared, they were all amazed and immediately issued orders to their respective groups.

 At one time, nearly a thousand players jumped into the water like dumplings.

  Mu You also immediately controlled the character to dive.

　　【Underwater light is thin and freezing cold. Only the luminous water plants along the coast provide some light for the dark bottom...】

　　【You are sneaking down, and several octopuses several meters long suddenly appear around you. After swimming around you for several times, they suddenly attack you...】

 Mu You's character is still wearing the shed skin of the Octopus King, but this is probably because he attacked the big octopus last time, and this time the octopus skin didn't work. These small octopuses directly regarded him as their enemy.

　　【You summoned the God's Skin, resisted a round of octopus attacks, and then broke through more and more octopuses around you, speeding up and swimming downwards...】

　　【You activated 'Existence', your sense of existence became extremely thin, and the octopuses chasing behind you suddenly lost track of you...】

　　【You took the opportunity to dive and temporarily escaped the pursuers...】

Mu You was protected by the Law of Blood, so he could escape so easily, but others were not so lucky.

There are thousands of small octopuses under the water. There are too many of them. Almost everyone among the hundreds of them has been entangled by octopuses.

 Fortunately, this kind of small octopus is not very strong. Its body of several meters long is actually at the level of two to three stars in the world of giants.

The players rely on mutual cooperation. As long as they are not too unlucky and get entangled by more than a dozen at the same time, one of the three or two people can always escape.

At this time, Mu You didn't care about other people and dived alone.

More than ten minutes later, Mu You reached the bottom of the lake first.

 【The rocks at the bottom of the lake are overgrown with vegetation, and many colorful and strange plants grow...】

　　【At a glance, you can see the dark circular gap in the center of the lake bottom, which is the 'black vortex'...】

  【You speed up your dive and swim quickly above the dark vortex. 】

 Looking down, I saw that the gap below was as dark as ink and bottomless, with undercurrents surging around it, like a giant mouth of a monster that preyed on people. 】

　　【Through the dark vortex, you will instantly reach another vortex far away in the horizon. What will greet you will be a brand new space, but it will also be accompanied by unknown risks. Do you want to step into it? 】

"yes."

　　【You ignore the risk, continue to dive, and plunge into the whirlpool. 】

　　【Before your perspective is swallowed up by darkness, you vaguely hear the familiar roar of the octopus monster coming from near the water above you again...】

　　【Your eyes are completely occupied by darkness...】

　　【With a strong spin, when your sense of direction is restored again, you have reached another body of water. The biting cold feeling instantly dissipates, replaced by a warm current...】

　　【Shortly after you appeared, successive figures emerged from the dark vortex behind you...】

 “Nima, I'm still alive! That big octopus is so fierce!” Hellboy left a message in the group, looking frightened.

 “What happened?” Mu You asked.

"The big octopus just now is back again, chasing us like crazy, and can kill a group of people with one slap. My group of people ran away regardless of their lives, and in the end only a few strong ones survived..." Hell Baron explained.

“There were also heavy casualties on my side. Only six survived out of more than eighty people. If I had known, I would not have brought them here in the first place...” Solomon also sighed.

Mu You received the message from Xiaoya at this time. When he opened it, he saw a crying expression. Even she was killed by the big octopus. You can imagine how many people died in the last wave.

“The big octopus turned back. Is the giant dead?” Holy Light Nana suddenly asked.

"It's dead. The big octopus realized something was wrong after it killed the giant and returned... The good thing is that the giant's body was left behind, and now my people are already condensing the giant's remains." The emperor left a message to explain.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, these people finally did not die in vain. At least the plan to kill with a borrowed knife was successful, and they were lucky enough to get a complete giant corpse in exchange.

“Let's count how many people are left.” Mu Youyou said.

 “I have seven more here!”

 “I am nine.”

 “I only have three left…”

 Everyone reported the battle damage of their respective teams.

 At last count, more than 900 people were taken into the water, and only 32 survived. The survival rate is quite tragic.

“Still the old rules, we all explore separately and exchange information at any time. In addition, this time we mainly focus on land reclamation, so try not to take risks.” Mu You typed.

After finally winning the opportunity to open up wasteland, there are only so many people left. Each one is very precious. We must be cautious and try our best to find out the situation here before talking about anything else.

 “OK!”

"clear."

Everyone replied one after another, and then ordered their own personnel to disperse in all directions.

  Mu You also controlled the character to officially start the exploration.

　　【You dived all the way, and soon surfaced...】 　　　【The warm waters were very calm, and you swam to the shore easily and climbed up. 】

[What appears in front of you is a green space with lush grass. Looking up, the thin mist in front of you is billowing from time to time. It's like entering a fairyland. You can see at a glance hundreds of meters away, some pavilions, pavilions, brick walls and tiled houses hidden In the fog, it is vaguely discernible...]

 “Pavilions?”

Mu You was stunned.

 “Huh? The visibility here is so high!” Someone in the group was already the first to exclaim.

 Others have also discovered this one after another. At the exit of the Brave Tower, the visibility in the fog was only a few dozen meters, but the visibility here easily exceeded several hundred meters!

However, compared to the visibility issue, what everyone is more concerned about is the scene they see.

“Strange, why did I notice that I saw a 'building', and it seemed to be floating on the sea...”

“Me too, is this a city built on water?”

“Even if it is a city, it should be abandoned. Anyway, there is no hint of seeing the shadow of the giant so far..."

“I don't know. It seems safe here at the moment. Let's take a walk around first...”

Everyone continued to explore while communicating.

Mu You also took out the fog-breaking mirror, preparing to break through the fog and wait and see.

 As soon as I wanted to use it, a prompt popped up immediately.

  【You take out the fog-breaking lens, only to find that the surface of the lens barrel is stained with some green moss-like substance, which is slippery and sticky, and is spreading rapidly...】

  【You tried to activate the fog-breaking mirror... The activation failed. The fog-breaking mirror was soaked in a layer of special substances and was temporarily unavailable. 】

 Mu You frowned and took out other props to look at.

  【…Assembly failed, the magic-breaking hand cannon was impregnated with special substances and blocked, and it is temporarily unusable...】

  【…The small buckler is impregnated with a special substance and is temporarily ineffective...】

 The results are all the same, and they all indicate 'contaminated by special substances'.

“Props cannot be used here?” Mu You thought to himself.

 At this time, news from other people also came from the group.

 “I'm sorry, why can't my props be used?”

“Me too, all the props are 'rusty'…”

 Sure enough, he was not the only one who encountered this problem.

 Mu You didn't waste any more time trying. There weren't many practical props at the moment. A truly practical pocket watch didn't need to be used in the game.

 【You continue to explore forward...】

　　【You see a familiar green lantern floating on the water bank in front of you, which is exactly the same as the soul-inducing lantern at the exit of the Tower of Brave! 】

"Soul-inducing lamp?" Mu You's eyes lit up.

There is a soul-inducing lamp, which proves that a fool has set foot in this place, and maybe he can find the message left by his ancestors.

　　【You quickly ran to the front of the green lantern and reached out to touch the green lantern...】

　　【However, your palm passed through the lamp and did not touch any entity...】

“Huh?” Mu You was stunned. What's going on? It's fake? phantom?

 Just at this moment, news from other people appeared in the group.

 “Holy shit, what the hell!”

"What's wrong?"

 “Suddenly it reminded me that I hit a tree…”

　　…“…Do you walk with your eyes closed?”

“No, I obviously didn't see anything in front of me, but suddenly it prompted me to hit a tree!”

“Huh? How do you know you hit a tree?”

“Because after hitting the tree, my character said he felt the shape of a big tree in front of him, but couldn't see it…”

 “Invisible tree?”

 “It seems to be true! I also received the prompt just now!”

 “Did you hit a tree too?”

"No, I was attacked by some kind of 'invisible thing'!"

“Everyone, be careful, there are really monsters here, and they are transparent. One of my men has already died..."

 Serial discussions quickly made the atmosphere in the group tense.

 This is the most uncomfortable part of opening up a new world. Everything ahead is completely unfamiliar, and there is nothing to refer to. This sense of unknown is the scariest thing.

 “Invisible tree…invisible monster…”

 Mu You couldn't help but frown when he looked at the news from everyone in the group.

Combined with the green lantern phantom he just encountered, he had a bold guess: Could it be that everything they saw now was fake, and the real scene in front of them was obscured by these phantoms, so they couldn't see it ?

  Mu You immediately controlled the character to touch around.

Sure enough, except for the ground, all the objects around him that caught his eye were 'passing through' when he touched them. They had no substance at all. Instead, he bumped into several 'invisible' rocks and trees along the way and hit his head. Broken blood flow.

This feeling is as if the vision has been transferred to another place, and what is seen in the eyes is a completely unrelated scene. Instead, the real scene you are in can only be explored through other senses such as hearing, touch, and so on.

Mu You immediately informed others of this discovery.

“It seems to be real, the obstacles seen around are all fake!”

“I'm sorry, it's okay if the props are ineffective and the vision is deprived. How can we open up wasteland? Are a group of blind people playing blind and touching the elephant?” someone couldn't help complaining.

“The most important thing is that there are monsters around...”

 The news announced by Mu You cast a layer of gloom over everyone's already low confidence.

"Don't worry, these monsters don't seem to be able to see us..." At this time, the emperor suddenly left a message.

“Yes.” Mu You spoke almost at the same time as him.

　　While everyone was discussing just now, he had successfully solved an 'invisible' monster by backtracking.

 【You killed the 'Poison Gland Conch' (2 stars) and obtained conch shell fragment*1, dream powder*1...]

Mu You deliberately retraced the process of killing this monster dozens of times and used various methods to test it. The results proved that the conch could not see him. As long as he made a slight detour, the opponent would face the whole process. The air is a battle of wits and courage.

In other words, all creatures here are equal in terms of eyesight, and they are all blind.

"Did you kill the monster? Did anything special happen?" At this time, the emperor sent a message asking.

“In addition to the basic materials, there is something called 'Dream Powder'. What about you?” Mu You returned. The other party has obviously gone through a similar test of killing monsters. If you ask now, it is likely that special items have also been revealed.

 “Mine is called 'Nightmare Powder'.” The emperor replied.

"oh?"

Muyou first clicked and looked at the description of 'Dream Powder'.

  【Sweet Dream Powder: After taking it, it will make you have a sweet dream the next time you fall asleep. 】

 The emperor also sent a message from the 'Nightmare Fan'. It was almost the same as the description from the Sweet Dream Fan, except that the last sweet dream turned into a nightmare.

 (End of this chapter)

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