LWGP - Chapter 151
Chapter 151: 666
Rewind ten seconds. After Lin Guiwan finished talking with Wang Jiu, she private-messaged Wang Shu, settled the details, and waited patiently. Right now, the crowd was still attacking the BOSS.
There was strength in numbers. With so many powerhouses gathered, they were actually chewing through it quickly.
It was already down to just 28% of its HP.
At this HP level… two teams would have been enough.
The members of Jiang Bingze's and Wen Shan's teams each locked onto certain targets.
Wang Jiu, Xie Lu, Lin Guiwan, Mei Qingshu, as well as Yan Guanqi, Xia Laoci, Luo Sheng, Chi Mantou, Dong Long, and the others.
Buzz! Zheng Lanze used a weapon control skill!
Kill!
They were rivals, but they also had a tacit understanding. They knew what kind of people the others were, operating on the same level when it came to dirty deeds. So, they made their move.
A resource like a BOSS was a matter for kings to settle. The rest could be cleared out first.
"Careful!" Yan Guanqi and the others weren't clueless and had been on guard. But being on guard was useless; the difference in strength was too great. In terms of top-tier combat power, they dared to fight, but the enemy had too many top-tier fighters. With a few buffs, the enemy was stronger than them. Thus, this wave of attacks came swiftly, leaving Xie Lu and the others with almost no power to resist.
Wang Jiu, who was the focus of the attack, died instantly.
"So-so." Staring at Wang Jiu's corpse, Jiang Bingze had just started to feel that something was off.
But at that very moment, click, the ceiling suddenly opened. A massive wave of liquid poured out from the holes above.
It gushed straight down, a torrential downpour that drenched the maze BOSS and flowed madly across the ground.
It shimmered with a silver light, fluid and captivating.
"Fuck, mercury!!"
"Run!"
"Blegh!!"
Everyone was already struggling to fight the BOSS under the pressure of the poisonous mist. Now, this massive amount of mercury arrived. Not to mention how quickly it spread, contaminating the ground they stood on—even without touching it, the toxicity it emitted was enough to poison them.
Speaking of which, the elites had probably discovered long ago that even though the three attributes gave them terrifying physical stats after entering the game world, on some level, they hadn't escaped their mortal limitations. Poison, as a substance, was far more lethal to living beings than direct physical damage.
That was the source of the Mist Dungeon's difficulty.
The moment the mercury poured down, even Wen Shan and Jiang Bingze's faces turned green.
The mercury couldn't be dispelled or moved. They couldn't withstand the ever-increasing toxicity, but the BOSS was right there.
It couldn't withstand it either!
Drenched in mercury, it roared in agony, thrashing its body and flinging large splashes of the liquid everywhere. Many people were hit and fell with agonized screams.
Dead, dead.
A whole swath of them, dead.
And no one dared to get back up, because this was a toxic space of continuous killing, a death zone!
In this death zone where so many had fallen, only one person remained alive.
Lin Guiwan. Carrying a backpack, she stood within a circle of radiant protection. It had already been counting down for two seconds!
8, 7, 6…
But the teleportation scroll in her hand was also counting down.
Teleportation only required seven seconds, and the protection lasted for ten. She could leave before the protection disappeared.
There were too many smart people present.
Why could she teleport out? A random teleportation scroll would be useless; the maze was one large environment.
Only one type of scroll would work—a follow or leader-controlled teleportation scroll, and the other person had to be outside the maze.
Was there anyone else on Lin Guiwan's team outside the maze?
Amidst the sea of corpses, everyone quickly spotted Wang Jiu's body.
Oh, it had now been rendered into a Puppet.
"She's already out!"
"That Wang Jiu?!"
Luo Sheng and the others were surprised, but at the same time, not really. It just gave them a twitchy feeling.
It had to be her! She planned this!
Luo Sheng, now a corpse, looked up at the ceiling that was still madly releasing mercury through the game's death-spectator view.
Team channel.
Zhong Qing: "Is it what I think it is?"
Luo Sheng: "What else could it be?"
Dammit!! Recalling the painful experience of dying while sandwiched between two types of poison, Zhong Qing found he could no longer look at Wang Jiu as a person.
Is she even human?
"She's not human! Fuck!!" Li Chui exploded yet again.
Dong Long: "What are you yelling about? Didn't you see her own teammates died the same way? What right do you have to curse such a ruthless woman?"
Li Chui: "..."
Bro, have you been beaten into admiring her?
Honestly, never mind how many times the players here had died themselves, at the very least, every one of them was a stone-cold killer. After all, resources were meant to be plundered. There were a thousand and one ways to die, most of them painful, and most of them had to be endured and gotten used to.
What was the apocalypse?
The apocalypse was about survival, and the game gave them the ability to keep surviving.
But that didn't mean there weren't ways of dying they feared.
Death by poison. That feeling was truly awful. Too painful.
"It's Wang Jiu!" Jiang Bingze and Wen Shan now understood. Shock was followed by grim realization. Unfortunately, they didn't dare get up to kill the only one still alive, Lin Guiwan. And while they were reeling in shock and thought, Lin Guiwan had already done many things in just a few seconds, such as collecting all the items dropped by everyone upon death.
The mercury was now Wang Jiu's method, which meant Wang Jiu was credited with the kills. The loot dropped by those who died to the mercury all went into Lin Guiwan's hands.
Of course, her teleportation was almost complete.
Five seconds before it finished.
Jiang Bingze and Wen Shan instantly got up and launched a final strike at the BOSS, wanting to seize ownership.
Right now, for the ownership of the entire BOSS, Wang Jiu alone accounted for 28%, with the others splitting the remaining 72%. Jiang and Wen's two teams accounted for half of that, but split between them, neither could match Wang Jiu. Not to mention they also had to account for the participation contributed by Xie Lu and the others. In total, their team had 38% participation.
They completely suppressed all other teams. To turn the tables, it would all come down to the final blow!
The moment the two of them moved, Lin Guiwan moved as well.
It was a beam of light, not a very strong single-target attack—a healer was a healer, after all—but Lin Guiwan's balanced attributes were enough to break its defense.
It all depended on the timing of the attack.
Four attacks were launched simultaneously, and they all hit at the same time.
The final result.
The fourth attack landed the kill!
Who?!
Xie Lu!
Lin Guiwan was just a diversion. The real killing move was Xie Lu, whose skill was not inferior to anyone here.
What did it mean to be a top genius from the military?
When Homing Bird Sword Art was unleashed, there was no suspense.
Final blow, get!
Boom! The maze BOSS fell. Xie Lu and the other two couldn't withstand the poison and lay down as corpses again, but their mindset was different.
Before they fell, Jiang and Wen simultaneously launched another attack that blasted Lin Guiwan.
The arcane magic and sword qi were formidable, but Lin Guiwan stood unshaken. She just calmly swept her gaze over the corpses and chose the system's random unlock. The bodies turned into countless golden lights and entered the team inventory. At the same time, the teleportation activated.
In the final second, she vanished.
Although Wang Shu and the others were lying on the ground as corpses, they sent a wave of 666s in the chat.
Beautiful! Hahaha!
Luo Sheng and the others: "..."
Although they had done all that work for nothing, they had to admire the talent within Wang Jiu's team.
When it came to the technical skill of fighting a BOSS, sometimes it really didn't all come down to raw power.
"I think I should still consider being a sheep entering the tiger's den. I just don't know if she's still recruiting," Zhong Qing said.
Luo Sheng, who could be two-faced herself but would never allow her subordinates to be: "..."
You're the CEO I hired with a high salary!
Li Chui was heartbroken beyond words, almost vomiting blood.
"Sister Lin was supposed to be mine, mine!! Ahh!"
Dong Long: "Ah what? If she were yours, could you have gotten out of the maze? Could you have rigged up a mercury attack for her?"
Li Chui: "..."
Your knack for pouring cold water is on par with that psycho Wang Jiu's knack for pouring mercury.
Buzz! Pulled into the secret room, Lin Guiwan had just steadied herself when the protective halo around her dissipated.
She fixed her gaze on Wang Jiu, also observing the secret room and glancing at the still-warm body of the alienated researcher on the floor.
Finally, she looked back at Wang Jiu, who was pinching a bottle of blood-red drink and biting a straw, and at the instant noodles beside her that emitted a strange aroma.
Wang Jiu, who was pulling up various data, sensed her gaze. She glanced at her and shook the drink in her hand.
The secret room was somewhat dim, its only light coming from the monitor screens.
It should have been an obscure scene, but her skin was a classic cold-white, often stained with blood from killing. Her lips were crimson, and she bit the straw, casually sipping blood... her throat moving with a subtle swallow.
She asked, "Does it look like blood?"
Lin Guiwan pressed her brow and couldn't help but sigh. "Doctor Wang, you can be truly malicious sometimes."
"Is the tomato juice good?"
"Not bad."
Wang Jiu smiled but had no intention of sharing with the esteemed great healer before her.
Lin Guiwan pulled out a chair, sat down, and asked, "What's next?"
In a death zone like that, it would be difficult for anyone to revive.
It was possible to keep them all trapped there.
But her own teammates would also have trouble.
It all depended on Wang Jiu's decision.
Wang Jiu didn't answer. She just pressed a button. Lin Guiwan saw drainage holes appear on the floor, and the mercury quickly flowed into them.
As the corpses watched in surprise, they heard a certain someone's broadcast.
"The vents and drains are open now. Everyone, please be patient. You'll be able to get up soon. Just lie there a little longer."
Her tone, the cadence of her instructions, was exactly like that of a hospital director.
It was natural, not hypocritical or contrived, nor was it a pretentious show of superiority. It was just her normal attitude, as if she thought nothing of it.
The entire field of players was utterly disgusted. Jiang Bingze and Wen Shan both said in their team channels: "When we get up, kill her teammates. Wipe them all out, leave no one alive!"
The others all responded in agreement.
But just as the order was given.
"Also, if you do get up, leave as soon as possible. It wouldn't be good if mercury started pouring from the ceiling again."
Jiang Bingze, Wen Shan, and the others: "..."
Fuck!!
Three minutes later, Xie Lu and the others got up directly. No one else followed. They just watched as the members of that one team left openly.
They were terrified of being tricked by Wang Jiu.
After a while, Luo Sheng gritted her teeth, got up, and left with her people. Seeing that they were fine, the others began to get up one by one.
They didn't dare cause any trouble and just left the area as quickly as possible.
In the secret room, the worries that Lin Guiwan instinctively held as a healer finally subsided.
She couldn't help but lean back in her chair. She studied Wang Jiu, who was once again looking at data, for a moment before saying, "Although this might distract you from your focus, I do have a question I'd like to ask."
"Ask."
"You treat me very well, unusually so. Is it because of the care that Senior Lin showed me?"
Wang Jiu's fingers paused. She turned to look at her. "Do you think you're pitiful?"
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