This urgency drove Fang Zhiyi out of the room. He walked all the way through the narrow passage and arrived at the door that had blocked him countless times. Looking at the gate, he tentatively stretched out a leg.
This time there was no obstruction; he went out.
For the first time, he saw the outside world, with its green hills, clear waters, singing birds, and fragrant flowers.
There was also a large number of people, looking at him in terror.
"Just like the update said! The BOSS can move freely! It came out!"
"Didn't someone say they wanted the first kill earlier? Go get it!"
"Don't you know how terrifying this thing is? You go, I don't want to drop my equipment!"
They were very noisy. Many people looked at Fang Zhiyi with a mixture of fear and greed. Fang Zhiyi silently retreated back to his own territory.
Lin Han and the others arrived, but this time Lin Han brought dozens of people with him.
Fang Zhiyi was not surprised. He also knew that the world had changed now; perhaps these people couldn't resurrect anymore either?
The first kill of a dungeon BOSS would affect the guild's ranking and provide a large amount of top-tier equipment. Lin Han was the first to think of this stupid NPC. Relying on its trust in him, it would definitely be easy to accomplish.
Lin Han and the others chatted with Fang Zhiyi as usual.
"So, that means if I die, I will completely disappear, right?" Fang Zhiyi asked.
The few of them looked at each other, and Lin Han nodded, saying, "Yes."
Fang Zhiyi let out a laugh. "Then I'll have to be fully alert when dealing with those people from now on."
Xiaorou suddenly stood up and backed away several steps.
Fang Zhiyi asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
Suddenly, a sword slashed onto his shoulder. This sword was the very one Fang Zhiyi had given him in the beginning.
Fang Zhiyi turned his head.
Lin Han's eyes were full of the smugness of a successful scheme. "Is everything set up? Hurry up and attack!"
"Sorry, skull, but your first kill belongs to us!"
Fang Zhiyi felt somewhat angry and a little sad. These emotions were things he had learned from the people in front of him. But now, he felt more helplessness, because Lin Han and his group had become very strong, and he absolutely could not withstand their war of attrition.
As his legs were frozen by the ice magic of the girl named Xiaorou, Fang Zhiyi looked at her. Xiaorou was no longer crying now; she just smiled and told her teammates that she had wanted Fang Zhiyi's two-handed staff for a long time.
A sharp arrow pierced his chest. It was from the archer who had taught Fang Zhiyi how to play chess, Nameless.
With an excited swing of Lin Han's sword, Fang Zhiyi lost consciousness.
He felt a sense of relief, but he also felt a lingering unwillingness in his heart. Was this the reluctance that came after defeat? With his last bit of strength, he looked at those he had thought were his friends. They began to divide the loot, and no one even spared him a glance.
"Mmm..." Fang Zhiyi rubbed his jawbone with his skeletal fingers.
"You have no idea how much effort it took me to enter this time node," Little Hei muttered.
"Can I understand it as this online gaming world actually being considered an independent world now?"
Little Hei looked at him. "Yes, I knew you would guess it."
"At this rate of development, the world of Fallen Gods will sooner or later disconnect from the real world, and... make many humans its permanent residents."
The ghost fire in Fang Zhiyi's eye sockets looked toward a tiny window on the wall. "My goodness, an online gaming world, a cyber Heavenly Dao?"
"Don't underestimate it. This thing is much harder to deal with than a normal Heavenly Dao. Don't even think about forcibly breaking through the restrictions to rush out..." Little Hei pointed out Fang Zhiyi's thoughts in a single sentence.
Fang Zhiyi chuckled.
A rustling sound came, and a few players ran in, looking wretched.
"Oh my god, didn't everyone say this BOSS was glitched and stuck? Why are these mobs outside still so active?"
"Captain."
"What? Just say it, don't poke me."
"Captain, I'm not the one poking you..."
Hearing this, the player turned his head and saw that the BOSS was currently poking him with the sword in its hand.
"Holy crap! The news was fake?"
"Hurry up and... huh?"
"Why did it stop moving again?" a player asked in confusion.
Little Hei was also puzzled. "Are you really stuck?"
"You're the one who's stuck. If I move now, won't those guys not show up?" Fang Zhiyi cursed.
Little Hei suddenly realized. "Oh, right!"
Watching these opportunists slip away with the equipment that had dropped from his own treasury, Fang Zhiyi's heart ached so much he couldn't breathe, even though he didn't need to breathe to begin with.
Fortunately, Little Hei put in the effort this time, and by the fifth batch, he saw Lin Han and the others.
"Protagonist candidate," Little Hei evaluated briefly. "You know the drill, the protagonist of an online gaming world, with all sorts of fortuitous encounters, luck, beauties, top-tier equipment, divine pets, and so on..."
Fang Zhiyi nodded. "I can imagine, but this guy's humanity is indeed a bit lacking."
His sudden nod made the few people who had just entered freeze in place.
"Did it just move?" Xiaorou asked, her eyes full of fear.
Nameless narrowed his eyes. "Could the glitch have been fixed?"
Lin Han gritted his teeth and said, "We're already here. We even rushed in ahead while those idiots lining up weren't paying attention. We can't just leave like this. Prepare to move..."
A sword was suddenly pressed against his neck.
Lin Han was dumbfounded.
"You guys..." Fang Zhiyi tilted his head, trying his best to make himself look a bit stupid. "What are you doing here?"
Seeing that he didn't attack directly and actually asked him a question, Lin Han suddenly had a guess.
"Could this be an experiment? Many town NPCs have the ability to think now. Could this guy..." Just as Nameless finished speaking, Fang Zhiyi chopped off his hand with one swing of his sword.
Even in a game, there was a simulation of pain, and Nameless's facial features twitched.
"How impolite," Fang Zhiyi said briefly.
Lin Han swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Fang Zhiyi looked at him. "I'm asking you."
Xiaorou started crying. She felt that the BOSS in front of her looked so terrifying, and she wanted to go home...
The next moment, her chest was directly pierced through, and her whole body turned into specks of light and dissipated, leaving a few pieces of junk dropping to the ground.
"Xiaorou..."
Lin Han was startled, and Fang Zhiyi felt a bit displeased. "Such an ugly crier."
"Um, you..." Lin Han couldn't think of what to say for a moment, but since the BOSS in front of him hadn't killed him, there should be hope!
"Do, do you want to be friends with me?" This sentence popped out of Lin Han's mouth.
Fang Zhiyi's heart finally settled. He had been terrified that he might just chop this guy down, but doing so would be completely insufficient.
"Okay," Fang Zhiyi answered briefly.
Lin Han was stunned. "O-okay?"
Fang Zhiyi didn't waste any words. He turned around and walked away, signaling Lin Han to follow. Lin Han followed him half in doubt. Fang Zhiyi opened his own treasury right in front of him. To be honest, he hadn't even looked at it himself. Once opened, there were actually quite a lot of good things inside.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
