BOSS02

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.