The Real Players in the Same Game
With the help of Li Nian's [Item], the originally extremely tense situation was given a brief respite by the Mermaid's song.
The Item from "Kres" and produced in "Pure Ruins" were indeed extraordinary. Although these spiders looked extremely ferocious and were numerous, they were unable to break through this barrier.
Of course, although these spiders cannot break through the defenses now, it still doesn't mean the three of them can rest easy.
After all...
For the three of them, this [Item] will eventually run out of time.
The Mermaid wouldn't sing indefinitely, but these spiders seemed to be endless.
More importantly...
At this moment, the three of them had already reached the summit of Double Saw Mountain.
Standing at the highest point of the mountain, Lin Yu looked out and his guess was confirmed once again.
The area affected by that giant spider down the mountain is much larger than imagined.
Lin Yu had wondered what would have happened if they hadn't stopped at Chen Family Fortress and had actually made it all the way to Five Springs Village.
Now he knows the answer.
Although the spider was located directly below the Daoist temple on Double Saw Mountain, however...
The vast expanse of white spider Spider Silk covered the surrounding area for hundreds of miles, like a heavy snowfall sealing off the mountains— Chen Family Fortress and Five Springs Village were now both engulfed in that ocean of white Spider Silk.
They were right in the middle of this terrifying Ocean —nowhere they fled was an endless expanse of distance.
"This place is terrifying," Li Nian, looking at the dense Spider Silk and the large spider Yaomo roaming among it. "But... in this world, humans and Yaomo are evenly matched. With such a commotion, shouldn't Native expert from this world handle it?"
"Yes, it could. Otherwise, that thing wouldn't have been sleeping underground for so long. If it's recuperating, it means something injured it before. If it's hiding from something, it means it's afraid," Lin Yu said Leng Jing. "Moreover, its previous behavior has been consciously avoiding human detection—the fact that Chen Family Fortress wasn't found to have any problems several times shows that it still has some respect for humans."
Upon hearing this, Fei Dao became somewhat optimistic. "Then wouldn't we be...?"
"Impossible. Relying on those Native is no different from sitting and waiting to die," Lin Yu coldly interrupted him. "It has been hiding for so long, which means that its intelligence level is definitely not low. The fact that it has made such a commotion now means that, at least in the eyes of this Yaomo, it has a chance to achieve its goal before anyone comes to 'deal with' it."
"And its purpose is absolutely inextricably linked to us, or at least to this 'wrecked body'."
Fei Dao was on the verge of collapse. "Then why are you still carrying it? Can't you just give it to that spider?"
"Giving it to us won't necessarily let us go, and besides, this thing is key to our victory... What's the difference between failing and dying? You saw what happened to the three Little Fire Dragons in the afterlife!"
As Lin Yu finished speaking, he suddenly realized something.
"Wait... I understand!"
Lin Yu said and looked at Li Nian: "Those three players were not lying when they said that their clearance condition was to 'reach Liu Town'... But those escorts just entered here - in other words, unless this 'Xie Chong's broken body' was used repeatedly, then..."
"There is likely another set of 'remains' near their mission location!"
Li Nian said, and then Lin Yu copied out the Map.
"Based on this Map, we should head northwest towards Double Saw Mountain to reach the location of the 'Daoist temple' marked on the Map."
He looked up in the direction marked on the Map, trying to identify the exact location by the terrain markings.
But...
The mountains were a vast expanse of white, making it impossible to distinguish one place from another.
"Regardless, the direction is right; we should at least give it a try."
"Spider Silk isn't that dense... From a distance, it looks like a vast expanse of white, but once you get close, you can still discern the terrain."
Lin Yu was pondering, just as he was about to set off, following the instructions to take it one step at a time and decide which direction to head in first...
Suddenly, in the northwest, something strange happened!
A complex totem flashed across the sky, its intersecting gold and red lines forming a massive, ethereal silhouette of an eagle's face, tiger's claws, and human body adorned with exaggerated feathers.
Then, the god-like phantom opened its arms and let out a shriek and roar, as burning meteorites sliced through space from the sky and fell out of thin air!
"What kind of tactic is this?"
Lin Yu asked in surprise.
Fei Dao stared blankly at the scene, while Li Nian answered in a low voice.
"The Ancestral Spirit Witchcraft of the Black Marsh World... those are the three Player who are truly left in this battle."
"But judging from this, even if it's not 'Tier 3,' it's probably an absurdly strong type within 'Tier 2'... What kind of heaven-defying matchmaking mechanism is this?"
Lin Yu found Li Nian's words to be reasonable.
Although his identity as "Zhu Ming" was "Tier 1," he was actually "Tier 2."
According to Lin Yu's self-assessment, although he had just advanced to "Tier 2", his four [Professional Item] would definitely not be too low in the "Death game" evaluation.
When assessing their own strength in a "Death game," people don't just evaluate the superficial strength of the identity they entered the Game as a player.
"Then I think it must be the Player we were matched with..."
Old Zheng's words also rang out softly.
"Oh my, this little girl has a good eye. It is indeed the Ancestral Spirit Witchcraft of the Black Marsh World, and it is from Xia Jin's Zhi Zi Department. Only the High Shaman of each character branch can teach this kind of Ancestral Spirit Witchcraft, and the High Shaman of the Zhi Zi Department is also one of Xia Jin's three Great Shaman, Lu Gu."
"So that Player over there... should be 'Tier 2'. After all, if he were 'Tier 3', and he was forced to use Ancestral Spirit Witchcraft, he probably wouldn't have been accepted as a disciple by Lu Gu and taught Ancestral Spirit Witchcraft."
Hearing Old Zheng's more specific words, Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh.
"Although your base is located on Mist Island, you really know Black Marsh quite well."
"Haha, really?" Old Zheng chuckled. "Anyway, the other person's 'Profession' should be 'student'."
"There are actually such fierce 'students'?"
Lin Yu asked in surprise.
"Don't be so harsh. While 'student' is indeed the most frustrating 'Profession,' and [Profession Item] offer almost no positive abilities... the 'Ancestral Spirit Witchcraft' he just used was so powerful, he must have used a combination of [Professional Item] and [Profession Item], which is why I recognized his 'Profession.'"
Old Zheng explained.
"The combination of the [Lesson Plan] and [Student ID] allows a 'student' to record and release an ability gifted by another person without consuming any resources!"