Are All Nine Provinces Players About to Become One-Punch Men?
[Skill Name: Resentment]
[Rating: S]
[Type: Active Skill]
[Description: Upon activation, the user's current defensive bonuses (equipment, skills) are forcibly cleared, and 50% of their maximum health is deducted. (This negative status effect is instantly removed after the attack action is completed, restoring maximum health, but the deducted current health is not refunded.)]
Locks onto a single target and launches a guaranteed hit unarmed attack. This attack deals 500% more base damage and ignores any defensive buffs on the target.
[Cooldown time: 24 hours]
[Cost: Deducts 50% of the holder's maximum health and all defensive bonuses.]
[Note: You're a joke, but at least you resisted, even if it was futile.]
500%!
Super invincible glass cannon!
One-Punch Man!
If you encounter a counter-damage attack, you'll die on the spot!
Even if you encounter an invincible skill, you'll die on the spot!
But damn, it has a kind of numerical beauty to it----
Upon seeing the screenshot of this S-rank skill and its extreme mechanics description, all the players on the forum were speechless.
A thousand words can be summed up in one sentence.
[Awesome!]
[But the price is outrageous! Defense bonus is reduced to zero during an attack, and half of your maximum health is forcibly deducted?]
[Glass cannon, no—it's practically a suicide truck! Once this skill is used, anyone encountering a target with counter-damage will die instantly!]
[This is too risky, the margin for error is zero. If you miss or don't kill instantly, any random basic attack during the fight will kill you instantly—but it's undeniably powerful. This punch is going to hurt a lot!]
[Wait, buddy, what were you doing in the dungeon?! Why did you get this reward? It's completely different from the skill the original poster got!]
[I don't know either— my Memory Blur; I only know that when I first left the dungeon, I was furious.]
The original poster who obtained the "Don't Look" skill also said their memories were blurred, but they clearly remembered the Witch being killed and them clearing the game. So why is there such a big difference in rewards? Lu Xiu's new dungeon is so confusing.
[Yes, and most importantly, it's completely different from before. The reward difference is so huge, even though they all cleared the game. What's wrong? And the skill descriptions...]
[----]
At the same time.
Coordination Bureau.
"Don't go----"
As soon as Shen Nian landed, she lunged forward as if trying to grab onto something.
However, her angry voice had barely begun to ring out.
Those memories that made her feel desperate and devastated just before leaving the instance—were like being forcibly covered with a thick layer of frosted glass, quickly blurring and fading away in an instant.
Shen Nian staggered to a stop, still holding out her hand, her full, proud chest heaving as she breathed slightly.
Her body was still trembling instinctively from the enormous psychological shock, and waves of humiliation, anger, and indescribable guilt surged up in her heart.
But soon...
As Memory Blur.
Shen Nian stared blankly at her hand, which was suspended in mid-air. The despair and anger in her eyes quickly dissipated, Take Their Place by a clear and utter bewilderment.
What happened?
Why am I so angry?
I cleared the dungeon perfectly!
She remembered the Hunter shooting and killing the Witch, and it seemed he even embraced Viola. That was a happy ending.
What am I angry about?
Shen Nian slowly withdrew her hand, her beautiful eyebrows furrowing together.
That's strange.
never mind----
Shen Nian reached out and rubbed her temples, which were inexplicably throbbing wildly, and then forcibly suppressed the nameless anger in her heart.
Although it felt a bit eerie, at least I achieved the Savior Ending perfectly.
Let's take a look at the rewards first!
Shen Nian calmed herself down and then looked at the settlement page.
The instant I saw the checkout page.
Her beautiful eyes widened suddenly.
What do you mean I'm a joke?!
----And what kind of weird skill is "[Don't Look]"?
Is this a reward from an SS+ dungeon?
She was stunned for a moment, then immediately opened the forum and quickly saw the post about sharing the reward, as well as the Glass Cannon skill.
ah?
Shen Nian froze on the spot.
Just then, a chorus of curses interrupted her thoughts, "Damn it, this is really weird— Shen Nian, what was your reward for clearing the level? Was it that A-level skill that mocks people for being blind?"
Shen Nian turned around and saw Wei Yidong Open Gate and striding towards them, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.
Fan Lixin, who was following behind him, rubbed his afro and said, "Not only did you only get that A-level skill called ' Don't Look, ' but the system's evaluation also said, 'You're a joke,' right?"
Shen Nian looked at the two of them: "You too—"
Fan Lixin nodded. "Yes, so are we."
The three fell silent.
Just then, the door was pushed open again, and Cheng Xiu appeared in front of the three of them.
He had barely entered when he asked urgently, "What did you get?"
Shen Nian and the other two looked at her, then exchanged a few words and demonstrated their skills to her.
After listening, Cheng Xiu replied, "----I used the Glass Cannon skill."
"What did you do? What gives you the right?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Yidong immediately retorted, "They're all the same dungeon! Why is there such a big difference?"
"That's why I came to find you guys— the Memory Blur detection in this dungeon is particularly strict."
Cheng Xiu said helplessly, "Especially the ending, I've almost completely forgotten it. I only remember the Hunter firing his gun, and that it seemed to be a good ending."
"This means the ending is very important, and the ending you achieve may not necessarily be good."
Yan Fushou's voice rang out, and the group turned around at the same time, just in time to see their bald boss running in. "The reward should be related to your choices at the end of the dungeon. Don't you really have any recollection of what you did?"
The four people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Finally, Cheng Xiu, "I vaguely remember that I was very angry at the end, and it seems that I did something very outrageous based on my own conscience? But I can't remember exactly how outrageous it was."
I checked the forum too.
Yan Fushou pondered, "The system's rewards and notes are mostly mocking the players. And combined with the choices mentioned in Lu Xiu's supplementary explanation of this dungeon theme, it can be confirmed that there are hidden settings in the entire dungeon, which you probably haven't noticed. Most people chose the wrong ending."
The player who acquired the Glass Cannon skill—while not wrong, also seems to have made the wrong choice; it's merely a case of locking the barn door after the horse has bolted.
Upon hearing this, Shen Nian and the others immediately summoned the System Panel, then opened the dungeon library to view the details page of the [Witch] dungeon.
That's true.
"----lie."
Shen Nian read the theme of the dungeon aloud, then looked at the supplementary explanation, feeling that something was off.
Where is Jian Li?
Yan Fushou then looked around and asked Shen Nian, "I remember she entered the instance in the same preparation room as you. Hasn't she come out yet?"
Shen Nian snapped out of her daze and was about to speak.
In the center of the preparation room.
A flash of Bai Guang followed.
Jian Li landed gracefully—her face showed no anger, only a slight frown, and she exuded a palpable killing intent.
"Jian Li."
Yan Fushou immediately looked over, and after noticing her condition, he was somewhat surprised, but still immediately asked, "How are you?"
We're discussing Lu Xiu's new dungeon; what skills did you get?
I saw Yan Fushou.
It seemed that it had realized it had returned to reality.
The intense killing intent emanating from Jian Li, which seemed to have solidified into a tangible form, slowly subsided and quickly dissipated.
She glanced around at her gathered colleagues, paused for a moment, then drew her own completion panel in mid-air, showcasing her skills.
[Skill Name: Counterkill]
[Rating: SS]
[Type: Active Skill]
[Description: The holder forcibly seizes the weapon from the target's hand (if the target is not currently holding a physical weapon, the skill fails to activate and no cost is deducted).
Upon successful capture, the holder gains a [5-second] time limit during which the holder can use the weapon to launch up to three attacks on the target, with the damage of each attack increasing sequentially (100%, 200%, and 300% respectively).
Once all three attack actions are completed, if the target is not dead, or at the very last moment of the [5-second] time limit, the weapon will be forcibly and automatically returned to the target.
[Cooldown time: 24 hours]
[Cost: 30% of current health]
[Note: You didn't carefully distinguish who was lying—whether it's leaving no survivors, killing them all, or torturing them, that's one solution, but hopefully you're not a copycat Architect.]
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Yan Fushou and the others, seeing this completely different skill, stared in shock at the expressionless girl. "What did you do now?"
Hearing Yan Fushou's shocked question.
Jian Li frowned slightly, a rare hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.
Her memories of the ending were also blurred; she couldn't recall any of the specific details of her final massacre.
Even so, she seemed to have already noticed something was wrong during the dungeon run, and still said, "The Memory Blur— "
But Viola has a problem, and the main character of the dungeon has a problem.
Cheng Xiu and the other players who had already entered the instance were taken aback, then seemed to be deep in thought.
It's obvious.
They hadn't actually thought of it that way, but now that Jian Li brought it up—they finally remembered that something was wrong with the dungeon's process.
"Lie!!!"
And just then...
Shen Nian suddenly raised her voice.
Everyone was startled and turned to look at her in unison.
Shen Nian stared at the floating system window in front of him, looking at the supplementary description of the [Witch] dungeon.
Her eyes widened in disbelief. "She didn't say anything— Lu Xiu didn't say we should hold anyone's hand!"
Wei Yidong asked curiously, "What do you mean by holding hands?"
"This!"
Shen Nian raised her head and showed everyone the supplementary explanation of the dungeon theme, speaking very quickly, "Look carefully at the layout of this text. It begins by saying, 'Your blonde dress and frail, helpless companion are trembling and hiding behind you.'"
Next.
Shen Nian's fingertips slid down the window. "Then another passage reads, 'And behind you, there always follows a terrifying monster with its eyes gouged out and its legs severed. It crawls along the ground, dragging itself on its hands, screaming incoherently, desperately trying to catch up with you, trying to reach out to you.'"
"Then comes this line: Hold her hand tightly, protect her, don't look back, don't stop."
"Lu Xiu never explicitly stated who she was referring to! 'She' here might not refer to Viola at all! It might even refer to the monster from the previous sentence, the one whose eyes have been gouged out and who crawls on the ground reaching out to us."
"The theme of the instance is a lie! This supplementary explanation! It might also be a lie intentionally given! The goal Lu Xiu initially gave the players might have been fake!"
Everyone: "----"
etc.
The expressions on everyone's faces became subtle.
No way----
Unfilial son!!
This is allowed?!
"Diary! Did you collect the Witch's diary during the dungeon run?"
Shen Nian asked, "What did the Witch's diary entries you collected in the Mansion say? What exactly did you find?"
Tell me quickly! The text definitely contains hints. If we piece all the fragments together, we can confirm it! I have a vague guess—"