[Danger! Danger! Danger!]
As the black cesium vortex appeared, this prompt first appeared in front of Ling Yi and Meng Yue.
Ling Yi asked Meng Yue, "Who exactly is controlling these subtitles?" Ling Yi pointed to the bullet comments in the air and asked Meng Yue.
He hesitated for a moment before replying, "I don't know!"
She had never thought about this question before, or rather, very few professionals had considered it.
Who controls these comments?
Yes, who controls the comments section? The Voice of the Firmament Sky? And who is the Voice of the Firmament?
Ling Yi wasn't surprised by Meng Yue's answer; he had only asked casually.
[WARNING: This is an open-world instance. Once opened, it must be cleared within one year. Otherwise, the monsters within will descend upon Blue Star, causing a monster horde.]
[The professional player team has met the entry requirements for the dungeon. Please select the dungeon difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, Hell, Nightmare, Abyss. Once selected, it cannot be changed.]
[WARNING: Professional players should choose the difficulty level carefully, as it will be permanently fixed once selected.]
Looking at the two consecutive warnings, Ling Yi felt a tiny bit uneasy.
"I'm going to choose the Abyss!" Ling Yi said, glancing at Meng Yue.
Meng Yue remained silent, showing no Changes in expression. To be honest, she didn't know whether Ling Yi could pass the level.
Therefore, she couldn't make a decision for Ling Yi at this moment.
Ling Yi reached out his hand, hesitated for a second, and then slapped it directly onto the " Abyss " difficulty level.
[Danger! Danger! Danger!]
"You're full, "Ling Yi shuddered as he saw the suddenly appearing large, bright red cesium-colored characters. "Again?"
[Dungeon difficulty confirmed, dungeon currently under Correction...]
[Dungeon Correction complete!]
[Instance Name: Land of Zombies; Level Restriction: 20-31; Difficulty: Abyss ]
[Please select the dungeon mode: 1. Monster Hunting Mode, 2. Tower Defense Mode]
Ling Yi stopped hesitating and immediately selected option 2, Tower Defense mode.
[Currently Teleport the instance!]
A few seconds later, Ling Yi and Meng Yue appeared on a steel city wall. Before Ling Yi could even observe the surrounding environment, the prompt text appeared again.
[Professional players, please select your initial towers and defensive tower combinations!]
A virtual panel appeared before Ling Yi and Meng Yue, its contents clearly displayed.
Below are the types of defensive towers, and above are the locations of the five defensive towers.
At the very bottom is the "Confirm" button, next to which is a 30-second countdown.
In other words, Ling Yi only has thirty seconds to set up the formation.
There are five types of defensive towers in total.
Arrow Tower Lv1 (Attack range 500, attack 20, attack speed 6, current level, can attack one target, gains experience by killing zombies.)
Huoyan Tower Lv1 (Attack range 200, attack power 50, attack speed 2, current level, can attack 5 targets within a 50-meter diameter range simultaneously, kills zombies to gain experience.)
Ice Tower Lv1 (Attack range 300, attack 25, attack speed 4, current level, can attack 3 targets within a 20-meter diameter range simultaneously, killing zombies grants experience.)
Laser Tower Lv1 (Attack range 800, attack power 80, attack speed 2, current level, can attack all targets within a straight line of 800 meters, killing zombies grants experience.)
Turret Lv1 (Attack range 400, attack 60, attack speed 1, current level, can attack all targets within a 100-meter diameter range simultaneously, killing zombies grants experience.)
"How do we choose?" Meng Yue asked, leaning closer.
How to choose? Under normal circumstances, you would definitely choose one of each type of defensive tower.
But after looking at his status stats, Ling Yi directly chose either the Ice Tower or the Cannon Tower.
There are two Ice towers and three cannon towers.
The player used a formation of cannons, ice cavals, cannons, ice cavals, and then clicked "OK".
[Synchronizing the attribute-level status entries for the professional.]
[The wall's health is calculated as the sum of all party members' health x 1, totaling 2.95 million.]
[The additional attack from all defensive towers is 1% of the total attack of all squad members, totaling 6865.]
[Effective status stats will be 100% synchronized: Critical Hit Rate 100%, Critical Hit 100000%, Physical Resistance 100000%, Damage Reflection 100000%, Damage Reduction 100%, Evasion 100%, Splash Damage 205%, Splash Damage Range 205%, Health Regeneration 510, Attack Speed 65, Defense 10%]
[A large horde of zombies is on its way. Countdown: 10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1]
As the countdown ended, five defensive towers appeared out of thin air on the city wall, and at the same time, the bases of the five defensive towers began to flash with rings of various colors.
This is a special effect for status-related terms.
Immediately afterwards, the five towers launched their attack.
"Boom boom boom!"
The cannons on the turret fired shells like machine guns, blasting them out in rapid succession.
"Puff puff puff!"
The Ice Tower's blue cesium spray guns also fired blue cesium ice balls in a continuous stream.
Ling Yi's stats include a base attack speed of 65.
What does an attack speed of 65 mean? It means you can attack 65 times per second.
With the added attack speed from the turrets and Ice towers, these two defensive towers, which originally had a pitiful attack speed, now have an explosive attack speed.
Before Ling Yi and Meng Yue could even see the zombies, they heard a series of loud explosions coming from afar.
Immediately following this is a notification that experience points have increased.
[Kill a level 20 regular zombie, gain 500 experience points, and the defense tower gains 1 experience point]
[Kill a level 20 elite zombie, gain 2000 experience points, and the defense tower gains 1 experience point]
[Killed a level 20 basketball zombie, gain 800 experience points, and the turret gains 1 experience point]
[...]
[Turret level upgraded to lv2, attack range increased by 50]
[Turret level upgraded to lv3, attack range +50, attack +20]
[Turret level upgraded to lv4, attack range +50, attack +20]
[Turret level upgraded to lv5, attack range +100, attack +50, stun effect added]
[...]
[ Ice Tower level upgraded to lv5, attack range +100, attack +30]
Rows of data scrolled by, and it took a full five minutes before the data finally stopped appearing.
But after only three seconds, a new message appeared again.
[Congratulations to professional players Ling Yi and Meng Yue for successfully passing the first level of the Land of Zombies ( Abyss ). The second Guan San.]
[Countdown: 30...]
"There's a problem with this attribute bonus," Meng Yue suddenly said.
"Yes, there is indeed a problem, but equipment with affixes is too expensive, especially those with resistance to control skills; I've never seen them in the auction house."
"You know that, especially regarding Element resistance stats; you should max them out as soon as possible."
"But these problems will be easily solved once you become Divine Forger."
Meng Yue discovered that Ling Yi was smarter than she had imagined.
Although Meng Yue thought posting the video on the internet was a bit reckless, upon closer reflection, while it was bold and disliked by higher-ups, it wasn't all bad.
Cultivating oneself is inherently difficult for A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality; being overly cautious makes it even harder to achieve great things.
In recent years, the high command of the Great Qian Empire has been busy conquering the guardians of the Gate of the Source Realm, and has become much lax in its management of those below.
This has given rise to inappropriate thoughts in some ambitious individuals.
At least Dafeng City still follows the rules on the surface, but in some other cities, resource monopolies, suppression of newcomers, and dirty tricks are no longer concealed.
Of course, this is also related to spies from other countries secretly causing trouble.
By making a big fuss, Ling Yi may seem to have put himself in the spotlight, but in reality, it was the best way to protect himself.
[The second level of zombies is about to arrive. Countdown:... three, two, one]
Thirty seconds isn't a long time; soon, the second level begins.
Just like the first level, before any zombies were even seen, the turrets and Ice towers began their attack.
The steel walls are ten meters wide and thirty meters high. Inside the walls is the Black Cesium Teleport vortex, which is the Teleport Gate between the instance and the outside world.
If Ling Yi and his team fail to defend, the zombie army will rush out of the instance through the Teleport Gate, which will inevitably lead to disaster.
This is the difference between open-world dungeons and dungeon lobby dungeons.
The dungeon lobby has no Teleport Gate; players can exit the dungeon at any time when they are not in Combat.
Furthermore, dungeons can be continuously refreshed, reset, and monsters can be repeatedly farmed.
However, the monsters in the open-world dungeons disappear once you defeat them, and the dungeons also disappear once you complete them.
Beyond the steel walls lies a Wu Bai- meter-wide canyon with no end in sight.
On both sides of the canyon, a gray haze, like a thick fog, obscured everything, making it impossible to see what it was.
At this moment, a constant rumbling sound echoed through the canyon.
As Ling Yi and Meng Yue began their introduction, a barrage of data-driven comments followed.
[Kill 200 level 21 Dragon Turtle Zombies, EXP +120,000, Tower EXP +200]
[Gold Coins +20000]
[Obtained 15 North Spiked Armor and 200 Zombie Blood]
[Kill 500 level 21 Iron Helmet Zombies, EXP +400,000, Tower EXP +500]
[Gold Coins +50000]
[Obtained 33 Rusty Iron Helmets, 500 Zombie Blood]
[Killed 2300 level 21 regular zombies, EXP +1,380,000, Tower EXP +2300]
[Gold Coins +230000]
[Obtained 2300 Zombie Blood]
[Your level has increased to 26, Free Points +5]
[Your level has increased to 27, Free Points +5]
Spiked Armor, Level 20 equipment, increases defense percentage and damage reflection, quality is above Blue Cesium Enhanced Grade.
Although Ling Yi has already stacked a thousand times the damage reflection, who would complain about too much?
Before the second wave of zombies had even finished killing you, the reflected damage had already doubled again, and the defense bonus had exceeded 200%.
A rusty iron helmet, a level 20 blue cesium-enhanced piece of equipment, increasing defense and health.
Although the defense and health bonuses from each piece of equipment are almost negligible for Ling Yi at this point.
But its advantage lies in the sheer quantity of equipment!
This is only the second level, and there are still 900 levels to go, each with Guan San zombies.
" Meng Yue, if the zombie level increases by 1 with each level, wouldn't that mean the zombies in the final level are all above level 900? Level 900 is equivalent to a ninth-tier professional!"
Meng Yue shook her head and said, "That's not how it's calculated!"