Chapter 350 The Strange Eastern Battlefield

Regarding this issue, Cheng Shaofeng still had to ask Zero.

"Number Zero, after the player goes offline, under what circumstances will his clone act on its own?"

[Number Zero: "Master, the clone produced by the natural disaster base is essentially a body without a soul. When the player goes offline, the clone is like a vegetative state. It has no response to the outside world and only remains of the body." Instinct, various passive skills representing muscle memory can basically be triggered, but as long as the players don't wear helmets, there will be no action, but..."]

[Number Zero: "But a body without a soul is very fragile mentally and can hardly resist mental attacks. If it encounters some evil spells that control the body, it is easy to fall victim to them."]

Cheng Shaofeng was thoughtful, and then asked: "We can't control the signals of the players over there. Is it possible that other players are linking to these offline clones through unknown means?"

[Number Zero: "It's basically impossible, because the players' souls are bound to the clones, and every upgrade and evolution of the clones is synchronized with the soul. Even if you want two players to swap bodies, it's impossible. It is possible that they will suffer from physical confusion or even physical collapse due to the mismatch between memory and muscles."]

"Well, okay, then I understand."

Since the possibility of player operation has been eliminated, only the original monsters in the Eastern battlefield are left. Void Spirits!

Shadow Guard 2 was stationed in Central City. After setting up basic defense formations, he went to Central City Library to read books. He even joined an organization called the Truth Association. By paying a certain membership fee, you can see many human treasures. Classics.

These classics that can only be viewed by paying a fee are the essence of human beings!

There are not only some important information before the Wasteland Era, but also some major news and achievements in the past 400 years.

Cheng Shaofeng also learned a lot about the world from literature.

Among them, a book called "The Dilemma of Mankind" elaborates on the current situation and enemy characteristics of the four major battlefields.

Among them, some information about the Eastern battlefield emerged in Cheng Shaofeng's mind.

"Void Spirit is just a general term for all the incorporeal enemies faced on the Eastern battlefield. If broken down, it can be divided into many types, and new types of incorporeal monsters have continued to appear in recent years."

"Most of them are invisible to the naked eye, and they mainly attack with aberrations, causing humans to fall into illusions and die of mental disorders. People who die often face tremendous torture, and their shapes after death are very terrifying!"

"The way to defend this kind of incorporeal monster is completely different from the zombies in the northern battlefield and the Zerg in the southern battlefield. It is impossible to form a unified line of defense. We can only focus on cities and strongholds, using the divine blessing and prayer inherited from [Oath Keeping]. Use magic to protect your city from ethereal attacks. Except for human strongholds, all places are dangerous places!"

"Soldiers fighting in the Eastern battlefield may not have outstanding martial arts skills, but they must have firm faith and iron will. Otherwise, they will be assimilated and polluted in that environment, and eventually die or become monsters."

"In this case, it is very likely that players will be invaded by ethereal spirits when they are offline. Their bodies will be out of control and manipulated, and then they will be recognized as 'monsters' by the defenders. No matter what form they maintain, they are all enemies of mankind, so Only the peak team will be attacked by ethereal spirits and humans at the same time."

After Cheng Shaofeng finished reasoning this, he also had a headache.

"Players may also be able to deduce this. As the norm in the Eastern battlefield, this is normal, but players think this is a game, so it is unreasonable that the body can move on its own after being offline."

Soon, the Human Alliance received Cheng Shaofeng's request and sent a message to the cities in the Eastern Battlefield to use special equipment to test 10 people from the Peak Team.

"San value is normal."

"Body functions normally."

"No hidden ethereal breath"

"The test is complete, welcome back to Zhenhun City."

The captain of the city's defense is a man with curly hair and gray eyes. He inherits [Oath Keeping] and is a powerful fourth-level professional. Everyone calls him Nangong Divine Envoy.

Xigou shook hands with him: "We are very sorry for what happened yesterday. We were invaded by ethereal spirits in our sleep. For those soldiers who died because of us, we are willing to privately pay a sum of money to their families to bury them properly."

Nangong Divine Envoy patted his shoulder.

"The Human Alliance will compensate their families. If you are willing to give more, go to the Logistics Department to register. And don't put too much psychological pressure. This kind of thing happens often, but you can break free from the control of the ethereal spirit and retrieve it together with 10 people. This is my first time seeing you."

"I made these 10 amulets. Keep them on your body and be careful. Since the virtual spirit can invade you for the first time, it will definitely come for a second time."

The Peak Team obtained 10 yellow spells from Nangong Divine Envoy, with some incomprehensible symbols drawn on them, exuding a faint soft energy.

"I'm going to pray today, do you want to go?"

"We won't go now. We need to discuss defensive measures." Xigou politely refused.

Nangong Divine Envoy nodded and left here to go to the Three Witches Temple in the central city, where a large number of believers were praying.

The garrisoned soldiers do not need to patrol the city walls with other human cities on the defense line. Their daily task is to pray and pray in shifts.

In the sky above Soul Town City, there is a faint fire-gold shield looming, with ripples constantly appearing. If you look closely, you can see ferocious faces hitting the outside of the shield.

It seems that the void spirit cannot enter, but there is still a faint cyan mist floating in the city, which makes people feel eerie, as if it is some kind of special force field.

Only in the Temple of the Three Witches is there no mist.

The peak team allocates one spell to each person.

Demon Fox: "This thing is a consumable. It can probably help us block an invasion of virtual spirits, which is also a fault tolerance."

Lintang rolled his eyes directly: "The map design of this Eastern battlefield is really a bit serious. Can people still be attacked after being offline in the city? Fortunately, the virtual spirit did not control us to commit suicide, otherwise we would have died as soon as we came here."

At that time, Cheng Shaofeng explained to them on QQ what might have happened, and the Peak Team confirmed that this was not a bug.

It is true that you will die if you go offline!

French Fries: "Fortunately, we just had a meal and went online. I'm afraid the city will be demolished later and we won't be able to survive. Doesn't it mean that the final death of being haunted by ethereal spirits will be very miserable?"

Polar Bear: "Can't we go offline in the future? Or should we all go offline in shifts? Others should pay attention to the movement and protect their teammates. Damn, that's too stupid, right?"

Lao Ao: "Don't worry. Since the planner said it is a game mechanism, there are ways to restrain it."

They actually have some guesses about this situation. After confirming with the planner that it is not a bug, it is time to solve the problem.

The ‘Legendary Boring One’ who had just joined the Peak Team raised his hand.

"Well, Brother Tang, I think the Three Witches Temple is quite clean inside. Could it be that it is an absolutely safe zone and we can just log off from there?"

At this time, a huge energy soared into the sky from the temple, golden light shone, the entire city's protective shield became thicker, and the cyan mist shrouding the city also dissipated.

"It should be the power of the Nangong Divine Envoy's prayers. The guardians of the Eastern battlefield, their fourth-level abilities are the most capable of restraining ethereal spirits."

Oath-keeping inheritance, fourth-level talent: communicating with the gods.

It is said that every fourth-level professional who keeps the oath can talk to the three wizard gods who inherit their faith and obtain a lot of information. At the same time, they can also use part of the power of the gods to be flexible and powerful.

Oath-keeping inheritors who are good at praying are the most suitable to defend against the invasion of ethereal spirits.

Therefore, they have always been stationed on the Eastern battlefield.

"Let's go and have a look!"

The 10 people from the peak team ran directly to the Temple of the Three Witches. There were many soldiers wearing robes and metal helmets praying. Wisps of fiery golden energy condensed on everyone's head, rose up, and floated into the air, protecting the temple. City.

After entering the Temple of the Three Witches.

The ten people felt visibly more relaxed, and the eerie and icy aura disappeared.

The demon fox and French fries were guarding the game, and the others went offline to rest for an hour, and there was no sign of being manipulated again.

"It seems that this is the absolute safe zone left by the planning. The city may be invaded by the aura of the ethereal spirit, and the insane people may attack the friendly forces, and the outside of the city is a dangerous place. I estimate that as long as I go offline, my body will be directly invaded by the ethereal spirit. Seamless takeover”

Xigou breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there is a safe place, otherwise it would be really troublesome."

The demon fox looked around the Three Witches Temple and frowned.

"You find a problem that is not as small as here. Everyone is praying and there is not a lot of free space."

Chips: "It doesn't matter if there are 10 of us here, but if other players come, there will be no room for more people. And this is a place of prayer for NPCs to keep their oaths and inheritance. I'm afraid we don't want a bunch of us to sleep here. Great awakening.”

Lao Ao: "Small dogs still like to snore."

Xigou: "What are you talking about! What are you talking about! Is this because I love snoring? My clone has its own passive nature! I can't control it either!"

While people are praying, a group of players here are lying around and snoring.

It’s outrageous to think about.

Demon Fox: "It seems that until we find a good way to fight against the invasion of ethereal spirits, one city on the Eastern battlefield cannot accommodate too many players."

Xigou said hurriedly: "I have to send a post to remind other players that recently many people from the southern battlefield want to come here. It is best to go to the western battlefield to have a look. I heard that there is a shortage of people there."

At this time, Lintang stamped his feet.

"Okay, let's go!"

Everyone: "Why are you going?"

"Brush monsters! We are not here to chant sutras with them. Defending the city is too boring. It is better to take the initiative. And the most important thing is that there is a theorem that you seem to have forgotten."

Lao Bai asked blankly: "What theorem?"

Lintang smiled evilly.

"The antidote to highly poisonous things often appears next to it, and the key tool against the invasion of virtual spirits must also be on the virtual spirits. We have to find it!"

The demon fox gave Lin Tang an approving look: "Indeed, Lin Tang is right, we have to find this cracker quickly, otherwise we will not be able to get out of the city at all and can only rely on the Three Witches Temple, and the lord asked us to build it The sub-base will also become a decoration, and it is not a safe base at all. I am afraid that after we die, the clones have just been made and before I have been resurrected, the virtual spirit will get in first."

"Hiss~"

Everyone gasped, this scene was so weird.

"Wait until I get offline to post."

The thin dog leaned over and lay on the ground.

The green mist outside seemed to sense the empty soul of Xigou's powerful body, and rushed here.

Colorful energy balls condensed in Fry's hands, ready to disperse the mist.

But the fire-golden holy light emitted from the Three Witches Temple shone out, and the mist was directly dissolved, making it impossible to make any progress.

This also puts players at ease.

Lintang: "This is indeed a safe place. We must come back before night comes."

At night, the virtual spirits riot, and their abilities are greatly enhanced. The human cities in the Eastern battlefield will be closed and they will never go out.

"Okay, let's go!"

Xigou is back online, and the 10 people are fully equipped and walking out of the city.

[Debuff: Possessed by Yin Qi, life recovery speed is reduced by 20%, defense ability is -50, and 3 points of virtual damage are taken per second. 】

The players' watches vibrated together.

This is a long-standing debuff outside the city that reduces everyone's sixth sense and makes it easy to ignore attacks from the fog.

It doesn't matter if the health is reduced. Now high-level players are guaranteed to recover dozens of health points per second. A 20% reduction is enough to resist the continuous blur damage.

For melee players like Xigou and Laobai, their health recovery can reach hundreds per second.

Not to mention the two people who rebounded from the flow, the legendary Boring Man and Wei Kunchen, their life recovery was even more abnormal.

"Sacrifice!"

"Sacrifice!"

The two walked in front of the team, and both turned on their continuous range attack skills, and the fire illuminated the surroundings.

Ahhhhhh~

There was a roaring sound in the air, and under the distortion of the air, some ethereal spirits of various shapes were revealed, and they were burned by the flames!

The legendary boring person: "With our rebounding equipment and high physical resistance, we can only be used as torches in the Eastern battlefield."

Wei Kunchen: "Indeed. The monsters here are targeting us too much! I'm so angry! The dog is planning to deliberately disgust us and retaliate!"

Void Spirit is immune to physical damage, and most of their rebound damage cannot be dealt.

Fortunately, the range of magic damage + lighting effect of the general skill [Sacrifice] is quite useful, and the two of them are responsible for clearing the way for the team.

Chips: "Arcane Missile!"

He raised his staff, and diamond-shaped missiles were reflected from it, hitting the burned out ethereal spirits around him.

A large amount of black smoke appeared in the air, accompanied by the screams of the ethereal spirits.

[Work together to kill the ‘Yin Ghost’, experience +16]

[Work together to kill the ‘Hanged Ghost’, experience +17]

【Kill together】

There were some small ethereal spirits around the city, and they were cleared away by the Peak Team with a few random skills.

Wisps of gray powder fell into the air.

"Gathering Technique!"

Lao Ao opened one hand, sucked all the powder in the air into his right hand, and then put it into the glass bottle in his left hand.

The gray powder shines with bits of cyan light.

"Haha~ Don't tell me, some of the general skills found by my fans seem useless, but sometimes they are really useful."

"These should be the drops from Void Spirit. I'll break them down when I get back and see what good stuff I can get."

They gradually walked towards the gloomy jungle, and the level of the virtual spirit was getting higher and higher.

In the shadow of the jungle, several men wearing Human Alliance military uniforms with blue mist in their eyes turned their heads and looked at the location of the Peak Team.