Chapter 57: The Must-Kill Situation

  At half past eleven, Wen Renze looked at the time and said: "I should go, you guys eat too, continue leveling in the afternoon, Huiyin hurry up to 32, in two days we will pass the new dungeon."

  "Hmm." Wen Ren Huiyin replied, while Qian Shui Wuheng nodded perfunctorily.

  "Don't be perfunctory, this is an order from the old master. Hey, did you hear that?"

  "Got it." Qian Shui Wu Hen replied impatiently, "You'd better hurry up and leave."

  Zhou Jianxin was secretly suspicious, Lao Yezi? Could it be that he is the head of the Wenren family? Why would he let his children play "Shenmo"? Is it because he sees business opportunities hidden in "Shenmo"?

  That's right, "Shenmo" does contain huge business opportunities, but it doesn't mean that having a high level or playing well can make you money in "Shenmo". If a large financial group invests in "Shenmo", they won't make money just by selling equipment. Instead, they will tap into the platform's media, players' consumption needs, and even future possibilities like guild stocks and securities.

  Then why did that "old man" order his descendants to spend so much time and energy playing "Shenmo"? Zhou Jian wanted to ask Wen Huiyin, but felt it was a bit impolite to ask in front of so many people.

  Wen Renze was about to go offline when his sky message rang. After connecting, he said a few words and Wen Renze's face suddenly changed, his voice also rose by eight degrees, "What did you say?"

  “……”

  "I know, I'll be right there." Wen Renze said as he hung up the call, not even bothering to bid farewell to Wen Huiyin and the others before disappearing offline.

  Zhou Jian was taken aback for a moment, had something happened?

  Tianxin is actually a network phone, which can be used for communication in games and also connect with mobile phones in real life. Obviously, the Tianxin that Wen Renze just received was a call from a mobile phone.

  Huiyin looked at Qianshui Wuhen, and they exchanged a glance, but neither of them knew what had happened. Qianshui Wuhen said, "It seems like something's wrong, I've rarely seen Big Brother look like this."

  Qian Shui Wu Hen was worried and couldn't put her mind at ease, preparing to go offline to take a look. Wen Ren Hui Yin said: "Sister, wait for me, I'll go too."

  "Zhou Jian, I'm going offline with my cousin, see you later." Wen Ren Huiyan said.

  "Uh, goodbye."

  As he watched Huiyin disappear from view, Zhou Jian couldn't help but wonder if something had happened to the family's company.

  Anyway, I couldn't help even if I wanted to, why bother with so much, Zhou Jian thought, and was also ready to log off.

  It's already early morning in Las Vegas, but just as he chose to log off, the system prompted: "You have entered combat state. If you force quit the game, your character will lose control and disappear after 30 seconds. Do you still want to exit?"

  Zhou Jian's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly entered combat mode? He hastily checked his various attributes, but didn't find anyone who had cast a curse or increased damage on him with negative status effects. Had he been marked somehow?

  Assassination Mark - Thieves and Assassins can learn this skill at level 28, which can be used on players and monsters. The caster can track the position of the marked target at any time and dispel their stealth. If the marked player's level is lower than the caster's, they cannot see or remove the status unless it is a Priest who can cast Purify.

  Once marked, it will enter combat state. In the combat state, if the player goes offline, the game character will still be retained by the system for 30 seconds at the original location. During these 30 seconds, they cannot attack or defend and can be killed several times.

  Is this someone else's prank or intentionally targeting himself? Zhou Jian first thought of Gao Fushuai, it was probably this guy who wanted to take revenge and hide in the dark to cause trouble. The punishment for death in "Gods and Demons" is very severe, dying once would result in a significant loss of experience, it's absolutely frustrating.

  Zhou Jian immediately took out the Return City Scroll, players in combat state can still return to the city, but the Return City Scroll has a casting time of 15 seconds. During this period, if someone is attacked, the spell will be interrupted. He didn't use it immediately, but first used a detection technique to investigate the surroundings, wanting to confirm whether there were any hidden enemies.

  "Just then, a gloomy voice suddenly sounded: 'Don't waste your energy, you can't escape today.'"

  The space around him warped, and a thief wearing a black cloak suddenly appeared out of thin air. Apparently, he had just used stealth to hide beside Zhou Jian. "Your vigilance is not bad, but unfortunately your detection skill level is too low!"

  Zhou Jian was slightly startled when he saw the man's equipment level, Level 33, with most of his body covered in purple gear and the rest in blue gear one level lower. Although it wasn't as luxurious as Wen Huiyin and Chu Qingyun's equipment, it was more than enough to deal with him.

  "Are you a professional killer?"

  "You're not stupid yet," the man said, pulling out a transmission card. After using it, a blue light flashed by, and a young man in his early twenties walked out of the transmission gate. He was quite handsome, but there was a hint of fierce hatred in his eyes.

  That person's face revealed a hideous smile after seeing the Dark Sword, "It's been a long time since we last met."

  "Water flows unintentionally!"

  "Haha, you still remember me. I said I'd kill you to 0 level." Lian Shui unintentionally looked at Zhou Jian with a gaze that was as if looking at a dead man.

  Zhou Jian took a deep breath. A 35th-level Water Elementalist and a 33rd-level Assassin, himself just a small thief who had just reached level 24, were instantly defeated in a few moves.

  Being killed once will deduct half of the experience, and now I have less than a fifth of my current 24th level experience, which means I'll drop back to 23rd level. This is absolutely a frustrating thing.

  It's definitely not possible to win in a fight, and if you want to escape, the speed of that fellow assassin is at least twice as fast as yours. Liushui has no intention of being an archer, his speed may not be much faster than yours, but he can attack from a distance, and the accuracy of an archer is not something to be underestimated, one tracking guided arrow can make him lose a leg.

  There are only two options for escape: logging off and returning to the city. However, in combat state, logging off takes 30 seconds and returning to the city takes 15 seconds, neither of which is feasible for both of them.

  Zhou Jian began to silently calculate the opponent's various attributes, attack power, and speed. The total additional attack of the 30-level archer's purple suit was 326 points, agility was 152, and spiritual power was added 0. Liushui Wu Yi only wore half a set of purple clothes, and the rest were orange suits. Although the orange suit was one level higher, if the suit was not complete, the ability would be greatly discounted. Estimated that the equipment on Liushui Wu Yi's body had an additional attack power of around 350-400, combined with his original 35-level attribute value, the total attack power was over 600, and it only took four arrows to kill himself, excluding skill factors. The purple suit archer's attack interval was 0.45 seconds, one second could shoot two arrows, that is to say, killing oneself would take only two seconds.

  Zhou Jian's mind quickly flashed through various data, analyzing the attributes of Liu Shui Wu Yi and the killer, as well as possible escape routes. It seemed that either one could take down the other within two seconds, making it a decisive battle.

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  Wishing everyone a happy New Year's Day!