Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 397 Patch: Hello, I am Mute Horace, I need help

This is the first time that Yuzu's giant form appears besides Li You and Edge.

The giant form is actually somewhat special. In this form, Yuzu is fifteen meters tall and has a fixed body size. The ability to adjust body size obtained from the mutated giant whale is not applicable to this form.

In giant form, Yuzu's overall body shape is actually very symmetrical, with almost perfect proportions, gray-brown skin and angular muscles, which can be said to be a combination of strength and agility.

At the same time, there are dark hard shells on the head, chest, neck, joints, and fists, which give Youzi stronger protection and attack capabilities. The shell on his head extends to form a shape like armor.

In fact, in Li You's eyes, Yuzu's shape is very obvious. It is based on the form he transformed into when he used the giantization experience voucher in the past, and then added with his own characteristics.

Although it cannot expand further, a height of 15 meters is already more than enough. Li You is only as tall as a pomelo.

As for weapons? No problem, the grapefruit will harden.

Just as he was about to say a few words to Yuzu, a blue soul spear carrying crystal blocks flew out from the gate of the fortress ahead, and a very familiar buzzing sound spread along with it!

"That is--!?"

Edge and V both looked at the Soul Spear that was heading straight for Yuzu's head. The familiar shape and sound made the two of them look at each other.

This magic, especially Edge, couldn't be more familiar. After all, it was Li You's secret weapon from his early days!

And judging from its appearance, it seems to be more powerful than the magic used by Li You.

Li You’s eyes also lit up: Isn’t it here?

Crystallized old man, soul crystal gun!
As mentioned before, the Crystal Elders are a pair of twins, one of whom stayed in the Great Library of Lothric, and the other one is here, becoming a magic mentor supporting the Fran Undead Corps.

He is also the boss of the Crucifixion Forest area, guarding the fortress entrance leading to the Deep Cathedral.

After all, the crystal old man is a pure magician. His combat power is not strong, but his output is still considerable. The magic he is using now is the upgraded version of Li You's Soul Gun, the Soul Crystal Gun.

The secret of Big Hat Logan, the final answer to crystal magic, is more powerful than the Soul Gun and was also Li You’s favorite magic.

As for its power...

Facing the flying Soul Crystal Spear, Youzi would not underestimate it. He had seen Li You use this trick to penetrate those powerful enemies.

So he raised his right hand and used the thickest shell on the back of his hand to block the incoming crystal gun!

"Shua——!!"

The soul crystal gun hit the back of Yuzu's hand, making a sound similar to a rushing water. When the soul power and the tiny crystals flew away, everyone saw that the thickest carapace on the back of Yuzu's hand was also pierced by the soul crystal gun, leaving a deep hole!
Even though Yuzu raised his hand to block the Soul Crystal Gun, its powerful penetrating power still tore the carapace on the back of Yuzu's hand and almost pierced through his right hand.

Blood dripped from the top of his head, and Li You pulled out two knives with a "swish"!

"superior!!"

Yuzu also roared, and a thunder-like roar fell from the sky and spread all over the place!
"Roar--!!"

However, the crystal old man in the pass was not affected at all, and then another soul crystal gun was shot out from below!
This time, Yuzu raised his left fist, and it transformed into dark black biomass that quickly grew and wrapped around his fist. Then, he punched down at the flying crystal gun!

“Crack!!”

With a cracking sound, the Soul Crystal Gun was shattered by Yuzu's punch, but the hardened biomass boxing gloves on his hands also shattered, including a small hole on the lower fist.

But for Youzi, these were just minor injuries. The wounds on his hands quickly stopped bleeding, flesh grew, and the carapace re-covered them. But the new carapace was still a little delicate and temporarily light gray.

At the same time, Li You had already rushed into the pass behind the fortress!

The roof of the pass room here was broken, leaving only ruins, and an old man wearing a torn black robe and a very large pointed hat was floating on the ground, concentrating on releasing magic.

He raised his staff, and the power of his soul gathered on the staff. It was obvious that the next soul crystal gun was about to fly out!

However, the old man noticed Li You who rushed in and was obviously slightly surprised. He swept his eyes over Li You, especially after taking a closer look at the Blood Undead Slash in Li You's right hand, he made a prompt decision, turned his staff, and the Soul Crystal Gun rushed straight towards Li You!

"Oh? So decisive?"

Li You was also a little surprised, but with his current reaction speed, it was more than enough to dodge the soul gun which was not flying very fast.

He turned around and started running to the side. The Soul Crystal Gun had a certain tracking and changing direction ability, but it was very limited. Li You only needed to increase the angle and easily let the Crystal Gun pass by him and hit the ground behind him.

But the crystal old man's reaction was equally fast. After the crystal gun flew out, he immediately followed up with the second magic, and his whole body dived into the ground like flowing water!

Then, blue and white crystals emerged from the ground and appeared everywhere in the venue. The figure of the old man in the crystal disappeared without a trace.

Li You also narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's already the second stage so soon? You are very courageous."

However, for the Crystal Elder, going all out at this time is indeed the best choice. Don't forget that the giant-shaped Yuzu is still watching closely. Whether it is dodging attacks or attacking, the second-stage full-fire mode that can split into many clones is the only chance for the Crystal Elder to survive.

Unfortunately, he had no chance of winning after all.

There were footsteps behind him. Edge, V and Igor had already rushed into the pass. Li You looked over and said, "Edge!"

Almost at the same time, several crystal-like figures of old men appeared in every corner of the venue!

The old man used his unique secret method, and he transformed into many people and dispersed. That's not all, each of his clones held a crystal ball in his hand, and the ball was lit with blue soul light, and the soul crystal gun was already brewing!

If it is in the game, then among the many clones here, the one with the crystal ball emitting purple light is the real body, and the one with blue light is the clone. At the same time, although the clone can cast magic, it has only blood skin and will die if touched.

But here, Li You looked around and saw that the crystal balls in the hands of all the clones were flashing blue light, and none of them were purple. It was unknown whether the crystal old man had merged into them, or if he had not appeared at all.

But at this moment, Yuzu above everyone's head roared again, then raised his fist without hesitation, with arcs of electricity wrapped around the tip of his fist, and punched towards an open space in the pass!

The next moment, where his fist landed, another old man's figure appeared, and the crystal ball in his arms was emitting a deep purple light!
The crystal old man was also horrified and wanted to dodge. But at this time, Li You, who was standing next to him, raised his hand, and an ice-blue mushroom appeared in his hand, which then exploded!
The cold air swept across the entire place, freezing all of the Crystalline Old Man's clones and also covering his original body with a layer of frost.

The Crystal Old Man's movements were suddenly interrupted. He had no time to dodge, and Yuzu's fist immediately fell on his head!
"Boom-!!"

Naturally, the Crystal Old Man was a traditional wizard, not a melee wizard who upgraded all his strength points, so after being hit by the giantized Yuzu's punch, he died on the spot.

When Youzi pulled his hand out from the ground, Li You stepped forward and saw that in the shallow pit he had created, there were only a few pieces of dark black rags and a floating twisted soul.

Li You couldn't help but cover his eyes: "Eh - how miserable."

The Crystal Old Man is definitely the most miserable BOSS.

But after all, he was a traditional mage, a glass cannon. Unfortunately, his life-saving clone skill couldn't escape Edge's terrifying perception, so the battle ended immediately.

Li You put away the twisted soul of the crystal old man, and another low roar came from above his head. Yuzu's body shrank rapidly, and finally turned back into a human form as tall as Li You.

…Well, naked, of course.

Edge quickly put a robe on Yuzu, while V coughed lightly and turned away.

Although Yuzu himself has no gender or sexual characteristics, his human form is after all on Li You's face, so Edge and V are a little overwhelmed.

Li You himself was staring at Yiguo's spirit.

Although the spirit couldn't speak, Yiguo just carried the Moren hammer and stared at Li You, putting enough pressure on him.

Li Youze coughed lightly and said, "What a thrilling battle! It was so dangerous just now. Thanks to you, I was able to defeat this terrifying enemy..."

Igor's spirit just stared at him, tightened his grip on the sledgehammer, and rubbed it twice.

Li You didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, otherwise Brother Yiguo's spirit would turn from white to red on the spot. He could only explain: "That... Brother Yiguo, listen to my excuse."

"I asked you to come out just in case. After all, the Crystal Elder is so famous, I have to be prepared. That's why I asked you to come along as well. I'm definitely not teasing you for fun."

Yiguo glared at him again, and finally did not transform into a dark spirit on the spot. Instead, he took out the farewell black crystal and let his spirit body turn into a soul and dissipate.

Li You also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately his lobbying skills were high enough.

At this time, Edge had already brought Yuzu and V to him.

"Yuzu's transformation is over, and now she's weak again. Should we go back to camp and rest, or...?"

The giant form has another special feature, that is, like the Zerg Tyrant form, it has a time limit. This is also one of the reasons why this form rarely appears.

Li You said, "Let's not go back yet. Let's continue to move forward. Let's take a break after we finish dealing with the Deep Church."

The companions naturally had no objections, including Yuzu herself, who was very excited. So they just took a short breath and continued their journey to the Deep Church.

……

"Uh-huh!"

In front of the small purification church on the side of the Youshen Church, a fanatical fan screamed strangely, pressed his chest hard, and flames suddenly ignited all over his body, and rushed towards Li You!

“Ughh ...

"Fans please keep your distance, thank you!"

Li You kicked the enthusiastic fan sideways with a fierce kick, sending him flying. He crashed into the tombstones on one side, then exploded with a "bang", and his body was shattered all over the ground.

At the back, V cut off the head of the last zombie dog that was following him, put away the knife, and then complained: "Your behavior towards fans is a bit too extreme, right? Be careful of being cyberbullied."

Li You chose to ignore her directly.

They had just fought their way from the back of the pass where the Crystallized Old Man was to the entrance of the Purification Church. After dealing with this fanatical fan, the wooden door of the small church was in front of them.

Pushing the door open, on the altar in front of you is the extinguished campfire left by the predecessors.

With the help of the power of the Dark Ring, Li You lit the campfire.

But he looked around and found no signs of anyone else being there. The light in the chapel was dim, and the neatly arranged small wooden chairs were covered with dust. It was obvious that no believers had been there for a long time.

"…Grandpa Gale hasn't come yet?"

Li You pondered for a moment.

In the game, after the release of Ashes of Ariandel, the DLC of Dark Souls III, when players come to the Purification Church, they will find an NPC named "Slave Knight Gale" kneeling beside the campfire, praying to the statue in the church that is mostly covered by the altar.

The gist of the prayer was to ask the god to grant "Aredel" the name of ash.

At this time, just go up and talk to him and agree to his request, Gale will take out the fragments of the painting world and suck the protagonist Ashes into the painting world of Eredel, officially entering the DLC map.

But at this moment, there was no sign of outsiders in the small church. Li You checked the altar and found no fragments of the painting world on the table.

In the game, if the player chooses to go to the Ringed City in DLC2 through the Furnace of the Last First Flame, then Gale will disappear, leaving the fragments of the painting world on the altar of the Purification Church.

Since there is nothing here, it means that Gale has never been here.

“…But then again, I’m not an ash, so even if the Gaels were here, they probably wouldn’t pay any attention to me.”

Li You shook his head and decided to stop caring about the painting world and Gale and finish his own business first.

The only way to make people in this world recognize him as Ashes is to pinch the Dark Ring and let it attach to him. But if that happens, the Dark Ring will continue to devour his humanity, so Li You will not pinch it for the time being. Even if he pinches it, he can't go shopping in the painting world with such a DEBUFF.

But it's not impossible to consider using the Dark Ring to trick Grandpa Gale into sending himself to the painting world...

Li You looked around and saw that there was a wooden door on each side of the small church, which led to the inside of the small church. Of course, these two doors were also the classic "cannot be opened from this side".

Of course Li You would not pay attention to all that mess. As long as there was no barrier seal, he would break the door by force.

Can't open from this side? Not possible.

Li You directly asked Youzi to violently smash open the small door on the left side of the small church entrance. This door leads directly to the inside of the church. If you want to quickly defeat the BOSS, then this is the fastest way.

Li You came this time mainly to get the key prop doll of the Deep Cathedral, which is the key to crossing the entrance bridge of Irithyll.

Although it is theoretically possible to fly over, Li You decided to take precautions. What if the entire Irithyll is covered by a barrier?
What's more, BOSSes all have achievements, so we can't let them go.

So Li You came.

As for the other oath in the Deep Church, he was not very interested in it, but it was not impossible for him to take a look.

Yuzu pushed the small door and found that this inconspicuous wooden door was surprisingly sturdy. However, Yuzu was in a weak state after all, and she couldn't push the door open at once.

But then he also let out a low roar, suddenly exerted force, and punched the wooden door hard!
"Boom-"

The punch didn't even make a big hole in the wooden door, which showed that the door was of very good quality. However, the stubborn door was ultimately unable to withstand Youzi's violence, and it burst open after being hit.

"Ow!"

Yuzu turned around and growled happily. Li You smiled and said, "Well done."

Enter from this door and go through the narrow passage at the back, and you will reach the main hall of the Deep Cathedral. You can go straight to the BOSS room. You just need to deal with the slave giant blocking the way, and some scattered Deep Bishops and Church Knights.

Even in the game, if it is too troublesome, players can choose to parkour directly and rush into the BOSS room. However, there is no such thing as BOSS area and BOSS fog door in this world, so Li You still has to clear out the enemies at the door.

Fortunately, it is not difficult. Except for the slave giant which is extremely huge and can cause some trouble, the other enemies are just minor problems.

Li You didn't intend to delay time, and directly led everyone into the passage.

Go up the stairs, open the closed iron gate, and you will be inside the church.

The hall of Yousui Church has a very strange shape. Excluding the main altar area, most of the space in the hall is covered with shallow pools, forming a T-shape as a whole.

Two extremely large slave giants, with dark green skin, chains on their bodies and iron helmets on their faces, were sleeping in the right and lower corners of the T-shaped hall.

The T-shaped area at the bottom of the church was covered with shallow water. Most of the area was clean water, but the pools where the two were located were filled with sticky sewage. There were metal gates between the pools, preventing the two giants from moving freely.

The location where Li You and his party entered the church hall was roughly on the lower left side of the T-shaped hall, almost the same distance from the two giants.

When seeing these two huge giants, Edge was fine, but V's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

The two slave giants were even bigger than the grapefruit just now. With a glance, V's prosthetic eye estimated their height - nearly 20 meters!
"Aren't the sizes of creatures in this world too exaggerated!?" V couldn't help but say.

Li Youxin said that this is something bigger than what you have seen yet.

Have you seen the old man's ring dragon mother? Have you seen the giant skull of Galid? What about the world snake of the god of war?
So in terms of size and so on, this slave giant really doesn't rank high.

What's more, although they are large in size, they are clumsy in movement and have only one means of attack. To put it bluntly, they are basically large living targets and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of grapefruit.

Seeing that V was still in a daze, Li You directly put his dark gun into her hand. V was still staring at the giant not far away, and she felt a coolness in her hand, and she had already grasped the thick gun.

She came back to her senses: "...Hmm?"

"These guys are just big in size, they can't compare to Yuzu at all." Li You pointed at the Echo sniper rifle in her hand and said, "Hold the gun, shoot at the head!"

V recovered. "Okay. Don't worry. I was just distracted a little bit. I'm fine now."

Li You nodded: "Then let's go!"

Yuzu let out a low growl. He was very excited about fighting this huge slave giant. His only dissatisfaction was that he couldn't fight his opponent as a giant.

Li You couldn't help but laugh when he noticed what Youzi was thinking: "What can they use to fight you? Don't even think about bullying them!"

Considering the fragile skin of the slave giants, Yuzu in giant form might be able to punch a big hole in their chest with one atomic punch.

"Pay attention to the sludge on the ground. Although it is not poisonous, it will affect your movements. And there are also slugs and mud monsters in the sludge pool." Li You gave a final reminder, and then clenched the knife, "Let's go, take care of the ones closest to us first..."

“Help!!!!”

A miserable cry for help suddenly came from above everyone's head. The cry was so shrill that Li You was frightened and shivered.

"Woc! Who the hell is crying?"

Li You stopped, looked up, and was stunned again.

Above the huge metal valve that blocked the giant's movement, a guy wearing black curved heavy armor, shaped like a fully armed executioner, was lying on the edge of the upper gate, stretching out his hand and shouting downwards.

Li You was stunned when he saw the iconic helmet with two eye holes.

Isn't that...Horace's armor?

Above, "Horace" was still crying: "Help! I'm trapped here and I'm separated from my companions! If anyone can come and save me, I will definitely reward him handsomely!"

Li You: "......"

No, man.

Can your acting be a little more exaggerated?

And I can recognize your voice with my toes, you are a fucking Patch!

"Indomitable" Patch!

The incarnation of an old thief, an ancient king who kicks people to prove his truth, an ancestral NPC who has appeared in games from Demon's Souls to the Dark Souls series to the Old Man's Ring, and even Bloodborne!

Although this guy looks more like a comedian, there is no doubt that he is an outrageous character who has survived from Soul One to Soul Three.

So many heroes and even gods could not survive thousands of years, and ended up being unsuccessful in everything they do. However, Patch, who was the best at cheating people, survived and continued his cheating and deceiving activities after so many years. Patch can be called a legendary figure in the Souls series.

But from Li You's perspective, Patch's tricks were not impressive enough. He was able to live so long, obviously thanks to the old thief's favoritism.

For example, right before his eyes, Li You looked at Patch crying heartbreakingly above his head, but he endured it in his heart and didn't complain.

Not to mention the iconic jackass voice, but don’t you know that the knight you COS was originally a mute?

He is the dumb knight Horace!
You don't even understand your role before acting. Aren't you really unprofessional as an actor?

Li You narrowly avoided saying this out loud. After all, once he opened his mouth to point it out, Patch would definitely turn around and run away.

It was not a big deal that Patch ran away, but since he was wearing Horace's clothes now, it meant that Anli and Horace, the pair of Ashes that he had missed in Lubanbian Village, were most likely tricked by Patch in the Deep Church.

In this case, helping them solve this problem naturally became Li You’s first choice.

Horace's companion, Anri of Astra, was one of the Ash Man's wives after all. Li You couldn't bear to watch her die.

Of course, we don't know if Anri in this world is a female. Anri in the game changes gender according to the player. If the player Huijin is male, Anri is female, and vice versa.

This is so wrong, no wonder Dark Souls III didn't win the RPG of the Year award. If Anri's gender is fixed as an armed helicopter, Li You doesn't believe that Dark Souls III will lose to a DLC of The Witcher III (not true).

After instantly considering the interests involved, Li You raised his head and asked "Horace" above him: "What happened to you?"

"Horace" immediately cried, "Oh, kind-hearted man, my companions and I came to this church to look for the Cinder King Aldrich, but we were ambushed by a sinister villain and separated."

"I am trapped here now, and my companions are nowhere to be found. If you are willing, can you come up and help me?

"If you can help me, I will definitely repay you! I know where the secret treasure of this church is!"

Li You: 6.

He acted with so much heart that he even scolded himself.

He asked again: "Who is the sinister villain you are talking about...?"

"Horace" replied: "It was a despicable woman! She disguised herself as a knight of Astra, deceived us, and actually led us into an encirclement! Warrior, you must be careful too!"

Oh, that's okay.

It turns out that you are not scolding yourself.

Also, from what he said, it seems that Anri in this world is still a female after all?
Li You paused for a moment before saying, "I understand. You stay up there, don't move. I'll find a way to get up."

"Thank you!" Patch said gratefully, "As long as you come to me, I will tell you the location of the treasure!"

After finishing the conversation with Patch, Li You looked at Yuzu and the other two beside him and said, "Let's go up and find him."

V said: "...You can tell this guy has bad intentions, right?"

Li You smiled and said, "Do I look that stupid?"

“I don’t think so.” V said no more.

Aiji asked: "Then shall we just go up this way?"

Li You shook his head: "No! Let's take the regular route!"

“This giant iron valve you see is used to restrict the two giants. Once the mechanism is pulled to lower the valve, the two slave giants will come over here.

"But they can't identify the enemy, so we do this..."

After a few simple instructions, Yuzu and the other two understood.

"Then let's do it."

V took a black longbow from Li You. This bow was a trophy taken from Elder Gulu, the dung-pulling elder in the Fran dung pit. It was the Faris Bow, and it once belonged to a powerful ranger in the Soul One era.

V drew his bow and shot an arrow at the sleeping slave giant in front of him!
"Woo-"

The arrow attack did not cause any damage to the giant, but it woke it up from its slumber.

The slave giant let out a hollow cry, gradually stood up from a half-kneeling position, and looked at the tiny V!

"Ugh——!!"

The slave giant waved his hand and threw a large piece of the filthy mixture at V!
"Damn, what is that!?" V was also startled and quickly activated Swanwestin to avoid the attack from a distance.

The slave giant was attracted and took a step towards her, but saw the iron gate that was still closed. He growled again, stopped, and dared not move forward.

Li You and the other two took advantage of this opportunity to slip through the mud behind the giant, climb up the wooden stairs in the corner, and reach the main altar.

As for V, she took advantage of the fact that the slave giants would not chase deep into the enemy's territory and successfully hid back in the passage.

Above the huge valve, Patch watched Li You and his group's performance of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, and laughed.

"…Come on, come on! Greedy people! Your spoils of war will eventually become Mr. Patch's private collection!"

On Li You's side, the three of them quickly rushed through the small square in front of the main altar guarded by the church knights, and then took the magic-infused stone elevator at the back and went all the way up.

If you follow the road here, you will reach the main gate of the Deep Church. After passing the main gate and going down the other side, you will reach where Patch is.

Li You didn't bother to open the door and went straight to Patch.

At this time, Patch was still lying on the ground, watching the giant return to his original position, thinking about how to trick these outsiders. When Li You appeared behind him, Patch was startled.

"--Oh! It's you, really, don't scare me like that."

Patch got up from the ground and patted the chest of the armor.

"I was just worried about you guys. I'm so glad you got here safe and sound. Look!"

Patch pointed to the area on the other side that was connected to the platform by a metal valve and said, "That's where the treasure I mentioned is! Thank you for taking the risk to help me. Go get the treasure over there. I will definitely not let you down!"

Li You complained: "Isn't your map of Yan State a bit too short?"

Patch was a little confused: "Huh?"

Li You shook his head: "It's okay. Compared to this, I just seemed to see another figure down there. I wonder if that's your companion?"

Patch was dumbfounded again: "...Huh?"

Do I really have a companion?
"I definitely didn't lie to you! You can check it out for yourself." Li You said righteously, "I definitely saw someone! He was on the other side behind the valve!"

Hearing him speak so confidently, Patch couldn't help but doubt himself.

Could it be that someone else really broke in, but I just didn’t notice it?

Although he still had some doubts, Li You had said what he wanted to say, and Patch had no other choice.

So he walked to the edge of the platform and looked down: "Where is the person you mentioned...Ah——!!"

The moment he reached the edge of the platform, Patch felt a boot suddenly kicking him on the back, followed by a huge force that kicked him down!
“Ahhhh——!!!”

In the deep church, the only sound echoing was Patch's screams.

"Puff-"

At the edge of the platform, Li You retracted his big feet and a completely unrestrained smile appeared on his face.

Damn, it feels so good to cheat and kick people!

(End of this chapter)