All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

Chapter 372 Communication with other players
In the almost pitch-black desert except for the faint starlight above his head, Lu Qiang, a top assassin player from Xia country, was feeling very annoyed, but he could not stop running at full speed.

He is currently maintaining a high-level state of invisibility, so the various shadow monsters in the desert cannot find him and allow him to run at high speed in it. However, what he finds difficult to understand is that the mechas tracking him from behind seem to have marked him, and no matter how he speeds up or turns, he cannot get rid of them.

"My advanced invisibility technique cannot be detected even by infrared detection. How did these people track me? Do they have some special abilities? Judging from the previous battle, this is very likely..."

The man was analyzing secretly while running away in the desert. At the same time, he took a special look at the status of the pursuers when turning, hoping that the dark shadow monsters in the desert could help him to entangle these followers.

But unfortunately, these natives obviously knew more about the Black Shadow Desert than he did. They were driving mechas, all flying in tacit understanding at an altitude of about twenty meters. At this altitude, the black shadow monsters below could do nothing to them. Even if they discovered them, they could only stand below and stare blankly.

Boom~Boom~Boom~
Not long after, the mechas in the sky launched several missiles with bright tail flames. These missiles landed around Lu Qiang in a predicted pattern, causing violent explosions, which made him feel helpless.

"Damn it! You just want to bully others by relying on your numbers, right? If you have the guts, come down and fight me!"

Although he felt aggrieved, he immediately used his equipment skills to withstand the surrounding explosion waves in order to survive, and then further accelerated his escape.

There are two main reasons why he has not been killed by the enemy. One is that he has good survivability. The other is that the enemy has no intention of killing him. From many aspects, it can be seen that they would rather capture him alive.

In fact, he had no choice but to rush into the desert. The enemy was able to see through his stealth and mobilized many fighters and even mechas to encircle him. He first hid in a house in the big market town, but was forced out after a while. He had nowhere to hide, and there was almost no hope of counterattacking because the number of the enemy was too large.

All in all, the pressure from this copy was unprecedentedly great. The only mercy was that the enemy did not intend to kill him directly, giving him a chance to escape.

"There is no way to escape using conventional methods at the moment... It seems that I have no choice but to use that method..."

Lu Qiang felt that he was running faster and the mecha in the sky behind him also accelerated. He realized that with his extraordinary mobility, he had no hope of getting rid of these high-tech natives, so he planned to use his most powerful trick, a precious trick that he had been reluctant to use for a long time as a veteran player.

He first took out a thumb-sized piece of jade from his personal space while running, then used his fingers to crush the jade completely. A trace of ancient and vicissitudes of life emerged from the jade fragments, floating towards the sky and gathering together.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a phantom over a hundred meters long appeared in the desert night sky, which was originally empty except for a few stars and mechas. It had ferocious horns and a huge mouth full of terrifying sharp teeth. It could fly but had no wings. It looked like something between a snake and a dragon.

As soon as this terrifying monster appeared, it roared and rushed towards the mechas in the sky. Its astonishing speed and power shocked almost all the mecha masters.

"what is that?!"

"Attack quickly! Stop it from getting closer!"

"what!!!"

"Disperse quickly! Disperse quickly!"

"Our attacks have no effect on it!"

……

Amidst waves of terrifying roars and explosions, more than half of the mechas fell from the sky within three seconds and landed in the desert below. The remaining three or two fled desperately to the distance, trying their best to avoid the attack of the huge phantom monster behind them, not wanting to follow in the same fate as their colleagues.

Only then did Lu Qiang stop and observe, confirming that his trump card was very effective. The enemies were either dead or escaped, and he would definitely be safe for a while.

"Maybe it would be more cost-effective for me to use it when I fight that BOSS, but unfortunately there is no if..."

He felt a little regretful in his heart, because he had faced more powerful enemies earlier, but at that time he didn't think there was any problem with self-protection, so he didn't think about this aspect. Now he was forced to use it and it felt like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

But people are often forced to do things against their will, and regret is only a view in hindsight.

"There may be enemy reinforcements behind us. I have to leave here quickly. I must be careful this time."

Without much hesitation, Lu Qiang decided to take a detour back to Daji Town and find a place to hide. After all, this terrible black desert was not a place to spend a month, and hiding in such an environment would be a waste of time if someone discovered it. It was definitely not a rational choice.

At the same time, in the black tower deep in the desert quite far away from him, the three players who entered here first were living a leisurely and comfortable life, without any of his nervousness and embarrassment.

Among them, the foreign mage player William and the warrior female player Zakharova were sitting by a pond. Mage William lit a fire, while Zakharova removed the scales and internal organs of the caught fish and started to grill them.

"I didn't expect to find something like this on the second floor. After killing the crocodile monster, the water and fish in the environment did not disappear. Although the fish are few and small, this means that this place is more than just a hiding place. It is entirely possible for us to obtain more resources on other floors and get through this dungeon calmly."

Although the few small fishes were not yet cooked, the aroma of the meat had already spread. While using his professional ability to maintain the stability of the flame, William analyzed the situation to his companion Zakharova.

"That makes sense. I think we can really put aside the idea of ​​leaving this place for now... This instance is very difficult, and other places are likely not as safe as here."

Zakharova replied as she grilled over the flames William had created, agreeing with him.

William wanted to say something after hearing this, but suddenly he frowned, moved his hand that was maintaining the flame, and took out a black beetle from his pocket.

This beetle is very small and looks very inconspicuous, but it seems to have a spirit and flaps its wings rhythmically. With a little observation, you can find that its movements are not very natural.

"Is David using his little bug to request communication? He really escaped the pursuit." Zakharova, who was grilling fish, took a look at the beetle that William took out and said with a little surprise.

Mage William has begun using the beetle in his hand to transmit information. This thing was given to him by his summoner companion a long time ago. It is said to be a very special insect from an interstellar copy. It can communicate with each other over a large distance using the swarm's psychic network. Moreover, this kind of communication is very difficult to be blocked or cracked, and has extremely high stability and confidentiality.

"I can communicate here, David, how is your situation now?"

William first asked about the condition of his companions. He did so by holding insects to build a mental bridge, then speaking in his heart and using the psychic power of the insect swarm to transmit the information to the other end.

Within two seconds, he felt a familiar voice coming into his heart through the insect in his hand:

"William, my situation is terrible. There are people searching for us everywhere. We are at risk of being exposed at any time. I finally found a chance to contact you. Where on earth have you been hiding?"

"I'm in the desert, grilling fish by a pond."

William immediately answered in his mind with a joking attitude, but he was not gloating, but simply joking between friends.

"William, this is not the time to joke."

As expected, the next second, the other party responded to him with a serious tone, thinking that he was wasting precious communication opportunities.

"I'm not kidding, David. You can now use your professional abilities to explore my surroundings. I'm making an exception and allowing you to do so without considering it an offense."

In order to make the other party believe as quickly as possible, William directly chose an unconventional way, which was to let his summoner companion who was the original owner of the black beetle use it as a medium to explore his surroundings.

In the past, he was very averse to such behavior because it violated his personal privacy, but now it is different. No words are as convincing as what the other party has discovered themselves.

"William, are you sure? Then I'm about to start."

After David confirmed that William was not joking, he quickly used his professional ability to remotely control the black beetle in William's hand, using the beetle's psychic network to achieve precise perception of the area around the node, which is the most trusted method of detection for magic professions.

And a second later, David's exclamation emerged in William's mind:
"OH! GOD! You and Nova were grilling fish by the pond! You guys were so relaxed! But you still lied to me and said you were in the desert!"

The other party obviously confirmed that most of what William had just said was true, but the location he mentioned at the beginning was completely inconsistent, because the surrounding environment he explored could never be in the desert.

"David, I'm not lying to you. We are currently in a magical black tower. This tower is divided into many floors, and each floor has a different environment. The black tower itself is in the desert where we first landed..."

As William spoke, he walked to the stairs that led to the second floor and asked David to personally confirm the truth of what he said through the black beetle. He even went down the stairs to the first floor to show his companion a completely different arena environment. Finally, he walked directly to the door of the black tower to let David completely confirm that they were really in the black tower in the desert.

"This is incredible! William, I think you have found a hidden shortcut to clear this dungeon! I will bring people there to meet you as soon as possible!"

This discovery immediately excited David on the other end of the psychic communication. He was as happy as if he had discovered a new continent. He said that he would definitely find a way to reach this black tower in the desert. After all, he already knew the exact location of this place through the previous communication, and the corresponding black beetle in his hand would be the most reliable direction guide.

After receiving his response, William felt something was wrong and immediately asked:
"You said you were bringing someone? How come there are others?"

The other side immediately gave an explanation:
"These are other players I met after I escaped! They came from the other side of the big town and are currently being targeted by the natives! I'll explain to you after we meet up! Those natives are coming here in their mechas again!"

The communication suddenly ended here. Although William did not fully understand the situation with his companion David, he had a hunch that this black tower in the desert would become more and more lively.

According to his estimation of the number of people in the dungeon, there would probably be at least ten players rushing over, and this number is still an underestimate, because when the dungeon enemies are strong, the number of players will often be relatively large, which is a hidden dungeon balance mechanism.

The actual situation was just as William thought. There were quite a lot of players around his companion David, as many as twelve people, and they all gathered together and hid in a narrow underground passage he opened with insects.

At this moment, the expressions of these players were a little nervous. Each of them had traces of fierce fighting on their bodies, such as bleeding wounds and blackened clothes from burns. They were hiding in the dark underground passage, but they were very carefully sensing the situation on the ground, fearing that they would be found in the next second.

Among them there are players from Xia Country, as well as men and women from India, the United States and other foreign countries. All of them are of high level. Logically, their combat effectiveness should not be bad. However, the actual situation is that they are suppressed by the enemies outside and dare not make any noise.

This is mainly because the natives of this copy world are too fierce and too united. Although they are not afraid of one-on-one fights, the enemies have no martial ethics, are numerous and strong, and a tiger cannot fight against a pack of wolves.

As the strange noises overhead got closer, these hidden players predicted that their hiding places were about to be discovered, and a new round of breakout battle was likely to begin.

But the question is, how many times will they have to fight like this? How many times can they fight? Can they really last a month?

Sure enough, two seconds later, the one with the strongest perception among them had determined that the natives were intentionally gathering around them, which meant that their whereabouts had indeed been exposed, thus announcing that the battle was bound to begin.

"Let's get ready to fight! Everyone remember to disperse and rush outside first! After you're done, the survivors can reunite using the old method! Let's work together to get through this dungeon!"

At this moment, a square-faced man from the Xia country spoke in a low voice, and then he was ready to mobilize his strength to use a special method to leave this underground passage.

But the white man who used the summon to dig this passage suddenly spoke:
"Everyone! I just contacted my companions and found out a dungeon location that can be hidden until the end! Who has a large vehicle that is fast and concealed? I can be responsible for guiding the direction!"

(End of this chapter)