All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

Chapter 451 Attack
The same night, Tianyuan City.

Ever since the demon army entered the disaster zone, Tianyuan City has had relatively good luck, and no large number of demon lords have set their sights on this place.

The small groups of demon army that approached from time to time were also eliminated by Wang Zhifan and other super-innates. The intensity of the battle was not even as intense as before the demon army entered the disaster zone.

There are many reasons for this strange phenomenon.

Apart from the fact that the demon army landed in Xuanzhou, which is quite far away from Tianyuan City, the demon troops near here were lost too quickly.

The other wandering demonic forces were unable to fill the gap here for a while, making Tianyuan City seem a little peaceful.

At this moment, in a restaurant box in the Tianyuan City district, three players were drinking and celebrating the current favorable situation.

As usual, they hid here in a low profile except when they went out to collect intelligence. They did not cause trouble but also did not neglect to observe the outside world. This strategy was the valuable experience they had gained from many dungeons.

The black player from the United States, whose face was as black as coal, was chewing on the roast chicken from the restaurant while speaking to the tall and strong white man who was drinking wine silently across the wooden table:
"My dear brother, you should be more cheerful!
You know what? Those scouts I sent out reported back pretty good news!

This city is a very safe city, and there are very few monsters like that appearing in a large area around it recently!

And once the monsters appear, they will be destroyed by the hardworking NPCs!
So our chances of successfully passing this instance are getting higher and higher!"

The tall and strong white man who was drinking did not comment or answer after hearing his words. His eyes occasionally swept out of the box window, looking at the brightly lit classical city at night, as if he was thinking about something.

"My friend, I heard that the main enemy of this dungeon has just appeared. Although it is safe here now, the situation may change soon. We must be prepared to move at any time."

The shorter but stronger Asian man responded, not as optimistic as the black player.

He could be said to be the person who ate the simplest food among all the people present. He did not drink alcohol or eat meat, and only consumed a tube of nutrient supplement that he brought from other copies. It could be seen that he was very cautious and was not very confident about the products of this copy world.

"Do you know what the other players are doing recently?"

The tall and strong white man who was drinking and looking out the window suddenly turned around and asked this question.

"What else can they do? Either they go out of the city with the NPCs to kill monsters, or they hide in the house to rest like us! Apart from the greater risks they face, what other differences can there be?"

The black player from the United States immediately replied with a look of disdain, then took a big bite of the juicy roasted chicken leg in his hand.

From his answer, it can be seen that he has always been monitoring the movements of other players, but in comparison, he does not think that other players are smarter than the three of them.

"Black man, you only scratch the surface."

But the tall and strong white man shook his head after hearing this, showing some dissatisfaction.

“I don’t know if you have noticed that the freckled woman we have ignored is actually very powerful based on my repeated observations.

I suspect she is a player above Lv80 and the core of our battle in this dungeon.

We should have brought her into our team to strengthen our group's ability to resist risk, but we missed the opportunity because we were not careful enough."

As he spoke, he habitually tapped his left thumb and index finger together, as if he was brewing some follow-up plan to make up for his previous mistakes.

But the Asian short man who was drinking the nutritional supplement had a different opinion. He quickly replied:
“White man, your judgment is not accurate enough!
If you really investigate carefully, you should know that the Asian player who separated from us at the beginning is their core!

He seems to have a special ability to make other players trust him very much. I think it is most important to win over this person. "

Several people then started arguing on this topic. The main point of disagreement was how to deal with another group of players in the same city. They wanted to establish a good relationship with them through some means, and who should they choose as the key breakthrough point.

While they were discussing this topic in the box, they did not realize that danger was approaching quietly.

Some "people" hiding in the surrounding blocks have already set their sights on them.

About a thousand meters away from the restaurant box, a dozen ordinary-looking natives gathered together. One of them suddenly took out a technological device that looked like a display screen out of thin air. It was obvious that he was a player.

"We have three targets, all in that building."

The person extends a finger and points to three dots of light displayed on the screen.

"If we kill them, we will be halfway through our main dungeon mission, so we must not fail."

He said this while looking at the people around him and emphasized.

These people all looked similar to him, and they looked like ordinary indigenous people from head to toe. However, if one looked closely, one would find that there was something a little unnatural about their bodies, like a group of disguised people wearing shells and masks.

This is indeed the case. These people are not players from the world of Xia Country. They are actually a group of players from another universe. Some of them look similar to humans on Earth, while others have no human form at all. They must use special props to disguise themselves in order to sneak into Tianyuan City.

This reflects the defense loopholes of Tianyuan City.

In the absence of demons approaching, Tianyuan City still allows people to flow in and out.

After all, there are visible differences between demons and humans, so there is no need to worry about them sneaking into the city.

However, the natives did not expect the existence of such a hostile group of players. They easily blended in with some disguises and secretly carried out their plans.

Fortunately, this group has a clear goal. They are not here to destroy Tianyuan City, but are only focused on dealing with the players on Earth. This prevents the problems caused by this loophole from being too serious.

If Wang Zhifan happened to be near these alien players, with his extraordinary perception, he would be very likely to discover these potential threats, because he had seen this group in the melee in Shuyue City and had already been on guard.

But at this time, he was still outside hunting the Demon Lord and was not in Tianyuan City at all, which made these people's behavior unrestrained. Not long after, around the block where the three foreign players were, a dozen alien players disguised as natives took up advantageous positions and began to carry out their hunting plan.

As members of the player group, even if they do not belong to the Earth player system, they have some things in common, that is, they deeply understand that players have a variety of means, and they cannot expect to solve the opponent with just any means of attack. They must be prepared for comprehensive and multi-faceted responses.

For example, these people had already anticipated that the current target must have placed many secret guard posts around themselves, so they did not rashly approach the target. Even though they had camouflaged their appearance, they still chose to use long-range attacks in the first wave.

Then these people prepared a plan in case the first wave of attacks failed to eliminate the enemy.

They were divided into three groups, one group focused on investigating the overall situation, one group was responsible for long-range attacks, and another group was ready to engage the enemy at close range to ensure that even if the target escaped the first round of attacks, there would be subsequent continuous strikes.

On the other hand, the three foreign players had no idea of ​​the existence of a group of hostile players due to inadequate intelligence work. They were still discussing how to unite with friendly players. Apart from some habitual defense and reconnaissance arrangements, they had no idea that a huge danger had arrived.

There was no way. In their opinion, as long as the invading monsters from the Demon Realm did not break into the city, they would not be at much risk. The strengthening of the dungeon penalty levels also meant that they did not need to be too wary of other players. They only needed to be careful of the crazy players who might exist in theory.

But how likely is it that a real madman would survive to a copy of their level? I think he would have died in the early stages of the player's life.

So when the three foreign players were still drinking and discussing in a private room in the restaurant, disaster suddenly struck.

In the first round of attack, the players from the alien world used the fastest laser irradiation, just like the sneak attack Wang Zhifan had suffered in Shuyue City. Multiple precisely aimed high-energy light beams attacked across a distance of a thousand meters at a speed that no living creature could react to, and passed through the window of the box.

The tall and strong white man who was sitting near the window drinking was the first to be hit. His head and neck were pierced by the sudden laser, and he fell to the ground with a shocked expression.

The black player from the United States had a similar experience. He was hit in the face by the same laser beam that penetrated the white player. His brain was burned and destroyed within a microsecond and he lost his life.

Only the short Asian player successfully survived the first round of attacks. The reason was that the clothes he wore seemed very special. The high-energy laser shot at him was briefly intercepted, giving him time to react.

"Laser?! How is that possible?!"

The Asian player was extremely shocked for a moment. He couldn't understand why he and his friends were drinking and planning when they were suddenly attacked, and the attack method used by players was the most unexpected.

His rich experience in dungeons allowed him to instantly enter an invisible state, and he activated abilities similar to wall-passing to escape from the current environment and look for an escape route.

However, the enemy had already predicted his response. A high-energy laser beam swept over his invisible body almost closely. Several rockets flew in from all around, accompanied by some mysterious side attacks. It was obvious that the enemy had already made preparations for counter-stealth and was prepared to kill him at all costs.

"Madman! It must be a madman among the players who did this!"

The short Asian player could only explain it this way in his mind for a moment. In his opinion, only a crazy player would challenge the penalty level mechanism of the dungeon in this way.

"Haha! Since you guys are so crazy! Then I will play with you to the end! Even if the punishment level of this dungeon is strengthened, you will be the first to take action!"

He felt that the other party was simply stupid. The dungeon supported self-defense. Instead of killing him, they gave him the opportunity to avoid punishment and kill players to obtain equipment. And he was the type who was good at hunting players.

He quickly used a special skill, and his body instantly transformed into many identical ones, escaping through the wall in different directions.

But what no one knew was that his true self was not in those illusions, and he did not even leave. He just escaped into the void and entered a brief state of concealment.

A violent explosion occurred immediately, and the entire restaurant where the box was located collapsed and burned under the impact of multiple rockets, but the Asian player hiding in the void was unharmed. He observed the situation around him through the illusion he had just released and soon found some traces of the enemy.

Those people all looked like natives in plain clothes and black hair, but he knew in his heart that these people were either players in disguise or puppets of the players, and they must all be eliminated without mercy.

"One enemy is suspected to be dead, and the other two are missing. It is speculated that they used special hiding abilities. Please be careful."

Thousands of meters away, a player from another world who was in charge of reconnaissance used telepathic communication to report to his companions. He was very calm, as if he would not be surprised if all the enemies survived.

"Understood. Please conduct close reconnaissance! Team One will retreat now, and Team Two will immediately surround the target location..."

The leader in charge of this hunt immediately responded to him and began to give orders via mental communication.

Soon, some melee alien players rushed towards the enemy's initial position from multiple directions, using various equipment or skills to force the target to show up. They were not afraid of the enemy's surprise attack at all, and encounter battles were what they were good at.

On the contrary, the alien players who launched the initial long-range attacks retreated one after another, ensuring their own safety while always being ready to provide long-range support.

As for the leader who was commanding their actions, he also joined the battle. He took out a strange metal circle from the space he carried with him. The circle flew out of his hand and disappeared into the void in the blink of an eye.

A few seconds later, the Asian player, who had just escaped from the void and quietly jumped out of the sea of ​​fire, saw the enemies looking for him around him, and a serious look flashed in his eyes.

He knew from the very beginning of the battle that the enemy could see through ordinary stealth methods, so he was not in an invisible state now, but used more advanced means to temporarily erase his own presence and further reduce the possibility of attracting attention by changing his form.

Specifically, he now does not look like a human being, but an inconspicuous flying insect attracted by the fire in the restaurant. Combined with his ability to greatly reduce his presence, almost no one can detect his movements.

But he still felt uneasy, because all signs showed that the enemy was quite professional this time and he might not be able to get away with it so easily.

Just as the player who had turned into a small flying insect was feeling nervous, another figure suddenly rushed out of the burning restaurant, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

It was a man whose whole body was on fire. His dark skin, blazing flames, and extremely angry expression on his face made him look extremely shocking. He was the black player who was thought to be dead by everyone.

"This black guy is not dead either?!"

For a moment, the Asian players who had turned into small flies were shocked.

He was hiding in the void and saw clearly that the tall and strong white man fell to the ground and suddenly disappeared within a second. He was definitely still alive.

Only the black man from the United States had been lying dead for a long time, which made him think that he was the only one who died among the three. But now it seems that this black man is not that simple.

(End of this chapter)