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Chapter 436 I can't be the only one suffering in the world, right?

Resurrected in front of the gas lamp, Zhuge Jun scratched his head in confusion.

Something is wrong, isn't this G?
I have to say that the boss's damage in the early stages is indeed high, and according to the setting of "Blood of Lies", if the player suffers damage during the action, there will be an additional damage bonus.

For example, getting injured during an attack or a tumbling action will be more painful than getting injured under normal circumstances.

Although this multiplier is not very high, when combined with other damage increases, it cannot be ignored.

This boss is a large boss, and its attack frequency is lower than that of ordinary small bosses and human bosses, so the damage of each attack is also higher; and Zhuge Jun is using a human protagonist at this time, who is inherently more fragile than a puppet protagonist.

Due to various factors, the failure of this GP directly caused him to lose 1/3 of his blood.

What's worse is that Zhuge Jun was also seriously injured by the boss.

He wanted to continue fighting, but was shocked to find that his legs seemed to have been severely injured in the process of being knocked away, and he was limping.

This further reduced his mobility, and his originally neat and swift stepping movements obviously became unmanageable.

Of course, Nitiantang is still relatively merciful. After all, this is only an early-stage boss. So if Zhuge Jun repents and chooses to use the traditional method of dodging and stealing knives at this time, there may still be a chance of salvation.

But Zhuge Jun thought, since his leg is lame, he might as well just continue to stand where he is and GP!
As a result, the second GP failed again, just in time for the boss to use a smooth little combo, which sent him back to the gas lamp.

"Something's wrong, how come both GPs failed?

"Bad feel? But I think there's nothing wrong with my input timing?

"Oh! I see, it's because of the weapon!
"I used to use a sword and spear, and now I use a sword and shield. The GP actions of these two weapons are different, so the GP judgment frames must be different, so it is reasonable that I didn't G."

Zhuge Jun quickly found a reasonable explanation himself.

So the question is, what to do next?
You can buy swords and spears from the puppet craftsman, but the price is a bit expensive. It is still in the early stage of the game, and the monsters don’t drop many crystals. If you want to buy that thing, you may have to kill monsters for at least ten minutes.

Besides, it is not cost-effective to buy it now. The same money is enough for him to upgrade to level three or five.

So Zhuge Jun hesitated for a moment and decided not to buy it for the time being.

"It's not a big problem, just try a different way of playing first!

“Although GP is very attractive, judging from the characteristics of the weapon, the sword and shield are obviously both offensive and defensive weapons. I can guess what the designer was thinking when designing this weapon.

"When the boss attacks like crazy, the player uses the one-handed form, holds up the shield with the left hand to defend, and then uses the one-handed sword to rub the knife and look for opportunities. Once the boss successfully damages the part or finds the right opportunity, switch to the two-handed form to output fiercely.

"OK, let's try the effect of raising the shield."

Zhuge Jun adjusted his mentality and faced the boss again.

Three minutes later, he was resurrected at the Gaslight.

"That's not right? Why does this shield seem to have no effect?
"Not sure, let's see again."

Zhuge Jun tried twice more, and when he returned to the gas lamp and was resurrected again, he finally came to his senses a little.

“Damn! I got fooled!

"This sword and shield is totally a rip off, it's not easy to use at all!
"As a shield that looks so reliable, but it doesn't even have 100% physical defense, how can it be such a humorous weapon!!"

Zhuge Jun was also speechless. He held up a shield to fight with the boss, but the boss slapped him. The damage was indeed reduced, but not by much?

Originally, the blood loss from a hit was about one-third to one-quarter, but now? The blood loss is about one-sixth, and half of it is empty blood.

In other words, if Zhuge Jun counterattacks immediately at this time, he can absorb back the lost blood after defeating the boss.

Although it does seem that the blood loss is less than before, Zhuge Jun still cannot accept it at all, in every aspect!

First of all, this thing doesn’t have 100% physical defense?

The so-called 100% physical defense means that the shield can 100% avoid damage when resisting the enemy's physical attack. Of course, even if the attack is blocked, it will still lose energy, and if it is an attack with magic attached, the shield's damage reduction rate often does not reach 100%.

But no matter what, being able to resist 100% physical damage is a default setting in most high-difficulty games.

If a shield can only block 70% or 80% of physical damage, most players will not be willing to play it. After all, it is very common to get hurt while holding a shield during the map pushing process, and the damage accumulates over time, and before you know it, your health is running out.

Instead of doing this, it is better to roll or move first.

Secondly, although this thing can absorb the empty blood, and it looks very nice to absorb the empty blood, it is actually not very meaningful.

Because in this game, as long as you get beaten, you will lose blood. Even if you don't have a shield, you can basically absorb the lost blood back as long as you hit the enemy.

The last and most outrageous point is that using a shield to block damage can actually cause damage to parts of your body!
The shield is installed on the left arm. If the monster keeps attacking, the puppet prosthesis will also accumulate damage. There are several different levels of damage to the parts in "Blood of Lies". At the beginning, it is just a decline in performance and subsequent injuries. In the most serious case, the entire part will be completely destroyed and the function will be unavailable.

As Zhuge Jun kept blocking, he found that his left arm was taking more and more damage, until finally he could no longer raise the shield.

Zhuge Jun had studied this humorous "defense" skill before. At that time, he naively thought that the left arm was easily damaged because it was just used to block. If there was a shield, then everything would be fine.

But now it seems that I was just overthinking it. Although there are some changes in the damage reduction rate after installing the shield, it is not a qualitative change at all!
Of course, Zhuge Jun can also choose to use a shield to block some attacks and dodge some attacks, so that he can extend the durability of his left arm as much as possible and last longer.

But the question is, if you want to dodge, why not just dodge it all the time?

"It's uncomfortable!"

Zhuge Jun felt as if he had eaten something dirty. He felt that he had made a huge mistake and would regret it for the rest of his life. Why did he choose this sword and shield in the first place?

Aren’t swords, spears and dual swords great?
I want to delete my account and start over.

But after considering for a long time, Zhuge Jun decided to persevere. After all, it would take at least an hour to practice this process again, and if he went to kill the monsters and buy back the sword and spear, it would definitely take less time than that.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Jun decisively found a place with relatively more experience and started to kill monsters.

I have to say that the sword and shield are pretty good for killing monsters. After switching to the two-handed form, I can knock these early monsters down with just one heavy attack. Overall, the efficiency is pretty good.

After swiping for more than ten minutes, I finally saved enough money.

Returning to the hotel and finding the puppet craftsman, Zhuge Jun resisted the urge to use these crystals for upgrading and bought back the sword and spear.

In fact, he also thought about whether to buy two swords, but then he changed his mind and gave up. What if the feel is different and he can't get enough GP? Wouldn't that be even more troublesome?
Be steady and choose swords and spears first to smoothly push the process forward. When you have time later, you can slowly study other weapons.

After getting the sword and spear, Zhuge Jun felt that he was back to normal.

I tried it with two monsters, and found that the action module was exactly the same as before.

"Wait, I'm going to fuck you!"

Zhuge Jun excitedly started a fierce battle with the boss again.

However, three minutes later, he returned to the gas lamp and began to doubt his life.

"No, something seems to be wrong, and it's very wrong..."

Zhuge Jun scratched his head. He had indeed tried GP according to his previous feeling, but still failed!
"Could it be that because I've been using the sword and shield for a while, the feel has changed? Or am I no longer familiar with the original GP controls?
"Can't you?"

Zhuge Jun was very confused. He felt that there was nothing wrong with his movements, and there was no major problem with the boss' movements either. It seemed that there was no problem when he watched others play, but he just couldn't get GP.

He tried three more times, but was still hung up and beaten. Moreover, he only succeeded in GP once, which made him even more frustrated.

If it didn't succeed at all, Zhuge Jun would definitely think that there was a bug in the game, but it only succeeded once, so what's going on?

In desperation, Zhuge Jun opened the live broadcast platform again. He wanted to see how the anchors played.

The first one was Wang Dawei. In such a short while, his game progress had advanced rapidly and he came to a place that Zhuge Jun had never seen before.

It seems that the subsequent bosses were unable to hold him back.

This made Zhuge Jun speechless. Am I even worse than Wang Dawei?
I decisively turned off the live broadcast, on the one hand to avoid being spoiled, and on the other hand to avoid being let down.

Then I clicked on another anchor’s live broadcast room. Well, he was still progressing faster than me.

Finally, Zhuge Jun had no choice but to search the live broadcast area for a long time and finally clicked into the live broadcast room of a female anchor.

This female anchor is called Ning Meng. From the perspective of her position, she should be classified as an abstract female anchor. She is not very good-looking and is just a buddy to the audience, but her live broadcast is very effective. The most important thing is that she is really clumsy and is at the bottom of the list among female players.

It is also for this reason that there are always many malicious onlookers gathering in the live broadcast room, frantically recommending various difficult games to her, wanting to see her suffer.

Even more so this time.

Ning Meng also participated in an event a month ago, so she didn't do much live streaming. She only did an outdoor live streaming in the afternoon every day to entertain the audience and report her safety to everyone, proving that she was still alive and had not been abducted abroad.

I just got home and "Blood of Lies" was officially released, so I arranged to play it immediately.

These old audiences of hers obviously have bad intentions. To make a girl who just came back from a wonderful trip immediately enter the horrific world of "Blood of Lies" and suffer, this... is such a good thing!

Zhuge Jun didn’t actually think much about it, he just wanted to find some confidence from the female anchor.

I can't be the only one suffering in this game, right?

(End of this chapter)