Tokyo underground city

Chapter 109: Restraining Expansion

Of course, there can be another explanation for the saying, "Be pure and become king, refute and dominate, and lose everything."

That is "it is not easy to do the right thing, and it is not easy to do the easy thing".

The simpler and easier to understand the principle, the more difficult it is to actually implement it.

As time goes by, many people do not like big principles, and pay more and more attention to various tricks and tricks that produce faster results.

This in itself is not a problem, because "pure and king", "refute and dominate".

"Take the easy but difficult road" is the "kingly way".

And the success achieved through the use of various tricks that produce quick results and focus on short-term benefits is "dominance".

To "refute" because of "many and complex", to refute and dominate, is to be "overbearing".

As for those methods of doing things that "do not pay attention to long-term benefits nor short-term benefits", they will "die" without any one of them.

The collapse of "Million Holdings" was this kind of "death without a trace".

From the perspective of long-term benefits, there is no possibility that the bubble blown by Million Holdings will be realized; and as a short-term benefit, Million Holdings will not be able to break even.

When the bubble bursts, the virtual building built by Million Holdings disappears.

Lin Huai'en slept very uneasily that night. He was "uneasy" about tomorrow, "anticipated" about the effect of the curse return skill, and "awareness" of personally spending more than 10 million to reach a new level in his life.

They all stimulated him, making him constantly reflect on his recent events even in his sleep.

Reflect on your "choices", reflect on whether you have made any omissions, and reflect on whether there are any problems that you have not considered.

He had to be so careful.

Because life is an abyss, you stumble and fall.

But in the end, he woke up from his sleep, feeling as if he had had a nightmare, but he finally gained everything.

Because he figured it out.

He walked out of the tent and breathed in the dungeon air outside the tent.

He closed his eyes and stretched himself——

"Every man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade."

"Going into the dungeon to explore with equipment bought for ten million, no matter how good the performance of the equipment is, it will only end up with the same fate as Million Holdings."

"Equipment bought with money does not really make you stronger. As long as others kill you and take away your equipment, you will have nothing."

"So many lottery players who have won tens of millions of dollars, or players who earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year, have become completely poor in just a few years after their careers are over——"

"Because they don't really have the ability to handle that much money."

"Only by improving your own strength so that others can't shake your life even if they have 10 million pieces of equipment, can you truly own that 10 million."

"So, no matter how useful the Gray Green Fury and the Black Feather are, they are just 'foreign objects' after all."

"The only two skills that really belong to me are [Cursed Body] and [Sword Theory]."

"They are my 'resource endowment'."

"They are my 'capability moat'."

"Only with them can I end everything and start over!"

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After about half an hour, everyone woke up.

Officer Shao woke up the latest among everyone.

Officer Lu was carrying the only tent in the police force, but the user of the tent was not herself, but Officer Shao.

The snoring in Officer Shao's tent continued until fifteen minutes before departure.

It wasn't until ten minutes before departure that Adjutant Deer looked at his watch, frowned, got into the tent, and got him up.

"Phew - sorry, I slept a little late yesterday, let's go."

Officer Shao rubbed his eyes, washed himself quickly, and issued the order listlessly.

The rest of the police force were obviously used to him being like this, and they all acted independently without much surprise.

Although Yuan Xiaole had some objections, he gradually got used to this man's casualness and frivolity, moved his lips, and finally held back.

Although Lin Huai'en didn't understand it, in the past few days, he had recognized Lieutenant Lu and other police officers, and the man who could be trusted by these people should not be someone who only knows how to talk and play soy sauce in the team. exist.

Maybe there is some special reason.

As he was thinking this, he saw Adjutant Lu carrying two more boxes of bullets and walking towards him and Leonardo.

And just when he walked over knowingly and wanted to share a box, he was stopped by Adjutant Lu:

"You are here to serve as vanguard today, so don't take anything."

Lin Huai'en was stunned for a moment: "What about Officer Shao?"

"Captain Shao will not engage the enemy today."

Lieutenant Lu nodded and handed the ammunition bag in his hand to Leonardo without explaining.

Lin Huai'en and Leonardo looked at each other. The latter looked at Lin Huai'en with gritted teeth, as if he didn't understand why Lin Huai'en became the main force in melee combat instead of himself, a higher-level explorer.

Lin Huai'en shrugged and ran away before the embarrassment became more serious.

After a slight repair, the team left the shelter and walked for about fifteen minutes to the entrance of the fifth floor.

At the entrance to the fifth floor, 14 police officers stopped.

They were all explorers whose level had not exceeded level 12. Lin Huaien noticed that they stood at the entrance and handed the extra magazines on their bodies to their companions who were going to the fifth floor. Then they exchanged the magazines while muttering With: "Be safe and take care along the way."

When Officer Shao passed by them, he nodded to them:

"Okay, please stay here."

Subsequently, the remaining 21-member rescue team, including Lin Huai'en and three others——

Enter the fifth floor.

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The moment Lin Huai'en stepped onto the fifth floor, he felt a weight on his shoulders.

But before he could react to what this familiar feeling was, there was a sudden sound of something heavy falling behind him.

He turned around in surprise, but it was Leonardo behind him who, for some reason, had collapsed on the ground.

The blond young man fell to the ground, twitching and bleeding from his nose. His eyes were a little straight because of surprise, and his mouth was slightly open, but he could not speak.

Before Lin Huai'en realized what happened to him, Adjutant Lu rushed to Leonardo's side and knelt down:

"It's rising inhibition, take him out of here quickly!"

The few police members walking at the end of the team, together with Lieutenant Lu, pulled and pulled Leonardo back to the fourth floor of the stairs.

"What's going on? What's wrong with Leonardo?"

After dragging Leonardo back up the fourth flight of stairs, Officer Shao also pushed past the others and walked in.

He and the Vanguard were at the front, so he didn't see Leonardo fall to the ground.

After Leonardo was dragged back to the fourth flight of stairs, he was finally able to move. He first let out a "ha--" and exhaled a long breath, then vomited and gasped again. The look is even more terrifying.

But he gradually recovered.

While he was gasping for air, Adjutant Lu explained the situation to him.

"It's [Suppressing Space Expansion]..."

Adjutant Lu said with a serious face.

"The suppression space on the fifth floor has covered the entrance to the fifth floor, and it is likely that it has covered the entire fifth floor."

"Suppression space expansion?! Can the suppression space be made larger?"

This was the first time Lin Huaien heard of this situation. Officer Shao, Adjutant Lu and Yuan Xiaole looked at him together but said nothing.

It seems that they all have some understanding of this situation.

Officer Shao lowered his head and discussed with Lieutenant Lu in a low voice: "This will cause trouble... It seems that this wave of monsters is related to the core of the dungeon on the fifth floor... and Leonardo is too high level to follow. We have entered the fifth level."

And Yuan Xiaole explained the situation to Lin Huai'en——

"Brother Lin, you may not be aware that under certain circumstances, the [Core Suppression] that suppresses space will spread to the entire dungeon area."

"And this [Core Suppression] is an enhanced version of ascending suppression. Compared with the ascending suppression in ordinary dungeon spaces, it is more suppressive to high-level explorers."

"If the ordinary version of ascending suppression only makes explorers within a certain level feel uncomfortable, then the ascending suppression in the suppression space is enough to make it difficult for them to move forward——"

"Even to death."

"Therefore, almost no explorers whose level exceeds the dungeon level limit will break into the inhibited space to challenge the core of the dungeon."

"But in some cases, this [core suppression] that only exists within the suppression space will spread to the outside of the suppression space and even cover the entire dungeon."

"This is [suppressed expansion], usually caused by the mutation of the dungeon core in the suppressed space."

"Mutation in the core of the dungeon?" Lin Huai'en frowned and confirmed.

"Yes." Yuan Xiaole nodded, "The currently known possibilities that will lead to [inhibiting expansion] include 'the complete fusion of the "abnormal body" and the heart of the wilderness', and 'the abnormalization of the core defender of the normal dungeon' , and 'The heart of the wilderness itself is tainted' three."

Lin Huai'en listened to Yuan Xiaole's statement and was about to ask more clearly, but was interrupted by Officer Shao.

"Leonardo, can you still stand up?"

Officer Shao squatted down on one knee, looked at the blond young man and said.

Leonardo looked embarrassed and trembling, but nodded and seemed to have no problem with his consciousness.

Just lost the ability to speak.

This should be because his "nerve reflex" was too high, causing the entire nervous system to be shocked.

This also includes the parts that control the muscles of the tongue and throat.

Seeing that Leonardo had no problem, Officer Shao nodded and continued:

"You heard what we just said: You can't enter the fifth level, so I will send someone to take you back to the fourth level."

"After you return to the fourth floor, you should take a rest first. Then after you recover from the suppressed state, I would like to entrust you to go to the ground and inform the Shangdu Underground City General Administration of the situation on the fifth floor -"

Officer Shao paused and said seriously: "Tell them, 'The suppression space on the fifth floor has been expanded. Please be prepared to organize a hundred-man commando team. If we have no news within three days, please set off for the fifth floor immediately. !'"

After Officer Shao wrote a note to Leonardo to prevent him from missing key information, he sent Adjutant Lu and others to support Leonardo and send him up the stairs to the fourth floor.

Lin Huai'en watched as the backs of Adjutant Lu and the others gradually disappeared.

Officer Shao suddenly turned his head: "How are you? This rescue operation may be more serious than I expected. If I still thought there was room for you to stay on the fourth floor before - now I no longer feel so ."

Upon hearing Officer Shao's question, Yuan Xiaole immediately answered:

"My girlfriend and best friends are down there, I won't back down."

However, he still looked at Lin Huai'en and lowered his head:

"But Brother Lin was dragged in by me. He has no reason to take risks with us."

Seeing the worried expressions of Yuan Xiaole and Officer Shao, Lin Huai'en thought about it and smiled:

"If you fail, you won't die immediately. If the General Administration can't do anything, just consider me unlucky."

"Now that I have chosen to be an explorer, I am ready to take risks."

Lin Huai'en looked at the other two people and added: "However, if the situation is really dangerous, I will abandon you and escape by yourself - in terms of escape ability, I don't think I will be worse than Leonardo."

Officer Shao and Yuan Xiaole looked at each other and took a deep breath:

"Well, since you risked your life to accompany the gentleman, I will do my best to protect you."

Seeing Officer Shao suddenly put aside his frivolity and look serious, Lin Huai'en and Yuan Xiaole were both a little uncomfortable.

But soon, Officer Shao returned to his playful smile: "But even so, you are actually the one protecting me - most of my abilities are in long-range attacks, and I still have to rely on you in close combat."

Attack the enemy remotely?

Lin Huai'en looked at the spear in Officer Shao's hand, and then at the spear in Yuan Xiaole's hand.

Somewhat speechless, I don't know what use this primitive tribe-level long-range weapon can be used for.

But at this moment, Adjutant Lu and the others also came back.

Lieutenant Lu briefly reported the situation on the lower four floors to Officer Shao, and the entire team re-entered the fifth floor.

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"It's changed a lot..."

Yuan Xiaole hugged the steel spear and sighed softly behind Lin Huai'en.

Lin Huai'en also nodded and said, "Yes."

When he stepped onto the fifth floor, something happened to Leonardo immediately, so Lin Huaien focused most of his attention on Leonardo and failed to take a closer look at the fifth floor.

It was only now that he noticed something strange here.

The vine tree cave on the fifth floor has been transformed into an ant nest by cicada-eating ants. The ground is covered with green slime, and a faint fragrance permeates the entire space. On both sides of the road, you can see the vines everywhere. The empty shell of the revengeful red cicada randomly discarded on the roadside.

"According to explorers from other countries, the fifth level of space should have been the territory of the giant cicada monkey's adult form, the 'Revenge Red Cicada', but now... it has completely changed hands."

Listening to Yuan Xiaole's explanation, Lin Huai'en noticed that at the end of the tree vine tunnel in front of him, about a hundred meters away, a hatching hole suddenly opened, and a giant red hatchling more than four meters long fell out of it. cicada.

But before the giant cicada could launch an attack on Lin Huaien and the others, a team of more than twenty cicada-eating ants jumped out from the corner of the tree cave tunnel and surrounded them.

Among this group of cicada-eating ants, there is a new type of cicada-eating ant that is slightly larger than the soldier ants. They have a long horn on their heads, which is a bit like the spout of a teapot, but much longer.

When the revenge red cicada shakes off the mucus on its body and is about to fly, these new-type long-horned cicada ants use the long horns on their heads to spray out a nearly transparent white liquid from more than ten meters away. On the body of revenge red cicada.

As soon as the wings of the revenge red cicada touched the white liquid, it stuck to its body, fell from the air, and was tied up by the cicada-eating ants.

After quickly getting rid of the revengeful red cicada, these cicada-eating ants also realized that Officer Shao and others were watching them from a distance.

They let out a low neighing sound, and then rushed towards Lin Huaien and the others.

Officer Shao nodded slightly: "It seems that this is what Leonardo said, a new type of cicada-eating ant that can spit white mucus."

He raised his hand and gave the order before the long-horned spray ants entered their range:

"The precision shooters should pay attention to sniping and killing the long-headed glue-spraying ants, while others block the melee ants. Everyone should pay attention to whether there are other new cicada-eating ants in the ant colony——"

"Aim free and start shooting!"

[Today’s victory report: 9000]

[But I didn’t send that much, see you at ten o’clock tomorrow]

[This may be updated later due to revision of the text. 】

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