Tokyo underground city

Chapter 190 [Grudge-ridden]

"You also want to inject [alienated pure water]?! Why?"

Lin Huai'en was startled at first, but quickly calmed down. Although Hara Yumu is only a high school student, he has always felt that he is very precocious and would not make such a request without thinking.

Especially the act of actively polluting one's own mental body by injecting [alienated pure water].

Sure enough, Yuan Ximu hesitated and took a deep breath: "While you were fighting, I couldn't see anything. The audience in the live broadcast room was also very bored, and the staff of the official association couldn't collect any effective information. .”

"As a potential explorer who aims at the deep, I feel that this is a dereliction of my duty."

Hearing what the girl said, Lin Huai'en frowned slightly:

"But that's just a 'live broadcast'. Are you sure you're taking such a big risk just for this 'job', maybe for your 'interest' that's not even a 'job'?"

"It depends on how you plan to view me -"

However, Yuan Ximu looked at Lin Huai'en, with persistence shining in her dark eyes: "Is she an explorer, or is she just a 'young lady' who only aims at deep exploration, talking but not taking any actual actions?"

"I'm not Yingmiling. I'm serious about 'exploring into the deep'."

Looking at her persistent expression, Lin Huai'en was speechless.

Ziyuan held her shoulders with interest and watched the excitement.

Lin Huai'en glanced at "Abnormal Body" and closed his eyes slightly.

Indeed, for Lin Huai'en, "live broadcast" is just a kind of "entertainment", and there is no need to take such a big risk.

What's more, Yuan Ximu is just doing videos and anchoring in her spare time as an actor to pass the time in her boring daily life.

This is his idea.

But for Hara Yumu, is this really the case?

He was not qualified to arbitrarily think "no" for her, and he had to be responsible for her safety.

So he looked at Yuan Ximu, corrected his attitude, and asked seriously:

“What does ‘live’ mean to you?”

"reality."

Hara Yumu replied without hesitation: "The 'truth' I have seen will be conveyed to the audience who are 'interested in dungeons' without reservation."

As if she had already thought about this question, she answered quickly:

"I think there should be many people who are as interested in 'dungeons' as me..."

"Although I only came into contact with dungeons because of the crew, but listening to the stories of dungeons, I was very curious about those deep dungeons that only a few people can see, or even the abyssal layer, which have attracted so many people. What exactly is the 'miracle' that Zika explorers and black card explorers are praising so much."

Speaking of this, Yuan Ximu pointed to the forest outside the house: "Look, whether it's the 'Forest of Giant Trees', the 'Golden Flower Field', or even the 'Dark Forest' itself, these are scenes that ordinary people like us can't see. .”

""Wind Gone" fictionalizes a dream."

Yuan Ximu closed her eyes, hugged her hands, and seemed to be recalling the memory of becoming "Feng Feng": "But both I and the audience know that he is just a person who has never really been to the underground city. A fictional 'fantasy' created by a young author."

"Although it is 'magnificent', it is not 'real'."

"However, through the 'live broadcast', even if my viewers have no way to experience this 'reality' themselves, they can feel the tip of the iceberg of the magnificent scene of the great underground city."

“And this is what I mean by ‘live streaming’, and what I mean by choosing to be an ‘explorer’ for myself!”

Seeing Yuan Ximu's serious expression, Lin Huai'en was speechless.

Compared with herself, Yuan Ximu's demands for the dungeon are clearer, so she also knows very well what she has to "pay" for "what she gets".

But before injecting [Alienated Pure Water] into her shoulders, he asked her again seriously: "Are you sure you want to risk so much for so many people that you will never know in your lifetime? "

However, Yuan Ximu looked at Lin Huai'en and smiled slightly: "This is what an actor has to do."

"Carry their dreams until they are gone or their dreams are shattered."

She looked at her bare arms, her lips trembled slightly, but her voice was firm: "We are a window, a window through which they see the world and connect themselves to the world."

"Many people have never seen a war, never experienced the magnificence of the world, and never enjoyed the glory and wealth in their entire lives."

"What we actors have to do is to tell them that besides the daily necessities around them, there are so many great things in the world."

"Let them know that even if they live in their own one-third of an acre of land, they can still feel that they are connected to the entire country, the entire world, and the entire universe."

"This is our responsibility and our obligation, and it is also the reason why we spend so much money and earn so much money every year to 'create dreams.'"

Speaking of this, Yuan Ximu looked at Lin Huai'en with an unusually persistent look in her eyes: "Don't you think the plot of "The Wind Passes" is too fake?"

"Did I say that?" Lin Huai'en frowned.

And Yuan Ximu smiled proudly: "I can tell just by looking at your expression."

Then she stopped smiling and looked at Lin Huaien seriously:

"Mr. Lin... no, Captain Lin!"

"Take me to the deep world!"

"Then tell my audience the 'reality' of the dungeon!"

"In this way, if one day we all need to make a choice for the future of mankind, at least we can know what kind of 'reality' we have chosen!"

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Lin Huai'en looked at the [Alienated Pure Water] and slowly disappeared into Yuan Ximu's white arms, and couldn't help but sigh.

He didn't know if he was right.

From his point of view, Yuan Ximu is undoubtedly a rare gem in the turbulent domestic entertainment industry.

But bringing such a "treasure" into a deep dungeon where you could die at any time is both dangerous and irresponsible.

But Yuan Ximu had her own choice, especially for this reason, which was also very convincing to him.

"However, I can only take you to the 20th floor at most. After the 20th floor, anyone under the age of 18 is not allowed to enter."

Lin Huai'en emphasized to Yuan Ximu after she recovered from the trance caused by the injection of [alienated pure water].

"I'll find a way to solve this problem."

However, Yuan Ximu showed more persistence than he imagined.

"Are you going to leave the acting side alone? You still want to go to school, right?"

Lin Huaien reminded her speechlessly.

"I can consider graduating early in my studies. As for being an actor, I'm ready to give up."

However, Yuan Ximu's answer greatly exceeded Lin Huai'en's expectations.

He opened his eyes in surprise: "Why?"

"A fake movie can't be as moving as a real dungeon!"

Yuan Ximu raised her hands and walked around in the real shadow forest with a happy face: "Look at these vines! These wooden houses! They are a hundred times more real than the props I saw on the movie set! I want to be A documentary director takes all of this, edits it into a movie, and tells it to my audience!”

Looking at the blushing Yuan Ximu, Lin Huai'en shook his head and decided to throw the girl aside.

Under the influence of [Alienated Pure Water], whatever nonsense she said at this time was cute.

Coupled with the ideas of young people, it changes every day.

"Next, shall we continue heading deeper into the forest?"

He looked at Shion who was yawning on one side. From now on, it had lost interest in this side. It seemed to be Hara Yumu's decision. To it, it was just a boring drama that it had watched many times.

"Yes, didn't you consume a lot of props? We can find some supplies in advance."

"Perfect Flower" replied.

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Before setting off, Lin Huaien slept for four hours.

This time with Coco and Shion watching, he and Yuan Ximu took the time to make repairs.

In addition, after injecting [Alienated Pure Water] into Yuan Ximu, he also consumed the remaining [Alienated Pure Water] to raise his level to level 28.

[Cursed Body] has also been upgraded to level 3.2 and gained a new feature——

【Curse-ridden】

[Description: The skill owner can consume his own magic power and convert it into curse power. 】

[Current conversion efficiency: 11%]

"Convert magic power into curse power? This new feature is somewhat unexpected!"

When he saw the new feature, Lin Huai'en was a little surprised. He has always had a headache with the problem of replenishing his curse power "when facing strong enemies." Four monsters will make your money back.

But when facing a more difficult monster like "Spider Face", he was reluctant to use skills other than Shadow Stealth.

After all, the upper limit of his curse power is only 25 points. Thorny Bird's Thorn consumes 10 points. Shadow Stealth costs at least 5 points, and curse returns 5 points. It only takes a few times in a battle before it reaches the bottom.

Now, his magic quality is 250 points. According to the conversion efficiency of 11%, it is almost equivalent to 27.5 points of curse power, which is more than doubled.

And as the level increases, the conversion efficiency of the curse will become higher. When it reaches 4.0, it will be 15%, which is equivalent to 37.5 points of curse power.

One fight is more than enough.

"Furthermore, I also have Wuruzhiyu's [Soul Eater], which can convert the curse power into magic power at an efficiency of 50%."

"Before, because my curse power was too little and my magic power was almost endless, I basically never used this skill..."

"Looking at it now, I can completely consume magic power and convert it into grudge power when facing strong enemies; and then when facing various soldiers, I can convert the grudge power into magic power to form a two-way reservoir."

The conversion efficiency is frighteningly low. Based on the conversion of 20 points of curse power into 10 points of magic power, he can only obtain 0.5 to 1.5 points of magic power for almost every monster he kills.

You have to kill 100 monsters before you can use Thorn Bird's Thorn once - of course, this is when the grudge power has reached the upper limit of 25 points.

"The full-level curse can convert 45% of the magic power into curse power. If you kill a monster, you can get 0.25 to 0.75 curse power, which is completely acceptable."

Lin Huai'en imagined the [Grudge Haunted] after the [Cursed Body] was fully upgraded, and felt that the [Cursed Body] was as powerful as Li Muen's [Supernatural Speed].

What's more, the [Cursed Body] is not a complete body yet.

"However, it's too early now. After having [Grudge Haunted], the biggest change for me is that I can use [Curse Return] as a regular skill!"

"Unless you can't feel pain, the mere "Shadow" is no match for me!"

Satisfied with the new features, Lin Huai'en closed his eyes contentedly.

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"Hundred with resentment!"

Strong red thunder erupted from Lin Huai'en's body, but before he could accumulate the power of the cursed black mist to its peak, he jumped on the body of "Spider Face" and inserted the gray-blue wrath into its body.

The monster with many heads and hands let out a shrill howl and was trembling all over. It was not known whether it was the pain caused by the thunder and lightning or the curse of the scar of pain.

All in all, when the effect of [Curse Return] disappeared, "Spider Face" collapsed to the ground.

Lin Huai'en pulled out his long sword and sliced ​​off "Spider Face"'s body with three strokes, five divided by two.

There were four or five "Spider Faces" lying in front of him, as well as more split-headed monsters and savages. According to Shion, these monsters were all incarnations of the explorer's shadow.

"'Cruelty', 'Stupidity'."

The blond maid pointed at the corpses of the split-headed monster and the savage and said: "Although these shadows are common, they are also weaker, but the "stupid" is okay. The "cruel" in people's hearts may be beyond imagination, so we will meet again in the future. To the more dangerous split-headed monster, Master, you’d better pay attention.”

"Okay, I understand."

Lin Huai'en looked at Ziyuan, then lowered his head and searched the savage's body.

This was already the third shadow camp they had flattened. They had harvested a lot of [Alienation Crystal Ingots], but not much of the [Healing Potion] they really wanted to find.

"The explorers in these camps must have been transformed into "Shadows" for a long time, and the "soul fragments" have been digested."

Ziyuan was a little nervous about the few gains in the first two times, fearing that the little trust that had just been established among the team members would disappear.

Fortunately, Lin Huai'en has not yet suspected that she did it on purpose.

Anyway, whether what she said is true or not, we will find out if we scan a few more explorer camps.

This time, perhaps because this team of explorers had just turned into shadows, Lin Huaien saw something like a backpack on several savages.

According to experience, the more ferocious "Spider Face" and "Cruelty" are shadows that have been transformed more completely. Apart from large pieces of [alienation crystal ingots], there are usually no trophies.

On the contrary, the wild man has always given people little sense of existence, and often loses more or less bits and pieces.

"After all, ignorance and stupidity are not their problems..."

Lin Huai'en looked at the savage's body on the ground and couldn't help but clasp his hands.

He was not praying for the dead, but to appease his own turbulent heart.

He didn't want to be stupid, nor did he want to be cruel.

He just wanted to remember why he was fighting.

After closing his eyes for a while to calm down, Lin Huai'en opened his eyes and scraped two Molotov cocktails from the savage——

"This is...'anger'."

Ziyuan, who was standing behind him, said with some surprise: "This kind of "Shadow" is not compatible with the forest, so even the "Shadow Forest" cannot transform them. "Anger" is the same as the "Hope" represented by the healing potion. , are all weapons used to deal with shadows."

"'Cruelty', 'Stupidity', and even 'Attachment' can be transformed into shadows, but 'Anger' can't?"

Yuan Ximu was a little surprised when she heard this. Looking at the way she was holding her phone, she knew she was not asking for herself, but for the audience.

Ziyuan also knew this very well. She shook her head: "This has something to do with "Shadow Forest". The essence of "Shadow Forest" is 'connecting the entangled human shadows'. You can think of it as a kind of 'group subconscious' An aggregation of shadows, while "Wrath" is the shadow of 'personal consciousness'. It can not only breed 'shadows', but also destroy relationships between people, and is the most annoying negative fragment of 'Dark Forest'."

Speaking of this, Ziyuan said quite meaningfully: "That's why it turned into a Molotov cocktail. Don't you think there is any special relationship between 'burning' and 'forest'?"

"So, it can set the forest on fire?"

Lin Huai'en frowned and shook the "Angry" in his hand. It was similar to the Molotov cocktail in his memory.

No, it should be, "Rage", which extracted his impression of "Molotov".

Although he had never bought a Molotov cocktail himself, he had inquired about the related prices at the prop store.

At 1,200 yuan a bottle, it’s ridiculously expensive.

"No." However, facing Lin Huaien's inquiry, Ziyuan shook her head: "Maybe if there are more, it will be different, but just a few Molotov cocktails will not have much effect. After all, the area of ​​​​the forest is too big. Thousands The shadow of human identity, in front of it, a few bottles of "Wrath" are nothing but a drop in the bucket."

"A shadow for thousands of people... Indeed, a few 'anger's can't do anything at all."

After hearing Ziyuan's explanation, Lin Huaien sighed, but still put the Molotov cocktail into his backpack.

"It's getting late, let's find a place to rest."

Lin Huai'en looked at his phone. At 6 p.m., they had been operating in the forest for 6 hours. By 8 p.m., the power of the forest would grow, and the shadows could leave the camp and wander around. At 24:00 in the morning, even Ziyuan's power could not stop them from rushing into the temporary foothold.

And long before the third camp was cleared, he had already found a place to camp today——

A lumberyard.