69novels Chapter 144 A Newbie Gift Pack Falls From the Sky?
Chapter 144 A Newbie Gift Pack Falls From the Sky?
Chapter 144 A Newbie Gift Pack Falls From the Sky?
A small stone house stands on the vast plain. Occasionally, a person's figure will appear near the house and then quickly leave.
After the white-haired boy appeared near the hut, he casually glanced around at the surroundings.
A gaze, as if it were tangible and intensely present, followed him relentlessly.
Such poor spying skills made Su Wu frown.
Are some veteran players observing him? Speaking of which, most games have that kind of skill, right? You know, the kind that lets you check enemy information with a single click.
There should be similar ability cards in the Greed Island game, but it's unclear to what extent they can be seen.
In other words, his information has most likely already been known to some veteran players who have been spying on him.
For example, names and the cards one owns...
The new player's identity has definitely been discovered, but this isn't exactly information that needs to be hidden, right? Otherwise, why would he use a pseudonym?
It's hardly any useful intelligence at all.
"My lord." The blond youth and the white tiger demon beast appeared one after the other in front of the hut.
"Hmm... As long as you have the will, you can play. Even the race doesn't matter." Su Wu looked at the large white tiger that appeared, as if some guess had been confirmed.
"Sir, those people, they want to..." Maro stood two steps behind the white-haired boy, his head lowered to conceal his gaze, his voice cold.
The meaning was already quite clear, even though it wasn't finished.
Should we get rid of those spying on us?
It's really annoying that a mouse hiding in the dark can't even hide its own tail properly, yet it dares to spy on them.
"Those looks are really unpleasant..." Su Wu nodded slightly. "But when I think about how they're a newbie gift pack, I feel happy." He chuckled, his tone dripping with sarcasm.
New player gift pack?
Does it refer to those who willingly walk into a trap and seek death?
"You're right," Maro replied, bowing his head with a fervent tone.
"Let's go check out the nearest town first. We need to collect 100 designated cards to clear the game, and the number of these cards that can be materialized is probably not much. At least compared to the number of players in this game, it's definitely a case of supply falling short of demand..." Su Wu analyzed the current situation in the game as she walked forward.
Competition usually occurs when demand exceeds supply.
There are 100 game consoles, and each console can be used by a maximum of eight people, so the maximum number of players is 800.
The number of the best designated cards that have been materialized is estimated to be only in the single digits. This is evident from the fact that no one has completed the game even after ten years since its release, so there must be a lot of competition for them.
In particular, some players were found dead next to the game consoles.
"Those veteran players probably won't make a move against us right now..." Su Wu continued, "New players who are penniless aren't worth their time either. If it were me..."
"They'll nurture the new players until they acquire the cards, then they'll harvest them..."
So those veteran players were just watching them, which was essentially surveillance?
If that's the case, then there will definitely be plenty of little mice following them in the game, and they'll always be there.
That won't do; it'll just annoy me.
Su Wu suddenly stopped, and Maro and Kong, who were following behind him, also stopped.
A figure enveloped in white light descended from the sky like a falling meteor, landing in front of them and stirring up a gust of wind.
The white light dissipated, revealing the figure of a man holding a card collection book. He wore a sleeveless martial arts uniform, revealing muscular arms that looked like solid stones. He had a triangular scar on his face, as if he had been stabbed by some weapon.
"A newcomer?" He looked Su Wu and the other person up and down, then opened the book in his hand.
Draw a card and insert it into the card slot in the book, and then a series of messages will appear on the small screen inside the book.
"The designated pocket has no cards, and the free pocket has no pockets either. Its name is Hill..." he muttered to himself, completely disregarding the two newcomers.
After the used card disappeared, he took out another identical card, this time with Maro's information on it.
"His name is Maro, and he has nothing else..." he said, glancing at the white tiger beside him.
...Is this thing a player? No way, right? Forget it, I shouldn't waste any more cards.
"Don't worry, I won't attack you right now..." He smiled expectantly and eagerly, but pulled out another card.
"Ah, a newbie gift pack that fell from the sky." The white-haired man looked at him and finally spoke his first words since he appeared.
There was no surprise or fear as I had imagined; his calmness was astonishing.
And what does the "newbie gift pack" they mentioned mean?
"Newcomers always have to use a few spell cards [Tracking]..." he said maliciously. "Use [Tracking] to attack..." Hill.
Before he could finish speaking, the hand holding the card was severed at the wrist, and blood gushed out.
The hand that landed on the ground in front of the boy was still holding the card, and its fingers even twitched.
"Ahhh—my hand! My hand—" the man cried out in pain, the blood flowing even faster as he flailed his arm, now devoid of his hand.
But he quickly calmed down and used his other hand to play the card he had prepared beforehand—"Use [Return], return to..."
"Trying to escape? No way." The white-haired boy interrupted him, cutting off his use of dialogue.
I roughly understand the game mechanics now.
You need to shout out who you're using the card on, which is why you start with the card that shows information about the person.
However, as long as you interrupt their lines before they finish speaking, or rather... before they call out the name of their target, or block their hands, you can avoid being attacked.
In other words, as long as you react quickly enough, nothing will happen.
Thinking of this, Su Wu's gaze fell on the card book and cards that the man had dropped to the side. Maro immediately bent down to pick them up and handed them to him with both hands.
"I happen to be out of cards right now, so I'll spare your life since you've come to my door to offer help." The white-haired boy took the card book, flipped through it, and took out the cards one by one from his pocket.
"Book." A book appeared in his hand as well.
After putting the obtained cards into the pocket of your book, throw the card book in front of the other person.
"Try to run away by any means necessary. I think... there must be quite a few people watching this place, right?" The white-haired, blue-eyed boy with black markings on his face grinned, looking like a devil.
As for what kind of ending a player will get in this game after losing all their cards and their hands—who cares?
The man staggered to his feet, not even bothering with the hand on the ground, and ran as fast as he could.
"Is it good to look at, you trash?" Su Wu sneered, facing the direction of the prying gazes, and said contemptuously, "If you look again, I'll kill you all."
(End of this chapter)