Chapter 480: 219: Magical Duel
When the "Deadlock Sword" first dealt damage in the order of googol, the entire world suddenly came to a standstill.
Not only the "bug" crime scene, but all the lights and shadows in the black dungeon were frozen by the Power of Space-Time, as were the people far away at the cross-shaped sanctuary beyond the teleportation point...
Everyone just stopped suddenly.
A numerical overflow occurred in the game, forcing the world to "pause for repairs."
But people weren't truly in stasis; they just couldn't move, yet they could still think.
It was only when this stasis finally ended that Zhou Baiyu realized the power of this sword was far too great.
"With it, we can definitely kill the warden. But if we frequently trigger the maximum damage unit, could it cause the game world to collapse?"
Waking Dream's unpredictability was met with a smile; cheating is shameful, but when the cheater was his teammate, giving him a ride in the plane, at most he'd ask: "Is this cheat reliable?"
Now, in Waking Dream's view, this cheat was very powerful but seemed to be hurting the game itself.
The group was very close to the teleportation point, and all the "B-level jailers" had been thoroughly killed.
But there were still many monsters around the teleportation point.
If we're to scrape by, it's impossible to play in this game. You need to deal high enough damage to enter a rampage to possibly meet the warden.
The spacious and damp passageway was originally supposed to be extremely dark. But ore of various exotic materials lit up the corridor.
Following the light in the distance, Zhou Baiyu and the other five continued to move forward until they finally arrived at a much broader square.
No one could have imagined that an underground dungeon would offer wider views than above ground.
This is the map style of many dungeon games; it seems like you're entering a dungeon, but you're actually entering an underground world.
What came into view was a vast square, and every square metre of it was packed with monsters.
The density of the monsters was so great that it made everyone feel physically nauseated.
It was as if countless monsters were stitched together, with barely any gaps. Their number wasn't on the same scale as before, and the on-screen count was beyond estimation by the naked eye.
The idea of game designers to make levels difficult was simple—
Make the monsters more numerous, stronger, and tougher.
"A-level jailers."
All had green names.
The uncountable green-named monsters on the square were all waiting for the teleportation gate to be fully repaired, and the moment it was fixed would be when they would invade the cross-shaped sanctuary.
"The current teleportation gate can't withstand such a massive horde entering, but you can go through."
Looking at this scene, Zhou Baiyu was already planning various follow-up arrangements.
"The number and strength of the monsters have exceeded our expectations... by a lot. All the so-called layouts, base defenses, are fake; even if everyone has Snow Demon-level luck, they wouldn't be able to survive these monsters' assault."
"I will carve out a path next and draw the monsters' attention. At that time, you'll find a way to enter the teleportation gate."
"After teleporting back, contact Bai Ling immediately and arrange for everyone to retreat, anywhere is fine, just don't let the main force stay in one place."
"Can you do it?"
Zhou Baiyu looked towards Unparalleled Under Heaven.
At this moment, he considered Unparalleled Under Heaven more reliable than the guild leader because he could tell that when they first encountered Unparalleled Under Heaven, facing the horde in the town, although he couldn't resist, Unparalleled Under Heaven obviously had a trump card.
"I can do it, but I have one question: If we already have Snow Demon's incredible luck, but we still can't clear the level normally?"
"Isn't the game designed to be cleared?"
What Unparalleled Under Heaven asked was actually another question.
Zhou Baiyu understood well:
"This is a realm, not a game; the adversary is just giving us false hope."
"In the early stages, relying on Snow Demon's incredible luck, or even without such luck, you can make it to the town using your own methods."
"The game feels hard, but you don't think it's impossible to clear. On the contrary, you think if the main force is here, everyone focusing fire, you could definitely kill the monsters efficiently."
Unparalleled Under Heaven didn't speak; he already knew what Jiang Xianwu would say next.
Sure enough, Zhou Baiyu continued:
"So with that hope... you'll only feel despair."
"The Corrupt, the demons, the decayed kind, they all seem keen to see such despair in their opponents."
"When the dungeon's monsters appear, that's when the game really begins, no matter how lucky you are, you almost can't do any damage to these monsters. Even the Snow Demon has almost no output."
"And the number of monsters far exceeds the number of players."
"The game designer, from the start... only wanted to give you a taste of success."
"In other words, the adversary is actually toying with us."
Being able to build a vast game world, being able to create many powerful creatures within it...
Unparalleled Under Heaven realized the terrifying nature of the enemy; this was indeed an existence more daunting than the Demon Emperor.
The number of pioneers called this time was small, but even if there were several times more... the master of this game realm would still be able to catch everyone in one fell swoop through the game world.
"Not every game has a solution to clear it, just like the initial Gu Tower; if not for the power of the God of Death and Reincarnation, I couldn't have cleared it."