Chapter 18 - 15: Crossbow Cannon Bombs Zombies
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Ten minutes passed since the death and resurrection debuff wore off, and Blood Sea Wave swung a brand-new battle blade as he once again boarded the ship's deck.
Facing the zombie that appeared before him, Blood Sea Wave laughed heartily, one slash -12! This damage was overkill to kill it!
"Die for me!" Another slash, the zombie crashed to the ground, and sure enough, got no chance to swing that disgusting last hit!
The difference of this 1 point in attack speed really was a world apart! This time, finally able to fight the BOSS with full health and no damage, defeating the BOSS was finally not an issue! Blood Sea Wave laughed wildly as he slashed his way into the cabin.
This time, it was a sure win!
Blood Sea Wave once again, burdened with curses all over his body, charged back into the BOSS's room.
In the face of absolute power, no amount of curses was more than just an extra slash or two, you dare to make me unhappy playing a game, you've got some nerve! But the more frustrating it was, the sweeter the achievement of beating it was! As for those zombies that appeared in the Summoning Array, ignore them!
A flash of the blade! Venting all the resentment and pleasure within Blood Sea Wave!
"-6"!!!
A good start! Blood Sea Wave laughed crazily! This damage was really different! Let's see how many dodges and heals you can do with this health?
Bang! -2! A zombie's claw hit Blood Sea Wave's big shield, green liquid splattered!
—System Prompt: You were hit by the Plague Zombie's special skill Plague Attack, your Attack -1, Defense -1, as long as you keep being attacked by the Plague Zombie, your Attack and Defense will continue to decrease to 0, the plague effect will disappear after the battle ends.
Blood Sea Wave was suddenly stunned! It was actually the advanced form of the zombie, the Plague Zombie! The summoned creatures have upgraded again?
—Plague Zombie: Attack 2, Defense 2, Damage 2-3, Life 17, Attack Speed: Very Slow 6, Move Speed: 4, Experience 16, Command Value 1, Special skill: Intermediate Defense Skill, Plague Attack.
At this moment Blood Sea Wave only realized that the BOSS in the dark was no longer the Resentful Spirit, but an unknown Undead Creature! Although it looked similar to a ghost, its whole body was much more shrouded in death energy!
The sudden change left Blood Sea Wave stunned!
What was this? There was no introduction to such a ghost in the official materials! The upgraded form of the BOSS? Why did I get downgraded when I died, but the BOSS had to upgrade? Could it be that this BOSS doesn't grow with the player's growth, but upgrades every time you fight it? Even if it's an upgrade, it should have upgraded to an Evil Spirit! Did I trigger it into upgrading again by forcibly breaking through earlier?
While he was startled, a white light flashed on the unknown BOSS, and a big +3 appeared! Self-healing!
Bang! Another Plague Zombie joined the assault, taking another 2 life points from Blood Sea Wave and 1 point from both Attack and Defense! Originally Blood Sea Wave's Defense was reduced by 4 points by a spell curse, letting the zombie take 2 more points of Defense, his high defense advantage was completely wiped out!
"Screw it all!" Blood Sea Wave desperately slashed at the BOSS, charging in a frenzy!
-6! Missed! +4! -5! Missed! +3! -4!
Blood Sea Wave's attacks grew weaker, his health dwindled, when a Plague Zombie landed a -3 point damage, Blood Sea Wave was near death, but the BOSS still had six or seven health points left! Blood Sea Wave finally realized he couldn't win this fight!
Retreat! Blood Sea Wave angrily fled the cabin, escaping back to the island!
Failed again! Blood Sea Wave had a strong urge to destroy his machine! But as he swung his fist, a strong sense of hunger and weakness surged through him!
So, dinner time had passed, who would have thought a few days in the game could make one forget the existence of real-time. Blood Sea Wave took off his helmet and shook his head, better to eat. After all, the trial of a God-level Hero couldn't possibly be as simple as wishing it into existence.
Blood Sea Wave then called to order some food: "Golden Prosper Hotel? Send me a medium rare Texas steak, and after midnight send me a medium-well Texas steak."
"Okay, sir! What kind of drink would you like?"
"No alcohol."
"Okay, sir."
Blood Sea Wave planned to stay up all night, so of course he wouldn't drink. His fondness for steaks often mocked as low-class by those around, screw them! He's a carnivore, not a herbivore!
Blood Sea Wave walked to the window, opened it, and looked down at the city's bright night lights while letting the cold evening wind clear his mind.
Does this BOSS really upgrade every time it fights?
Rumor had it that players in the United States encountered something similar, just in an instance. If the challenge failed, the instance difficulty increased the next time. So, success was necessary without failure. But that player, after failing five or six times, finally found a way to clear the now very difficult instance, and the rewards were far beyond expectations.
Guess this trial BOSS of mine must be something similar. My next step is to level up without provoking the BOSS. From the situation of skeletons suddenly turning into zombies after the second BOSS challenge, as long as I don't rush into the cabin, it's not provoking the BOSS.
Then I'll kill Plague Zombies on the deck to train to level 10 and max out all the public skills of the Attack Skill. Although the Plague Zombie's special skill is disgusting, they are fundamentally no different from normal zombies, all die in two slashes without being able to fight back, and they yield more experience.
However, if the situation is not as I imagined, what should I do even if I reach level 10 and still can't win?
Blood Sea Wave frowned suddenly, remembering the junk fish named Da Fei that the system distributed together! Could it be that the system intended for two people to team up to clear the level? I always lose by a small margin, if someone helped, I'd have cleared it long ago!
Tch! Team up my ass! Dare to steal my loot, I'll chop him to pieces if he dares to log on!
If things don't work out, I'll have to ask my brothers for help. I wonder if Shaodong's team is ready yet? Shaodong is incredibly energetic, often pulling all-nighters, what a waste not to use such talent to play games.
Blood Sea Wave then called Shaodong: "Shaodong, how's it going?"
From the phone came a hearty laugh: "I'm online with Brother Tian and Little Ma bidding for accounts! We'll sort it all out tomorrow!"
Blood Sea Wave was delighted: "Bro, you're doing the right thing?"
Shaodong laughed: "You and I withdrew from the streets, beginning a new venture in the game, how can we not have some God-level accounts to make it worthwhile?"
Blood Sea Wave laughed heartily: "This small place, screw that crappy street life! In the game, there's not just the streets, there's the sea too!"
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Below the deck in the gun cabin, Da Fei was feeling his way around in the dark, carefully and quietly dismantling the first crossbow cannon. After all, he wasn't sure if the noise would alert the zombie at the door.
At this moment, heavy footsteps came from above, making Da Fei's heart tighten! It was Blood Sea Wave! He rested and came back to fight the BOSS! You can't beat it, can't beat it, can't beat it! As he cursed, hurried footsteps followed overhead, then a splash, someone jumped into the water. Oh yeah! So, he failed the BOSS challenge again? Wahaha, awesome!
Well sure, that bizarre BOSS couldn't be soloed so easily, right? No matter what, you had to wait until you've leveled up and killed the BOSS enough times, only then could you shoot a bullet in its back!
Now Da Fei was clear-headed and in a good mood, continuing to dismantle the broken cannon undistracted.
—System Prompt: You successfully dismantled the Crossbow Cannon, acquiring a damaged Bow Limb!
—System Prompt: You successfully dismantled the Crossbow Cannon, acquiring a deformed Trigger!
—System Prompt: You successfully dismantled the Crossbow Cannon, acquiring a destroyed Mount!
—System Prompt: You successfully dismantled the Crossbow Cannon, acquiring an intact Bowstring!
Haha, finally got a complete part! Continue! After more than ten minutes, all parts were dismantled!
—System Prompt: You successfully dismantled a Crossbow Cannon, gaining 560 experience!
What! You can get experience for dismantling cannons! And so much! Da Fei was ecstatic! Of course, you had to get experience! This stuff was already in Lanxiang and New Oriental's teaching materials and textbooks, it's just unthinkable not to gain experience while self-learning through practice! In fact, those players who started normal mechanical style gameplay weren't just apprentices in the machine workshop for experience?
Haha, let's continue!
The night's time in the game quickly passed, and as Da Fei became more skilled and adept, by the time the eleventh crossbow cannon was successfully dismantled, a golden light flashed above Da Fei!
—System Prompt: Congratulations! You leveled up to level 7, gaining 1 freely allocated strategic attribute point, 1 skill point, Health +2, Command Power +1.
—System Prompt: You have obtained all intact parts of a composite Crossbow Cannon; you can now assemble a new Crossbow Cannon!
Wahaha! Truly a double joy! Assemble!
As dawn broke and light shone through the gaps of the cannon hatch into the cabin, the cabin became gradually brighter, quickening Da Fei's assembling of the Crossbow Cannon.
—System Prompt: Reconnaissance Skill Warning! There's a powerful enemy nearby, remain alert!
Da Fei was suddenly startled, wasn't the powerful enemy nearby just that Zombie BOSS blocking the door? Does that mean that at night it couldn't see me, but during the day it would notice? I thought hiding behind it would be fine, seems like a battle with this BOSS is unavoidable.
Screw this! Da Fei started assembling with all his might as time ticked away!
—System Prompt: Reconnaissance Skill Warning! A powerful enemy is near, you are about to enter its alert range!
Da Fei was sweating bullets! At the last moment, he couldn't be sloppy! The time to prove if I'm a pro was now!
—System Prompt: Warning! You've been discovered by the enemy! Prepare for battle!
Clang! With a crisp sound, the last bowstring of the Crossbow Cannon was assembled!
—System Prompt: You successfully assembled a Crossbow Cannon, gaining 1,000 experience!
At this point, the Zombie BOSS at the door had already turned around, and Da Fei, sitting on the cannon seat, kicked open the trigger, drew the string, and loaded the first crossbow arrow!
Fire!!!
—Bang! The crossbow cannon made a soft tremor, the arrow turned into a streak of cold light shooting towards the cabin door!
—Bang! -13! A direct hit to the Zombie BOSS's chest and abdomen!
—System Prompt: You have obtained incomplete information about the Rapid Zombie!
What?! No knockback! What is this Rapid Zombie! Never heard of it! But I have no time to look at the info! Da Fei kicked the bowstring again to continue loading!
The Zombie BOSS's body bent into a bow, pounced fiercely! It was the same move that killed Blood Sea Wave last night!
In Da Fei's terrified gaze, the BOSS drew a twenty-meter arc through the air in the cabin, and then—crashed!!! Like a meat missile, it smashed heavily on the crossbow, resulting in a massive tremor and a huge -58!!!
—System Prompt: You further completed the incomplete information on the Rapid Zombie!
What!!! That's the damage level of a level 7 soldier! Looking at the grimacing zombie up close, a terrified Da Fei kicked open the trigger!
—Bang! The crossbow arrow shot out violently!
—Bang!!! -39! The crossbow arrow pierced through its chest, shooting the Zombie BOSS pinned on the crossbow away!
Da Fei's eyes shrank in shock! My crossbow cannon shouldn't be dealing such high damage!
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