The Earth is Online - Chapter 102

[Chapter 102]

The sky was dark, and the vast night sky had only a thin star hanging in the east, clinging to the horizon. As soon as Tang Mo heard the voice, he withdrew his gaze and looked at Fu Wenduo. He tightened his fingers, and finally loosened them slowly.

Fu Wenduo: “Go first.”

Tang Mo: “Okay.”

The two quickly entered the service station. Fu Wensheng had already stood up and waited for them by the door.

Every expressway in Huaxia is built in rural areas. The service station that Tang Mo and the three are currently staying at is a small service station in a county-level city in Yangzhou, which is quite old and not luxurious. The service station stands alone in a vast expanse of land surrounded by farmland. The darkness hides everything. After Tang Mo was sure that there was no one, the black tower had begun to announce the new version of the rules.

“Ding dong! New rules added in Black Tower version 3.0—”

“First, every other month, each of the ten regions of the earth will start a game of the last player in the region. Since April 2018, the last ten days of each month will be the review period of the last player region.”

“Second, at 18:00 on March 31, 2018, the mandatory tower attack game will start. Players who have not attacked the tower within three months must enter the tower attack game.”

“Third, the black tower game (mental retardation mode) is turned on, please explore by yourself.”

“Ding dong…”

Suddenly, the crisp child’s voice stopped abruptly.

The three of Tang Mo were listening carefully to the content of this version update when their voices suddenly stopped, making Tang Mo’s heart tense. The super-intelligent thinking ability belonging to Chen Shanshan caused an ominous premonition in his heart, and he looked up at Fu Wenduo. Fu Wenduo put his hand on the black dagger. Now they are more than 60 kilometers away from the black tower in Yangzhou, but in the dark night, they can actually see a small shadow floating quietly in the sky.

The black tower should be extremely small, but in Tang Mo’s eyes, it was extremely clear.

All over the world, in the area where every black tower is located, the exact same thing is happening at this moment.

It is late night in China, early morning in Europe, and daytime in the United States. Cold Russia, heavy snow blocks everything. It was snowing heavily in goose feathers in Moscow, and a man as tall as a bear, wrapped in a thick cotton coat, walked to the center of the Red Square. The black tower is suspended on the south side of Red Square, above the head of St. Basil’s Cathedral.

On a snowy night, some players happened to be near the Red Square. When they heard the Black Tower announced the new version of the rules, they rushed over cautiously and hid in the dark to observe. However, when the man came over, all the players around opened their eyes in horror, and then they turned their heads and left at the fastest speed, not even daring to stay for a second.

There was only one person left on the huge red square in an instant.

The only man stepped foot by foot in the thick snow and walked to the black tower. With every foot he stepped on, the snow was knee-deep.

Finally he reached the door of St. Basil’s Cathedral, and the man raised his head and looked at the black tower.

At this moment, the sound of the black tower stopped sounded again. When the voice sounded, Tang Mo was shocked in Yangzhou, China. In every corner of the world, many players also looked at the black tower closest to them in horror, and then they heard a thick and hoarse male voice, saying word by word——

“Ding dong! The third rule of the three major iron laws of the Black Tower—”

“All players please… work hard, force, attack, tower.”

This sound ended, and the black tower returned to tranquility. All over the world, players can no longer sit still. Upheaval swept the earth.

Red Square, Moscow, St. Basil’s Cathedral.

The tall and strong man heard this voice, his blue eyes buried in the hat did not waver. He turned slowly and left the square. However, when he walked to a street lamp, he suddenly shot, pulled up the iron rod roughly with one hand, and smashed it hard at the black tower behind him.

The iron rod flew straight out, and it really jumped to a height of 100 meters, about to hit the black tower. But just when the iron rod was about to hit the black tower, it went straight through the black tower and fell smoothly to the ground in a parabola. With a loud bang, the street lamp smashed into the cathedral below the black tower. Inside the church, dozens of similar giant metal objects and stones fell on the ground, smashing the statue of Jesus made of white jade into two pieces.

Moscow was silent in the blizzard, and the man stepped on the heavy snow and left the Red Square.

Yangzhou, China, a service station.

Fu Wensheng was standing by the window looking at the black tower from a distance, until the black tower announced the end of the new rules, and after half a minute, he recovered, turned his head, and muttered: “The black tower… that is the voice of the black tower. ?”

Tang Mo’s expression was calm: “…Well, it’s Heita’s voice.”

Fu Wensheng hadn’t reacted yet, his heart was beating fast. But he found that Tang Mo and his eldest brother were very calm and did not show any abnormality. The child took a deep breath to calm down, and he calmly analyzed: “The black tower has always used the kind of children’s voice that tends to be mechanically sound. Whether it is to announce news to the world, the whole of China, or to individual players. Announcement when you finish the game. But Black Tower used to use other voices too.”

Tang Mo: “Yes, five months ago, Fu Wenduo…” He turned his head to look at Fu Wenduo, “The first time you attacked the tower, all of our Chinese players entered the tower attack game. Played you a ‘Thanksgiving’, a female chorus. After that, it hummed ‘Lullaby’ in a female voice, but it never used the male voice. And this time it said…” There was a pause , Tang Mo said: “It said, please players work hard to attack the tower.”

Fu Wenduo raised his eyebrows and looked at Tang Mo: Did you play “Thanksgiving” for me?

Tang Mo was thinking about the new rules announced by the Black Tower just now, as well as the rough male voice that sounded at the end, and what it said. He didn’t notice Fu Wenduo’s eyes.

Fu Wenduo retracted his gaze: “This is the third rule of the three major iron laws announced by the Black Tower when the Earth first went online.”

“Yes, it’s the third rule. Please all players work hard to attack the tower.” Tang Mo said, “There is also the first rule of the new version announced just now. From next month, the last player game will be opened once a month. Then it said, please all players work hard to attack the tower…” Tang Mo sighed and came to a conclusion: “The black tower is saying, let the players not forget this iron law. It requires global players not to slack off, and to continue to Strengthen its strength. So it didn’t mention the other two iron laws, only the last one…”

Tang Mo didn’t say anything next, but Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng understood what he meant.

The Black Tower no longer allows things like the Nanjing Group to appear.

Tang Mo didn’t know if the other nine districts of Huaxia that were involved in the last player game two days ago, except for Nanjing District, were judged as the last player by the Black Tower because of the existence of a powerful organization. But there is no doubt that this time the update of the Black Tower version 3.0, in addition to notifying the opening of the mandatory tower attack game at the end of March, the most important piece of information it has to convey is-

“All players please work hard to attack the tower. 』

From now on, I am afraid there will be no organization like the Nanjing Group. The last player game, which starts once a month, is like a sword of Damocles hanging over the player’s head, and no one dares to slack off.

Tang Mo said: “But this time the Black Tower also revealed another piece of information. The world is divided into ten regions by it, and it will find ten last-ranked areas in each region to start the last-ranked game. That is to say, in the ‘Last One’s Garbage Cleaning Game’ that we participated in, players from other countries also participated, but the Black Tower did not announce the information. Its notification was announced within each region.”

Fu Wenduo suddenly said: “Five months ago, at 8:00 am on November 15th, it announced that the Earth was online. After that, at 8:00 am on the 18th, global players were officially launched.” Tang Mo and Fu Wensheng looked at Fu Wenduo in unison, Waiting for his next words.

Fu Wenduo whispered, “East Eighth District?”

Fu Wensheng immediately reacted: “Huh? Is it because of the East Eighth District?!” Xiao Jitong has always been in charge of the Nanjing team and the Raiders team. Maybe because Fu Wensheng was still young, Xiao Jitong didn’t reveal too much information to him. He didn’t even think in that direction.

Tang Mo had guessed about this for a long time, he said: “So, the time of the Black Tower is based on GMT. The second of the three iron laws is the game time from 6:00 to 18:00 every day. This time corresponds to It is the standard time of each region. If something like the Christmas dungeon happens again, there is a solution.”

Fu Wenduo: “A race against time?”

“Well, it’s a race against time. Of course… If you have the strength to go faster than the earth’s rotation, it’s better to directly participate in the game.”

Hearing this, Fu Wenduo let out a low laugh. Tang Mo also shrugged.

Fu Wensheng stood aside, silently watching his elder brother talk to Tang Mo. The thinking of these two people jumped very fast. Many times Tang Mo didn’t say anything at all, and Fu Wenduo could think of other things. Then he said something, Tang Mo could follow his train of thought and speculate to the next step.

Fu Wensheng could only barely follow their thinking. It’s not that he’s slow or not smart enough, it’s just that he doesn’t have the special tacit understanding that these two have. Fu Wensheng looked at them and somehow felt that he couldn’t get in. But fortunately, before the children thought deeply about what role they should play in this group, Tang Mo talked about the second thing.

“The third rule of version 3.0 is to open the black tower game with mental retardation mode. I don’t know what this mental retardation mode will look like.”

Fu Wensheng immediately said: “When I was attacked by the big brother, the black tower was notified that it was a tower attack game in the mental retardation mode. Maybe this mental retardation mode is similar to the original one? It’s just that this time the black tower only It is said to be a black tower game in the mental retardation mode, not a tower attacking game in the mental retardation mode. Maybe this is just an ordinary black tower game, not a tower attacking game.”

The three carefully discussed the three game rules of the Black Tower 3.0 version, as well as the male voice and its cold words used by the Black Tower at the end.

In the second half of the night, Fu Wensheng found several empty mineral water bottles at the service station. His ability can fill up to 30 bottles of mineral water per day, so he never wastes opportunities and diligently fills up 30 bottles every day. While Fu Wensheng was filling the mineral water, Tang Mo walked out of the service station calmly.

Fu Wenduo raised his head and glanced at him, and Tang Mo said lightly, “I’ll be back soon.” As he spoke, he walked past Fu Wensheng. The kid also glanced at Tang Mo, realizing that he might be going out for convenience. However, Fu Wenduo kept staring at Tang Mo’s back until Tang Mo’s figure completely disappeared, the corner of his mouth twitched and he didn’t speak.

Walking to the remote corner behind the service station, Tang Mo looked around. After making sure that no one was there, he took a ruby from his pocket. Tang Mo put on Mario’s hat expressionlessly, looked at the wall in front of him, and then… silently bumped into it.

Bang bang bang!

After three beeps, Tang Mo put away the three pieces of garbage that fell on the ground and returned to the service station.

Early the next morning, the three continued on their way.

Fu Wenduo said that it would take up to four days to travel from Yangzhou to Beijing. But this time, as soon as they stepped into the Hebei area, they accidentally entered a black tower game. Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng were all pulled into the game by accident, and only Tang Mo was still sitting in the car. In the blink of an eye, Tang Mo was surprised to find that his two teammates had disappeared.

Tang Mo quickly reached out his hand and pulled the steering wheel from the passenger seat. After taking control of the direction, he stopped the car steadily.

Three days later, two figures, one big and one small, appeared on the highway.

Fu Wenduo had some injuries on his body, but Fu Wensheng was better, but his forehead was scratched and there was a little blood. During their game, Tang Mo kept using turkey eggs to communicate with Fu Wenduo and knew their situation. Now that the two brothers came out, Tang Mo sat directly in the passenger seat, and the three continued to drive to the nearest service station.

Tang Mo found some supplies from the service station. He returned to the car and handed a bottle of mineral water to Fu Wenduo: “Although you are all right, you have successfully cleared the game, but today is March 14th.”

Fu Wenduo took the water: “This is Handan. If you drive to Beijing, no accident, you should be there before midnight tomorrow.”

Tang Mo took out a map book from his bag and opened it to the Hebei map. He pointed to the map and said, “The map shows that it is about 100 kilometers away from the urban area of Handan. I have observed it on the highway before. Judging from the size of the black tower, it is not very far.”

The two looked at each other.

Fu Wenduo: “Go to Handan tonight.”

Handan, Hebei, March 14, 23:30.

Fu Wenduo parked the car on the edge of downtown Handan, found a hidden underground parking lot, and stopped the car. He and Tang Mo got out of the car, leaving only Fu Wensheng in the car, waiting for news from the two. The kid had a similar experience. He sat in the car and said, “Don’t worry about me. Brother Tang, be careful. Before in Nanjing, our Nanjing team was relatively strong. When the Black Tower version 2.0 was updated, the captain and Xiao team directly I went to Xinjiekou to observe the changes of the black tower. But this is Handan. Be careful.”

Tang Mo nodded lightly.

Fu Wenduo didn’t answer.

Fu Wensheng watched Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo leave. The two were extremely fast, but they disappeared at the entrance of the parking lot in a few seconds. Fu Wensheng stared nervously at the only entrance and exit of the parking lot. He clenched his props and cautiously guarded against every possible player.

Neither Tang Mo nor Fu Wenduo had been to Handan, but the Black Tower was the best guidepost. The two walked along the same road, each walking on one side, carefully paying attention to the movements around them. When they came under the black tower, the two talents converged again. They found an abandoned clothing store and quickly hid inside.

There was silence all around.

Fu Wenduo closed the door immediately after entering the clothing store. He just raised his head when he heard Tang Mo whisper, “Here, come here.”

Fu Wenduo was stunned for a moment, and quickly approached.

This clothing store is located on the commercial street next to the city center of Handan. It is a one-room shop. On the side of the wall facing the street, except for a small door that allows one person to enter and exit, the rest is a glass window for displaying clothes. Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo squeezed their bodies into the shadow of the triangle formed by the glass window and the wall, staring intently at the black tower not far away.

A minute later, a black figure flashed across the road and entered a nearby shopping mall to hide.

Tang Mo stared at the shadow closely.

After waiting for another five minutes, they didn’t see anyone other than the one who hid.

The cool evening wind blew across the road and blew up the dust on the ground, covering up the dark red blood that had long dried up on the concrete floor. Through the glass window, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo stared at the black tower in the sky. Tang Mo waited patiently as time passed by minute by minute.

At 0:00, a dazzling white light lit up from the black tower.

Tang Mo did not expect that this time the Black Tower update would flash a strong white light unexpectedly. His eyes hurt, and he narrowed his eyes subconsciously. Before he could react, a hand covered his eyes and blocked the white light.

Tang Mo took a breath.

The scorching palms pressed tightly against his eyelids, and the scalding temperature passed along the skin. A faint white light shone through the gaps in Fu Wenduo’s fingers. Tang Mo’s lips parted slightly, and he didn’t speak for a while. After three seconds, the white light dissipated. Fu Wenduo put his hand down.

After a while, Tang Mo said, “…I didn’t expect it to be different this time from the last update.”

Fu Wenduo: “Did you go to see it last time?”

Originally, Tang Mo still felt a little awkward, and there was an indescribable feeling entangled in his heart. Hearing this, he asked strangely: “Did you not watch the last update of Black Tower 2.0?”

“I happened to enter a copy.”

It turned out to be so. Tang Mo said: “The black tower radiated colorful light that time, probably similar to the light ball in KTV. Then it said that the new version was launched, and then the update was completed.”

Fu Wenduo: “That’s all?”

Tang Mo: “It also said the total number of players in the world at that time. Besides that…”

Tang Mo’s eyes narrowed, he quickly turned his head, and continued to look at the black tower.

I saw that at the top of the black tower, a small white light spot kept flashing. The light spot was so small that it was difficult to detect. Tang Mo narrowed his eyes and counted the number of times the light spot flickered. The spot of light beats so fast that it beats almost beyond the limits of human vision. It flickered again and again, but it was a pity that Tang Mo lost his mind and was not sure whether the number he counted was correct.

When the last flash is reached, the white light spot stops. Tang Mo whispered the number: “…9927 times.”

Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo also silently counted the number of flashes of white light spots, and the two did not have time to communicate. Fu Wenduo saw that the second white light spot suddenly appeared below the previous light spot, and it began to flicker again. This time, the frequency of its flickering was slightly slower, and the flickering of the light spots ended. Fu Wenduo said, “364 times.”

Tang Mo clearly remembered that three months ago, the first white light flashed only 62 times, and the second light stopped halfway through. He pursed his lips and was about to discuss the situation with Fu Wenduo about the two white light spots. Suddenly, an extremely dim white light spot lights up below the second white light spot.

Tang Mo’s eyes widened.

In the dark night, this third white point of light is so faint that it is difficult to detect. But it lights up.

It flickered slightly, then stopped slowly.

After three seconds, it flashed again. Finally, stop forever.

The next moment, a cheerful child’s voice sounded. Loud music echoed over Handan, and countless children’s voices hummed an unknown nursery rhyme in unison. They sang happily, just like what Tang Mo said, the black tower radiated colorful light, like the inferior colored light balls in the old KTV of the last century, the light instantly illuminated the entire center of the square.

In the cold wind, the joyful singing seemed to change its tune. After three times of singing, a cold mechanical child’s voice sounded.

“Ding Dong! 21.42 million players successfully loaded the game…”

“Game save…”

“Player data loading…”

“Loading game data…”

“Save successfully…”

“Successful loading…”

“The copy of the last one has been updated…”

“Ding Dong! On March 15, 2018, the Black Tower 3.0 version was officially launched, and players are welcome to enter the game.”

“Please all players work hard to attack the tower.”

“Ding dong! Happy game!”