The Earth is Online - Chapter 145

[Chapter 145]

Li Chaocheng spoke upside down, his eyes dodged, apparently still thinking about how he could escape, and did not want to reveal the information. Tang Mo flicked his finger, only to hear a crisp humming sound, and the sharp blade plunged straight into the soil. The cold knife was close to Li Chaocheng’s severed finger, and it was only one point away from piercing his flesh and blood.

The middle-aged man’s eyes widened in shock. Tang Mo raised his head and looked at Chen Shanshan: “Shanshan, press his hand for me again.”

Li Chaocheng immediately said: “Wait…wait, I said it all, what do you want me to say. This is the time ranking list, it just came out so suddenly, those who don’t have extra time to rest are meat pigs.” Li Chaocheng said, seeing Jakes’ dissatisfied expression, he quickly explained: “Hey, I didn’t call this name. I don’t know who was the first to call it that, I also heard it, so I called it after I’ve told you everything I know, and I really know so much!”

Tang Mo and Chen Shanshan looked at each other.

Chen Shanshan’s tone was calm: “Where is South Asia Region 1, India?”

Li Chaocheng: “I don’t know.”

“There is no one named Dijon Galava in the top fifty of the time rankings.”

Li Chaocheng’s expression changed, he glanced at the knife in Tang Mo’s hand, gritted his teeth, and said, “Dijian Galava died, he was killed two months ago. He used to be around 20th. It was he who opened it. up the time rankings, but it won’t affect his ranking.”

When Li Chaocheng said this, his expression was ugly, but his tone was firm. Tang Mo nodded to Chen Shanshan, and the two confirmed that Li Chaocheng was not lying. That being the case…

Tang Mo said lightly, “What kind of person is Mu Huixue?”

Li Chaocheng: “I don’t know.”

Tang Mo raised an eyebrow.

Li Chaocheng hurriedly said: “I really don’t know. She is from Huaxia District 3. I have been in Huaxia District 1. Except in games, we can’t meet at all. A returner at No. 36 on the time chart.”

Chen Shanshan: “Among the returnees, how many players have cleared the third floor of the Black Tower?”

Li Chaocheng hesitated for a few seconds, then answered honestly: “I don’t know how many, but there are definitely a lot. I cleared the third floor of the black tower last month, and everyone on the time ranking list has cleared at least the third floor of the black tower. Mu Huixue seems to have cleared the fourth floor of the Black Tower.”

After listening to Li Chaocheng’s words, Jakes looked at Tang Mo and Chen Shanshan worriedly. However, the two were not surprised at all, as if they had already guessed the result. Jakes scratched his head in confusion, and after a while, he put down his hand and understood the reason.

The six billion players who disappeared half a year ago called themselves returnees, and the Black Tower asked them to work hard to attack the tower. Only in this way can they return to Earth. They have participated in countless games, every day and every night, as long as they open their eyes, it is a game, and there is no time to rest at all. Just left a game and can only rest for ten minutes before entering the next game.

Everything is compulsive and there is no chance of choice at all.

In such a situation, human beings gradually become numb. They don’t know where the future is and how long they will live. Maybe if you get away with it in this game, you will die in the next game. What they have to do is not only to clear the game, but also to protect themselves from fatal injuries. Because they don’t have time to heal every time they get hurt. Entering the next copy with an injury almost means death.

No matter how powerful humans are, it is impossible for them to survive in such a terrifying game. They will surely die, it is just a question of how long they can live.

It was not until the time leaderboard opened that the returnees found a direction.

It turned out that they could survive.

Under this ranking, the powerful returnees gradually have time to rest. They can rest and get stronger by hunting down players on the time leaderboards to gain time and even items. It’s a cyclical circle, with strong players getting stronger and weaker players getting weaker.

Chen Shanshan asked the returnee’s strength question sharply. Li Chaocheng’s answer surprised Tang Mo, but on the surface, he remained calm and did not let Li Chaocheng see the flaw.

Li Chaocheng was also very puzzled.

Why are players on Earth so strong? A human who has just cleared the first floor of the black tower is so powerful that he is almost in the top 50 of the time rankings.

If this is the case, the so-called “return” of their returnees seems to be the mouth of the sheep.

Li Chaocheng rolled his eyes, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. His mouth was still revealing the information of the returnees, and he looked very timid. Tang Mo had a list of the top fifty people in the time ranking, and Li Chaocheng went on to say the names of the next fifty people. Just when he mentioned the ninth place, a faint light lit up on his body.

Li Chaocheng’s body trembled, he instantly understood what it was, and his face showed surprise. However, in the next second, a sharp knife pierced his heart directly. Li Chaocheng narrowed his eyes and raised his head to look at Tang Mo in front of him. Tang Mo calmly drew back the knife and put it in his pocket.

As Tang Mo said, he did have the strength to kill Li Chaocheng before he disappeared.

Li Chaocheng’s eyes widened, blood spilled from the corners of his mouth, and he made a resentful voice from his throat: “You…you…”

Tang Mo: “By the way, there is something I haven’t told you. In fact, you guessed right, the rubber rope that binds you has the effect of causality, and no one can untie it after it is tied. But its causality only lasts for One minute, one minute later, you can get rid of it.” After a while, Tang Mo looked indifferent: “I’m telling the truth, of course, you can choose to believe it or not.”

Li Chaocheng’s body trembled violently, he stared at Tang Mo with hatred, his eyes were malicious, as if he was going to smash him into pieces. However he was dead after all. He stared at Tang Mo with a stunned expression, the moment his breathing stopped, the golden number floating around his neck shattered.

Li Chaocheng’s body slowly disappeared into the air.

After Li Chaocheng disappeared, Chen Shanshan put away the pen, looked at the list on the paper, and said to Tang Mo: “There are only ninety people written in total, and the names of ten people are unknown. Brother Tang Mo, this list should be Really, he didn’t need to lie to us on purpose. It’s a pity that he is already dead.” The little girl was a little regretful, she actually wanted to ask Li Chaocheng some more information, for example, she planned to ask Li Chaocheng if there was any powerful organization among the returnees. The little girl guessed that Li Chaocheng might not know these things, because the returnee camp seems to be very loose, and there is little cooperation between players, but it is better to ask clearly.

Tang Mo: “The returnees are different from us. There is no necessary interest relationship between the surviving players on Earth. Except for the strange abilities like crazy stowaways and gluttons who like to kill, normal players will not kill people. The enemy is the black tower and the game of the black tower.”

Every returnee is strictly an enemy. Kill other people to get time, kill people on the time leaderboard, get more stuff.

Tang Mo thought for a moment and said, “The stronger the returnee, the harder it should be to cooperate.”

Jakes also understands this point: “Yes, there are too many benefits for killing powerful returnees. Killing the first place Mu Huixue can get a chance to resurrect. It’s a pity that Nie and the others didn’t die in the Black Tower. In the dungeon, they were killed by humans. Otherwise, I must find a chance to kill that Mu Huixue and resurrect them.”

The three of Tang Mo carefully looked around, and after making sure no one was ambushed, they entered the house together.

This is indeed Fu Wensheng’s home, and the nameplate next to the iron gate at the entrance has the word “Fu” written on it. Tang Mo pried the door lock and entered the house. After checking, he found some food and water. He distributed the supplies to Jakes and Chen Shanshan. The three of them hadn’t eaten for a long time. After eating a little, Jakes went to patrol the surroundings, and Tang Mo and Chen Shanshan entered the study on the second floor.

As soon as they entered the study, the two spread the list of time ranking lists on the desk. Tang Mo took a pen and drew all the Huaxia names on it, including Li Chaocheng, who died just now, there were actually twenty-four people in total.

“All the people on the time rankings have cleared the third floor of the black tower, but there should be very few people who have cleared the fourth floor of the black tower.” Chen Shanshan’s crisp voice sounded, the girl’s tone was firm, and she had maturity that did not match her age. She looked at the three words at the top of the ranking list and said, “Even Mu Huixue can only clear the fourth floor of the black tower. Brother Tang Mo, according to my and my teacher’s speculation, only when the returnees clear the fourth floor of the black tower. , the Black Tower 4.0 version will be opened. The teacher guessed that something happened to Mu Huixue that caused the update to be suspended, but this does not mean that she failed to clear the fourth floor of the Black Tower.”

Tang Mo also thought so, and he had another idea: “Maybe Mu Huixue is still clearing the fourth floor of the black tower.”

Chen Shanshan was stunned: “Still clearing the fourth floor of the Black Tower?” Before Tang Mo could explain, the little girl frowned, and after thinking for a while, she understood what Tang Mo meant: “It’s not impossible. The Black Tower often publishes sidelines. Quests, main quests, in almost every tower attack game, there will be more than two quests. Mu Huixue probably just completed one quest, and she triggered a new quest when she was about to clear the fourth floor of the black tower. That caused the update of the Black Tower to stop.” Suddenly, Chen Shanshan’s voice stopped abruptly, her pupils trembled slightly, and she raised her head to look at Tang Mo.

Tang Mo also looked at this short and thin little girl.

The eyes of the two met in the air, and Tang Mo sighed softly: “It’s really a race against time. Shanshan, when will you and Jax try the third floor of the black tower? With Jax’s fighting power and your wisdom , if you join hands, you should be able to pass the customs smoothly.”

Chen Shanshan nodded: “I’ll go in two days.”

The matter of taking the initiative to challenge the tower attack game was settled.

Li Chaocheng thought that Tang Mo was really the bottom of the 400 million surviving humans, and only cleared the first floor of the black tower. But Tang Mo and Chen Shanshan knew that although Tang Mo was not good at force, his strength was definitely at the top of the surviving players. It was extremely difficult to kill him, but it was easy for him to kill him.

The returnees are seasoned players who have gone through countless Dark Tower games. Tang Mo didn’t dare to play more Black Tower games with them, maybe he, Fu Wenduo and Chen Shanshan’s Black Tower games together would not be a fraction of Li Chaocheng’s.

In a world where life is at stake and games have to be played, the average strength of the returnees is doomed to be much stronger than the surviving players. And now Mu Huixue is probably still attacking the fourth floor of the black tower. As long as she succeeds in the challenge, the black tower will be updated to version 4.0, and the two worlds will merge.

Time is pressing, they must seize all the time to improve their strength.

“The players on the time rankings are definitely strong. That Li Chaocheng is actually very strong, but he is too conceited. He treats me and Jakes as real pigs, and does not hide the flaws of his abilities.” Tang Mo analyzed. , “His abilities are those strange steel needles, which are very fast and hard. There is only one disadvantage, that is, the speed will be slowed down after long-term use, and the two hands cast more steel needles in one hand and one in the other. Fewer hands.”

When all the steel needles are released together, this shortcoming is hard to see. Tang Mo also observed the abnormality for a few minutes. Then he chose to split up with Jakes and attacked from both sides.

There is no doubt about Li Chaocheng’s strength, but what Tang Mo is really worried about is: “Maybe there are more strong people, stronger than Li Chaocheng, but they are not on the time ranking.” After a pause, Tang Mo corrected: “There must be more powerful people. Many strong people are hiding in the dark.”

Chen Shanshan was packing up the pen and paper, and when she heard this, she stopped slightly. The little girl lowered her head and did not speak. She acquiesced to what Tang Mo said. But in doing so, the situation for surviving humans will be even more difficult.

Chen Shanshan packed her things and walked to the next bedroom to rest.

Tang Mo saw the dark circles under Chen Shanshan’s eyes just now, so she had a rare opportunity to let her have a good rest.

Tang Mo was the only one left in the quiet study room. He took out a small and delicate matchbox from his pocket and examined it carefully. He looked at the matchbox first, then shook it vigorously. Finally, rows of golden characters appeared on the matchbox.

[Props: Magic Matches of Mosaic]

【Owner: Tang Mo】

【Quality: Excellent】

【Level: Level 3】

[Function: Light a match, you can get any item you want. The item must be an item that the user has seen before, and can be a black tower prop, but the quality level cannot be higher than the magic match of mosaic. Items can be used for 24 hours and automatically destroyed after 24 hours. 】

[Restriction: This match is a one-time item and will be destroyed after use. 】

[Remarks: Mosaic, it’s snowing heavily, people eat chicken, and she lights a match. Matches~ Matches~]

Tang Mo looked at the last line of remarks, and actually hummed in his heart. When he regained his senses, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he coughed and put the box of matches back in his pocket. The magic match of Mosaic is an extremely terrifying item. In terms of its function, Tang Mo even felt that it should not be the same high-quality item, but should be of rare quality.

However, there are only three matches in total, and the use time limit is 24 hours.

Tang Mo closed his eyes and pondered. He began to think about where these three magical matches could work. Slowly, he raised the corner of his mouth, unable to hide his joy. His fingers tapped on the matchbox rhythmically, Tang Mo stretched out his hand again, took out a thin book from the air, and turned to the last page.

[Ability: Little Rain Pear Flower Needle]

[Owner: Li Chaocheng (returner)]

[Type: Atomic]

[Function: After raising both hands, 1-100 steel needles can be released. The steel needle can fly up to the speed of sound and is very hard. 】

[Restriction: Use the steel needle for a long time, the longer the use time, the less the number of steel needles that can be released. The flight speed of the needles is inversely proportional to the number of needles, and the needles released by the left hand are always more than three times the number of needles released by the right hand. 】

[Note: 呔, evildoer, look at my little rain pear flower needle! 】

[Instructions for use of Tang Mo version: The maximum number of steel needles that can be released is 50, the maximum flight speed is 100m/s, and it can only be used twice a day. Hmm… the steel needle is too thin and not suitable for Tang Mo. I think Tang Mo likes a thicker one. 】

Tang Mo calmly watched the complaints from the power book, his expression unchanged. He is immune to this level of complaints, and he doesn’t think there is anything unusual. But being unaffected doesn’t mean Tang Mo likes this cheap junk book very much. He raised his hand to throw the cheap book back into the air. The moment he raised his hand, Tang Mo’s eyes changed.

The power book landed on the ground with a clatter, Tang Mo kicked his feet, turned his body back, and ran to the small balcony of the study. As he ran, he pulled out his small parasol, quickly chanted a spell, pierced the curtain, and stabbed the man hiding outside the window. A black figure turned sideways to avoid it, and just turned from the dim indoors to the outdoors, the dazzling sunlight made Tang Mo subconsciously narrow his eyes.

After the other party dodged, Tang Mo reacted quickly, swept over with one leg, and was avoided by the other party again.

The small parasol was not very useful in this kind of close combat. Tang Mo threw it, put one hand on the ground, jumped into the air, and punched the opponent. A warm and thick hand caught his fist, and the man let out a low laugh and stepped back half a step. Hearing this voice, Tang Mo’s heart trembled, he slowly raised his head, he wanted to stop at this point, but Fu Wenduo raised his fist and smashed it into Tang Mo’s face.

It seemed that he had suddenly returned to the afternoons when he was teaching fighting skills, and Tang Mo reflexively turned his head to avoid it. When Fu Wenduo’s fist hit Tang Mo’s face, it suddenly opened and went through Tang Mo’s hair. Tang Mo didn’t expect him to change like this. He was shocked and was still thinking about how to fight. At this time, Fu Wenduo had grabbed the back of his head and pulled him towards him.

Tang Mo was caught off guard and bumped into the man’s hard chest, and it hurt a little. He didn’t realize what Fu Wenduo meant by doing this, and a strong hand clasped his throat directly.

Tang Mo’s body froze, and he looked up at the man in front of him in astonishment.

Fu Wenduo clasped the back of Tang Mo’s head with one hand and grabbed his throat with the other.

In the close combat without superpowers, Tang Mo thought that although he was inferior to Fu Wenduo, he was not too far behind. Who would have expected that after the real fight, he would still be far behind this man.

The slightly rough fingertips rubbed the young man’s neck, and Fu Wenduo pursed his lips.

…feel a little better.

Tang Mo’s Adam’s apple moved, and the skin hit Fu Wenduo’s finger, both of them were stunned. Fu Wenduo did not withdraw his hand, Tang Mo was silent for a moment, then helplessly raised the corners of his lips, and said, “You don’t seem to have taught me this trick before?”

Fu Wenduo really never mentioned this kind of trick to Tang Mo before, and even when the two fought, they never saw Fu Wenduo use it.

Someone broke the rigid atmosphere, and Fu Wenduo quietly raised the corners of his mouth, and said in a low voice, “This trick is only taught to those who are familiar.”

Tang Mo: “We didn’t know each other three months ago?”

Fu Wenduo raised his eyebrows: “Are you familiar?”

According to common sense, Tang Mo should take the man’s hand away generously now, but he didn’t, and Fu Wenduo kept strangling his neck. Said to be restraint, when the two actually started chatting in this posture, the posture seemed a bit weird… more like stroking.

Tang Mo smiled and asked back, “Then Major Fu, we are very acquainted now?”

Fu Wenduo did not answer this sentence. It was a bit too deliberate to touch him again. He let go of his hands and Tang Mo also stood up straight, keeping a distance of ten centimeters between the two. Fu Wenduo wanted to say something, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, his face sank instantly, and he directly grabbed Tang Mo’s wrist: “What’s wrong?”