The Earth is Online - Chapter 46

[Chapter 46]

“After the Christmas welfare copy was suddenly opened, the four of me, Shanshan, Liu Chen and Feifei went out to find Christmas branches, and finally found two. Liu Chen and I decided to give the branches to Shanshan and Feifei. The two of them are The copy entered with a branch.” The little fat man was much stronger than half a month ago, facing the disappearance of his companion, he tried his best to calmly say: “I originally thought that Shanshan and the others are girls after all, so it’s not as good as me and me for a fight or something. Liu Chen. Liu Chen and I might be able to deal with danger without branches. We can’t let these two girls do this. But… but it’s already past twelve o’clock, Brother Tang, they haven’t come back yet!”

Zhao Zi’ang’s eyes were red and he didn’t cry.

Tang Mo tightened his fingers, and he analyzed: “Even if they take branches into the dungeon at the same time, they will not necessarily enter the same dungeon. Just like Jakes has branches, you don’t have branches, but you both enter the same dungeon. Totally random.”

Zhao Ziang nodded.

Tang Mo looked at Luo Fengcheng, who also looked at him silently.

Finally, Tang Mo turned around, walked up to the little fat man, and said softly, “Wait.”

In fact, he already knew this was the answer, but Zhao Zian couldn’t help but run over and tell Tang Mo. They have nothing to do but wait. It was impossible for Tang Mo to know which dungeon Chen Shanshan was in. Now that the Christmas dungeon was closed, he couldn’t get in.

The little fat man bowed his head and left.

Tang Mo looked at his sad back and pursed his lips.

“Still don’t tell him, those two little girls are likely to be forced into the tower attack game.” Luo Fengcheng’s voice sounded, and Tang Mo turned to look at him. The young doctor in a white coat put his hands in his pockets and looked at him quietly, “There are many kinds of Christmas copies, but eight out of ten | nine, when Santa Claus sends out all the presents at twelve o’clock, Huaxia’s All Christmas dungeons are over.”

Tang Mo knew this.

Among the thirteen members of Atak, Tang Qiao was forced to eject the copy. At twelve o’clock, three of the sixteen large-scale dungeons she participated in had already died and eight had been eliminated. Only the remaining five people were alert to their opponents and continued to play the game. However, as soon as twelve o’clock arrived, before the game was over, they were all ejected from the copy and returned to the real world.

The Christmas bonus copy only exists on Christmas Eve, and when Christmas comes, it ends.

Chen Shanshan and Qiao Feifei have not left Ben so far, there is only one possibility: they are eliminated and enter the tower attack game.

Tang Mo lowered his head and looked at a statue of a villain on the table in Luo Fengcheng. After a long time, he said, “The Black Tower will be updated with a new version soon. I won’t leave Shanghai for the time being.”

Luo Fengcheng: “How long are you going to wait?”

The new version of the black tower is just a reason. Suzhou also has a black tower, so there is no need to stay in Shanghai. He wanted to wait for Chen Shanshan to make sure the little girl was safe.

Tang Mo looked calm and gave the answer: “Ten days.”

After leaving Luofengcheng’s office, Tang Mo casually found a car and lay in to rest.

In the silent and empty underground parking lot, the light was dim, and the faint light shone into the car through the dark windows, only showing a faint outline. Tang Mo stretched out his right hand and held it in front of him. He remembered that a month ago, a little girl put a box of biscuits into his hand, and he got the other party’s ability.

Even if there is a chance to enter the dungeon to save Chen Shanshan, Tang Mo will not enter immediately. He will think for a long time before he decides to enter to find someone, the premise is that he has the king’s gold coins. Without the king’s gold, he would never be able to enter a dangerous tower attack game for a little girl.

However, as Luo Fengcheng said, he still stayed and decided to wait ten days.

Ten days later, if Chen Shanshan has not shown up, he will return to Suzhou.

Time flies like water, and the seven days passed quickly. On Christmas Eve, five of Atak failed to come out of the dungeon. Seven days passed and they still did not appear. After the stowaways organization, the departure of the members did not cause much disturbance in the organization, and everyone calmly accepted this fact.

On the eve of 2018, Tang Mo, Jakes and Luo Fengcheng quietly left the mall in the dark.

In the dark night, like black lightning, the three quickly passed through the factory area and residential area, crossed the Nanpu Bridge, and sneaked into Puxi.

Five kilometers away from the black tower, Tang Mo stopped and reached out to stop Jakes and Luo Fengcheng. The three of them hid in a dim alley, Tang Mo lowered his voice: “Jakes is capable, but his size is too big and his movements are not agile enough. Luo Fengcheng, you are a reservist, you are easy to be found when you approach there. I am the only one. people go.”

Jakes frowned and said, “We already found five people around when we came. Would it be too dangerous for you to go alone?”

Luo Fengcheng also asked: “In an emergency, how quickly can you come here and join us?”

They didn’t know that Tang Mo possessed the super speed ability, which could increase his speed to the speed of sound and escape at the limit. Tang Mo bent down slightly: “Soon. Even if I can’t beat it, I can escape and join you.”

Jakes was about to say something else, Luo Fengcheng pondered: “Okay, we’ll be waiting for you here at 0:15. If you don’t come back, let’s find a place to hide first.”

Tang Mo nodded. The next moment, he turned his head to look at Nanjing Road in the distance.

“Whoosh-”

A vigorous figure pierced through the night, broke through the sound of the wind, and headed for the dark giant tower at a very fast speed.

While Tang Mo was running, his whole body was tense, and he was always alert to the movements around him. His mind was empty, and his perception was infinitely magnified. Because of the extremely fast speed, the wind whistled in his ears. He clearly heard his thumping heartbeat, and at least ten equally cautious footsteps within a radius of fifty meters.

This New Year’s Eve, Shanghai was quiet, there was no wind or rain, it was a quiet and beautiful night. On this night, dozens of players ignored the danger and quietly approached the black tower. When the bell rang at two o’clock on the bell tower on the Bund, there was no splendid fireworks on the opposite side of the Huangpu River like every year in the past, announcing the arrival of 2018 to the citizens of Shanghai.

At the junction of Nanjing Road and the Bund, more than fifty black figures arrived under the black tower at the same time. They sensed each other’s presence and ran away immediately, finding the nearest hidden location to hide.

Tang Mo gasped heavily, clinging to the door of the Peace Hotel, and slowly sat on the ground.

Just now when he arrived under the black tower, he met twelve players. In the dark night, they couldn’t see each other’s appearance clearly, but that dangerous aura emanated without a doubt. The twelve made a decision in unison, turned to leave, and found a place to hide.

Tang Mo ran into the first floor of the Peace Hotel, hid behind the door, turned his head quietly, and looked at the giant black tower outside through the window.

In the thick night, twelve o’clock arrived, and the time passed every second.

Tang Mo stared at the black tower carefully, he frowned: “…No movement?”

Seven days ago, the Black Tower released an announcement to the whole of China. On January 1, 2018, the Black Tower 2.0 version was launched. Tang Mo and Luo Fengcheng discussed it and thought that the most likely time for the Black Tower to go online would be 0:00 on January 1st.

“It’s not zero, could it be six?” Tang Mo thought.

Six o’clock is the second possible time. According to the three iron laws of the Black Tower, 6:00-18:00 is the game time. So the new version is likely to go live at six o’clock. Besides that, the third possibility is 8 o’clock. Because a month ago, the Black Tower announced the launch of the earth at 8:00 on November 15th, and announced the official start of the game at 8:00 on November 18th.

“If it’s not 0:00, then you can go back now and meet up with Luo Fengcheng and Jakes. Check back in six hours.” Tang Mo thought to himself. He looked at the giant tower again, preparing to go back quietly. But just when he saw the middle part of the black tower, his eyes suddenly stagnated, staring at the center of the black tower.

The giant black tower suspended 100 meters above the sky looks like a dark mountain in the night. But at this moment, in the very center of it, a small white light point is flickering gently. This little point of light flickered with a certain rhythm.

Tang Mo counted the seconds in his heart.

“Da da da–”

This little point of light flashes about once every second. When it flashed to the 62nd time, suddenly, a second little light point lit up beneath it. This time, however, the second small point of light was only half-lit and then silently annihilated, not fully lit.

The next moment, a cheerful music suddenly sounded, and countless children’s voices began to sing loudly. The children’s singing came from all directions, and it suddenly sounded in the dark night.

“Happy New Year, Happy New Year, I wish everyone a Happy New Year.”

“We sing, we dance, and wish everyone a happy new year.”

“happy New Year……”

Tang Mo heard several inhalation sounds from around him. He pressed his body tightly against the window sill, hiding his figure in the darkness, leaving only a pair of eyes to quietly peek at the black tower dozens of meters away.

In the dark night, the huge black tower emits colorful light, like the light ball of the old KTV of the last century, it illuminates the whole of Shanghai, and the colorful light spots are reflected on the Huangpu River, reflecting the undulating waves of the river. It sang this joyous song over and over again, as if a group of children were really singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year.

More than fifty players hid in the darkness, staring at the black tower that sang the New Year.

After singing it three times, the light on the black tower suddenly stopped. Everyone stared at this scene vigilantly, only to listen to the next moment, a clear child’s voice sounded——

“Ding Dong! 162.1 million players successfully loaded the game…”

“Game save…”

“Player data loading…”

“Loading game data…”

“Save successfully…”

“Successful loading…”

“Successful loading…”

“Reality copy has been opened…”

“The assembly copy has been completed…”

“Ding Dong! On January 1, 2018, the Black Tower 2.0 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!”

This voice spread all over Shanghai. The light of the black tower dimmed, and the evening wind blew on the Huangpu River, and it was silent and nothing changed. Five minutes later, a black figure quickly ran under the black tower, looked up for three seconds, and then quickly left.

After that, more than 30 people ran to the black tower one by one to observe the changes of the black tower.

Tang Mo’s fingers slammed into the marble window sill of the hotel. The mottled marble slab was buckled with five clear fingerprints by his fingers, and he looked at the huge black tower blankly. After more than 40 people ran out to check the situation, Tang Mo ran out of the Peace Hotel with a swoosh. He didn’t run to the black tower, but turned to leave, and soon found Luo Fengcheng and Jakes hiding in the alley.

Jakes whispered: “You can count it back, it’s 0:14 now.”

Tang Mo’s face was very ugly, he turned his head and looked at Luo Fengcheng.

Luo Fengcheng’s face was also very bad: “Like a month ago, it played a “Happy New Year” song this time, emitting a colorful light. We can see these from a distance, you are near Did you see anything else there?”

Tang Mo said: “Before the Black Tower announced the launch of the new version, I saw a small white light spot flickering in the center of it.”

“Small spot?”

Tang Mo: “Yes. I counted it carefully, it beats 62 times in a row. At the 63rd time, it flashes for double the time, and then starts to flash again. And when it flashes to the 62nd time, it appears under it. The second little blip. This blip didn’t jump up, it only turned on halfway and then went dark. And then, here’s what you’re seeing here when the new version goes live…”

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from a distance. Tang Mo immediately fell silent, and Jakes also held his breath, not daring to breathe.

After the footsteps passed, Tang Mo said, “Find a place to hide first.”

The three ran two kilometers away and found an empty hotel to hide.

Tang Mo carefully described everything he saw: “That light spot doesn’t look like it’s lit from the outside, it’s from the center of the black tower, the very center of it, shining from the inside out. The first light spot flashes. 62 times, this number must have a deep meaning. As for the second light point, it is temporarily unknown.”

“The news about the new version has not been announced this time. It seems that the detailed rules of the game will have to be explored slowly in the future.” Luo Fengcheng nodded, “The light spot you mentioned is also very important and needs to be carefully analyzed. what it stands for.”

Tang Mo: “That light spot is very small, and the flickering light is relatively dim. A total of fifty-three people went to the black tower to observe the situation of the new version tonight, but at most ten people found that small light spot.”

Luo Fengcheng: “Let’s go back and analyze this.”

“Okay.”

A little girl flashed in front of Tang Mo’s eyes.

The ability “super-intelligent thinking” has extraordinary wisdom, and has a certain judgment accuracy for anything, and the judgment accuracy rate is up to 50%. If Chen Shanshan was here, she might be able to guess something.

…It has been seven days.

When Jakes heard Luo Fengcheng said he was going back, he scratched his head and said, “Do you want to go back now? That’s fine. Nothing happened to the updated version of the Black Tower, it seems that we didn’t gain anything from this trip. It said Those things were said once seven days ago, not as much as Christmas. At Christmas, it was also said that every player must participate in a tower attack game every three months. This time, this rule was not mentioned. .”

After hearing this, Tang Mo turned his head slowly and looked at Jakes steadily.

Jakes was a little confused, he didn’t understand why Tang Mo looked at him like that. But when he turned his head, he found that Luo Fengcheng was looking at him with strange eyes.

Jakes said blankly, “Tang Mo, Dr. Luo, did I say something wrong?”

There was a sigh in Luo Fengcheng’s voice: “Jakes, did you pay attention to the first sentence of Heita’s announcement of the version update?”

After all, Jakes is a power user, and his memory is very good. He quickly recalled and repeated: “Ding Dong, 162.1 million players successfully loaded the game…” The voice stopped abruptly, Jakes’ eyes widened, and all the muscles in his body tensed. He was shocked: “1621 million? 100 million… no, not 400 million… more than 400 million?”

Tang Mo said lightly: “…Yes. Within a month, another 300 million people died.”