The Earth is Online - Chapter 50

[Chapter 50]

The underground parking lot was dimly lit, and the two walked up the stairs to the outside.

It was night and the sky was dark. Without the illumination of the city lights, the night in Shanghai is very quiet, and there are few stars in the sky. After the two walked out of the mall, Fu Wenduo said while walking, “Beijing’s situation is not better than Shanghai’s, or it is very similar. All parts of China should be in a disordered state at the moment, so regardless of the size of the city, the situation is roughly the same.”

Tang Mo nodded understandingly.

The Black Tower game started too suddenly, even if it issued an announcement three days in advance, requiring all human beings to eliminate players and enter the game. But no one knew what this sentence meant. During those three days, the official players who had completed the Black Tower game could not say anything about the Black Tower game (Li Bin confirmed), and could not remind other humans. This is doomed to players who enter the game after three days, almost randomly.

Therefore, after the earth goes online, the government system around the world is basically paralyzed.

The way the Black Tower screens players has nothing to do with who they are. State secret personnel like Fu Wenduo and Luo Fengcheng survived, and so did an ordinary citizen like Tang Mo. There were also many murderers, such as the thief named Qian Sankun that Tang Mo had encountered, he also survived and entered the game.

An irregular game selection completely defeated the social order that humans have maintained for thousands of years. But humans are social animals after all. Tang Mo thought: “Is there an organization of supernatural powers like Shanghai in Beijing?”

Shanghai is not only a power user organization Atak, but also some other organizations. It’s just that Atak’s strength is relatively strong, and he is quite famous in Shanghai.

Fu Wenduo said lightly, “There are many scattered small organizations, and there is also a large organization.”

Tang Mo sensed something wrong in his tone: “This organization…”

“It’s a stowaways organization.”

Tang Mo’s footsteps stopped.

“Beijing’s largest organization of ability users is called Tianxuan, which consists of more than 30 stowaways. Everyone is very strong, and one of them has cleared the first floor of the black tower.”

Tang Mo was surprised: “How do you know that he cleared the first floor of the black tower?”

Fu Wenduo said: “I played against him before I left Beijing. He is very strong, and this kind of strength must have been discovered by the black tower and forced to attack the tower.” After a pause, he continued: “You should be the same way. attacking the tower.”

“Yes.”

Fu Wenduo looked up at the peaceful and vast night sky, his voice was calm: “So he is the same. He must have been forced to attack the tower, and he came out successfully, which means that there is a 90% chance that he has cleared the first floor, maybe It’s earlier than you. Except for the first player to clear the Dark Tower in each district, other players will not be broadcast globally, and no one will know about it. Of course, you are an exception.”

“I’m an exception?!” Tang Mo was thinking about Fu Wenduo’s words. He suddenly heard the other person mentioning him and said something inexplicable. He stopped in place and turned his head to look at Fu Wenduo in astonishment.

Fu Wenduo withdrew his gaze from the starry sky and looked at Tang Mo who was shocked. Tang Mo rarely showed such a clear expression. Most of the time, he would hide his emotions or pretend to be emotional. But this time it really exceeded his expectations. His eyes were slightly widened, and a strand of hair fell from his forehead to his erect nose. He looked a little naive.

Fu Wenduo understood why Tang Mo was shocked. He thought about it, and between telling the truth and concealing it, he still chose the former. “According to my guess, it has been almost two months since the Black Tower was launched, and there were at least 20 players who cleared the first floor before. This time, many players were forced to attack the tower, although most players have not reached the first level. The first floor level, but the number of people is too large, and the number of people who pass the customs will be very objective. It is conservatively estimated that at least 60 people in the world have now cleared the first floor of the black tower. But whether they have cleared the customs or not, they have not announced like anyone. Only you……”

Fu Wenduo pondered his words: “You cleared the level of the first floor of the black tower in the hard mode. So the moment you cleared the level, the black tower informed me in my mind – Momo, a player in Huaxia District 2, cleared the level. The first floor of the black tower (hard mode). There is no global announcement, and there is no all-China announcement. According to my guess, it should just be reported to all players who have cleared the first floor of the black tower.”

Tang Mo: “…”

A month ago, Tang Mo was hacked twice by the black tower.

The first time was being notified of a tower attack game. Tang Mo worked tirelessly to accumulate abilities and props, and finally passed this level and saved his life. The second time was when the black tower told him that “you have cleared the level in hard mode” after finishing the game without a hitch. At that time, Tang Mo rushed directly under the black tower and kicked the stone tablet under the black tower several times to vent his emotions.

Now tell him again: Heita presents a one-stop service for cheating people, helping you to gain popularity among high-end players around the world for free.

…God’s amazing popularity for free! ! !

Tang Mo is now extremely fortunate that he used the ability to change his name. It was Mo Mo, not Tang Mo, who became famous. The players who can clear the first floor of the black tower before Tang Mo are the best players in the world. Tang Mo has a cautious personality, and does not want to expose his strength in advance and become the target of public criticism.

Tang Mo’s expression changed quickly, and finally he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to calm. He secretly decided: the next time he goes to Puxi, he will find a chance to kick two feet under the stone tablet.

Next, Fu Wenduo briefly revealed some outside information to Tang Mo.

All in all, although all of China is currently in a state of anarchy and there is no social order, there is no chaos in most cities. The stowaways organization that appeared in Suzhou is a special case. Fu Wenduo went all the way from Beijing to Shanghai, passing through three provinces and two cities. Only in Suzhou, there was a crazy stowaways organization, wanton massacres.

The stowaways organization in Suzhou was also purely accidental. After all, according to Tang Mo and Luo Fengcheng’s speculation, the reason why they murdered wildly was because they had the special ability to eat the heart to become stronger. Otherwise, any stowaways organization will not blindly kill people if it is not necessary. Because killing will be resisted by the vast majority of players, the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, Fu Wenduo said that although Beijing’s stowaways organization is very large, they did not really do anything to ordinary players, and everyone was at peace.

Hearing this news, Tang Mo breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether his college buddies entered the game smoothly, at least after the earth went online, he didn’t have to worry about being killed by other players in Beijing at will.

Tang Mo thought in his heart again when he would find an opportunity to go to Beijing.

At this moment, an excited voice sounded from a distance: “Brother Tang, Brother Tang!”

Tang Mo turned his head to look.

I saw a blond young woman running from the direction of the mall, moving very fast, and running to him in a few seconds. Tang Mo knew her. Her name was Liz. She was a member of the Atak organization. She and Tang Mo had met in the infirmary before.

Seeing her coming to find him, Tang Mo’s first thought was: “Is there something in Luofengcheng looking for me?”

Liz shook her head and smiled: “No, it’s your friend who is back.”

Tang Mo frowned strangely, not understanding what the other party meant. Little Fatty, they came out of the assembly copy so quickly?

Suddenly, he thought of one thing: “Chen Shanshan and that little girl came back?”

Liz said: “No, just a little girl came back, it’s Chen Shanshan. She walked back to the organization by herself, and is now resting in the medical room. I just bandaged her wound and she was injured. Tang Mo, she returned After arriving at the organization, she said she wanted to see you. She had something to say. Dr. Luo has already passed. I remember she had two classmates, one was that cute little fat man. He and Jakes went to Puxi in the afternoon and haven’t come back. A classmate is going to clear the S8 dungeon with members of our organization today, right? I’ll go look for that kid.”

Tang Mo said: “Okay, thank you, I’ll go back now.”

Liz smiled and said, “No, I’m also very happy that the little girl can come back safely.” After speaking, she quickly walked into the depths of the factory area and looked for Liu Chen.

Tang Mo looked at Fu Wenduo: “A friend of mine just came back from the game.”

Fu Wenduo understood what he meant: “I’ll go back together.” After a pause, he calmly said, “It’s not going back to Atak. It’s not easy to move at night, so I’ll find a place to stay in the mall.”

The two walked back to the mall together.

Some words were hard to say near the mall, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo had already reached the edge of the factory area. The road is empty and empty, and the white factories on both sides are uniform. After entering the night, except for the players who entered the dungeon during the day and were temporarily unable to come out, the others had already returned to the mall, preparing to spend this silent night.

Tang Mo put his hands in his pockets, stared straight ahead, but did not speak.

He didn’t know what to say.

He and Fu Wenduo had only known each other for a month and a half. If the time spent in contact with Momo was not counted, they had only known each other for half a day. Before Earth went online, the two had completely different identities. If the black tower had not suddenly appeared, Tang Mo might never have met Fu Wenduo in his life.

The two of them did not speak in a tacit understanding. Gradually, the shadow of the shopping mall was almost seen among the leaves.

Fu Wenduo’s low voice sounded: “You said just now that you are from Suzhou?”

Tang Mo was slightly stunned: “Well, I’m from Suzhou. I came to Shanghai for some reasons, and I originally planned to go back to Suzhou to see how the stowaways are doing, but since you’ve dealt with them, I may not be in a hurry to go back.”

“Don’t go back to Suzhou, stay in Shanghai?”

Tang Mo thought for a long time: “…Maybe go to Beijing.”

Fu Wenduo: “Beijing?”

It’s not a big deal to say such a thing, Tang Mo said calmly: “I have a good friend who I haven’t seen since graduating from college. He works in Beijing.”

Fu Wenduo didn’t say any more, but Tang Mo’s words already explained why what he wanted to know most before was news about Beijing.

The two continued to walk forward, through the factory, and across a road, which was the shopping mall.

At this moment, a tinkling sound came from a distance. In the dark and silent night, the sound was extremely harsh, as if someone was dragging a heavy chain and walking on the ground. A sharp voice quickly echoed between the houses. After Tang Mo heard the voice, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. The next second, he immediately remembered that name.

Iron cobbler!

However, the moment Tang Mo reacted, a tall and burly figure appeared at the corner of the factory building.

This is a muscular man two meters tall, dressed in a greasy gray short shirt and worn-out leather boots. He held a thick chain in his left hand and a blood-stained and rusted nail in his right. On his face, a twisted knife scar runs across the bridge of the nose, from the left eye to the right corner of the mouth.

The cobbler was stuck at the end of the road. Behind him is the shopping mall, and in front of him are Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo.

The black shoemaker glanced at the two of them with malicious eyes, and he smiled: “Look, what I found.”

With his brain running fast, Tang Mo remembered what the reservist said yesterday.

“I don’t know what Qiangzi did, I was right next to me, and the cobbler just smiled at me and didn’t drag me away. 』

If you meet a cobbler, you will not necessarily be dragged away by him.

Among the two, the one who triggered the side quest and was dragged away by him was not necessarily me.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, Tang Mo quickly turned his head and looked at Fu Wenduo beside him. Fu Wenduo’s eyes were locked tightly on the cobbler, his face was calm. Seeing that Tang Mo was looking at him, Fu Wenduo turned to look at him.

Tang Mo said quickly, “Sorry.”

Fu Wenduo: “…?”

The next moment, Tang Mo turned around and ran without hesitation.

Fu Wenduo: “…”

Many people have heard the joke about encountering a tiger in the forest. Two hunters meet a tiger together, how can they survive? It is impossible for a man to outrun a tiger, so it is never the tiger that the hunter wants to win, but his companion.

Tang Mo didn’t know who triggered the side quest, but anyway, turning around and running now is definitely the best option. If his companion was Chen Shanshan, even if it was Luo Fengcheng or Jakes, Tang Mo would hesitate for a while, and he probably wouldn’t make such a choice. But now standing next to him is Fu Wenduo. He and this person don’t seem to be familiar to that point, and his strength is not even as good as Fu Wenduo.

… A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

While Tang Mo turned around and ran away, he silently gave Fu Wenduo a wave of favorability in his heart.

The cobbler’s reaction was also very quick. Tang Mo just turned around and ran a meter when he waved the rusty iron lock and threw it forward with force, tying Tang Mo’s right wrist. Tang Mo’s right hand was bound, and he had no choice but to turn his head to look at the shoemaker again.

I saw this giant man bared his teeth, revealing a mouth full of dirty teeth.

“Hey hey, welcome to the game world of the cobbler.”

Tang Mo’s face slowly darkened, he understood, this time he triggered the game. Just now he seemed calm on the surface, but in fact he had been secretly trying to break the iron lock. However, this seemingly ordinary iron lock had been firmly locking his arm, and with Tang Mo’s current muscle strength, he could not break free.

The game promulgated by the Black Tower is best not to resist easily. Even if you use the king’s gold coins to abstain in a desperate situation in the game, don’t fight hard at the beginning.

Fu Wenduo watched all this from the side. The iron shoemaker ignored him and only locked Tang Mo. His eyes swept back and forth between the black shoemaker and Tang Mo, and then looked at the iron lock that bound Tang Mo. He raised his lips, realizing what had happened. He looked at Tang Mo and smiled, “Sorry.”

Tang Mo: “…”

Exactly the same thing, Tang Mo said just now when he decided to sell Fu Wenduo to escape, and now Fu Wenduo returned it to him.

Tang Mo had already decided to participate in the game. Looking at Fu Wenduo’s calm smile, he felt that it was God’s will.

However, it didn’t make Tang Mo helpless for a long time, only the iron shoemaker gave a low laugh and turned to look at Fu Wenduo: “You are also welcome to enter the black shoemaker’s game world.” After the voice fell, the iron shoemaker stomped his foot, a chain Inexplicably stretched out from the chains that bound Tang Mo, and bound Fu Wenduo’s wrist at a speed unattainable to the naked eye.

Fu Wenduo: “…”

Tang Mo: “…”

Fu Wenduo reacted immediately, dodging and running away. But the chain seemed to have eyes and kept chasing him. After Fu Wenduo was bound by his wrist, he quickly raised his right hand. The five fingers disappeared, and a dark metal weapon appeared on his right arm. He chopped it down without hesitation. After a hard and crisp metal collision sound, the chain did not break, and Fu Wenduo’s face was a little ugly.

The cobbler laughed when he saw his action.

A familiar child’s voice rang in their ears.

“Ding dong! Trigger the side quest ‘Encounter with the Iron Shoemaker’ and officially enter the real dungeon ‘The Lovely Black Shoemaker’. Please follow the cute black shoemaker and enter the black shoemaker’s handicraft hut. Hint: The black shoemaker’s love chain is The weapon of the law of karma, when it is bound, no one can untie it except the cobbler.”

The Black Tower reminded this, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo could no longer make useless attempts.

Under the moonlight, the black shoemaker hummed a tune, pulled the chains, and dragged the two men straight to the depths of the factory area.

This chain was originally just a long strip, but now it has forked from the middle. One end tied Tang Mo, and the other tied Fu Wenduo. Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo walked side by side again. They won’t be like the reservists before, struggling desperately to escape this game that has already begun, causing them to be dragged on the ground by the cobbler.

The two quickly followed in the footsteps of the cobbler, and no one could see that they were under control, save for the iron locks around their wrists.

The cobbler’s voice was worse than Pinocchio’s. After a long time, in this noisy singing voice, Tang Mo whispered: “…Is it a leveling?”

Fu Wenduo’s voice was low: “Is it?”

Tang Mo: “Forget it.”

“That’s it.”

This time it was really a grasshopper tied to a rope (an iron lock). Tang Mo didn’t want the accident just now to cause a rift between the two. Although he did… ahem, wanted to sell his teammates, but when things have developed to this point, the real important thing is to work together to get through the game in front of him.

The cobbler dragged two people to the door of a factory. Tang Mo carefully observed things around the factory building, but Fu Wenduo’s eyes were locked on the shoemaker, and he examined every tool on his body (including nails and iron locks) several times.

Before coming to this factory, the iron shoemaker tugged at the iron lock.

Strangely, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo were clearly connected to the same iron lock by him. When the iron shoemaker pulled him, only the iron lock that bound Tang Mo moved forward. Tang Mo took a half-step forward. The iron shoemaker gritted his teeth and said with a grin, “You’re here, you go in.” He kicked the door open. Bright about two meters away.

Tang Mo frowned, he looked up at the iron shoemaker, and then at Fu Wenduo.

The eyes of the two met in the air, and they nodded in unison.

The iron shoemaker saw that Tang Mo had not entered, and was about to use the topic to play. Tang Mo strode directly into the factory building. The moment he walked into the factory building, the iron lock that had been tied to his wrist suddenly fell. The iron lock seemed to have life, swooshing back into the cobbler’s hands.

The door slammed shut behind Tang Mo. Tang Mo lay by the door and listened for a while, only to hear the sound of the iron shoemaker humming farther and farther.

It should have taken Fu Wen to another place.

“Isn’t this dungeon a team of two?” Tang Mo thought to himself.

The shoemaker and Fu Wenduo had already gone far, so Tang Mo couldn’t just sit still. He turned around and looked around.

This is a food processing factory. Before entering the factory, Tang Mo could smell the sweet fragrance in the air, it was the smell of biscuits. The earth has been online for a month and a half, and the factory has stopped working, but the raw materials stacked in the factory have not been completely spoiled, exuding the smell of food. Of course, it is impossible to eat it again.

The workshop was dark, and the moonlight shone through the high windows, illuminating only one corner.

Tang Mo tried to push the door open. He didn’t push away. Then he took a stone out of his pocket.

After coming out too hastily, Tang Mo hid his backpack in a hidden place of the commercial vehicle and did not carry it with him. Without a flashlight, he remembered the rock he had knocked out of Mario’s hat earlier. Although the light of this stone can only illuminate the surrounding place of one or two meters, it is better than nothing.

Tang Mo wiped the stone three times, and then tried to step on it hard. When he knocked twice on the stone, lines of small characters gradually appeared.

[Prop: a magical stone]

【Owner: Tang Mo】

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Level: Level 1]

[Attack Power: Normal]

[Function: It may be a little painful to smash people, it can emit light, and it may have some kind of peculiar effect. 】

[Restrictions: None. 】

[Remarks: A stone can also have a dream – I want to be a night pearl! 】

Tang Mo’s eyes stayed on “some kind of peculiar effect” for a while, then he raised the stone as a lighting object and began to explore the factory where he was.

In the spacious and silent factory building, the sound of Tang Mo’s footsteps echoed through the walls, very clearly. While Tang Mo illuminated the surrounding environment with stones, he kept his attention and observed the surrounding movement. In the event of an accident, he will take out the big match at the fastest speed and attack the enemy.

The plant appears to be the manual work area of a food processing factory. Tang Mo walked more than ten meters and found that there were rows of long stainless steel tables. On these tables are scattered food boxes and prepackaged food. The earth has been online for almost two months. Most of the food that has been prepared in this factory has been looted by players, and only some food that has fallen into the pile of packaging boxes has not been found.

Tang Mo picked up a box of buns and continued to walk forward.

The work area is a part of the factory, and further inside is the office area.

Tang Mo cautiously looked forward, holding the glowing stone tightly in his hand. He stopped in front of the first office door and tried to twist the doorknob.

Can be twisted open.

Tang Mo stepped back half a step. He stared at the front cautiously, stretched out his legs, and kicked the door open.

boom!

The door was kicked open, and the dust flew with the gust of wind.

After Tang Mo kicked the door, the room was quiet without any movement. Tang Mo walked into the house with a stone and searched everywhere. This is an ordinary office, and the contents in it seem to have been looted by other players in advance, and all of them have been messed up. I don’t know if those players entered this factory because of this reality copy game, or they have already entered.

Tang Mo checked it again and found nothing special, so he went inside again.

After searching three offices in a row, Tang Mo found nothing unusual. When he walked to the door of the innermost office, an extremely faint click sounded from the door.

Tang Mo narrowed his eyes and stared at the door in front of him. He didn’t dare to be careless, and took out the giant match directly. After listening to the movement for a while, he kicked the door open with one foot. At the same time, he turned his body to the side and leaned against the wall to block his figure to prevent the things inside the door from suddenly attacking.

“Ah… Who! Who’s there!” A hoarse and frightened male voice rang out, and Tang Mo frowned. The voice continued to say: “Who is it, who is here.” He seemed to suddenly think of something, and the voice became very excited: “Is it a new player? Is a new player here?!”

The male voice in the room said it several times.

Tang Mo pondered for a moment, then held the big match tightly in one hand, turned and walked into the office.

There was a mess on the ground.

Countless snack bags were piled up in a mess on the ground, stained with some bloodstains that had long since turned black. A thin young man, like a shriveled black bat, hid behind the desk in the office and secretly looked at Tang Mo. There were also some cookie crumbs on his mouth, and it seemed that the clicking sound just now was made by him eating the biscuits.

There were shocking black wounds all over his body. From the arm to the thigh, the stone illuminated the dark holes that looked like they had been pierced by something.

The blood on these holes has already coagulated and turned purple, and the player’s improved physical fitness will prevent him from dying because of these wounds. I saw him falling to the ground almost paralyzed, the right leg with the most wounds had atrophied muscles at this moment, and it should have been a long time without exercise.

Tang Mo didn’t let his guard down, he said coldly, “Who are you?”

The young man looked at him in fear: “I… my name is Xing Feng, are you a new player? I came in very early, this is the real copy of the cobbler, right? I came in on the 1st. Do you know what date it is now? It’s been a few days? You… don’t be afraid, I’m not malicious, I really don’t, I just haven’t seen my new companion for a long time.”

Tang Mo immediately said, “A new companion?”

Xing Feng swallowed his saliva in fear, nodded and said, “Yes… yes. Before you, I came to two companions, and they both died. They were killed by the people over there. I was made by the black shoemaker. I hurt my leg, and I can’t move to find clues. If you don’t come, I’m afraid I’ll be dying.”

“Who are the people over there?” Tang Mo asked.

A look of fear flashed across Xing Feng’s face. Before he spoke, he only heard a bell ringing in the office. Meanwhile, a dazzling light illuminates the bookshelves behind the office desk.

Tang Mo was startled: “What is that?!”

In the dead silent office, the computer on the table in the center of the room suddenly turned on, and a video call invitation was sent on the screen. After the earth went online, all communication equipment was unavailable, and all power resources were paralyzed. How does this computer start up?

Xing Feng crawled back with his hands and feet in fear, he clinged to the wall, stretched out his hand, and pointed at the computer in fear: “Come, come… come. It’s the people over there, the people over there. The call is coming!”

Tang Mo pursed his lips, he pondered for a moment, and stepped forward. He first looked at the mainframe of the computer. The main unit of this computer is not turned on, only the screen is turned on, and someone has sent a video call invitation.

Tang Mo looked at the computer screen expressionlessly and pressed the OK button.

The next second, Fu Wenduo’s handsome face appeared on the computer screen.

Tang Mo said in surprise, “Fu Wenduo?”

Fu Wenduo was also a little surprised.

At this moment, a crisp child’s voice sounded in the room.

“Ding dong! Trigger side mission 2: Find the shoe polish missing from the iron shoemaker.”