Quadruple split.

Chapter 2229: Protect the big and the small?

  Game time AM10:35

[Crime Debate·Team Battle] Competition-specific map, mirror space S6377-0731

Restricted area codenamed [Jump], second floor of the third experimental base, in front of the central control area, corridor

"Well, as you all know, we're going to have to go back a bit."

Guo Shi Wushuang stood with his hands behind his back in front of the central control area that had lost its strategic value, and said to his three friends and the remaining fifty or so people of the Scavengers team in a light tone: "Considering that there is nothing valuable in the entire central control area except for the deceased Lord Semiro, we can regard the key information that can recover the losses to the greatest extent as being in the first laboratory downstairs. But the problem now is that the monsters we encountered before most likely have a transcendent thinking center, and its location is most likely in that place."

"In other words, that will be the most dangerous and deadly place in this area..."

The captain of the Scavengers named Gutie, who was several hours late and formally introduced himself to the Card Masters, turned around and looked at his subordinates, most of whom were injured and had no spirit in their eyes, and said lightly: "Those who don't want to go, you can now return to the ground from the safe area we have ensured before. If you want, I can even register you as dead in battle."

There was some commotion among the survivors of the scavenger team, but soon the inaudible mumblings gradually faded away and returned to silence after a few seconds.

"Very good. It seems that going deep into the monsters' lairs would make you feel more at ease than disappointing the Speaker."

Gu Tie did not seem surprised. He just nodded slightly and turned to Guo Shi Wushuang and the others: "We are fine here. Although we are not as strong as you, please give us your guidance until we leave here safely."

"It's easy to talk about."

Guo Shi Wushuang nodded happily and said with a warm smile: "Just follow me. Although the delay is not long, those monsters should have completed one or two rounds of evolution by now. Remember to protect yourself and try not to die on the way."

Gu Tie's face became serious, and he said solemnly: "We can be the vanguard, there are several of us along the way..."

"Don't get me wrong, my friend."

Guo Shi Wushuang interrupted him with a brisk tone and said with a smile: "I am taking care of you now so that you can use your lives to buy time when necessary. You have already consumed a lot of energy on the way. If you can't adjust your state and collapse in the final stage, it will be difficult for me to do it."

Upon hearing this, Gu Tie, who had already put life and death aside, no longer insisted and nodded vigorously, saying, "Then I'll leave it to you all."

After that, the group started to return along the same route. Considering that it had not been long since the game started and the area had been cleaned up before, the journey was relatively calm. It was the most comfortable two minutes since the start of the game, so much so that many viewers who were watching the game at twice the speed offline through video platforms had to go to the toilet.

  Afterwards, when Guo Shi Wushuang and the others appeared in the cafeteria on the first floor that they had deliberately avoided before, standing in front of them were nearly two hundred of those slender [Superior Mutants] with white bodies. Not only that, the momentum of these monsters was even stronger than the batch that was just cleared out by Liuju Manguan!

Of course, after witnessing their performance before the Grand Slam, and realizing from Xiao Xiaobai's commentary that the "Pai Lao" gang might have been pretending to be bad at playing, countless viewers no longer worried about them. Not only that, some even opened a bet with their friends on the spot, betting on who would be the next explosive player.

As for those who have better memory, they paid close attention to Guo Shi Wushuang who had promised in person that he would "take action", for fear of missing out on the wonderful performance of this top-notch professional player.

Then--

It was not until the dozen or so mutant monsters fell to the ground without warning that people realized that Guo Shi Wushuang had already taken action.

Yes, he 'took action', although he didn't even move his hands.

This scene is really difficult to explain. To put it simply, as Guo Shi Wushuang walked towards his destination as if he was taking a leisurely stroll in the garden, those monsters that were on high alert began to fall down one after another. There were no signs, no external injuries, and even no sounds. With every step Guo Shi Wushuang took forward, several monsters closest to him would fall down.

It was like a creepy pantomime.

Perhaps it was because the smile on Guo Shi Wushuang's face was too light and nonchalant, or perhaps it was because the monsters no longer looked hideous after evolving to this level, and in a trance, people discovered that the most terrifying part of this pantomime was not the monsters that fell down as if they had lost their souls, but the man who always maintained a decent smile.

The monsters did not sit still and wait for death. The consciousness hidden at the end of this journey, whose figure was vaguely visible in the eyes of every monster, kept issuing orders, trying to prevent this from happening. However, no matter how these superior mutants struggled, they would fall down at the moment before they were about to complete the encirclement, retreat or long-range attack.

……

"Wow!"

When those superior mutants began to fall in droves, Xue Yin could no longer suppress her shock. She turned her head sharply to look at Xiao Xiaobai, who had been silent since a while ago, and asked curiously, "Sister Xiaobai! What is going on? Why did the Guo Shi Wushuang contestant appear to have done nothing, but those monsters fell one after another!"

Xiao Xiaobai was also unambiguous and answered without hesitation: "I don't know."

Xue Yin: “Ohhhh…ah?”

"do not know."

Xiao Xiaobai, who had been staring at the screen, repeated without turning his head, "I don't know, I don't know."

Weiwei was also surprised and said in astonishment: "Sister Xiaobai, there are times when you don't know? You are so amazing!"

“I’m really good.”

Xiao Xiaobai nodded, then shook his head: "But I really don't know how the Guo Shi Wushuang player did it."

Weiwei blinked, then turned her gaze to Xiao Bingbing: "What about Sister Bingbing?"

"I didn't make it either!"

Xiao Bingbing, who had a lollipop in her mouth out of nowhere, had her eyes wide open like bells.

"but……"

As a result, just when the atmosphere was about to cool down and Xue Yin wanted to sing a song to ease the awkward atmosphere, Xiao Xiaobai suddenly spoke again, and said in a leisurely tone: "Although I don't understand how the player Guo Shi Wushuang did this, as the most popular professional commentator, I can still try to analyze the current situation from other angles." It has to be said that although these words would sound a bit shameless if spoken by any other commentator, they did not feel out of place at all when spoken by Xiao Xiaobai. Instead, they sounded mysteriously persuasive.

Then, as Guo Shi Wushuang continued, Xiao Xiaobai also started a synchronous analysis from the perspective of a professional commentator. Although it was not so easy to understand that even the sand goblins could understand it, it was indeed constructive enough and opened up a new idea for everyone -

"First of all, considering that our [Realm of Innocence] has an extremely large number of power systems and types, and the branch routes and even original methods in the direction of mysticism are countless, unless we commentators can directly view the background data, it is impossible to understand what the Guo Shi Wushuang player did."

Xiao Xiaobai turned his eyes away from the screen and said to the camera calmly, "But even so, we can ignore the appearance and get to the essence. We can directly define the power of the Guo Shi Wushuang player as something that can ignore the distance, number and strength to a certain extent and kill specific targets instantly. And it can be transformed into two very simple questions: what can he kill instantly, and what can't he kill instantly."

Xue Yin raised her hands happily and said loudly, "I know this. He can kill the monsters on the screen in seconds!"

"Well, that's really smart. You're awesome."

Xiao Xiaobai casually praised Xue Yin, and then continued: "Well, as Teacher Xue Yin said, no matter what Guo Shi Wushuang did, the conclusion is that he can kill a monster of this level in seconds, and considering that Mu Xuejian did not die in the encounter just now, it is enough to show that the opponent cannot easily kill her in seconds."

Weiwei frowned and said hesitantly, "So, what Sister Xiaobai means is that this strength has exceeded the average level of high-level players, and the powerful monsters have lost their strategic value. The only thing the Joker can rely on is the personal abilities of the three players and the thing they call the 'Dominator' not far from Futaba?"

"Not really."

Xiao Xiaobai shook his head and refuted, then explained: "In my opinion, those corpses that have evolved step by step to the present have physical qualities very close to those of Mu Xuejian. Of course, I am referring to the basic physical qualities of Mu Xuejian when she just entered the game, not her current handsome form. Unlike the Joker cards, the Card Masters do not have the benefit of being able to 'evolve' over time, and I don't think that Guo Shi Wushuang can easily kill a strong man of Mu Xuejian's level in seconds, so... being able to kill a monster of this level in seconds should be his limit or infinitely close to his limit."

Xue Yin suddenly realized and clapped her hands, "I didn't understand!"

"You can understand that Guo Shi Wushuang is forcing contestants Shuangye and Mu Xuejian to make a choice."

Xiao Xiaobai leaned back in his chair and kindly explained to Xue Yin and the majority of the audience who also didn't understand: "If you observe carefully, you will find that the cocoon not far from contestant Shuangye's heart-like 'beating' frequency is actually not stable, and the evolution efficiency of those monsters in the past long period of time has also been unstable. So is there a possibility that the 'master' and a large number of 'monsters' are actually using the same resources to evolve, and at the current pace, the remaining monsters simply can't complete the next round of breakthroughs before Guo Shi Wushuang arrives at his destination. And if Guo Shi Wushuang has an unimpeded journey, the 'master' may not have time to be fully awakened."

Xue Yin's eyes widened immediately and she asked in surprise, "How did you guess that?"

Xiao Xiaobai smiled and answered concisely: "Divergent thinking."

"So, what Sister Xiaobai meant is that the Joker must make a choice now. Either try to wake up the Overlord and reverse the situation, or give priority to the monsters that evolved from the corpses to make breakthroughs, at least to the point where they will not be killed instantly by Guo Shi Wushuang."

Weiwei Ammonia followed Xiaoxiaobai's train of thought and said thoughtfully, "If we choose the former, based on the intensity of this wave of interception, it may take quite some time for the Overlord to be awakened; if we choose the latter, as long as [Card Master] can successfully reach the destination, he can face the almost defenseless Overlord directly; if we try to do both, I'm afraid that he will be like a countryman cutting wheat and directly destroy the First Laboratory, and end up with nothing."

Xiao Bingbing smacked her lips and sighed, "If it's an open conspiracy, isn't it a bit too meticulous and too unbelievable? You know, the [card master] doesn't have a God's perspective like us."

“Sometimes, the God’s perspective is not important.”

Xiao Xiaobai shook his head and said calmly, "It's just like I still don't understand how the Guo Shi Wushuang players killed those monsters in seconds, but it doesn't stop me from trying to interpret their tactical intentions."

Xue Yin nodded vigorously and said excitedly: "So what will the [Joker] decide? Save the adult or the child? "

I didn’t expect Xueyin to speak so harshly. Xiaobingbing/Weimian: “…”

"It could also be that Mu Xuejian is selected... Well, I guessed wrong. It seems that Mu Xuejian's evolution belongs to another system and is probably not under the control of Shuangye."

Xiao Xiaobai was staring at the screen, where the last two hundred mutants were rushing back to the vicinity of the First Laboratory like a tide, half-kneeling in unison. His eyes became solemn.

"The Joker chose to protect Xiao."

……

[How is the situation? ]

Mu Xuejian noticed that Futaba had not spoken on the 'LAN' for a full thirty seconds, so he asked the question in his heart with some uneasiness, and received the other party's response within a breath.

[The situation is terrible. That Guoshi Wushuang really has an inherent barrier, and it is on the same level as my [Black Sun], and even has a higher precision! ]

[Oh, so it's that inherent barrier that has a similar nature to the [Field], right? What should I do then? Do you want me to fight back with a sword move of the same level? ]

[You said it was a 'sword move', how could I possibly win? ]

【What should we do? 】

[Upload the 'blueprint' for the last round of evolution, and I'll help you and those other small fish grow faster. ]

【Then what? 】

[Find an opportunity to kill the guy I reminded you to take special care of before, and try your best to stop them. Every second you can delay is a second.]

【it is good. 】

Chapter 2220: The End