All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

The Gray Domain BOSS suddenly died, and the team of players besieging the BOSS seemed to be in inexplicable chaos. The two brothers Chen Ming and Chen Can saw this and felt very confused and found it difficult to understand the current situation.

They didn't know that Wang Zhifan, who was standing next to them at the moment, was the culprit for the BOSS's sudden death, and Wang Zhifan didn't intend to explain this. He quickly browsed the list of rewards that appeared in front of him and made his selection.

A few seconds later, Chen Ming and Chen Can, who were observing the player team in the distance, were about to remind Wang Zhifan that this group of players seemed to be coming towards them, when they suddenly saw a strange scene. All the players in their field of vision suddenly disappeared at the same time.

"Oh no! They must have discovered us, we must evacuate immediately!"

Chen Can reacted immediately and turned to Wang Zhifan, saying that he thought those players were using some kind of collective stealth method to secretly surround them.

Chen Ming, who was standing by, also became alert instantly after hearing this. He turned his eyes to Wang Zhifan, waiting for his orders.

However, the two nervous people saw Wang Zhifan, who was extremely calm and even a little leisurely. Wang Zhifan just shook his head and replied:

"Don't worry, my perception tells me that those people have already left the Gray Zone through some means. They must have encountered some unexpected situation, so they were agitated just now and chose to evacuate collectively. Let my Black Hawk investigate and see what's going on."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the black eagle that had been standing obediently on his shoulder took off into the air and flew towards the direction where the corpse of the Gray Domain BOSS was lying at an astonishing speed.

At the same time, this gray world began to vibrate, the earth shook, and fine white lines appeared in the gray sky, as if the sky was shattered and more and more cracks appeared.

Chen Can felt a little uncomfortable when he saw this scene. He shook his head and said:
"Brother Fan, there's no need to explore. This gray area has begun to collapse. The failure of this mission is my fault. It's my fault that I didn't seal it off in advance..."

From his words, we can know that he thinks the abnormal behavior of that group of players is no longer important to them. After all, it is time for them to retreat. This Gray Zone Operation is a complete failure for them, and they have worked in vain.

"Don't be impatient, wait a moment."

Wang Zhifan responded to him casually, his eyes focused on the Black Hawk that flew over the wreckage of the BOSS at a terrifying speed and began to circle. Chen Ming next to him was also looking up at the Black Hawk, and it was obvious from his expression that he was surprised that this stupid bird that he had played with not long ago could fly so fast.

Chen Can couldn't help but shake his head upon seeing this. He didn't understand why these two people were still exploring in the gray area that was beginning to collapse, but he didn't want to leave first, so he also stood there waiting.

At this moment, a very loud eagle cry reached their ears. It was the cry of a black eagle hovering above the wreckage of the BOSS.

When the Chen Ming brothers heard the sound, they were a little confused and focused their attention on Wang Zhifan.

Wang Zhifan's face immediately showed some surprise, and he replied to them:

"Black Hawk means that it found a treasure, a treasure left behind by the Gray Domain Boss! Let's leave the Gray Domain first, and Black Hawk will help bring the treasure out!"

After saying that, he quickly turned around and ran towards the edge of the gray area, looking as if he was afraid that he would get into trouble if he ran too slowly.

After hearing what he said, the two brothers looked a little confused for a moment. They didn't quite understand what he meant, but they still followed Wang Zhifan out out of habit. However, they kept looking back every two steps and couldn't help but observe the situation in the direction of Black Hawk.

They then saw that the Black Hawk, which originally looked like a small dot in the distance, suddenly began to grow in size and became as big as a one-story house. It swooped down quickly towards the location of the BOSS's corpse, and when it was waiting to take off again and appear in their field of vision, there was already a large rectangular metal object under its huge claws, as if a large drone was transporting cargo by air.

"Brother Fan! What did Black Hawk find? Didn't they say that only rewards for killing bosses can be taken out of the Gray Domain?"

Chen Can was surprised to see that Black Hawk had really found something, and asked Wang Zhifan in front of him while running.

"It's the boss reward! Those players left in such a hurry that they left this treasure behind!"

Wang Zhifan in front heard it and responded loudly without turning his head.

"What?! Is there such a thing?!"

Chen Can was so shocked that he almost fell down while running. He couldn't believe his ears.

His younger brother Chen Ming also suspected that he had heard it wrong, and kept looking back at the Black Hawk that was transporting cargo in the sky, trying to see what the Black Hawk had found.

But the Black Hawk, whose body had grown huge, was much faster than them. Even though it was holding a heavy metal object in its claws, it still flew over their head at high speed in a few seconds, leaving them no chance to observe carefully. Then it surpassed Wang Zhifan who was in the front and was the first to leave the collapsing gray area.

So a minute later, when the three rushed across the edge of the gray area and returned to the outside world, the first thing they saw was a silver-gray metal machine placed on the wasteland that was taller than a human being. On the machine squatted the Black Hawk, whose size had shrunk.

[Sweeper IV Mecha (Excellent)]

[The Sweeper series of mechas are always famous for their powerful firepower. They have a variety of weapon configurations and have extremely terrifying suppression power on the enemy. This set of Type IV mechas is the best among them...]

“Excellent-class mecha! Oh my god! It’s a success! It’s a success!”

Chen Ming saw the text description that appeared on the metal machine and cried out in surprise immediately. Then he rushed up like a hungry wolf, almost crashing himself to death on the shell of the mecha.

Chen Can was also extremely shocked, but he did not immediately rush over to check the precious spoils. Instead, he frowned and said to Wang Zhifan who was observing the mecha next to him:
"Brother Fan, what on earth is going on? Why would that player team leave behind such a precious thing? This doesn't make sense at all!"

Wang Zhifan, who was staring at the silver-gray Sweeper mecha, immediately shook his head and replied in a puzzled tone:

"I don't know either. This is really very strange."

After saying this, he deliberately moved a few steps and looked towards the dirt road of Huang Village nearby, and continued to say to Chen Can:

"Ah Can, look, except for our car, the other four cars are still on the road. This means that the group of players used a special method to leave and didn't even have time to drive their own car away. They must have encountered something very urgent and ignored the reward hidden in the wreckage of the BOSS."

As Chen Can listened to him, he looked towards the dirt road not far away and found that it still looked the same as before he entered the Gray Region. However, he had a vague feeling that Wang Zhifan's explanation seemed a bit strange and far-fetched.

As the two were talking, a noise from the side quickly drew their attention, because Chen Ming had already found the switch of the mecha, pulled open the metal cover and crawled in.

"A Ming, what are you doing? Be careful not to break anything!"

Seeing this, Chen Can hurried forward to put pressure on Chen Ming, not wanting him to cause trouble by controlling this guy who looked very powerful. Wang Zhifan saw that the state was completely different, and he smiled and shouted to Chen Ming who got into the mecha:

"A Ming! I see you like mechas, so why don't I give this thing to you!"

Chen Ming's voice was heard from the mecha:

"Brother Fan is awesome! I really love this baby!"

This time it was Chen Can's turn to be shocked. He looked at Wang Zhifan and said in disbelief:
"Brother Fan, you are kidding, right? Excellence-class mechas are much more expensive than ordinary equipment and have a wide range of uses. Giving them to Ming is a bit of a waste..."

Wang Zhifan knew what he meant, nodded and replied:

"This thing is indeed rare, but it's not suitable for me, so if you two brothers want it, just take it. Since Ming likes the mecha very much, just give it to him. You can use it when you team up with him, and it's just right for the two-player control mode..."

As he spoke, the mecha next to him had already unfolded all its parts under Chen Ming's control, revealing a five-meter-tall silver-gray robot with gun barrels and laser launchers all over its body, full of powerful firepower.

As Chen Ming controlled the mecha to begin a fierce bombardment of the wasteland in the distance, the black hawk squatting on the top of the mecha quickly flew up and returned to Wang Zhifan's shoulder. Chen Can was also obsessed with evaluating the terrifying destructive power of the mecha, thinking about how to exert its power in the copy.

Seeing that the main task was completed, Wang Zhifan did not continue to stay with the two brothers. He told Chen Can that he had something to do and had to leave first, and then he quickly disappeared with Black Hawk.

When he left, Chen Can suddenly glanced at the direction where he disappeared, with a thoughtful look on his face.

There is no doubt that Chen Can had great doubts about everything that happened today, because these things were too bizarre. Not to mention other things, the fact that a group of players would just throw away the reward for defeating the BOSS after working so hard was impossible no matter how you thought about it.

The real truth is indeed the same as what Chen Can suspected. Everything was directed by Wang Zhifan. He has not returned to Dongjiang City of Xia Country. Instead, he appeared underground somewhere dozens of miles away, inside a secret space temporarily created by him.

In this relatively dark space, there are a total of twenty players in a coma at this moment. They are the group of players who disappeared collectively in the gray area before.

When he arrived here, Wang Zhifan wore a wooden mask on his face. It was a rare crazy tree man mask that he had not used for a long time. With the help of this mask, he transformed himself into a strange middle-aged man of medium height.

“There are many ways to find high-level team players. Maybe these foreign players can give me a little surprise.”

Thinking in his heart, the transformed Wang Zhifan used the insight ability of the Thinker Necklace to invade the minds of the players present one by one and learn their relevant information.

"Mage profession, level 46, PASS."

"Gunner class, level 51, barely passable."

"Priest profession, level 49..."

……

Suddenly, when he came in front of a man lying on the ground, the seemingly unconscious man suddenly jumped up and attacked him in the face with a dagger in his hand!

At the same time, someone from two other directions pointed a gun at the back of Wang Zhifan's head and pulled the trigger. Then an octopus-like creature appeared out of nowhere behind Wang Zhifan's back, opened its tentacles and rushed towards him.

"Haha, do you think I don't know you are lying in ambush? You are so naive."

Wang Zhifan was not surprised by the sudden siege. In fact, when he came over, he found that some people had already woken up, so he instantly mobilized his strength to fight back.

The player who was attacking him head-on with a dagger suddenly found himself passing through his shadow and coming behind him, bumping into a creature that might be some kind of octopus. His dagger pierced into the body of the octopus, and at the same time he was wrapped by many tentacles. The bullet that was supposed to hit the back of Wang Zhifan's head also changed direction strangely and hit the man's shoulder, causing him to cry out in pain.

In just one round, the threats from three directions turned into a situation of fratricide, but Wang Zhifan, the public enemy, stood there unharmed.

The three players who launched the attack did not give in and wanted to launch a subsequent siege, but Wang Zhifan did not intend to give them the opportunity to continue their performance. The reason why he asked them to launch a sneak attack was just to make them face up to reality, so he immediately activated the power of ice source to control them all, invaded their minds one by one, and obtained the information he wanted.

"Assassin class, level 61... Gunner class, level 63... Summoner class, level 59... It looks like you are the three strongest ones here."

After confirming the information, Wang Zhifan felt a little satisfied because he found two players above level 60. Although this level was not particularly high, it was valuable for him to use.

He then continued to check the other players who had not yet woken up under the horrified gazes of the three immobile high-level players, and completely confirmed the levels of the others. He found that they were all around level 50, and most of them were below level 50, so their utilization value was low.

At this point, Wang Zhifan had an idea in mind. He looked at his smart watch and found that there were nearly six hours left until midnight, so he asked Xiaohong to act as a language translator and communicate with the three sober people.

"Hello, I captured you because I want to cooperate with you, so there's no need to act like you want to die with me."

"Who are you? Why are you arresting us?!"

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that we will work together in the early morning dungeon. This is the only reason why I left you here."

"What on earth are you doing? Let us go!"

"Want to leave? Just cooperate with me obediently! Don't try to play tricks. I will monitor your thoughts at any time, just like I made you feel just now..."

"Devil! You are the devil! We will never surrender to you!"

"Oh? Your attitude really makes it difficult for me... It seems that I have to let you feel the cold reality and then look at the deepest secrets in your heart. I think you don't mind, right?"

"Ah!!! Get out of my head!!!"

...(End of chapter)