secret dice.

Chapter 789 What are you babbling about?
"How can this be……"

Jin Qiangwei stared at the scene before her, her face filled with disbelief, her mouth agape...

Before her stood a man with a long sword at his waist and a cloak, his hands on his hips, looking completely at ease.

Just now, the laser beam that Bloodfang fired hit him completely, but he seemed to be completely unaffected...

"Hey, Gloria..." Golden Rose asked the fierce female warrior beside her, "That person, did he really withstand Bloodfang's magic... or did he use his face!"

“Uh… um…” Gloria nodded somewhat blankly.

In the world of [games], although the ability to withstand damage is quantified by health points, theoretically, even if you relentlessly attack someone's heels, you can still kill them.

But this does not mean that vital organs of the human body are useless.

Under the rules of the game, attacks to the torso deal full damage, while attacks to the limbs deal reduced damage. Generally, the closer to the extremities, the greater the damage reduction, averaging about half the damage.

An attack that hits the head will deal double the damage.

As you can see, Jin Qiangwei clearly saw Blood Fang's laser sweep across and kill several of her teammates. Some of them were only hit in the limbs, and even after damage reduction was taken into account, they were still vaporized in an instant.

Moreover, she directly withstood the laser beam from the Blood Fang with her sword, and from the way the sword's durability dropped, she knew that this attack was a multi-hit continuous damage skill. A single sweep would at most count as one hit, but based on her experience of directly taking it head-on, this attack, if fully charged, would deal at least twenty hits of damage.

Her companions were at least B-rank mercenaries, probably around level 30 or 40, with a general health of over 1,000. Considering the defense from their equipment and the reduction in limb damage, the damage from this laser beam would probably exceed 2,500. With over 20 hits, if it hits all the way through, it would be 50,000 or even 60,000! If you include the increased damage to vital points, it would be over 100,000!

How could anyone possibly withstand 100,000 damage?

Jin Qiangwei looked at the stunned Gloria beside her. This heavily armored warrior was the tank in the team. As an A-level defense-specialized mercenary, although she was a few levels lower than her, her total health was the highest in the team due to her talent and skill bonuses. It was less than six thousand, while this person had just withstood one hundred thousand.

"Wait... something's not right..." Jin Qiangwei calmed down, her mind racing. One hundred thousand damage was just too exaggerated. Even if it was a level 90 monster, considering its racial stats, Blood Fang's own HP probably wouldn't be one hundred thousand. How could it have such power with a casual strike?
This clearly takes into account the damage amplification caused by level suppression!

That's right. His own teammates were 40 or 50 levels lower than him, and that bonus was terrifying. If this suddenly appearing man was a very high level, comparable to or even higher than Bloodfang, then without the level suppression bonus, the damage he received would naturally be greatly reduced!
Thinking of this, Golden Rose immediately activated her Eye of Insight on that person!

His level is... level 26?
Am I sure I didn't misread it? Not eighty-six? Not ninety-six?

Jin Qiangwei rubbed her eyes, looked closely, and saw it was level twenty-six!
This is impossible!

At level 26, the suppression is even greater. If it can deal tens of thousands of damage to a level 40, it will probably exceed 200,000 to a level 26!

How many health points does he actually have?
At level 70, the Eye of Insight can not only see the ratio of health to mana, but also the specific numerical values. However, what Golden Rose sees is a row of question marks...

life value:? ? ?

Mana:? ? ?

Stamina: ? ? ?

Attack power (unarmed): ? ? ?

…………

This was the first time Jin Qiangwei had ever seen this situation. Looking at the red health bar, it was still full!
"I see!" Jin Qiangwei immediately understood. This guy had the ability to hide information!
He hid his level as level 26, and covered up the specific numerical values!
As a growth talent, the Eye of Insight has a very high priority. Only when facing some super bosses will the Eye of Insight be limited, and at that time the specific value cannot be read and a question mark is displayed.

However, this situation has never been seen with players or NPCs!

This is definitely a super high-level expert, possibly even above level 100!

As for the full health bar, it should be due to some kind of magic immunity or magic resistance skill or equipment!

Golden Rose's heart raced for only a few seconds. Bloodfang, seeing the human who had suddenly appeared and blocked his attack, was also somewhat surprised. He stared at the young man's face and raised his staff: "Who are you?"

"I was just passing by!" Luo Jun chuckled. "I had just dealt with two groups of pirate ghosts and was heading back when I suddenly sensed a big boss had appeared here, so I rushed back to join the fun..."

As he spoke, he glanced back at the unconscious Mulan Shi and said, "It seems I've arrived just in time."

"Hehehe... You think you can stand against me, Pirate King Bloodfang Trul, just because you parried one skill?" Bloodfang laughed. "I don't care what kind of fire-immune treasure you used, but I'm not just someone who can manipulate fire!"

As he spoke, Bloodfang raised his staff, and the huge gem at the top shone with a dazzling light, with arcs of electricity crackling and leaping around it, emitting an astonishing fluctuation of lightning element!

"The endless sky, heavenly lightning descends, using the power of the elements of heaven and earth... Hmm?"

Just as Blood Fang was chanting, Luo Jun suddenly moved, like a ghost, passing through Blood Fang's body!

Then, the giant cannibalistic magician began to transform into specks of starlight.

"What are you babbling about?" Luo Jun picked at his ear. "Hand over the spoils right now!"

"This..." Golden Rose and Gloria's pupils trembled: "It's...it's over? That's it?"

As Bloodfang Ying completely dissipated, leaving only a pile of bones covered in gelatin on the ground, the two A-rank mercenaries were still somewhat dazed.

"You two!" Luo Jun turned around and pointed at Golden Rose and Gloria, startling them so much that they instinctively stood at attention and replied, "Yes, sir!"

"Are you two in military training?" Luo Jun curled his lip and pointed at Mu Lanshi, who was still unconscious. "Can't you two save her? If you leave her in this severely injured and unconscious state unattended, she'll keep losing blood and eventually die, right?"

As he spoke, Luo Jun pulled out two bottles of low-quality potions: "I only have ordinary life potions here, which are useless for serious injuries and unconsciousness."

"Oh, I...I do!" Gloria immediately opened her backpack, took out a small purple spray bottle, and sprayed it onto Mulan Shi. The so-called severe injury and unconsciousness is a protective mechanism within the game.

In the world of [the game], strictly speaking, you don't die immediately when your health points are depleted. Unless you suffer damage that is significantly greater than your health points, you will generally fall into a coma first.

For example, if a character has 100 health points, and receives 200 damage in one hit, they are basically doomed. However, if they only receive 101 damage, their health will decrease by 1, and their status will be critically injured and stunned. In this state, the monster's aggro will be reset. Generally, as long as there are other living characters on the field, the monster will not prioritize attacking the stunned character, and the area damage received will be reduced, serving as a form of protection for the character.

Generally, the default stun range for severe injuries is 10% of the maximum health. This means that 100 health points on the character sheet can theoretically withstand 110 points of damage. However, the game also includes abilities that increase the stun range or allow the player to remain conscious within the stun range, effectively increasing their health.

In this state, because one cannot take medicine or regular medications are ineffective, a special wake-up spray is required.

As the toughest tank in the team, Gloria is often the last one standing in some difficult missions. At this time, it is naturally her responsibility to wake up the unconscious teammates, so she always keeps this wake-up spray in her backpack.

After spraying a few times, Mu Lanshi's health quickly recovered, and she woke up.

"How is it? That monster..."

As soon as Mulan Shi came to her senses, she remembered the terrifying Blood Fang.

"Don't worry, it's all taken care of." Luo Jun, wearing a crown, waved a staff in his hand: "Look, this is the equipment that dropped. It's really good, it's even a level 80 gold item. It should be usable until graduation, right?"

After all, this is a game world. Although the BOSS was wearing a full set of magical equipment, only two items could be found in his corpse after he was killed: his skull-carved crown and this staff.

But it is precisely because of the rules of the game that the equipment will adapt to the size of the user. The staff that the ogre, who is four or five meters tall, holds is just the right size in Luo Jun's hands.

"Luo Jun? What are you doing here?" Mu Lanshi asked in surprise. "Where's Blood Fang?"

"You two know each other?" Jin Qiangwei looked at Luo Jun, then at Mu Lanshi.

"We are... fellow countrymen, both from the Lost Lands..." Mulan Shi introduced, while opening the quest interface and finding that the quest she had just accepted to defeat the hidden boss had been completed.

"Is Bloodfang really dead?" Mulan Shi still couldn't believe it.

“That’s right.” Gloria nodded, pointing at Luo Jun, “It was your fellow countryman who killed him!”

"How is this possible?" Mu Lanshi clearly didn't believe it, looking at Luo Jun: "How did you do that?"

"Just a casual move." Luo Jun waved his hand. This giant ogre was really nothing special. It looked big and intimidating, but he could be blown to pieces with one punch.

Mulan Shi thought Luo Jun was bragging, so she turned to look at Jin Qiangwei.

“It’s true…” Jin Qiangwei nodded: “At the critical moment, your fellow villager suddenly appeared, took the monster’s attack, and then… the monster died… To my shame, I didn’t understand what he did.”

Because of the game's rules, monsters leave behind corpses when killed, but no corresponding wounds. Luo Jun's speed was too fast; to them, it was just a flash, and Bloodfang was gone.

Those who know the story know that Luo Jun simply rushed in and destroyed the boss with his speed, but to a normal person, it looked more like Luo Jun used a teleport skill, and then the BOSS died inexplicably...

This makes Bloodfang's death even more suspicious.

Mulan Shi looked at Luo Jun. Although according to the data, he wasn't even at his peak yet, the fact that he won the Tianyuan Tournament and was highly regarded by President Wan meant this young man must have something special. Mulan Shi even suspected that he possessed some kind of mythical artifact, which could still be effective in the [game] world.

"In short, it's true that the monster seemed to change the moment he appeared." Gloria couldn't quite explain it either: "It just goes to show how talented people are in our Lost Lands..."

"Wait... us?" Now it was Luo Jun's turn to be surprised.

"Oh, right!" Mulan Shi also remembered the conversation that had been interrupted by the Blood Fang's resurgence, and looked at Golden Rose and Gloria: "Captain, you mentioned before that many of you also came from... the Lost Land?"

Golden Rose nodded: "That's right, including me."

"Both of you?" Luo Jun looked at Gloria and Golden Rose in disbelief, carefully searching his memory to confirm that neither of them were on the list he had seen!

"It's called the Lost Land, but it's actually a collective name for the isolated islands that separated from the mainland because of the Tower of Babel." Jin Qiangwei looked at Luo Jun: "Our homelands are probably separated by a hundred and eight thousand miles."

Could it be that the Lost Lands isn't just a starting village for "players," but that NPCs might also originate from there?
Luo Jun was guessing what was going on in his mind when he suddenly looked at Jin Qiangwei: "Do you still remember what your hometown is like? I'm asking about your real hometown, the place where you were born and grew up!"

As he raised this question, Luo Jun brought out the Heavenly Secret Dice.

"Get the truth out of them!"

"Ding! Event difficulty: 98 points; final score: 96 + 5 points; event successful!"

"My hometown?" Jin Qiangwei seemed a little surprised that Luo Jun asked this, and subconsciously replied, "It's just a small mountain village, a very inconspicuous one, a small mountain village surrounded by forests. I remember, I also had a childhood sweetheart, a kind village chief... In order to activate the magic circle that allows people to come here, I also helped many people..."

“Wait… me too, our experiences are so similar…” Gloria said from the side.

"Is that so?" Golden Rose frowned. "Why haven't you mentioned this before?"

"You never asked?" Gloria said, "But we've been comrades-in-arms for so many years, how come we've never talked about our hometown? That little village is so vague in my memory..."

"Could it be because you didn't actually grow up in that village?" Luo Jun asked tentatively. "You only stayed there for a few days. Before that, you were born and raised in a different place?"

"Another...place?" Luo Jun's words were like a devil's whisper, enticing the two to search the depths of their memories. Suddenly, their heads throbbed with pain, and they trembled all over, but what they uttered was something completely different from before...

(End of this chapter)