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Chapter 512 Insurance (4K)

If I weren't afraid of losing, I would definitely make you fly.

Wanli Fengdao rubbed his aching temples, watching Li Sheng's fingers fly across databases, searching for relevant information.

"found it,"

Li Sheng's spirits lifted, and he pondered, "But...it's strange."

He showed his phone screen to the others, which displayed an internal newsletter. Two and a half years ago, Michael, the strongest fighter in the GOC and already level 30, encountered a giant mechanical python in a certain ten-digit coordinate system.

Its appearance is exactly the same as the Alpha that players see, except that its length is slightly shortened, from more than a thousand meters to eight hundred and fifty meters.

A battle broke out between the two sides, and the mechanical giant python was no match for it, so it fled and disappeared.

Wanli Fengdao and the others exchanged glances and immediately realized what the ant meant by "strange".

First, the coordinates of the killing field are a three-dimensional coordinate system (X, Y, Z) with the slum as the origin. The coordinates are corrected by a limited number of telephone booths. The larger the number, the farther away from the slum.

The coordinates of a ten-digit number are approximately equal to...
"The distance between Earth and Uranus".

Claudia frowned and said, "2700 million kilometers, that's so far?"

This number is so enormous that it feels unreal. To put it another way, the Earth's circumference is 40,000 kilometers. Li Sheng is currently using a levitation engine, which allows him to jump 1600 kilometers at a time. He would only need to jump 25 times to travel around the Earth.

To cover 27 million kilometers, he would need to fly 1.68 million times.

If the Alpha Python hadn't strayed too far during those two and a half years, then everyone would be millions of miles away from the slums by now.

"It's not just about distance,"

Claudia said, "In two and a half years, the mechanical python has grown longer, which proves that it can grow stronger by eating, just like a living creature."

Wanli Fengdao rubbed his chin and said, "GOC official documents are always meticulous. Since it says 'battle,' it can't be the kind where they throw a dart from 800 miles away and retreat immediately after contact. This is quite strange."

For top-tier superhumans, level and strength are not the same thing; Michael's Lv30 and Wanli Fengdao's Lv30 are completely different things.

It's roughly the difference between Oreo and Yue Li Yue, Master Kong and Kang Shuai Fu, Six Walnuts and Six Bi Dou.

Although the Alpha Python was very powerful, it wanted to escape from Michael's clutches.
"The reason is simple: that mechanical life form is a native species of the killing field. When the chosen ones are chasing it, it can escape outside your killing field's range."

A cold voice came from the front of the carriage, and all the human players simultaneously picked up their weapons.

The Griffin, the Mushroom King, and the Rabbit Ranger slowly entered the carriage. The Mushroom King was carrying a glass fish tank containing a centipede octopus—the fish tank had been damaged in the previous battle and its surface was covered with several sheets of transparent waterproof tape.

"Don't get agitated,"

Rabbit Ranger curled his lip, slightly raised his paw-paddled hands, turned to the side to show everyone the wooden bow on his back and the empty quiver at his waist. "We need to talk."

"There's nothing to discuss, please leave."

Reyes's face was grim. He had actually been killed once by the griffin's thunderstorm before. If the green train hadn't descended with the immortality field, he would have died then and there.

Rabbit Ranger didn't say much, but slowly took an item out of the void and placed it on the table.

It was a head-mounted, customer service-style plastic headset, clearly made by the Special Affairs Bureau, and capable of contacting the hidden [Ten Thousand Eyes Room] with the [Ten Thousand Eyes Communication Headset]. The only difference was that it was orange in color.

White Horse Tombstone, Claudia, and the others all looked at Wanli Fengdao. Everyone knew that Brother Xiaodao had high-level privileges from the Special Affairs Bureau and knew many secrets.

Wanli Fengdao pursed his lips slightly and said calmly, "Different colors of communication headsets correspond to different types. Silver ones are given to friendly guilds and civilian bounty hunters, green ones are given to mobile task forces, blue ones are given to logistics teams, red ones are given to administrative departments, and I have never seen an orange one."

"You'll know once you pick it up and answer the phone."

Rabbit Ranger took a half step back to show his sincerity and gestured with his hands in a "please" gesture.

After a few seconds of silent contemplation, Wanli Fengdao picked up his earphones (Claudia had cast a protective spell on him just in case), pressed the call button, and said, "Hello."

"Hey,"

On the other end of the phone, the voice of Yuan Donglian, customer service representative of [Wanyan Room], could be clearly heard, "Uncle Xiaodao, is that you?"

Call me brother!

"Okay, Uncle Knife, no problem, Uncle Knife."

Yuan Donglian was clearly very familiar with Wanli Fengdao, and her tone was playful and lively, "Anyway, let's check the access password first."

Brother Xiaodao sighed, "Suddenly, news came from beyond the sword gates that Jibei had been captured."

"A dragon soaring through the clouds and rain within reach." Yuan Donglian clapped her hands on the other end of the headset. The main purpose of the Wanyan Communication headset was to transfer calls to a designated target when communication with a friend was unavailable.

In addition to the hidden serial number of the communication headset, the password will also be changed periodically to ensure that the caller's identity is not replaced or possessed by monsters such as the Grimmh.

Yuan Donglian's tone turned serious, "What I'm about to say is a Level 5 classified document. Who are the human players next to you?"

Level 5 Secret is one level higher than Wanli Fengdao's current authority. Realizing the weight of this, he solemnly said, "I am Ant, White Horse Tombstone, Claudia of the Witch Alliance, and Reyes of the Jalisco Group in Mexico."

"Is that so? Wait a moment, I'll go ask headquarters."

Yuan Donglian hung up the phone and reconnected a minute later. "Headquarters has temporarily approved the authorization, on the condition that everyone signs a paper confidentiality agreement after the Tremor Mission is completed. Is that alright?"

To prevent core members from defecting or leaking information, some large guilds require members to sign a "killing ground contract," with violators facing divine retribution. In comparison, paper documents are more like gentlemen's agreements.
Li Sheng and the others exchanged glances, nodded, and said into their earpieces, "No problem."

"OK,"

Yuan Donglian snapped her fingers and said in a deep voice, "During the last Tremor mission, the top leaders of the major guilds observed a parallel world that has many similarities to the real world, Earth, through some means."

This world, like Earth, has hundreds of thousands of players, or rather, chosen ones.

The more than 200,000 players were divided into two factions: one was an alliance of humans, elves, and monsters.

On one side are demons corrupted by the abyss.

The Fungus King, Centipede Octopus, Cotton Moon (Rabbit Ranger), and Griffin (Griffin) standing before you are the chosen ones of the Allied Forces.

Compared to the incommunicable demons of the abyss, the coalition forces are undoubtedly on the side of order.

Therefore, the senior management of various guilds had initial discussions with them and decided to cooperate.

The carriage was completely silent. The mouths of the people at the White Horse Tombstone were agape, wide enough to swallow an egg.

This statement is incredibly informative, reminiscent of watching a news anchor on the evening of the 7 PM, earnestly recounting how the construction of a new Xi'an subway line unexpectedly unearthed alien spaceship wreckage.

Or perhaps when you're eighteen, your parents suddenly tell you with a serious face that all the financial difficulties you've faced over the years were just an act. They say that your family actually owns a Fortune 500 company with hundreds of billions in assets, and that you won't need to go to school or even work anymore. They'll arrange everything for you, from childhood sweethearts and maids to ninja bodyguards disguised as childhood friends. You'll be able to enjoy your grandchildren all day long.

Are you serious?

Li Sheng was so shocked and stunned that he did a somersault. "My God, this is really unbelievable! It's a hundred times more bizarre than an 8 o'clock drama!" "Your Taiwanese accent is so annoying."

Wanli Fengdao instinctively muttered a complaint, looking at Li Sheng with suspicion—even he, a high-ranking and friendly person in the Special Affairs Bureau, knew nothing about the otherworldly players, so why did Pifu act as if he was pretending not to know?

Well, it's also possible that the ant is pretending not to know. Or just pretending to pretend not to know.

White Horse Tombstone realized what was happening and asked Xiao Yuan, the customer service representative in his headset, "Wait, if the human leadership has partnered with these players from another world, why are they attacking us?"

"First, it was you humans, those two named Rolling Stone and Jayna, who attacked us first. We were forced to retaliate."

The griffin, named Griffin, took out a bulky old-fashioned movie projector and projected the image onto the wall of the carriage.

Judging from the footage, it was indeed Rolling Stones and Jayna who reacted first and launched the attack instinctively.

The griffin calmly explained, "Secondly, the Spirit Realm, which you call the Killing Ground, is expanding its boundaries, gathering players from different main universes. We can't tell which main universe you come from either. We're thinking of taking you under control for interrogation."

Wanli Fengdao's eyelids twitched violently. "Then I really have to thank you for not killing them all right away."

"You're welcome. We didn't expect the humans who arrived later to be so strong."

The Griffin Griffin's way of thinking is too rational, or rather, cold and indifferent, and it cannot detect any human tone.

Seeing that Brother Xiaodao's face was gradually turning red, the centipede in the glass fish tank used its telekinetic power to vibrate the air and spoke in human language that was much more fluent than before: "In short, we are on the same side in the matter of resisting the tyranny of the killing field."

Moreover, the most urgent task is to resist that Alpha mechanical python.

The centipede octopus and its companions clearly possessed some kind of detection ability, allowing them to directly read the mechanical python's name.

As if to confirm Griffin's words, the river below the train suddenly surged with tremendous waves, the entire riverbed trembled violently, and broken silt was incorporated into the water, making the river water extremely turbid.

A few seconds later, accompanied by the sound of collapsing rocks, the Alpha mechanical python, covered in mud, emerged from beneath the riverbed.

The damaged parts that were cut open by the skeleton knight were all welded and repaired. The triangular head that originally had two pupil-like searchlights was transformed into a pinecone-shaped drill bit like a tunneling machine, with the surface of the drill bit inlaid with rough and sturdy alloy cutterheads.

The massive, elongated body is divided into dozens of segments, with adjacent ends rotating in different directions to provide the power for tunneling.

"Curva, again?!"

Even the mild-mannered White Horse Tombstone couldn't help but utter a Romanian curse. The mechanical python, extremely patient, didn't attack the train immediately, but instead fully activated its nuclear fusion engine, causing the attitude control nozzles on its body to spew flames simultaneously.
Hanging slowly behind the green train, using the wake to reduce air resistance, the distance remains constant.

The train last arrived at the stone platform half an hour ago, and it's about to stop again. The player hasn't had enough rest, their spiritual energy isn't full, and many skills are still on cooldown.

Without time to think further, Wanli Fengdao asked the griffin in a sharp voice, "How do I know that the monster wasn't summoned by you, or by your mission?"

"Simple."

Without saying a word, the griffin opened the mission log interface on his personal panel and showed the mission to Wanli Fengdao: "We have been asked by the Killing Field to protect an item for more than 48 hours."

Brother Xiao Dao frowned. "Items?"

The griffin gave the mushroom king a look, and the latter silently sheathed its sword, pressed its four-fingered hands against its abdomen, squeezed hard, and vomited out a cylindrical lead container with a "hiccup".

【Item Name: Multi-purpose Time-Traveling Safe】

[Type: Storage Container]

[Quality: perfect]

[Special Effect: Time Capsule. Provides suitable storage conditions for specific items or information. Sealing standard is equivalent to the chosen one's inventory. Can be opened, and can only be opened in a user-specified manner.]

[Consumption: Spiritual Power equivalent to the Mystery Level of the Item/Information]

[Cooling time: None]

[Usage Requirements: Intelligence attribute greater than or equal to 3]

[Note: The safe's maximum capacity is 50 cubic meters. It can hold living beings that are not chosen. The time flow of items inside the safe will be frozen.]

[Note: This safe is extremely robust and will only be damaged by close-range hydrogen bombing, being thrown into a star, or falling into a black hole. Furthermore, any damage to this safe will take its contents with it.]

[Note: After becoming the Chief Executive of the Salvation Army, Ke Zhun brought his mother from the countryside to the Holy City, proudly showing off his luxurious villa, high-end cars, and safes filled with famous paintings and jewels. The old lady said, "My child, all this is wonderful, but what if the Salvation Army comes?"]

The griffin said, "The container contains an ordinary, mortal object similar to an ice axe, without any supernatural power fluctuations. To protect it, we placed it in this container from the beginning, ensuring no leakage of odor, sound, or radiation, including electromagnetic waves, microwaves, and rays."

There is no need for ethereal causes, energies, or memes.

Therefore, it can be confirmed that the Alpha Python was not brought here by us.

"."

Wanli Fengdao remained silent, more concerned with the notes on the safe than with what the griffin had said.

In the real world, there's never been any such thing as Ke Zhun or Salvation Army governor. Therefore, the last system note is most likely a lame joke tailor-made for the world where the killing field is located, the world where the griffins live.

Only players in this world will find the joke funny.

This indirectly confirms that they come from a different world with highly developed supernatural powers, which also corresponds to what Yuan Donglian said.

At this moment, everyone felt a slight forward acceleration as the green train began to decelerate, and the stone platform floating in the air could be vaguely seen in the far distance.

"Alpha shouldn't have been brought here by us either."

Since the other party had shown sincerity, Wanli Fengdao also displayed his mission log and said quickly, "I can't completely trust you yet. When the train stops later, you guys guard the front of the train, and we'll guard the back. We'll stall for time until the train departs again."

rustling --

The sound of a pencil scratching through paper was exceptionally clear. Everyone silently shifted their gaze and saw Li Sheng holding a sticky note, writing furiously, and sticking the note with something written on it onto the [multi-purpose safe].

[Note: In 2009, renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking hosted a party themed "Time Dinner." He first held the party secretly, then broadcast the time, location, and coordinates of the dinner to the world to prove that time travelers do not exist—what he didn't expect was that time travelers might not come, possibly because his reputation was tarnished after the Lolita Island incident, and he was given the posthumous title of "Lao" (meaning "imprisoned").]

Facing a chorus of bewildered stares, Li Sheng gave a thumbs up, "How can we Earthlings let otherworldly lame jokes steal the show?"
Another world joke, not good.

Earth's corny jokes, great!
Our Earth is truly amazing!

Wanli Fengdao almost spat out his water. "Isn't this Vlav joke way too old? What year is it now?"

"Is it old? It's alright. The older the meme, the fewer people use it. The fewer people use it, the newer the meme becomes. So the older the meme, the newer the meme becomes."

Li Sheng shrugged and rattled off a string of lines: "Here comes my bro. Let's go, mantis shrimp. The city's too complicated, I want to go back to the countryside. So exciting, I feel like I've reached the pinnacle of life. Pouting, pouting, pouting."

Wanli Fengdao sighed and rubbed his forehead. At this moment, the train's deceleration became more and more obvious. He decisively drew the Dragon Slayer Sword from his waist. "If I hear these old jokes again, I'll grow corpse spots on my face."

Prepare to fight! "

(End of this chapter)