It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 638 Key Code
This is the rugged St. Imis Mountains, part of the Ring of Fire, with a sparsely populated wilderness to the north and the Gulf of Alaska to the south.

Only a handful of people in the world have ever been able to climb this mountain.

However, Meteor and his group don't need to climb the mountain; they only need to find the entrance to the maze located at the foot of the mountain.

The meteor walked toward a solidly shaped rock in the wilderness, looked around, and smiled softly.

She said, "It feels like only a short time has passed, but there's no trace of our camping here anymore."

The drunkard walked over and casually poked at the weeds with his foot. "I remember starting a fire around here. I was too lazy to find branches and wood, so I exchanged some compressed fuel from the game store. The doctor said we were being extravagant. Ha, she's even lazier than me. She only complains and never goes out of her way to find firewood for me."

As the drunkard spoke, he couldn't help but sniff and mutter, "People in the upper city say that trash has emotional problems and can't socialize normally, but I don't think so. Now when I think of the doctor, I actually miss her."

Meteor waved to the drunkard, "Come on, come and take a look here."

The meteor traveled about ten meters away.

The drunkard, somewhat puzzled, walked over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar white light emanated from the teleportation array totem around his body.

"There's actually a teleportation array here!" the drunkard exclaimed in surprise. "Who put it there?"

When everyone came together to fight the Abyss Boss, she didn't remember anyone placing a teleportation array outside the maze. After all, once you clear a dungeon, you won't come back, so there was no need to waste points.

Meteor smiled and said, "Do you remember when we came out of the maze, everyone split up to look for the rampaging Black Spot? Of course, it was all in vain. Even with my all-seeing eye, I couldn't see him. I refused to give up and insisted that everyone continue to look for him. You were greatly affected by the blacksmith's death and didn't want to look for Black Spot, so you logged off in a huff."

The drunkard gave a wry smile. "Of course I remember. So, you left a teleportation array here in preparation for coming back to find Black Spot later?"

“Hmm.” Meteor nodded slightly, gazing into the distance. “Thinking back now, Black Spot might have still retained some consciousness. He didn’t want to hurt us, so he ran towards the bay. But the Mother Nest’s vitality was too tenacious. Not only did he not drown in the sea, but he was also carried by the ocean currents to another country… Cargo ships were shuttling between the river and the sea at the docks of Qingjiang City. The Mother Nest attached itself to the bottom of the ship, entered the urban area of ​​Qingjiang City, and then… met Feng Ling.”

"I'm sorry," the drunkard suddenly said.

Meteor paused, then turned to look at her. "Why the sudden apology?"

The drunkard felt an inexplicable irritation and scratched his head. "...I don't know, I just feel that if I hadn't impulsively logged off, would my situation be any better now?"

Meteor fell silent and remained silent for a long time.

in case……

in case……

This word caused her immense pain, and she refused to think about the "what if"—if Black Spot hadn't died, perhaps she would have achieved her dream by now.

“By the way, I haven’t asked you before,” the drunkard spoke up again, “what’s going on between you and the messenger? Even if you fell out, there should have been warning signs, right?” Meteor composed himself and continued walking forward, slowly saying, “If there were warning signs, how did I get caught by them? The messenger was like a wolf that doesn’t howl, suddenly biting me. But his approach might not have been wrong. Trying to please the administrator might actually get him to send Momo back to the upper city. Who knows… In this situation, he failed, and I can’t say I succeeded either.”

The drunkard said, "Getting a train ticket is inherently very difficult. It's normal to fail. At least you're still alive, and we still have a chance."

“No.” Meteor’s eyes turned gloomy. “I think the reason for the failure has nothing to do with the difficulty of the task, but rather that we people don’t really want the tickets.”

"How could that be? That's a pass to enter the upper city, who wouldn't want it?" the drunkard retorted.

Meteor suddenly stopped, turned around, and stared intently into the drunkard's eyes. "If you really wanted it, why did you log off? You had quite a few points back then, and it wouldn't have been difficult for you to surpass me. Once the game ended, you had a chance to get the ticket, but you logged off. Why?"

The drunkard was stumped by the question and stood there dumbfounded.

“Because you want the ticket, but you can also settle for just getting the points.” Meteor said with a grim face. “And Black Spot, if Black Spot really wanted the ticket, she wouldn’t have been tempted by the cards! The doctor did the same, and so did the witch. Each of you was thinking that getting the ticket would be great, but earning enough points would also be nice, which is why we failed!”

As Meteor spoke, he suddenly laughed mockingly, "Now that I think about it, the one with the strongest will was actually the messenger. He risked his life to protect the dwarf sheep and never considered his own escape route."

The drunkard looked unwell and was also feeling bad.

Cangwu, who was following behind, looked at the drunkard, then at the shooting star ahead, and asked, "So, the Star Society really does have a way to get tickets for many people, and it's not just a gimmick, right?"

Meteor slowly replied, "Only those at the Starlight level and above know about this, but it doesn't matter if I tell you now. Getting the ticket is actually very simple. As long as you have enough high-level cards and rare items, you can easily get the highest score in each round of the game and thus obtain the reward for being number one on the leaderboard: the ticket."

Cangwu frowned. "This is not simple. After each round of the game, players will be forced offline, all game accounts will be wiped clean, and everything will start from scratch—where did you get your cards and items?"

Meteor pointed to the sky, "What's so rare and precious to us, our card items, is just a piece of code, a key to them."

Cangwu's breathing became rapid, "...No wonder, no wonder we ordinary players find it difficult to do even basic tasks after logging into the game, but the Star Guild is already able to conquer the maze! It turns out you guys got these game resources in advance!"

“Yes, we won at the starting line.” Meteor said with a faint self-deprecating smile. “There are countless such key codes. I only got a dozen or so, but that’s more than enough. As long as the game is settled, the code can be reused. The code can be activated as many times as the game is played. So theoretically, as long as there are enough games, everyone can get a ticket.”

Cangwu's eyes were practically spitting fire as he clenched his fists and demanded, "If you have such a huge advantage, why would the messenger betray you?!"

Meteor glanced back at her. "Didn't I just say that he doesn't trust me? There's a problem with the game, and the administrator can't log off normally. He suspects that my code is causing the bug. Once the bug is fixed, the code we use will become invalid, so he's betting everything on the short-legged sheep."

Cangwu smiled inexplicably, "But the bug hasn't been fixed after all this time, which means we still have a chance, right?"

“Yes,” Meteor thought for a moment and nodded, “I hope there are more.”

Cangwu suddenly said, "I will not betray you! My will will be stronger than anyone else's! Please entrust any future actions to me. I assure you, I will do everything in my power, even if it costs me my life!"

All geographical terms in this article are made up by me.