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Chapter 232 Prayer Song and Stone Statue (asking for monthly ticket!)

"tread--"

After a dizzying spin, Yu Zhun and the other four had arrived in a world completely different from the outside world.

Under the gray and hazy sky, all you can see are broken walls and ruins covered with cracks. This is clearly a new copy, but everything here seems to have been worn out by a long period of time and has been eroded.

"Is this the [Withered Ruins]..."

Yu Zhun looked at Lu Wen standing beside him, "You got it right. Perfect clearance does require collecting specific items."

For mechanism-based dungeons, the method to pass the game perfectly is often written on the surface, but because of the many difficulties of the mechanism, even if you know how to pass the game perfectly, it is definitely not an easy task to do it.

The same must be true for the current [Withered Ruins] copy.

You can pass the level perfectly by collecting all the [Fragments of Withered Slate]. So these so-called [Fragments of Withered Slate] are either very numerous or very difficult to obtain.

Thinking of this, Yu Zhun silently took out the [Strategy Simulation Card].

Using this item, he can simulate the strategy for ten copies.

"Use it now?" Hermod gave a surprised look. "A raiding team can only use the [Raid Simulation Card] once during the raiding process. It would be more profitable to use it when more information is known, right?"

"No." Yu Zhun shook his head slightly. "This dungeon is a mechanism-based dungeon. The purpose of using the [Strategy Simulation Card] is to understand the mechanisms in the dungeon as quickly as possible and avoid pitfalls."

"Because we don't seek results, all simulations are used to try and explore the mechanism, so there is no difference between using it now and later."

"I think so." Udyr agreed. "The perfect way to clear a mechanical dungeon is fixed. You don't need to use a [Strategy Simulation Card] to determine how to clear it."

Seeing this, Hermod stopped talking.

After reaching a consensus, Yu Zhun did not hesitate and quickly activated the [Strategy Simulation Card]. As the card turned into a stream of light and dissipated, a strange look soon appeared in his eyes.

"I see…"

"What did you gain?" Yu Zhu couldn't help but ask, and the other three also looked at him.

At this moment, Yu Zhun had conducted ten attempts to attack this dungeon, and his understanding of the situation inside the dungeon had been greatly improved.

"The mechanisms of this dungeon can be divided into three main types." Yu Zhun quickly summarized his findings, "Stone statues, treasure chests, and mechanisms."

"There are three types of stone statues: singers, guards, and hunters."

"The Singer Statue will intermittently sing prayers. Players who hear the prayers must remain quiet and keep their hands in a praying position, otherwise they will be eroded by the power of decay."

"The guarding statue will open its eyes intermittently. Targets within its gaze range must remain motionless, otherwise they will be randomly teleported to any location in the dungeon by the guarding statue."

"The Hunter Statue is usually dormant, but if there is a player with more than 10% Withering Power nearby, it will be awakened. The higher the total Withering Power of the nearby players, the stronger it will be."

"It doesn't sound too difficult." Lu Wen scratched his head. "Now that we know the mechanism, can't we just avoid it?"

"For example, the hunter statue will not be awakened as long as you stay away from it."

"That's true, but you can obtain [Fragments of the Withered Slate] by smashing any three types of stone statues." Yu Zhun said with a strange expression.

Lu Wen: “…”

So this is where the difficulty lies!

"You just mentioned the erosion of the power of decay." Hermod said slowly, "Is this a negative state?"

"Yes." Yu Zhun nodded. "The erosion of the power of withering is calculated as a percentage, with an upper limit of 100%. When the power of withering is eroded, all attributes of the player will be reduced in the same proportion."

"This reduction is irreversible within the instance and cannot be dispelled."

When everyone heard this, their expressions suddenly became serious.

When the power of withering erodes to the end, the attribute directly becomes 0?
This negative state has reached a fatal level.

"What are the treasure chests and mechanisms?" Yu Zhu on the side couldn't help but speak.

"Treasure chests are boxes that appear randomly in the [Withered Ruins]. These boxes have obvious light and are easy to..."

"Crack!"

Before Yu Zhun could finish his words, he was interrupted by a crisp sound.

Everyone turned their heads towards the sound, only to see that Lu Wen had opened a glowing box not far away and took out a piece of bright grey gravel from it.

Yu Zhun: “…”

Yu Zhu: “…”

Udyr: “…”

Hermod: “…”

Sensing everyone's gaze, Lu Wen scratched his head awkwardly, "I just happened to see one next to me. Yu Zhun, go on, what's in the treasure chest?"

As he spoke, he looked at the things he had taken out of the treasure chest, his face full of curiosity.

Yu Zhun sighed and continued, "The treasure chests are random. Both the contents and the location of the treasure chests are different each time you enter the dungeon. However, they can be roughly divided into several types."

"The first type is useful props."

"These items have specific effects and can be used in the Withered Ruins dungeon." Yu Zhun paused for a moment, "For example, I once obtained a potion in the simulation that can reduce the power of withering."

Everyone suddenly realized and had a clearer understanding of this.

"The second type is a trapped treasure chest."

"When this treasure chest is opened, a large amount of withered power will be released, causing players in the nearby area to be eroded by the withered power at the same time."

Everyone looked tense.

It seems that this treasure chest has both good and bad sides.

For a moment, they couldn't help but turn their murderous eyes towards Lu Wen.

This guy acted without even listening. If they opened the trapped treasure chest, they would die before they even accomplished their mission.

Lu Wen smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "What is this of mine? Is it a useful prop?"

"No, yours is the last type." Yu Zhun paused for a moment, "Directly open the [Withered Slate Fragment]."

"So this is the [Withered Slate Fragment]." Lu Wen showed a look of realization and laughed, "It seems that we don't need to worry about others achieving the perfect first cross-server clearance faster than us."

The other four people understood what Lu Wen meant at the same time.

To pass the level perfectly, you need to collect all the fragments, no one can be missing.

In other words, even just one fragment can interrupt other players' perfect clearance.

However, unlike the heartless Lu Wen, the other four people who realized this became serious.

"This copy... is a bit difficult to pass." Yu Zhu couldn't help but take a breath, "If I want to pass it perfectly, I'm afraid I need to clear the place."

Not only can they prevent other strategy teams from possessing any fragments, but they can also prevent other strategy teams from achieving a normal clearance before them.

Then we can only clear out the other teams first.

"In addition, the third category is mechanisms." Yu Zhun paused for a moment, "There are a large number of mechanisms in the [Withered Ruins], and these mechanisms are also random. They are completely different every time you enter the dungeon." "Most of these mechanisms, if hit, will cause the erosion of the withered power to intensify, but at the same time, these mechanisms also contain fragments."

"That means we can't avoid the traps, and we have to go through them one by one?" Lu Wen said with a tut-tut sound. "Isn't that too difficult?"

"In addition, the mechanism has a special mechanism called the [Intricate Stone]." Yu Zhun continued to introduce, "The [Intricate Stone] is a prop that exists in the complex mechanism area. It can be broken. After it is broken, the corresponding road in the mechanism area will change."

"Since it is broken, it means that this change is irreversible?" Udyr's eyes flashed and he spoke slowly.

"That's right." Yu Zhun nodded. "Not only is it irreversible, but it's also very difficult to detect. If the player in front breaks the [Intricate Stone], the players who come here later will take a different route."

"In this way, it is very likely that we will never catch up with the former."

"Interesting." Hermod frowned and thought, "Perfect clearance is exclusive, which will cause players in the dungeon to fight each other, but the [Intricate Stone] increases the difficulty and complexity of the fight."

"Then there is one more important question." Lu Wen held up the [Withered Slate Fragment] in his hand, "How many pieces like this are there in total?"

"I haven't collected all of them in the simulation either." Yu Zhun shook his head slightly. "The most I collected was over a thousand."

"But considering the scale and patchwork at the time..."

"These more than a thousand pieces are not even enough for one-tenth of the stone slabs."

Not even one tenth is enough?
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Does this mean there are tens of thousands of fragments like this in the dungeon?!
"What an astonishing number." Hermod exclaimed, and was about to say something else when his expression suddenly changed.

A faint singing voice floated from the front right.

Although such a situation had never been encountered before, everyone had already realized it based on Yu Zhun’s introduction just now.

This is... the stone statue of the singer!
According to Yu Zhun, when you hear the singing of this stone statue, you must remain quiet and put your hands in a prayer gesture.

For a moment, four pairs of eyes looked at Yu Zhun at the same time.

Yu Zhun had already assumed a peculiar prayer posture and motioned the other four to follow suit.

After making the same gesture, the four of them slowly approached the direction of the singer's stone statue in silence.

As the prayers became louder, they soon saw the full image of the singer's stone statue.

It was a three-meter-tall stone statue full of sacredness. The statue was carved with a gorgeously dressed woman. The surface of the statue was covered with withered cracks, and singing slowly floated out from the light.

The singer's stone statue was making prayer gestures, and the movements it used were exactly the same as the ones Yu Zhun had just made.

At this moment, everyone immediately understood the origin of Yu Zhun's actions.

Unable to communicate with words, Yu Zhun and the other four gathered in front of the stone statue of the singer and communicated rapidly with their eye contact.

Lu Wen: "Wait until it finishes singing before hitting it?"

Yu Zhun: "The singer statue takes a long time to sing once, and by the time it finishes singing, the daylilies are cold."

Lu Wen: "Then what do you say we should do?"

Yu Zhun: "Yu Zhu will give it a treatment."

Yu Zhu: “Ah?!”

Receiving Yu Zhun's affirmative look, Yu Zhu looked at the pastor's book in his hand, which was still in the prayer posture but not released.

Fine.

Just use this posture to release skills.

'treat!'

She silently chanted in her heart and threw a [Poison Medical] on the singer's stone statue.

The next moment, the singing of the singer's stone statue stopped abruptly. It trembled violently, and then collapsed into dust, leaving only two bright gray pieces of stone, exactly the same as the one Lu Wen had found before.

"There are actually two of them." Yu Zhu picked up the [Fragment of Withered Slate] curiously, looked at it twice, and then threw it to Lu Wen.

Lu Wen took it and put it away, then looked at another stone statue not far from the singer's statue. The statue was carved of a heroic man in armor, holding a long sword as long as his body in his hand.

"Yu Zhun, what is that stone statue?"

"Hunter." Yu Zhun glanced at it. "We have not been eroded by the power of decay yet. The hunter statue is the easiest to deal with."

"When we are eroded by more than 10% of the power of decay, the hunter statue will become the most difficult to deal with."

Other stone statues can also be killed without taking any damage through their mechanisms.

However, if a player with more than 10% erosion approaches the Hunter Statue, it will be awakened immediately and attack all nearby players.

The opponent's judgment distance is very far, and his strength is comparable to that of a small boss in a dungeon, making him very difficult to deal with.

As he spoke, Yu Zhun quickly rushed forward and stabbed the stone statue with his dagger, instantly destroying it, and returned with a [Fragment of the Withered Slate].

Yu Zhun casually threw the [Withered Slate Fragment] to Lu Wen to keep, and then explained, "The number of [Withered Slate Fragments] obtained after destroying the stone statue is random, between 1 and 3."

"In just a short while, we have obtained four fragments." Lu Wen collected the fragments with a smile, "It's a good start."

After hearing this, the other people looked a little relieved.

They chose a direction and continued walking inside. They did not encounter any danger along the way, but instead saw another treasure chest.

Several people's eyes lit up, but they soon remembered that Yu Zhun had mentioned that the treasure chest might contain useful props or directly give fragments, but it might also be a trap that would cause a significant reduction in attributes.

"Lu Wen and I will take turns opening the next treasure chest." Yu Zhun took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "We both have the talent to kill with one strike, so it doesn't matter if the attributes are a little lower."

There is a lot between Hermod's talents and attributes, and the same is true for Yu Zhu. Udyr's talents are variable, so they are also affected by attributes.

Only Yu Zhun and Lu Wen have mechanical talents.

"No problem, I'll do it." Lu Wenxing rushed forward but was stopped by Yu Zhun.

"You guys step back, I'll open the box this time." Yu Zhun gestured to the others, then walked towards the treasure chest alone.

The moment the treasure chest was opened, the power of withering did not erupt.

Yu Zhun breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked at the items in the treasure chest, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

It was a prop that looked like a revolver. Its surface was the unique gray color of decayed ruins, and it looked delicate and small.

"What is this? A weapon or a toy?" Lu Wen leaned over and looked at it curiously.

"This is the item [Withered Revolver]." Yu Zhun slowly picked it up. "It has a guaranteed hit effect. When the bullet hits the target, the target will be eroded by 10% more withered power."

In the previous simulation, Yu Zhun had been lucky enough to obtain it once. In the [Withered Ruins] copy, this item was very suitable for ambush people.

Imagine if an enemy player stayed near the hunter statue and was safe and sound because he was not eroded by the power of withering.

At this moment, one of them was shot...

Thinking of this scene, Yu Zhun smiled and opened the magazine of [Withered Revolver].

Three bullets lay quietly inside.

(End of this chapter)