How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

I thought of a legal lolita who was over fifty years old, and added, "You might also see some of the same kind there."

After finishing the work at the Eternal Gallery, this trip was considered completely completed. After returning to the sixth floor of the Undercity ruins from the underwater secret passage, I planned to say goodbye to Ivan and Cecilia and deal with other things.

But Cecilia suddenly spoke up.

"An, what is this Demon King's Castle you just mentioned?"

"Eh..." I was stunned. I didn't expect that Cecilia had heard what I said to Rotana in a low voice.

"Devil's City? Is it related to the devil who is hostile to the light camp?" Upon hearing this, Yiwen also became very interested.

After all, everything about the dark camp has been kept strictly secret by the official Epoch Times. Now that they can hear information about the biggest BOSS in the camp, anyone would be extremely curious.

Facing those two pairs of innocent eyes, I knew I probably couldn't escape.

Just when I was thinking about how to make up an excuse, a clear and pleasant voice sounded behind me.

"The Demon King's Castle means the castle where the Demon King lives."

"And the one in front of you is the current Demon King of the Dark Camp." The blonde girl suddenly appeared in mid-air and smiled at us. "Hello, my name is Alice, and I am the intelligent optical computer of Epoch."

Chapter 46: Evil Corpse Princess & Ruins Attack and Defense

Ever since the mysterious disappearance of the ancient Hollain people, the ruins of Undercity remained peaceful for hundreds of years, until a few days ago when they were opened at the order of the top leaders of the Constantana Empire, and then a large number of adventurers emerged.

Even so, no one has visited the deeper areas yet, including the sixth floor which is closest to the Dark Bunker. The monsters here are naturally very powerful, but without any disturbance they fall into a deep sleep, making the entire sixth floor unusually quiet.

But in a corner on the edge, a faint sound could be heard. Under the influence of the rugged rocks, it sounded like a vague ghost whispering. If someone heard it, they would probably think it was a ghost.

However, in reality, the owner of the voice was a cute little girl, who was telling something to the other two little girls.

"This matter starts from the time when the server was launched." While talking about what happened when the server was launched, I looked at Alice with a strange look. She was yawning and looked like she wanted to take a nap.

Yes, the reason why things turned out like this and the Demon King's identity was completely exposed was entirely because of this guy.

After suddenly appearing, he not only revealed his secret, but also removed my disguise, making it impossible for me to find a reason or excuse to fool me. So after facing the gazes from Ivan and Cecilia, I had to explain the reason.

"Are you curious about why I want to reveal your identity?"

Alice didn't move, but a text message appeared directly in front of me.

I was not too surprised. After all, for someone like me, this database was like my own backyard, so it was very easy to modify the logic.

"It's normal for someone like you who goes through menopause." I rolled my eyes and responded to the message.

"Don't be angry. I see that you are busy all by yourself and it's hard. I want to find a few players to help you."

Alice was not angry, "After all, I don't think you can handle this incident."

Incident, what is this guy trying to do again?

I frowned, but didn't really care. "You knew they would be able to accept it?"

"Don't worry, according to the calculations of my data module, there will be no problem." Alice seemed very confident.

This is indeed the case. After I told her everything, I thought Ivan and Cecilia would still hesitate, but it only took a moment for them to give their respective responses.

"Wow, that sounds so cool, just like the final villain. So, An An, do you have a lot of subordinates?"

"Can An, the entire camp, eat as much dessert as he wants?"

Although it was unexpected, but... it seemed reasonable?

The result was naturally self-evident. After both of them showed great interest in the dark camp, Alice reached out and left a mark of a gray hilt on the back of their hands, indicating that Ivan and Cecilia had both switched to the dark camp.

However, they are not fixed in place and can disguise themselves as members of the light camp at any time.

Not only that, this mark also provides the ability to change appearance and name, avoiding complete exposure of identity when discovered in the light camp.

You can also upgrade the mark by killing players from the light camp and gain more abilities and attribute additions, but these will have to wait for the two of them to slowly explore.

Just looking at how excited the two were after hearing the news that killing players could upgrade their abilities, I couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to those players in the Light Camp who might be targeted by these two little guys in the future.

After all, one is a thief who kills people invisibly, and the other is a mechanical alchemist with strange abilities. Coupled with their terrifying gaming talents, it is estimated that many players will suffer.

While Ivan and Cecilia were curiously checking their extra abilities, Alice winked at me and said, "How is it? Do you feel a lot more relaxed now that you have two helpers?"

"Will you feel relieved to have two more elementary school students in your team?" I rolled my eyes. Although I said that, I was actually looking forward to Ivan and Cecilia helping to create some things in the light camp.

I never thought that Alice would give me good news. "These are actually the functions of a special building after the Heart of Herontis is upgraded to level three. I am just prepaying it in advance. If you can succeed in this event, I will give you the blueprint of that building as a reward. Of course, there are other rewards."

The word "incident" was mentioned again, and I couldn't help but become curious, "What kind of incident was it? Is it the same as the incident at the forest ruins?"

"Of course not. Simply fighting and killing is meaningless. You need to use your brain this time." Alice smiled slightly, "Is the advent of your demon power cooled down?"

I nodded. Originally, I was thinking of taking advantage of the excitement of the opening of the Undercity ruins to make something of myself with Advent, but I didn't expect that Alice had already made arrangements for herself.

Following the other party's instructions, after summoning out the strongest demonized corpse leader among my subordinates, I used Advent to replace the other party's original will.

Chi-

The leader of the corpse demons let out a shrill sound, and his gray body seemed to be injected with a powerful force. His already huge body expanded a little more, and after reaching a certain critical point, it burst completely like a balloon.

However, there was no blood and flesh flying as imagined. Instead, a sharp shock wave formed and spread rapidly around, leaving a dark vortex in its place.

In the middle of the vortex, a small hand suddenly stretched out, followed by an arm, then a cute face with pale skin but strange beauty, and finally a body wrapped in a gray robe, with a huge sickle behind it.

Evil Corpse Princess Nedru【Domination】

At the same time as this petite figure appeared, there was also a regional announcement.

Regional announcement: Attention all players, the command-level BOSS [Evil Corpse Princess Naidoru] has appeared in the Undercity Ruins in the Nalton Town in the Jakana Region.

Regional Announcement: The second level of the Undercity Ruins has triggered the event [Ruins Attack and Defense]. All players are requested to assist the Nalton Town in defeating "Evil Corpse Princess Nedolu" or destroying the "Source of Evil Spirits". After the event is over, players can redeem rewards from [Captain Carlo] in the Nalton Town through the contributions gained in the event.

Chapter 47 Reguelike

As soon as this regional announcement came out, it instantly ignited the players in the Jakana area.

After all, the previous events in the neighboring Orwyn Empire have become a well-known hot topic on the forum, and even the far-away Elf Kingdom has many posts discussing it.

Now that a new event effect has appeared, the players of the Constantana Empire, who had been looking forward to it, are naturally very excited to see that there is something fun to join in.

A large number of players began to call upon their friends and brought in companions from other regions. Many guilds and studios that had not originally planned to participate in the development of the Undercity ruins, seeing this, rushed their elite groups and main members over there.

As for the big guilds that had settled in the town of Nalton a long time ago, faced with the fluorite lanterns that had increased several times in price on the market, and then looked at the opening of the [Evil Corpse Lady] event, in the end, they still gritted their teeth and spent a large sum of money to purchase them while cursing a certain unscrupulous guild in their hearts.

Among them was Qingyu. Although Mu Ying temporarily shelved the plan because of Yili Qingqiu's words and reserved a small portion of the fluorite lanterns for the guild, it was obvious that in the face of such a major event, fluorite lanterns were necessary strategic materials, and the more reserves the better.

"Why is it so expensive? Are these people profiteers?" Qingyu couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw the fluorite lantern she bought at the exchange. "I feel like I have to pay back all the money I made this time."

Bei Bei stuck out her tongue and said, "If it wasn't for Sister Qing Qiu's reminder, we might have to pay for it."

"That's true, but it still makes me feel a little unhappy. If I hadn't happened to encounter this incident, I wouldn't have spent money to go there."

Qingyu still felt a little resentful about this, and looked at a figure next to him, "You said so, Qingqiu... Um, Qingqiu, what are you looking at?"

"The effect of the event."

After the regional announcement appears, a sickle mark will appear in the player interface of all players in the Jakana area. You can click it to view the specific content of the event.

"Isn't it similar to the one next door at [Eternal Night's Sorrow]? There shouldn't be anything to see."

"The first part is similar, but there are some more interesting contents in the latter part." Yili Qingqiu smiled slightly.

Hearing this, the other two couldn't help but become curious and clicked on the event to read it carefully.

Event: [Ruins Attack and Defense]

The corpse princess sleeping in the ruins of the Undercity was awakened by the visiting adventurers and decided to use the power from the abyss to make these adventurers face their endless anger. Brave adventurers, please help the town of Nalton to completely defeat this evil force.

The ultimate goal: break through the monsters' obstruction, defeat the evil spirit princess, Nedor, who is located on the second floor of the Undercity ruins, or destroy the "Source of Evil Spirits".

Time limit: 1 natural month

Event Effect:

The first and second floors of the Undercity ruins are affected by the Evil Corpse Queen. The space expands and becomes more complex. All monsters will automatically resurrect near the point of death after death, and there is a certain resurrection time.

Players in the Undercity ruins will receive supply support from the town of Nalton. The experience penalty after death is reduced by 90%, and no items will be dropped. After dying five times on the same day, they will be corrupted by evil spirits and will not be able to enter the ruins again.

Contributions are gained by defeating monsters in the Undercity Ruins or causing damage to the Evil Corpse Queen.

The cumulative damage caused by guild members will be converted into guild reputation according to the ratio. After the event is over, the top ten players in contribution and the top five guilds in cumulative damage will be awarded special rewards.

The town of Nalton opens a temporary magic circle leading to the Undercity ruins, and players can spend their contributions to purchase items from the quartermaster.

Special effect:

Players will gain evil spirit points after killing monsters. Evil spirit points can be used to enhance attributes. Every time the enhancement reaches a certain level, the player can choose one of three random abilities to attach to himself, but he will also be affected. As his sanity decreases, he will gain various negative effects.

Players can restore some of their sanity at regular intervals, or use contributions to exchange for cleansing holy water to cleanse the influence of evil spirits.

The above special effects are only effective in the Undercity Ruins and last until the end of the event.

After watching all the event effects, Qingyu and Beibei immediately showed great interest in the last special effect. "The more monsters you kill, the stronger you will be. It seems very interesting."

"It's almost the same as the concept of upgrading." Beibei pondered.

However, Yili Qingqiu shook his head and said, "That shouldn't be the case. If it's just a simple addition of attributes, there's no need to use the term random."

"Have you ever played a reguelike game?"

Seeing the two people's confused expressions, Yili Qingqiu explained, "This is a relatively niche game type. The core gameplay is similar to this incident. By killing monsters and leveling up, you can randomly gain various abilities. However, these abilities are not just about strengthening attributes, but are more built around special mechanisms."

"For example, when you kill a monster, some abilities will cause damage to the area after killing the monster, while others will provide health recovery. By using these different abilities in combination, you can come up with a special routine to pass the game. This is the fun of reguelike games."

Qingyu couldn't help but light up when she heard this. She liked random challenges, and this rule was undoubtedly tailor-made for her.

But Beibei was still a little confused. "After we level up, we will learn more skills. Can't everyone have their own character development path? There is no difference, Sister Qingqiu."

"But how many skills do you think you can learn at the current mainstream level? It will take at least one or two turns to initially show the difference of this route." Yili Qingqiu, "So compared to the concept of upgrading, this special effect is actually equivalent to a quick routine."

Seeing Beibei and Qingyu looking thoughtful, Yili Qingqiu retracted his gaze, "But there is one thing that I am curious about. Did you notice that the word 'they' was used when describing the evil spirit corpse princess in the plot?"

"This means that there may be more than one BOSS, but because their strength has not reached the level of command, they have not been announced separately."

"And I have a feeling..."

When he said this, a strange light flashed in Yili Qingqiu's eyes.

"Premonition?" Qingyu was a little confused, and Beibei beside her pulled her aside to explain softly, "Sister Qingqiu's 'artificial radar'..."

"Oh……"

Yili Qingqiu's premonition seemed to be very accurate. After all, even I didn't expect Alice to have such a trick.

Chapter 48 Even Primary School Students Are Helpers

Evil Corpse Princess·Slaughter Spirit【Leader】

Evil Corpse Princess·Creator Spirit【Leader】

Yes, the two bosses who appeared in front of me with similar attire to me were Ivan and Cecilia, who came by possessing the leader of the zombies, or rather, with the assistance of Alice.

I was originally wondering what Alice's intention was in asking me to summon two more demonized zombie leaders under her command, but now it is very clear.

I just want to cause trouble for the players, but if I mean to cause trouble...

“Why don’t you help them upgrade directly to the command level?” If there are two more command-level bosses, I would like to lead them to directly push back and destroy the player base.

"If this is too easy for you." Alice spread her hands and winked at me, "I believe in your strength. Even if there are only two leaders, you will definitely be able to defend the second floor."

"Absolutely no problem! We're here and won't let the players get close to An An!" Before I could say anything, Yiwen came over and declared war.

"Why can't we just kill the players directly?" Cecilia also said something very extraordinary.

So what kind of confidence do you two newbies have...

"Well, I should go now, I hope you guys have a good time."

Alice was very satisfied with their performance. She reached out and touched their little heads. She looked at me meaningfully and said, "So children are still cuter this way."

"Go back and take a nap, old lady." I said unhappily.

"Hey, let's not bother with the kid, let's go back to work."

Seeing Alice leave, I curled my lips. Just when I was about to turn around and give a lecture to the two fearless guys about how to torture players starting with the details, I suddenly felt a chill in my lower body, as if something had suddenly lifted my robe.

"As expected, An An is the Lilina of Eternal Night." Yiwen looked as if she had expected it. She had some doubts after seeing the scene when I possessed her, and now she is even more certain of her guess.

Cecilia next to him cast a glance at him.