How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"It's the Undercity ruins. You should have heard of it."

"...That's it."

For some reason, Wang Chuanshui suddenly felt that the other party's tone had changed. But just when he was a little confused, the priest girl spoke again, "Adventurer, I actually think that the unclean things in your body may require more special means to remove. Do you need me to prepare it for you?"

Wang Chuanshui was delighted when he heard this. It was a more special method. Could it be the gentle service of a beautiful girl resting her head on her knees?

"Of course, under the holy light of Miss Pastor, I believe that any unclean things will be exposed."

Then Wang Chuanshui saw that the other party borrowed an extremely huge knight's hammer from a paladin passing by.

"Miss Pastor, is this also part of the purification?"

"Of course." The priest girl smiled at Wangchuanshui and gave a thumbs up. "This is the 'physical expulsion' purification method unique to our Holy Light Monastery... Hey!"

A few minutes later, Yuexiajiu, who was waiting with the Oka Forest Elite Group, saw Wangchuanshui walking out of the church.

"Why does it take so long for the priest in the church to purify?" Yuexiajiu asked in confusion, and at the same time noticed something, "Well, why are you losing blood?"

"I accidentally bumped into the pillar when I was going out." Wang Chuanshui said sullenly.

Although he was a little curious, Yuexiajiu didn't think too much about it and led the team back to the second level of the ruins. The direction they chose this time was very different from the previous two times.

If the direction of the soul shadow was in the middle and the bomb bug was on the left before, then this time the fork in the road leading to the Oka Forest is biased towards the right. The poor children have been tortured and have developed psychological trauma, and they don't want to suffer innocent suffering again.

However, what they did not expect was that they were about to recall the fear of being dominated by a certain area of ​​the first layer.

Compared with the previous area, the direction chosen by O'Catherine this time contained some smaller side roads, which were only wide enough to accommodate about six or seven people, forcing them to squeeze together.

Fortunately, the team did not encounter any monsters with negative status, otherwise everyone would probably be infected by them.

But rather than saying that I have never encountered this kind of monster, it would be more appropriate to say that I have never encountered any monster at all.

After walking around in the fork for a while, everyone who had been groping their way almost the entire time since they came in had some doubts in their hearts.

"Don't you think this is a bit like the maze on the first level of the ruins?"

"Could it be that some scary monster will suddenly appear?"

But soon the news coming from the front of the team interrupted their murmurings.

“There is no road ahead.”

"Change to another one." Yuexiajiu, who was thinking about something, said without thinking much.

However, behind him, Shi Guang Jingmi whispered, "Brother Jiu, we just came from another dead end road."

Yuexiajiu was stunned when he heard this, or rather everyone else was stunned as well, because this scene at the moment seemed to give them a very strong sense of déjà vu.

So with this thought in mind, Yuexiajiu thought about it, then immediately swung the sharp blade in his hand and chopped heavily at the wall in front of him.

In an instant, stone chips flew everywhere.

The amount of blood that was originally hidden in the dim environment was now exposed.

Destructible Walls: 1436/1500

Oh, the blood volume has been upgraded.

After the people in Oka Forest reacted, they were immediately delighted. They picked up their weapons and started working like a construction team doing a demolition job.

Even though their health limit had increased, their output had also been greatly improved compared to before, so it didn't take long before a big hole was chiseled out on the wall in front of them.

After experiencing what happened on the first level, the others were no longer surprised, but Wang Chuanshui's expression went from confusion to wide eyes before they took action.

"Fuck, can this still happen?"

"You don't know this, Brother Shui. Some walls are deliberately designed to be destructible in order to paralyze our nerves. It feels like the maze and branch roads on the first floor are copied here." Shi Guang explained with a quiet smile.

"Nerve paralysis?"

"Yeah, don't assume that there will be a correct passage behind these destructible walls. There may be traps or monsters waiting to attack you."

"What? There's a trap? Why don't you... Holy shit, holy shit."

When Shi Guang was quiet, he suddenly felt something was not right when he heard the sound in front of him. He looked over and found a figure running out of the hole in a hurry.

"Shit, there really is a trap in there. I'm scared to death." Wang Chuanshui said with lingering fear, "Where's the priest? Help me heal and purify it."

However, no one made a sound. When they looked up, they saw Yuexiajiu pointing at them.

Wang Chuanshui reacted and looked at himself.

HP: 819/820, [Slow]

Chapter 127: A New Decision

Although it is somewhat similar to the maze and forks on the first level, there are some different changes.

Just like after the team in Wangchuan River personally verified that there was a trap inside, the team in Oka Forest returned to the previous "dead end", only to find that this "dead end" was indeed a dead end.

Finally, a passable path was found behind the road that had been proven to be a trap.

Everyone couldn't help but secretly sigh at the designer's "good intentions".

Because of the crowded width of the fork, and the fact that the traps are of low-level types but numerous, it would undoubtedly waste a lot of time if thieves were asked to dismantle them one by one.

So under Yuexiajiu's instructions, when the team passed through these rooms with traps, they ignored the negative status caused by the traps and squeezed together to pass through as quickly as possible.

This resulted in the transmission mechanism being in effect at all times, causing everyone in the Oka Forest, whether in the front or back rows, to be subjected to the same negative state, and the layers were stacked on top of each other.

If it were just that, it would be fine. After all, the narrowness of the fork in the road and the room also allowed the elite group to gather together, and the priest's group purification spell could be put to perfect use.

However, this maze is just like the fork in the first level. Occasionally, some sneak attack monsters will appear, or there will be terrain rooms with negative states.

Coupled with the frequent traps of various types, all the priests in the team had to keep moving from beginning to end.

Although the priests who have learned mass purification in the Orca Forest cannot compare with those of the big guilds.

However, the number of people in the team led by Yuexiajiu was still comparable to some of the weaker elite groups in the big guilds. Even so, the team's progress was still stumbling.

"We need to acquire more mass purification techniques as soon as possible."

Looking at the busy appearance of the priest in the team, Yuexiajiu thought, "However, most of the scattered skill books on the market have been taken away by the big guilds. I have to ask the president to speed up the strategy for the Mist Hidden Forest. The drop rate there is still quite high compared to other places."

Although the advancement speed was much slower, we were still able to get through it smoothly by taking steady steps and kill the monsters by the way. However, the points obtained seemed to be insufficient.

There are a lot fewer of them than in the two areas where the soul shadows and bomb bugs were located before. Perhaps the only advantage is that there is no need to worry about any unexpected situations.

Therefore, even though everyone in the Oka Forest maze was slowly advancing, encountering the same or even worse experiences as the fork in the first level of the ruins, they had not thought of leaving for the time being.

After all, they no longer wanted to face the many situations ahead, such as the sudden emergence of many negative states, or various explosions, not just monsters but even themselves.

Many people have been left with psychological trauma.

However, even though they held on to safe thoughts, the maze seemed like a Pandora's box in the dark, full of all kinds of randomness and uncertainty. Soon, everyone in the Oka Forest encountered another classic decision-making problem.

Looking at the big hole on the wall in front of them, even though it had been verified before that there was a room with an ice trap inside, Yuexiajiu sighed helplessly and still led everyone in.

Because they had just verified that the other several were dead ends, which meant that this one was the same as the previous ones. Although it was a trap room, the correct passage was hidden behind it.

So as soon as everyone walked along the narrow passage and stepped into the cave room of about 80 to 90 square meters, they were naturally attacked.

Chunks of ice and frost collapsed from the ceiling of the cave, like hailstorms in the severe winter in the Far North, instantly sweeping the entire space with a cold breath.

Naturally, everyone in the Oka Forest cave had no way to avoid the storm, but even so, their expressions did not change much.

After all, I had experienced all kinds of traps before, so I was more or less used to them. In addition, the damage of this [Frost Wind] trap was not very high, and it only added a layer of negative status of slowness and frost.

Although a trap that adds two negative states at once is already quite powerful, most of their previous experiences were situations where multiple traps took turns to appear in one room, and they would have at least seven or eight negative states on their bodies at a time.

This experience was considered quite mild. If possible, everyone in the Oka Forest would even like to experience it again, so that this "gentle" cold wind could comfort and cool their young hearts that had been swept away by the traps of fire, poisonous fog, blood, etc. in the room before.

However, even though they thought so, they still had to move forward. However, when the two priests were about to release group purification to remove the negative status of everyone, they were stopped by the Forgotten Water who had been stroking his chin and thinking since a while ago.

"Wait, don't purify it yet. Don't you think this is a waste? Purification can purify three negative states at once."

Are you obsessive-compulsive? This isn’t a waste, is it?

The people in Oka Forest didn't know what to say.

Yuexiajiu frowned, somewhat understanding the other party's thoughts, "Ah Shui, are you planning to have us go to the next room first, and then remove more negative states from us?"

"That's right. Wouldn't this make better use of the cooldown of group purification and improve efficiency?"

"But won't it be a little dangerous?" As the team leader, Yuexiajiu naturally has to consider the entire team.

"What's the danger? These two negative states aren't particularly fatal. It won't matter much even if they are not removed."

"That's right." Yuexiajiu thought about it carefully and found that it was just as the other party said, so he asked the priest to stop the purification and let the team move on to the next area.

In fact, he also felt that the efficiency of obtaining points and contributions along the way was a bit low, and according to Wang Chuanshui's idea, at least the speed of advancement could be increased.

But for some reason, Yuexiajiu still had some vague worries in his heart, and what he didn't know was that his worries would soon come true.

As the team moved forward, they quickly followed the passage, knocking on the destructible walls, hitting dead ends two or three times in a row, and finally found the correct exit.

Of course, it was still hidden behind the trap, but this news was only discovered after they entered the room.

As soon as they entered the room, Yuexiajiu felt a burning breath. Countless huge rocks fell from the cave towards them, and at the same time, raging flames rose from the ground.

"Two traps?" Yuexiajiu had an idea and put up a shield to block them. However, these traps would cause fixed damage as long as they were stepped on, and they could not be resisted at all. He did this just subconsciously because he did not want to come into direct contact with the flames and the stones that were falling on his head.

Originally, Yuexiajiu didn't care about the trap that suddenly appeared in the room. After all, he had similar experiences before. But when he accidentally glanced at his status bar, he noticed that something was wrong.

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I will update only today because my mom dragged me to get vaccinated to see if there are any side effects. If there are, I will probably be paralyzed for a few days. I will update only tomorrow too orz

Chapter 3 Let's change the route ×

"Why is the damage so high?" Yuexiajiu was stunned when he saw his blood bar suddenly falling off.

Then he reacted, or rather was alerted by the screams behind him, and turned around immediately.

He saw the back row soldiers whose defense and health were far inferior to his shield warrior, being beaten and fleeing in panic by the sweeping flames and sharp stone blades. Only those who were lucky could escape with a sliver of health.

Those who were unlucky would have their health bars emptied immediately, and even the priest didn't have time to react before they went back to the living point.

Fortunately, the equipment of the Oka Forest Elite Group was generally good, and only a small number of the back row suffered from bad luck. But even so, after the trap ended and Yuexiajiu led everyone to hurriedly escape the room, a count showed that they still lost five mages.

Later, after careful comparison and search, they discovered the reason why the damage was so high.

"Rockfall increases the damage of players with slow effects by 50%, and fire pillars deal additional damage to players with frost effects equal to their maximum health."

"..."

After reaching this conclusion, everyone in Oka Forest silently cast ambiguous glances at a thief in the team.

The priest lady who was about to heal the other party turned to heal others after hearing this, "You just need to use a recovery potion."

Wangchuanshui, who had been despised, turned around and caught everyone's gazes, and immediately coughed awkwardly.

Fortunately, Yuexiajiu spoke up to help him out, "Forget it, I also have some responsibility in this, it seems that I should not be too greedy, and I should try my best to purify the negative state that needs to be purified."

So after learning this painful lesson, whenever everyone encountered a trap room with a negative state, the first thing they did was to have the priest use mass purification to purify it, even if the trap only transmitted one negative state.

But even so, everyone, including Yuexiajiu, still felt that it was better to be safe than sorry.

While it is true that it is better to be safe than sorry, it may not be a good thing if the ship is sailing too slowly.

The following areas were like someone had figured out their inner thoughts, and they encountered a series of small trap rooms that only had one negative state.

This happened four times in a row, and Yuexiajiu couldn't help but doubt his life.

It was like a problem for all of them -

If you use group purification, you may encounter this kind of room again next time, and you will not be able to achieve the best effect of group purification, and you will waste a lot of time waiting for the CD to cool down.

But if you don't use it, next time you may encounter the same trap room that increases damage based on negative status, or a group of monsters with the same mechanism.

It's like opening a blind box, full of randomness. After all, they don't have a God's perspective, and they never know what nightmare is hidden in the next room.

Even if Yuexiajiu thought of letting the front row go in for the test ahead of time, they could not resist the designer's insidiousness. Those traps and monsters were not only hidden in the dug caves or rooms, but also frequently appeared on the roads and areas they passed through.

Moonlight Wine suddenly gave me a sense of returning to the mobile game of a few years ago, the kind without a card pool. When you wanted to draw a special weapon staff, the guaranteed character you got was a warrior. When you wanted to draw an archer, hey, the guaranteed character you got was a knight's hammer.

Whenever he chooses to purify, there is a high probability that the next level will be a small trap with a negative state. When he does not choose to purify, the next room will be head-on with a large trap with explosive damage.

When Yuexiajiu led the team to make another wrong choice, they were trapped by goblin explosives in the room, which ignited the burning effect on their bodies and killed another group of back-row professions.