You tell me, this is called daily youth?

Protecting an item?

Yuuki almost understood it and asked, "Are there any other missions? Parallel rules or something like Bloody Disaster?"

"Like a bloody disaster."

Oh, that's what it means to achieve something.

It's purely cheating by using a bug. In the reincarnation game, you can't say that Hiyori is revealing the main storyline content.

"I can't tell you the details, but the best defense is offense."

The best defense is offense, and the best protection is killing.

As if they had telepathy, Yuki suddenly understood.

"Killing Zerg? No, how could a player kill all the Zerg on a planet with this ability? Zerg must be a specific entity."

Hiyori remained silent, which was actually equivalent to her consent.

The two extremely intelligent people asked and answered questions, and quickly outlined the main points, which made Yuki nod with satisfaction.

This is cheating. It is equivalent to players from both camps trying their best to cooperate and guess riddles tirelessly. If other players want to figure out the main task of the hostile forces, they will have to spend a lot of effort.

Either you try your best to keep them alive, or you can only work backwards based on your main quest.

Yuki thought for a moment, then murmured decisively, "I choose to join the Lurkers."

[Player Yuki joins the Lurker]

[You need to complete the task: seize or destroy the fire]

So simple?

When he received the main quest, Yuki was stunned. Logically speaking, the guardian was to protect something and kill a bug; the lurker was most likely to seize something and protect a bug.

How could they destroy the fire? Was this fire the 'thing' that Hiyori and the others wanted to protect?

That should be right. This is the core of the plot and the key to attracting players to fight.

Yuki grinned, almost laughing out loud. While other players were still analyzing word by word and conducting brainstorming, he had already figured out most of the main quest.

The guardian's main mission should be: protect the fire and kill a bug.

How to protect it specifically and what kind of insects to kill still had to be guessed. He racked his brains and was about to continue guessing -

boom!

As if someone had pushed him hard, Yuki crashed directly into the wall. The spaceship shook violently and the red light in the room flickered.

"What's wrong?" Yuki's smile froze.

"Look out the window."

There was some chaos in the Lingzi communicator. Yuki rushed to the porthole and looked out. Balls of light illuminated his eyes.

These light balls flew out from the Emerald Star, slowly flying like dandelions, crashing into the spaceship and exploding into dazzling fireballs.

All kinds of broken steel flew everywhere, and the universe was in chaos.

Orbital interception?

[Because the players were fighting, they had already attracted the attention of the Zerg. The emergency login process was immediately initiated.]

Damn, I was really dragged into this by them.

The murmurs made Yuki dumbfounded. How could there be a cause and effect relationship between them?

Without time to curse, Yuki quickly tied himself to the seat and found that the reincarnation game nowadays was more prone to accidents. The game began the moment the player entered.

"No wonder all the players are cursing and swearing. Fasten your seatbelts. Hiyori, keep watching out the window and see if you can find anything useful."

"Yes."

Amid the violent shaking, the numbers on the control panel were counting down. When they reached zero, Yuki felt like he was flying, and then was dragged back to his seat by the seat belt.

The intense feeling of weightlessness made his adrenaline surge. Through the porthole, he saw himself falling rapidly. Huge balls of light passed by, accompanied by fragments of explosions, and an egg-like landing capsule fell towards the planet.

Is it so exciting at the beginning?

Yuuki gripped his seatbelt tightly with both hands and listened to the screams coming from the communicator.

"Hey, Mr. Yuuki, I saw..."

Before he could finish his words, his voice began to rustle and finally became completely inaudible.

The range of use is over one hundred kilometers.

He immediately realized what the 'emergency landing procedure' was all about. The spacecraft was scattering the landing capsules in a disorderly manner. No wonder Denise said something like 'the target of public criticism' and jumped out to act as a peacemaker.

"It turns out that fighting between players really does have consequences."

Yuki learned something new, but now was not the time to settle scores. He saw the porthole turn red due to friction with the atmosphere, and then a light green light shone through. The stronger feeling of weightlessness pressed him firmly on the seat.

The numbers on the screen are jumping rapidly.

Fifty thousand meters.

Thirty thousand meters.

Ten thousand meters.

This is Orbital Drop!

As a reptile on Earth, he had never had such a wonderful feeling. Yuki had actually jumped with a parachute, but he never thought that one day he would jump from outer space.

At this moment, the jet at the bottom of the landing capsule ignited, the falling speed decreased rapidly, the feeling of weightlessness also weakened, and finally a muffled "bang" sound was heard.

After landing, Yuki still felt a little unsatisfied. Such exciting things can only be experienced in the reincarnation game.

"Forget it, this is my first time landing on an alien planet."

The hatch slowly opened, letting in a thin green light. Yuki moved his nose and smelled a distinct musty odor.

The smell is a bit like the smell of everything in the house starting to mold and rot after a month of continuous rain.

There are still doubts about the Blood City, this is the real other world.

With a pounding throat, Yuki drew his hunting rifle and slowly walked out of the landing module. As his feet touched the hard ground, a strange thought flashed through his mind:

Is this a big step forward for humans on Earth?

It has some of the flavor of the Apollo moon landing, but the scene in front of me is completely different from the lunar surface.

The sky was emerald green, as if it was wearing a giant green hat, and all I could see were dark mountains, bare and without any plants in sight.

The landing capsule landed in a mountain range. There were no other landing capsules around. It was indeed scattered randomly. The air was very turbid. A normal human being would not survive long here.

There is a kind of microorganism in the air that is killed by cells the moment it enters the body.

Yuki understood why the tip specifically stated this, but at this stage, almost everyone had extreme physical fitness, and it had no effect on him at all.

Monster-level physical fitness is more than enough to survive in space.

Switching to the demon's vision, you can vaguely see a layer of mist in the air, which is difficult to see with the naked eye.

"This mist is a kind of soul energy." Yuki looked around and quickly set his sights on the distant mountaintop, knees slightly bent.

boom!

The sonic boom ring burst out, and he stepped out a shallow pit on the hard ground. In just ten seconds, he ran three kilometers, using his hands and feet to climb up the steep mountain.

When you reach the commanding heights, the surroundings suddenly become clear.

On the left is a plain, which should be the Emerald Basin mentioned in the hint. The black mountains stretch endlessly and disappear into the end of the horizon.

And over there...is that a man-made thing?

Looking around, Yuki saw a metallic luster reflected in the distant valley. Squinting slightly, it looked like a small fortress.

"Is it the human outpost?" Yuki touched his chin. It was true that he was a lurker, but prompt 4 clearly stated that the player's identity was very secret.

We have to gather intelligence. We don't know if those Zerg can communicate, and we can't contact Hiyori either.

If he had to make a choice, Yuki would rather communicate with humans, after all, he has no experience dealing with insects.

[Tip 7: Players can temporarily raise the Trusted reputation of the selected faction. Limit 1 time, lasting 5 hours]

This tip is helpful, but don't forget that it's for a short period of time and it's definitely not the norm.

Judging from the hints, we lurkers were supposed to sneak in anyway, and...

Such a coincidence?

Yuki slowly lowered his head and saw that another small hill a few kilometers away suddenly arched up, and the hard black rock was being stretched. Switching to the soul vision, he could see a large black mass.

boom--

Almost at the same time Yuki raised his eyebrows, the mountain exploded like a volcano, and a huge black shadow jumped out.

It looked like a giant sandworm, swaying its body back and forth, appearing just behind the city.

Is this the Zerg?

Yuki was also shocked by the huge size of the monster. Judging from its size alone, it was larger than any other monster he had ever seen. It was estimated to be a hundred meters long and ten meters thick. God knows how powerful it was.

But just as he was unconsciously stroking the hilt of the knife, the sandworm suddenly split apart.

Like a blooming morning glory, the entire insect body splits apart starting from the head, spreading all the way to the body that penetrates the ground.

What's going on? Why did it explode before the fight even started?

Yuki was confused and felt the power, but then he understood what was going on.

A black tide surged out from the torn insect body and rushed towards the fortress from behind. Since it was not far away, Yuki could clearly see the appearance of these insects.

The one in the front looked a bit like a cockroach, about the size of a car, with a black shell and a pair of mantis-like front legs. The one lagging behind looked like an ant, about the same size, with a brown-black shell, and was gnawing on the rocks with its teeth.

The former was spreading along the hillside at an extremely fast speed, while the latter was eating iron like mud, and the entrance of the cave was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Is this the Zerg?" Yuki raised his eyebrows. He didn't think they were disgusting, but rather majestic, and there were a lot of them.

Hundreds of them emerged within two minutes, which made the fortress react.

beep.

A shrill alarm sounded from afar. Yuki took out a telescope and saw a silver-white metal wall. Two turret-like equipment were rising behind the wall. There were crowds of people on the wall, and it was estimated that hundreds of people were gathering.

The soldiers on the wall were not very clear. Yuki could only make out that they were quite bulky and wearing green and white space suits.

The reaction speed is very fast, but this fortress is too small.

The total area was only about the size of a village, which meant that there couldn't be too many soldiers inside. As a 'lurker', Yuki felt worried for these fellow soldiers, but had no intention of intervening.

Observation is the best way to collect information. I am lucky that I have the opportunity to explore the combat power of both sides as soon as I entered the dungeon.

The insect swarm ignored the fortress that was on high alert. After crossing two hills, the only sound in the mountains was the swish of arthropods moving. Yuki held his breath and stared into the distance without blinking.

Like the calm before the storm, the roaring swarm of insects formed a sharp contrast with the silent fortress. About two minutes later, a dazzling light illuminated Yuki's eyes.

call out--

Lasers shot out from the watchtower, sticking to the entrance of the col and pouring into the swarm of insects. In an instant, the swarm of insects was penetrated, and all living things melted under the artillery fire, leaving only two lava-like traces.

So fierce! ?

Yuki sat up straight all of a sudden. The power was too great. Players below the extraordinary level would be killed instantly by one shot. The humans in this copy were so powerful, what else could we players do?

But he soon discovered that this was just a superficial phenomenon. White smoke was coming out of the muzzle of the watchtower's gun, and there was no intention of continuous firing. The insect swarm was fearless and continued to charge forward. At this time, the sound of gunfire like frying beans rang out.

Ta da da da da...

Countless fire snakes emerged from the gray-white city walls, and a metal storm broke out, causing sparks to fly and blood and flesh to fly everywhere.

It was very lively, but Yuki found that the effect was not as terrifying as before. The insects in the front row were torn to pieces, and the ones in the back continued to rush forward, stepping on the corpses. They soon rushed into the valley and were less than a kilometer away from the city wall.

"Kinetic weapons have a very high rate of fire and much greater penetration than Earth's firearms. But these bugs are no pushovers either. They have extremely strong defenses and amazing vitality. On average, they take dozens of hits before collapsing."

Yuki had a rough idea of ​​what was going on. He hadn't experienced any high-tech copies, but he had watched a lot of movies, and he felt a bit like the machine gunner in StarCraft.

The fighting was intense, but the lethality was very limited.

"This won't work. Could it be that they're good at close combat?"

call out--

At this time, the dazzling laser shot out again, like two whips of light sweeping across the mountains, cutting the peak at the entrance of the col in half.

Rumble.