First Player

Chapter 394 Chapter 392 · "That road is too long."

[The tenth day the copy is opened·8:00 am]

At dawn.

Su Mingan opened the door and saw a red figure sitting not far away.

White snow fell on her shoulders, and she stared into the distance silently... There seemed to be a silent and cold breath spreading in the white snow.

That fiery red was particularly dazzling among the white snow, like a flame shining in the ice and snow.

When she heard the door open, she turned around, her dark eyes fixed on Su Ming'an for a moment.

She looked like she had been sitting by the frozen glacier for a long time, with a fine layer of snow covering her head.

"Didn't you sleep well?" Naraku asked him.

"Is it obvious?"

"Under your eyes." Naraku pointed at his face: "Everyone can see it in a circle."

Su Mingan didn't look in the mirror. He raised his head and looked south.

Through the tall and short flat-storey houses, he could see the dazzling barrier. Outside the barrier, dense shadows were clearly visible in the snow.

"Don't worry." Naraku said, "Even if the barrier is broken, there is still the King City barrier. If your goal is to climb the Yunshang City, just go to the King City barrier and wait until the day after tomorrow. ”

Su Mingan knew what she said was right.

Even if he ignores the Kraken attack, he will be able to complete the level perfectly when he reaches Yunshang City, because the story ends there. As for Praia on the ground, it is just a springboard for him to ascend to the city.

But things can’t be seen that way.

The reason why the sea monster attacked the city was that he was afraid that the sea monster would break through Praia in advance and hinder the final clearance route.

"——You little girl! Say something!"

Suddenly there was a loud shout from the side.

Naraku was startled and saw an aunt wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket squeezing out of a house a few rooms away.

Her face was red from the cold, but her mouth was not polite at all:

"It's not easy. Life has become better in recent years. How do you want us to live without such a large piece of land? How did your family teach you such depressing words at a young age? How did your family teach you such unlucky words? Don’t talk nonsense!”

Naraku opened her mouth, but she was stunned when faced with such an aunt.

She had grown up in a noble family, and she had never met an aunt with such a loud voice, it was like thunder in her ears.

"And you, young man."

The aunt's eyes, like knives, were directed at Su Mingan who was standing at the door: "——You don't care about your girlfriend. At such a critical moment, it's okay not to go to the city wall to help, but you are still here making sarcastic remarks. It depends on your age. You can work now, but you're still sleeping here. Why don't you help move things if you have the strength?"

Su Mingan: "..."

He estimated that this aunt had not been near the South District Pier at all, so she had not seen Su Lin before, so she just treated him as an ordinary young man.

"Hey! Why do you fall asleep? Do you know who this person is?" Naraku immediately stood up, his face flushed with anger.

She didn't refute the sentence "You don't care about your girlfriend" at all, and started arguing over the second half of the aunt's sentence.

Su Mingan didn't want to continue arguing with this resident. Noon was the time when the "cross-sea operation" began, which would be the most dangerous period.

He walked directly towards the south area, and Naraku quickly followed him at a trot.

"Hey, that's right, go early and help early." The aunt's voice floated from behind: "My son Yongzhi is helping on the front line. He probably hasn't had breakfast yet. I will deliver naan to him later. Pancake...you two, don't be idle anymore. Since you have the strength, hurry up and help..."

Su Mingan walked very fast and soon left her voice behind.

Last night, he opened the fifth level of "The Demon King and the Brave", but after discovering that it and the final level "must be completed within two days," he decided to postpone this night level.

In this way, before boarding Yunshang City, he still has the opportunity to go back and change the night selection, instead of overwriting the archive as time shifts.

He plans to complete the fifth level tonight, the final level tomorrow night, and climb to Yunshang City the day after tomorrow.

This way, the timing is just right.

He turned around and found Naraku still following behind him.

Her steps were not fast, but she was panting and seemed very weak.

"Don't follow me. What you do later will be very dangerous," Su Mingan said.

"I know, I still have some sense of propriety." Naraku curled his lips: "But waiting on the city wall and watching you come back safely will be alright, right?"

"...That's not a good experience."

"What?"

"You'll have nightmares after seeing that sight."

"Huh?" Naluo's eyebrows were raised: "Su Lin, although I like you, but you don't have to be arrogant and underestimate my courage. It's just a matter of breaking through the sea monster blockade and re-establishing the knot on the sea. It’s just a world, how terrifying can it be?”

Su Mingan stopped.

"You should know that I am not the Su Lin I was before."

He didn't look back.

"What?" Naraku tilted his head: "What are you talking about?"

She looked confused, not fake.

Su Mingan understood.

Unlike Princess Tulip and Sherrod, Naraku is an unawakened NPC.

She didn't understand what he meant by the concept of a player, and she didn't understand that Su Lin would change players. She firmly believed that he was the Viscount of the Su family that she had liked.

She never learns to give up.

...but her liking is nothing more than a copy setting, not an emotional product of her own thinking.

This kind of love is extremely sad.

"Su Lin doesn't like you." Su Mingan said, "Go back."

Whether it's before or now.

Su Lin doesn't like her, she never has.

In his heart, there is only persistence and struggle for his own ideals. His vision has always been on the future of this land. As for small loves and small loves, they are all things that can be given up for the "future".

He had given up on the young Garder, whom he fell in love with at first sight, so naturally he would not stop for Naraku.

Su Ming'an's steps were extremely fast, and he quickly left Na Luo behind.

Before reaching the southern city wall, he heard the noisy voices of players coming from there.

The shadow state gave him excellent hearing, and he could hear all their words even from a distance of several hundred meters.

"Su Ming'an died? I saw his boat capsize with my own eyes!"

"Calm down, he still has a clone. This guy is very smart and will not put himself in danger easily."

"...Then what should we do now? We can't find him, are we waiting for death in the barrier?"

"Don't worry, I saw him at the South District Pier yesterday. He should be sure..."

"It's all the blame on the first player. Why can't he think about it for us blank players? He got the clue, provoked the Siren King, and ran away casually. What should we do..."

"Everyone must believe in him. The first player will never fail. We just need to wait for him to pass the level perfectly. Just like Minghui, he will definitely be able to turn the tide. I heard that the soul hunters will start at noon today. What's the 'cross-sea operation'? Form a sharp knife team to penetrate the group of sea monsters outside to re-establish the broken barrier on the outside. There will definitely be no problem. We just need to wait here... "

They didn't speak loudly, perhaps because they were afraid that the soul hunters would get excited and tear them apart from gossiping.

After Su Mingan walked onto the city wall, they immediately shut up like a mouse seeing a cat.

Su Ming'an ignored these people. He looked at the Knife Team registration area aside, where many people were gathering and taking a rest.

They are not players, nor are they soul hunters.

What they wore were just ordinary coarse cloth clothes, and what they held in their hands were only stone and iron farm tools. Their faces and hands were also full of traces of hard work, not those left by fierce battles. scars.

This is a group of ordinary people, ordinary residents of Praia, who once lived an ordinary life.

But ever since Soul Hunters began to recruit members to join the "Knife Squad", when they got here, they were no longer ordinary.

The "Knife Squad", which is the team participating in the noon "cross-sea operation", is currently recruiting from the general public.

There is no limit to the number of people it recruits, and there is no limit to their strength. Anyone can participate as long as they are willing.

As for the reason why the conditions are so relaxed,

...It's because this team, which crosses the sea and spans life and death, needs sacrifices.

The road across the Siren's barrier is too long, too long. Even if all the soul hunters with high combat power are on the field and their manpower is exhausted, they can kill ten or a hundred sea monsters, but they will not be able to kill more.

Surrounding the barrier are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of sea monsters.

During the time when the Siren King was resting, there seemed to be more and more of them, appearing in mass production, growing like fish roe.

Soul Hunters have calculated that even if all the soul hunting ministers join this cross-sea brigade, even if all the powerful soul hunters in existence are protected outside the squad, the squad will still have a long way to go before reaching the outermost layer of the broken barrier. The danger of annihilation.

That road is too long.

Therefore, they are recruiting people who are not soul hunters to join the team.

These people who have no fighting ability will be protected in the middle of the team to confuse the Siren's judgment.

After a team reaches a certain number and scale, even if the battle line in one direction collapses temporarily, it can be forcibly supported for a period of time until the soul hunters in other directions of the team can replenish themselves.

Of course, these ordinary residents will face great dangers.

They have no fighting power and no powerful weapons. All they have are hoes for farming and harpoons for fishing.

They are not strong and have no fighting skills at all. They are like pieces of fragrant meat and fish bait, staying in the middle of the team to confuse the audience.

If a sea monster targets them, if there is no one else to cover them, the only thing waiting for them is death.

They are obstacles to the Kraken, bait in the team, and "consumables" that can help the team survive longer.

During the recruitment period, Southern District Minister Carlo Cha stood on the city wall and explained to these residents the dangers of joining the squad.

It's possible that the team will complete the mission, establish a barrier and return smoothly, but it's also possible that the team will perish on the road and everyone will die together.

Even if the team returns successfully, most of the "consumables" among them will be at risk of casualties.

He explained the risks in detail and clearly. After saying all this, he walked down the city wall and walked to the registration point on the side.

His expression was very calm and he walked very slowly. He had no hope that these people, who had been under the protection of soul hunters and living in peace for a long time, would choose to participate in this extremely dangerous action.

If the residents are unwilling to participate, then all the dangers, all the possible deaths, will be placed on their shoulders.

The soul hunter was born to protect them and sacrifice for this land.

He respects the choices of every Praia resident.

Even if the entire team is wiped out in the end, the outermost barrier is not established by Su Lin, and the barrier on Praia Island is also destroyed, they will be the ones to blame.

People shouldn't take such risks, he thinks.

He walked to the simple registration point, and there were a few simple forms on the table.

There are three very simple subtitles on it: name, age, and family. If people are killed in this operation, they will be regarded as sacrificial soul hunters.

Although compared to their lives, this honor is insignificant.

He originally thought that no one would come,

Until he sorted out the form and raised his head,

... He saw groups of people coming over, holding hoes and wearing cloth clothes.

"I want to sign up! Since Master Su Lin is in the team, what reason do I have to hide in the barrier? I want to help the soul hunters!"

The leader, the fastest runner, a dark-skinned young man wearing a straw hat, showed his white teeth.

"Name?" Carlo asked.

"Yongzhi."

The young man smiled with a bright smile on his face.

…

Snowflakes are falling.

The farther away you look, the more hazy the distant coastline becomes.

The city shrouded in white barrier is like a helpless island surrounded by sharks, standing there amid the almost crazy attack of the sea monster.

On the city wall, the soul hunters in uniforms were arranged in a square formation on the platform.