Serial Player
Chapter 298 - 17: Love Games

Chapter 298: Chapter 17: Love Games

The situation at night was much worse than they had anticipated, with even the monstrous flesh mountain creature becoming prey for an even larger monster.

Li Changhe and He Feng slowly let out a breath.

Just now, the monster’s huge head had moved around near the tree they were leaning against, seemingly probing the surrounding area. Li Changhe and He Feng held their breath, pressing their bodies tightly against the tree.

The putrid, hot breath that passed through the tree trunk reminded Li Changhe of the sensation of being a mouse being hunted by a hawk on the third card. It felt like they would be swallowed whole at any second.

Li Changhe tightly gripped his suit, which had a rock the size of a human head attached to it. A makeshift meteor hammer.

On the other hand, the box was holding a few wooden spears.

These weapons were originally meant to fight against the tribal people. Would they be of any use against such monsters?

An unknown viscous fluid, either saliva or blood, slowly dripped down and directly corroded the tree trunk in front of Li Changhe.

If that thing didn’t leave soon, Li Changhe and the others wouldn’t be able to hide any longer.

Only after receiving a message from their [Friends] Cangyue Ming that the target was far away did the two of them cautiously evade the branches and climb back down to the ground.

This tree was currently being corroded by that viscous fluid, and it wouldn’t be long before it fell down.

He Feng wanted to collect a sample to study the fluid and see if it could be used in future battles, but unfortunately, he had no tools or containers, so he reluctantly gave up the idea.

"It looks like a dinosaur based on its silhouette, but with its corrosive ability, could it be one of those aliens?" Moon God and Cangyue Ming also climbed down from another tree. From their position, they could see the general outline of the monster, but unfortunately, the dim lighting only allowed a vague view.

"That size doesn’t seem quite normal." Moon God once participated in a [Plot Task] where aliens appeared and fought them. He recalled: "The aliens I’ve seen were no longer than three meters. They had average combat power, and could be killed with three shots from my [Rare Quality] hand cannon."

"Who knows, maybe it grew faster due to good food. Anyway, a bite would be the end for us! No matter if it’s an alien or a dinosaur, we can’t handle it right now." He Feng examined the traces of the flesh mountain creature being dragged away and the four-fingered footprints that appeared around it.

Those footprints, left by the monster, were at least seventy centimeters in length. By this estimate, even a conservative guess would put it at more than twice the size of the flesh mountain creature, far beyond what they could currently handle.

"Right now, we at least have some clues. There are tribal people, humans, and the monster that just appeared, similar to aliens. We also heard gunfire earlier, making it four different forces, or even more. In actuality, the players are supposed to fight against each other in this scenario, right?" Cangyue Ming asked.

"Actually, there is a chain of coexistence between them," Li Changhe thought for a moment. "Even if there are two different forces among humans, they can still cooperate in the face of non-human threats. In essence, there are only three types: humans, tribal people, and the monster we just saw. If the tribal people can communicate, there would only be two types left."

"That’s true," Moon God nodded. In the Sun King’s plot, the forces that had assisted Li Changhe weren’t united. They were composed of small countries, duchies, and even the forces of the Assassins Sect.

They had simply been forced to cooperate under the pressure exerted by the Sun Kingdom.

Once they had divided the Sun Kingdom’s people and territory, they would inevitably fight again.

Or perhaps the struggle had already begun not long after the Sun King’s death.

"That’s the idea, but this is not a [Plot Task], it’s a [Confrontation Task], and our enemies are [Players]. Moreover, if we were to gather human forces here to fight monsters, it wouldn’t be up to us. They are not NPCs but living, intelligent beings. If there are powerful Transcendents, even with all [Players’] abilities, we might not be able to defeat them. We don’t have an advantage in terms of power or intelligence. Without any accidents, why should we cooperate?" He Feng thought more thoroughly: "As far as the current situation is concerned, I feel it’s more like..."

"A dating game," Li Changhe understood He Feng’s hint.

Although he hadn’t played any dating games before... it wasn’t part of his part-time job either.

Besides...in dating games... who needs anything other than the destined green plum!

Mei Liangxin, Silver Libu, and Exhausted Li...there shouldn’t be any appearance of Tai Nanle, right?

It’s better not to feel uneasy.

"That’s a good comparison! Imagine both [Players] as the main characters in a dating game, and the various forces we can communicate with as beautiful girls. Conquest..." He Feng’s words trailed off into silence.

The others also went quiet for a moment, suddenly feeling that the level of this [Confrontation Game] had plummeted...

"...We’ll use various means to win over, exploit, or lure the different forces, manage the goodwill of our respective camps, and push them to the point where they want to help us. At the same time, we need to be careful that they don’t find out about our [Player] identities. In this environment, we can either kill our opponents or force them to use the [Escape Coin]. That would fulfill the victory conditions," He Feng summarized.

"At the very least, we need to know the basic information about the plot forces and ensure our safety before we can formally approach them," Li Changhe said.

"That makes sense. If there’s a force similar to Amazonian warrior women, just leave it to me!" The box smiled slightly: "I’m quite confident in my charm."

"Uh, with your current fatty body, I’m afraid that would be a bit difficult," Moon God glanced at He Feng’s big belly and chuckled, "If that’s the case, let me do it. I’ve had a good rapport with the Fantasy Species elves before and have enchanted their beautiful girls."

"Those so-called beautiful girls of yours are actually three generations older than you," He Feng teased. He had asked Xiao Ye about her age when protecting her earlier.

Surprisingly, an elf that seemed to be only fourteen or fifteen years old was actually older than the combined ages of the three. The little beauties that Moon God claimed to have enchanted, viewed in human years, were...

Li Changhe’s heart suddenly raced as he recalled someone else who had said something similar.

Moving on: "Let’s start now, everyone’s attributes have been restored, and missing one night of sleep should be fine," Cangyue Ming’s expression also appeared a bit strange, changing the topic: "There is a small-scale battle happening somewhere that I can sense. We can sneak over and see if we can make contact with them. If so, we can analyze whether they can help us or not."

"Right, whether we succeed or not, we’ll be able to assess the general strength of this plot force. This will have a direct impact on our future actions. However, since we’ve thought of it, the enemy [Players] must have thought of it as well. Be careful on the way as we might encounter them," Li Changhe said, and the group of four moved stealthily towards their goal, careful not to let the monster that resembled an alien suddenly join the fight. They had to maintain a certain distance.

As Li Changhe hid in the bushes and saw the two sides fighting, he couldn’t help inhaling sharply: "Times have changed!"

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