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Chapter 650 - 322: Minotauros (Two in One) _2

Chapter 650: Chapter 322: Minotauros (Two in One) _2

"Because he has bad luck. So, after Connor’s death and resurrection, the price is that Big Iron Pestle gets unlucky?" Little Drill Wind thought about it and chuckled.

It’s like a lightning rod in a thunderstorm. As long as Big Iron Pestle is there, the cost of those catastrophes won’t threaten Li Changhe and the others.

As a Champion Level player, Big Iron Pestle’s attributes and reflexes are already top-tier. Combined with his usual experiences, dodging such catastrophes is a piece of cake, right?

"This is fantastic!" the three of them thought.

After learning that these people with unknown identities could avoid the price of his resurrection, Connor immediately walked to the front of the group.

This was to prevent others from encountering any anomalies with a first-contact kill effect.

"I’ll scout ahead. I hope you guys can protect her," Connor said.

Although he can resurrect indefinitely, and his combat power is not weak, it’s still quite difficult to transport Dr. Poss out of this anomaly-infested site.

Indeed, he would not die, but Dr. Poss is just an ordinary human being.

If they encounter any abnormalities, one careless moment could spell doom. For him, this would be a total loss.

Li Changhe silently nodded. Since they had agreed to cooperate, they would naturally escort Dr. Poss out of the site.

With Connor’s presence, Li Changhe could also keep his Black Hawk unsummoned.

While the Black Hawk’s detection ability is good, seeing certain things in this world could cause trouble.

For example, encountering anomalies like 096, seeing it meant falling victim. That’s why Li Changhe didn’t dare to unsummon the Black Hawk before.

Now, Connor was willing to take the lead and act as a D-Class individual.

For the safety of the players, this was a good thing.

Big Iron Pestle had nothing much to say, only being cautious of the catastrophe price that could appear at any time.

When they reached the third underground level, they heard faint gunshots in the distance.

It must be a splitter squad fighting with the containment security personnel.

To avoid getting caught in the crossfire, the group took another route, entering a flickering-lit passage.

While walking, Li Changhe heard a scraping sound coming from a corner. In the front, Connor also took in a sharp breath.

Then, Connor shouted, "Keep your eyes open!"

A concrete statue with strange graffiti appeared at the corner, just a few steps away from Connor.

"Keep your eyes on it!" Dr. Poss shouted.

...

"We can’t take this dangerous thing with us. We need to trap it," Little Drill Wind said, staring at the Peanut statue. "Also, I’m going to close my eyes!"

"You close your eyes, I’ll handle it," Li Changhe responded as three Black Hawks appeared at his feet.

Hawk Eye Magic Eye, Black Hawk Summoning!

Since it can’t move as long as it’s being watched, they’ll keep it under constant gaze.

Just before they disappear, the three Black Hawks will be watching the Peanut!

Two Black Hawks landed on the Peanut’s extended arms, and the third one settled on its head. The trio of Magic Eyes stared fiercely at it.

As the group slipped past the Peanut and ran a good distance away, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just one moment of inattention, even players could die at its hands.

"There’s a Peanut in this site," Li Changhe thought, only his Magic Eye could restrain these beings that couldn’t move when observed. If it weren’t for his Magic Eye, their group would’ve been stuck there.

"If the enemy players want to complete the task by force, I might be able to use the Peanut against them," Li Changhe pondered in his mind.

Of course, this is just a possibility.

Since this is a guild task, even if they fail, the punishment won’t be death or attribute decrease.

Both sides’ players don’t have any real reason to be hostile to each other.

Even if they win, the prize is just enhancing a single guild buff, not even a lucky draw.

There’s no need to fight each other tooth and nail; Li Changhe thought any rational person could see this point.

Although it was a competitive task, the mission objective did not require players to fight against each other. Moreover, the current world they were in was an Anomalous World, where cooperation held a greater advantage than confrontation.

Of course, it was also possible that the other party wanted to level up their guild and planned to play hard against Li Changhe and his team.

After all, malice between players was not uncommon.

The other party might aim to achieve victory in the mission and resort to a final plan.

That is, to kill all enemy players, and wait for the time to run out, achieving automatic victory.

Li Changhe had to be cautious.

Through Dr. Bo, they learned about the accident at this station, which originated from an execution project against 682.

"...So, that big fellow is roaming around within the station?" The players’ expressions changed slightly, as this was not good news.

"The security department tried to suppress it, but many suppression methods became ineffective with the breach of 096. It might have been suppressed already, or it might still be wandering inside the station," Dr. Bo replied: "That big lizard is really hard to deal with. Even when we lured it into the world of Anomaly-826’s book, we couldn’t kill it."

Anomaly-826: The Dream Comes True Bookshelf. Its effect allows a room to turn into the world within the book placed on it.

Any entrance into the room would lead to a random location set in the book.

For example, if you put a copy of "Three Body" on it, you might see the human fleet being bombed in the sky with two thousand unbroken booms.

For another example, if you put a copy of "Game of Thrones" on it, you might see the Night King strut and then get stabbed in the back.

Or maybe... putting a certain kind of book on it...

"Damn, that’s amazing!" Yun Ting exclaimed in their minds: "Wouldn’t that mean we can meet our paper cut-out waifus? Awei Protection Association rejoices!"

Indeed, the ability of Anomaly-826 moved many people, especially those LSPs.

Take the Otaku Corps, known as the [Awei Protection Association]; rumor has it that they had recently been researching how to obtain two-way foil in order to become a two-dimensional being and meet their paper cut-out characters.

And this was said by their own people.

When Li Changhe met a member of the [Awei Protection Association] on the Dream Cruise, smoke signals rose. He added Li Changhe as a friend and occasionally chatted with him about various topics, seemingly wanting to bring Li Changhe into their group.

Perhaps it was because Li Changhe interacted closely with the girl disguised as Little Red Riding Hood at the time.

He always thought Li Changhe was a fearless, daring person.

Then, he mentioned an outlandish plan that even he found outrageous.

If Li Changhe had brought out Anomaly-826, they would most likely jump ship to [General Mountain] directly.

They were definitely capable of doing it.

So, they used Anomaly-826’s effect to write a book called "Something That Would Permanently Kill Anomaly-682 If Only It Could Recognize the Damn Lizard and Generally Friendly" and lured 682 into the world of the book.

But the big lizard, being the big lizard, managed to change its fate successfully.

It defeated the generally friendly thing, escaped from the world inside the book, and triggered a series of events.

"And the 682 execution project is on the sixth underground floor. Our destination is the escape tunnel on the fourth floor. We shouldn’t meet it," Dr. Bo explained further as he noticed that Li Changhe and his team were quite knowledgeable about anomalies, even more so than him: "And the Anomaly-500 you need is also on the fourth floor."

However, his expression changed suddenly. They had just left the third floor, but what they saw after going downstairs was the first floor.

"Is it an anomaly?" Li Changhe swept his gaze around, asking: "Does this station have an anomaly with this ability?"

"No," Dr. Bo shook his head.

"I see. It seems that the other party doesn’t want to cooperate with us at all," Li Changhe murmured: "So, if I kill them, it’d be considered self-defense."

...

Meanwhile, Xida walked through a corridor full of corpses. Among them were members of the special squad from the containment group, Splitter personnel, D-Class personnel, and a few researchers.

Their bodies gradually faded, and Xida whispered.

"These are my offerings. Please respond to me and bring your labyrinth here!"

He was invoking his Fantasy Species Symbiotic Body.

"Minotaurus!"