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Chapter 90: Climbing the Wall (Additional update for the Alliance Master of the Star at the Apex)

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Climbing the Wall (Additional update for the Alliance Master of the Star at the Apex)

Liang Chun followed with a sense of helplessness.

Clearly, it was dangerous for Instructor Ding to take on a Lost One by himself; if the distance wasn’t well managed and he got counter-grabbed, it would be over in an instant. To prevent more Lost Ones from appearing in Divine Realm, he still had to lend a hand.

"You two just randomly gather some stuff to take out," Chen Tingquan instructed the stream viewers briefly before following as well.

The Lost One ran quite fast. They could effortlessly grip the wall and move along it like a gecko, so it took some effort for the trio to chase and corner them.

They finally cornered the Lost One in an area close to Heavenly Kingdom’s High Wall.

"Damn it, let’s see where you can run now."

Instructor Ding signaled to Liang Chun, "Brother Liang, same old plan. I’ll lure him in, and then you go directly behind to grapple! Chen and I will each take a shovel and send him off."

"I’ll go up!

"Hey, what the fuck, why’s it running away?"

They had assumed the Lost One would charge straight at him, but unexpectedly, it headed toward the high wall!

If the Lost One made it onto the wall, then that meant they could never catch it again, not knowing when they’d encounter it next could be ages away.

Instructor Ding panicked and immediately pressed the run key, lunging at the Lost One before frantically spamming "Capture"!

If he could grab it before it climbed the wall, there was still hope.

The good news was, he did capture it.

The bad news was, the Lost One had also reached the wall!

Following behind, Chen Tingquan and Liang Chun were stunned by the scene before them and just stood there.

They saw Instructor Ding grab the Lost One by the neck from behind, but while the Lost One’s limbs were still able to move, it started to climb up the wall upon touching it, even carrying Instructor Ding with it!

"Hey, what the fuck! What’s happening here?"

Scared, Instructor Ding shouted, and as the distance grew, his voice became fainter within the system’s built-in voice chat, making for quite the show.

Liang Chun and Chen Tingquan exchanged looks as they watched Instructor Ding getting farther away.

At this moment, Instructor Ding and the Lost One were in a weird bind – Instructor Ding had grappled the Lost One from the back, preventing it from turning around or infecting him, but the Lost One’s limbs were still free to move and could climb the wall without hindrance. And Instructor Ding? He didn’t dare to let go, for if he did, he’d fall!

Even though the Lost One’s movements were random, it still climbed higher and higher, reaching halfway up the high wall.

"Could it be..." Liang Chun’s eyes lit up as he seemed to see a way to escape the Divine Realm!

However, the next second, Instructor Ding turned into a free-falling body, plummeting straight down from the sky to crash onto the ground.

"Crack!"

The body rebounded several times on the ground like a rag doll.

Liang Chun and Chen Tingquan both made a "facepalm" gesture at the same time.

Soon, everyone returned to the revival point, and Instructor Ding revived as well.

He seemed to know what everybody wanted to ask, and said right after reviving, "I didn’t let go! The time for Capture ran out!"

This indeed was sad news.

Capture had a time limit, and from the current situation, it was clear that a Warrior could be taken up the wall if they grappled a Lost One, but since the Lost One’s movements were random, it might climb up or sideways.

And even if the Lost One kept climbing up, the Capture time would only allow climbing to about 70% of the high wall’s height at most, which was far from reaching the top.

That final 30% of distance, much like a formidable barrier, separated the world within the wall from the world outside forever.

But clearly, no one wanted to give up just like that, and they began to discuss fervently.

"If the time for Capture is not enough, what if two Warriors took turns capturing? Would that work?"

"...You’re really smart, aren’t you? Tell me, once the Lost One has climbed up the wall, how is the second Warrior supposed to take over halfway?"

"How about changing the profession to Mimic? See if it can imitate climbing?"

"Hey? Can’t Jester add speed? If we all choose Jester to boost BUFF from below, could that work?"

"I’m afraid that won’t work. Jester can boost BUFF for teammates, but Lost Ones aren’t teammates, are they?"

"Hold on! Don’t Lost Ones also have their own roles? What if this Lost One was originally a Jester?"

In the midst of the clamorous discussion, the bell rang once again.

"Clang!"

After leaving the Divine Realm, Instructor Ding and Liang Chun immediately gathered everyone to share this brand-new discovery.

From the next time they entered the Divine Realm, the Flame Thiefs had started their frantic research!

First, they designated certain players to become Jesters, who were then infected by the Lost Ones to become new Lost Ones. Then, two Warriors would take turns capturing this Lost One and take it to the foot of the high wall.

Indeed, as soon as the Lost One was off the ground, it chose to climb the wall first thing!

But even so, the failure rate was still very high. The Lost One could hardly climb the wall if it moved horizontally for a bit longer or if it didn’t automatically trigger the "Laughing" skill.

However, the players were not discouraged, as the Lost Ones in the Divine Realm could be created indefinitely, allowing for an infinite number of attempts.

They could even have two players control two Lost Ones climbing at the same time, increasing the number of attempts in a given unit of time to improve the success rate.

Finally, Instructor Ding once again captured a Lost One and climbed the wall, with Liang Chun capturing another Lost One right behind him.

Instructor Ding’s Lost One had become a viewer’s, with the profession "Jester", while Liang Chun’s Lost One was the one from "Tooth Decay", with no profession.

When they reached about a third of the way up, Instructor Ding’s Lost One burst out with laughter at just the right moment.

"Hee hee hee hee..."

In an instant, the climbing speed of the two Lost Ones noticeably increased, and both Instructor Ding and Liang Chun felt as if they were on a rocket, shooting up a large distance!

"Brothers, it seems we have a chance!"

Surprise showed on Instructor Ding’s face, but the next second, his expression froze.

It seemed... they were still a bit short!

The walls of the Heavenly Kingdom’s High Wall were smooth, with absolutely no protrusions, meaning there was no way to stop on them or jump off with some leverage.

What was worse, as they neared the top of the high wall, he saw a familiar figure on the city wall.

It was a Heaven’s Guardian!

Every so often along the city wall stood a Heaven’s Guardian, with burning Divine Fire inside its hollow armor, patrolling the wall.

And the moment it saw Instructor Ding, it had already raised the Divine Staff in its hand.

"Damn it! Why doesn’t this game leave any way out!" Instructor Ding screamed, as he was instantly hit by the Holy Light of the Divine Staff and vanished into thin air!

...

Lilith, who had been a bit tense, settled back into her massage chair.

"Ha, petty players, you still can’t escape the palm of my hand.

"I did say it was a stroke of genius to place a ring of Heaven’s Guardians on the wall, right? Look, even a bird couldn’t fly out of the Divine Realm!"

When she saw that players could actually capture Lost Ones and climb walls, Lilith was almost panicking, but after seeing the Heaven’s Guardian, she calmed down again.

Clearly, Lilith’s design wasn’t completely full of loopholes. Although she had forgotten to specify how deep the city walls went underground, she had thought about what was on top of the walls and had specifically arranged for a ring of Heaven’s Guardians.

In the Divine Realm, when it comes to "instant lethality", Heaven’s Guardians were obviously the strongest.

There were stronger beings, such as Angels, Cupids, Gazing Statues, etc., but these all had preconditions to their ability to kill.

Angels were the strongest creatures, but they needed sonic waves to activate; being hunted by Holy Spirit Cupid meant certain death, but one could linger a while; Gazing Statues and Medusa Statues were also dangerous, but players could escape through game mechanics.

But only the Heaven’s Guardian, a point of the Divine Staff would mean instant death!

If there were terrain obstacles, players could hide behind pillars, but in this case, Instructor Ding was in mid-air. As the saying goes, "High ground beats low ground, beats idiotic moves," and there was simply no escape.

Lilith took a confident sip of her cola.

...

The Divine Staff of the Heaven’s Guardian was raised again, and this time its target was Liang Chun.

Liang Chun had started a little later than Instructor Ding and was about half a body length behind at this moment. Although the Lost One he was capturing had also been accelerated by the "Laughing" skill, it was quite evident that there was still a substantial distance to the very top of the wall.

The "Capture" was about to expire. This distance was like a chasm.

And worse, he could already see the Divine Staff of the Heaven’s Guardian, which meant that in the next second, he would vanish into thin air just like Instructor Ding.

However, just then, the Lost One clinging to the wall was slowly sucked towards it!

And the Heaven’s Guardian’s armor split open, the two creatures... merged again!

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