Chapter 283: Abandoning Darkness and Joining the Light

"What to do now?" Poseidon asked.

"Go and ask someone first. Maybe there are still some budding remnants nearby. There are actually quite a few secret vaults here. I really don't believe there's only one left. Plowing through the courtyard and sweeping caves isn't so scary, right? And what's more, the sky-dropping Justice looks scary, but it should only be small, not much different from the hand-held nuclear bombs in the Fallout series. The terrain here has not been destroyed, and the underground secret building should be fine..."

"After contacting Mei Ya, we will go to Xidu and try to assassinate the Dark Lord."

Jupiter and his team then searched around the local area, and the results were really horrifying. All the secret rooms that could be contacted by various means of communication and records were destroyed. Only the partially destroyed remaining equipment still had some signals inside, and there was no life. Not even a dog was left.

The group only found a few passing wanderer merchants, and learned from them that everyone in the nearby settlement had been moved away by the Thunder Fire Sword.

Irrelevant people were moved to nearby collective farms and new towns, all under the control of the Thunder Fire Sword.

In short, wanderers are no longer allowed to disperse and settle nearby. They must obey the unified management of Thunder Fire Sword and forcibly inject civilization into the spirit, unless a person or a small family breaks away from society and becomes a savage.

Everyone who had contact with Meiya was arrested and never seen again. It is unclear whether they died or were doing hard labor. It is said that Leihuo Sword also uses people as human batteries. It is not clear whether it is true or not - the rumor spread by Meiya. Meng doesn’t use human batteries.

When the Protoss Guild heard the news, they were once again stunned on the spot. There was really no one left. They tried hard to gain the goodwill of the Dark Crow Valley base, but how could the base be gone?

What is a sprout if not a single seed is left?

Wow, is this game so scary?

All the early investment was in vain, and most of the advantages of internal testing were lost.

Everyone looked at each other with sad faces.

"Such a thing could happen..."

Jupiter was in a bad mood, but he was reluctant to give up the A-level mission. After thinking about it, he said: "The Germination Organization must have more than one base in Raven Valley. If we look for other bases, we will definitely be able to return to the Germination camp."

"Wait a minute, why did the merchant say that the area has been controlled by the organization of the Thunder Fire Sword? Wasn't it Nava Armor who attacked us? Do they have any connection with the Thunder Fire Sword? Is Nava Armor the eldest brother of the Dark Lord? Knowing that Moya is not related to them To help?"

Poseidon discovered the blind spot from the intelligence just now, and the group asked the businessman again and learned the truth.

"What? The Nava Armor summoner who attacked us is called Duan Muyan. He is one of the four kings under the Dark Lord. Are there three others as strong as him?"

"What? The Thunder Fire Sword is so powerful. It has already fought an all-out war with Mei Ya and won. Now the people of the Thunder Fire Sword are all in the three continents. Only the hometown is left in Mei Ya. There is no base in the three continents. The strongest evil force in the world has already Replacement?"

"Boss, do we want to catch the Dark Lord again?"

"Catch? Come and catch him! Catch the ass. Forget about this mission. No wonder he started out as A-level. It's not what we can do now... There are no other budding bases nearby. NPCs who don't know our contribution will probably clear us. Zero, forget it, admit defeat."

"What about us now?"

"There is a branch base of Thunder Fire Sword nearby... How about that?"

"Not as good as?"

"Change your mind!"

"You mean?"

"I voted!"

"Great idea!"

"The boss is wise!"

"I say hello to you!"

Everyone agreed that the organization was rubbish and had no place for dogs to play with. It was time to change the organization long ago.

"After joining the Thunder Fire Sword, we will see how things go. If they are unable to survive, or the Dark Lord is weak, we can still do this task with human heads and repeatedly jump horizontally. This is what our players are like, Mu Qiang."

"If the Dark Lord is strong enough, truly a peerless hunk, with the beauty of strength like General Duanmu, then we can just attack the sprout. I still have some intelligence on the sprout, I don't know if it will be of any use."

"Uselessness is just an attitude. As the number one player who jumped from Bu Ya, we might still get preferential treatment."

"I heard from the businessman that the Thunder Fire Sword gives preferential treatment to those who turn from darkness to light and have no blood debt to the common people."

"Great, we haven't had time to commit a terrorist attack yet!"

"I understand this question."

"I think this is also a kind of inheritance."

"It's so great, I suddenly feel relaxed. Think about it, from now on, that Nava armor will be our colleague. I feel full of security. If you feel like you can beat me, I'll fight. If you can't, I'll summon Navar."

"Is there a low-end version of that armor? There are so many robots in the Thunder Fire Sword, and it looks very high-tech. Are there many mechanics in it? Can you give me a complete set of exoskeletons?"

"What kind of rubbish organization is sprouting? It's ruining my youth. I want your mother to refund my money!"

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The popularity of the forum continues to rise. Players from various novice planets share their experiences. Some players are reviewers who have specially tried the game. They unanimously gave extremely high evaluations and called it an epoch-making game with a very real sense.

Just the background that has been revealed so far has already made people think. There is no partition like other virtual games. From beginning to end, there is only the same world, and all players play in it, and different novice planets are equivalent to different The server makes people look forward to future collisions with players from other planets.

Not only China, but also e-sports clubs from other countries have entered Star Ocean. Although there was no prior communication, the e-sports powers, such as the United States, South Korea, France, and the United Kingdom, have all chosen different novice planets as their development sites.

Aquamarine is one of the bases chosen by China.

However, this does not mean that all players on Aquamarine are Chinese. There are also people from other countries who choose Aquamarine. Some are friendly casual players, while others are "European spies" who come here to cause trouble.

ID "Electrolux", a retired professional player from the American Coy Club. He did not make any achievements in his career. After retiring, he joined the studio under the club. His motives for choosing to enter Aquamarine were not very friendly. He wanted to spy on the intelligence of Chinese players and find opportunities to cause trouble.

If Han Xiao was here, he would recognize Electrolux. In short, he is a very disgusting professional player.

Although Electrolux has the common problem of American arrogance, his strength is unquestionable, and the source of his strength is that Electrolux boldly chose a random start and had extremely good luck.

Andia Continent, a laboratory of the Germination Organization.

Electrolux opened his eyes and found himself soaking in a light blue solution in a space like a nutrient tank. He didn't need to breathe. Through the glass, he saw a white coat holding a tablet outside and recording something.

Electrolux found that he couldn't control the character for the time being, so he waited calmly. According to his experience, it should be a cutscene now. After about a minute, a drainage hole appeared at the bottom of the nutrient tank, and the light blue solution disappeared. Electrolux could move and got a prompt on the panel.

"You are injected with [Gene Improvement Solution], your all attributes +3, and you get the specialty - [Gene Regulation]"

"My God!" Electrolux was overjoyed, "Random start is great!"

The nutrient tank was opened, and the white coats surrounded him. Electrolux didn't resist and let the white coats pull him to the metal table to be tested by various instruments.

At this time, Electrolux got a new prompt.

"The [Gene Improvement Program] is a biological research program for cultivating superpowers. The success rate is very low. As a successful test subject, you will be valued by the budding organization. You can choose to stay or leave."

Elux chose to stay. With such a great start, only a fool would leave!

"This specialty is tailor-made for me." Electrolux originally planned to become a superpower. Without saying a word, he entered the mall on the panel and used the start-up funds given by the club to buy a [Supreme Luxury Perfect Gene Awakening Liquid] and directly chose to awaken. After a period of nervous waiting, the panel prompted him that he had successfully awakened his superpowers!

"It went so smoothly." Electrolux was full of joy, feeling the light of the goddess of luck shining on him. He raised his palm and a white whirlwind condensed in his palm.

The white coats were in an uproar.

"He's awakened!"

"This is a successful test subject!"

Electrolux knew that he had to stay and show his potential. He was very satisfied with the white coat's reaction, but the next second he saw the white coat start to call the guards. He was immediately puzzled. Why did he call the guards for no reason?

The sprout guards arrived at the scene quickly and handcuffed Electrolux in no time. They pushed him forward. Electrolux was a little confused. Wasn't it agreed that he would be valued? Why was he treated more like a prisoner?

They came to another laboratory, where Alex was handcuffed to a brainwashing device. He realized something was wrong and screamed, "What are you going to do?"

The guard said with a cold face, "The Thunder Fire Sword Organization has started a brainwashing competition with us. We found that the brainwashed members, even senior members, could be easily de-brainwashed by the Dark Lord after being captured. It is simply a shame for our Germination. Therefore, the new regulations from the top require that every successful test subject must be brainwashed five times in a row and then observed for a month before they can be allowed to act freely!"

Elex looked confused. What kind of logic is this? The reaction is too extreme!

Also, what the hell is the brainwashing and anti-brainwashing war? Are the dark forces of the Aquamarine so aggressive?

It's not enough to brainwash once, there is also competition for this! Too dark and hellish!

It's really an evil NPC!

Because of Gu Meng, the Germination Organization now implements a high-pressure policy on all brainwashed members. It would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go. No matter what research plan the test subjects are, they must be brainwashed and detained for at least one month for observation.

Although this is not very effective, Gu Meng should be cleansed, and it is healthier to clean him up, but Mengya thinks that attitude is important... Well, in fact, there are spies sent by Gu Meng inside Mengya now. No one knows which senior executives have escaped after losing the battle, but they have been secretly brainwashed. Mengya's technology can't detect Gu Meng's magic at all, and it's like killing a werewolf with eyes closed. Gu Meng can intervene in some strategies, making Mengya do some stupid behaviors, or actions that seem reasonable but are very disadvantageous to Mengya players. Gu Meng can even let the Thunder and Fire Sword cooperate, indicating that Mengya's stupid behaviors may be effective. There are my people on both sides, and it is difficult for Mengya to play with him. The intelligence is too far away. In a few months, when Gu Meng's troops explode to the point where he can overthrow and govern the six countries, Mengya can die.

This is the bad thing about magic. Gu Meng's robot's computing power is not technology, which means he needs to operate a larger magic network so that everyone can have a certain level of intelligence. Therefore, the power of Thunder Fire Sword is actually linked to Gu Meng's magic cultivation. Fortunately, Gu Meng has reached level 5, and his strength is growing rapidly. There is no end in sight for the time being.

And the new players who join the sprout are blessed. Now all the new players of the sprout will receive a one-month confinement gift package, and all this is meaningless. This camp is doomed to be destroyed.

Electrolux didn't know that he was tricked by Gu Meng. It was too late to regret it now. As soon as the brainwashing judgment appeared, he immediately passed it.

"You are not exempt from this brainwashing. You join the sprout organization with a special identity."

"Sprouting Organization: Brainwashed (-/-)-[Test Subject]"

"Because you are brainwashed, you can't rebel against the sprout organization."

Electrolux panicked.

Not being able to rebel means that you can't escape a month of confinement, which means you can't move freely for a month, let alone upgrade. In this way, you will be left far behind by other players!

This is just like being raped by an NPC!

"What kind of 'importance' is this? It's too bad!"

I got a very potential ability, but I'm trapped here and can't gain experience for a month!

It's a perfect start, but I'm behind all the players!

Alex's mentality exploded.

Can I be random again? Although I want to join the evil forces, I don't want to join such a stupid organization. What is the Thunder Fire Sword they mentioned before? Is that organization also brainwashing?

Forget it, brainwashing is not important. What's important is whether you can move freely after brainwashing?

At the same time, the forum section about Aquamarine has been more discussing the total war in the other world during the internal beta to public beta. The fission of the Thunder Fire Sword and the decline of the budding are all seen.

Everyone is speculating whether the Dark Lord is the one who reveals the troubled times, just like Zhang Jue in the late Han Dynasty who will soon be defeated and serve as a background board for the protagonist, or the real planet protagonist.

The concept of planet protagonist is mentioned in the game description of Star Ocean. In the original work, Han Xiao was once regarded as the planet protagonist.

But Gu Meng, who is currently stirring up trouble, is not eligible for this. At least the mainstream does not think that he is the protagonist, but a powerful background board.

Mainly because he is called the Demon King, and he has the Four Dark Lords under his command. This configuration is too familiar, so of course he looks like a villain.

Maybe the real protagonist is to kill the Thunder Fire Sword that dominates the dark world and bring light to the world?

Of course, there are also some players who insist that the Dark Demon King is the protagonist, the world is white, and I am the only black.

There are so many protagonists of light, can't there be a dark protagonist?

The dark world and the lower class also need their savior. Maybe the main task of the Blue Sea Star is to surround the city with the countryside, and then from weak to strong, first destroy the sprout to the top 7, and then overthrow the six countries to the top 1, which is also very inspiring.

In this regard, Chinese players especially have this feeling. Although the Thunder Fire Sword is not an official force now, the route they are taking always feels familiar.

Could it be that... this game is so bold?

...

Han Xiao also thought so. After he joined this organization, he saw more clearly that this was not a simple underground organization at all.

This alien who called himself Gu Meng, this Dark Lord, his thoughts were a bit scary, not that kind of scary, but a very special kind...

Han Xiao seemed to understand why this character would not appear in the version he played. The designer actually gave such a strange character setting, and put it in the Aquamarine Planet in the novice map. It was a bit extreme. Suddenly, he was a little worried about whether there would be any risks in reality.

If the game company could not bear the pressure and changed part of the game settings, or simply deleted the Thunder Fire Sword, would the Dark Lord still exist?

Han Xiao felt that it would not be that easy, but specifically... Forget it, don't think about it, he has traveled through time, just keep going, maybe everything will have an answer in the end.

The clear light of dawn flows in the sky, and the temperature in the early morning is cool and refreshing.

Han Xiao, under the protection of a large number of soldiers, went to a nearby settlement where new players lived. The public beta had been going on for several days, and the forum was getting more and more popular. Han Xiao paid special attention to the forum on Aquamarine Star. Through the posts of the players, he learned about the situation of each new player's landing place. He had long wanted to join in the fun.

When the players first appeared, it was the best time to contact them.

However, he was busy with military affairs and was constantly dealing with the budding evacuation troops. The overall situation was already coming to an end. He had a little free time these two days, so he decided to take a look.