first player

Chapter 545 Chapter 540·"Su Ming'an, that's great."

[Mission target replaced. 】

[You found the real goal of clearing the level: defeating the guardian of the castle—the man in black. 】

[The first person to defeat the black-robed man will win the only victory. 】

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"—Su Ming'an! I'll help you restrict him!" The moment Nuoer saw the objective of the mission, he immediately understood that Su Ming'an had to defeat the man in black.

"Shhhhh--!"

Nuoer stretched out his hand, and several silk threads emerged, turning into a big net, enveloping the man in black.

Lu and Shirley did not react, but Herbert and Joey immediately wanted to stop them. They not only wanted to kill the man in black, but also prevented Su Mingan from killing the man in black first.

A pair of gloomy bone wings spread out from behind Joey, and under one flap, it was like setting off a huge wave, smashing the large white web like a spider's web.

Herbert took a step back, turned the revolver in his hand, and with a "click" sound, the bullet shot towards the head of the man in black like a silver snake!

The next moment, the man in black stretched out his hand.

Several cursed behemoths emerged from the shadows. In this ancient castle, the strength of the man in black seems to have been greatly enhanced.

Dense fog suddenly rose.

A cursed black beast leaped out of the thick fog with a strong wind. It roared, opened its bloody mouth, and rushed to Joey first.

Its body trembled, like black lightning, its bulky body changed from its previous state, and it suddenly accelerated as if it had installed exhaust gas.

Before Joey could defend himself, he was bitten off by the black beast that suddenly accelerated, and blood splashed out.

Joey's death shocked everyone, they didn't expect this giant beast to suddenly become so strong.

The man in black stood on top of the black beast, like a conductor waving his hands.

Following his command, giant beasts of different colors found their targets and rushed towards the remaining players.

The players are in a hard fight, and even Noel is trying to avoid and distance himself.The cursed behemoth is covered with deadly curses, and people cannot touch it.

...But Su Mingan noticed that the giant beast that was rushing towards him seemed to be a step slower in his direction.

He seized the opportunity, immediately moved in space, and arrived directly in front of the black-robed man in an instant.

He swung his knife violently towards the chest of the man in black——

For this knife, he added several skills. This kind of opportunity is rare without a giant beast blocking him. He must make sure that he can kill this loach-like man in black with one knife.

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[Skill (Yellow Rose Lock): Lock on a player or NPC, and the opponent cannot dodge your next physical attack. 】

[Skill (energy suppression): You can actively activate skills by injecting mana to suppress the surrounding enemies. 】

[Passive Skill (Spell Blade): Possesses the ability to attack melee spells. Attacking with this equipment will cause magic damage. 】

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This time, he almost exhausted all the energy in his body, as if he had condensed all the energy in his body, and the golden flames of the Freedom Blade fluttered like flowing magma.

At this time, his eyes were extremely serious, and his eyes seemed to be dyed by sunlight.

This dungeon, which has always been disgusting, is finally coming to an end——

The black-robed man was completely locked by him, unable to dodge. The energy suppressing ability pressed against the back of the black-robed man, like an invisible big hand, pushing down and lowering the black-robed man's figure, as if squeezing a tortoise in the darkness. the mouse-

【Su Mingan is going to succeed! ! 】

[The first player is going to win!Ahhhhh! ! 】

【No player can stop him!Kill this black-robed man—he and Su Lin are the only ones left in Qiongdi—! 】

[The number one player is number one in the world——! 】

The barrage roared and joined together, and the words crazily interpreted their excitement.

"Shh!"

The blade of freedom approached, and the violent wind of the blade cut the mask on the face of the man in black in half.

Su Mingan's blade was still cutting forward, and he wanted to see what kind of face this rule introducer, who had been deliberately creating cursed black beasts like a loach, had.

Why did this man in black have an initial 95 favorability points towards him, and why did he lose 5 favorability points after being mistaken for Su Rin.

Under the lock of the "Yellow Rose Lock", the man in black robe cannot avoid this knife.

The scorching blade wind blew Su Mingan's hair, and the mask of the man in black shattered like stardust.

——He saw a familiar face under the shattered mask.

The man's expression looked haggard but not depressed. Due to being suppressed by gravity, his lips were pale, like a magnet. At the moment when his appearance was revealed, Su Mingan could no longer look away.

"You have won." The man in black said.

At this moment, Su Mingan felt an absurd reality.

"Wait..." He clenched the Freedom Blade in his hand, trying to stop the blow.

However, the forced locking effect was still pushing him to stab forward. He tried to kick the man in black to kick him away, but the man just groaned, his body was like cast iron, and he didn't move. .

There was a sound of flesh cracking, blood splashed on Su Mingan's hand holding the knife, and his eyes trembled violently.

"..." The man in black remained silent as always, with the familiar stubbornness still on his face.

Su Mingan's hand kept stabbing forward, he already felt the heart that was close at hand, and heard the faint sound of blood flowing.

The next moment, his hand inevitably passed through, and the man in black took his hand, dragged him and pierced it, passing through the back.

But fortunately, Su Mingan deviated slightly from the angle and missed the heart.

In front of his violently trembling pupils, blood exploded.

An ocean of suffocation overwhelmed him.

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【"Su Mingan."】

【Lu Shu hesitated for a while. 】

【"I mean, if, if it was Noel," he said, "...would you have let him follow?"】

【Su Mingan understood what he meant. 】

[Sure enough, Lu Shu felt that his role was constantly decreasing. 】

【…】

【"I understand." Lu Shu said. 】

【His expression is still very calm, Su Mingan doesn't know what he understands. 】

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【"Oh, some people are outdated. I don't know how many times Bi Nuoer has stretched his hips. Even Yueyue, who has become an observer, is more useful than him..."】

【"I'm still hanging on, what do you think, it's okay to play soy sauce all the way in the Fifth World, and the Seventh World not only takes up a teammate position, but also pulls in the useless Lin Yin, that Mo Wen didn't work from the beginning to the end Appeared, what are you talking about about exploration players... Lu Shu really takes himself too seriously."]

【"Already doomed not to keep up with the pace of the first player, it would be a bit ugly to force it."】

【"Leave by yourself early, a world-class licking dog... the ranking is in the twenties and I don't know it..."】

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The green praying mantis is called Xiaobi, and the red butterfly is called Xiaohong.Therefore, the black giant beast is called Xiaohei, and the white giant beast is called Xiaobai.

... As early as in the cave, the man in black had already exposed such a familiar naming method.

The man in black closed his eyes.

"I gave up my identity as a player and became the boss of the final level." He said: "In this way, when facing you, I can help you like Yueyue. Like Yueyue... I can help you You are busy."

He repeatedly emphasized "like Yueyue".

Perhaps, he thought, this was the way Su Mingan wanted to help.

He is not Noel, and he doesn't know that Su Mingan has a death recovery file.

He didn't know that Su Mingan could start again and again, and the fault tolerance rate was infinitely high.

All he knew was that doing so could help.

Why this person is so paranoid, why he sacrificed his life to do this, Su Mingan still doesn't understand.

It's just that Lu Shu said he was a 'good guy'.

So help him.

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【"Su Ming'an, you are a good person. In order to lead the vast majority of people, let them rely on you, believe in you, and believe that you will never fail-this will definitely help you to pass the level perfectly."

"...You don't need to care what other people think, because you are the future."]

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"Roar--!"

Cursed behemoths of various colors pounced on the players below, and the stone bricks were covered with radial blood, and the blood gushed out like a waterfall.

Lu Shu stood high above the black beast, like a pillar inserted into the black mud.

With such a thin but not weird figure, he stands firmly on top of the black beast—thin and straight, as if he came to the world with his soul alone.

Too paranoid, too fanatical, too narrow...

...too sincere.

Su Mingan had never met someone like Lu Shu.

The blade pierced through Lu Shu's heart, and the blade was stained red with blood.

... The npc dies and cannot be revived.

Su Mingan remained motionless, hot blood dripped from the back of his hand.

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[Su Ming'an, I've helped you. 】

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"But, I don't at all—" As if a string in his brain snapped suddenly, he roared suddenly: "—I don't want you to do it for me at all—

Whether it's Yueyue or you... Lu Shu, can you understand?Do you understand-"

He can't say he has a death rollback, he doesn't need others to sacrifice for his path.

He could only grab Lu Shu's collar and roar.

The river of time that flows repeatedly brings some people to him, and takes some people away irretrievably, leaving none of them to him.

Nothing.

He got nothing but a white mark on the back of his hand.

Yueyue, Xie Lude, Naraku... Lu Shu.

Behind... who else is left?
"Lu Shu—do you understand? I don't need you to do this for me at all, you——" He coughed a few times, his throat hurting violently:
"enough."

"It's...enough."

The veins in his fingers were exposed, and the fingertips were red from pinching too tightly.

But soon, after roaring a few times, his eyes gradually calmed down, and he took a deep breath.

After quickly adjusting his emotions, he opened his eyes.

"Is there any way to save it?" He asked: "The task is only to defeat you, you are not dead yet."

Lu Shu shook his head.

"In the past few days, for 'energy'... I have bred many cursed black beasts, and I have been walking with the curse. I really... have to pay the price, and my body can no longer hold on." He said: "After my death... You can kill these giant beasts, use their cores as 'energy', and give them to Siber... She still needs 'energy', right. The three elements of becoming a god, I, I also know a little bit of the plot, I... …not a useless outsider…”

"Su Ming'an, I'm just here for..." Lu Shu said, "...to satisfy your inner peace, you don't need to have any psychological burden."

Su Mingan: "..."

"—I don't know why, Su Ming'an seems to be on top of it!" A voice came from the players below:
"Good opportunity, let's kill that man in black!"

"Who is the man in the black robe? I can't see clearly from this angle—!"

"—Lu, don't any of you try to stop me!"

"..."

Lu Shu glanced down, his eyes were very indifferent.

The peak players that he couldn't beat in the past are now as small as ants.

"Actually." Lu Shu said.

On his normally plain face, there was a rare smile, as if all the brilliance were shining in his eyes.

"...I'm a little sick, psychologically, I've been like this before the game started, I've always known it, and many people have said that." Lu Shu said: "It's for the sake of healing and finding peace of mind that I've persisted until now. That's the reason why I want to stick to it. But it's strange, doing these things now, it seems that suddenly, the illness is cured."

"Su Ming'an." Lu Shu said, "For this world...we have long been crazy, you are crazy, and I am crazy too. Crazy is the theme of human beings, and we can't stop ourselves from going crazy..."

"This game teases us so much. As firewood, we can only fight against...or adapt to it." Lu Shu said: "But you are different, you are different from us, you are the torch."

"Su Ming'an." Lu Shu said, "I have been very accurate in judging people since I was a child. I think...you have always been the most suitable for this world."

"You are the best."

Su Mingan: "..."

"I actually heard what Nuoer said a few days ago. He said that I followed you because I had ulterior motives." Lu Shu said, "Now I can prove to you... I haven't, I never have."

"Okay." Su Mingan said, "You proved it."

The moment Su Mingan said these words, the look in Lu Shu's eyes gradually dimmed.

He took a short breath, and the black air around him suddenly stopped, and then quickly flooded——

As if the ink had melted into the water, he leaned back, his eyes were still firmly fixed on Su Mingan.

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[NPC (?) favorability: 100 points (friends who cut necks)]

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NPCs die and cannot be revived.

Su Mingan's emotions have never been so depressed, as if a pair of hands were pulled out from his chest, tearing his chest violently, leaving blood dripping.

"Immortal." He immediately activated his skills.

Following a flash of red light, Lu Shu did not rot and die immediately.

But once this skill is activated, it means that a person's life has come to an end.

If possible, this ability should never be successfully activated.

As Lu Shu fell, Su Mingan heard a system prompt:

[You defeated the man in black. 】

[Quest for the Castle. Mission completed. 】

[You have become the winner. 】

news of victory.

But it only made him feel harsh.

With the emergence of white light, the remaining players all disappeared, and they lost their qualifications to continue participating in the war.

Looking at the empty castle hall below, Su Mingan suddenly laughed.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

He smiled very relieved, very helpless, very fortunate.Emotions collided in his chest, like pressing his heart hard.

He is helpless, he will come to this step.

Fortunately, he still has room for redemption.

"...Then there is only one choice left." Su Mingan said.

"Lu Shu, I'm very fond of you." He said, "Become my 'follower'."

Lu Shu looked slightly stagnant.

"To be honest." Su Ming'an said, "For the first time, I am glad that I have become a person in power."

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[You have activated the power holder skill Follower. 】

【(Lu Shu) agreed to your invitation. 】

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A follower is different from an observer. Its type is similar to those in power and supervisors, and it is an identity that can participate in the game in the end.

Its essence still belongs to the player.

Being a follower does not take up the position of Su Mingan's teammate. That is to say, from now on, Lu Shu will not have to bother anyone anymore, and can be Su Mingan's most trusted teammate forever.

...But is this really what Lu Shu wants?

Su Mingan didn't know, but Lu Shu's expression seemed to tell him yes.

He gave him, the loyalty of a man who had never had faith.

Some people are very stubborn and inexplicable, they will never regret it in their whole life, and they have never looked back once.

Su Mingan didn't understand why so ordinary and selfish self could be liked by so many people, whether it was Naluo and Xie Lude who met by chance, or Yueyue and Lu Shu who had been together for a long time.

But their lives are extremely dazzling at the moment of making a choice.Light and heat are never far from them.

In a world full of disasters and pain, they live because of a certain belief, die because of their belief, sway their will because of their belief, and find their way back because of their belief.

On this road of no return,
Some see the world as their way home,
Some see him as the way home.

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"Su Ming'an." Lu Shu coughed up a mouthful of blood, but his eyes were bright: "...that's great."

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[Perfect clearance progress: 95%]

(End of this chapter)