Fantasy Game: Infinite City

The discussion about other guild players lasted for about half a day. After all, we had some interactions before, so we all had some understanding of their basic abilities and fighting methods. This discussion was mainly used to analyze the abilities that appeared in the new mode of the copy. However, since these abilities should be temporary, we simply proposed some countermeasures for these abilities to prevent similar abilities from appearing in the future.

"Okay, we have almost finished analyzing the other guild players that appeared in this instance. Now we have to focus on the last point, which is the battle between Zhu Long and Albert."

Operating the computer, Dai Lin projected the battle footage of Zhu Long and Albert from the video onto the TV. As the footage played, everyone started a discussion. The first person to speak was Zhu Long, a participant in the battle.

"When we first fought, I could feel that this guy named Albert had a very strange attribute value for strength. The value was probably about the same as mine. When I was fighting him, his life bar was also a bit strange. It was similar to the life bar of a player. There was no specific value, but it would fluctuate."

"So this Albert is actually a player?" Meng Rou asked from the side.

"No, but that's what I thought at first," Zhu Long put down the empty beer bottle in his hand, reached out to grab a bag of potato chips and started eating, then continued. "So I didn't fight with all my strength, but tried to analyze his primary and secondary attributes, so as to analyze his possible abilities in that instance. During the battle, I could feel that he was strong and his speed was also OK. My first impression was that Albert was a player whose primary attribute was strength and secondary was speed, just like me. But as the battle progressed, I soon discovered something was wrong."

At this point, Zhu Long pointed to the picture on TV. Dai Lin paused the video, then slowed it down frame by frame, and Zhu Long began a detailed explanation.

"At the time, I was so focused on the battle that I didn't pay much attention to Albert's health and speed. But when he started to activate his abilities, I quickly discovered a few things that were wrong, like here."

Zhu Long pointed at the TV, and Dai Lin began to loop the video clips of the battle. "His ability should be some kind of defensive posture that can block most attacks. You can see that he can block or parry 90% of the normal attacks. But you should pay close attention to the moment when he counterattacks."

Through the images on TV, everyone saw that when Albert counterattacked, he would take Zhu Long's attack head-on every time instead of using his ability to block and then counterattack.

"This is indeed very strange," Feng Shao also became serious and expressed his opinion. "According to Old Zhu's initial speculation, if Albert's secondary attribute is speed, he has a chance to use his ability to parry the attack and then counterattack. However, before each counterattack, he takes Zhu Long's attack head-on. This is very strange. If speed is really his secondary attribute, then the numerical gap with the primary attribute is too large."

"What Feng Shao said is correct," Zhu Long continued, "Albert's speed was hard-boosted due to his high strength value, just like my speed value is actually higher than the speed value because my strength value is very high. For example, Feng Shao does not have strength in his primary and secondary attributes, but the basic damage he can cause is also very high, precisely because his high speed value increases his strength. The increase in strength and speed values ​​will drive the opponent's increase. Although the data panel does not explain it in detail, this is also a fact that most players are aware of."

"That's right, just like spirit and reason can influence each other, physique and health points can also influence each other." The Buddhist Yang Jin also spoke up.

"That's right. So after observing this, I concluded that speed, or agility, was not Albert's secondary attribute because it was too low. It was also at this time that I observed the changes in his health."

The screen on the TV switched to Zhu Long's first-person perspective, and the health panel on the screen was displayed. Everyone found that Albert's health was indeed very abnormal. Although his health would decrease after enduring Zhu Long's powerful attacks and charged attacks, the decrease was very low and would recover in a very short time.

“Although Albert was mentioned in the previous mission prompt, I thought at that time that the new mode might have blurred the boundaries between PVE and PVP. It was not until this time that I slowly felt that something was wrong.”

"According to the changes in health points, if this guy named Albert is really a player, then his two attributes should be strength and constitution. Judging from the speed of life recovery, constitution should be his main attribute, and it should be at least much higher than his secondary attribute strength. The difference is probably about 50 points. But Old Zhu, from what you said, he is not actually a player?"

"Yes, although during our first fight, the opponent was similar to a player in every way, the system's task prompts and his overly frequent life recovery made me a little shaken. Sure enough, after I defeated him for the first time and allowed Albert to enter the second stage ahead of time, the gap appeared."

The screen on the TV continued to play, this time from the perspective of Yang Jin and Feng Shao. They were near the center of the battle at the time, which was an excellent viewing position. Through their perspective, everyone saw Albert entering the second stage, a giant with two-color flames wrapped around his body.

"At this point, I can finally confirm that he is not a player, but a boss belonging to the dungeon. Judging from his strength, he is indeed worthy of being a hidden boss."

With the help of Zhu Long's description and the playback of the video, Zhu Long talked about his experience at that time. Albert, who entered the second stage, had at least multiple abilities. The black flame could greatly weaken the enemy's speed, and the dark green flame could greatly enhance Albert's attack power. Those within the influence range of the two-color flame would continue to absorb vitality in order to restore Albert's health.

"When he puts away the flames, his speed will be greatly increased, and it is basically on par with me. And I don't know if you noticed one more thing, his health bar disappeared."

"No health bar? How can we fight? Is that why you quit the dungeon right then?"

"Yes, maybe my judgment is not very precise, but no matter how I think about it, such an enemy is not something we can deal with right now. Even the system recommends that we don't fight."

"So why set up such an abnormal and unsolvable Boss in the dungeon? We can't defeat it. Even if we take a step back and say we can defeat it, regardless of whether there is a reward or not, it will definitely waste a lot of time and energy. In this case, who would touch these Bosses? They will definitely avoid them!" Feng Shao felt a little confused. He didn't quite understand the purpose of setting up such a Boss in the dungeon, but Yang Jin on the side expressed his opinion.

"Do you remember what I said before?"

"Are you talking about the female player next to him?"

"Correct."

Zhu Long recalled what Yang Jin had said and immediately understood what he meant. "I understand. I didn't quite understand it at the time. It turns out that you already understood the situation. Great, Old Yang!"

"I'm not that smart. I just thought of this after listening to what you said."

"What the hell? What are you two talking about?" Feng Shao was a little confused.

"What Yang Jin meant was that before we fought Albert, didn't we meet a female player? I even fought a battle with her double. I originally thought she was a secret player of that guild, but now it seems that may not be the case. She should be a very powerful single player who discovered Albert's role in advance."

"What is the role of the hidden boss? Explain in detail."

Standing up and taking a bottle of cold beer, Zhu Long opened the bottle cap with his thumb and began to speak out his own speculation, "There is no point in fighting a boss that cannot be destroyed. I think his role should be to receive some special tasks from him. After completing the tasks, you can get his help in the dungeon."

"Hearing you say that, it makes sense, but why didn't you receive this mission?"

"The mission is likely to be unique, and it will not be displayed on the mission panel. You need to find the boss first, or it may be some undescribed key item. After accepting the mission, others can no longer accept the mission, but they will get a prompt. The hidden mission we received should be this prompt."

"Although we can get powerful helpers, if there are hints, can't we just avoid them?"

"I don't think it's that simple. Although we discovered them a long time ago, the hidden mission was triggered after we arrived at the airport and were very close to them. We were basically within the range of engagement, so if we hadn't discovered their whereabouts before, it would have been difficult to discover this." Yang Jin added a few words at the right time.

"Yes, so I said that although the female player may not be very powerful, she is indeed very powerful. At least from the fact that she discovered this setting earlier than anyone else, she is definitely not a small character. There are also hidden dragons and crouching tigers among individual players."

"And even if we two joined forces, we couldn't beat her. It was also very strange that her health regenerated at an absurdly fast rate. And there were several times when our attacks had no effect at all for some reason."

"Mr. Feng is right. There were a few attacks that were sure to hit the target, but they didn't cause any damage."

"It may be a special bonus provided by the Boss, but we don't know what it is specifically. Maybe we can figure it out when we encounter a similar situation in the future." Dai Lin also gave his opinion.

"If that's true, we have to be careful next time we encounter this kind of hidden boss." Feng Shao said while eating snacks.

"Well, maybe next time we can get such powerful help in advance, but this time it's not completely useless. At least we know some of the mechanisms of this copy." Zhu Long picked up the ice beer and took a sip.

"Yes, and the ability of that female player is also very interesting. I wonder if she will appear in other copies. She looks like a formidable opponent." Yang Jin smiled slightly.

"Okay, we've almost finished the analysis of the new dungeon and other guild players, so let's stop here for today. We finally get together, let's get something to eat. I want to eat hotpot, what do you want to eat?" Dai Lin clapped his hands and ended the discussion.

"Noodles, any noodles will do! I'm not picky!" Feng Shao said, raising his hand.

"I'm fine with anything." Yang Jin lay down on the sofa and yawned lazily.

"I want to eat barbecue." Dai Lin said while organizing the data in the computer.

"You guys can order whatever you want. It's fine to eat out or here. It's my treat." Zhu Long also relaxed and leaned back on the single sofa.

"Okay, Mr. Zhu, you're so generous! Let's eat at home. It's too cold outside and I don't want to go out."

"Okay, then you guys tell me, I'll do some."

Zhu Long took out his mobile phone and placed orders on it while listening to what everyone wanted to eat. Half an hour later, the ordered food was delivered and everyone gathered in the living room, happily eating the food.

It was snowing outside the window, and the atmosphere in the villa was very warm against the backdrop of heavy snow.

Han Zu’s warehouse on the outskirts of City C.

"Well, it's OK. There's no weird smell. But the fire is too big and the meat is easily burnt. It should be better if it's a little smaller."

Garcia held a handful of skewered meat and placed them in Han Zu's outstretched hands, on which dark green flames were burning. After hearing Garcia's words, the flames shrank a little under his control. This time the temperature was just right, which could quickly cook the food while ensuring the taste and not burning it.

"How do you get these barbecue ingredients? Sprinkle them after grilling?"

"Ah! How can you eat it like that? Sprinkling the seasoning while grilling is the soul. It's okay. The extra seasoning won't get on my hands, so don't worry."

"This is the first time I've seen this kind of barbecue style. You're quite good at it."

"In life, you have to try everything. This is a good roast."

While eating barbecue, the two discussed their experiences in the dungeon. Han Zu was very interested in the guy named Zhulong. He hadn't seen such a powerful opponent for a long time. If he didn't use the power of the Gift of Death, he might really lose to him.

"You still have to work harder! That guy is really amazing."

"I don't think so. After all, the Gift of Death is also part of your power."

"If you keep using your trump card, it will become useless. I really lost this time. I have to have the courage to face failure, right?"

"You're right."

After throwing some large pieces of roasted ribs to the Death Hounds, the two men stopped talking and concentrated on eating the barbecue. The atmosphere was very peaceful and warm.