The Fourth Quadrant of Online Games

Daya over the star.

Atta led the other hundred or so warships, fully alert, guarding the only pure land in DELTA, this man-made Dyson sphere. Fifteen seconds ago, she had just received a message from someone passing by, and when she looked up, she saw the shadow of black mud on the screen.

There are about dozens of long limbs that fly fast, and each one is like a missile, drawing a dark trajectory in the air, and attacking Daiya star fiercely.

"All ships, raise your shields!" Atta ordered, "Shoot with all your strength!"

A gorgeous firepower net was spread above the track, just like what the passers-by said, like a grand fireworks show.

"Report to the boss, the first long limb seems to have been defeated!" The Sea Shark Gang battleship that was at the forefront reported to her.

The pirate leader breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good, maintain the current output power, and continue to intercept the second long limb..."

"Not good, boss, they gathered together again, the scale is smaller than before, but the speed is faster... Ah!" The communication was suddenly cut off.

Atta glanced at the communication channel, and found that the head of the player who was still talking just now was grayed out, and the cruiser he was driving had completely disappeared.

"Boss, boss! The first long limb is changing direction and sweeping towards our team!"

"Call the Sea Shark Gang. We have observed that the subsequent long limbs are changing shape. According to this infinite stretching momentum, the light cannon will not be able to aim."

"The system confirmed that Team A, Team E, and Team G have lost their positioning, and there is no effective contact unit at present."

One after another, messages arrived at the communicator of the Sea Shark Gang mothership.

Atta's hands holding the weapon launcher tightened slightly.The black mud outside is still raging like a dragon swimming into the sea, the speed is almost dazzling.She saw with her own eyes that a ship of the Gangamore Empire was surrounded by two strands of long limbs that were as thin as hair. Before even a torpedo could be launched, it was dismembered into countless pieces.This is not an offensive and defensive battle with back and forth in normal games. Players who are used to space battles are helpless in front of the black mud, as fragile as paramecium—this is a one-sided, high-dimensional confrontation. Low-dimensional massacre.

"Listen up to the rest of the ships." She could tell that there was a tremor in her voice, "Stop attacking, and concentrate all energy on the shield. If the shield energy is less than 60.00%, abandon the ship immediately, and The nearest teammates meet. Everyone, all ships, return to Daya star immediately."

No one questioned her.

The communication channel was clean, and she wasn't even sure how many ships' communication systems were still intact, and how many people were still alive and could hear her order.

Fortunately, she could see that her fleet formation was shrinking, and there were dozens of ships sporadically returning to the mothership of the Sea Shark Gang before the black mud.

Atta counted every ship on the return voyage, but the ones she hadn't seen came to mind.

No one online spoke, and those offline couldn't speak, but she still heard those familiar voices.

"Boss, didn't you agree to fight until the last moment?"

"Yes, we will fight together." Ata raised his head, staring at the black mud that had resumed its original trajectory in front of him and was attacking Dai Yaxing, "It's just that it's not the last moment yet! "

She pushed the joystick, and the mothership of the Sea Shark Gang rumbled towards the enemy like a rising mountain.

One on one!

She knew that she was not wrong in her bet. Judging from the situation where the black mud destroyed the other battleships just now, due to the stretched battle line, the attack power of the part that rushed in front of her was far weaker than that of the full body.That's why, the debris of the ship was floating around her, and these wreckages were not completely swallowed by the black mud like the people or things that encountered An in the legend, leaving no scum behind.

"Eating too much will always hold you back." She looked at the black mud and sneered, "You can try to see if you can swallow this hard bone of mine."

She heard a passing voice from the communicator: "Ata, what do you want to do?"

"Five minutes," she said, "I should be able to hold you back for another five minutes."

After saying this, she cut off the communication without waiting for a passing reply.

The pitch-black mountain stands between Dai Yaxing and An, silent and persistent, as if no one can move it.

Regardless of whether it was useful or useless, Atta chose to attack with all her strength, aiming all one hundred and nine cannon barrels at the black mud in front of her, and ammunition of different colors flew all over the sky. fleet effect.

The screen was full of flames, which warmed the yellow pupils of the Gangamores. It's not that Ata didn't see the black mud that scattered and gathered behind the layer of flames and was still moving forward, but she was still laughing.

Even if she can't fight, she won't retreat. Both she and her boat have iron bones, and she won't fall until the last bit of flesh and blood is bitten clean.

"This is my game." She wasn't counting down, and she didn't need to count down, she just closed her eyes, listening to the howl of death that didn't reach her ears, enjoying the life in "Ata" every moment of fire.

The bridge shook heavily, but did not collapse immediately.

Atta opened his eyes in doubt, and was surprised to find that a shield had been opened in front of his ship.

Her shield was riddled with holes from the bite of the black mud, where did this new shield come from now?Moreover, the shield seemed to have temporarily blocked Hei Ni's footsteps. Hei Ni was crazily hitting a few hundred meters away from her, but it couldn't be broken in one blow.

A communication request appeared in front of her.

Atta hesitated, but chose to click on it.

The face of the Eriba appeared on the screen. The moment she saw her, perhaps more than eight emotions appeared in those eight eyes, including anxiety, worry, timidity, and pure joy.

"You're okay, that's great." He whispered, just like when he was facing her in the past, he was anxious and submissive.

"What are you doing?" Atta's tone was not much better. She had already confirmed what Weng had done. "Are you crazy for pulling the shield of Daya Star so far?"

The greater the coverage, the shorter the shield's duration, no doubt risking a whole Dyson sphere to save her.

The Aliba shook his head: "I'm not crazy. Atta, the one thing I regret the most is that I can't leave Daya Star at this moment, go to your side, and fight side by side with you."

"You, fighting?" Atta frowned deeply, "You coward, what are you talking about fighting with me? Listen, I'm not staying here for you or Dai Yaxing. You don't need to be touched , just stay obediently in your golden house, and wait for me to take your head someday."

Weng smiled: "There is nothing left."

Atta asked alertly, "What do you mean?"

"I can't go up to accompany you because I'm doing this." The Aliba on the screen stepped aside a little, and presented the topographical map in front of the pirate leader, "Quick, it's almost finished, and 3 minutes at most."

Ata suddenly understood what he was doing, and his eyes widened: "Are you going to blow up Daya Star? You... You made a decision with that kid? That's what he said The second way?"

Weng nodded, but there were still a few pairs of "hands" moving non-stop on the topographic map.

"Daiya Star cannot be destroyed by An's hands. If you can't hold it, you must blow it up in advance," he said calmly, "This is good for all players."

Ata was shocked for a few seconds, and murmured: "But, Dai Yaxing is not you..."

Ten years of hard work, the cash cow, the treasure nest, the things that person cares most about in the game.

That guy obviously should continue to be stingy. He would rather have a universe wiped out than spend a penny, let alone take the initiative to let his ten years of hard work in DELTA come to nothing.

The Eriba raised a long limb, touched his lips, and let out a "shh".

"Just now, at the second before I let the shield open," he looked at Ata softly, "Can you tell me, what are you thinking?"

The pirate leader bared his lips and refused to speak.

"I want to tell you what I was thinking. I was thinking about the day we just met, that day was the first day DELTA opened its server, that was exactly ten years ago, when I was crowded in the crowd, wondering whether to change A race, and then I saw you as soon as I turned around. You smiled and told me that this is DELTA. There are really interesting aliens in DELTA. You also asked me, can you touch my hand... "

The man was nagging in his ear, but Atta didn't tell him to shut up as usual.

In ten years, from the beginning to the end, from acquaintance to acquaintance, acquaintance to killing each other, their appearance has changed again and again. She always thought that they would never face each other like this again, calmly and chatting about the past.

"I don't want DELTA to be destroyed." Ata sighed, and she rarely softened her posture. She stretched out her hand, picked up the luminous pearl at hand, and hugged it in her arms, "No matter how far the past is, I will never forget it." I don't want it to be ruined."

The Eriba stretched out its long limbs and stuck them to the screen, as if caressing the stone-like face of the Gangamore woman across the distance between heaven and earth.

"Then pray, hope that guy can do it." He murmured.

Those who say they can do it are still caught in the flames of war.

Compared with the defenders of Dai Yaxing, the losses of passing men are not too great. An's head is huge and his maneuverability is poor. Although once it hits it, there will be no good fruit, but as long as he dodges immediately, the ship will not be destroyed. people die.

But on the contrary, the threat they posed to An became more and more negligible.

Those who passed by were clear in their hearts. If this continues, nothing will happen to him and his fleet, and Atta will definitely not be able to hold on.

More than half of the five minutes the pirate chief told him had passed, and he knew what was going on there without asking.

He looked at the messy battlefield all around him, and a trace of guilt suddenly surged in his heart.

The battle may have been hopeless from the start.

He remembered that Atta asked him, they fought hard to delay the coming of the doomsday, and what was the purpose of all their efforts?The truth is not like what the passing nonsense said, the system will reward the player if he persists for a certain period of time.The system will not give rewards, the current system simply regards them as flying insects, and is trying to kill them all.

So, what is he waiting for?

"I'm waiting for someone," the passerby replied to Atta, "I believe in him, he will definitely be able to save Delta."

But now time is passing by every minute and every second, there is still no sign of the logout restriction being lifted, and Anya is still aggressive. Of course he still believes in that person, but he can't help but worry about the time left for them, the players in the game. Not enough.

The red light on the screen flashed, which was a signal from the Aliba people that the preparations were complete.

He knew that as long as he gave an order here, the Dai Ya star in the distance would completely turn into a bright fire.

This is not the bomb that he casually placed in the Central Hotel that day. It is the ultimate weapon that can destroy the entire Dyson sphere in an instant.Weng is to Dai Yaxing, just like FREE is to DELTA, the self-destruct device set up by him may destroy Dai Yaxing at a speed that is not inferior to An'an.

Those players who are still enjoying the happy time on Daya Star, what will they see when the weapon is activated?The flames that engulfed them did not come from the sky, but from under their own feet.Everyone will taste what it feels like to fall from heaven to hell. The joy of the last moment and the hopes that were once had will all be shattered.Just like those people who died in the bombing on Planet Shaka, the moment they popped up the game, they didn't feel relief, but endless fear, right?

From the beginning to the end, he knew that Dai Yaxing was just a dream, but how he wished that this beautiful dream would never wake up, especially not to be broken by himself.

The passers-by looked at the black mud so close at hand, and a thought flashed through their minds.

"Don't believe too much in what you see."

This was the last reminder Wu Xuechun left for him on the Voyage Star, and it seems to be very applicable even now.

He was enlightened all of a sudden, and he no longer hesitated to blow up Dai Yaxing, but directly issued an order to return collectively.

"If I'm not mistaken, An will leave here immediately," he said to his zorb buddies and others, "As soon as there is a sign of retreat, you should go back quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, the boat he was driving turned into a phantom, and flew away from Dai Yaxing at the fastest speed.

Are you chasing me?

While passing by, he was scurrying around in the universe, while paying attention to the black mud that he had temporarily thrown away.When the dark trails finally appeared on the screen, for the first time he felt so happy to see them.

"Ata, Chiliu, have An left?" He asked the two of them.

He received two confirmation signals.

"That's good," the passer-by turned off the communication, looked directly at the black mud in front of him and said to himself, "that means, it is indeed coming towards me."