Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 191 Eastern Rift
In the northern grassland and the eastern rift valley, the surge in players has almost filled up the valley.

In addition to the daily task [Search for Rift Samples], the [Search for Ancient Relics] launched by Wang Yue attracted players from half of the grassland to gather here.

Simply because the monster levels in other places are too high, this is the only place with low levels and similar to ruins mining.

The rift opens from the center of the grassland and can be hundreds of meters deep. The only way the player can walk is along the slope of the rift opening.

The special monster [Rift Earth Spirit] will actively attack players who appear on the slope. Its unique skill [Earth Spirit Charge] also has a knockback effect. If you are not careful, you will be knocked to the bottom of the valley and die on the spot.

Therefore, there are not many players who are defeated head-on by monsters here. Most of them die from falling down the slope.

Maple Leaf originally planned to shut down the show, but Wang Yue's special mission forced her to work overtime, and she also asked Fat Cat and Paocai to work overtime with her.

The fat cat who regained her freedom returned to her home. Now she no longer uses a bulk laptop, but a holographic projection device worth hundreds of thousands.

She was unhappy the whole day today, and even she herself didn't know why she had to go online to level up.

"What's wrong, Fat Cat Sister? I feel like you're not very happy today?"

"It's okay, just take care of yourself."

After being retorted, Paocai could only shut up. Except for the two friends who came to help, his status in the team was the lowest.

"Kotonoha has work to arrange and can't team up with us."

Maple Leaf once tried to invite Kotonoha, but was rejected not because of the remuneration, but because the studio boss Ruilong asked Kotonoha not to contact the anchor. Because of the contract, Kotonoha could only listen to his boss.

"It's not about this, Sister Fengye."

Fat Cat sighed and said that she originally thought that she could rescue Wang Yue with her passion, but she didn't expect that she and Yan Ye would be easily caught by others.

After returning home, Fat Cat was scolded by his father for a long time, and he realized his own childishness.

"I just wondered why I was incapable of helping my friend."

The conversation started and Fat Cat began to talk about his own affairs. Maple Leaf immediately paused the live broadcast and the audience who wanted to hear gossip all typed question marks in the live broadcast room.

This team cleared out monsters along the way and collected rift samples. They continued to move downward, but Fat Cat was the only one talking along the way, and even Maple Leaf didn't say a word.

"If it weren't for my family's wealth, I wouldn't have access to so many resources. There are very few things I can do on my own."

After experiencing the incident of breaking into the Star Company, Fat Cat actually admired the crazy Kotonoha. At least she was willing to do anything, and although she was not physically strong, she could knock down several security guards.

Compared to Kotonoha, I am really weak.

After she finished speaking and let out a long sigh, Maple Leaf allowed the live broadcast to continue.

[The anchor doesn't treat us as his own people, how petty]

[We can just listen secretly, you can also broadcast live secretly]

[I suggest the female anchor repeat it. I like to listen to gossips about beautiful women.]

Maple Leaf ignored the audience's pleas and continued to comfort Fat Cat.

Women are better at comforting others, and although the fat cat didn't become happier, at least he was no longer negative.

A team of people has arrived at the bottom of the rift, where many teams of level 12 players have gathered. Everyone is knocking on the ground and walls, trying to find clues.

The monsters at the bottom of the rift are different from those on the hillside. They are called [Rift Stone Spirits].

The earth spirit attacks with yellow mud, while the stone spirit uses grey stones as arms.

The characteristic has also changed from a warrior's charge to a ranged profession's stone throwing. Although the stones that serve as arms are removed and thrown, the damage of [Stone Throw] is very considerable.

Each player's health can withstand a maximum of five hits, but the area below the rift is occupied by players, so the stone spirits will be destroyed as soon as they appear.

The most important thing right now is to find the triggering conditions for the hidden task. There are nearly a hundred players here, and everyone wants to be the first hero to discover the hidden task.

The Maple Leafs are also on the lookout.

If it weren't for Wang Yue's mission, they would never have believed that there could be any relics underground with only rocks and soil.

"Kimchi, it's time for you to shine."

Every time at this time, it is always Kaocai from the Maple Leaf team who stands out and discovers important clues. Perhaps it is because as an editor, he is meticulous and can notice things that ordinary people overlook.

But this time, the omnipotent kimchi had no inspiration. The surrounding stones looked almost the same and there was no difference to be seen.

"Even the stones here are the same, it's hard to see what's special about them."

"The same stone?"

Fengye felt as if she had seen this scene before. She seemed to remember that before the game was beta tested, someone posted a question on the forum asking for help, asking for help to find the exit on the thirteen identical steps of the castle.

Although he was a beat late, Maple Leaf still helped Wang Yue find the clue to the entrance to the seventh level.

"If it's the same as last time, it should be a geometric puzzle related to the Euler line."

"What line?"

"The audience in my live broadcast room all understand it, so you wouldn't not understand it, right?"

Maple Leaf smiled. She felt as if she had been led astray by the fat cat and started to play tricks on Kimchi as well.

But she immediately retracted her smile the next second. If she really wanted to solve the puzzle strictly, she would have to search for some specific mathematical formulas on the Internet.

"Look around to see if there are any new monsters. I'll think about it first."

Maple Leaf turned his back to the crowd and began to observe the patterns at the bottom of the rift.

If we look at the arrangement of similar stones, we can see that there is an elliptical pattern at the bottom. As long as we find a few important nodes that match the ellipse and try them one by one, we may be able to trigger the task.

"I dreamed of returning to my student days, and actually started doing questions."

Fengye quickly marked several points according to the current map location. She took out a small knife for close combat self-defense, walked to the first point and squatted down.

The team members watched Maple Leaf stab the ground hard.

Nothing happened and the knife returned to Maple Leaf's waist.

"Why can't I see any difference in where the captain poked?"

"Huh, you don't even understand this. Didn't compulsory education teach you about the coordinates of the center of an ellipse?"

"Does junior high school learn ellipticals? I forgot."

Paocai touched his head. He had no idea how to solve the puzzle. He could only call on his equally confused friends to continue killing monsters and make a name for themselves.

Fat Cat now came close to Maple Leaf. Although both of them had higher education, their memories of their student days were very vague.

After correcting each other's mistakes, they found the next node.

This time it was Fat Cat's turn to take action. The two daggers dug into the ground at the same time, drew a circle around the center, and finally drew a hollow point at the centrifugal point.

The ground shook, rocks fell, and a rock hand crawled out of the crack. All the players at the bottom of the rift were blown to the sides by the underground wind.

[King of the Rift: The king of the natural creatures in the Rift Valley. Unfortunately, it is not a relic.]

【grade:??】

The ruins were not found but a BOSS appeared, which was a real surprise.

(End of this chapter)