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Chapter 546 Player's Death (It's almost the end of the month, please vote with some monthly tickets)

"Hello everyone! I am Tianji Laoren. I'm sure you're all familiar with me, so I won't waste any more time introducing myself!"

"I started this thread mainly to record things and help more players have a clearer and more intuitive understanding of world bosses."

"As you all know, the imaginary space is a gift from the gods to humankind. We can obtain everything we want through the imaginary space!"

"In the fifty years since the Imaginary Space server opened, its area has been continuously expanding. I'm sure you players have noticed this!"

Speaking of it.

The post below contains several different pictures.

The drawing is very detailed.

At first, the smallest was just a single continent.

In the end, it turned into a blueprint that occupied an entire star system.

The stars within are densely packed, and those are maps in imaginary space.

Each spot of light is labeled with the name of its respective region.

It's clear that the person who created this image put a lot of thought into it.

"As the imaginary space continues to expand, the number of parallel worlds it covers grows exponentially, and the number of players entering it also increases."

However, the monsters within them are also getting higher and higher level.

Even ten years ago, a world boss with a level of 1000 appeared on planet C50, but it disappeared suddenly for unknown reasons not long after its appearance.

See here.

Su Li also remembered it, although he hadn't become a player yet and hadn't seen it in person.

However, according to information found later in the forum.

I also gained a basic understanding of it.

The world boss is called "Painter of Prisons," and she is depicted as a human woman.

After it was discovered, many players wanted to kill it.

After all, the benefits that this imaginary space can bring are obvious to everyone.

The power gained here can be simultaneously transferred to reality.

If you become the first player to defeat the world boss.

The benefits that can be obtained are unimaginably abundant, even if you think about it with your bottom.

Therefore, many top player guilds at the time gathered their skilled players to launch a siege against him.

What they didn't expect was...

The result, however, almost left the player with psychological trauma.

Because that [Painter of Prisons] is too powerful.

It possesses a strange, territorial power that affects everything that comes near it, whether it be an attack or a living being.

Everything will turn into two-dimensional paper, losing the concept of height.

It's simply impossible to harm it.

This also meant that all attacks landed on him without any effect.

However, these things are nothing to players.

The player's biggest advantage is that they can't die.

No matter how powerful or extraordinary the monster may be.

When facing other players, you can use sheer numbers to slowly wear them down.

After all, there is no shortage of top-tier players among some gamers.

It can even lead to death through a single experience.

The most effective methods for encirclement and elimination were devised.

However, the problem is that players can't even look directly at the world boss.

Not to mention a siege.

Finally, the [Painter of Prisons] suddenly disappeared one day.

For this reason, some player guilds searched for several years, believing that the other party must have hidden somewhere.

There were also various unrealistic rumors, such as that the boss had already been killed.

Think of this.

Suli continued looking down.

"Just half an hour ago, the world boss reappeared in the imaginary space!"
Some players have probably already experienced this firsthand! I won't go into too much detail here.

Below are the world bosses that appeared this time. According to the count, besides the previously disappeared [Painter of the Prison], there are three other unfamiliar world bosses.

Below this text.

This is the basic information about the four world bosses that appeared in the imaginary space.

First.

It's that "Painter of Prisons" who appeared ten years ago.

A woman in a blood-red dress, with a beautiful face.

Carrying a huge scroll on his back.

Any living being that gets within 10,000 meters of it will turn into paper and disappear into the scroll behind it.

This time, it appeared on planet A32, near Tianyan Mountain.

the second.

It's called the "Blood-Eyed Death Bird".

It was a giant black crow, as large as a mountain.

The head was covered with strange, blood-red eyeballs.

Its saliva drips from its mouth, possessing a power that can corrode the earth.

With a flap of its wings, countless ashes, like feathers of death, scattered and roared out, covering the sky and the earth like a death hurricane, sweeping in all directions!
Everything affected by it will become rotten, decayed, and turn to ashes!
Even more terrifying is its cry; the moment any living being hears it, it dies.

Location: A99, above the boundless sea.

The third is the [Double-Headed Demon Nest].

It was a twisted mountain of flesh made up of countless pale tentacles.

Two faces, one male and one female, stood back to back on each other, split open at the top of the mountain of flesh.

The woman's beauty was unparalleled, like that of a banished immortal.

The man had an unusual and striking appearance.

Their lower bodies were completely fused with the wriggling tentacles, the intertwined tendrils twisting and coiling continuously.

Anyone who sees its appearance or even hears its whispers will suffer mental corruption, fall into madness, and kill each other to death.

Location: Planet D36, deep within the Valley of the Abyss.

As for the last one.

It is the [Serpent of Annihilation]

Its true form is a giant, pale serpent, so large that it can coil around the entire planet.

Whenever your gaze makes contact with it.

You will see bizarre and distorted images and various delirious ramblings.

It was spotted on planet B15 30 minutes ago.

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This document details the attack methods employed by each world boss, their locations, and basic information.

Just without exception.

Only the name is provided.

The health, resistances, armor, skills, and other stats for these characters are all question marks.

Unable to conduct exploration.

Furthermore, these images of world bosses are not original images; they are more like two-dimensional compositions.

That's why.

It's because any form of contact will have an impact.

Even in reality, this is no exception.

About that.

When the "Painter of Prisons" first appeared, many players saw his picture in real life, which affected them.

Although the result is not as severe as being in imaginary space.

However, this also resulted in permanent psychological trauma for a large number of players.

Therefore, real pictures cannot be used when organizing information.

But even so.

It is quite remarkable that we were able to compile these statistics in such a short time.

"These are the four world bosses that appeared this time."

Neither the Painter nor the Twin-Headed Nest showed any inclination to attack the player.

After it appeared, it stayed in the same place.

As for the [Blood-Eyed Raven King], it displayed a strong desire to attack.

Any player targeted by it.

They will all be killed.

but.

In this.

The creature that slaughtered the most players was the final, world-destroying serpent, which instantly killed all the players on planet B15 after it appeared.

Furthermore, he is somewhat different from the other world bosses.

After doing all this, the serpent of destruction vanished.

So far, its exact location has not been found, but it is suspected to be the same as the previous "Painting Prison Master," possibly hiding somewhere!
After all, these world bosses are quite intelligent!

That concludes the post from the original poster, Tianji Laoren.

See here.

Su Li frowned.

These world bosses are all incredibly powerful, to the point of being despairing.

Players don't even have the ability to look directly at each other.

Not to mention killing!

How is this still playing?
Su Li recalled the scene when she faced that world-destroying serpent.

Even now, I feel a bit cold.

Thinking of this, he shook his head.

I was just about to log out.

Then the Old Man of Heavenly Secrets posted another message.

"Just now, the Imaginary Space underwent an upgrade, changing the mechanics for world bosses."

The update content is as follows:

1. Reduce the visual impact of world bosses so that ordinary players can look at them normally.

Second, the player's true damage mechanism has been enhanced; after breaking through a shield, direct damage based on the target's health will be dealt, forcibly deducting one point from their health bar.

See this.

Su Li was startled. Without thinking, she clicked on the comments section.

As expected, the previously quiet player community instantly erupted in excitement.

"Awesome! I'm logging into the game right now! I'm going to avenge myself and beat them to a pulp!" "I just got one-shotted by that Destruction Serpent, now watch how I get my revenge!"

"Come on, even if the mechanics are changed, world bosses aren't that easy to defeat, are they?"

Some players remain hesitant and have reservations.

"Idiot, what do you know? We're players! As long as we can deal damage, there's no boss we can't take down!"

Some people are disdainful.

There is only one fundamental reason why world bosses are so difficult to defeat.

That's because the mechanism is too abnormal.

Even looking directly into a situation can affect the player and lead to their death.

Now, the imaginary space has changed this rule, adding a mechanism where damage is deducted as long as the defense is broken.

Defeating world bosses is no longer just a pipe dream.

The moment I saw this message.

Some top guilds have already begun preparing a plan to encircle and suppress them.

In the previous situation.

Players dare to gang up on them.

Let alone now.

Even Su Li's captain sent him a message at this moment, telling him to get ready.

Once the six-hour cooldown period for death is over, you can immediately log back in.

……

Within the imaginary space.

Beams of light flashed continuously.

Almost all the players entered the imaginary space.

These players were all excited, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

They headed towards the locations of the three world bosses.

……

at the same time.

At the very instant the imaginary space is updated.

Hu Qi, who had just wiped out another player from a planet, looked up as if sensing something.

He sensed the abnormal changes in the rules of this imaginary space.

The influence of the Dao Lord's life position on him is being shielded.

This feeling is like putting a protective shield on him, blocking out his true appearance.

"It's unbelievable that they could do something like this..."

Hu Qi's expression was somewhat strange.

Although I think so.

However, this did not affect his behavior of harvesting modified values.

Let's ignore the rest for now.

Don't miss out on these modified values.

……

As the time goes.

Just as many players were enthusiastically besieging the three world bosses, namely [Painter of the Prison], [Blood-Eyed Raven King], and [Twin-Headed Demon Nest],...

Some players have experienced unexplained deaths.

They didn't even know how they died.

And this has become increasingly common over time.

This situation caused quite a stir in the forum.

Not all players are idiots.

Some players immediately guessed that it might be the work of the final, world-destroying serpent.

After all, only these world bosses have the ability to do this.

Moreover, the imaginary space cannot be viewed in the conventional sense; it is not a real game world.

The monsters inside all possess their own intelligence.

for this.

Players all know this.

However, to say that you're an invisible world boss with an incredibly long health bar is a bit too cunning.

They even resorted to sneak attacks; it's utterly shameless.

The players who were killed took to the forums to condemn the evil deeds of the World-Destroying Serpent, also known as Hu Qi, with angry denunciations rising one after another.

That's why it's so intense.

There is an even more important reason.

That means being killed by other bosses.

They will only drop 1 level at most.

It will be back up soon.

The damage to them was negligible.

However, after being killed by Hu Qi, he immediately dropped 10 levels.

This is a total rip-off.

Therefore, if the words of many players could be turned into sharp blades, Hu Qi's health bar would probably have been wiped out by this overwhelming barrage of insults long ago.

But a pity.

This behavior was of no use to Hu Qi.

Faced with Hu Qi's wide-ranging attacks.

These players have no way to avoid it even if they want to.

The only thing I can do is stay offline.

But how could that be?

……

That night.

A crescent moon hangs high in the sky, half-hidden by a thin mist.

"Damn it! You monstrous serpent of destruction! I'll kill you!"

A furious roar exploded in a luxurious room.

Lin Hai suddenly stood up from the nutrient tank, his face contorted in a terrifying grimace.

This is so frustrating!
He, a dignified level 150 sword master, was actually killed five times by that damned world-destroying serpent.

Now, not only has his level plummeted to level 100 Sword King, but all his equipment has also been completely destroyed.

After going online, all you get is a plain pair of underwear; it's absolutely pathetic.

Sudden.

His body stiffened abruptly.

"boom!"

Without warning, he collapsed heavily to the ground, his pupils dilated suddenly, his limbs twitched twice, and then he fell silent.

he died.

at this moment.

Across all the worlds, tens of thousands of players died simultaneously.

The news spread rapidly.

It's not unusual for players to die.

The problem is that it's not in the imaginary space, but in reality.

Moreover, this was not an isolated incident, but rather the simultaneous death of tens of thousands of players.

This death toll continues to rise over time.

This discovery was like a depth charge dropped into a calm lake, instantly creating huge ripples.

Players in the imaginary space are fearless because they know they won't die. Even if they do, they'll only be offline for a short time, and after the cooldown period, they can log back in.

But now, death in the imaginary space is actually affecting reality.

This is the first time something like this has happened.

This also made these lawless players feel a chill for the first time.

……

Click!

The cracking sound of bones breaking was particularly jarring in the silent air.

In the center of an oval-shaped pit more than ten meters in diameter, a burly man carrying a giant sword is embedded in the cracked rock like a rag doll.

His neck was at an eerie angle, and dark red bloodstains stained the bluish-gray rocks.

At this point, the burly man's corpse began to become transparent.

First, its limbs turned into specks of light, then its torso scattered like sand, and finally only the giant black iron sword remained, stuck diagonally among the rubble.

The sword had a faint blue sheen, and the blood groove at the edge still had traces of undried blood.

A semi-transparent text message floated above the greatsword:
[Pick-up Item: Mystic Iron Greatsword (Epic)]

[Remaining time: 5:595:585:57]

With each tick of the countdown, the blue light on the sword dimmed a little.

Six minutes later, this epic weapon, which is enough to make many players envious and fight for it, will completely disappear and will no longer be able to be picked up.

Hu Qi, who was standing to one side, ignored this.

Something moved in his heart.

Bring up the panel.

My eyes immediately fell on the modified value column at the bottom.

[Modified value: 19784649 (6%)]

This is the harvest from the continuous efforts over this period.

This caused his modified value to skyrocket from over one million to nearly twenty million points.

For Hu Qi, this imaginary space was a treasure trove for obtaining modified values.

Unfortunately, it seems that the current situation cannot continue.

He discovered that players he had killed more than five times would start dying in real life.

This has led to a significant decrease in the number of players in these worlds.

Players are essentially part of these membrane worlds.

A small number of deaths is fine, but an excessive number can cause serious problems.

It is very likely that this will indirectly disrupt the fragile balance of the world of membranes.

This intensifies erosion and leads to the rupture of the boundary membrane.

"According to this person, since the emergence of the imaginary space, no matter how many times a player dies, there has never been an example of a player dying in reality. This is basically a consensus among all players."

"But now this unexpected thing has happened. Could it be because of the modified value?"

(End of this chapter)