Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 355 Thunder Flying Knife
"Oh wow!!!"

A group of believers who had stripped themselves of their flesh and blood shouted in unison. They could no longer be called human, their bodies almost entirely composed of bare bones, surrounded by a chaotic aura, with blue light shooting from the eye sockets of their skulls.

The Lost One, Level 70, Cyan Boss.

In the upper right corner of the map's mission panel, the remaining number of Lost Ones pops up: 2018!

Excellent! 2000+ cyan BOSSes represent a massive amount of experience and points. Not only will it significantly boost my level, but it will also provide a lot of points for the SSS-level quests in the Lost Lands. Reaching the top spot in the entire server shouldn't be a problem.

So, I started diligently farming Lost Ones.

Basically, a decapitation can be completed in three to five sword strikes. The speed of the battle is very fast, and the experience points are massive. For a time, I was unconsciously immersed in the joy of killing monsters.

……

It was around 11 p.m. at night.

Opening the Lost Lands leaderboard, I saw that my ranking was far ahead, about 30% ahead of Bai Yuekui in second place. In addition, with a large number of kills, the blue treasure chests in my storage space had piled up like mountains.

"drop!"

A message came from Jianjia: "Ding Han, where are you grinding monsters? You're so strong... Wow, your score is far ahead, even Boss Bai is left far behind."

"I accepted an S-rank quest, entered a hidden map, and there are lots of monsters..."

"envious……"

She smiled slightly: "However, be careful when venturing deep into the Lost Lands. Our Chinese server is playing it safe, so not too many players have ventured into the core area of ​​the Lost Lands. But the foreign servers are more reckless. I heard that Moon Soil, Blood and Sand, Elizabeth and their group have brought quite a few people into the core area of ​​the Lost Lands. Be careful and avoid them."

"Okay, I remember. You too, be careful."

Turn off the communicator and continue hacking and slashing, cutting down the last few lost souls in the Lost Temple.

In an instant, the temple was littered with corpses and skeletons. As the chaotic energy dissipated, these skeletons turned charred black and soon scattered with the wind, turning into ashes!
Don't rush out, open the box first!

Quickly open the extradimensional storage space and begin opening treasure chests in batches.

The bell kept ringing in my ears, but I didn't have high expectations. After version 4.0, the drop rate of the blue treasure chest was bound to be lowered, and even if the items that came out were good, they wouldn't be anything special.

In the end, just as expected.

2018 cyan treasure chests yielded a total of 25 cyan equipment items, along with a bunch of orange and purple equipment. However, none of the three special items—Resurrection Codex, Storm Core, and Phase Teleport Core—were obtained.

If nothing unexpected happens, these three items have been removed from the blue treasure chest pool; it's just that they weren't mentioned in the detailed system update.

This kind of behavior has a term in the gaming industry: "stealth modification".

Fortunately, the 2018 cyan treasure chests yielded quite a few expansion crystals, as well as a significant amount of experience and reputation points.

Actually, all of these things are useful. The expansion crystal can make my storage space bigger, making it easier to put Gundams in it in the future.

Experience points are exactly what we need right now.

As for reputation points, these are also very important. The higher the reputation level, the higher the player's status in the faction, and the more benefits they enjoy. These are all things that can be seen with the naked eye.

Congratulations! You have completed the "Lost Temple" map walkthrough and obtained the final reward: "Chaos Flying Knife" (Quality: Cataclysmic Grade, S8, Gold)!

[The map is about to close, and you will be teleported out of the map!]

……

Now that I'm here, I know I can't just teleport me into this brutal map without giving me any reward, can I?
The moment my body was teleported out of the hidden map, my gaze fell into the storage space. There, I saw a golden throwing knife with chaotic lightning flowing inside, lying there quietly. Although it was short, it was very powerful and looked extremely menacing!
【Chaos Flying Knife】(Quality: Catastrophe Grade · S8 · Gold)

Rank: Sixth Rank

Type: Energy Blade
How to use: Throw

Attack: 6500-8000
Specialty: Deals massive damage upon hitting a target and inflicts a lightning paralysis effect that lasts for several seconds.
Charging time: 9 seconds

Biography: A throwing knife from the warp, exceptionally sharp, once a hidden weapon of a powerful warp being.
Strength required: 1000
Required Agility: 1000
……

"Depend on……"

The properties of the Chaos Flying Knife are astonishing... It's actually the same as my previous Thunder Flying Knife, both being throwing-type energy blades!
But the Chaos Flying Knife's attributes are clearly more explosive!
The Thunder Blade is an orange-tier item with an attack cap of only 1050, while the Chaos Blade has a cap of 8000. In addition, its charging time is 9 seconds, which is much shorter than that of the Thunder Blade.

During the Shadow City battle, I threw Thunder Blade at Number 17, but after Number 17 ran away, I couldn't retrieve it, which meant I had no throwing knives available. Now I've finally filled that gap.

Moreover, the Chaos Flying Knife is a golden energy blade. As we all know, the higher the grade of equipment in Star Abyss, the higher its energy level. Therefore, the energy level of the Chaos Flying Knife is much higher than that of the Thunder Flying Knife!
Previously, Thunder Blade could no longer paralyze many targets, but Chaos Blade will change that.

In short, if Thunder Blade can't stun a target, Chaos Blade can stun it just the same way!
Without further ado, it was directly equipped in the empty slot of the throwing weapon.

However, to be fair, the requirements for using throwing energy blades are indeed insane. It's one thing to require 1000 points of strength, but it also requires 1000 points of agility. Looking across the entire server, how many people can actually do that?
Fortunately, my attributes are relatively strong, with 1554 Strength and 1070 Agility, which is enough to barely control this thing.

……

"Shh-"

A flash of light, and I left the Lost Temple, reappearing at the coordinates I had come from.

The old monk had long since disappeared, and a biting wind was blowing outside.

“Zizi~~”

In just three seconds, frost began to condense on the outside of my armor!
It's so cold!
The temperature difference between day and night is ridiculously large. The outside temperature has dropped rapidly to around -40 degrees Celsius, and even eyebrows and hair are starting to frost quickly.

Damn, nobody told me the nights in the Lost Lands were this cold!

He hurriedly took out his phone from his storage space and sent a message to Lin Qingying: "Qingying, I'm camping in the wild tonight and won't be going back. You should go to sleep early and remember to lock the door."

"Okay!" Lin Qingying replied, "I've been waiting for your text message. I'm going to sleep now. Be careful."

"Don't worry, go to sleep."

At that moment, I really didn't dare to take pictures of the surrounding scenery for her. Lin Qingying would definitely worry that I might get frostbite or even freeze to death in such harsh conditions...

But I'm a player, so things like frostbite don't exist for me. As long as my health bar is healthy, there's no way I'll have any problems.

“Zizi~~”

Frost quickly spread across the phone screen, the battery level fluctuated, and a warning appeared that the temperature was too low and the phone would shut down soon.

'Holy crap, it's so cold...'

After putting my phone into the storage space, I walked shakily through the wilderness, my arms wrapped around myself.

At this moment, the health bar is constantly decreasing, at about 1% per second. Although it is not too fatal and the first aid kit can keep the health bar in good condition, it is not a long-term solution.

No, we need to find somewhere to escape the cold!

I opened the squad chat and asked, "How are you guys doing? It's so cold in the Lost Lands at night, I'm freezing..."

"We withdrew because it was too cold."

Ruolin said, "Ding Han, quickly find a warm place to start a fire to keep warm. Don't worry about us. We have already retreated to the outskirts of the Lost Lands and will camp there. We'll go back into the map tomorrow at dawn."

"That's fine, I'll go find a place now."

"Ok!"

He turned off the chat, put his hands in his pockets, and walked hunched over in the wilderness.

It's so cold!
……

12:30 a.m.

The temperature in the Lost Lands has dropped to around minus seventy degrees Celsius, a temperature that is severely unsuitable for human survival.

"Buzz~~~"

The SS-level elemental energy furnace inside my body was running wildly, like a small furnace, providing precious heat to my body. To soothe the elemental energy furnace, I peeled off a piece of Dove chocolate, threw it into my mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

At this time, the rate of blood loss is even faster due to the severe cold!

My health was dropping by 3% per second, so I had to use a first aid kit as soon as my healing items were off cooldown to stay alive!
I wonder how other players survive in this kind of weather. They probably went to find caves to hide in, unlike me, who rushed out of the hidden map and encountered such harsh weather.

"Hiss..."

Just then, there seemed to be a figure ahead.

"Save me... save me..."

He stood on the hillside, maintaining his walking posture, but his whole body was unable to move. Frost was spreading across his body, and in the blink of an eye, even his face, mouth, and nose were frozen.

He is a shadowy assassin from Donghai City.

Can't help.

At this point, I was already in a precarious situation, barely able to save myself.

"Shua~~~"

The moment the Shadow Assassin froze to death, his body transformed into a golden stream of light, instantly returning to the city to resurrect.

……

carry on.

While making progress despite the difficulties, I kept carefully observing the mini-map, not missing a single detail.

Suddenly, my gaze fell on a narrow, light-colored area in the mountainous terrain on the minimap. It looked like a cave. Here it comes, the life-saving terrain has finally arrived!

He quickly used a first-aid kit, turned right, and started walking down the hillside.

Sure enough, a narrow and cramped cave appeared before them.

Stepping inside, I found myself in an uninhabited cave, about ten meters long, with a C-shaped passage that offered some shelter from the cold wind.

But this is not enough.

He took out some spare charcoal from his storage space, lit a fire at the end of the cave, then took out his power sword and cut neat pieces of stone from the rock wall. He then used these stones to build a windproof wall, took out mineral water to wet the soil, and covered the leaky areas of the stone with the soil.

After everything was settled, the cave finally warmed up.

By the firelight, he took out a bowl of pickled fish and ate it with steamed buns, then took out a cot and placed it not far from the fire.

I must fall asleep as soon as possible. The extremely low temperature just now has depleted a lot of my physical and mental energy, and I urgently need rest.

After closing my eyes, I quickly drifted off to sleep.

……

In the dream, a figure appeared vaguely.

He wore a black cloak, obscuring his face, and held a blood-red scythe in his hand. A dense aura of chaos swirled around him. He looked at me with sinister eyes and laughed, "Let's have a one-on-one duel. This duel will determine who is superior and who will live or die!"

(End of this chapter)