Chapter 725: Chapter 688: 1 to 4!
“Which direction should we head?” Todd asked.
“How about Jurassic Park?”
Camille Victoria hadn’t realized that her three new teammates are none other than the infamous Bandits in flesh. She suggested earnestly:
“There should be quite a few small mutated dinosaurs there. They should be the easiest to hunt, plus it’s close to the hunting ship so it’s convenient for upgrading equipment.”
“Good idea.”
With final exams looming, classmates and roommates alike are cramming last minute. The usually team-oriented Bandits can’t form a team now, so they decided to team up with strangers.
They accidentally teamed up with a great anchor. Whether this is fortunate or not remains to be seen.
They have no objections to Camille Victoria’s suggestion, and all set off towards the dilapidated Jurassic Park.
…
Camille Victoria’s guess was spot on.
Not long after entering the park, they spot two mutated dinosaurs, each around four meters in length, fighting each other.
By looking at their remaining features, Todd guessed, “They should be Mo’s Gryphon Triceratops and Rock Temple South Anhui Dragon.”
“????” Camille Victoria is shocked, “You can tell all that?”
“It doesn’t matter! Let’s go!” Todd’s roommate, teammate with the ID “Focused on Studying,” holding a sword in his left hand and a shield in his right, charged forward.
“Take this Shield Strike!”
The two mutated dinosaurs immediately stop fighting and agilely sidestep, rushing toward their team from either side.
“Focused on Studying” charged so fast that he couldn’t stop himself, shouting as he ran past the target.
The other teammate, “I Love Studying”, didn’t even try to dodge. He made an arrow step, swung his double-hand ax behind him, and started to charge in place while roaring!
The ax began to glow. Obviously, he planned to hit the dinosaur hard without backing down!
Finally, Todd whose ID is “Studying Makes Me Happy”, jogs a few steps, jumps onto a low wall over two meters high, then springs towards another mutated dinosaur.
Although he’s airborne, it doesn’t stop him from putting himself into the correct “Posture”. His double knives illuminate and draw brilliant arcs of light as he spins in mid-air!
Clearly, he’s picked up this new combat style effortlessly!
Only Camille Victoria doesn’t do fancy moves. She quickly runs towards a collapsed wall, intending to take cover and snipe – she’s still thinking using the combat logic from “Battlefield”.
“Die!!!” “I Love Studying” swings his giant ax!
Todd doesn’t have time to shout – he’s a little dizzy and can only work hard to control his attack direction.
But they underestimated how cunning these mutated dinosaurs were! The two dinosaurs suddenly accelerate, their necks extended, rushing towards their adversaries!
“I Love Studying’s” full-force ax swing hit thin air, turning into a blow with the ax handle against the dinosaur, not causing any noticeable damage.
He himself was charged at by the dinosaur, losing a third of his health instantly.
Lacking the awareness of “falling with the blow”, he got up several beats slower. When he finally lifted his head, it directly faced a huge, snarling dinosaur mouth!
The dinosaur bit down, causing him to lose another third of his health.
He tried to roll away, but the dinosaur’s claw swiftly followed, clearing out his last third of health!
In the meantime, Todd’s windmill attack made a round on the back of the other mutated dinosaur, causing blood to splash everywhere.
But after making the round, the dinosaur charged towards Camille Victoria, while he himself couldn’t stop on time and had to spin a few times in the air before landing.
By the time he turned around to assist the teammate with the shield, “I Love Studying” had already been annihilated, and Camille Victoria only had time to fire two crossbow arrows and is being chased to run wildly.
“Come this way!” Todd shouted, “There’s a tank here!”
Camille Victoria obediently ran over.
But the problem is, she’s running in a straight line….
Even though Todd and “Focused on Studying” rushed over to assist quickly, Camille Victoria was badly clawed and only had a sliver of health left.
Fortunately, her teammate charged forward with his shield, blocking the dinosaur’s lunge at her, allowing her to narrowly survive.
“Focused on Studying” stood his ground after deflecting a lunge, and swiftly raised his other hand to bring the sword down on the dinosaur.
Next to him, Todd tried to hold off the other dinosaur.
But a normal attack without charging barely deals any damage. It only contacted the dinosaur for 5% of its health, but when it bit him, he lost a third of his health.
He can’t withstand it at all!
Camille Victoria nervously provided support from the back, one crossbow arrow after another firing out.
Yet even so, the first to be annihilated was still Todd!
“Focused on Studying” still had plenty of health, but the dinosaur that he was battling against had more health than him!
After Todd vanished, he was sandwiched between two dinosaurs and quickly send off as well.
Camille Victoria gave up running away. After she concentrated fire and took down a dinosaur, she followed her teammates.
Thus, the battle ended.
Within less than two minutes, the dinosaurs cleared the human players in a 1-for-4 sweep!
Similar scenes were not uncommon on Dinosaur Island at this time.
The combat mode of the mutated dinosaurs after the transformation had greatly changed, with a strong desire to attack. Even if it’s a low-level prey, it’s impossible to just stand there and take it. One must be constantly moving while fighting and this greatly tests the player’s timing skills.
If they don’t handle the rhythm well, rash attacks will be in vain.
In such combat style, if you’re not familiar with the beast, you’ll come to a bad end with just the slightest mistake.
There are plenty of teams that were wiped out.
When Camille Victoria and Todd revived outside the hunting ship, other players were reviving like dumplings being dropped in water.
The resurrected players were cursing.
The respawn point was bustling in no time!
*
While small teams embarked on their hunting trips, Super Tomato didn’t leave the dock.
After waving a sword and shield a few times to test them, he turned back to the ship.
Once aboard, Super Tomato headed straight for the muscular man standing at the helm.
——This muscular man was the only crew member on the ship with a white beard, suggesting that he was older.
What’s more, he was wearing a pure white fur coat over his shoulders.
Despite Super Tomato not feeling any wind, the man’s coat flapped as if it were blowing in a strong breeze, enhancing his imposing presence.
In Super Tomato’s eyes, his appearance was tantamount to having an exclamation mark floating above his head.
He quickly approached and initiated a conversation: “Hello, are you the captain?”
The white-bearded muscular man glanced at him: “Need something?”
“I was wondering if your ship is in need of crew members?”
The white-bearded captain shook his head.
But Super Tomato wasn’t discouraged and continued to ask: “Does your ship need supplies?”
“Do you need a map of the island?”
“What about information on prey?”
“Need any materials from the prey?”
“Does the ship need repairs?”
“Are there any pets that need caring for?”
“Are there any injured or sick who need medicine?”
…
Super Tomato kept talking non-stop, asking every potential task he could think of, including “do you need the deck scrubbed?”
As if irritated by the incessant questioning, the captain finally said, “There is a task to be done, but you probably won’t be able to do it.”
But of course, Super Tomato wouldn’t back down: “Let’s hear it, you never know.”
“We need a special type of mineral for upgrading our weapons. If you can bring this mineral back to us, I will personally make you a top-level weapon.”
“Top-level weapon?!” Super Tomato was shocked.
Others had to toil defeating creatures and hunting for materials, painstakingly upgrading their weapons one level at a time, with no guarantee they could reach the top level before the end of the event.
And now he had a chance to skip all that and directly get a top-level weapon?!
Is the mission reward really that extravagant?
“Yes, the top-level weapon, I keep my word.”
“Not to brag, Captain, but you’ve picked the right person for the job!” Super Tomato immediately patted his chest and assured the captain, “Just tell me the name of the mineral, and I can muster a search team of teen thousand! No matter if it’s hidden in the earth’s core, we will dig it up for you!”
The captain smiled faintly: “There’s no need to exaggerate, the mineral is not hard to find.”
“Not hard to find?”
“Yes, the mineral we need is Fluorescent Dragon Stone, it’s on the back of the Molten Mountain Dragon, very easy to find.”
“???”
On the back of the Molten Mountain Dragon?
Super Tomato’s smile froze on his face.
He pointed at the fiery sky in the distance and asked the captain, “Is the Molten Mountain Dragon you mentioned that one over there?”
The captain nodded, “Is there another Molten Mountain Dragon around here?”
Super Tomato looked back at the sky and immediately understood: why the mission has such a generous reward…
Because it’s not a mission suited for the current stage!
But—
“Accepted!”
No harm in accepting if it’s offered.
And besides, how would he know he can’t do it if he doesn’t try?
“Captain, I’ll take charge of the mining operation, you could at least give me a few pointers, right?”
“Adventurous spirit.” The captain nodded, “Two key things: First, explosives; fluorspar is very hard, and you’ll need explosives to extract it.”
“Second, fire resistance — your armor must have some fire resistance to deal with the high temperatures emitted by the Molten Mountain Dragon.”
“Consider these explosives a gift.” the captain tossed Super Tomato a bundle of thunder tubes, “The rest is up to you.”
After that, the captain turned back around, resuming his cool pose while gazing at Dinosaur Island’s skies, ignoring him.
Hugging the bundle of explosives, the first thing that came to Super Tomato’s mind wasn’t how to mine, but—
Mobilizing the masses to get free explosives!
If each person could mooch one bundle, he would have a thousand tonnes of explosives for mining later. Even the Molten Mountain Dragon could be blown to smithereens!
There’s nothing one can’t solve with explosives. If there is, it must be because the explosives aren’t enough.
With a determined mind, Super Tomato immediately started recruiting people in his fan group.
“Anyone on Dinosaur Island? Come get some free explosives!”