Chapter 483 Destroying the Instrument
"Your exposure has accelerated the process of change in the world. He wants to drain all the energy from me."
Jian Yiqiu panted and said, "Once he succeeds, the copy will collapse immediately."
Chu Yuan and his companions didn't have time to pay attention to certain words in Jian Yiqiu's words, nor did they care why he knew about the copy and was so familiar with Xiao Jin.
At this moment everyone was attracted by his words.
If it is really as Jian Yiqiu said, players won't be able to wait until the seventh day...
As night fell and the moonlight was dim, the outline of the villa looked particularly eerie in the darkness.
The entry of Xiao Jin and his group undoubtedly instantly aroused the hidden hostility in the heart of the male owner of the villa.
The other party had quietly stood in the shadow of the room without anyone noticing.
"Don't move!" a loud shout came from the darkness.
The man held a shotgun in his hand, his face gloomy and terrible. His eyes glowed abnormally red under the alarm lights, and the corners of his mouth twisted into a weird smile: "Since you are here, I don't have to look for you. Stay here!"
As he spoke, the man raised the gun in his hand and fired at the four people.
Xiao Jin dodged the male host's attacks flexibly, and at the same time, several people scattered.
Her movements were swift and precise. She held the long knife in front of her body and shot away several bullets with a "clink".
Chu Yuan's magic cube instantly unfolded and turned into dozens of floating blades: "This old guy is not in a good state."
The male owner grinned and pulled the trigger——
"boom!"
The bullet flew past Xiao Jin's hair and blew a hole in the wall.
"Destroy the machine first!" Jian Yiqiu's hoarse voice came from behind, and the chains rattled as he struggled.
Xiao Jin and Chu Yuan looked at each other, then rushed forward at the same time, launching a series of attacks that were overwhelming.
Finally, Song Chao seized the opportunity, leaped with all his might, and while Xiao Jin and others were restraining the male host, he accurately hit the instrument with the long stick in his hand.
With a "click", the faint blue light on the instrument suddenly went out, as if an invisible force was instantly drained away.
A crack appeared in the shell of the machine, and dark red liquid gushed out, wriggling on the ground like a living thing.
"What?" The man was shocked: "No~"
As the instruments were destroyed, a warm and familiar power began to surge in everyone's body. It was their own power, which had been ruthlessly taken away and then miraculously returned.
At the same time, a blinding white light enveloped all the players, and the system's prompt sounded in their minds:
[Ding——Due to force majeure, the player permanently restores the human form. The rules of this instance have been changed: Kill all contaminated toys, and the player can return early. ]
In the blink of an eye, an inexplicable change occurred in Xiao Jin and the others, including the other players who were chasing the contaminated toys outside.
"What's going on? The toy-like debuff on my panel disappeared."
"Me too, me too..."
"The main quest has been changed. This is the first time I've seen it!"
It turns out that before, although players could transform into human form after midnight, there was a message "Toyized·Frozen" on everyone's panel.
And once they kill the pollution boss, the word "frozen" will disappear.
Seeing this, the players were all excited.
Finally I don’t have to turn into a useless toy anymore. Let’s see who dares to kill me this time.
The players looked up excitedly, but were shocked to find that the humans they had protected behind them had turned into contaminated toys without them knowing when.
The polluted toys that fought against themselves turned into corpses...
His gaze turned to Xiao Jin again.
In front of everyone, after the instrument was destroyed, horrifying changes occurred to the male owner of the villa.
His body began to twist and deform, his skin became gray and rough, and his facial features were distorted into a hideous mask, eventually turning into a huge, polluted toy that exuded an evil aura.
It let out a shrill scream and waved its hard limbs, launching a more fierce attack on Xiao Jin and others.
Since the energy supply device was damaged, the male owner, who was originally a toy, lost a lot of energy in his body. At this point, the identities of the two parties were exchanged.
As for the culprits who caused all this - Xiao Jin and the other three, the male master wished he could eat their flesh and drink their blood.
"Finally..." Chu Yuan moved his body as if he had been reborn, and the Rubik's Cube spun at high speed in his palm: "I can let go of my hands and feet."
The male owner has completely mutated - his left arm has expanded into a huge metal claw, his right eye has turned into a mechanical red dot, and several sharp bone spurs have protruded from his back.
"You think you can win like this?" His voice was mixed with mechanical noises: "This villa is full of my kind!
When I catch you, I will skin you alive and make you into my favorite face drum.
As the male owner shouted, the ceiling above his head suddenly collapsed, and dozens of contaminated toys fell from it.
There were the mechanical spiders that had been seen before, the newly appeared iron hounds, and even a few contaminated servants, their bodies twisted into strange shapes, and their eyes glowed with the same red light as their male master.
Xiao Jin's long sword drew a silver arc: "Kill."
The battle breaks out instantly!
Tong Xiaolu's chains entangled the two steel hounds, and they collided violently. Song Chao's flame formation trapped the mechanical spider in a wall of fire. Chu Yuan's magic cube split into countless blades, pouring down like a rainstorm.
Xiao Jin went straight for the man's throat.
In a flash, the battle entered a white-hot stage, and the room was filled with the sounds of fierce fighting and heavy objects colliding.
Perhaps it was because anger had an attack bonus, the contaminated toy on the opposite side was very difficult to deal with. The fat body of the male owner took up a large space in the workshop, and Xiao Jin and the other three were greatly constrained in their movements.
The blade collided with the metal claws, sparks flew. The male owner laughed wildly and waved his claws, Xiao Jin dodged sideways, and the long knife stabbed into his shoulder——
"Puff!" Black blood gushed out.
Xiao Jin wanted to pull out the Broken Shadow, but the blade was stuck by the parts inside the man's body, preventing her from pulling the knife out even a little bit.
"It's useless!" Seeing Xiao Jin continue to exert force, the male owner grinned: "The parts of my body are all made of the best materials. You still want to get rid of me? Dream on."
"Ha~ Is that so!" Xiao Jin sneered, and then the long sword glowed with a faint blue light, and an explosive aura gradually formed around him.
"No, how is it possible..." The man was stunned.
After he realized what was happening, he wanted to pull himself away, but it was too late.
The power of thunder and lightning continuously washed the parts inside the male host's body, causing his body to twitch. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chu Yuan and the other two attacked.
'boom! ’
The man was knocked away and smashed heavily into the wall.
When the smoke and dust cleared, the distorted mask on the man's face had shattered into pieces. He groaned and raised his hand, and the direction was actually where Jian Yiqiu was.
The other party's eyes widened, bloodshot: "I...will not lose..."
After saying this, the man suddenly pressed the button on his chest, and then his body began to reorganize and the scars on his body disappeared rapidly.
Tong Xiaolu was shocked: "What the hell, why did you mention restart? You are such a jerk."
At this moment, Jian Yiqiu's voice suddenly came from behind.
He had broken free of the chains without knowing when, and between his pale fingers were three silver runes. Although his face was still pale, the spirit in his eyes had returned.
"There is actually a dark room in this room." He panted and said, "The real 'humans' are locked up there... They are the 'targets' that the system wants you to protect."
Xiao Jin's pupils shrank: "Who are the survivors?"
"That's right." Jian Yiqiu pressed the rune to the ground: "The whole world has basically been distorted, and all living humans have been turned into polluted toys.
However, I saved some people using the 'book' and have been hiding them in the villa, which is why you received that mission."
The rune exploded with a blinding white light, and the wall collapsed, revealing the hidden space inside.
Xiao Jin suddenly realized: "So this is the real main mission."
Chu Yuan also touched his chin: "The most dangerous place is the safest place~"
At this moment in the dark room, dozens of people with frightened faces were hiding in the corner and shivering.
Xiao Jin took a look.
The darkroom was not actually that big, because the humans inside had been living as toys before. Now they had recovered and filled the darkroom tightly.
Xiao Jin even saw that some children hiding in the crowd had purple faces, obviously suffering from lack of oxygen.
"Protect them." Jian Yiqiu coughed up blood: "This is your...real mission."
The system prompt sounded again:
[Side quest updated: Destroy the machine (completed)
Next round: Escort the survivors out of the villa. If all the survivors die, the mission will be considered a failure and the player will be stripped of his or her player identity. 】
Xiao Jin and the others' faces suddenly darkened.
That's a severe punishment.
Without even the identity of a player, you can only stay in this world full of "toys" and will be assimilated sooner or later.
On the other side, the man's body recovered and he roared hysterically: "So it's here, I'll kill you!"
“Stop it!”
Xiao Jin swept his long sword across, cutting off the head of an iron hound.
Chu Yuan's Rubik's Cube turned into a giant shield blocking the stairs, Song Chao's fire formation circled the entire entrance to the dark room, and Tong Xiaolu's chains sealed all the gaps like a spider web.
Xiao Jin rushed towards the male host, with the blade pointing directly at the red light on his chest - there was a beating mechanical heart there.
"Do you think you can save them?" The man came up with a wild laugh, "Give up, the whole world belongs to toys, and you are no exception!"
The knife light and sharp claws intertwined, and Xiao Jin's right arm was cut with a wound deep enough to see the bone, but she didn't care and hit back with the long knife with a more fierce arc.
"clang!"
The two sides fought several times, and all the other mutant toys in the house were killed. Chu Yuan and the other two quickly surrounded the male host.
"Since I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time." Chu Yuan said coldly.
Finally, after a confrontation, the metal heart on the man's chest was pierced by Xiao Jin's knife tip, and a crack appeared.
The man stumbled back, his mechanical parts beginning to disintegrate: "You bastard."
"It's over. I don't want to hear your bullshit." Xiao Jin said as he held the knife with both hands and chopped it down with all his strength. The mechanical heart was completely shattered.
"Kaka~kaka~"
Along with the sound of parts failure, black smoke gradually came out of the man's body. He fell to the ground, and his eyes gradually lost focus...
"He's finally dead." Tong Xiaolu frowned and kicked the man on the ground.
"Who knows how many minions this guy has. If the door wasn't blocked, it might have taken a long time!"
After saying that, Tong Xiaolu raised her head and finally focused her attention on Jian Yiqiu. She rolled her eyes and suddenly remembered the rumor she heard from Cui Mingyang.
"This is a player with a special identity. He must be really...special!"
Tong Xiaolu's words caught the attention of Chu Yuan and Song Chao, and they looked at her in confusion.
"What special identity?" Chu Yuan raised his eyebrows.
Xiao Jin said nothing more, and drew an arc with his long sword in the air, pointing at the target in the dark room and said, "We have to clean up the contaminated toys in the villa, what should we do with them?"
Song Chao thought for a moment and said, "We can put it here. I'll put a formation inside. If the formation is triggered, I'll sense it, and we'll still have time to rush back."
"That's what we'll do." Xiao Jin nodded, then looked at Jian Yiqiu: "You stay and help."
"Huh?" Jian Yiqiu was a little surprised. His mission seemed to be completed, so why was there still something for him to do?
But seeing Xiao Jin's meaningful gaze, Jian Yiqiu agreed with great foresight: "No problem, go ahead!"
Although they were full of doubts, the mission did not wait for anyone, so Chu Yuan and the others followed Xiao Jin and left.
When the players rushed out of the studio, the entire villa had become hell.
The hostess turned into a sewing machine monster with eight arms, and was pinning a blue team player to the wall with a steel needle.
Dozens of cables extend from the butler's suit, wrapping around the player's waist and dragging him out the window. The scariest thing is the little boy, whose toy gun becomes a real thing, with each bullet carrying corrosive slime.
"Hey, do you want to compete?" Even at this time, Chu Yuan was still not honest.
The Rubik's Cube in his hand was reorganized into a double-edged sword, and he said with a smile: "Let's see who can kill more. I will bet five strengthening stones."
Xiao Jin originally thought it was quite boring, as this guy had arranged a competition with her the last time he saw her. However, when she heard the prize offered by Chu Yuan, Xiao Jin was shamefully tempted.
After all, who would complain about having too many strengthening stones?
Xiao Jin shook off the blood on the knife: "Okay, I'll follow you."
"I'll join in too!" Tong Xiaolu dodged the cable with a somersault. How could she not be part of such a lively event?
"Then add me in." As Song Chao spoke, his long stick ignited with flames, and with one blow, he blew away a circle of contaminated toys.
Xiao Jin narrowed his eyes slightly. Although this guy usually doesn't talk much and always looks like a good guy, his strength is not weak.
But I am not bad either, Xiao Jin showed a proud look in his eyes.
Then the four of them smiled at each other, their fighting spirit rising, and they rushed into the battle separately.