novelkee Chapter 719 I Am Still the World's Number One Calculator
Chapter 719 I Am Still the World's Number One Calculator
Wu Wang's fist landed on the mirrored cage.
In that instant, the entire hall fell silent as if all the air had been sucked away.
The mirror exploded in the very center with a spiderweb-like crack that spread to every spot in a fraction of a second, and then the entire cage collapsed from the inside out.
The sound of explosions, like artillery shells, echoed throughout the building.
Fragments of the mirror scattered in the blast wave, creating a rain of glass.
Before the shards even reached her, the hawksbill turtle leaped backward, her toes touching the ground as she crossed her arms to protect her face. Countless shards grazed her arms, leaving dense, bloody scratches.
The wind pressure from the aftershock of that punch caused her to stumble several times upon landing, almost losing her balance.
She's already considered lucky.
The nine players around them who were responsible for stabilizing the cage fared even worse.
They not only absorbed some of the force when the cage collapsed, but the powerful gust of wind from their punches also acted like an invisible wall, spreading outwards from where the cage originally was.
They blasted everyone away from the front in one fell swoop.
Someone slammed their back against the wall with a muffled groan, blood trickling from the corner of their mouth. Others tried to use their skills to defend themselves but still ended up rolling several times on the ground in a sorry state. The unluckiest player, with absolutely no obstacles in their path, was sent flying to the end of a corridor and almost disappeared from sight...
On the other hand, Wu Wang was the one who threw that punch.
He stood in the center of the shattered lens, the floor beneath his feet still bearing a deep dent, the damage caused by the force of his stomp.
Simple power, without any fancy tricks.
He remained in the position after throwing a punch, then his five fingers slightly spread apart, and a thin layer of blood could be seen on his knuckles.
Compared to other players, these scratches are nothing.
"Get ready, this is going to be a full three-game series," Wu Wang grinned and teased. "You guys don't get a halftime break or a chance to call a timeout."
Just as the tall man was about to say something in response to his words, he felt a gust of wind sweep past his side.
Then he was sent flying horizontally as if he had been hit by a train.
He tried to adjust his body position in mid-air.
But the force was too great; his enhanced, iron-gray skin provided no cushioning whatsoever, and he crashed directly into the wall behind him, embedding himself into it.
He couldn't help but cough twice, and a large amount of fresh blood kept flowing from his mouth.
Clearly, this is not a pleasant experience.
If it weren't for the fact that he was a body-refining player, his attributes alone would already be considered very high compared to his companions.
That kind of blow wouldn't just cause an injury, it would leave them lying on the ground unconscious.
Wu Wang had already stood in the spot where he had been standing.
While toying with the thief-swallowing dagger in his hand, he said, "Don't just stand there. Fight if you need to, run if you need to. Isn't it a bit too polite of you all to just stand there and wait for me to call roll?"
These words made the players, whose bodies were already injured, feel even more suffocated.
Damn it! Are we just standing there?!
We're still reeling from that punch you just threw!
Unfortunately, before they could even refute him, Wu Wang started calling out names again.
For the next minute, an almost absurd one-sided massacre unfolded in the hall.
Under such overwhelming speed and power, the group had no chance to coordinate an effective resistance, let alone stay conscious.
In addition, Wu Wang's fighting ability is ridiculously strong.
His every move was so precise, as if he had rehearsed it countless times beforehand. Whoever he rushed in front of would lose their fighting spirit and be unable to rise again in the next breath.
What's even more humiliating is that after he punched someone to the ground, he patted the back of their head as if calming an agitated elementary school student, while someone else was kicked to the ground and then helped up to prevent them from falling too hard...
He fought the entire time with his bare hands, putting his serrated blade and dagger back into his backpack.
In the end, only the hawksbill turtle remained standing.
She stood in a corner at the other end of the hall, her hands hanging naturally at her sides, without adopting any defensive posture.
Because she knew that defense was pointless against this guy.
Her glasses were also shattered in the aftermath of the battle, but she made no attempt to take them off and replace them, simply standing there calmly watching Wu Wang.
Watching this guy leisurely walk towards me step by step.
Turtle knew very well that under such overwhelming numerical values, he had just used a highly lethal weapon.
Not all the players present were beaten to a pulp and left covered in bruises.
Instead, corpses littered the ground, their body parts scattered in pieces.
"You win."
The hawksbill turtle's tone was so calm that it didn't sound like someone who had just lost a team battle.
Of course, it wasn't that the hawksbill turtle accepted the defeat readily, but rather that she truly had no other options.
Ten against one and they got beaten up like this! What's the point of continuing to play?!
After saying that, she took a round ball out of her pocket and smashed it to pieces on the ground.
He then said to Wu Wang, "This is a prop used to block perception. Now that I've destroyed it, if we make any unusual noises, the factory will be able to detect it immediately. You don't want to face an attack from all the Smilers, do you?"
When these words were spoken, both the hawksbill turtle and those lying on the ground felt a little helpless.
In the normal course of events, Wu Wang should have tried to escape or destroy this thing, and then used the factory to threaten them into stopping their actions!
Why are they now using this method to protect themselves?
We are the ones who are bullying the weak!
They said it was the opposite of what they believed.
Upon hearing this, Wu Wang also stopped.
He raised his hand, clapped twice, and laughed, "Smart, knowing when to stop is the right thing to do."
He then put his hands in his coat pockets, tilted his head, gestured towards the elevator, and said, "What are we waiting for? Are we waiting for the Smiling One to come upstairs and invite you for tea? Goodbye!"
What does "knowing when to stop" mean? What's so good about it? Why haven't we seen that?
Everyone was truly suffering in silence, unable to express their bitterness.
Without answering, the hawksbill turtle turned and walked towards the elevator.
Other players also got up from the ground or crawled out of the wall, looking at each other with helpless expressions.
As they converged toward the elevator, some people walked with a limp, some were pale and weak, and some even needed the support of their companions to move.
Just a second before the elevator doors closed, Wu Wang's voice came from the lobby.
The volume was just right, neither too loud nor too soft, so that everyone could hear it clearly.
"By the way, thank you all for warming up with me. If you'd like to come again next time, please let me know in advance so I can prepare some peanuts or melon seeds to treat you. Otherwise, it would seem impolite of me to do so."
boom--
The elevator doors closed.
The numbers jumped down from the forty-eighth floor.
It's hard.
The fists of everyone in the elevator car hardened.
The tall man slowly slid down against the elevator wall, rubbing his still numb leg and gritting his teeth as he muttered under his breath, "That bastard... he's fucking outrageous. Is he even human?"
Even the data analyst frowned and sighed, "His method of attribute enhancement is too abnormal. Whose skill amplitude is all independent multiplication?"
"Theoretically, if there were a sufficient number of clones, wouldn't there be no limit to the attribute increases?"
"How could the game 'Spirit Disaster' design such outrageous skills?" A player wearing an eye patch adjusted one of his eye patches, wincing in pain as the skin under his eye turned bruised. "What's the use of saying this now? I've already taken it all, so I'll just have to bear it."
But he couldn't help adding, "However, he didn't really kill us, otherwise we would be complaining to the King of Hell in the underworld right now."
“He doesn’t want to kill us; he’s trying to establish his authority,” Turtle said calmly. “He just wants us to know that he can kill us at any time, so we should think twice about our actions.”
At this point, the hawksbill turtle suddenly paused.
My gaze shifted to the short-haired woman who had been silent in the corner of the elevator. She had also had several props broken and had been beaten up. Wu Wang, that bastard, was truly gender-equal in this regard; he didn't discriminate based on gender at all when he fought.
But compared to the helplessness and感慨 of others regarding this battle, her state at this moment was completely different.
There was no resentment or anger.
Instead, I felt a slight sense of excitement.
Daimao frowned and said, "Fengyi? What is this...?"
The other person looked up, grinned, and pulled a wet USB drive from their coat pocket.
His tone carried an undisguised smugness: "Since the start of this battle, I've been using the [Hidden Hands Talisman] to test positions. This talisman can steal a lightweight item from a target at close range, provided the target isn't on guard."
"At first, that guy was quite wary and didn't have a chance, but after he shattered the mirror cage, he treated us like he was just playing around. When he punched me in the stomach and knocked me down, he even had time to grab my hair and tie it into a bow."
"I endured the pain and tried using the talisman, and I never expected that God would be on our side and actually help me!"
At this point, the woman's tone became more proud as she said, "He definitely doesn't know when I took it! After all, he swallowed it, it's not like he can just put it in his pocket and check if it's there anytime."
There was a two-second silence in the elevator.
Immediately afterward, the tall man couldn't help but burst into laughter, which aggravated his rib injury, causing him to grimace in pain.
"Hahaha! Good! Good! That bastard beat us up for so long, but we still got our way!"
"Hey, Fengyi, where did you get this talisman carved? It's pretty impressive!"
They all knew that Fengyi's talismans were partly from her skills and partly engraved from other players.
She can inscribe a weakened and simplified version of one of the opponent's skills into a talisman for her own use.
However, such engraving requires the other party's consent.
Therefore, it is impossible to inscribe the enemy's skills during battle.
The only way is to find a player you know in advance to prepare.
These people also had Fengyi inscribe some of their own skill talismans before the battle, just in case.
Unfortunately, under Wu Wang's overwhelming pressure, these talismans had no effect whatsoever.
Hearing the other person's curiosity, Fengyi put her hands on her hips and said proudly, "You know the Collector, right? He's the player who likes to collect all sorts of weird items. Wasn't he punished by the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs for liking to steal other people's items and equipment? His old skill for stealing things was called Flying Dragon Cloud-Piercing Hand."
"I've dealt with him before, and by chance, he owed me a favor, so he agreed to let me carve some [Miraculous Hands Evasion Talismans]. I never expected they would actually come in handy!"
Everyone was amazed upon hearing this.
That collector was somewhat well-known in the circle, so they had naturally heard rumors about him.
However, since some time ago, the other party has become much more discreet and doesn't show up in public as much.
Nobody knows why.
But it is said that his collection is comparable to that of a know-it-all, making him quite a unique figure among lone wolf gamers.
Unexpectedly, Fengyi had actually interacted with this person before.
"Don't be too happy yet." Turtle's tone remained calm: "Even if Wu Wang didn't notice the USB drive was taken at the time, it was only a matter of time before he found out. Haven't you learned your lesson from underestimating him?"
Upon hearing this, the crow's gaze sharpened, indicating, "Then let's get this done before he finds out!"
"We have the USB drive, and Li Shuang is downstairs. After I check that the USB drive is fine, we'll use this external program to influence the data center according to plan, and then take over the factory!"
Hawksbill took a deep breath.
She knew that Li Shuang definitely had some kind of problem.
But time is of the essence now, and there's no way to study that woman from beginning to end.
If there is still one chance to turn things around, then the only option is to use external programs as soon as possible.
She nodded and said nothing more.
As the elevator numbers changed, Dai Mao's eyes were fixed on the USB drive, and her fingertips unconsciously began tapping on her thigh.
She still felt something was off.
Not just Li Shuang, but also someone from the fallen Wu...
Meanwhile, at the elevator entrance on the 48th floor.
As Wu Wang watched the elevator floors the players were going down change, his gaze then turned to the ventilation duct opening not far away.
A black and white calico cat just happened to pop out from there.
In a few swift movements, it jumped onto his head, stomped on his breasts, and curled up and lay down.
"Meow!"
[Boss, Black Cat Sheriff's mission is a complete success, meow!]
The entire office area downstairs is in complete chaos!
Black Cat Sheriff is the code name Xiao Qiu gave himself, after all, they are both cow cats.
Wu Wang asked him to do something very simple—
First, pluck some cat hair and leave it by the door so that tortoiseshell and the others can find him.
Second, come up and notify yourself after things have become chaotic enough downstairs.
Of course, this is on the premise that the fight on your side is over. Otherwise, if Xiao Qiu jumps out, he will probably be slapped against the wall and turned into a specimen by other players.
Everything is proceeding as expected.
As Wu Wang pressed the elevator button, he rubbed his stomach, feeling that the discomfort from the foreign object had long since disappeared, and it seemed that the USB drive was no longer in his abdomen.
He smiled slightly.
Yeah, just take it. You need to think you stole it.
Otherwise, do you really think my things are so easy to steal?
Dude's [Flying Dragon Cloud-Piercing Hand] can even pull your underwear off in the middle of a fight. If it doesn't, it means you weren't wearing any. And you can even steal things from it?
Still trying to scheme against me? Dream on!
I am still the best strategist in the world!
Ding-dong-
Another elevator came up.
Wu Wang then went inside.
However, if other players saw the floor he pressed, they would probably be terrified.
The forty-ninth floor!
He needs to go to the talent incubation center from the front of the elevator!
Just one floor apart, the elevator ascends in just a few seconds.
The moment the elevator doors opened, Wu Wang faced the entrance to the talent incubation center, beginning his final showdown with the Desire Factory.
"My connection to the Three-Body world... oh, I've crossed frequencies, it should be—"
"I, Wu Wang, speak to the Factory of Desire!"
Even if there's no one at the door.
But he knew the other person could hear him… (End of Chapter)