The White Tiger suddenly collapsed after being shot, catching everyone off guard.
Countless people instinctively turned their heads, trying to find the source of the shot.
But before they could see clearly, the ground beneath their feet began to shake.
—The game screen shook violently, and the characters were out of control.
Even more unlucky were the players on the outer circle, who suddenly fell from the rising "rock".
Players at least two hundred meters away could see the whole picture clearly—
It wasn't a rock at all, but a giant rhinoceros sleeping by the riverbank!
Too many people had gathered here, awakening this behemoth.
The moment the gunshot rang out, it slowly stood up.
Dirt and sand rustled down its body, and the unlucky players were also swept down with the soil.
Exclamations echoed far away.
At the edge of the forest next to the river, Zhu Mo felt like she was watching a mountain slowly rise!
The distant thunderstorm was also moving rapidly towards here.
Under the giant beast's powerful visual pressure, she subconsciously put away her gun and ran, desperately trying to get away from this big guy.
The system announcement was late in coming—
[Giant Beast Appears!]
[【 Vajra Thunder Rhino TULA】 has appeared in涌泉 River (288,573). Giant Beast Hunters, please proceed to hunt it down as soon as possible!]
Now, the players besieging Xu Meng finally realized what had happened.
The vast majority of people made the same choice as Zhu Mo—
Turn around and run!
The current giant beasts are simply invincible to players!
Even though this 【Vajra Thunder Rhino】 only looks about 150 meters in size, the smallest of the three giant beasts that have appeared so far, it is not something players can defeat.
The players' weapons can only tickle this big guy.
That shot was indeed fierce.
But the Life Vermilion Fruit he had eaten before chasing Illusion Moon had taken effect, protecting him from this fatal damage.
Although it severely damaged his pretense of being a saint and the comeback sequence, it also gave him a chance to escape!
Now, most players think the White Tiger is dead, and their attention is all on the Vajra Thunder Rhino.
The feigning death effect is perfect!
And now, it's time to slip away.
But as soon as he raised his head, he met a pair of eyes.
Illusion Moon was staring at him intently.
The White Tiger was stunned for a moment, then raised a front paw to his mouth and barely made a "hush" gesture.
This big cat suddenly made a anthropomorphic action, which stunned Illusion Moon.
Should she shout out to remind everyone, and then compete with everyone to see who can kill Xu Meng first?
Or should she remain silent, do a favor, and then look for another opportunity?
Illusion Moon's mind raced, and she made a decision in an instant:
"Take me with you, or we'll die together!"
Good家伙, you're even negotiating terms with me?
"Get on!"
"What?" Illusion Moon was stunned for a moment.
"Ride on! What's wrong, never ridden a beast before?"
"Uh, I have." Illusion Moon subconsciously thought that Xu Meng was also a player. "Riding a player" was too outrageous, so she didn't react.
He raised his hand and grabbed the White Tiger's neck, and his character smoothly climbed onto the White Tiger's back.
Taking advantage of the crowd's confusion, the White Tiger ran towards the edge at full speed.
But as soon as he ran, many people immediately noticed this person and tiger.
In addition, the Vajra Thunder Rhino had completely stood up, its back became stable again, and the players' screens stopped shaking, so one by one they began to attack Xu Meng again.
Illusion Moon had to draw his sword to block.
When necessary, he would quickly draw his bow and shoot wind arrows to finish off enemies.
But just after blocking for a few seconds, Xu Meng suddenly said, "Throw away the metal weapons on your body."
Illusion Moon hesitated, but still threw the sword at the rushing players.
The Vajra Thunder Rhino raised its head and roared.
The rhino horn became brighter and brighter, sputtering out bright yellow electric light.
The next moment, the thundercloud that had moved overhead and was constantly rolling with electric light descended lightning towards the back of the Vajra Thunder Rhino!
Bathing in thunder is the Vajra Thunder Rhino's fixed action when it appears.
It's not targeted at players.
But what if the players are on its back?
At the last moment, the White Tiger jumped up and jumped off the rhino's back, which was nearly a hundred meters high.
Illusion Moon watched the ground approaching rapidly, and his heart clenched.
But Xu Meng was still in the mood to look back and watch countless electric lights scurrying across the giant beast's back.
A group of unlucky characters were electrocuted and screamed.
Especially those who were holding metal weapons and wearing iron armor, each of them was electrocuted several times.
Quite a few of them died on the spot.
Just as the person and tiger were about to crash to the ground and die, the White Tiger suddenly stepped on the air and performed a double jump, landing lightly on the ground.
Then he continued to run without stopping.
Illusion Moon opened his mouth in surprise, and after regaining his senses, he immediately complained, "This is not fair!"
"Why can I only make weapons and armor with the special materials I get, and can't use them like you?"
"You have shields, acceleration, automatic defense, and double jump, isn't that too outrageous?!"
Xu Meng smiled slightly: "You can't blame me for this, you have to go to the person who designed this skill."
"Didn't you design it?" Illusion Moon asked in surprise.
"Of course not." Xu Meng explained while controlling the White Tiger to run, "You should have noticed it too, the elements on this map are particularly mixed, right?"
"Indeed." Illusion Moon nodded immediately.
"Weather system, body temperature, hunger value, and building houses, these are very similar to survival construction games."
"Searching for traces of beasts, setting traps, hunting, these are like hunting games."
"Exploring, mining, collecting materials, manufacturing and upgrading weapons and defenses, it feels like an RPG game again."
"On one side is a rich cold weapon system, on the other side it allows the manufacture of hot weapons, and there is also a set of fantasy-style weapons with completely different names and styles."
"And these giant beasts that are ridiculously large..."
"I don't even know how to describe this gameplay!"
Xu Meng nodded and said frankly, "This is because in the early stages of game development, to help the development team adapt to the new intelligent development tools, I let them freely create and design whatever they were interested in."
"So, the elements you feel are different were all designed by different people."
"I felt that since they were already made, it would be a shame to abandon them. So, I designed the current gameplay, integrating all these scattered elements and letting everyone play together."
"You've been playing for a day now. What do you think?"
Huan Yue thought for a moment, not saying whether it was good or bad, but instead said, "It's quite addictive."
When he successfully lured and killed a raptor with a wingspan of over two meters, in addition to obtaining regular materials like feathers, meat, and claws, he also obtained a [Wind Orb]. This unlocked dozens of blueprints for weapons and armor related to 'Wind'. The surprise, joy, and anticipation he felt made a deep impression on him.
The first time he drew the Wind Bow, the gorgeous visual effects and the aim assist that felt like a cheat were incredibly satisfying!
"That's good." Xu Meng nodded, then suddenly did a somersault in place, throwing Huan Yue off his back.
At the same time, the ground shook violently.
Huan Yue looked back and saw the Vajra Thunder Rhino stomping heavily on the ground.
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The unlucky ones who didn't run away were trampled into the ground by the giant beast like ants.
Then, the giant beast strode forward, carrying rolling thunder, and began to hunt down the players.
Death announcements quickly flooded the screen.
"I kept my promise and brought you down here. After this, it's every man for himself!"
Xu Meng said, turning around and running.
— This Vajra Thunder Rhino, although said to be his helper, doesn't distinguish between friend and foe at all.
If he ran too slowly, he might die here too.
Huan Yue looked at the tail swinging as the White Tiger ran and subconsciously tightened his grip on the bow in his hand.
He couldn't help but think: If he shot an arrow at the White Tiger's rear end right now, would Xu Meng ban his account for 1000 years?
After hesitating for a few seconds, he struggled to restrain the impulse.
He slung the bow on his back and chose a different direction to escape.
… …
… …
Far away, on the other side of the map.
While almost everyone was desperately searching for Xu Meng and participating in the great encirclement, Qi Huahua's team remained unmoved, still building walls, hunting, and stockpiling food in an orderly manner.
This group of wandering gypsies had successfully settled down, not only building a small base on the surface—with houses, toilets, walls, and哨塔 all complete—
but also digging more than a dozen underground tunnels, crisscrossing in all directions.
As long as they didn't provoke the giant beasts, their safety was well guaranteed.
At this moment, they were calmly watching the giant beast slaughter players in the announcements while discussing the night watch arrangements.
— If no one kept watch at night, someone might sneak in and kill all the characters left in the game in the middle of the night, which would be too ridiculous.
Fortunately, they had more than 50 people, divided into three groups taking turns to keep watch, so the pressure wasn't too great.
After confirming the schedule, Qi Huahua went offline to sleep without worry.
Huan Yue was a little more troublesome.
After closing the live stream, he spent a lot of effort digging a hole and completely blocking the exit before going offline to rest with some unease.
Xu Meng also found a good place and went offline to sleep early.
… …
Xu Meng went to sleep, but the players couldn't sleep.
Many people searched all night for the characters of offline players left on the map, killing them one by one without showing any mercy.
Announcements like "Player XXX was killed in their sleep by player XXX" would pop up every now and then.
That night, few players in the competition server could sleep peacefully.
… …
Outside the game, Yin Zhiyuan also couldn't sleep!
Xu Meng called him and casually asked if he knew any "reliable" medical, pharmaceutical, optical, or brain science laboratories, or related technical talents.
Yin Zhiyuan was very puzzled and asked him what he wanted to know about these things for.
Xu Meng replied: "VR glasses are not very comfortable to use, I plan to upgrade to holographic display."
Yin Zhiyuan was stunned when he heard this.
His first reaction was: Are all you rich people so capricious?
Breaking through the technology of holographic display often requires 5 to 10 years of continuous investment.
Even if a technological breakthrough is achieved, it still takes a considerable amount of time from the laboratory to mass production.
Yin Zhiyuan tried to dissuade him, saying that investing in this might be a bottomless pit, and in the end, all the money would be wasted.
Xu Meng replied: "It doesn't matter, I have plenty of money."
"And I already have an idea, I'll be able to figure it out soon."
Yin Zhiyuan was speechless.
A sense of speechlessness and absurdity, like "a villager sharing controlled nuclear fusion technology with you," surged into his heart.
Holographic display is completely different from haptic synchronization suits.
Xu Meng is a genius in the latter, but that doesn't mean he is in the former.
Ultimately, the barriers between different fields of modern science are extremely thick, and a person's energy is limited.
Not to mention, Xu Meng has been busy with company and game matters.
Yin Zhiyuan didn't think much of Xu Meng's approach.
— Such random and inconsistent efforts are far less effective than specializing in one field and continuing to study it in depth.
In his opinion, Xu Meng's wisest approach is to continue to delve into the technology of haptic synchronization suits.
Instead of suddenly having the idea to create a holographic display.
He didn't want Xu Meng to waste his time and energy and talent.
But he had no right to reject Xu Meng's request and could only choose "agree" or "submit it to higher authorities for discussion."
In the end, Yin Zhiyuan agreed to help Xu Meng submit the request while arranging to meet him at the company the next day.
After hanging up the phone, Yin Zhiyuan frantically searched for literature and news related to holographic displays.
Hoping that when he met Xu Meng the next day, he could persuade him to calm down.
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