The tunnel leading to the deep tomb echoed the sound of mercenaries stepping on the steps, including the sound of iron boots and leather boots, as well as weapons and armor, the sound of gentle collision between armor and armor, and the sound of cloaks passing through the ground, and the sound of coughing in a low voice due to the rising dust. All these chaotic sounds intertwined Joel couldn't help but feel like he was walking with a team of bards singing loudly. But this was not a tavern or an open-air square, but a catacomb leading to the deeper tomb and the dark tunnel of the dungeon.

The fire swayed, and most of them held lanterns. A small number of people originally planned to light the torch and enter the deep tomb, but they were stopped by Anthony. Because the torch was too big, the lantern could be hidden under the cloak to block the fire. If something unexpected happened, it could react faster. However, the disadvantage of the lantern was that the range of light was not as convenient as the torch, and it was not easy to repair after damage.

"After all, if we are facing things like the dead, is it really useful to hide the fire?" Old Tride raised this question in front of Anthony.

Anthony just shrugged, "This possibility is not ruled out, but it is best to be careful in everything."

Yes, being careful in everything is the best, so everyone agreed with Anthony's proposal, gave up the torch and raised the lantern. Similarly, in order to be cautious, Anthony sent a few quick-witted men to the front to investigate the enemy situation. After all, three people died inexplicably. Anthony also wanted Joel to go to the reconnaissance team in front, but Joel refused. "If you have you in the front row, I will feel much more at ease." "No." Joel decisively rejected Anthony's proposal, not because he was afraid, because he didn't want to take risks for these mercenaries at all.

He just wanted to leave here as soon as possible. After hearing the news of the trolls attack, Joel was worried about Hemi and Simoken in the corner tavern in the northwest city. At this moment, he just wanted to leave here as soon as possible. Joel just thought that this was nonsense. After all, he had been here once, but he had never seen any traps along the way - perhaps it had been triggered by the invaders who died here hundreds of years ago. Joel also told Anthony, but he still said cautiously and had nothing to say about this.

Take them in as soon as possible. Joel told himself that although there are indeed some unsettling things hidden underneath, they will be left to the mercenaries to deal with them, because they are "mercenaries" and are in danger to repay those who take risks.

"Shh!" Just as Joel was thinking, the people in front of him conveyed the "quiet" news in turn, and then it came from the front. The lanterns were hidden one by one under the cloak, and the tunnel fell into a dead silence. The noise like a parade band just now ended abruptly and turned into a deep breathing sound. Even though everyone deliberately lowered the sound, Joel still felt the sound was harsh.

But then he heard a more harsh sound from the darkness ahead.

Tak. Tak. Tak. Tak.

It was like the sound of something hitting the ground, dull, but when it echoed in this dark tunnel, it made people feel particularly harsh. There was only one, and the rhythm was like a slow walking sound. What's going on? Joel wanted to ask, were they those guys who had entered the deep tomb before and wanted to "get a fortune"? But it wasn't like, that sound... it wasn't the footsteps of "humans" at all.

Tak. Tak. Tak. Tak.

"Share the information." Suddenly Anthony's voice sounded in his ears, but Joel was not shocked by it - no, he was indeed shocked, but his body did not react to any frighteningly, as if he had known that he could speak. Is this also the magic of mercenaries? Joel thought to himself.

Then a translucent box with a faint light appeared in Joel's dark vision, with the words "Share Information" written on it, and then below these words are a series of words:

"Inspiration" from Uncle Sam - a kind of walking sound of existence.

The "inspiration" from the violent bamboo rat - a kind of walking sound of existence, only one target was discovered.

The "Surrounding" from Mr. Explosive - the sound source is located in the tunnel space ahead.

"Inspiration" from Anthony - the walking sound of a creature, only one target is found, heavy target.

"Surrounding Sound" from Anthony - the sound source is located in the tunnel space ahead, and it is initially judged as a maze environment.

The "explorer" from Anthony - there are strong enemies ahead, and the number is initially judged to be one.

...

A large number of words and intelligence filled the entire translucent box. Just when Joel was having a headache, Joel heard an impatient voice ringing in his ears, "Hurry up and eliminate the excess information!" "Shut up!" Joel heard Anthony lower his anger and said, "Whoever talks randomly will I detain him dkp!"

Then, the intelligence on the panel disappeared one by one. He found that the first ones disappeared were duplicate information. In a short period of time, the number of these information dropped sharply. In the end, only a few messages that were not duplicate were left, and then the messages were quickly integrated:

There is a certain walking sound in front of you, and it is impossible to tell whether it is a living thing (?). Only one such existence is found. According to the sound and rhythm, the unit is heavy, and the medium and large body may also have deviations. According to the sound, it can also be judged that the unit is staggering forward in a tunnel space, and it is difficult to judge the distance from us. It is preliminary to judge that the sound source that produces the sound is a certain bone product, and it is guessed that it is a skeleton or a dead unit (?).

Looking at this passage, Joel could barely understand, and at the same time he heard many people around him take a breath. "The target appears." Anthony said in a low voice. Joel turned his head to see Anthony beside him, but it was pitch black and could not see anything. However, Joel still guessed what Anthony used to cover his mouth and say something - although it was not the first time he saw it, this magic called "team voice" made Joel secretly amazed every time.

"A target," Anthony continued, "can't tell whether it's a unit or maybe it's a kind of lurking beside it. The front row report can see the exit of the tunnel?"

"Yes, you can see a black door that is the same as the entrance, but the door is half open." Joel heard the voice of a strange man ringing in his ears, and it seemed that it was what Anthony called the "front row" personnel.

"Is that voice far out?" Anthony asked again.

"Yes, there should be a distance." A voice replied.

"Come two bold people out to explore the way! I'll add five points to each of them!" Anthony said in a deep voice, then a brief silence fell into the "team voice".

But after a while, someone replied, "I'll go." Without waiting for the others to react, the team ahead saw someone taking out the lantern again and walking towards the Black Gate. But when Joel noticed that the light had just approached the Black Gate, someone exclaimed in the "Team Voice" in the "Walking sound stopped!"

Everyone's attention was on the only lit lantern. The man stood in front of the black gate and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he held his sword in one hand and took the lantern in the other, and stepped out of the black gate. Waiting for him to walk out, everyone held their breath to wait for what would happen next, was it a scream? a scream? or a monster's roar?

The team's voice fell into a brief silence again. Just as everyone was enduring the anxiety caused by the silence, the man's voice sounded again: "You can come in, that thing is not nearby," he paused, "I found something interesting."

Then the people in the team seemed to have a breath slowly, but they immediately tense their nerves again. Then the team walked down the stairs under Anthony's instructions and passed through the half-open black door. Joel and Anthony were in the middle of the team, so they came to the black door in a short while.

Joel and Anthony walked towards the front, and the mercenaries consciously made a way out. When they walked forward, they found that the mercenaries refused to move forward. Standing in the front was the mercenary who first raised the lantern and sword into the deep tomb. His name made Joel feel strange, but it was not surprising that the mercenaries would use such nicknames, right? His name was "Mr. Explosion", a mercenary who knew he thought of the experienced ones at a glance.

He saw Joel and Anthony approaching and moved away. Joel smelled a bloody smell and stinking smell. The two looked into the tunnel in front of Mr. Explosive. At first they saw a pair of feet, and then looked forward. There were corpses, more than one, scattered in the tunnel, some fell to the ground, some leaned against the wall, and some looked strangely in different positions.

"All dead, I counted it, there were about seven people. Maybe there were also other places." Mr. Explosion said calmly.

Anthony was silent for a moment, then walked over and stepped over the two bodies. "Check their weapons and see what kind of guy their opponent is." After hearing his words, Mr. Explosive also moved, and a man behind Joel also squeezed past him and walked up to help check the body.

"It's weird!" Anthony made a surprised voice.

"What's wrong?" Joel asked immediately.

"No weapon was found." Mr. Explosion also said suspiciously.

"I didn't find any weapons here, either." Another person reported.

"Look at their hands!" Anthony said quickly. At this moment, their conversation was also in the "team voice", so the fifty-four mercenaries present could hear it, while the others were all maintaining a depressed silence.

"The hand bones were all crushed, something crushed their bones." Another person quickly reported.

"No, it's not just the hand bones! Their handguards have also become distorted! What is this? Is it caused by weapons?" Mr. Explosive's voice began to become a little panicked. "Is it really a monster?!"

"Shh!" Anthony suddenly gave an order.

Everyone immediately became quiet.

Tat. Tat. Tat. Tat. Tat.

Tat, Tat, Tat, Tat, Tat, Tat. Tat. Tat. Tat.

"That thing is coming!" Anthony suddenly shouted, "He has discovered us! The shield is pushed! The strength and physique are pushed forward! All are replaced with large shields!" Anthony shouted while retreating in the direction behind him. Mr. Explosion and the other person also understood it. Joel and the three of them walked by him and followed him. Immediately, a man in iron armor walked over with heavy steps ahead. The sound of the steel collision on his body was not so harsh at this moment, but it made people feel at ease.

"In which direction?!" Anthony asked sternly.

"Left side! Left side! Come and support! The sound is getting closer and closer!" a man shouted in panic.

"Keep the formation! Keep it in my three directions! I can't be sure if there is really only one enemy! Light the torch! Throw it into the tunnel ahead!"

When Anthony and Joel arrived in front of the Black Gate, they looked up and saw torches lit up, and then they were overdrawn. The torches burning with flames were spinning in the air, drawing a sparkling and hot arc. The crackling sound mixed with the smell of smoke made Joel feel a little dazed.

When the sound of the torch falling to the ground came, Joel had already seen a leg stepping into the flame from the darkness. It was a rather weird leg. Then the torch was stomped off by the pale soles, the wood wailed, and then it was crushed to pieces. The flame turned into a spark and floated upwards, then hit the pale bones, and finally returned to darkness.

What was that? Just as Joel stopped thinking because of horror, several torches fell down, and they drove away the darkness and then hit the thing. It was such a weird thing. Joel could hear everyone around him gasping for air.

The thing was tall, as if it was about to fill the tunnel, with a pair of thick and dry legs. If you look closely, you will find that it was a thick leg made up of dozens of leg bones, but there was only one sole of the foot. Unlike its legs, his upper body was like a swollen deformity. There were countless bones gathered there, including ribs, skulls, and countless arms stretched out from various strange angles. Each arm held a weapon, and those weapons were hanging on the arm.

It was shaking as the monster moved, as if it would fall at any time; then Joel saw the monster's head at a glance, and there was a head in the center of the upper body of a huge ball that was almost processed by the bones. The black eye sockets looked ahead, and the face seemed to have a grin on it. After a closer look, Joel also found a pair of arms in the same position, but the arms with armor were hanging unnaturally, as if they were dislocated, or like puppet's arms. The two arms shaking with each step he took.

"What is this?!" The mercenary with a shield in front of him shouted in horror, and then the terrified mercenary was pulled back by the person behind him, and then another mercenary with a shield in front of him replaced him.

"It's fear! This boss will make people fall into a state of fear! Be careful! Let the person who is in a state of fear retreat behind!" Anthony quickly ordered.

"No! No! Don't let it get close to me!" The mercenary who was pulled to the back screamed in dismay.

"It rushed up!" The mercenary in front roared, his voice like thunder exploding underground, allowing Joel to wake up from the shock brought by the appearance of that strange and terrifying thing. "Stop it!"

"We will all die! We will all die! Run away!" The man's scream made everyone nervous.

"Get the spear!" Anthony shouted.

"asshole!!!"

"Run!Run!"

"Who the hell knocked the bastard out of me who kept screaming!" Anthony roared in shock.

...

Fifteen years have passed since the release of "Adam". It has been popular for fifteen years as the most powerful virtual reality game at present. It still has its active people and high topics. Its player group even covers several different age groups. It truly restores the ancient cold weapon war, gives players unprecedented freedom, and has a complete game background history, so it has always had a high topic and popularity among the player group.

One of the biggest features of "Adam" is the "subspace system". The space of the world that exists in the game is completely different from the real space. Players must connect to the game time through the equipment officially sold by the game (game helmets or other more expensive equipment). In the "subspace" of this game, time becomes controllable to a certain extent (it is proved that this is only one of the technologies eliminated by the military), and the time between the game and the reality is generally in a three-to-one state, that is, one second in reality, and three seconds in the game (the official repeatedly emphasized that this technology is not harmful to the human body, but there are still media doubts about it, but so far no one can come up with definite evidence and cases to confirm this view). Because the "subspace system" makes time controllable to a certain extent, players have more time to explore in the game.

The "Factory System" is a very important system in "Adam". It divides players into different groups. Although the relationship between them is friendly or hostile, all is determined by the NPC that leads their camp, and the role played by the players in it will affect the NPC decision to a certain extent. Currently, the two most powerful camps in the game are "Kingdom" and "Dudean", and the number of players in the Kingdom camp is more than twice that of the players of the Duchy Kingdom players, but their overall combat power is comparable. In addition to these two camps, there are many other games in the game.

There are many small camps, and the number of players they occupy is almost negligible compared to the two camps, but it is precisely because of this that these camps have their own unique advantages, such as the camp's exclusive props and rare resources. The joining methods of camps are different. Except for the Principality and Kingdom (which is also the reason for the large number of people in the two camps), the conditions for joining other camps are very harsh, which is also the reason why the number of people in these small camps has always been scarce. However, according to the official, this situation will be improved in the latest expansion pack "Adam: The Return of the Age of Magic".
Chapter completed!