Xia Ruize didn't know that the three trialers targeted were all because they were too arrogant, had no intention of hiding themselves, and were locked as anomalous targets early, but this did not prevent him from being aware of the secrets and guarding himself.
Next, Monopoly went on round after round.
The players in charge of the battle no longer concede defeat easily, and would not deliberately draw a tie, but sought victory in the battle, so that not only the progress of the theater to the central island would be accelerated, but more importantly, the victor could get an energy box by killing the opponent, and thus, enhance their strength.
The players in charge of running on the lotus pier were extremely cautious. Fortunately, after being punished once, the player of South Theater No. 1 climbed onto the lotus pier safely with the support of protective shields and teammates and felt comforted.
No one could guarantee that walking all the lotus piers would not encounter the punishment of falling into the water, so how to save oneself after falling into the water became a more critical matter. Now some players had personally proved that falling into the water was not a mortal result, and other players felt more emboldened.
Finally, after eight rounds of stumbling, the No. 2 player of the East Theater where Xia Ruize was located became the first player to successfully climb the central island. When he successfully stepped onto a solid ground, the players from the four theaters applauded and congratulated each other. He let everyone see the hope of success.
But when the hopes of the players rose, the organizers couldn't wait to give them a hammer.
A huge countdown suddenly appeared on the curtain of the theater stage. The countdown started from three hours, showing 180 minutes. The inexplicable player had a premonition and heard the host explain it in a warm and expectant tone:
"This is the reasonable remaining time in this level calculated based on the strength of the warriors. I believe it must be more than enough for everyone. After the time is zero, the theater will no longer exist. Looking forward to the wonderful performance of the warriors, hehehehe …"
The sudden rule restrictions set off a huge wave of shock, and the players were stunned. There was no problem with their ears, and there were only three hours left in the third level? Were they really forcing them to die?
In the previous eight rounds of Death Monopoly, the four theaters reduced their staff by 10 players due to the combined combat and the penalty of the lotus pier. At present, the Western Theater had the largest number of remaining players, with 13 players surviving, and the South Theater has the least number with 8 surviving players.
But even for the South Theater, which has the smallest number of players, if each player went through 8 rounds to reach the central island, the 180-minute countdown meant that for the all the players to reach the central island safely they must finish each round in less than 3 minutes?
Not to mention that for the Western Theater with the largest number of players, if the all the player wanted to reach the central island within 180 minutes, each round of the process must be compressed to 2 minutes to be completely save!
It only took a simple calculation to get such a desperate answer, and some players were about to fall apart.
Not to mention that before the official start of each round of battle, the organizers would deliberately show the four players around the field, that was to say, the battle and the lotus pier must be compressed to 1 minute…
This was still the most optimistic situation, but the reality was that, except for the East Theater No. 2 player, no other theater player could successfully reach the central island after 8 rounds!
Before the East Theater No. 2 player set foot on the central island, how excited the players were, now they collapsed.
They thought that the previous eight rounds together took nearly two hours, and after that, hundreds of rounds may only add up to three hours! If you think about it a little bit in your heart, the players who think about the difficulty would go crazy.
Under the tremendous pressure, some players went crazy and wrecked the snack cabinets in the theater, swearing in their mouths, wishing to take out the host who didn't know where they were hiding.
Xia Ruize's brows frowned. Starting from the third level, the people behind them have become more and more unconcealed of the maliciousness towards the players. From the previous hidden in the level design to the present, it was openly placed on the surface, as if a terrible tease. Like a pet that couldn't escape the palm of your hand.
Even if it crashes, the game has to continue.
The countdown was like a reminder that drove the players crazy. From the ninth round, the players jumped on the moving board without waiting for the moving board to approach. As soon as the host announced the start of the battle, the firepower went crazy. As soon as the result of the battle came out, the players on the lotus pier began to jump…In short, they tried everything possible to save time.
But this didn´t alleviate the anxiety of the players, especially the players with the lower numbers. Gradually, the lingering thought in their minds became: If there were fewer people, it would be great, especially in their own theaters. If there were fewer players in front, it would be great…
Monopoly's game had reached a white-hot stage. Players looked at their opponents in other theaters and even their teammates in the same theater. They were infected with a strong murderous aura. Killing opponents could get energy boxes. Killing teammates could guarantee themselves. It was safer. In order to protect yourself, what were other people's gadgets?
In the ninth round, the contestants of the East Theater and the opponents of the South Theater fought close battles. The two of them were equal in strength, and they made a real fire. No one on the bloody team would admit defeat, and finally fought a tie. Therefore, the East Theater and the South Theater stopped this round.
The No. 6 player representing the East Theater got endless complaints from his teammates, even admitting defeat was better than carrying hard for a draw! Time was so tight where could they waste, it was really stupid!
In the tenth round, it was Xia Ruize who represented the East Theater.
Standing on the edge of the balcony with arms folded waiting for the moving board, Xia Ruize had a cold expression. Even in his own theater, he began to faintly perceive the maliciousness of his teammates, let alone the other theater players who would fight him next, I'm afraid they can't wait to put him to death immediately.
Before moving the board to pick up Xia Ruize, Xia Ruize's nominal teammate and actual enemy Abraham took the initiative to walk to Xia Ruize, and his tone was sincere and friendly, he suggested:
"Xia, you leave the energy box here and I will keep it for you, so that your opponent won't kill you, you can take it back from me when you come back."
Abraham spoke sincerely, and other people only remembered that after Xia Ruize had spoken and competed for the lead, he took the initiative to walk to Xia Ruize to show support, naturally thinking that he had made the suggestion out of good intentions.
This suggestion actually made many people's eyes bright. It was indeed a good way for the players who went to fight to temporarily store the energy box with the theater players.
First of all, knowing that an unprofitable opponent would probably not be a killer in the battle. As for the more secretive consideration, if the player who went to fight sacrifices, his energy box would be cheaper for his teammates and not for the opponent.
Of course, the biggest problem with this plan was whether there was enough trust among the players, and could the players who went to fight get back their energy boxes after they come back?
Xia Ruize could sense Abraham's great malice, I'm afraid that under the mask of the other party's smile was the ruthlessness of hating to die in battle, he could not help but frown.
At this time, Cloris took the initiative to persuade: "This method is really good! Xia, this is a huge guarantee for you."
Xia Ruize didn't care about Cloris who was interrupting, just looked up and down at Abraham, and left a cold sentence:
"Why don't you give me the energy box for safekeeping first when it's your turn to fight next time."
After finishing speaking, he made a strong leap without looking back, and landed on the moving board that was approaching quickly. The moving board carried him to the direction of other theaters.
In this round, Xia Ruize of East Theater No. 5 participated in the battle, and the South Theater had already started the second round because of the small number of people. This time player No. 8 played, West Theater was No. 7 player, and North Theater was No. 6 player.
Unknown to Xia Ruize, the audience "loved" him so much that he was given North Theater No. 6 as his opponent, a fierce man who had personally finished off two contestants in the previous second level.
No way, the audience was dissatisfied with the performance of Xia Ruize who had seen Abraham sneak attack before, but instead of rushing to fight a battle he just went the other way, they were very dissatisfied.
Not to mention that in the subsequent maze exploration process, Xia Ruize was too cautious. Every time, he took the initiative to dodge other contestants. The only time he was accidentally hit by another contestant, the opponent rushed up to try to fight, but he turned around and quickly fled under the wind. It was really disappointing.
It was all right now. Seeing Xia Ruize who didn't dare or didn't want to fight against other players with his own eyes, met the North Theater No. 6 player who was keen to deal with players better than dealing with mutant creatures. Wasn´t it a highly anticipated and very pleasant thing?
Although Xia Ruize didn't know that the organizer was making a ghost in his back, he could feel the maliciousness of his opponents against him, not to mention that he had already raised his vigilance to the highest level before, and looked at the opponent in this battle who was standing on the opposite side coldly.
The No. 6 contestant of the North Theater was another muscular man who could look down on Xia Ruize. Wearing a protective armor, he was nearly one meter taller and half a meter wider than Xia Ruize. The two fighting against each other, like weightlifters of different weights. Standing in one piece, the contrast was sharp.
As soon as the opponent came up, he made a merciless mockery at Xia Ruize:
"Little dwarf, you haven't been weaned yet? I think you should surrender directly to your brother, who promises to love you tenderly, hahahaha…"
Xia Ruize was still looked cold, and didn't have any overreaction when provoked by the opponent's trash talk. He put down the laser gun, drew out the high-energy shock sword and turned the sword with his right hand.
After the first few rounds of trial run-in, the players who came to the battle had reached a consensus. In most of the matches, both sides put down their laser guns and compete with melee weapons.
Against the same human players, shooting laser guns with protective shields on each other was purely a waste of energy. Even if you win, you couldn't get much energy from your opponent. There were very few candidates for such a lose-lose competition.
In comparison, close combat was preferable. If it went well, close combat would kill the opponent and take over the opponent's possessions. Even if it didn't go smoothly, you could get close to the outcome of the battle. The draw in the previous round was an example, in any case, the energy consumption of close combat was much smaller than that of shooting with a laser gun.
As for the third round, which was clearly a melee battle but relied on laser hand gun to win, there was no more, because it was unanimously discarded.
If this kind of combat method continued to exist, it meant that everyone had to hold a protective shield to fight close combat. Let alone holding a protective shield to fight close combat was like two tortoises huddled in a tortoise shell to fight, and more importantly, the super protective shield high energy consumption completely violated the original intention of saving energy.
So, the third round with the pitied player was considered to use as life experience for future generations to summarize a subtle rule, after this, other players were in tacit agreement as to fight close combat and abandoned hot weapons, only relying on cold weapons.
Therefore, Xia Ruize took out the high-energy shock sword, which indicated that he was willing to abide by the unspoken rules, and this battle only relied on the normal sword.
But facing the provocative and indifferent Xia Ruize, the opponent laughed more frantically, as if he had seen the victory, and continued to spew trash talk at Xia Ruize.
The host looked at the contrast between Xia Ruize and the No. 6 contestant of the North Theater. He didn't know what he thought of, and he made a "hehehehe" wicked laugh, and then announced the start of the game unhurriedly.
As soon as the host's voice fell, Xia Ruize and his opponent rushed towards each other at the same time. The onlookers only saw the two quickly approaching. Only the organizer and the audience who watched the scene from multiple angles noticed that the two were about to meet each other. At the time of the collision, Xia Ruize ran significantly longer than his opponent.
The audience became excited, really looking forward to how Xia Ruize, who could approach and kill mutant creatures, would perform against human players.
In the audience's expectation, Xia Ruize slammed his right foot on the ground when he was 3 meters away from the opponent. Under the huge recoil, the whole person leapt up, and the completely unexpected action made, in the next second when the two crossed, the opponent look up, watching Xia Ruize's movements.
The huge shadow slammed down from the top of his head. The North Theater No. 6 player was shocked and tried his best to adjust his figure, but his movements were too slow, and it was too late to change his moves. Everyone only saw Xia Ruize plummet down. The calf wearing a protective armor jammed the neck of the No. 6 contestant in the North Theater.
Immediately afterwards, Xia Ruize's body turned over in mid-air, and the huge body strength actually drove the opponent to fly into the air, and was forced to follow it and also came into a turn.
At this moment, the two armors were almost parallel to the ground, flipping 360 degrees in the air.
In the next second, Xia Ruize, who had flipped a lap, let go of his opponent, landed calmly, and stood firm.
Behind him, the player No. 6 of the North Theater laid flat and fell to the ground, making a loud noise. Surprisingly, the player in the slanted helmet had no response and had passed out.
Standing still, Xia Ruize's right hand long sword was holding a large piece of armor that should belong to his opponent. He gently lifted it upwards, and the shattered storage space was thrown toward his body. Five of the energy boxes were drawn. The beautiful arc fell directly into the storage space Xia Ruize had opened, and the ragged armor part fell aside.
"cool!"
After the spectators outside the venue were stunned, they greeted Xia Ruize's performance in unanimous shouts. Such a crisp and neat battle made people look enthusiastic, and they could not wait to replace Xia Ruize and perform such cool moves to solve the opponent with one blow.
"Pretty!"
The director clapped his hands excitedly, and the staff under his command immediately edited the battle scene into an advertisement. Xia Ruize's personality that looked gentle and clean, but was actually very powerful, must be very attractive to the aesthetics of female audiences.
This episode of the show introduced such a player idol, which may attract a large number of new female audiences. The director couldn't wait to see the gratifying system sales data.
The host had originally planned to immediately announce Xia Ruize's victory, but suddenly he gave a suspicious "Huh" and paused. After fifteen seconds, the North Theater No. 6 contestant was still motionless like a dead pig, and the host announced that Xia Ruize had won.
The other contestants knew that there was only one reason for the host to act like this, that is, the organizer detected that the North Theater player No. 6 was only in a coma and not dead, so he could not immediately announce Xia Ruize's victory.
Suddenly, everyone looked at Xia Ruize with different gazes. After successfully knocking out the opponent, this guy didn't take the knife to kill, was it benevolence or conspiracy?
Xia Ruize still had a cold face. After the host announced the result, he single-handedly picked up the top of the fainted opponent's helmet and dragged it to the edge of the island as easily as a mop.
The players watched Xia Ruize walk in front easily and naturally, and the body of the North Theater No. 6 player was constantly being rub against the ground and dragged behind, they couldn't bear to look straight.
Xia Ruize dragged his opponent to the edge of the island according to the host's request and dropped it on a moving board. He stepped on another moving board and returned to the East Theater.
This time, the players from the same theater looked at Xia Ruize in a very different way. Cloris and Ivanov had already played and won the East Theater, but they had far less impact on everyone than Xia Ruize. The impact was strong, so this was the real strength of the players who could reach the rest area in the top three?!
Xia Ruize stepped off the moving board, walked straight to Abraham, and asked in a flat tone:
"Do you need me to help you keep the energy box?"
Staring straight at those dark black eyes, Abraham felt that his brain was seen through. He involuntarily took a step back, and his voice returned dryly: "No, no need…"
"Waiting at any time."
After leaving a cold sentence, Xia Ruize walked to the edge of the balcony and looked at the player who got the number 3.