Chapter 110: Carnival Mode

Is this what it feels like to bomb from the sky? How exhilarating!

The Soaring Wings gave him his first taste of flight, and he found himself growing increasingly eager for the thrusters. Thrusters would remove the flight restrictions, allowing for true, free-roaming aerial movement—much like piloting a mech in space. Heaven knows how satisfying that will be.

As he closed in on the treasure chest, Huang Yunshuo bombarded the area around it with his rocket launcher. Level 3 bunnies shrieked as they were blown away in droves. Even though the splash damage only dealt half the effect of a direct hit, the sheer volume of targets meant they were still being wiped out instantly. The ground was soon littered with dropped materials and copper coins.

Whoosh.

Landing firmly on the ground, Huang Yunshuo took a second to regain his footing before charging forward to grab the chest, intending to shove it into his inventory.

"I can't put it in my inventory?"

Damn it.

This unexpected development caught him off guard. He had no choice but to lug the heavy chest with one hand while firing a knockback shot from his rocket launcher with the other.

Boom.

His body flew toward the player castle, slamming headlong into a massive swarm of rabbits.

"Small Bunny (Green) triggers passive skill—Toxin: causes you to lose 1 HP per second for 10 seconds."
"Small Bunny (Red) triggers passive skill—Heat Poison: prevents HP recovery for 10 seconds."

...

Having incurred the wrath of the rabbits, Huang Yunshuo was instantly swarmed by a colorful sea of them, with countless passive effects stacking upon him. To his horror, he realized that the bunnies' passives were cumulative. For instance, three Green Bunnies applying their Toxin meant he lost 3 HP per second for 10 seconds! Two Yellow Bunnies meant his attack speed was reduced by 20%; he had no doubt that ten of them would drop his attack speed to zero. How absurdly overpowered was this?

Boom, boom.

He fired two desperate shots from his rocket launcher, blasting a path through the bunnies.

Huang Yunshuo noticed his attack speed growing sluggish. In the blink of an eye, the Yellow Bunnies' passive had stacked six times, slowing his actions to a crawl. He stowed the rocket launcher away. Fortunately, none of the five rabbit types reduced movement speed. Sighing in relief, he relied on his 120 Strength to bulldoze through the crowd, knocking aside every bunny in his path and carving out a bloody trail.

"Small Stone Turtles!"

Just as he was about to reach the player ranks, he saw a patch of Small Stone Turtles on the ground. Recalling the terror of being slowed by 90% by them earlier, he gulped.

"Charge!"

Clutching the chest, he rammed into the player crowd, leaving a trail of battered, low-health turtles in his wake. After regaining his balance, he scanned his surroundings. Seeing no more of the annoying bunnies or turtles, he finally exhaled. Carrying the heavy chest, he shoved past the blocking players, dashed back into the castle, and climbed the stairs to the seventh floor.

"What's in the chest?" everyone asked eagerly.

In ancient times, there was the tale of Zhao Yun fighting through the enemy lines at Changban; today, there was the "Retard" who could fly and crush bunnies. Though both were examples of fighting through overwhelming odds, why did Huang Yunshuo's feat feel so ridiculous?

He dropped the heavy chest to the ground, panting—he was exhausted. He flipped the lid open, and a blinding, dazzling light erupted from within. As the radiance faded, Huang Yunshuo saw a glass bottle the size of a shampoo bottle resting inside, filled with a beautiful, emerald-green liquid.

Before he could even say a word, a system announcement triggered.

[Level 16 Frost Cold Eagle "Retard" of Stone Terrace Town has secured the server's first Global Recovery Treasure Chest. Starting now, Stone Terrace Town enters a half-hour Siege Carnival mode. Player drop rewards are increased from 2x to 4x. Gogo-lo will command an army of animals to launch a full-scale assault on Stone Terrace Town. Additionally, 50 HP recovery sprays and 20 MP recovery sprays will randomly rain down from the sky.]

[Because Stone Terrace Town triggered the Carnival mode first, the Gogo-lo roosters in other towns have grown jealous and will significantly increase their siege intensity. Warning: Sloth Knights will join the battle in 10 minutes. Warning: Once the Stone Terrace Town Carnival ends, if the town has not fallen, all towns will face a raid by Macaque Knights.]

"Damn, so intense?"

Hearing the two global announcements, Huang Yunshuo felt a rush of adrenaline. Had he once again become the man who influenced the entire server? Drop rewards doubled to 4x, plus recovery sprays falling from the sky—it felt like playing on a private server. How could it be anything but exhilarating?

However, there was a price to pay. Huang Yunshuo saw the animals in the distance becoming agitated. Large groups of high-level creatures began rushing toward Stone Terrace Town, though the sheer number of small animals caused them to become temporarily chaotic.

"We can head down now!" Li Nan suggested.

"Right, let's go," added Yu Shiyin and the others. The 500 players from the @#￥ Brotherhood pushed through the crowd toward the city gates. Seeing these elite players leaving, the rest of the players swarmed out after them, excitedly waiting for the full-scale animal siege to begin.

Huang Yunshuo kicked off the ground and drifted down from the ramparts. His Soaring Wings, grotesque yet magnificent, reflected the sunlight. Below, players looked up, seeing only two dazzling streaks of metallic light.

Boom, boom, boom.

Huang Yunshuo bombarded the area with his rocket launcher, clearing space. The swarming players rushed forward to fill the gaps, and the player-controlled territory slowly expanded.

Meanwhile, in Well Platform Town.

"Are the assassins' stealth durations enough? The Global Recovery Treasure Chest is just ahead!" Mo Lun asked.

The Zongheng Fenghua Brotherhood led the charge, pushing deep into the animal ranks surrounded by countless other players. They were now less than 20 meters from the chest.

Wu Shang: "It should be enough."

The dozen or so assassins sent out all indicated they had no issues. At this distance, carefully navigating back and forth while stealthed was feasible. A dozen shadowy figures, appearing grey to Mo Lun, moved with agility toward the objective, quickly crossing the terrifying Small Stone Turtles and entering the territory of the five-colored bunnies.

"Small Bunny (Green) triggers passive skill—Toxin: causes you to lose 1 HP per second for 10 seconds."
"Small Bunny (Red) triggers passive skill—Heat Poison: prevents HP recovery for 10 seconds."
"Small Bunny (Purple) triggers passive skill—Fragility: increases your chance of being critically hit by 10% for 10 seconds."
"Small Bunny (Blue) triggers passive skill—Steal: reduces your MP by 10 for 10 seconds and converts it into the bunny's HP."