Chapter 28: Cylon Town (with viewer comments, don't buy if you don't like it.)

While the aroma of the bubbling mermaid meat in the water attracts most of the mermaids and fish, there are a few that are more interested in Bai Liu's raw meat, and they bite at his arms and ankles with gusto, leaving one grisly ring of teeth marks after another.

Wang Shun's breath caught in his throat as he watched, "Spirit value is going down by 20!"

[System warning: Player Bai Liu's spirit level is 17, below 20, player is in berserk state, panel attributes will rise--]

The moment the voice of the system notification fell, Bai Liu curled up the corner of his mouth, and at the same time, his various panel attributes that had been fluttering in the red began to soar wildly---

[Player Name: Bai Liu (Berserk Attribute Enhancement Panel)]

[Stamina value: 7→151]

[Agility: 3→149]

[Attack: 6→167]

[Resistance: 2→166]

[Combined Defense and Attack Strength increased, Total Attribute Points exceeded 500, Rated as a C rank player, Player Bai Liu's rank increased, from F(?) to C rank, can resist attacks by mermaid sailors, mermaid wax figures, and mermaid larvae] Upgraded from F(?) to C rank, able to resist attacks from mermaid sailors, mermaid wax figures, and mermaid larvae.

Wang Shun stayed for a moment and reacted, "Right, when the Spirit Value is lower than twenty, the player will be judged to have entered a state of madness due to the low Spirit Value, and turn on the [Berserk] state, which can cause the panel attributes to rise insanely."

"After the Spirit Value passes twenty, the lower the Spirit Value, the higher the Panel Attribute will be, rising until it reaches the limit of the player's potential!"

Wang Shun thought quickly, "This is good for Bai Liu, at least he can fight back against the mermaids!"

"Not necessarily." Mu Sicheng wasn't optimistic, instead his expression became more and more solemn, "Player panel attributes will indeed go up, and it is indeed a good thing that the attack power is strengthened."

"But most players have already lost their sanity by this stage, the lower the player's mental value is, the more they will be like monsters in the game, the panel attributes are meaningless even if they are high, the player will only be like a monster who will attack indiscriminately, and the mental value will also accelerate the decline with the player's further madness and attacks until it goes to zero."

Bai Liu's eyes slowly open on the small TV, sharp nails grow on his hands, his lower limbs sway softly like fish tails, there are no black eyes, only gray-black cracks and uncomfortable whites, and the corners of his mouth crack with sharp teeth.

He backhanded a mermaid, who was cut in two by his fingernails and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea with his mouth wide open and his gills fluttering in pain, while Bai Liu just watched all this with an expressionless look on his face, and if it wasn't for the fact that he was still holding King Seiren in his right hand, it would have been no different from any other mermaid monster.

[System Warning: Player Bai Liu's mental value continues to drop, currently at 15, and his (berserk) state is intensifying]

[Player Name: Bai Liu (Berserk Attribute Enhancement Panel)]

[Stamina value: 151→351]

[Agility: 149→249]

[Attack: 167→667]

[Resistance: 166→966]

[Combined defense and attack power rises, panel attribute points total over 2,000, rated as a B grade player, player Bai Liu's grade rises, from C to B grade]

Wang Shun was dumbfounded, "Bai Liu, this panel attribute has risen too fast! It's reached B rank so quickly! How awesome is this potential!"

But soon Wang Shun was worried, "But Bai Liu spirit value has dropped again, if you can not stay awake, spirit value fell to below 10, then it will be completely finished--" egg.

Before Wang Shun could finish his sentence, the system in Bai Liu's small TV shrilly alarmed:

[Strong system warning: Player Bai Liu's mental value continues to drop, currently at 9, (berserk) state intensifying]

[System warning: Three minutes to King Seiren's awakening. Players are urged to clear the level quickly.]

"Only three more minutes!!! Spirit value is only 9!!!" Wang Shun's mood had followed Bai Liu through all the ups and downs, but he had never encountered such an exciting situation before.

He now looked at the emotionless Bai Liu on his face, and the King Seiren that Bai Liu was holding, whose tail and eyes were slowly starting to open, Wang Shun's mindset of watching Bai Liu play the game was a little too tense.

He pinched his tiger's mouth and barely kept his composure as he said, "Bai Liu, hold steady!!!"

Although this situation is already impossible to pass, but Wang Shun followed Bai Liu all the way to see over, he really do not want Bai Liu such a potential player just die, Wang Shun eyeballs do not turn to look at Bai Liu's small TV.

Mu Sicheng's right hand also completely gripped the elbow of his left hand, his jaw tightened, and his tone seemed a bit grave because of his slowness: "Three minutes, directly sending King Seiren back to the bottom of the sea, should still be able to pass the level, but then I don't know, Bai Liu, under the control of all kinds of hallucinations and [Berserk State], how much of his sanity is still maintained now, and does he still know that he is a player, not a ...... "monster in the game.

The rest of the audience was also devastated by Bai Liu's braking at the door, one or two of them screamed and couldn't believe that Bai Liu really couldn't pass the level, and looked at Bai Liu's small TV, praising and charging, and tried to wake up Bai Liu's consciousness with all kinds of off-camera methods.

Only the few spectators in a small corner who had been taunting Bai Liu snorted a few times, as if they had already anticipated this situation and watched with cold eyes.

In the small TV, the system is still warning:

[System Warning: Player Bai Liu's mental value continues to drop, current mental value is 8, (Berserk) state is intensifying]

[Player Name: Bai Liu (Berserk Attribute Enhancement Panel)]

[Stamina value: 351→655]

[Agility: 249→733]

[Attack: 367→1555]

[Resistance: 366→1776]

[Combined defense and attack power rises, panel attribute points total over 4000, rated as a Grade A player, player Bai Liu's grade rises, from B to Grade A]

Bai Liu's entire face was gradually covered with fish scales, his eyes emitted a dark green light in the sea water, every piece of scale was emitting danger, Bai Liu dragged King Seiren, slowly sinking.

King Seiren goes from a state of floating unsupported and tugged, to a fishtail swaying and balancing itself in the water.

The moment King Seiren's fins spread out wide in the water, all the mermaids surrounding Bai Liu whistled and scattered, and King Seiren's flawless face was reflected on the small TV, everyone held their breath for the beauty, and the danger behind that beauty.

Bai Liu's face is covered in armor-like scales, dark and hard, and his hands are covered in scales that keep sprouting and growing.

And King Seiren, with his face pure white and clean and his fingers long and clear, as they hold hands and sway their fishtails down in the sea of floating dust and corpses, is in turn a little eerily carefree, like two mermaids swimming at the bottom of the sea.

But this harmony from the scene will be bloody destroyed as soon as King Seiren opens his eyes.

Because when King Seiren wakes up, Bai Liu will surely die.

"Bai Liu has risen to an A rank player." Wang Shun was in a complicated and apprehensive mood, "I really wasn't wrong about him, he really does have a lot of potential and a lot of upside, if he goes into a berserk state, he can really do a lot of things."

Mu Sicheng, who was now also an A-ranked player, heard this and gave a start, as if he was reminded by Wang Shun's words, he reacted and narrowed his eyes, "Wait - Bai Liu was aware that dropping the spirit value could enter a berserk state, and as soon as he entered the game the system would warn the player [Spirit Value below 20 will enter the Berserk State] about this-"

Mu Sicheng looked at Bai Liu, who was still slowly sinking in the sea in the small TV, and his tone was certain, "Bai Liu is intentionally utilizing this to let these monsters attack him, so that his spirit value will drop then stimulate his berserk state, and by doing so increase his panel attributes!"

Wang Shun was instead stuck, "Why would he do that, Bai Liu can totally pass the level without having to aggravate his berserk state, right?"

"Yes, not only that, Bai Liu didn't even have to care about those mermaid monsters at all, he could easily pass the level by directly hiding in the [Bubbles in the Water] and sending King Seiren back to the bottom of the sea." Mu Sicheng seemed to have figured it out all at once as he continued with a few moments of incredulity, "...... The reason why Bai Liu wants to mess with those mermaid monsters is because those mermaid monsters might get in the way of his plan."

"What plan?" The more Wang Shun listened, the more confused he became, "He's only at 7 spirit level now, what plan could he possibly have?"

"Bai Liu is deliberately letting his spirit value fall to this value." Mu Sicheng let out a long breath and raised his eyes to Bai Liu in the small TV:

"Do you still remember that I said that Bai Liu's true end line is to collect all the monster books? Bai Liu's "Monster Book of Siren Town" is almost complete, there is only one place missing, that is, inside the page of [King Seiren] - [King Seiren's Attack Methods], Bai Liu wants to complete this place, he has to make King Seiren wake up and attack him, but under normal condition, Bai Liu can't take King Seiren's attack, therefore, Bai Liu is not able to take King Seiren's attack. But under normal conditions, Bai Liu can't take King Seiren's attacks, so--"

"--So Bai Liu just let the mermaid monster attack himself, dropping his spirit value furiously along the way, forcing himself into a [Berserk State] to increase his panel attributes to take on one of King Seiren's attacks?!" Wang Shun smoothly caught Mu Sicheng's words, but he himself was dumbfounded after he finished speaking.

Wang Shun, overwhelmed by shock, stuttered and gestured at Mu Sicheng, "But this is a god-level npc! To take on a single attack from a god-level NPC like this, it would take at least an S-rank or higher player panel like Spades!"

"Right." Mu Sicheng looked at Wang Shun, "But you're forgetting one very important point - Bai Liu doesn't realize that he's facing a god-level NPC, he's treating this like a normal game."

"He guessed everything but one thing - he didn't know he was dealing with a bug," Mu Sicheng tore open a lollipop for himself and bit it in his mouth, slurping, "This madman, I have a feeling he was thinking there must be a way to pass this game perfectly."

"Bai Liu is clearly a player who will make the optimal solution, so he resolves the mermaid corpse, the mermaid wax statue, and the mermaid sailor just to avoid these monsters from messing up when he finally takes on King Seiren's attack, and he wants to save all of his leftover power to deal with King Seiren."

"It's safe to say that this guy has taken everything to the extreme, minimal risk, minimal points spent, highest yielding path through the level, and Bai Liu never questioned from start to finish that what he chose was the optimal solution, almost perfect execution, obviously the panel attributes are only F grade, it's just too much- -I'm not sure if I'm the right person for the job.

Mu Sicheng was quiet for a few seconds, recalling Bai Liu throughout the game, and used one word to describe Bai Liu : "Scary."

"Then does Bai Liu have a high probability of getting through?" Wang Shun's heart popped out of his throat as he listened to Mu Sicheng's analysis, "God Mu, I didn't catch your meaning, is there a high probability that Bai Liu can pass, or not?"

"I don't know." Mu Sicheng chewed somewhat absentmindedly on his lollipop.

The red light in his eyes flickered as if he had discovered something extremely peculiar as he looked at Bai Liu's little TV, "Bai Liu has two endings, the first one passes and fails to die."

"The second ...... pass was successful."

"This means Bai Liu will set my solo points record and will also be the first player to include a divine npc monster book."

"And as you said, to resist a single attack from a God-ranked NPC, it requires a player with an S-rank panel attribute to be able to do it, and currently the only player in the game with an S-rank attribute panel is the No. 1 in the overall scoreboard, or [King Player] Spades as we call him."

Mu Sicheng's expression was a bit obscure, "If Bai Liu did it, it means that his potential in his berserk state could reach S rank, then he would become the second newcomer in this game who could potentially become S rank."

Wang Shun looked toward Bai Liu on the small TV and repeated Mu Sicheng's words indistinctly, "A second S-class?"

Bai Liu and King Seiren were slowly sinking hand in hand in the water, and in front of his eyes were various overlapping illusions, which were so dense that they appeared to be color blocks spreading out in front of him, and even his senses were beginning to align with what was inside the illusions.

It was as if his brain was being manipulated by something strange, and sensory experiences corresponding to the various things that appeared in the hallucination appeared.

But Bai Liu, for some reason, was able to easily determine what was an illusion and what was reality.

It is as if in the hallucination Bai Liu saw that he had been torn and scratched apart by a group of mermaids, and Bai Liu's body did appear to have that kind of pain in the distance of being torn and scratched apart by the mermaids, and in the case where all the senses were completely deceived, if it was an ordinary person who might suspect that he had already been bitten by the mermaids, he was bitten by the mermaids to death.

But Bai Liu just calmly remembered that the group of mermaids were all put into the [Bubbles in the water] by him, although the possibility of some mermaids running out and tearing him apart could not be ruled out, but Bai Liu chose to believe in the reliability of his own operation at such a time, after all, Bai Liu felt that he was more credible than an illusion at such a time.

Relying on this kind of confidence that comes from nowhere, Bai Liu stays motionless in the midst of thousands of hallucinations that make people go crazy, keeping a kind of calm that makes people's scalp numb, counting his own heartbeat to time the countdown to King Seiren's awakening, Bai Liu slowly sinks to the bottom of the sea.

[System warning: One minute to King Seiren's awakening, entering the countdown, please pass the level quickly! 59...58...57...]

Wang Shun couldn't even breathe, he felt more nervous than Bai Liu: "There's only one minute left."

"Almost to the bottom of the sea. " Mu Sicheng also looks intently at Bai Liu's small TV.

The whole audience did not even have a loud breath, all tilted their heads and breathed softly, their eyes were almost glued to the small TV screen, even the group of audience who had been gabbing before, this time they also looked at Bai Liu's small TV without turning their eyes.

Bai Liu's passage depends on this minute.

King Seiren finally opens his eyes slowly.

At the same time, Bai Liu also seemed to know that King Seiren would wake up at this moment, and let go of King Seiren's hand in anticipation.

King Seiren was quietly suspended in the water, he looked at Bai Liu, his eyes were as pure white as fresh snow, so white that they were as abnormal as marble, his light colored eyelashes covered his silver pupils, his long hair twisted in the sea water over King Seiren's expressionless and thickly beautiful face.

His regal face with such glistening white eyes was almost like a mythological elf or some rumored level of beautiful creature that couldn't hide its glitter at the bottom of the sea.

The audience looked at a face like that that was so self-contained and divine that they had a compelling dazzle and couldn't bear to lay a hand on him.

[System warning: King Seiren has awakened! Viewers are requested to stay away from the small TV screen! Getting too close to the screen will risk being mentally contaminated by a god-level NPC!

Bai Liu, the audience in the small TV viewing area were all moving towards the small TV as if they were mesmerized, and Mu Sicheng was keenly aware that some of these people's spirit levels were starting to drop rapidly.

Wang Shun, next to him, was struck with a trance-like fascination as he looked into King Seiren's eyes, "So beautiful, don't hurt him."

Wang Shun's eyes were the same silvery-white color as King Seiren's on the small TV screen when he said this.

Mu Sicheng pulled out a mint-flavored lollipop and held it in his mouth, a long-lasting slow-release prop to maintain the rinsing of mental values, and he looked at the King Seiren in the screen without holding back an eyebrow, "Wow, worthy of being a god-level NPC, this mental pollution effect can penetrate outside of the small TV screen."

Most of the monsters in the game contaminated in a way that was all [Contact], but the god-level NPCs lived up to their name, contaminating in a way that was [Radiation], and all of them, the players, couldn't avoid it from a screen away.

[System Warning: Player Bai Liu's small TV area has seen a large number of viewers' spiritual values being polluted, now activate the protection mechanism to force all spiritual values to be rinsed]

[King Seiren, the source of the contamination, has been detected, and the image has been blurred, so please feel free to continue watching]

A white mist fell into Bai Liu's small TV area, and Wang Shun, who was still in a daze toward the small TV, suddenly had a jolt, coughed twice, and his pupils returned to black.

The face of King Seiren in the small TV had been mosaicked by the system. Wang Shun looked at the blurred image of King Seiren with palpitations, and couldn't help but move his gaze to Bai Liu's body.

They are separated from the screen of the audience by the impact are so heavy, Bai Liu this dragged King Seiren ran all the way until King Seiren almost woke up the spirit of the value of the guy was affected by the beginning of the decline, in the end, what level of the monster ah ......