God Simulator

  Chapter 88 The Man in the Cage

  Lu Yao took a hot bath after returning home to relieve the burnout from work and relax.

  When he came out of the bathroom, the food had been cooked on a small fire and placed neatly on the computer desk: a steamed egg, a glass of iced Coke, a stack of French fries sprinkled with salt and pepper, and perpetual wine.

  In addition to the finger cakes that Lu Yao bought when he came back, dinner and dinner are all done.

  Eating hot food in winter always makes people feel good.

  Lu Yao ate a piece of French fries. The shell was crispy and the inside was soft.

  He gave a thumbs up to the prickly pear in the flower pot next to it: "Not bad, my cooking skills have improved."

  Prickly Pear bowed slightly with some pride: "It's only because you teach well, my lord, that your servants can learn a trivial part from your wisdom..."

   "Okay, shut up."

  Lu Yao raised his hand to make it stop.

  Xiao Huo immediately returned to the normal cactus posture.

   This cactus follower is good in everything else, obedient, sensible, and meticulous in doing things... But it has a problem: it is too keen on flattering.

  Occasionally listening to flattery is not bad, but often it makes Lu Yao feel awkward.

  In this day and age, embarrassing licking is black, and embarrassing black is whitewashing.

   Almost done.

   Everything is enough.

   While eating, Lu Yao paid attention to the pixel world in the simulator.

   After resting for a few days, he is going to launch a big operation today to explore [the first floor of the Black Abyss] to advance the exploration progress of the first floor.

   Displayed in the upper right corner.

   Population: 22,318 Faith: 21,545

  The fanatical worship brought a lot of faith last time, and Lu Yao's ammunition arsenal is now sufficient.

  However, he has to concentrate on the next copy, keep an eye on the scene at all times, and has to operate in two lines from time to time—except for manually operating the Lord of the Deep, he also has to pay attention to performing miracles. Every time he entered the black abyss, it was also a kind of mental exhaustion for Lu Yao.

  He recharged his batteries for a few days, adjusted his state and prepared for the next level.

  The dungeon team of three quickly assembled.

  As Lu Yao opened the golden gate with the key, the game interface turned into a dark abyss world again.

  【First Floor of Black Abyss】The handwriting slowly emerged in the center.

  Different from last time, this time there are almost no ghouls visible outside the entrance.

   Occasionally, one or two ghouls were awakened from the ground. When they saw the blood knight trio, they immediately burrowed into the ground in fright, and hurriedly covered themselves with stones and soil to pretend to be corpses.

  Lu Yao discovered that after the Earl of Withering was killed, the remaining ghouls in the vicinity dispersed completely. They no longer act together in an orderly manner, and are much less aggressive and courageous.

   Obviously they are level 40 monsters, but they basically dig graves and run away in a hurry when they encounter the blood knight, without any thought of confrontation. It's more like self-awareness.

  The trio continued to explore along the previous path.

  They crossed the frost-covered area, where the Wither Earl once woke up, and now it has become dilapidated and silent, leaving only the traces of the battle and rubble everywhere.

  Background music maintains a normal soothing tone.

   There is something in the abyss that makes Lu Yao very uncomfortable. There is no small map here, so he can only keep trying to find the way. He also doesn't have any advantage from the bird's-eye view.

  Lu Yao called out [Fiery Mirror] from the props bar.

  He downloaded the dungeon today, the first purpose is to do experiments.

   Lu Yao pondered. Now that you have a long-range meteorite bomber like [Egil's Fire], if you can fire at the abyss and wash your face with meteorites, wouldn't it be much easier to fight the boss in the dungeon?

  This beautiful idea was quickly shattered.

  Lu Yao tried to use the cross star on the monocle to aim and activate it, but the entire cross star was gray and could not be activated.

  He was a little disappointed.

   But after calming down, Lu Yao also figured it out.

  Black Abyss is essentially another fragmented world.

  [Egil's Fire] doesn't have the ability to strike across the world... If it can really do that, maybe this miracle can really protect the seabed walkers.

  Just as he was finishing the experiment, the rhythm of the background music changed, and the BGM became lighter.

  There is a situation!

  Lu Yao turned his attention back to the map of the abyss.

  The dungeon trio came to a strange area. The wind is blowing here, the ground is covered with a thick layer of ice, and there are condensed ice sculptures everywhere.

  The three of them came to this new scene and visibly became vigilant.

  Even the blood knight walking in the front has slowed down his movement speed and beware of his surroundings.

  A black cage appeared on the ice ahead.

   It looks like a giant birdcage. The cage is surrounded by golden chains and firmly fixed to the ground, and there is a snowman inside.

   Is this the boss?

  Lu Yao carefully observed the man in the cage.

   The snowman looks normal with a carrot nose and black buttons eyes.

  It wears a red velvet hat on its head, a red scarf around its neck, two branches with red gloves on its arms, and a pair of red gloves at the end.

  Seeing people coming from outside, the snowman inside the cage waved his arms enthusiastically: "Hello, strangers!"

   "I haven't seen anyone else for a long time, and I welcome you to the abyss."

  However, it was firmly bound by golden chains, and there was a black birdcage outside, as if it was a very dangerous prisoner.

  Lu Yao double-clicked on the snowman's head.

  …

  [Hero LV5] Snowman Jimmy

   Health: 10/10

   Mana: 15/15

   Damage: 0

   Defense: 0

   Speed: 2

  【Undead】

   Due to unknown reasons, it has the characteristic of immortality and can be resurrected continuously.

  【Old God Curse LV10】

   Cursed by the old gods and sealed in all directions.

  【Caster】

   Less mana cost when casting spells.

  【Zero field (out of control)】

   When the ability is activated, targets within Jimmy's field of vision will continue to suffer low temperature damage and their speed will be reduced.

  【Snowball LV5 (out of control)】

   Create a snowball to attack the enemy, and there is a certain probability of entering the [Freeze] state when hit by a snowball.

  …

  Looking at this data panel, Lu Yao was a little confused.

  Jimmy the Snowman is not as good as an ordinary mob outside in terms of level or ability.

   But in terms of its location and captivity in the Black Abyss, it seems to be more dangerous than the Withered Earl.

  The snowman staggered to the side of the cage, waving his arms.

   "Are you from outside right?"

   "..."

   The dungeon team was a little speechless in the face of the snowman.

  However, Lu Yao noticed that the negative state of [Zero Domain] appeared above the heads of the three Blood Knights, and the -0 HP deduction kept appearing, and the speed was also subtracted by 2 points.

  The snowman said to himself: "Going further inside, it is the territory of the tyrant. He is the leader of the first layer of the abyss."

   "The tyrant is terrible, you should not go any further."

   "Excuse me, is there light outside?"

   It was the first time Lu Yao met a boss in the abyss who could communicate.

   Under his command, Isabel said: "Why are you locked here?"

"I do not know either."

  The snowman grabbed the cage with the branch arm: "I have been here since I can remember, and the past memory has been sealed. Can you talk to me for a while? You can say whatever you want!"

   "I haven't talked to anyone for a long time, ghouls ignore me, Mr. Earl said I was unlucky, the tyrant called me a waste..."

   "It's the first time we meet, I'll give you a gift."

  The snowman's two branch arms touched his body, but he didn't seem to find any treasures that could be handed out.

  Finally, it pulled out its red nose, touched it reluctantly, and finally handed it over with both hands, and placed it on the ice outside.

  Lu Yao placed the mouse on the snowman's nose on the ice.

  …

  【Carrot】: A plant.

  …

  Lu Yao twitched.

   It really is the carrot you eat.

  (end of this chapter)