Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 218 Lighthouse

The edge of the island, the beach of immortality.

Cell Man walked out of the narrow passage and saw a cliff that had been eroded by waves and rain.

A large number of pipes were artificially built between the gaps in the mountain cliffs, leading to the experimental laboratory below the mountain wall.

This is the territory of the apostates, a group of heretics who were originally expelled from the kingdom. They have been obsessed with bloody and dark "medical" research for many years, and have a good understanding of cells and artificial humans.

In the process of researching the panacea, the collector also received some help from them and learned relevant knowledge.

At this moment, the Cell Man came here, looking at the traitors who were wearing thick red robes but with skeletons inside and outside, and the resurrected dead who were awakened by the lanterns in their hands and attacked them.

Also besieging him was a failed artificial man who looked almost exactly like him. He was shirtless and could only attack by throwing green algae.

Cell Man didn't make any unnecessary movements, but his hand holding the shield tightened subconsciously, and the light projected from his one eye became extremely cold.

He raised his hand slightly, and a blue-white lightning danced in his hand, like a long whip.

Facing the surrounding enemies, the Cell Man rushed forward.

...half an hour later.

With a flash of lightning, the body of the last failed artificial human standing in front of the Cell Man was burned to ashes, and the body that lost control also fell down and decayed rapidly.

The Cell Man was about to leave when he suddenly saw a somewhat familiar symbol on the wall at the corner ahead.

He went over and took a closer look. It was a mark composed of four knife marks. It looked like...a horizontal slash in the middle of the king's emblem.

Cell Man studied the mark for a moment, then saw the smashed door next to it.

He was stunned and subconsciously complained: "Hey! I didn't break this door by kicking it in!"

After a pause, he observed the door: "...something's not right here."

So he pushed open the broken door and walked in.

Inside is a spacious laboratory. The table in the room is filled with flasks for experiments. There are various messy design drawings on the wall, and there is also a body frame that is like a torture instrument to imprison people.

But the most eye-catching thing is that there are straight and slender sword marks on the walls, floor, and restraint platform. The mark seemed to be a neat incision that could only be made by cutting a small gap into the space.

The corpses of two apostates fell to the ground, one's head was smashed to pieces, and the other had three large gold-plated arrows stuck in his body.

In the deepest part of the laboratory, there was a huge smashed culture tank, with all kinds of weird plants growing in it, which looked extremely uncomfortable. There was also a traitor who was hung by the sink, with two crossed sword marks on his body.

Cell Man looked at the entire laboratory carefully, touched his chin, and said in his heart: "I hate these traitor bastards... It seems that there are others who think so too."

He touched the scars on the corpses and finally sighed: "...I hope I won't meet that person."

He checked the strange plants in the sink again, but found nothing, so he stopped delaying and left quickly.

Next, going all the way down the cliff, the Cell Man found the Collector's laboratory and also found the way out of the beach.

However, when he came out of the laboratory after consumption this time, he saw a somewhat strange sight.

Along the old cemetery along the coast, dark red roses are planted along the road.

These roses are crooked, but still tenaciously standing upright, extending all the way into the damaged cemetery. Judging from the growth traces, it should have been planted not too long ago.

In this originally abandoned cemetery, someone actually planted roses, which made the cell people also become interested.

He walked along the stone steps of the cemetery and entered the broken hall in the center.

Most of the dome of this hall has been damaged, and a long scroll hangs between the two glass windows at the end. The portrait shows an artificial man wearing a burqa, which looks somewhat similar to a cell man.

The floor of the hall was now covered with dark red roses. A man wearing a brown robe and a bamboo hat with green skin was standing in the hall, watering the roses.

The cell man jumped from the broken dome and stepped on the flower field.

The man watering the flowers immediately heard the noise, turned around, and saw the rose that had been trampled to death by the Cell Man.

This scarecrow-like man immediately let out a roar that didn’t sound like a human voice!

"Ow-!!!"

Without hesitation, he picked up the sickle on the ground and rushed towards the Cell Man!

Cell Man was slightly startled, but not surprised. On this hellish island, no matter whether they are alive, half-dead, or dead and resurrected, as long as they are moving, they will basically come up and kick them when they see him.

Cell Man certainly doesn't think this is his problem, after all, these guys are obviously crazy.

Facing the scarecrow's scythe that was swinging down quickly, he raised his shield to block and swat the opponent's scythe away, and then swung his electric whip to fight back.

Amidst the roaring sound, the Scarecrow's coat was scorched black by the electricity, but he didn't seem to feel anything at all. He immediately took out two short-handled sickles from behind and threw them at the Cell Man like flying knives!

The Cell Man rolled to avoid this time, but the Scarecrow had already jumped high, and vines popped out from behind and grabbed onto the walls of the lobby. Then he took out a pitchfork from nowhere and stabbed the Cell Man.

Cell Man was also a little annoyed, and roared in his heart: "I just stepped on your rose, just like a mad dog! If you don't know, you think I stole your wife!"

While rolling to dodge, he took out a flash bomb and threw it out!

"Om-"

The scarecrow was hit by the flash bomb and fell to the ground. The cell man was about to go over and hit him, but saw his body shaking rapidly, and he got into the ground within two seconds.

Cell Man: "..."

This guy is so annoying!

He waved his hand behind his back and dropped the two bear traps at his feet.

"…bring it on!"

……

While Cell Man and Scarecrow were fighting for [-] rounds, they were at the Immortal Beach.

Li You and his companions walked among the cliffs.

Of course, they move much more easily than the cell people. They don't need to climb the mountain slowly and can just rappel down.

In fact, standing on the cliff of Immortal Beach, you can see the crooked lighthouse in the distance.

Of course Li You followed the footsteps of the Cell Man. He got news from the Collector that the Cell Man had found the way to the lighthouse, so he followed him all the way.

Li You knew without guessing that the Cell Man was probably communicating with the Scarecrow, and the results could be known at any time.

But even though time was a little tight, he still came to the laboratory that Cell Man had discovered before.

Li You looked at the traces left in the laboratory, especially the sword marks on the wall, with a serious look on his face.

Aiji also came to him and said in surprise: "Are these...marks made by relying only on sword energy?"

After experiencing the world of Sekiro, Aggie has some experience in this area.

Li You nodded, confirming her guess: "Yes, the person who left these sword marks must be a real top swordsman. Such sword skills have already touched the threshold of space slashing, right?"

He wasn't very sure, after all, he himself had never seen anyone with such a level of swordsmanship.

Even the sword master Ashina Isshin, who has studied secret sword skills for decades, can only reach that level in theory.

Although Li You also learned this trick, he is still at the introductory stage.

It's not that he's not smart, it's simply that it's too difficult.

That's the prototype of Dimension Slash!

If he can master the space sword skill so quickly, then he can kill Gojo Satoru in an instant. In the next world, he can probably fight with Brother V in Devil May Cry?

As for the person who left these sword marks on the wall, Li You estimated that he must be above him in swordsmanship, but a little worse than his brother Yixin.

But it is already very strong.

Of course there are those who are dissatisfied. Ye Ge flew in the air and hummed dissatisfied: "That's it! If I release all my strength, I can... no, I can do better!"

Li You said "Yes, yes," while he looked at other traces of the battle in the room and confirmed that this was just a one-sided killing.

Ignoring Yege's dissatisfaction that "you are just perfunctory with me", Li You thought quietly.

The answer to who exactly did this scene is obvious.

Those sword marks that almost distorted the space were left by the queen herself. As for the smashed skulls of the traitors and the gold-plated arrows stuck in their bodies, they came from the queen's three guards, and each of them left obvious traces.

The mark on the door is the queen's personal emblem.

As for what they did here, it is not difficult to guess that it should be to rescue the scarecrow that was used by the apostates for experiments.

The Scarecrow was originally a world-famous botanist. Before the mutation broke out in the kingdom, he was invited to the island and opened a botanical garden here for the leisure of the royal family and dignitaries.

Among the nobles in the kingdom, the queen likes the scenery of the botanical garden the most. Her favorite flower is red roses.

The queen often comes to the botanical garden to relax, and the king also comes here from time to time. They are both friends with the botanists.

But unknown to them, the botanist gradually fell in love with the queen. Of course he didn't speak, he just kept his feelings in his heart.

Later, a mutation occurred, and the collector discovered that its source was related to the plants on the island, so the sinister king immediately ordered the burning of the botanical garden.

The botanist strongly resisted this, because he knew that the queen liked the scenery of the botanical garden very much. It's a pity that he alone can't resist the kingdom's guards.

Even at that time, in the chaos, botanists were brutally murdered.

However, he did not die. Instead, he got up due to the disease infection, groping all the way, and finally came to the Immortal Beach.

He sought help from the apostates here, and did seem to get some help. But in the end, for some unknown reason, he ended up becoming a guinea pig.

Later, the queen, who heard the news, came with her bodyguards to rescue him and destroyed the apostate's laboratory.

It is not clear what happened next, but the queen probably had no feelings for the botanist beyond friendship.

So after rescuing the botanist, she went to the lighthouse, extinguished the flames, and fulfilled her duties as queen.

Perhaps it is for this reason that the botanist who mutated into a scarecrow had nowhere to go, so he decided to stay near the queen and always planted her favorite red roses for her.

Even in the game, if you use a special method to avoid stepping on the Scarecrow's roses on the Gloomy Cemetery map, then he will not attack, allowing you to hit him at will.

This may be a game bug, but it does fit the setting.

Li You and his party continued to move forward and also came to the gloomy cemetery.

Looking at the roses all over the place, Aggie couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are there flowers here?"

Li You briefly explained the story behind it to Aiji, and the emotional girl was very moved: "This botanist has forgotten so many things, but always remembers the flowers she likes... This is really..."

Li You nodded: "Yes, it's really Tom's behavior."

Ai Ji: "?" Li You explained: "Oh, Tom Cat is an anime character from my hometown. He is characterized by being devoted and able to give everything to his lover. He is a very classic character."

Aiji's face was expressionless: "Yes, and he has no brains, he is a licker."

"Please, Li You, this animation also exists in our world."

Li You: "Ah this..."

Ai Ji rolled his eyes at him: "Let's go and see how the Cell Man and Licking Dog are doing."

Li You could only spread his hands and walk towards the hall ahead.

Arriving at the edge of the hall, Li You saw through the damaged outer wall that the Cell Man and the Scarecrow were indeed fighting.

However, the winner is about to be decided.

Cell Man raised his shield for the last time, deflected the shovel swung by Scarecrow, and took the opportunity to swing his electric whip!

The electric whip penetrated the scarecrow's defense and burned his face fiercely!

The Scarecrow let out a scream and struggled to retreat, but the Cell Man had already picked up the short-handled sickle he had dropped on the ground and chopped it down with all his strength!

The short-handled sickle pierced the Scarecrow's hat and his head directly, ending all the Scarecrow's resistance.

As Cell Man let go of his hand, Scarecrow fell to his knees with a thud, falling in front of Cell Man.

The Cell Man did not relax his vigilance and turned towards the entrance again, raising his shield.

Li You immediately walked out and waved: "Don't be nervous, it's me!"

Cell Man's eyes flashed, he paused, then put down his shield and electric whip, and waved to Li You.

Aggie connected with him and began to send a message: "Why are you here?"

Li You replied: "When I was looking for alchemy materials on the island, I found the traces you left, so I chased you all the way."

Cell Man nodded: "I see... I'm going to the lighthouse over there to check out the situation. I think that might be a way to escape from the island. Do you want to come with me?"

Li Youyou: "Of course."

The two reached an agreement, and Ai Ji and Yu Zi also nodded to the Cell Man. Only Ye Ge looked unhappy: "Why are you bringing this useless guy? We can kill him ourselves!"

Let's kill each other together, right?

Li You almost complained, but he still held it back. After all, Ye Ge would have to quarrel with him for a long time after saying these words.

So he just said: "Then let's go. Do you know the way?"

Cell Man raised his finger and pointed behind him: "Just go this way."

After passing through the narrow cave and continuing down the cliff gap, the group came to an extremely old small pier. Judging from the smelly dead fish piled here, you can tell that this was originally a small port for fishing.

At the pier, a dilapidated wooden boat was docked. A fat tentacle monster wearing a yellow raincoat was sitting on the boat, waiting for the arrival of the Cell Man.

Li You and his group came to him, and he glanced at the strangers and said:

"...Do you have any companions?"

Cell Man nodded and gave a thumbs up.

The fat tentacle monster didn't say anything, and just said: "It's okay. One more person will give you more strength, as long as they are indeed companions."

After hearing what he had pointed out, Li You also looked at him. But the face of this fat tentacle monster was covered by a raincoat and hat, making it impossible to see clearly. There was only a faint spot of light.

He didn't seem to notice Li You's gaze, and just continued to ask: "So, are you ready? Say it and we will set sail immediately."

"But remember, what's lurking in that wreck is really unsightly even by my standards. You'd better be careful."

Cell Man looked back at Li You and the others, but Li You and the others had no reaction.

Everyone immediately got on the boat. Surprisingly, this small wooden boat, which looked dilapidated and ancient, was very strong. It carried two heavyweight passengers, the tentacle monster and Yuzi, and could actually transport Li You and the others.

The tentacle monster used two tentacles to pull up the anchor, and the other two tentacles paddled the water. The boat quickly sailed towards the gloomy and ruined shipwrecks in the distance.

On the way, Aggie was also a little curious about how the tentacle monster could row so fast with just two tentacles, so he wanted to take a look at the end of the boat.

But the tentacle monster warned: "Miss, be careful? This boat has a limited carrying capacity. If you accidentally fall into the water, you may encounter some ferocious carnivorous fish."

Ai Ji was a little confused at first, but Li You pulled her up expressionlessly and brought her back to him.

Before she was pulled away, she glanced around and seemed to see a huge shadow under the water, under the boat, undulating and causing little splashes of water.

Aiji swallowed, sat quietly next to Li You, and stopped looking around.

She took a moment and then used her mental link to whisper to Li Youyou: "Under this boat, could it be..."

Li You remained expressionless, and answered in the mental link: "It seems so. So, we'd better not provoke this guy."

Aggie was silent.

The boat soon arrived near the wreckage.

The fat tentacle monster put Li You and his party down and said, "Then I will send you here, and you can only rely on yourself for the rest of the journey."

With that said, he punted and left, as fast as flying on the water.

Li You and others, including Cell Man, looked at each other for a while before Li You said: "...let's go."

Everyone nodded, especially Ye Ge, who had never spoken a word since seeing the Fat Mansion Tentacle Monster. At this time, it was swaying continuously, almost shaking the topaz from its eyeballs.

The group immediately entered the infected shipwreck.

Although this area is called a shipwreck, it is actually much more than that. It is actually the product of several shipwrecks of different sizes combined with seaside cliff caves. Even in the game, it is one of the top maps in terms of size. one.

The monsters wandering here are also all kinds of strange. In addition to the infected people we have seen before, the main enemies are the rebel crew members resurrected by the disease, and a predator lurking in the dark-the armored shrimp.

Similarly, the actual appearance of this thing has basically nothing to do with "shrimp".

It is more like a sea urchin covered with thorns, with several spiked tentacles extending from its body to attack. They are huge and like to hide in the cracks of shipwrecks. Once prey passes by, they will suddenly pounce out to hunt.

But fortunately, with Aiji and Yuzu here, this kind of creature that relies on disguise to make a living can't afford to make any waves.

Everyone pushed forward in parallel, killing all the enemies they saw, and the dropped items were divided equally between Li You and Cell Man.

As for the lurking armored shrimps, they were all discovered by Aiji in advance. Then Yuzu stretched out his tentacles and directly pulled them out of the gap, pulled off the sharp spines, and chewed them.

Even the cell man looked at it in a daze: "Isn't he worried about infection?"

Li You said, good question.

In the game, it is true that after five cells, there will be a negative status of "epidemic", which is very troublesome. Therefore, Li You was well prepared. He and Ai Ji never took off their gas masks during the whole process.

As for Yuzu, he is not afraid of ordinary infections at all. These mutated creatures chew as much as they want, and the viruses will only turn into nutrients for him.

With such high efficiency, Li You and others moved forward steadily, and after making a long circle, they finally found the way to the lighthouse.

Even Li You, who had a systematic 3D map, had to say that the road was really difficult and dirty.

His hunter suit, as well as Aggie's robes, were now covered in disgusting slime and exuded a strange smell.

Although their clothes can clean themselves, Li You was also irritated by the smell and frowned.

Fortunately, we have gotten out of this maze of shipwrecks.

All the way up from the underground passage, when we finally saw the light again, a towering but broken lighthouse had appeared in front of everyone.

This is already the end of the island, and beyond the lighthouse is the vast sea.

Li You looked up and saw that the top of the lighthouse was still shrouded in night. The flame that was supposed to burn out all year round and guide the ships passing by had gone silent.

Li You thought for a while, and then asked the cell man in a procedural way: "Do you want to light the lighthouse to attract ships from the outside world?"

Cell Man nodded: "This is the fastest way to escape from this island."

Li You pondered for a moment and said, "...Let's go then."

Cell Man glanced at him without leaving any trace, and replied: "Let's go."

Walking along the wooden trestle on the seaside to the lighthouse, climbing along the base to the door, the cell man stepped forward and opened the door.

In the lighthouse, a queen's attendant was standing quietly in front of a torch decorated with the king's statue.

She was wearing a white short robe, a black bottom coat, a white mask on her head, and she was dragging a huge meteor hammer with each hand.

She hadn't noticed Li You and the others at first, but when the Cell Man kicked in the door out of habit, the vibration caused shook off the old chandelier on the top of this floor, and the lamp stand filled with burning candles faced the floor below. The torch fell over!

This is a fixed performance in the game, because this level is actually a parkour escape BOSS battle. It is essentially a tribute to the classic Silver Tree level in another independent game, Ori and the Dark Forest.

On the way to escape, this level has to face the queen's three guards at the same time, so it is considered by many to be the most difficult map in the entire game.

So Li You was determined not to do this.

Three tentacles and a grappling hook flew out, and they all caught on the falling chandelier. With a little more force, Yuzu pulled the chandelier back and threw it into the sea outside.

Li You said that I would skip parkour directly.

However, although the fire of the lighthouse was avoided, the battle with the queen's three guards was inevitable.

At this moment, the attendant in front of everyone shouted angrily, pulled the chain, and threw the two bolas, which were almost half a meter in diameter!

Li You and the Cell Man dodged one after another, while Yuzi roared back with a louder roar, clenched the naginata, rounded it and swung it hard!

Just like hitting a ball, Yuzu smashed the bolas back.

The iron chain pulled the Queen's valet back several steps before stopping. She looked at Li You and the others, and realized that she might not be an opponent on her own. She immediately took out a whistle and blew it hard!

As the whistle echoed in the dilapidated lighthouse, two figures wearing the same valet uniforms rushed over from above.

Euterpe is holding a large gilded bow, Clio is holding a pair of bladed crutches, and Calliope is dragging a huge bolas in front of her.

These three people are the queen's personal attendants and her most trusted and strongest subordinates, equivalent to the king's hand to the king.

Although there was originally a fourth person, she should have wielded a long and short sword, but something happened and she had already disappeared.

But this is also a good thing. If the queen's four personal attendants gather together, the strength they can exert will probably far exceed that of three people.

Looking at the three waiters who were eyeing him, Li You drew his sword, and the others were also ready to fight.

"--bring it on."

(End of this chapter)