Chapter 19

"Damn, you can't change your tactics at all?"

In the pit, there was not only space but also water.

How could there be no water in this pit by the river?

Not only was there water, but also aquatic plants, oh, and ropes, all sorts of similar things. The rider and his horse fell into the pit, and before they could struggle much, they were already entangled.

Struggling and splashing, he choked on water and shouted angrily.

"Tactics don't need to be new; they just need to work." Dugu Fu raised his eyebrows.

The rider and his horse were startled, suddenly shouting, "You, you're not an NPC, you're from the Shadow Clan? No wonder you knew I would resurrect and that I would definitely find you after being PKed. You, you, you scoundrel, how dare you toy with a celestial being! You, you, just wait to be erased!"

"Shadow..." Dugu Fu wanted to return the rider's words verbatim, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly realized that this guy was right; he was indeed from the Shadow Clan.

Moreover, this guy's guess was spot on; he was indeed waiting for him here.

Two horses were traded for the help of dozens of villagers from a small village by the river to dig the pit. Not only was this side dug, but if the rider and his horse entered the valley from the other side, the result would be the same.

Some might wonder, where did all the dirt from such a large pit go?

The Xiao River was right next to it, so of course, it was thrown directly into the river. Why choose this location? Isn't it just for convenience?

Some might also wonder, how was such a large pit covered up?

It's very simple. After digging the pit, water was filled in, and some sticks were thrown in. Without any fixation, they would float.

A layer of fishing net was placed over the sticks, and then a layer of fabric was placed over the fishing net. A layer of mud and sand was placed on top of the fabric, and after a few washes with nearby water, the entire pit became like the wetlands by the river, flat and neat.

Running over from a distance, no one would think there was such a large pit here.

However, wasn't Dugu Fu worried that the rider and his horse would pass through the small village by the river and learn about the pit from the villagers?

Firstly, the relationship between players and NPCs isn't that harmonious;

Secondly, it's not in the same direction. In the world of National Master, only the county town has a resurrection point. The rider and his horse would definitely resurrect downstream of the Xiao River and couldn't possibly reach the small village by the river first;

Thirdly, with the automatic tracking function of PK, which player would spend time gathering information from NPCs?

Fourthly, Dugu Fu had specifically asked Liu Er for the characteristics of the secret code. With the red-stained guide in front and the insider's code behind, how could the rider and his horse possibly take a different path?

Getting off track, back to the main point. Hearing the rider's words, Dugu Fu couldn't refute them and sighed deeply, "There are clearly three possibilities for someone who can do this—high-ranking members of the resistance, human special agents, and finally, the Shadow Clan. You think you can bully me, right?"

"You chose to come to hell when the gates of heaven were open. I hate bullies the most!"

"I was planning to just trap you here and let you go after my red-stained time was over, but now it seems I have to deal with you."

Pulling the fishing net, he wrapped the rider and his horse in it and dragged them ashore.

Dugu Fu's condescending tone made the rider and his horse very unhappy, extremely unhappy, and he screeched, "Trapping me here until the red-stained time is over, are you stupid or what?"

"Do you think I'm alone? My accomplices will come soon!"

Dugu Fu looked at him with pity, "Telling your plans directly to the enemy, are you the stupid one or am I?"

"..." The rider and his horse fell silent.

But Dugu Fu understood his silence.

"Even if you're trying to scare me. This is the second time you've come alone after hearing about the beauty and the secret manual. You didn't tell your friends, did you? Do you think they'll come to save you if you ask for help now?"

"Moreover, do your friends know about the news of the half-step collapse in the Guo family? Do you really plan to tell them?"

A few words, and the rider and his horse were completely silenced.

Dugu Fu was right; he wanted the beauty and the secret manual that could make him dominate the National Master world, and he didn't want to share it with anyone!

However, he still stubbornly said, "Even if that's the case, what can you do to me? I'll just die, and in a second, I'll be a hero again!"

Dugu Fu had already tied him to the horse like a mummy, then loosened the ropes on the horse and led it into the Xiao River, swimming across.

Without turning his head, he shook his finger, "No, no, no, you're too naive. Do you know what the God-Slaying Technique is?"

"God-Slaying Technique?" The rider and his horse were stunned, "What does that have to do with me?"

"Do you know what the God-Slaying Technique is?" Dugu Fu repeated.

"This..." The rider and his horse really didn't know. As an ordinary player, how could he have access to such high-level content?

"It's actually worthless when explained. The God-Slaying Technique is just a human-made violation. Ordinary player accounts that violate rules are banned, and for players whose consciousness is uploaded, their will is already stored in the network. If they are banned, they can only... poof..." Dugu Fu made a gesture of being obliterated.

"Let me ask you another question. Do you know what the simplest rule violation in the National Master world is? Do I need to tell you?"

The rider and his horse's face changed dramatically, again and again.

This really didn't need to be told; he knew it, and all players knew it—killing NPCs, slaughtering NPCs without reason.

Although this is a game world, the lives in the game world are also born and raised, growing from nothing.

The mode of appearing and disappearing out of nowhere was from hundreds of years ago.

After the singularity, most lives in the game world have their own consciousness, and the existence of each atom can be traced back to the creation of the world.

If the computational methods from hundreds of years ago were still used, just tracking the trajectory of microscopic particles or the operation of a character's brain would cause the human cloud computing network to collapse.

The only way is to let it be, to create the particles that form matter, to evolve conscious life, and to establish the most basic laws of the universe, and then... let it be.

Precisely because of this, NPCs have the right to rebel and the space to rebel.

Otherwise, as soon as they had a thought, the monitoring program would detect it, and with a GM command, they would be obliterated. How could they evolve into their current form?