The Earth is Online

The two sides quickly recovered from the change in the black tower and they watched each other silently.

The air seemed to solidify. After a moment, Tang Mo turned to leave. Fu Wenduo held the collar of his brother and quickly took him away. Qi Heng wanted to chase them but was stopped by Ruan w.a.n.gshu. He hurriedly asked, “Leader?”

The pale teenager looked in the direction that the Tang Mo trio had disappeared in and his dark eyes were freezing cold. “The situation isn’t good. There is some danger.”

Qi Heng protested, “The time limit is almost over. Then the black tower won’t give us his coordinates anymore.”

“My injuries haven’t healed and Yuzheng is the same.”

Qi Heng wanted to say something when Ruan w.a.n.gshu took out a piece of metal with a silver glow from his pocket. There was a small version of a Beijing map on this thin piece of metal. Next to the Forbidden city, a small black dot was slowly moving. Once it arrived at the west gate of the Forbidden City, the black spot suddenly disappeared. The metal shook before scattering into smaller pieces in the air.

Qi Heng was depressed and could only curse in a low voice.

Ruan w.a.n.gshu looked away with an unknown expression.”

Qi Heng asked, “Are you just going to let them go? It is a rare level prop that can be reused. It must be better than the King’s Gold Coin and is certainly better than Santa’s gift bag.”

Lian Yuzheng glared at him. “If you hadn’t let those four idiots act without permission, how would they have known in advance and be prepared for it?”

Qi Heng, “...” A moment later, he muttered, “They didn’t know that Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo are teammates. If there was no Fu Wenduo, they would’ve won with their ability to backtrack time.”

“He and Fu Wenduo are teammates.”

Qi Heng and Lian Yuzheng looked at Ruan w.a.n.gshu.

“He is strong but not invincible. Thanks to Fu Wenduo, it is harder to get the prop from him. But because Fu Wenduo is his teammate... won’t we be able to find him in the future?”

Beijing, the Dongcheng District.

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo moved through the Forbidden City at the fastest speed, leaving the Second Ring Road area. Fu Wensheng’s physical fitness couldn’t keep up with their speed so he was carried by Fu Wenduo by the collar until they arrived at an abandoned building. Fu Wensheng’s cheeks were red from the wind and the child grasped once Fu Wenduo put him down. His first sentence was, “My water, my water is still in the house!”

It was the mineral water he had been working on for over 10 days!

Fu Wenduo glanced at his brother with a strange expression and pulled out a mini chick’s nest from his pocket. Fu Wensheng stared blankly as Fu Wenduo took out a white egg from the nest and placed it on the ground. In an instantly, a hill of mineral water bottles appeared in the open s.p.a.ce.

Fu Wenduo said, “I was planning to leave there today, so I collected our things last night.”

This was the biggest surprise.

Tang Mo didn’t get to eat barbecue and was forced to leave before seeing the house. There was no doubt that Fu Wenduo’s home was a dangerous place and they wouldn’t return there unless there were special circ.u.mstances However, Fu Wenduo had already taken all their things and there was no problem if he didn’t go back.

So much had happened today that the trio took a break first.

Fu Wenduo returned the mineral water to the chicken nest and the sky had long been dark. This building was halfway to being an abandoned building. It was probably undergoing construction before the earth went online and couldn’t be rebuilt. The walls of the building weren’t fully enclosed. In this place, the three people didn’t dare turn on any lights in case people saw it. In the moonlight, they sat in front of a wall and calmly a.n.a.lyzed what happened today.

“This is the Dongcheng District, which belongs to the Beixinqiao area. It is close to the Tian Xuan base but there is no point hiding anywhere if they have your coordinates.” Fu Wenduo took a thin wire and drew two circles on the ground, marking their approximate location and the location of the Tian Xuan base. “It is obvious that Ruan w.a.n.gshu was seriously injured and Lian Yuzheng should also be injured.”

Ruan w.a.n.gshu’s injury was very easy to fight. When he was fighting with Tang Mo, his limbs were uncoordinated and his movements were often slow. Lian Yuzheng was in a much better state than him but Fu Wenduo was fighting her and could find her abnormalities instantly.

Tang Mo nodded. “If they are injured, they shouldn’t attack again so soon. Today, they didn’t get any profits. They will at least wait until Ruan w.a.n.gshu and Lian Yuzheng are better before making the next move.”

The possibility of a sneak attack tonight was less than 30% but in Tang Mo’s mind, it was more like 10%.

“Ruan w.a.n.gshu is a smart person. It only took him five minutes to discover that our shoes are props that can resist gravity. He won’t rashly attack again.”

Fu Wenduo also agreed with Tang Mo.

Fu Wensheng hugged his legs. It was the end of March and Beijing was still a bit cold. He looked at the two circles on the ground and couldn’t help saying, “I didn’t think the boss of Tian Xuan would be so young and look to be around the same age as me.”

Tang Mo thought back. Ruan w.a.n.gshu and Fu Wensheng were really alike.

Tang Mo said, “He seems to be 14 years old this year while you are 12 years old. You are sort of peers.”

After the earth went online, Tang Mo saw few young children. In this cruel doomsday environment, apart from the small number of people like Ruan w.a.n.gshu who increased their temperament and physical fitness to the extreme, children generally were weaker than adults.

The strengthening of physical fitness was based on the person’s original fitness. If a child and an adult had their physical fitness enhanced by the same extent, the child would be much weaker than the adult. It was because in terms of strength, speed, explosive power and other aspects, a child was indeed inferior to adults.

Ruan w.a.n.gshu was a different type of person who couldn’t be used as a comparison.

Fu Wensheng murmured, “We might be peers but I’m not like him at all. Apart from being similar in age, I’m not like him anywhere.”

“There is a similar place.”

Fu Wensheng raised his head and looked at his older brother.

Fu Wenduo leaned against the wall while Xiao Fu sat between him and Tang Mo. Fu Wenduo raised his head from where he was leaning against the wall and swept his gaze over Xiao Fu. “You are as short as him.”

Fu Wensheng, “...”

Tang Mo, “...”

Fu Wensheng was stunned for a long time. He could only silently bow his head and play with the ground in a wronged manner.

Tang Mo thought about it and said, “Xiao Sheng is actually tall. Boys develop more slowly and Xiao Sheng is nearly 1.6 metres tall. He will develop after a few years. Ruan w.a.n.gshu is a bit short.” “Well, Ruan w.a.n.gshu is a bit short but compared to people of the same age, they are quite tall.”

Fu Wenduo stated, “I was 1.7 metres when I was 12 years old.”

Tang Mo, “...”

Fu Wensheng, “...”

He actually said it!

Xiao Fu didn’t dare refute his older brother’s arrogance but the tense atmosphere between the three people dissipated. Tang Mo quietly looked at Fu Wenduo. He wondered if Fu Wenduo had deliberately said this to joke around and make everyone relax. However, there were three people present. As the victim, Xiao Fu wouldn’t laugh. Tang Mo was also unable to understand Fu Wenduo’s straight male jokes... well, Fu Wenduo’s gay jokes were a lot like straight jokes.

After a moment, Tang Mo settled his heart and spoke seriously, “The black tower’s 4.0 version update, you should’ve heard it.”

Fu Wenduo and Xiao Fu’s faces became serious.

Tang Mo said, “From the version 2.0 and 3.0 updates, the black tower will give a few days notice, telling us the specific time and contents of the update. This time, it suddenly said that the update was aborted.” Tang Mo focused on a strange name. “China District 3, Player Mu Hui. I’ve never heard that name before.”

There were four players famous in China.

Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo and Ruan w.a.n.gshu and Lian Yuzheng who cleared the black tower’s second floor in hard mode.

These four people received announcements from the black tower and global players knew them. Mu Hui was a completely strange name.

Tang Mo’s tone was solemn. “The black tower sang a song for him. It referred to Sleeping Beauty, Grandmother Wolf, Queen of Hearts and the circus. After the earth went online, the black tower has sang for only one person.” He looked over at Fu Wenduo.

Six months ago, the black tower had just gone online. On the third day, Fu Wenduo opened the tower attack game, making the black tower feel surprise and excited. It sang a thanksgiving song to thank Fu Wenduo for opening the tower attack game. Since then, no one had been able to make the black tower sing.

Mu Hui was the second one.

Tang Mo’s finger’s tapped his knees and he closed his eyes as he thought.

Fu Wensheng speculated, “The black tower didn’t sing for the first person to clear the first, second and third floors. Mu Hui must’ve done something very important to make the black tower sing. It also opened the black tower update. However, the update failed. He must’ve encountered a problem.”

What was so important that the black tower would act differently?

Fu Wenduo was the first to clear the first and second floors of the black tower while the Russian player Andrei cleared the third floor yet they only received three global notifications.

“He cleared the black tower’s fourth floor.”

Tang Mo opened his eyes and stared at Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wensheng was surprised. “How is it possible? Brother Tang is the first player in China to clear the black tower’s third floor and it was only yesterday. If this happened, Mu Hui should’ve been right behind Brother Tang and also cleared the third floor right after him. Then he cleared the fourth floor in one day?”

Tang Mo calmly said, “It isn’t impossible to clear the black tower’s fourth floor. As long as he pa.s.sed the third floor after me, he wouldn’t be announced by the black tower. But just before the black tower’s announcement, the third dot only flashed two times. It means the number of global people who have cleared the third floor is only two.” It was Tang Mo and the Russian player Andre.

Tang Mo paused. He knew why Fu Wenduo guessed that the other person had cleared the black tower’s fourth floor.

“Sleeping Beauty, Grandmother Wolf, Queen of Hearts and the circus. The black tower didn’t say these four locations for no reason. These four locations should have deep meaning. a.s.suming that Mu Hui really cleared the fourth floor of the black tower, these four location are likely to be his four tower attack games.” Tang Mo thought for a while before looking up at Fu Wenduo. “Then, stowaways, reserve players and official players. The black tower mentioned all of them. Three stowaways died on the road, two reserve players are eaten and an official player didn’t work hard.

“Of these three people, there is only Mu Hui. The black tower likes him.”

Tang Mo wondered, “Stowaway, reserve player, official player... Who is Mu Hui?”

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Tang Tang: Xiao Fu, I didn’t hurt you. It is your brother who hurt you!

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