Collapse Simulator: Raging at the Imaginary Tree

Unable to accept information from the outside world.

The two continued to speed up the pace of advancing the levels. Although the difficulty gradually increased, Yun Ling and Susanna's equipment were basically top-notch.

When killing BOSS, Yun Ling can also use some golden weapons, although they are disposable items for him, so most of the time he still prefers the novice long sword.

It's better to keep it than to put it up for auction. No one can afford it.

When the two reached the 30th floor, Yun Ling's "Taixu Sword Qi" also successfully advanced to the "Minor Success" stage.

At this stage, the proficiency requirement directly increases to 100,000...

After advancing to the "Minor Success" stage, he can use the "Taixu Sword Qi" regardless of the weapon he uses, and can even use it with his bare hands without a weapon.

This stage corresponds to the "soul essence" in the Taixu sword energy.

If you master the "sword shape", you will not need any support and can hurt people by picking leaves and flying flowers.

His damage has also increased by several levels again, so there is no need to worry too much at least before the 50th level.

Susanna also often expressed her feelings to Yun Ling.

The boss is worthy of being a boss. He can kill the BOSS with a novice long sword.

There were even fewer people on the 30th floor, and only a few teams could be seen.

As expected, everyone in this world is in danger. Even if we are all human beings, it is difficult for us to unite when we are in such a predicament.

But Bronya was still not here, so Yun Ling and Susanna could only continue to climb up.

Apart from eating and sleeping, the two spent most of their time pushing towers.

Finally, a few days later, Yun Ling and Susanna found the figure on the 45th floor of the tower.

At this moment, she was alone in the weapons shop repairing her weapons.

"Bronya!" Susanna shouted at Bronya with tears in her eyes. She finally found Bronya.

Bronya looked towards the two people with some confusion. It was Susanna, but the one next to her...

Bronya's eyes widened subconsciously, and the vague figure in her memory gradually overlapped with him. At this moment, her hand holding the hammer was trembling a little.

The two walked towards Bronya's position. Susanna was probably more excited and rushed over to hug Bronya.

But Bronya's eyes were always fixed on Yun Ling.

"Huh...Captain, long time no see." Yun Ling greeted Bronya.

"...Where have you been?" Bronya asked.

"I don't know. I was already in this game world when I woke up." Yun Ling explained.

"What..." Bronya was obviously a little unconvinced by such words.

Yun Ling disappeared for a full ten years without any news, and he disappeared right under Bronya's nose.

And now he's in the game he made?

"That's the fact. I don't know what's happening to my body." Yun Ling scratched his head.

"...When everything is over, call this number and I will come to pick you up." Bronya sent a string of numbers to Yun Ling.

"Okay." Yun Ling silently memorized the string of numbers in his mind.

"What about you, Susanna, why are you here?" Bronya looked at Susanna who was hugging her.

"Oh, right, Bronya, is there any way to end this game? I can transmit information to the outside world. If there is a way, we can cooperate with the outside world and maybe succeed!"

Susanna looked at Bronya expectantly.

Meeting her gaze, Bronya shook her head lightly.

Susanna's expression instantly became extremely depressed.

"But I may know how the mastermind is killing the people outside, and I have some strategies to deal with it. I wonder if they will be useful." Bronya proposed a solution from another angle.

"Yeah!" Susanna nodded immediately.

"You asked Bishop Theresa to find the Herrscher of Consciousness and Mei. The mastermind behind this is probably using electrical current to induce brain death by sensing brain waves."

"When a game character dies, their brain waves will cause great turbulence, which will trigger the electric current in the helmet to take effect."

"Simply cutting off the power is useless. A power outage will also trigger the helmet's protective mechanism and kill the player."

Bronya told Susanna everything she knew.

Susanna quickly took note and then transmitted this important information to the outside world.

"If the people outside work hard, the people inside must also work hard." Yun Ling reminded.

"Yeah, we can't just rely on people outside. We also have to find a way to pass this game." Bronya agreed with Yun Ling's idea.

"It just so happens that the 45th floor is a mechanical level, requiring at least three people to clear it. When I designed this level, I wanted to slow down the pace of the top players to prevent them from falling too far behind the players entering later. But I didn't expect..."

Bronya shook her head slightly. She had been stuck on this floor for two days, but none of her teammates below had reached the 40th floor. This kind of quality would be no different from being a food delivery boy if they were placed on the 45th floor.

So she simply leveled up here and put some cheap high-quality equipment on the auction house to improve the overall player level.

But it is obvious that it has no effect. Most of them are sold out in seconds after being put up. Some people may be waiting in the auction house specifically and then reselling them at a high price.

"Hehe, aren't we here? Maybe this is fate. Let's work hard together!" Susanna stretched out her hand and looked at the two of them.

"Come on." Yun Ling put his hand on Susanna's hand.

"Yeah." Bronya put her hand on Yun Ling's hand.

The three decided to rest on the 45th floor for a while.

At night, Susanna suddenly remembered that Yun Ling also came to see Bronya, but he didn't seem to ask anything?

"Yun Ling, don't you have something you want to ask Bronya?"

Bronya raised her eyes and looked at Yun Ling.

"It's okay now... I was wondering if Captain Bronya made me into a player character to commemorate me a little." Yun Ling scratched his face a little embarrassedly.

Isn't that a bit too self-righteous?

However, the moment Bronya showed a surprised expression, Yun Ling had already gotten the answer to this question.

"Well, I did have this idea at the beginning. I wanted to make you a very powerful NPC. After all, you have a part of the shares in this game." Bronya did not hide it, but expressed her thoughts.

"Then why didn't you do it?" Susanna asked.

"...I'm a little tired, let's go to bed early." Bronya was silent for a while and still did not answer the question.

The reason was simple, she didn't believe Yun Ling died just like that.

But saying it so bluntly will inevitably cause misunderstandings, so it’s better not to say it.

……

Chapter 167 The Mastermind

While fighting monsters, Bronya suddenly noticed that Yun Ling was still using the novice longsword.

"Why are you still using novice equipment? Don't you have any equipment?" Bronya was surprised, and even more curious about how Yun Ling reached the 45th floor.

"No, it's just that my skill is weird. It takes a lot of damage to the sword's durability. A normal level 40 golden one-handed sword breaks after just two uses."

"I don't remember having such a strangely designed skill." Bronya blinked.

"Uh... a self-created skill that suddenly popped up at that time." Yun Ling replied.

"Self-created skills... show me how to use them." Bronya put away her weapon and watched to see what Yun Ling's self-created skills were.

Yun Ling didn't waste any time. He raised his hand and swung out several sword energies. The monster instantly turned into pieces before it even reached Yun Ling.

"Is this... sword energy?" Bronya's eyes showed a hint of interest.

"Boss Yunling, here, here!" Susanna attracted a large group of monsters and ran over.

Then there was another classic flat fall.

Yun Ling made a sword gesture, and the "Novice Long Sword" in his hand turned into countless sword shadows and shot towards the pile of monsters.

The monsters that rushed up died one after another, and a lot of materials and equipment dropped.

"Is this the Taixu sword energy?!" Bronya looked at the scene in front of her and felt extremely familiar.

Isn't this the 'Taixu Sword Qi' that Li Sushang often uses? Why does Yun Ling know this move?

"So the captain knows this. What kind of skill is this?" Yun Ling was surprised. This was the first time someone called out the name of this skill.

"This is a profound martial art from China. Only four people have mastered it so far. Why do you know it?" Bronya asked with a frown.

"Oh, this martial art appeared in my mind when I woke up, and then after trying a few times, the 'self-created martial arts' popped up. Is this powerful?" Yun Ling wanted to ask more about the 'Taixu Sword Qi'.

"It's very powerful. In Shenzhou, this martial art has the reputation of 'Supreme Martial Arts'. It can be said to be the best in Shenzhou." Bronya nodded.

"The supreme master of martial arts... No wonder the damage is so high." Yun Ling nodded, not quite understanding.

"I'll ask the squad leader and Li Suchang about you when I get out. Maybe they know something about you."

"Thank you, Captain." Yun Ling said gratefully.

After learning about Yun Ling and Susanna's skills, Bronya also showed off her own weapons and skills.

"Heavy Bunny 0019, Fire!"

Bronya leaped into the air, the gun in her hand emitting a dazzling light, and then a beam of light shot into the pile of monsters, causing a violent explosion.

"So this game has guns?" Yun Ling thought that this medieval style didn't have such things.

"Actually... this weapon is just something I designed for myself." Bronya's face flushed slightly.

After all, she is the producer, so it is certainly no problem for her to have a little authority.

She was able to advance so fast partly because of this weapon.

After getting to know each other, they continued to move forward.

Susanna is responsible for providing buffs and attracting firepower, Yunling provides frontal support for Susanna, and Bronya kites from a distance.

Bronya is very clear about the weaknesses of each monster. After all, this is her design. Although some parts have been strengthened, the underlying mechanism will not change.

During the break, after Susanna, another "big eater" appeared. After all, the food made by Yun Ling was really delicious, and they no longer wanted to eat the food in the restaurant.

"After you get out, are you interested in becoming a chef? I can hire you with a high salary." Bronya said this half-jokingly.

"Captain, don't set this kind of flag. It's easy to die suddenly." Yun Ling reminded helplessly.

"So Boss Yunling also believes in this kind of metaphysics?" Susanna seemed to have discovered an interesting side of Yunling.

"I don't really believe it, but it still feels a bit weird, like 'I'll go home and get married after the war', 'I'll retire after this deal'... The final result is basically death beyond recognition." Yun Ling explained.

"Oh! I get it! It's just like telling yourself to stay in shape, but still getting out of bed in the middle of the night and going to the refrigerator to get a piece of cake to eat. It's the same principle, right?"

Susanna gave an example.

"That's purely because you're greedy." Yun Ling and Bronya complained at the same time.

"Woo~" Susanna let out a mournful cry.

"Yun Ling, do you really have no thoughts after you go out?" Bronya asked.

"Uh... I want to have a relationship... By the way, is the captain married?" Yun Ling expressed his thoughts.

"...No, but I have someone I like." Bronya shook her head.

Although there is some ambiguous feeling between her and Xier, she hasn't thought about marriage yet.

Although there was a slight problem with Yun Ling's question, she would not misunderstand that Yun Ling liked her, because the look in his eyes when he looked at her was so clear.

"I didn't expect that the captain would have someone he likes? It's incredible." Yun Ling opened his eyes wide.

"What do you mean?" Bronya looked at him with a dark face.

"It's okay. I'm just a little curious about what kind of person the captain would like. After all, the captain rarely reveals his emotions...except when facing Houmu." Yun Ling blinked.

"Okay, stop talking." Bronya rolled her eyes. She could already clearly feel that Yun Ling was a straight man.

"Where is Susanna?" Yun Ling turned the topic to Susanna.

Then our single-core CPU bear misunderstood magnificently.

"Um...um...I...am considering it..." Susanna pointed her fingers, her cheeks flushed.