He wielded an electric baton in front of him, drawing arcs and wrapping the twisting Phantom whip around it several tis, hoping to pull the girl toward his direction.
Accustod to these prolonged battles, Xu Xiaoyou quickly reacted, swiftly lifting the whip above her head. In a bewitching twist, she reversed direction and drew it off the baton, looping it over Li Si's arm, causing the stray electric arcs on the whip to erupt violently!
A powerful current abruptly pierced through Li Si's body, and his health bar visibly dropped. His paralyzed hands left him immobile. Seeing his inevitable defeat, Li Si suddenly changed his expression, a playful smile flickering across his face.
Xu Xiaoyou sensed sothing was amiss and turned her head, only to see the wall beside her smashed open with a bang, a dangerous red light flashing through the rising dust. A porcelain white hand suddenly reached out from the haze, seizing her before she could retreat and crashing her against the wall.
Her back collided with the wall without any cushioning, a sweet and sour sensation rising from her lungs. Xu Xiaoyou coughed up blood, streaks of crimson trickling down her mouth and dripping onto the porcelain white arm, shocking the players present.
It was an Anti-Riot Autonomous Robot!
Facing this dungeon's apex-level BOSS entity, players, including Yueyue, felt a wave of despair surge within them.
The Dark Gold Rose was ultimately not an omnipotent God, attempting to overco dozens of tis the attribute differences to fight these inherent NPCs responsible for maintaining ga rules in the dungeon was impossible.
Indeed, Oasis was filled with these types of NPCs, whether in dungeons or on the main map. Players called them Harmonizers, often appearing with attributes dozens of tis more powerful than the current area's players, or wielding unchallengeable rule powers, dispatched by the Order Court to maintain basic order in the Oasis world.
Usually, Harmonizers are designed to be unbeatable.
Even the top players are restrained by Harmonizers, unable to do as they please in the Oasis world.
": It's over now."
": Caught by the Harmonizer, over, Dark Gold Rose, I can't bear to watch anymore."
": Is the legend of Dark Gold Rose finally going to be shattered?"
": Hmph, Dark Gold Rose isn't so great after all, can't even clear a newbie dungeon, this is a real disgrace."
": Laughable, she was touted to be so formidable, but she gets caught as soon as I enter the live stream, just a flashy show."
": Is her difficulty level the sa as yours? She's practically fighting the entire dungeon by herself, isn't she?"
Fans who had long disapproved of Dark Gold Rose erged like flies at this mont, various sneering remarks creating chaos in the live stream chat, quickly spiraling into heated debates.
"Did you think I was just playing house with you earlier?" Li Si sneered, wiping the blood from his mouth, shakily standing up, pointing his electric baton at Xu Xiaoyou.
"Since we started, I sent a command to the Peacekeeper, battling with you was rely to stall for ti. Let's see if you have any tricks left now, or where you can run off to!"
"Being so disgraceful, don't justify yourself so calmly." Xu Xiaoyou's lips curled into an imperceptible smile.
"Hmph, speaking tough even on death's doorstep." A shadow flickered in Li Si's eyes, smirking coldly.
At that mont, another Peacekeeper appeared, standing behind Li Si.
Li Si felt completely secure now, with two Peacekeepers, even wings couldn't save the other party. As he fantasized about capturing the scientist and the honors and rewards he'd receive, the shadow of a chanical hand lood over the back of his head.
"Huh?"
"HP—999, your Follower 'Anti-Riot Autonomous Robot' inflicted strike damage to 'Law Enforcent Officer Li Si,' this damage triggers a critical hit!"
Under the astonished gazes of the live stream audience, red and white burst forth as the hands crushed the youth's head.
What is this...!?
Before the previous Peacekeeper could react, the delicate figure that crushed Li Si's head erupted, wielding a massive hamr, striking it down to the ground, pounding several blows until its chest caved in, pulverizing the intricate components of the electronic heart within.
Sparks danced between the complex clusters of circuitry, struggling briefly, leaving the once-imposing Peacekeeper as a heap of scrap tal, lifeless and still.
There, in front of everyone, the Peacekeeper discarded the hamr, crushed the silver mask off its face, and took several steps to kneel reverently before Xu Xiaoyou, delicately cradling her fingertip against its cheek. A strange blush spread across its synthetic skin.
"Doctor, I have followed your command and eliminated all enemies."
The icy female electronic voice seed infused with warmth as this Peacekeeper hesitantly opened its mouth, mimicking human-like language organization bit by bit, timidly and tentatively speaking.
"Could you... reward ?"
"Of course."
Xu Xiaoyou smiled, her golden eyes reflecting the porcelain white figure, her fingertip brushing against its cheek as if bestowing so kind of reward, her thoughts drifting.
This Peacekeeper was the one she first encountered on the train. It seed chard by her Charm Attribute upon eting her, triggering follower designation, and astonishingly defying its foundational logic commands to follow her when she snuck into the noble compartnt.
Upon discovering this, she chose to keep it by her side, having anticipated Li Si's intentions, collaborating to present a grand play to all the players watching the live stream.
The outco unfolded as she expected, perhaps even more dramatically than she imagined, everyone was astounded.
The reversal ca too swiftly, the live stream first fell silent, then bullet comnts exploded, sprawling across the screen.
": Am I seeing this right?"
": Did Dark Gold Rose enchant the Harmonizer of this dungeon to beco her Follower??"
": Ah, can you really play like this?"
": She's practically a Enchanting Demon, seducing Abyssal White Flower to willingly serve as her dog in reality, and within the ga, even ensnare Harmonizers, this is unprecedented!"
": Witnessing history."
": Witnessing history x2!"
": Witnessing history x10086!"
": So where are the naysayers now?"
The previously sneering bullet comnts fell silent, retreating from the live stream, staring uncertainly as they opened forums seeking advice.
Xu Xiaoyou's move instantly ignited a firestorm on the Oasis world forums, thousands of threads popped up analyzing why Harmonizers were enchanted, and what kind of high attributes could trigger such follower designation.
Presidents of major guilds also convened online etings, fiercely discussing the validity and rationality of the event, analyzing examples, but these discussions were destined to be inconclusive.
Tu understand, the current publicly known player with the highest personal panel Charm in Oasis barely exceeded seven hundred sixty, a diva of the virtual world, with familial power and having gathered all Charm artifacts within the ga to bolster her attribute.
Yet, even with such asures, she has only ever enchanted the leader of a wasteland world, compelling him to launch three thousand five hundred twenty nuclear warheads, commorating her birthday with an unprecedented fireworks display.
But according to her description,
when she stood before a Harmonizer in even the lowest level dungeon, she felt as if facing an unyielding iceberg; her Charm Attribute was so insignificant, pale, powerless.
No one ever imagined,
that a Harmonizer could be enchanted to beco a Follower.
But Dark Gold Rose achieved it, even those involved can't comprehend how outrageous it is.
This matter eventually escalated to the higher-ups of the Oasis Order Court, but that's a tale for another ti.
Returning focus to the ga...
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