"This this this..."
"This colossal statue is outrageously tall!"
The floating plaza was like a city in the sky. They had initially thought the city was just a pile of scattered strange rocks.
Who would have thought,
These 'strange rocks' piled up were over a hundred meters tall, twice as tall as the first colossal statue, Argus!
Mo Zhi was completely dumbfounded.
How could they defeat such a monster?
'Giant Yhorm!!'
'Taller than Giant Yhorm!'
'The stone mace in its hand must be at least thirty meters long!'
'Good heavens, this colossal statue sitting down is as tall as the previous one standing!'
...
Amidst the fearful barrage of comments, some more perceptive viewers noticed a detail.
'This guy's ankles are high, and it doesn't have much hair. The chance to hit a weak point is likely on its weapon.'
Mo Zhi heard this and raised the Sword of Remembrance in her hand.
Reflecting the sunlight, she quickly locked onto this colossal earth giant named [Gaelus].
"Shouldn't this be the most human-like colossal statue?"
"Whoa!"
"It really is. Its weak points are at its navel and its crown."
As she spoke,
The awakened Gaelus brought its stone mace down heavily.
Boom!
The massive shockwave pushed Mo Zhi, who was fleeing, four to five meters back.
"This powerful push..."
"Huh!?"
"Its weapon is stuck in the ground, a good opportunity!"
After stabilizing herself, Mo Zhi immediately turned and charged towards Gaelus.
At this moment, Gaelus's stone mace, connected to the ground, perfectly formed a 'bridge,' a bridge leading from the ground to its body.
Mo Zhi, adept at seizing opportunities, wouldn't let such a chance slip away.
She immediately accelerated and climbed along the stone mace to Gaelus's arm, intending to climb onto its shoulder and strike both weak points.
However,
Just as she reached Gaelus's wrist, Mo Zhi was blocked by the 'colossal object' before her.
From a distance, it looked like Gaelus's armlet, but up close, it was an insurmountable mountain!
"A hole?"
"Give me a hole!"
After climbing around, Mo Zhi couldn't find any passage through its wrist, contrary to the demonstration in the script!
Finding no holes, Mo Zhi was shaken off by Gaelus.
"Did we misjudge the entry point?"
Mo Zhi stood before the behemoth, scratching her head, a little unsure.
"Let's try jumping from the stone mace directly to its knee."
No sooner said than done,
Seizing the opportunity when Gaelus slammed the ground again, she climbed onto the bridge formed by the stone mace, walked to the middle, and leaped with all her might...
Thump!
"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts!"
Rubbing her backside, Mo Zhi cried out.
It was fortunate that the pain feedback was only 10%, otherwise, falling from such a height would have been excruciating!
"This colossal statue is so hard to climb!"
"Ahhh!!"
"I'm going crazy!!"
Repeatedly trying to jump but failing to find the right method, Mo Zhi stomped her feet in frustration.
[That armor is brittle; smash it to the ground...]
"Is that you?"
"Dolmen?!"
In her despair, a Buddhist chant echoed from the void.
Mo Zhi's spirits immediately lifted.
Armor...
Armor... her eyes fixed intently on Gaelus.
"The armor is its armlets and those protruding stones on its arms and waist!"
Having seen through the confusion, Mo Zhi jumped up excitedly. Soon, she faced another problem, "Smash it to the ground... Gaelus has been hitting the ground with its stone mace all along... yet I haven't seen any cracks in the armor."
"The ground..."
Mo Zhi seized an opportunity and climbed onto the bridge built by the stone mace again. Ascending to a vantage point, she looked around, seemingly searching for a special spot on the plaza floor.
'Holy crap, there really is one!'
'To the northwest, in the corner, there's a bronze-cast circular altar.'
'There seem to be some Bagua-like formations on it; it's preparing to miss.'
...
The viewers instantly became excited. Mo Zhi, hearing the hints, turned her head towards the northwest.
Indeed, the eyes of the masses were sharp.
In the northwest corner, there was an inconspicuous circular protrusion. Due to weathering, the altar's color was only slightly darker than the surrounding rocks. If one didn't look closely, it would be hard to spot.
"Hahaha!"
Mo Zhi excitedly jumped off the bridge and ran, leading the colossal statue to the altar.
She stood in the center of the altar, hands on her hips, and taunted Gaelus, "Come here!"
"Roar..."
Gaelus slowly approached, raised its stone mace, and brought it down forcefully towards Mo Zhi.
Clang!!
The collision of stone and steel produced a crisp roaring sound.
Crash——!!
Immediately after, the camera zoomed in on Gaelus's arm, and the armlet that had been blocking Mo Zhi shattered into several pieces.
"Your faith is worthless, your armor is useless!"
"Now your weak point has been spied by me, your defense has been seen through by me."
"Prepare to die!"
Mo Zhi wished she could put on sunglasses and exude maximum swagger.
'Tsk!'
'This colossal statue seems to have initiated the attack.'
'Maybe it has morning rage.'
'Don't run away from morning rage.'
...
Seeing that the audience had ignored her most impressive display of bravado, Mo Zhi stormed towards Gaelus in frustration.
She intended to vent all her grievances on this overly irritable guy.
Finding a way to climb onto the colossal statue's body was just a matter of time.
...
Meanwhile,
Bai Zhiyuan, who had just ascended to the city in the sky, saw the bronze-cast circular altar.
After testing it with a few tentative attacks, she understood the connection between the bronze altar and the stone mace before any hints appeared.
She quickly defeated the third stone statue.
After consecutively and forcefully attacking three colossal statues, Bai Zhiyuan had a general grasp of the game's strategy.
The colossal statues were invulnerable; their only weak points were hidden emblems somewhere on their bodies. Approaching an emblem with the Sword of Remembrance would cause it to glow, and players needed to utilize various terrain to climb onto the colossal statues to find the weak points.
However, with each colossal statue killed, many black tentacles would extend from its corpse and burrow into Mona's body.
She then lost consciousness, only to wake up back in the temple, with dark figures seemingly watching Mona in a daze before vanishing in a blink... This series of anomalies made Bai Zhiyuan vigilant.
She had a feeling that the game was not as simple as it seemed.
Yet, she couldn't figure out where the plot would lead in the end. There were no NPCs to extend the storyline, no minor enemies, and no equipment drops to develop the plot details.
Everything relied on the near-realistic scenery and unparalleled sense of immersion.
Furthermore,
Since entering the game, she had felt a strange sense of loneliness from the protagonist.
This vast land was empty, inhabited only by Wanda and his horse. Wherever she went, there was only the sound of wind, water, and leaves. Occasional bird chirps and the sound of lizards crawling on walls were considered a blessing.
Whether intentionally designed or due to technical limitations, there was also a peculiar feeling—the world had no changes in weather or time, as if it were a perpetually frozen world.
Returning to the grand hall, Bai Zhiyuan gazed thoughtfully at Wang Da'er, who lay on the altar.
Her thoughts drifted far away...
...