The crystal ball was Hobick's treasure, but he was not worried that the agent and Capcom would snatch the crystal ball and leave.
He was in a special sealed space at the bottom of the World Sea. He could not leave this place directly. The crystal ball had a special connection with him. As long as he willed it, the crystal ball would return to his hands. Even if the two of them took his crystal ball, they would not be able to do anything.
Moreover, Hobick trusted the agent and Capcom quite a bit. If it weren't for their help, the Expedition Quest would have been delayed by at least a month. The strength of those adventurers was already very frightening. After a month, he wouldn't have the slightest chance of winning.
"Let me see." Capcom held the crystal ball in his hand as if he wanted to experience the game that Hobick had created in the crystal ball.
"Master Hobick, from your tone, this crystal ball seems to have been left behind for you by the person who locked you in here. He stipulated that the game between you and the adventurers must be carried out in the crystal ball." The agent smiled and asked casually.
"Hmph!
That's right!
In order to protect those adventurers, that guy gave me something like this. If it were me, I would definitely design something even more terrifying! "Hobick coldly snorted. He was very unhappy at the mention of that person.
"If, and I say if, Master Hobick, if this crystal ball is accidentally destroyed, what will happen?"
At this time, the agent asked a strange question.
"If the crystal ball is destroyed?" Hobick was stunned. He had never thought of this question before.
If the crystal ball was destroyed, what would happen?
Originally, the Expedition Mission would be carried out in the crystal ball. If the crystal ball was destroyed, then the Expedition Mission would not be able to continue?
Hobick could not help but think.
He did not care if the Expedition Mission could not be carried out. However, the problem was that if the Expedition Mission could not be carried out, he would not be able to win and would never be able to leave and obtain freedom.
Therefore, no matter what, he could not let the crystal ball be destroyed!
The crystal ball had always been in his hands and was very safe. Hobick had never thought of this problem. Now that the agent mentioned it, he realized the importance of the crystal ball to him.
Realizing this problem, Hobick suddenly raised his head. He suddenly felt that the agent and Capcom were not so trustworthy.
However, the moment he raised his head, he just happened to see Capcom's sinister smile. A black caterpillar appeared in his hand. The caterpillar quickly bit the crystal ball. Under the black caterpillar's sharp teeth, half of the crystal ball was bitten off in the blink of an eye.
Hobick was worried that the crystal ball was unnecessary. The crystal ball was designed to be a special item that could not be destroyed. Otherwise, if the crystal ball was destroyed, the expedition mission would not be able to continue.
However, the black caterpillar in Capcom's hand had the ability to destroy game items. The expedition's most important item was destroyed by Capcom just like that.
"Bastards, what are you doing?!"
When Hobick saw that the crystal ball was destroyed, he couldn't help but roar in anger.
He thought that he would finally be free, but he did not expect that his agent and Capcom, who had helped him in the beginning, would now set him up.
The crystal ball was destroyed, and the expedition mission could not be continued. He might never be able to leave this world!
"Hahaha, Master Hobick, don't be like this. It's so unsightly!
Think about what's so good about the outside world. In this virtual world, you have unlimited life. You don't have to worry about the outside world! "Capcom put away the proud black caterpillar and laughed.
"Bastards, I'm going to kill you!" Hobick was so angry that he did not listen to Capcom's words at all.
"There's no need to trouble you, Master Hobick. We'll die ourselves."
The agent said with a smile. Then, she and Capcom launched an attack on the other party.
The two of them seemed to have reached the bottom of their health. Both of them only managed to hit each other once, and both of them died.
Before the two of them came to find Hobick, they had no intention of leaving alive.
However, when the two of them died, they did not drop any items.
After dying, the two of them chose to revive. Hobick looked at their disappearing corpses and could not help but be stunned.
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The Underground World.
Although Chen Mo used the Space Devour skill to prevent the Deep-Sea Giant Snakes from leaving, the number of Deep-Sea Giant Snakes that were killed in the end was only about 70. More than 30 Deep-Sea Giant Snakes escaped.
The people of the Night Tribe had already heard the news and came over. When they saw so many Deep-Sea Giant Snakes being killed, they were filled with grief and anger.
However, they did not dare to approach the Water Elemental Body. They could only watch as Chen Mo swaggered away with the Water Elemental Body in front of their eyes.
With most of the Deep-Sea Giant Snakes killed, the Water Elemental Body targeted Chen Mo again. Chen Mo's goal had been achieved. He brought the Water Elemental Body around the Night Tribe. After causing a commotion in the Night Tribe, he left with the Water Elemental Body.
The Water Elemental Body was too eye-catching. When Chen Mo brought the Water Elemental Body to the Night Tribe, it had already attracted the attention of many players. Now that Chen Mo brought the Water Elemental Body out of the Night Tribe, many players looked at him from afar.
Chen Mo brought a Boss-level character in and out of the Night Tribe, which attracted a lot of discussion.
Very quickly, the news of the Deep-Sea Giant Snakes dying in large numbers spread. The players here were all experts. Some of them, like Chen Mo, used special methods to enter the Night Tribe. In the end, they saw the scene of the Deep-Sea Giant Snakes being killed.
The news that the Deep-Sea Giant Snakes were killed by the Poison Boss that Chen Mo lured over also spread.
This news lifted the spirits of many players. Without so many Deep-Sea Giant Snakes, the Night Tribe was no longer a threat. They could lead the tribe and carry out quests normally.
"Ah, adventurer, what you did was too dangerous!"
When Chen Mo returned to the Rain Clan, the people of the Rain Clan had already found a place to hide. Chen Mo returned the Trial Scroll to its original place, then brought the Water Elemental Body back to her residence. Only after he shook off the Water Elemental Body did the Water Elemental Body stop chasing after him.
Seeing that Chen Mo had returned safely, the Rain Clan's leader wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead.
"It's fine." Chen Mo waved his hand.
There was nothing else for him to do in the Rain Clan for the time being. Now that the trouble with the Night Tribe had been resolved, he could return to the Ice Clan and carry out the Trial Scroll.
As for the voices of opposition in the Ice Clan, after seeing the Night Tribe colluding with the players, Chen Mo suddenly thought of a possibility. It was possible that someone in the Ice Clan had been bribed by the Night Tribe. Otherwise, the timing of their opposition was too coincidental. Chen Mo planned to go back and find a way to verify this and thoroughly resolve this problem.
System Notification: Expedition Quest failed!
But on the way back, Chen Mo suddenly received a System Notification.
Seeing this sudden System Notification, Chen Mo looked at it and couldn't help but wonder if he had seen it wrong.
Quest failed?
How could the quest fail?
It was completely impossible!
Could it be that what he did in the Night Tribe caused his personal Expedition Quest to fail?
But this didn't make sense. If it failed, the quest would have failed long ago. Why wait until now?
Chen Mo felt that something was wrong, so he quickly rushed back to the Ice Clan. As a result, he saw a lot of players on the way, and they all had extremely puzzled and shocked expressions.
Chen Mo stopped a person and asked for a bit. Suddenly, he found that it wasn't just him, but everyone's Expedition Quest had failed!
How could this be?
Could it be that the players from the other game regions had taken the lead to go to the depths of the World Sea and started the Expedition Quest, but in the end, the Expedition Quest failed, and then everyone's Expedition Quest was judged as a failure?
Feeling that this matter was serious, Chen Mo didn't have time to care about the Ice Clan's Trial anymore. He thought about it, then went offline and found a traditional game forum with many people.
The Human Race Forum of the Huaxia Region. There should be the latest and fastest news there, but he couldn't enter.
Chen Mo didn't have to wait long in this traditional game forum before he found that the forum was flooded with news of the Expedition Quest's failure.
At first, the news was only about the failure of the Huaxia Region's Expedition Quest. But with such a big event happening, of course, the players were very concerned about the progress of the Expedition Quest in the other game regions.
People who had connections with the Expedition Quest contacted their acquaintances in the other regions, and as a result, the news quickly came back one by one.
Not only the Huaxia Region, but all the other regions in the world's Expedition Quests had all failed at the same time!
The Expedition Quest had just begun, but the Expedition Quest had suddenly failed. This caused a heated discussion all over the world.
The various possible consequences of the Expedition Quest's failure had been discussed countless times before the Expedition Quest began.
Although they knew that there was a possibility of failure in the Expedition Quest, most of the people who were discussing it didn't think that the Expedition Quest would really fail. At most, it was just a slightly more difficult Expedition Quest.
No one would have thought that the Expedition Quest had just begun, and the players had just entered the World Sea to begin the second assessment, but the System had already informed them that the Expedition Quest had failed.
What would be the consequences of the Expedition Quest's failure?
According to the previous information from the NPCs, the second wave of monsters would probably appear within a week!
The second wave of monsters was Level 60, and the players' levels were at most Level 53 or 54. There was a gap of six or seven levels between them.
Moreover, most of the players in the game were below Level 50, and they couldn't resist the Level 60 monsters' attack at all.
The previous Level 50 monsters' attack had already destroyed many small and medium-sized cities. This time, the Level 60 monsters' attack would probably cause even big cities like Red Sand City and Moonlight City to be unable to survive.
There was a lively discussion everywhere on the Internet. Previously, the players were only discussing what to do if the Expedition Quest failed, but now that the Expedition Quest had really failed, what would happen to the game? This made countless players curious, and at the same time, uneasy.
Chen Mo closed the webpage and returned to the game.
The players in the Underground World were obviously shocked by the news of the Expedition Quest's failure. The Underground World became chaotic, and no one was still thinking about the assessment.
The Expedition Quest had failed, and even if they passed the assessment, it would be meaningless.
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Second update, there is still one more update, which will be later.