Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 725 - 723: Behind the Scenes

This is impossible! It's not even 00:11 yet. How did this anomaly appear? Have the hotel rules failed? Or can she wander outside curfew hours without harming residents, making her harmless...

Before his thoughts could fully form, severe pain assaulted 13MARK's brain.

His chest—or rather, the chest of the doll formed from Mercury Blood Amber—was sliced open.

The weapon used was a broad-bladed Naginata with a long handle.

When... did this...

13MARK's thoughts were sluggish. The Mercury Blood Amber doll slowly raised its head to look at the ceiling directly above the hallway—the old woman in red was hanging there upside down, her emaciated right hand gripping the hilt of the Naginata near the blade, its sharp edge angled towards the wall.

In that fleeting instant, the hunched old woman drew the slender Naginata from beneath her red clothes. Grasping the front end of the hilt, she wielded the long Naginata like a katana, sweeping it diagonally across the Mercury Blood Amber doll's chest with the speed of lightning.

The Naginata sliced right through.

The wound extended from the left shoulder to the right side of the waist, resembling the neckline on the upper half of a Monk's cassock.

Cassock Slash.

The Mercury Doll split in two, silver metallic liquid surging within the wound.

The next second, its shoulder blades suddenly burst open, skin splitting as two Plasma Shoulder Cannons emerged and fired resolutely at the old woman on the ceiling.

Charged particle clusters, containing fearsome Energy, burst forth with a dazzling brilliance that could scorch the eyes, like two razors cross-slashing the ceiling.

CRACKLE! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!

The hallway echoed with a shrill noise like thousands of birds chirping, as hot air formed heatwaves that washed over the plush red carpet.

Three seconds later, the Plasma Cannons extinguished.

The once shiny silver barrels of the two small shoulder cannons were now red and seemed to liquefy from overheating. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The once-beige ceiling of the corridor was now smeared with a large, X-shaped charred mark.

Even this level of destructive power can't damage the hotel itself...

13MARK subconsciously clenched his fists.

The strength of Mercury Blood Amber lay in its ability to share skills and equipment with the player. As long as they maintained a physical connection, the skills and equipment on 13MARK could be remotely replicated onto the Mercury Blood Amber—provided the total Spirit Energy Value remained constant.

13MARK was not a fan of card games and never had the habit of playing small cards first. He was a boss who had clawed his way up from the bottom, establishing a huge gang step by step over mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Before an opponent could react and prepare, he would use Thunderbolt to crush any possibility of resistance. This was his habit.

That previous blast from the Plasma Shoulder Cannon had a short wind-up time, minimal preliminary movements, high skill damage, a wide area of effect, and was quick to activate. It had consumed about one-third of his Spirit Energy Value. Even a titanium alloy plate could be easily melted by such a strike.

For a player of his level, it was extremely cost-effective. It would be hard to find many pieces of equipment with similar effects in the System Store.

"Not dead..." the Mercury Doll standing in the corridor muttered. Silver liquid surged at the wound left by the Cassock Slash, sealing the gruesome gash as if it were new.

The old woman in red seemed to be covered by some sort of stealth effect, as the infrared guidance of the Plasma Shoulder Cannons didn't work. The Mercury Doll, relying on visual estimation, activated the Plasma Shoulder Cannons. Aided by the skill 13MARK had shared with it called 'Wolf-Spider Eye Lock'—which had the Special Effect of forcing its eyes to lock onto an opponent, revealing their position, and ignoring some stealth abilities of lower Mysterious Degree—it persistently targeted the old woman's location, sweeping the area with Plasma Beams.

13MARK, who shared the Mercury Doll's visual range, was certain his 'Wolf-Spider Eye Lock' skill had indeed affected the old woman in red. The Plasma Beams had struck her for about 0.83 seconds initially, cutting open her back.

But amidst the bright light filling the corridor, she mysteriously vanished. The 'Wolf-Spider Eye Lock' skill lost its target. The Plasma Cannons, forced to complete their three-second firing cycle, continued to fire, uselessly wasting a large amount of Spirit Energy Value and sending the shoulder cannons into a long cooldown period.

Where is she?

The air raid siren was still sounding. 13MARK immediately narrowed the detection range of the Title Skills from the Mercury Blood Amber. He hadn't heard the System prompt, which meant he hadn't truly eliminated the old woman in red or received any reward.

Where is she...

The Mercury Doll's detection range continued to shrink, all the way down to five centimeters, but the alarm kept sounding.

What's going on?

13MARK maintained his posture, pressed close to the door, his forefinger's mechanical manipulator still extended through the keyhole. Without hesitation, he slightly withdrew his forefinger and raised his right middle finger. Its tip also split, extending a mechanical syringe, which he inserted through the keyhole.

His body had undergone extensive Mechanical modifications; it would be more accurate to call him a synthetic being composed of Mechanical prosthetics rather than a living person. Each of his ten fingertips was installed with different Mechanical assemblies. The right index finger was for storing and releasing Mercury Blood Amber, while the right middle finger was for...

HUM—

The Mechanical device at the tip of his middle finger extended further from the keyhole and, without warning, emitted a low hum.

Sound waves contacted solid surfaces, rebounded, scattered, and interfered with each other before reconverging. The hotel might indeed be able to absorb detection skills within its range, but Mercury Blood Amber, capable of sharing skills and equipment, acted like a relay. With the sound wave feedback, both 13MARK and the Mercury Doll could "see" the scene in the corridor.

Nothing on the ceiling. Nothing in the rooms. Nothing on the floor. Wait, the sound wave feedback from one place seems a bit different...

In the eighth-floor room, 13MARK's pupils suddenly dilated.

Behind the Mercury Doll—she was there, crouching.