Apocalypse: System of lotteries

Chapter 192 The Maze

[Ming incapacitates the zombie without delivering a lethal blow]

[Ming takes out a rope and hangs the newly made spiked steel plates in mid-air]

[Ming takes out a lighter and burns the rope until it looks like it will break at any moment]

[Ming drags the zombie under the spiked steel plates]

[The rules believe that he is cheating, please withdraw the spiked steel plates as soon as possible, otherwise, a random penalty will be triggered]

"Hahaha~"

"This is indeed a bit too much."

"But, Ming could let his pet bite the rope off."

...

Ming retrieves the spiked steel plates hanging in the air, and the ones surrounding the octagon cage are still legitimate. He looks at the frogs and thinks it's time for them to consider grinding their teeth.

It seems that he cannot be too directly involved, and he should be more cautious, using the correct methods to exploit loopholes.

[Ming is forging caltrops with the steel blocks and scattering them on the ground]

[The rules determine that he is making auxiliary weapons, so they impose a one-minute immobilization penalty on him]

[The zombie is struggling to crawl towards his feet]

[The crippled zombie is wriggling]

[Ming touches the tip of his nose and falls into thought]

[...]

"Um, I noticed that Ming has a habitual movement, which is touching the tip of his nose. It's happened several times already."

"Hey~ After every time he touches his nose, there's a new loophole to exploit."

"Ming's characteristics summary so far: 1, he has a cat that loves to eat fish and is very strong; 2, he likes to touch the tip of his nose when thinking; 3, he likes to strip zombies' clothes, so he should be good at managing daily life, must be very frugal, and should have a simple and minimalistic style in terms of temperament and attire."

"Nicely summarized."

"..."

Ming touches the tip of his nose, thinking seriously about the problem. Next, he will face four-star and five-star zombies. According to their extremely high attribute values, it will be more difficult for him to deal with them.

He doesn't care much about the zombies below three stars. However, he has never fought a four-star or higher zombie on his own before. So, he needs to make good use of existing resources and can't rely solely on exploiting loopholes. That isn't the most stable and reliable approach. To fight more powerful zombies, he needs a comprehensive and flawless combat strategy.

First, he has to reduce the opponent's movement speed...

Building a trapezoidal platform on the arena can slow down their speed, and then he can use steel blocks to strike them.

No!

Zombies with four stars or higher won't just wait to be hit. Moreover, their health will keep increasing, and killing them with just the blocks might take too much time!

Ming touches the tip of his nose again...

[Ming is forging metal steel balls]

[Ming places the forged metal steel balls on the ground and steps on them]

[After picking up the steel balls, he reforges them...once done, he steps on them again...]

[Picking them up again, he continues to optimize...]

[...]

"It's hard to describe, but I got stronger by killing monsters and zombies one slash at a time, while Ming levels up by being cunning and resourceful. Now I understand how he became strong."

"In this situation, he can still come up with so many strange ideas. His mental strength is extraordinary, and he's extremely cunning!"

"That's true. Under such circumstances, most people wouldn't have the time to think."

...

[Ming puts the steel balls, which were reforged 12 times, on the ground]

[He steps on them and slips...]

[He continues to forge steel balls according to the previous specifications and puts them in his pocket]

[After finishing the forging, he continues to touch the tip of his nose]

[...]

"Alright, let's help Ming think of ways to exploit loopholes!"

"Good idea! I like it!"

"I thought of one, Ming, look closely, *************"

"I have a great idea, it's ***********."

"Are your ideas just to use bad language?"

"Damn, the rule censoring my idea!"

"Damn! They censored mine too!"

"..."

[Global Announcement: This is Ming's personal hidden mission, and no outside help is allowed. You just need to watch.]

[Any suspected attempts will be banned, like the one called 'I've been smart since I was a child', don't try to write your ideas on paper and put them in the Doomsday Trading Post again]

[To the survivor called "All good names were taken by dogs," please withdraw the ten boxes of glue you put up for auction within 3 seconds, or bear the consequences]

[To not disturb Ming in completing his hidden mission, the Doomsday Store will be closed for 24 hours]

[...]

"Damn!"

"Damn it, I was about to hang the banana peels after eating dozens of bananas with my friends, and you closed the trading post!"

"You guys messing around caused the Doomsday Store to close. What if Ming needs to buy something? What if he gets bitten and needs an antidote urgently?"

"Don't worry about it. With his intelligence, if he doesn't have dozens of virus inhibitors in his warehouse, I'll give you my head!"

"Dozens? At least a couple hundred!"

[To the person called 'I bow to no one but your father', your emoticon is highly suspicious of containing hidden information. Do you think this rule cannot see it?]

[Once again, warning all people in Zone 109, don't try to bribe people from other zones to help you]

[To not affect Ming in completing his hidden mission, the global chat channel will be closed for 24 hours]

[...]

"..."

At this moment, the world chat channel became silent, and no one could send a single word.

[The live broadcast continues]

[Ming says thank you to all of you, and he has received your good intentions]

[Ming continues to touch the tip of his nose...]

[...]

Ming, inside the copy, was thinking that he couldn't delay any longer. Both the hidden mission and the instance had time limits. If he took too much time, it would be like signing his own death warrant.

Buy more time?

Ding~ Inspiration struck!

[Ming takes out a steel plate and erects it on the stage]

[After erecting it, he fuses a layer of fine gold plates on the outer side of the steel plate]

[Once again, he erects another plate, fuses, and connects...]

[...]

In Zone 381, at the headquarters of the Mountain Sun Group.

"What is he going to do?" Yamano Shiro, the new leader, held the teapot in his hand.

The people around him instinctively prepared to dodge, not knowing who would be targeted by the leader next.

"Aren't you listening? Can't you hear me?"

"Ah, well..." How could they guess what Ming was going to do?

"A bunch of idiots!"

"..."

Everyone remained silent. If you weren't idiots,you wouldn't ask.

[Ming stands on top of the erected steel plate, laughing proudly]

[Ming creates a small maze using steel plates and fine gold plates]

[The maze is quite unique]

[...]

"A maze?"

"He actually made a maze!"

"This guy, seriously!"

"What's going through his mind!?"

"Heh~"

Yamano Shiro glared, "The fourth round is a four-star King level! His tricks won't be enough! I don't believe he can pass the fourth round!"

[Ming kills the zombies, completing the third round, and enters a 1-minute rest period]

[1 minute is up... The fourth round begins... Four-star King level zombies enter...]

[Ming's other pet rushes out, using a special ability on the zombie, resulting in the zombie's death...]

[Ming completes the fourth round...]

[...]

"Argh!!!!!" Yamano Shiro flings his hand in anger, the boiling water from the teapot splashes out, leaving the people around him dumbfounded!