Chapter 851: The Terrifying Power of the Explosion (Minor Revision)

Chapter 851 -381: The Terrifying Power of the Explosion (Minor Revision)

“Huff… Huff…”

Gu Ji suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily, feeling as if a thick blood had rushed into his lungs, churning and stirring, crazily stimulating the nerves on his scalp.

The third death rollback.

He didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.

Happy because he’d finally uncovered the true cause of the train explosion;

Sad because…

Crimson countdown:

28 minutes and 28 seconds!

[The items you’ve carried have been delivered!]

[Crisis starting…]

Staring at the floating game task text in front of him, the scene before his death in the third cycle flashed across Gu Ji’s mind again.

First, there was a loud bang, followed by a white light outside the window.

It means.

This train wasn’t exploding from the inside, the true source of the explosion came from outside!!

[Objective: Successfully locate the disaster point of the accident!]

[Please choose your reward!]

[Death rollback read*1] or [Tenfold slow countdown*1]

Gu Ji’s eyelids twitched.

He didn’t expect to complete task one so easily.

But looking at it another way, it cost him three lives to obtain this high-value intelligence information.

Orange [Death rollback read*1]: After a player dies, they will have one chance to choose to return 5 minutes before the previous death node. After using this ability, the subsequent number of times and task time limits will be reset based on the player’s choice of the rollback node (Note: Only one choice can be made for this level, please choose carefully).

Orange [Tenfold slow countdown*1]: After using this ability, the crimson countdown will slow down tenfold, and there will be one 30-second pause opportunity (Note 1: During the pause, the possessed character also remains static, only player’s mind is unaffected; Note 2: Only one choice can be made for this level, please choose carefully).

Gu Ji’s pupils constricted.

It’s the first time he has encountered reward options of the orange grade.

Apparently, as the difficulty of the levels increases, the reward options have finally upgraded.

The importance of both options is self-evident.

At first glance, Gu Ji should choose the latter.

Tenfold slow would at least give him 280 minutes of time to clear the level, and he also has one instant pause.

In times of crisis, having 30 seconds to calmly think could even be enough to change the outcome.

It’s simple and straightforward.

But don’t forget, Gu Ji has already used three rollbacks. Even if he passes this time, when rewarding points, the rollback option won’t have any score bonus.

If he fails again.

He would face not only score deductions but also lose the effect of [Tenfold slow countdown]. By then, he might be left with just a few minutes without even a chance to make up for it.

Whereas choosing reward one.

It seems not to change the task time limit, but Gu Ji can directly return to 5 minutes before the first cycle’s death, reset the rollback count, and even if he fails, there’s still 46 minutes and 55 seconds of task time left, and if a powerful ability refreshes again, he might overturn the situation.

Unfortunately, according to the system’s rules.

Orange grade abilities, items, and marks seem to be selectable only once in the level, even if they refresh again, they can’t be chosen, otherwise, he could use the [Death rollback read] mechanism to exploit a BUG for scoring points.

Orange light descends.

Gu Ji’s upper right field of vision, next to the crimson countdown, suddenly had an additional green circular rotating arrow icon.

[New objective: Ensure Ghabari survives the disaster!]

Who is Ghabari?

Gu Ji frowned slightly.

Having experience clearing Laird Airport, such named characters are usually related to hidden missions in the level.

After understanding the requirements, he immediately took out his phone and dialed Iran’s emergency number.

This was the simplest way to save lives.

By stopping the train from operating, and having the police seal off the area, wouldn’t they avoid the explosion!

Given that there are VIPs on the train, they should be fully utilized, so he opted for anonymous reporting, bluntly stating the train would face a bomb attack.

Given the VIP display’s importance in the third cycle.

Even without evidence, to ensure nothing goes wrong, the Iranian police would choose to halt the train, transfer VIPs, then proceed with an investigation.

“Honestly, I also think what you’re saying makes a lot of sense…”

“This woman is really beautiful!”

“Please give me a little more time.”

“Glug-glug…”

Familiar scenes appeared one by one in front of Gu Ji.

But since learning that the explosion’s center came from outside the carriage, he paid little mind to these people.

No wonder in the second cycle, even though the hostage situation didn’t occur, the train was engulfed by the firelight and shock waves of the explosion.

Because that man’s sentence “a bomb strapped to me” was basically a lie, he was just impulsively committing a crime to get some money for repayment.

Because Gu Ji mistakenly apprehended the man with the white turban, alarming the train guards, the suited man didn’t act in the second cycle.

Over three minutes quickly passed.

The train slowly docked at “Samed” station.

Unlike before, this time, numerous Iranian police officers stood on the platform, along with special personnel in olive-green uniforms, topped with matching berets.

“Why is the Revolutionary Guard appearing at the platform; did something happen at the station?”

Claudie peered through the window, saw those berets, and instinctively exclaimed.

Iran’s police agency is basically similar to those of other countries, mainly responsible for traffic, criminal investigation, anti-narcotics, public safety, and intelligence.

Additionally, Iran has another force, beyond the status of police, yet performing police duties, which is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that Claudie referred to, the “Green Berets”.