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Chapter 76: Intimacy Points
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"That nucleus control device is terrifying," Guan Ling hugged himself, his heart still palpitating from fear as he spoke, "Even though we're so far away, I still felt my mind freeze. I felt like I couldn't even use my starting skills. If we were right in front of that device, we'd probably be done for."

Xing Ye didn't speak. He leaned on the stone wall and rested, easing the stiff feeling that the nucleus control device caused.

Cao Qian's tolerance was a bit stronger than the two men, but it didn't mean she didn't feel uncomfortable. All the raggy bits from her matchstick head had fallen off. If she had a human body, it was equivalent to losing all her hair.

"Isn't getting this perfect ending too hard?" Guan Ling asked, "The city lord's about to attack Benedict. At that time, all Benedict has to do is push the button on his device and the whole platoon would be finished."

Xing Ye nodded, "Yeah, so we can't let things reach that stage. First of all, we need to stop the city lord from coming here with his soldiers. Our QR codes and starting abilities can still be used against him.

Although the little puppet doesn't have a heart yet, he still has a nucleus and is affected by the nucleus control device. That's probably why Benedict never attacked Puppet City despite having such a powerful device- the range of the device is too wide, so he's worried about causing irreversible harm to the little puppet.

The little puppet is Puppet City's protective charm. If he leaves, the consequences will be inconceivable."

"But just stopping the city lord isn't enough, right?" Cao Qian asked, "Unless Benedict gives up, Puppet City will always be threatened by the nucleus control device."

Xing Ye said, "I remember Coco said that she believed Benedict wants to install the little puppet's heart in Puppet City, so what we need to do is grab Benedict out of the mines and bring him to Puppet City."

Guan Ling stared at Xing Ye impatiently, "Boss, are you sure that's possible? Those mechanical robots aren't a problem, but that nucleus control device... Why is the boss always so hard to beat? If we don't have a special QR code, we can't beat it?"

That was the case with Bai Xu in the previous world. Back then, when Guan Ling was facing the brain-eating demon before Xing Ye used Peaceful Spirit's Tune, Bai Xu was so strong that she just completely ignored Guan Ling's QR codes and almost tore him apart. Guan Ling was forced to restore his body twice and use all his QR codes to activate Losing the Family Fortune until he finally managed to escape.

"I think the final boss is the strongest because of this world's rules. Players like us have to follow the restrictions of this world's rules." XIng Ye conjectured, "If we weren't puppets, we'd have no fear of the nucleus control device. However, the precondition to entering this world was turning into a puppet and so, to us, the nucleus control device becomes our natural suppressor. That's how the world's rules affect us."

"Why would the system do that?" Guan Ling scratched the fake hair on his head, "Can't they just give us a boss that we can one shot with enough QR codes? Why does every world have to make us struggle on the verge of death?"

"You can one shot the bosses in the surface ending, but you'll only get 100 points.  After winning 500 surface endings, you can become a high level player. It'll take ten years, and during that time, you can't let others kill you or you'd lose half your points. If you don't try for the true ending or kill other players, you can go through the game worlds for a lifetime." Xing Ye said.