Chapter 419 [(*^▽^*)]

Xue Rui remained silent. Seeing him like this, everyone's hearts skipped a beat. Could it be that he…?

Wang Fu lowered his voice and leaned closer to him, "Are you really going?"

Huajiao quickly stopped him, "Captain, don't do something rash! This kind of thing has absolutely no chance of succeeding, okay? You're just going to your death, and then we're really doomed!"

Fang Hong said, "Can I be the acting captain? No, no, I'm not good enough. Let Uncle Feng be the acting captain, since our captain is about to be gone."

Ding Baishuang chimed in, "Even if you manage to summon the elite monster, you yourself might not be able to get out."

Zhou Feng: "Yeah, what's the point of doing this then? Can the four of us survive against the BOSS? Even with the captain, the survival rate is still pretty low."

Sichuan peppercorns: "Don't say that, everyone! At least with the captain on board, our chances of winning will be a bit higher."

Xue Rui wasn't angry at all when he saw everyone's sarcastic conversation, which was subtly and overtly mocking him. Instead, he found it quite amusing, even though they had teased him quite a bit in the real world as well.

Wang Fu seemed quite intrigued. "Oh, your captain was probably just joking. He won't actually go. Don't worry."

He said that, but nobody listened to him. After all, his teammates knew Xue Rui's character better than anyone. He was practically a dungeon-clearing machine!

The four of them needed to rest, but Xue Rui was always able to lead one, two, or even three team members into the dungeon and clear it, with a success rate as high as 80%!

The occasional failures were not due to his own mistakes, but rather to the mistakes of his teammates, or the sudden appearance of an important and powerful character in the dungeon, which led to the failure to clear the dungeon.

He probably can't think of any other good solutions now, so he plans to get all the elite monsters that might still be alive inside the swallowed creature's belly out.

However, there are too many variables in this matter. First, the elite monster may not have been swallowed alive, but rather killed before being swallowed, and what is inside now is a corpse.

Another possibility is that the elite monster wasn't actually swallowed by him, and it's all just speculation on their part.

Xue Rui could not have been unaware of this possibility, but he had already checked the top floor and the rooftop. He had checked the entire building except for the room in the top-floor office, which was most likely a rest room.

The three elite monsters that were there last night have indeed completely disappeared. He couldn't think of anywhere else besides inside the stomach of this new elite monster.

Xue Rui remained calm under the gaze of the seven people present, as if he had no intention of taking any risks. However, he had already made up his mind: "This time, the props are mine."

Huajiao sighed, "I knew it! He had already made up his mind when he said those words. See, see!"

Wang Fu stared at Xue Rui in shock. "I said, are you serious?"

Xue Rui nodded, "It's alright, it's not impossible. If there aren't any elite monsters inside, I can use items to rescue myself, so you don't need to worry."

Wang Fu: "That's true, but I imagine your prop wasn't cheap?"

It's definitely not cheap, worth over 3,000 points, which is more than the points you get from killing an elite monster. Unless you can clear this dungeon, there's really no way to break even.

Xue Rui said, "You guys wait here, I'm going now."

Zhou Feng and the others were still very worried. "What if his first reaction upon seeing you isn't to devour you, but to kill you and then eat you?"

Xue Rui narrowed his eyes. "I'll make him devour me."

Everyone seemed to disagree, but no one said anything more. Only Huajiao muttered "Well, you're awesome" and then stopped talking.

Xue Rui smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've cleared so many dungeons. Even if I can't beat one, I'm confident I can survive. There's no need to worry too much."

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for their reply. Instead, he turned and went into the first-floor room. The elite monster was still standing in the elevator outside the staff restaurant, as if he had never moved.

Xue Rui wasn't sure what the new elite monster's purpose was, but that didn't stop him from slowly approaching it, climbing up floor by floor from the first floor.

When Xue Rui reached the floor below where the elite monster was, he slowly stopped. He knew that almost all the players' surveillance devices were now watching him from the shadows.

But it doesn't matter, he just wants to give it a try. If he fails, he will lose a valuable item, but if he succeeds, the reward will be huge. He has made this kind of bet many times before.

He always wins when he sets his mind to something! This time is no exception.

Xue Rui seemed very calm, but Lin Leyou was a little worried. However, he was soon relieved. After Devouring people, they would not be digested in a short time, but would be locked in a closed place.

If Xue Rui really couldn't get out after being swallowed, he could order the devourer to release Xue Rui, but... since Xue Rui was so confident, he should have already prepared a backup plan.

I don't need to worry about it.

As expected, while Xue Rui was downstairs, he carefully observed the elite monsters above through the mechanical spider, and then walked up the stairs step by step. He was not fast, but even at a slow pace, it was only one floor away, and he soon arrived at the staff restaurant floor.

Taking a deep breath, Xue Rui reached out and pushed open the stairwell door, walking out. When the sound of footsteps echoed from there, the elite monster looked up and glanced in his direction.

However, Xue Rui was behind the corner at the moment, so he couldn't see it directly and could only stare at the corner again and again.

However, the footsteps stopped just as they were about to turn the corner. The footsteps disappeared, but the elite monster was still staring in that direction, as if it was waiting for something.

But after a few minutes, he didn't get what he wanted, so he turned his head back and continued to stare blankly at the elevator door, as if staring at the elevator door would make it open and then lots and lots of food would come out.

Others might not know, but Lin Leyou knew very well what this elite monster was doing: it was simply overeating and was now standing there waiting to digest.

Although the space was indeed enclosed and quite large, there are limits to how large it can be. Three elite monsters went in and survived, not to mention the many employees and five players that followed.

If left unattended, digestion will be very slow. However, if he concentrates, digestion will be several times faster.

He had originally planned to take down everyone in the staff canteen, but he didn't expect so many to run away. But it was no big deal; there were only a dozen or so people, which was no big deal for him.

Since it won't end until six in the morning anyway, he'll take some time to digest it and become even stronger so that the entire building can become his territory.

Even the top floor... No, no, no!

He quickly banished such a dangerous thought from his mind. A master is a master, high above, and can never be disobeyed. Otherwise, the fate of that previous elite monster 01 would be his future!

But for some reason, the more he tried not to think about it, the more the thought would surface in his mind. Could it be that he had an upset stomach?

Just then, Xue Rui took another step forward. Still somewhat confused, the elite monster Devourer instinctively swallowed anyone who came into its field of vision.

Xue Rui looked at the gaping maw that suddenly appeared at his feet, and suppressed the urge to escape, letting the maw swallow him whole.

Now, neither Lin Leyou nor any of the players on the first floor can see Xue Rui's situation anymore, unless they can get an item to enter the elite monster's stomach.

When Huajiao thought of this idea, he was stunned for a moment, and then slapped his thigh in frustration. Yes, this idea is really good, but why didn't he think of it before?

But it's no use regretting it now, since the elite monster's mouth has already closed and disappeared. To make it open its mouth, a living person has to go and lure it; it won't respond to items.

Zhou Feng saw her slap her thigh and asked, "What happened?"

Sichuan pepper: "If I had known that elite monster would open its mouth, I would have thrown in a surveillance device. Now it's too late to say anything, so let it be."

Zhou Feng thought of that too after hearing what she said, but Hua Jiao was right, it was indeed too late now. "We can only wait for the captain to come out, and we don't know if his plan will work."

Huajiao slowly stood up. "I think we should hide a bit more for now. I know which item the captain wants to use. This item can indeed perform spatial teleportation, but the location of the teleportation is random. If an elite monster teleports directly to our face, we're doomed."

Fang Hong also stood up, "We need to be prepared at any time."

Zhou Feng: "Of course, it's also possible that the captain came out alone, sigh..."

I wonder how strong the boss will be if this elite monster dies. This dungeon seems simple, but that's precisely where the difficulty lies.

They still prefer dungeons with lots of intrigue and scheming, as they require less absolute strength and consume fewer items.

Since they came to this instance, the points they've spent using items are far more than they could recoup by killing a couple of elite monsters or some ordinary ghosts.

To avoid losing money, they absolutely must kill the BOSS and clear the dungeon; otherwise, they will fail no matter what, and failure means losing points—it's just a matter of how much they lose.

There was no news from Xue Rui, so none of them dared to make any rash moves. Even the other players were waiting for news from Xue Rui, but they waited for more than half an hour.