Chapter 78 The real world made him so itchy that he wanted to drag the person down with him...

Shen Su lowered his eyes to look at the person beside him. Shi Yu had fair skin and a cool, aloof beauty in his features. His dark eyelashes trembled slightly, and he turned his head to look at him as if he sensed something.

The moment their eyes met, they both looked away at the same time.

Shen Su touched his nose, and Shi Yu coughed twice, covering his mouth.

The room fell into a deathly silence.

That's so embarrassing.

No moment in my life has been more awkward than this.

Qin Ke's meaning was already quite clear, but it was precisely because it was so clear that the atmosphere became awkward.

Shen Su stared blankly at the game panel, while Shi Yu stared at the game panel expressionlessly. After an unknown amount of time, Shen Su finally snapped out of his daze and typed a few words in the chat box: "Can you also increase favorability in the real world?"

Yes, changing the subject is acceptable.

At least it eased the awkwardness.

However, Qin Ke single-handedly steered the conversation back on track: "Sure! Of course! Didn't you guys notice? You were so busy being all lovey-dovey that you didn't notice, right? But young lovers miss each other terribly if they don't see each other for a day, it's understandable!"

Shi Yu: "..."

Shen Su: "..."

Thank you for your understanding.

Qin Ke continued, "Then let's not waste time. Seven days shouldn't be a big deal for you. Aren't you young people full of vigor?"

Shen Su: "…………"

Shen Su turned off the game panel.

The room remained eerily silent.

The system sent Shi Yu the message "Open the advanced dungeon trial channel?" Shi Yu hasn't clicked "yes" or "no" yet. They only have two options: either choose "no" and continue grinding low-to-medium level dungeons, slowly increasing their favorability using normal methods, until their favorability reaches 10,000, at which point they should be able to enter the advanced dungeon, but they don't know exactly when that will be.

The second method is to follow Qin Ke's advice, use these seven days to take a shortcut to accumulate 10,000 points of favorability to unlock the resurrection item, and then invite Mo Rugui to enter the advanced dungeon together.

No matter how you look at it, the second method is better.

They wanted to enter high-level dungeons before, and now that there's a way to do so, why are they still foolishly grinding low- to mid-level dungeons?

There is one thing they must pay attention to: Qin Ke and Mo Rugui have both emphasized that the death rate in high-level dungeons is extremely high. Therefore, if they want to enter high-level dungeons, they must find a top player to carry them. Mo Rugui has made it clear that they dare not carry them without the Resurrection Armor.

The fastest way for them to obtain a revival item is the one unlocked when their partner's affection level reaches 10,000.

Qin Ke also came up with a way for them to reach 10,000 favor points in seven days, but this method was too...

If Shen Su hadn't said these words but instead looked them up online himself, he wouldn't have dared to tell Shi Yu.

Because he was afraid Shi Yu would accuse him of being a hooligan.

"Do you have any high-end blind boxes that you haven't opened yet? Maybe..." Shen Su asked Shi Yu, clinging to her last hope.

Shi Yu naturally knew what he wanted to ask. He shook his head and said, "It's all been opened. There are no revival items left."

They had also learned from Qin Ke that resurrection items could be traded, but the items were too rare and had no market value. Although Qin Ke himself was at the top of the wealth rankings, he only had one safe house to hide in.

The two remained silent for a while, then Shi Yu got up, put on her coat, and said to Shen Su, "I'm going out for a bit."

Shen Su nodded. He didn't know what Shi Yu was doing outside. After Shi Yu left, he opened the game panel, went into the forum, and searched for the keyword "advanced dungeon".

Since you can't make up your mind yet, why not learn more about high-level dungeons?

Shen Su saw a post with a "fire" icon at the end. The title of the post was normal: "What should I pay attention to when entering a high-level dungeon for the first time?" However, the number of replies was as high as nine thousand, which was abnormally high.

When I clicked on the thread, there were few replies on the first few floors; it was mostly the original poster talking to themselves.

1L OP: I'm about to enter a high-level dungeon, I'm so excited!

2L Poster: I heard that the rewards for high-level dungeons are very high. Brothers, what should I pay attention to when entering high-level dungeons?

3L OP: Does nobody know? Is there anyone kind enough to help? Hello?

...

After more than ten floors of replies, someone finally responded: "I suggest bringing more lives. Of course, not everyone has nine lives, so bring more resurrection items."

17L OP: Thanks for the suggestion above. My partner is a healer with a resurrection skill, so this dungeon seems perfect for us.

The following posts were from players advising him not to let his guard down, but the original poster didn't reply, presumably because he had entered the game. It wasn't until ten days later that the original poster gave a new reply, presumably because he had exited the game.

However, the poster's emotions were somewhat unstable after coming out.

OP (125L): I'm going crazy! You guys have no idea what I've been through!!!

OP (126L): There were 9 players in that dungeon, and 7 of them died! My partner died too! She was a healer with a resurrection skill, how could she still die?!

127L Poster: Damn, high-level dungeons are simply impossible for humans to handle! I'm never going to high-level dungeons again!

Other players were curious about what he had gone through.

The original poster was generous in sharing, but the system had a confidentiality mechanism, and two-thirds of the content posted by the original poster was blocked. We could only learn from the fragmented words that were not blocked: it was a dungeon with a castle background, and the player was a guest visiting the castle. There were many rules in the castle, and basically, if you violated a rule, you would die. Players were all trembling with fear and dared not break them. However, the owner of the castle had a strange personality. Even if you did not make any mistakes, if you accidentally angered the owner of the castle, the result would also be death.

In short, it was a very terrifying dungeon.

Of course, if the post had ended there, it wouldn't have gotten so popular.

Three days later, the original poster reappeared in the thread.

This time, the bubbling was like an effervescent tablet being dropped into water, causing a burst of players to appear.

465L Poster: It's out! It followed me out!!! Help me! Aaaaaaaahh ...

Due to the system's security mechanism, much of what he posted afterward was blocked; only the three words "Save me" remained in bright red among the rows of mouths.

After that, the original poster continued to reply to the post every day. From the content of the post, it can be seen that his mental state became more and more unstable. More and more players replied, some out of curiosity, some out of curiosity, and some just to watch the drama unfold. The post became more and more popular.

OP 6635L: Don't enter high-level dungeons! Don't enter high-level dungeons! Don't enter high-level dungeons! Don't enter high-level dungeons! Don't enter high-level dungeons! Don't enter high-level dungeons! Don't enter high-level dungeons! Don't enter high-level dungeons!

These words filled the entire screen.

This was the last time the original poster appeared in the thread; there has been no further news about him since.

The subsequent replies were all player speculations.

Some say the "it" the poster mentioned is either an NPC from that dungeon or "it," and that the game's ultimate goal might be to invade reality, or that it has already begun. Others say there's no such thing, that they have no problems in the real world, and that the poster experienced a mental breakdown and hallucinations after their first time entering a high-level dungeon. They say the poster's lack of activity might be due to being sent to a mental hospital, or that they died in the game during another dungeon run.

Another theory suggests that the poster may have seen something they shouldn't have in this high-level instance, or that the high-level instance they entered might be similar in nature to the one Jiang Liuyue entered last. However, the system won't allow a second Jiang Liuyue to appear, so even if the poster leaves the game, they can't escape being killed.

However, this claim was refuted by most people...

"What are you looking at?"

Shen Su was so engrossed in watching that he didn't even notice when Shi Yu returned. When he turned around, he saw a pair of dark, bright eyes.

Shi Yu, like a curious cat, bent down and approached him from behind the sofa. Her warm breath brushed against Chen Su's ear and neck, making him so itchy that he wanted to pull her down and hold her in his arms, stroking her belly to see if Shi Yu would purr like a kitten.

“Forum.” Shen Su put away his wild ideas and said to Shi Yu seriously, “I saw a very popular post. The poster had some mental problems after coming out of a high-level dungeon.”

Shi Yu straightened up, nodded, walked around to the other end of the sofa, placed the bag in her hand on the coffee table, and said to Shen Su, "The mortality rate of high-level dungeons is high, and it is understandable that many people have weak psychological resilience and experience mental problems."

Shen Su continued, "This person said he was going crazy, and that 'it' followed him out. He was asking for help in the post..."

"It?" Shi Yu paused for a moment.

“Well, some people guess ‘it’ is an NPC from that instance, and some guess it’s the system.” Shen Su kept looking into Shi Yu’s eyes as he spoke, as if he had only just realized how beautiful Shi Yu’s eyes were. “But most people think that this owner is hallucinating.”

Shi Yu sat down next to Shen Su, not noticing Shen Su's gaze, or perhaps she did notice but couldn't be bothered.

He tapped his fingers on his knee and said in a serious tone, his words cryptic: "What he said may not be true, but it may not be false either."

“Yes, I think so too.” Shen Su nodded, his gaze falling on Shi Yu’s lips. Her light-colored lips looked somewhat cold, but they were actually very soft. Shen Su’s mind was filled with all sorts of random thoughts, but his words were very serious. “We’ll only know the truth when we experience it.”

The two hadn't been talking for long when the doorbell rang.

Shi Yu's takeout has arrived.

To be precise, it was a takeout order from a star-rated hotel. The delivery staff brought in several large boxes containing fresh ingredients air-freighted from the hotel, including meat, seafood, cooked food, vegetables, fruits, and so on. The staff helped unpack the boxes and sort the ingredients into the refrigerator, which was completely filled with double-door refrigerators.

Shen Su couldn't quite understand why Shi Yu bought so much food.

Shi Yu lives alone, so he can't eat this much. Even if the two of them eat together, this amount of food would be enough for them for ten days to half a month. Wait, ten days to half a month?!

The hotel delivery staff took away all the empty boxes and other trash after delivering the items.

During this time, Qiu Xiaoyuan's mother came and took Qiu Xiaoyuan away.

Only two people remained in the large room.

Shen Su then noticed that the plastic bag Shi Yu was carrying when she returned had the logo of a pharmacy printed on it, and contained more than a dozen boxes of various sizes.

"Are you sick? You bought so much medicine..." As he spoke, Shen Su picked up the bag to look inside. When he saw what was inside, his blood rushed to his head, veins bulged on his forehead, and his face turned pale, then red. He stared at Shi Yu, unable to utter a single word, "You..."

What kind of medicine is this?

It's all adult products!

The selection is also very complete!

Shen Su didn't know what to say about Shi Yu!

Isn't this like a beautiful kitten licking its fur clean before offering itself to a human for petting?

Is this some kind of freebie?

Shi Yu had no idea what shocking thing she had done, nor did she know the turbulent emotions surging within Shen Su at that moment.

He sat on the sofa, calmly opened his tablet, tilted his head and asked, "I have no experience with this, but I got the website from a friend. Would you like to take a look and learn together?"