Chapter 1: The Battle of the Tower

Buzz—

[New Player Dungeon Launched - Tower Siege Battle]

[Player loading into dungeon...]

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"Hoh—!" Rong Yi gasped for breath and woke up to find herself on a silver-gray stone pavement with strange patterns. She was lying on the ground with her left cheek pressed against the cold surface, and her body felt stiff when she tried to get up.

Try moving your neck, and after slowly getting up, you'll find the surrounding scenery even stranger.

The stone-paved road extends forward, backward, left, and right, dividing the area into four main sections.

She only remembered that her name was Rong Yi, where she was, why she was here, and who she was before.

"Welcome to the thrilling and realistic dungeon."

A sound came from somewhere, and Rong Yi squatted down, kneeling on his left knee, his bright eyes searching around.

The mechanical, emotionless voice continued: "Insignificant low-level creature, you have no choice. Participating in the dungeon and surviving is your only way to survive. Follow the system's instructions, complete the task targets, and now we are mercifully giving newcomers some adjustment time."

Rong Yi looked around but didn't see anyone nearby. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck, and a page of words appeared before his eyes.

New Player Dungeon: Tower Siege

Mission: Destroy two stone towers before your opponents.

Successful completion reward: 20 points; weapon forging/1 attempt; survival supplies/1 set

Penalty for failure: Falling into the Land of Pain

In addition to this, there are also materials displaying her information.

Name: Rong Yi

Strength: Tier 0 (Medium)

Talent: None

Weapon: 1 unranked dagger

Props: None

Points: 0

Rong Yi glanced at these and noticed a few grayed-out words in the corner of the interface: Hibernation pending release.

Hibernation broken? Who went into hibernation?

"Newcomer adjustment time is over, 3, 2, 1..."

The moment 1 finished speaking, two men and a woman appeared beside Rong Yi. The woman had a blue ribbon tied around her left wrist, while the other two men had red ribbons tied around theirs. She looked down at her own wrist, which was blue.

Rong Yi was unaware that the scene was being clearly projected onto a giant screen. Apart from them, there were countless such screens, and the people inside were either incredulous or terrified, desperately trying to escape the area.

A new batch of thrilling and realistic dungeons is now open!

In the almost boundless space, a figure floated among these screens, saying, "Greetings to everyone, I am the host of the Tower Siege area for this newbie dungeon."

A tsunami of cheers erupted in the arena. The host, his handsome face contorted with excitement, exclaimed, "This time, the number of participants has more than doubled, drawing in 2.6 billion low-level creatures from countless planes to open this thrilling and realistic dungeon. I wonder how many exciting dungeons await these poor worms who are favored by the gods!"

Upon hearing the words "blessed by God," cheers erupted once again in the arena, and even white lights appeared in the audience, drifting towards the host.

Upon seeing these drifting white lights, the host broke into a bright smile, bowed politely, and then his body seemed to be drawn into the white lights like a magnet.

"Now, please look at the screen. The instance has been opened. I hope you can find a toy that you like."

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The four of them stood there awkwardly for a while, then the woman with the blue ribbon tied around her neck walked up to Rong Yi and said, “My name is Yin Qiaolan.” She raised her wrist as she spoke, “It seems we’re in cahoots.”

"Rong Yi".

Yin Qiaolan's attire is typical of the workplace: a white shirt paired with a black pencil skirt, her hair neatly pinned up, and she has a pretty face.

She sized up Rong Yi. The girl was wearing a solid-colored long shirt and trousers. Her princess-cut hair on both sides of her face was fluffy and well-proportioned. Her long hair reached her hips and the ends were light brown. She had delicate features, long eyebrows, and bright eyes. Her rosy lips were pursed into a line. She looked extremely beautiful, but her temperament was... Yin Qiaolan thought for a while before finding an adjective: fierce.

Yin Qiaolan: "Were you also brought here by a strange light? I thought it was my imagination at first, but I didn't expect to find myself here when I opened my eyes."

Rong Yi was puzzled. Light? What light? She had no memory of it. "I don't remember," she said truthfully.

Yin Qiaolan felt that she might have been traumatized, or something might have happened on the way here, causing her memory to be somewhat disordered.

The other two men walked over and joined each other, and the four of them stood clearly on either side.

Of the two men, one was out of shape, wearing a jacket covered in logos, and his features were shriveled up due to his obesity.

The other one was wearing a suit and a name tag around his neck. He looked to be around thirty years old, with his hair all combed back. He had an ordinary appearance and was an office worker just like Yin Qiaolan.

The chubby man was named Tan Anping, and the man in the suit was named Jia Peng. The two were getting to know each other briefly.

[The instance begins. The four players are divided into two teams based on the color of their ribbons. There are four towers on the map. The team that first destroys two towers wins. The winning team survives temporarily, while the losing team... will fall into the Land of Pain.]

Each player starts with a dagger. You need to find the hidden coins in the grass on the map to buy substitute stones. The stone towers will prioritize attacking the substitute stones. Remember, you cannot be attacked by the towers, otherwise the other team will be automatically declared the winner.

[No passive play allowed. If none of you can successfully push down the tower after one hour, then you'll all stay here. Now, the dungeon officially begins.]

After the narrator finished speaking, a one-hour countdown appeared in front of them.

Yin Qiaolan couldn't figure anything out, but Rong Yi said from the side, "Find the gold coins."

As he spoke, Rong Yi glanced at the dagger that had suddenly appeared in his hand; this was the key to attacking the stone tower.

On the other side, Tan Anping looked at the stone pagoda in front of him, with a pale yellow arc around its edge.

Jia Peng frowned. Seeing that Rong Yi and the others had already taken action, Tan Anping suggested, "Why don't we wait until they find it and then snatch it? Who knows what's in the grass?"

Jia Peng thought for a moment and shook his head: "Let's find it ourselves first." Time waits for no one.

The map has exactly four areas, and each of the four people occupies one area.

Rong Yi used her dagger to part the dense grass. Apart from the four paths, the rest of the area was overgrown with weeds. She remained vigilant, ready to deal with any dangers that might appear in the grass.

Seeing how cautious Rong Yi was, Yin Qiaolan followed suit and used a dagger, but after searching for a while, nothing happened.

Rong Yi searched inch by inch, and soon found a gold coin. The interface showed that if he wanted to buy a substitute stone, he would need two gold coins.

The other three also made some gains and were filled with confidence.

Rong Yi was the first to buy the Substitute Stone, which was a small stone shaped like a human figure. [Substitute Stone: Can withstand five attacks from the stone tower]

Instead of going to the stone tower immediately, she continued searching for gold coins.

Yin Qiaolan had already bought one. She looked up and searched for Rong Yi's location, then ran over excitedly, "Rong Yi, I bought one! Shall we go push the tower?"

Rong Yi glanced at the substitute stone in her hand and said calmly, "No rush, let's look for more gold coins."

She felt that this dungeon was not so simple. The information given was too little. It said that the substitute stone could withstand five attacks from the stone tower, but how many times would they have to hit the tower before it would fall? It also didn't say whether there was a limit to the gold coins in this game.

Seeing her serious expression, Yin Qiaolan's heart skipped a beat, sensing something was wrong. "Alright then, keep looking."

(End of this chapter)