Chapter 98: The Reappearance of Civilization (The End)

"No need to thank me, this is not a good thing at all." Rong Yi was unhappy with the dungeon system and the forces behind it, and he would never let them have their way.

Chai Yuanzheng was stunned for a moment, not understanding why she said that.

Rong Yi smiled gently, "Uncle Chai, do you still remember the Jianggushan mining area?"

"I remember." Of course he remembered that Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing had spent a lot of effort building the safety passage and later submitted a document called "Elements of Ability Activation." The number of ability users had increased, all thanks to this document.

Rong Yi paused for two seconds before asking, "What is needed to successfully develop the mining area?"

For no apparent reason, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on Chai Yuanzheng's back.

"you……"

Rong Yi's face turned deathly pale instantly, as if he were in great pain.

[Warning! Warning! Player Rong Yi's behavior is in violation of the rules and must be stopped immediately!]

A sharp pain shot through Rong Yi's neck and spread throughout his body. His brain felt like it was being torn apart, and the edges of his pupils were faintly red, a sign of losing control.

Chai Yuanzheng hurriedly got up to help her. The door was slammed open, and Wei Yanqing walked in with a cold face. He took Rong Yi from Chai Yuanzheng's hands and covered her delicate face with his fair, well-defined hands.

The intense pain that Rong Yi endured added a touch of vulnerability and a barely suppressed rage to his appearance. These two completely different traits blended together in a bizarre way, creating a peculiar beauty.

The healing energy poured into her body, temporarily easing Rong Yi's pain. Seeing Wei Yanqing's masked face, a faint smile appeared on her pale face. "Those bastards, I won't let them have their way."

Wei Yanqing touched her forehead. "Well done."

Upon receiving the praise, Rong Yi smiled even more brightly, then closed his eyes wearily and fell into a deep sleep.

Chai Yuan was standing by, at a loss. "How is she? Take her to the hospital first."

Wei Yanqing simply put his arm around Rong Yi and said, "No need, I am her professional doctor."

Seeing his insistence, Chai Yuanzheng sat down as if exhausted, saying, "Thank you."

Besides this thank you, he didn't know what else to say.

"It seems Rong Yi reminded you. Now we'll see what you do next."

Wei Yanqing wasn't surprised at all that Rong Yi could do such a thing. This girl disliked being controlled and would definitely cause trouble for the forces behind the scenes in the game in the future, and she had the ability to do so...

"This matter..." Perhaps fearing that continuing would lead to further punishment for Rong Yi, Chai Yuanzheng stopped talking and instead asked, "Are you leaving?"

The mysterious people who were previously like battle maniacs have recently returned to their base without prior arrangement.

These mysterious people seem to have status here, but if you really investigate, you can quickly see that their identity information is not right; it's obviously fake.

Their arrival was mysterious, so their sudden disappearance isn't hard to accept.

"We'll be leaving after midnight," Wei Yanqing said.

As long as the intentions of the dungeon forces are not revealed like Rong Yi did, the natives know that the players and the dungeon have nothing to do with each other, and from the beginning, those forces never intended to hide it.

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After leaving the room, Chai Yuanzheng stood at the door, first tidying his clothes, and then gently smoothing the hair that was scattered on his forehead.

He initially thought those mysterious people were genuinely there to help, and even speculated whether there might be a time machine in the future, with people from the future sending a mysterious team.

But now...

Their world is being watched by something, and the reason for this is the crystal core.

After the fog cleared, the zombies dispersed into the wild, and their targets were no longer just humans, but also mutated creatures.

Zombies and mutated creatures are enemies of humanity, but they also possess crystal cores, and even humanity itself. Crystal cores are a scarce energy source, so scarce that even extraterrestrial beings covet them.

Back in his office, Chai Yuanzheng wrote a report detailing the nature of the mysterious group and the subsequent emergence of similar groups.

He chose to write by hand because he was worried that the messages transmitted by machines would be tampered with by extraterrestrial beings. After all, even human memories can be tampered with, so what are machines?

Make multiple copies of this report and distribute them to the various units within the army, informing them that the mysterious figure is not a friend, but an enemy!

Not only that, he also hid multiple reports to prevent his memory from being altered and him from forgetting the incident.

Having completed all that, Chai Yuanzheng personally took the report and embarked on his journey to the capital base, determined to let all of humanity know the true purpose of the mysterious team.

Rong Yi was completely unaware of the immense changes her fluttering wings would bring to the world.

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Rong Yi opened her eyes and saw a bright ceiling. She was lying down at the time, but when she got up, she found herself lying on the floor.

This is her house in Obsidian City.

The first thing she did after sitting up was to check the tasks.

[Due to the player's violation, the system will erase all rewards and deduct all items and points from the player's storage. This is a warning.]

Looking at the empty space inside the storage bracelet, Rong Yi almost laughed out loud. She only put some junk collected from the dungeon world inside. Previous items and later collections were all in the storage compartments unlocked by gray text.

As for points, she used them all up before each dungeon run.

Whether the dilapidated behind-the-scenes forces would suspect anything was not within Rong Yi's consideration. Gray had told her before that even if the dungeon system reviewed the video, it would only see that she had lost all her items.

The behavior was a bit strange, but it's easy to explain where the things went.

This time there are no points, so there's no need to worry about buying any items. It's a pity about her Azure Wave Dagger, as it's still broken.

Are you awake?

The message sent by Wei Yanqing.

[You're awake. How long have you been in Obsidian City?]

【Three Days】

Rong Yi: "..."

Three days?!

【Where are you】

I need to hurry and meet up with Wei Yanqing so I can borrow some points to repair her dagger.

The meeting place was a home-style restaurant, and the dishes were already served when Rong Yi arrived.

What punishment did the system impose?

The system couldn't possibly have failed to respond to such a crucial hint given to Chai Yuanzheng.

“They’ve taken everything from me, and I’m penniless now,” Rong Yi said. “But don’t worry.”

She reached out her hand to Wei Yanqing, who found it strange but still placed his palm under her clenched fist.

He opened his palm, and a level-three crystal core landed in his hand.

Wei Yanqing was puzzled, "Weren't they all deducted?"

Rong Yi chuckled, "Perhaps it's my talent." That was all he said.

Wei Yanqing didn't ask any further questions, saying, "It's good that you still have resources to rely on."

"My talent is self-activated. The dungeon system has no idea about the specifics. It's normal for me to have some abilities that it doesn't know about. Besides, the storage item wasn't deducted, so I can sell it for some points to buy more items."

She will no longer use storage items; these are essentially pockets in the dungeon system, allowing her to freely take resources from them.

"And you, were you punished?" Rong Yi asked.

Wei Yanqing was her teammate. Even if he wasn't in the room at the time, the dungeon system was bound to be annoying and resort to the tactic of punishing others.

"The rewards were distributed normally, but it's unclear whether they were distributed the same as those of other players who successfully completed the mission. As for the resources, more than 30% were missing, which is more than 60% of what was originally supposed to be given."

Rong Yi curled his lip: "So dark."

That's it, the next dungeon starts tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)