Chapter 453 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui paused slightly, "I see... Points are universal; you can buy everything with points, including money, but some special items can only be bought with points..."
"That Order and Security Bureau that Brother Lin mentioned before..."
Lin Leyou breathed a sigh of relief. "This place is indeed difficult to enter. To enter, you need more than just points and items. What matters most is talent."
Xue Rui blinked. "Brother Lin, are you talking about talent cards? The ones we got before..."
Lin Leyou nodded, "Yes... Talent cards are very rare, and they're not even available for sale. Even if they were, they'd fetch an astronomical price at auction, and having talent doesn't guarantee entry."
Xue Rui's eyes flickered slightly. "There are also requirements regarding the type of talent, right?"
Looking at his serious expression, Lin Leyou suddenly reached out and ruffled his hair hard. "Yes, you must have a pure offensive talent to be qualified to enter the Order Bureau's execution team."
Xue Rui touched his messy hair blankly, "Ah...oh!"
Lin Leyou said, "Alright, stop asking these questions. Even if you knew these things now, it wouldn't be of any use. We'll tell you the details after we find a way to let you stay here."
Xue Rui nodded, "Okay...okay."
He smoothed his hair before looking at Lin Leyou, "Brother Lin, do you not want me to know these things? Is there some taboo surrounding this?"
Lin Leyou shook his head, "There's nothing to be ashamed of, it's just that... it's not good for you to know too much now."
The reason is actually quite simple. Even Lin Leyou himself doesn't know much about it. He'll go out and inquire about it, and once he has a general idea of everything, he'll explain it to Xue Rui in detail.
The truth is just that awkward.
Xue Rui didn't know if he believed it or not, but he knew that Lin Leyou meant no harm, so what he said should be true. He was indeed very weak now. Whether it was the previous S-level dungeon or the current SS-level difficulty dungeon, he would not have been able to clear it successfully without Lin Leyou by his side.
Perhaps they died long ago and wouldn't have lived until now.
If Lin Leyou knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him not to overthink things. After all, Xue Rui in his previous life lived for decades and was definitely a top-tier player!
Having encountered so many incredibly difficult dungeons in his life, it's all because of himself... The two of them always end up in the same dungeon, which means Xue Rui always appears in the dungeons Lin Leyou needs to go to.
Unless Xue Rui chooses a time to participate in the dungeon on his own, he will definitely be matched with Lin Leyou, and the system will prioritize the dungeon on Lin Leyou's side when selecting dungeons.
Lin Leyou, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Xue Rui shook his head, "It's nothing. I just wanted to say that it's really great to have Brother Lin with me on this journey."
A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Leyou's eyes. "You're right. It's really lonely to be alone. It's nice to have someone to keep you company. But sometimes you need to make sure that the person is someone you can trust."
Xue Rui stared at Lin Leyou for a long time, "Don't worry, Brother Lin, I've already confirmed that person."
Lin Leyou raised an eyebrow, thinking he was talking about someone else, and frowned slightly as he asked, "Who is it? I've never seen them before?"
Xue Rui was taken aback by his question, but then realized that Lin Leyou had misunderstood. He turned around and stared at Lin Leyou for a long time. "Brother Lin, don't you know what kind of person you are?"
Lin Leyou was stunned. He looked at Xue Rui's rare smile. Was he mocking him?
"Fine, you dare to laugh at me? Let's see how I deal with you!"
The two of them didn't care about the dirt on the ground at all, and started rolling around and playing around on the ground for about ten minutes before they finally calmed down.
Lin Leyou dusted himself off. "I'm all dirty. I just took a shower yesterday."
Xue Rui said, "It's okay, it's alright if we get a little dirty. We'll take a proper shower when we get to Xiushan Village."
Lin Leyou nodded, "That works too."
After they had finished playing around, they checked the map before going to bed. To their surprise, dozens of red dots had appeared on the edge of the map, at the entrance to the deep mountains!
Before Lin Leyou could even speak, the system notification appeared!
"System notification: The news that there is a treasure hidden in Xiushan Village has been spread by some bandits who went into the mountains a few days ago. As their accomplice, enter the mountains and follow the route taken by the others to Xiushan Village. Search for the treasure from the inside and outside. One hundred more bandits have been added this time. We ask resident Lin Leyou and player Xue Rui to keep up the good work and kill all the bandits!"
Lin Leyou's face was extremely grim. The number of bandits was actually increasing! However, he quickly realized that this was an SS-level difficulty dungeon. If there were really only eighty-eight bandits, and the creatures in this deep mountain were helping to kill them, wouldn't that be too easy?
The addition of these hundred people not only increased the difficulty for them, but also for the bandits in front. You have to know that even if there is treasure, it is definitely not a small amount. If the residents and players want to complete the mission, they have to risk their lives to seize the treasure.
It's not that those who arrive first have an advantage. Those who arrive first have to scout the way, search for the location of Xiushan Village, and even look for hidden treasures. Once they find them, those who arrive later have a lot of energy and weapons, and can directly steal all the treasures that the people in front have worked so hard to find.
They could even kill people deep in the mountains, destroy the evidence, and who would know that so many corpses were hidden in such a dense forest?
Lin Leyou asked with a serious expression, "How many of the original eighty-eight people are left?"
Xue Rui's eyes were grave. "I've been counting. There are still sixty-eight left. Twenty died before. That number seemed okay before, but now it's too few."
Lin Leyou gritted his teeth, "The number of bandits has been updated. There are 168 now. The first 68 are scattered, while the last 100 are grouped together. And judging from their speed of advance... there must be someone leading the way for them. I wonder who it is."
Xue Rui: "It must be an NPC in this instance. Residents and players wouldn't have this kind of connection."
Lin Leyou nodded, "That's right. The last hundred people are all clustered together, not separating. It's not good for us to launch a sneak attack. We can only target the people in front. Anyway..."
Xue Rui said, "I know. Anyway, these people have been tormented by the crisis brought by the deep mountains. It's easier for us to kill them now. As for what comes after... let the deep mountains teach them a lesson first, and then we'll show up."
Lin Leyou looked at the location of Xiushan Village on the map with great regret. "We can't go to Xiushan Village now. We need to kill as many people as possible while they haven't found the right way to Xiushan Village. By the way, we might be able to make use of those black poison ants from before."
Xue Rui, "How do we use them? Lure them to the black ant nest?"
Lin Leyou stroked his chin and asked softly, "Is there only one nest of these black poisonous ants?"
Xue Rui: "According to the map, it seems like there's only this one. Could there be others we haven't discovered yet?"
Lin Leyou said, "The black ant nest we found wasn't marked on the map at first; it was only marked after we discovered it. Perhaps there are other black ant nests around here that we just haven't found yet."
Xue Rui, "This nest must be very hard to find, we..."
Lin Leyou raised his hand, "I know it's hard to find, but do you remember what the black ant nest looked like before? A pile of rocks, without a single plant on it, very conspicuous!"
Xue Rui's eyes lit up. "Brother Lin, do you mean we should look for similar piles of rubble?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "We'll definitely find them. I have a feeling there can't be only a few black poison ants. Let's give it a try. If we can find them, we'll try to lure them to the black poison ant nest or to the path these people must take. That will make things much easier for us."
Xue Rui: "I have no objection, since that's the case..."
Lin Leyou said, "I'm going to hunt down lone bandits. Xiao Rui, you stay here and use the surveillance cameras to find the Black Poison Ant nest."
Xue Rui frowned. He was worried about Lin Leyou going out alone. "I want to go too."
Lin Leyou paused slightly, looked at the sky which had completely darkened, and saw that the newly appeared red dot on the edge of the map was only staying at the edge and did not really intend to enter the deep mountains under the cover of night.
"How about this, let's find the black ant nest together now, and then hunt down any lone ants around dawn, when they'll be at their most exhausted."
Those who need to rest at night need to keep watch, but those who are alone dare not fall into a deep sleep. They wake up and fall asleep repeatedly throughout the night, and by the early hours of the morning they will be exhausted, which is the best time to make their move.
Finding the nest of black poisonous ants was not so easy. Lin Leyou and the others searched everywhere late at night using the surveillance equipment that Xue Rui had obtained from Li Qianqian.
All thirty monitoring balls were deployed, displaying thirty images on the screens. Each of them was responsible for fifteen. Fortunately, their efforts paid off. Although it was really difficult to find, the piles of rocks where no plants grow were relatively easy to find. Although they had found several places before without finding any black ants, they finally found a new black ant nest, and this nest looked ten times larger than the previous one!
The two quickly huddled together and zoomed in on the surveillance footage that revealed the black ant nest. Other surveillance spheres also flew over to observe the black ant nest from all angles.
Xue Rui got very close, almost touching Lin Leyou, but he was focused on the situation on the monitor screen and didn't realize it at all. "Is this it? Did you see any black poison ants?"
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