Chapter 455 [(*^▽^*)]
Of course, the hundred people who appeared at the edge of the map last night also set off at dawn. They were the first to discover the map and had no doubts at all, assuming that it was a map secretly left behind by the people ahead.
They were even complaining about how messy it was, and how thankfully nothing was broken.
Hearing the leader say such things, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui were speechless. However, the next second they both shifted their attention because a very familiar person appeared in the surveillance footage.
Lin Leyou rubbed his eyes in shock when he saw the figure. Was this real? This person actually appeared in this SS-level difficulty dungeon!
The task for these players and residents is to search for the treasure in Xiushan Village and take at least one item with them to leave this deep mountain forest safely. If they fail, they will have to deduct 100 million points!
Although they would lose 200 million points if they failed the mission, 100 million points is still a lot. Does this person actually have that many points to lose? Or is he confident that he can complete the mission?
Xue Rui stared intently at the person on the screen, "I never expected this..."
Lin Leyou said, "In theory, a dungeon of this difficulty shouldn't be randomly matched with players. You were able to get in because of me. The other players must have obtained special dungeon-opening items in other dungeons, and this person... probably belongs to that category too. He's just really unlucky."
Xue Rui: "If he hadn't run into us, he would have been lucky, but since he did, he's just unlucky. Brother Lin, how about you help me kill him?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "No problem, I'll definitely help you. Do you want to see him overwhelmed by those black poisonous ants?"
Xue Rui actually wanted to kill him with his own hands and chop him to pieces, but seeing him being overwhelmed by black poison ants seemed just as good. It would be more painful that way, and after he died, his body would be used by the black poison ants as a breeding ground for their larvae.
Lin Leyou patted his shoulder, "Alright, anyway, we have the initiative in this instance. Don't we look like high-level NPCs blocking players from completing their quests?"
Xue Rui's attention was indeed diverted, and he smiled slightly, "It seems that following Brother Lin has its advantages. As long as these people return empty-handed, it will be our victory."
Lin Leyou: "Yes, although sometimes NPCs and players don't have any conflict of interest, most of the time they are on opposite sides. With this faction badge, you can experience my perspective more often. Sometimes it's really fun to outwit and outmaneuver players. Of course, be careful not to reveal your identity."
Xue Rui: "NPCs also have tasks, and points are deducted if the tasks are not completed. So, did you deduct points for the tasks that Brother Lin let me go or even helped me with before?"
Lin Leyou: "It's not much, not as much as you lost in the last dungeon, so don't worry about it."
Xue Rui nodded, "Okay, but... I still want to thank Brother Lin."
Lin Leyou blinked. "Alright, let's continue to observe. I really didn't expect... that a new batch of people would be added. I wonder if there will be a second or third batch. It'll never end then."
Xue Rui said, "It's impossible for them to keep giving us points indefinitely. If all 100 people who come in die, we can get 50 million points. Adding that to the 44 million points from the previous 88 people, we'll have a total of 94 million points. This is essentially giving us points in advance."
Lin Leyou said, "If we do this a few more times, with a hundred people each time, we can almost gather two hundred million points. Even if the mission fails, we can still live a good life."
Xue Rui blinked. "I don't think it's that simple. This batch is probably the limit."
Lin Leyou said, "I knew it couldn't be that good, but even so, there are still a lot of points. Ninety-four million points, plus the fifty million points for completing the mission, that's one hundred and forty-four million points."
With so many points, Xue Rui is definitely a top-tier player.
Xue Rui suddenly said, "These points... are indeed very tempting! But we should find a different place to hide now, somewhere farther away, because this place is a bit too close to that road."
Lin Leyou said, "No problem. Let's collect these surveillance balls first, especially the one representing Jiang Changdong. We've already marked the red dot there, so we don't need to monitor it anymore."
Xue Rui nodded, "No problem."
They checked and marked some players who needed to be careful, especially Jiang Changdong and the person they had just seen. They didn't expect that Xue Qian, that good-for-nothing, would also come to this SS-level difficulty dungeon.
After retrieving all the surveillance balls, Xue Rui glanced at the red dot representing Xue Qian on the map, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. He wondered if Xue Qian had a hundred million points to deduct.
He then glanced at the red dot represented by Jiang Changdong. This red dot was the closest to them among all the red dots, but even the closest one was still a bit far away.
The two quickly packed all their belongings and left, deliberately leaving some traces in certain places as they walked along the road.
It wasn't until we got close to the newly discovered black ant nest that we became extremely vigilant, tiptoeing carefully along an inconspicuous path in the distance. We even erased any traces they had left behind as we walked, truly afraid that the slightest sound would disturb the black ants inside the nest.
Fortunately, they walked a long distance without the black ants appearing in large numbers. Only a few appeared at the edge, seemingly foraging for food. A few even crawled past their feet, completely ignoring them. They didn't know why.
After they had walked away and could no longer see the black poisonous ants, Xue Ruicai said, "Perhaps it's because we didn't go up to their nest and didn't disturb them."
Lin Leyou thought about why the black ant nest had been disturbed earlier. It seemed that it was because Jiang Changdong had led everyone to rest on the relatively flat pile of rocks.
They've practically stepped onto someone's roof, of course they're angry! It seems these black ants are the type that won't bother others unless provoked! In that case, hopefully the people who come after them won't notice.
Xue Rui said, "Those who were attacked by the black ants earlier might have some doubts, but the hundred people who came later definitely won't know that there's no signal here. Even if there are spies among the earlier groups, they can't pass on messages. Just follow the route on the map..."
Lin Leyou looked at their current location. They quickly passed the Black Poison Ant Nest and climbed the opposite mountain to observe the situation in the distance from the top.
"I have to say, the view of that enormous nest from here is really clear, and we can see over there clearly, but the people over there can't see us at all."
The location they chose was excellent; it wasn't exposed, but rather behind a huge rock on the mountaintop. This rock happened to have a crack in the middle, through which they could see the black ant nest very clearly.
Lin Leyou laughed and said, "This place is absolutely amazing! How did you find it? Can you even spot this kind of terrain on a map?"
Xue Rui shook his head, "Of course I can't tell. I just happened to find this place by chance when I was controlling the monitoring ball to run around. Since it was pretty good, I remembered it."
Lin Leyou nodded and looked westward. "The sun is about to set again. I wonder if anyone will come to this black ant nest before dark. If they do, then we'll have a good show."
Xue Rui opened the map and glanced at it. "If the fastest person continues at this pace, they should reach this nest in about half an hour."
Lin Leyou nodded, "I saw it too. It's a real pity it wasn't Jiang Changdong."
Although Jiang Changdong was walking in front just now, for some reason, he didn't walk very far during the day. Instead, he kept stopping and starting. Could he be injured?
Well, whether he's injured or not, the fact that he's not in good condition is the best news.
Half an hour isn't too long. They prepared some food on the mountaintop. Of course, there wouldn't be any caves or water sources here, but they had some in their backpacks.
Although the wind was quite strong, this was behind a huge rock. The flat area was about four or five square meters in size and was recessed. They had just gathered some branches and tied them together to make a fence around the area, which could block most of the wind. As long as it didn't rain, it was obviously quite comfortable to live here.
Just as they were getting ready to eat, the person they had been staring at arrived.
Lin Leyou took a bite of meat. "There were three people in total. They walked straight ahead, and the person in front was holding... the map I drew. I don't know if they realized that the relatively flat pile of rocks in front was the nest of black poisonous ants."
Xue Rui looked through the gap and saw that Lin Leyou had almost arrived when he was speaking. Now, he noticed that the three of them had already stepped onto the stones at the edge of the pile of rocks.
The group of people didn't stop walking at all during this time. They didn't notice anything unusual about the pile of rocks. Neither of them expected this outcome.
Lin Leyou was surprised, then took a bite of noodles. "Were these people not bitten by black poison ants before? So they didn't take the appearance of black poison ants to heart at all?"
Xue Rui said, "They may have been bitten, but they went far enough that the black ants didn't chase them, or rather, they weren't attacked by a huge number of black ants, nor had they ever seen them before. They were also lucky to get here."
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