Chapter 601 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou then asked, "What about Hang Qing, whom we met at the resort before?"
Although Hang Qing is dead and the mission failed, it is undeniable that she was quite capable. It's just a pity that she encountered those two. If she had encountered other NPCs, it's uncertain who would have died.
Xue Rui: "I also went to look for Hang Qing, but I haven't found him yet. It will probably take some more time."
Lin Leyou subconsciously touched the black jade ring. "Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to tell you."
Xue Rui: "What is it?"
He thought Lin Leyou wanted to tell him something trivial, but he didn't expect...
Lin Leyou told Xue Rui everything that Lin Wanyi had told him.
Xue Rui finished the last bite of his food and neatly put down his chopsticks. "You mean... the difficulty of the dungeons will increase in the future!"
Lin Leyou said, "The difficulty of all dungeons will be increased. For dungeons of S rank and above, the difficulty will be randomly adjusted. In other words, if I accept a quest for an S rank dungeon, the difficulty of the dungeon may be adjusted to 2S or 3S after I enter."
Xue Rui: "This is to make the criteria for selecting players more stringent. What's the purpose?"
Lin Leyou: "How would I know? I'm just an average resident. And if I do know anything, it's not bad. I only know that... because there are too many outsiders like you, the number of times the instance is opened is too many. So from now on, all residents must participate in at least five voluntary labor activities every month!"
Has this turned back to ancient times? Unpaid corvée labor!
Xue Rui, "Unpaid...voluntary labor? Does that mean playing an NPC?"
Lin Leyou said listlessly, "Yeah, and there's also some kind of leaderboard. The more tasks a resident completes for free, the higher their ranking. The top 100 residents each month can get some rewards."
Xue Rui listened quietly to Lin Leyou's complaints. So this was how the dungeons, which were a near-death experience for the players, were treated like this by the residents...
Lin Leyou continued muttering, "I didn't want to pay attention to this at first, but Lin Wanyi told me that some of the rewards include free travel vouchers that you can use too. Do you want to come and play?"
He added, "We won't meet in a dungeon..."
Go play in the endless world?!
Xue Rui's eyes widened slightly. Of course he wanted to, but if Lin Leyou wanted to get such a travel voucher, wouldn't he have to participate in a mission for free?
Moreover, it's still unknown how many tasks Lin Leyou needs to complete to make it onto this leaderboard, since it's settled monthly.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xue Rui said, "It's okay, going to the Happiness Community instance is the same, we can still see each other every day."
Lin Leyou thought for a moment, "That makes sense. By the way, tomorrow is the 1st. What I just mentioned will start tomorrow. When tomorrow comes, I'll check what the prizes are for the top 100 on the leaderboard and share them with you so you can see for yourself."
Xue Rui: "It shouldn't be too bad."
He got up and walked to the window to look at the night view outside. This world was reality to him, but he felt as if he were in a game world, where the whole world seemed to be composed of only three colors: black, white, and gray.
Only when he sees Lin Leyou does his world return to color, even in the dungeon, even in the Happy Community, for him, that is the real place.
And here... it's terrifyingly fake.
Lin Leyou said, "Oh, right, I found a dungeon here. It's the one Ali introduced to me before. You can get something similar to the explosive pack that Si Meng used at the resort. Are you interested?"
Xue Rui, "How difficult is this dungeon?"
Lin Leyou stroked his chin. "It's probably an S-level difficulty."
Xue Rui: "So... this difficulty adjustment means that after we enter the dungeon, it might be SS level, or it might be 3S level?"
Lin Leyou said, "It's also possible that the difficulty won't be adjusted. After all, whether it's adjusted or not is random."
Xue Rui: "2S level is manageable, but wouldn't 3S be a bit dangerous?"
Lin Leyou thought for a moment, "It is indeed somewhat dangerous. The reward points for a 3S-level difficulty dungeon mission are hundreds of millions, but if points are deducted... it's five times the reward points!"
Xue Rui: "Isn't this a bit risky?"
Lin Leyou hesitated a bit, after all, the most difficult dungeon he had participated in before was the Xiushan Village dungeon, which was SS level. Moreover, this was because they had triggered the hidden main storyline at the beginning and stood on the same side as the BOSS of Xiushan Village.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to clear this instance because of that thief's trap; they were still shaken by it back then.
He wasn't entirely sure what the dungeon of this rule-based realm was like. He'd ask Qin Xingyu when he returned to the Endless World; Qin Xingyu should know the answer.
After all, Jiang Xiali said that Qin Xingyu had been to that instance, and the outcome was evenly matched.
Wait a minute, even Qin Xingyu can only get half the points. How can he and Xue Rui, whose combined strength is less than half of Qin Xingyu's, possibly pass?
Xue Rui, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Lin Leyou said, "Let me go ask Teacher Qin. He's been to this instance before. Wait a minute, I'll ask him and then I'll tell you."
Xue Rui: "Okay."
Lin Leyou tidied up the things on the coffee table and put them in the refrigerator. Then, with the lights and even the TV on, he returned to his bedroom, lay on the bed, and returned to the endless world.
Lin Leyou immediately sat up and took out her phone to call Qin Xingyu.
Qin Xingyu answered the phone, "What is it now?"
Lin Leyou quickly asked, "Teacher Qin, do you know about the 'Rules Kingdom' instance?"
Qin Xingyu was silent for a moment before saying, "Why are you asking about this instance? Is it something I told you about?"
Lin Leyou said, "Ali told me about it; it's in Jiangxia Village."
Qin Xingyu: "Is it that little boy that Lin Wanyi has been chasing after?"
Lin Leyou: "Yes, it's him. What's wrong?"
When Qin Xingyu mentioned Jiangxiali, his tone seemed a little off.
Qin Xingyu: "It's nothing, this has little to do with me. Anyway, all I can say is that Lin Wanyi might suffer a bit in the future."
Lin Leyou blurted out, "Is it related to Ali's parents?"
Qin Xingyu was somewhat surprised, "It seems you've seen it before."
Lin Leyou, "Probably..."
Qin Xingyu, "You know Jiang Changdong and Qiu Baiyu, right?"
How could Lin Leyou not know? Jiang Changdong still had no intention of letting him go, even though he hadn't seen Jiang Changdong and his eldest son Jiang Xiaming for a long time. As for Jiang Xiayue... well, let's not talk about her.
"I know, what happened to them?"
Qin Xingyu: "Sometimes genes really do affect offspring, so what kind of good person do you think Jiang Changhai, who is Jiang Changdong's brother, would be?"
Lin Leyou, "Then Ali..."
Jiang Xiali is Jiang Changhai's son, so is he not a good person either? If that's the case, then Lin Wanyi, that fool, only has strength but no brains, and she'll be ruined when she gets hurt.
Qin Xingyu: "Alright, do you still need to worry about others? Lin Wanyi managed to rise all the way to the position of captain of the law enforcement team. Do you think he's some kind of fool? He's shrewd!"
Lin Leyou, "Oh, oh..."
Qin Xingyu: "Forget about that, what's the deal with the Kingdom of Rules?"
Lin Leyou immediately told Qin Xingyu about the explosive pack item he had seen in the resort instance. "I thought it was a great item and wanted to get one to play with. After asking Ali, he told me about the Rules Kingdom instance."
Qin Xingyu stroked his chin. "It can apply a permanent negative status effect to someone... It should only be effective within the dungeon and will disappear after leaving or dying. It's indeed a pretty good item."
“This prop was brought out by an outsider,” Lin Wanyi added.
Qin Xingyu said, "This outsider has definitely never been to the Rules Kingdom instance, there is no doubt about that. He must have obtained it by chance in another instance. But he is right, there is indeed a chance to obtain such items in the Rules Kingdom instance."
Lin Leyou: "Is there something you can't say?"
Qin Xingyu: "What can't I say? I can tell you anything. But you should also know that the difficulty of the dungeon is randomly adjusted, right?"
Lin Leyou: "Yes, I do know. This Rules Kingdom dungeon is supposedly S-rank, but starting tomorrow, the difficulty of dungeons of S-rank and above will be randomly adjusted. Maybe I'll go..."
Qin Xingyu said, "If it's an S-level difficulty, I would recommend you try it. But if the difficulty reaches SS, then it's not good. If you're extremely unlucky and the difficulty reaches 3S level, then... I can't say for sure. After all, the Rule Kingdom dungeons I participated in before were all S-level."
Lin Leyou's expression became much more serious. "Teacher Qin told me about the S-level difficulty rule kingdom, so I can prepare myself mentally."
Qin Xingyu: "The Kingdom of Rules, as the name suggests, means that you must abide by the rules!"
Lin Leyou, "What are the rules, roughly?"
Qin Xingyu: "Within the realm of rules, everyone possesses an unknown rule of death. Violating this rule will result in immediate death and mission failure!"
Lin Leyou, "Unknown rules of death?"
Qin Xingyu: "That's right. For example, your death rule is that you can't turn back. Once you turn back, you will die immediately. Once you die, you will be judged as a failure, and your points will be deducted and you will be expelled from the instance."
Lin Leyou: "This... is it impossible to know the rules of my death in advance?"
Qin Xingyu: "There are some hidden items in the dungeon that allow people to ignore the death rules for several hours. You can even get resurrection coins by completing tasks. Each person can only use one resurrection coin, which means that it can be used on other people."
Lin Leyou: "So... to know the rules of death, you have to die once?"
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