Chapter 36, Dungeon Star Upgrade
"Me too. The only thing missing is the cause of death of Wang Jingzhu, Wang Jingjing, and Wang Boyang, as well as the name of Wang Jingzhu's brother, who is unknown."
Once you understand the inside story of these events, the exploration mission can be completed.
It's a pity that the number of monsters killed is still low, especially since Zhong Bingxuan herself has identity restrictions and can't easily take action against these Wang family members. Currently, the number of monsters killed is only three, which is a long way from the team's goal of killing a hundred monsters.
After discussing it, the two decided whether to go to Wang Jingjing's room to investigate. Zhong Bingxuan was inclined to go and take a look, since things could take a turn for the worse. Over the years, Wang Jingjing had been using Wang Boyang, and it was hard to say who the real boss was.
Zhong Linlin, however, had a different opinion. They had already alerted Wang Jingjing, and going to her room now would be like sending a lamb to the slaughter. She decided to wait until tonight and see how things went.
Before the two could come up with a solution, a chilling aura slowly crept in from not far away.
Zhong Bingxuan secretly thought, "This is bad. Ma Yewei is too useless. Wang Jingzhu took less than ten minutes to deal with him, and he's already caught up."
Her identity is too restrictive; going up against Wang Jingzhu, who is suspected to be the boss, at this time would be tantamount to courting death.
Just as Zhong Bingxuan was at her wit's end, Wang Jingzhu, who was not far away, suddenly flew in front of Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin and said in an icy tone, "Who is eavesdropping outside?"
"Mother, what are you saying? I don't quite understand."
While pretending to be confused, Zhong Bingxuan looked innocently at Wang Jingzhu, and was then taken aback by Zhong Linlin's actions, making the confusion in her eyes even more genuine.
"You... a servant... how dare you point at me with such strange things... who gave you the audacity?"
Zhong Bingxuan gestured for Zhong Linlin to put down her gun. It was time to reveal her weapon, but she was careful not to anger the dungeon boss. It would be better if the two of them went to the underworld together.
Zhong Linlin remained unmoved, holding the pistol Li Hanmo had given her, aiming it at Zhong Bingxuan's temple, and shouting angrily at Wang Jingzhu in the distance.
"Get out of here, or I'll kill your daughter. You don't want your daughter, whom you've carried for ten months, to be killed, do you?"
Zhong Linlin's face turned cold and ruthless. Her hand holding the pistol didn't tremble at all, a complete change from her usual gentle and shy demeanor. This made Zhong Bingxuan wonder if her cousin had also been infected by something dirty.
"You were eavesdropping. Qiu Ling is right. How dare a lowly servant like you offend the master's dignity."
Instead of retreating, Wang Jingzhu took several steps forward. A hint of tension flashed in Zhong Linlin's eyes, and her hand holding the gun trembled slightly. She kept yelling at Wang Jingzhu to back down, or she would kill her daughter.
"You can kill her if you want, but I feel disgusted just looking at her. If it weren't for her great existence, my brother wouldn't have been ambushed and killed by that guy Wang Boyang. His body and ashes were cremated and buried under that ancient peach tree."
"That big tree that I thought was the source of happiness ended up taking the life of my dearest loved one. I hate it so much, I hate it so much."
Wang Jingzhu, radiating a fierce aura, charged towards Zhong Linlin.
Zhong Linlin was startled by Wang Jingzhu's madness and forgot to fire her gun. Wang Jingzhu's sharp black nails pierced through her shoulder.
"No! Mother, you can't kill people indiscriminately, Father will be angry."
Seeing her cousin being harmed, Zhong Bingxuan risked failing her mission to save Zhong Linlin.
Zhong Bingxuan was well aware of what Linlin had just done; she was trying to get rid of the suspicion that Zhong Bingxuan's identity had been exposed.
She was unwilling to risk the lives of her loved ones just to survive.
Just as Zhong Bingxuan was about to kick Wang Jingjing away, Fu Yuchen kicked Wang Jingzhu away before Zhong Bingxuan could. Wang Jingzhu crashed into the wall of the Wang family mansion and stopped, spitting out a mouthful of black blood, looking utterly defeated.
Despite having the upper hand, Zhong Bingxuan's eyelids twitched uncontrollably, a sense of foreboding washing over her. She wanted to pull Zhong Linlin away from the battlefield.
Unfortunately, I was a step too slow, and alarms kept going off in my head.
[Warning! Warning! The boss has resurrected, eternal night has descended, and the eerie atmosphere has been fully unsealed.]
A sudden flash of black light appeared on a large tree not far away, turning the daytime into inky black.
The most dangerous night in the haunted mansion arrives early, all the eerie restrictions on the Wang Mansion are lifted, revealing its vicious nature to the players.
The environmental changes went far beyond that. A cold wind blew, and countless peach blossoms appeared out of nowhere. Red lanterns swayed in the wind and drifted toward the spot where Zhong Bingxuan and the other two were locked in.
[Ding! The one-star Ghostly Mansion dungeon has encountered an unexpected change and has been upgraded to a three-star Supernatural Resurrection dungeon. Rewards for individual, carriage, and team missions have been tripled. Due to a system error, the main quest time has been shortened to tomorrow morning. We hope everyone will try their best to survive.]
"Holy crap, this is the first time I've ever encountered a situation where the main quest changes midway through a dungeon."
Fu Yuchen couldn't help but swear. He took out a healing potion and gave it to Zhong Linlin. With the help of Zhong Linlin's own Starry Night healing ability, the bleeding from the hole on her shoulder stopped quickly and began to heal slowly.
The wound was very itchy as it healed, but Zhong Linlin endured the pain and itchiness and focused her attention elsewhere.
"What should we do? It suddenly got dark, and all the strange things in the Wang family mansion came to life."
Zhong Bingxuan's identity has not yet been revealed, so the people from the Wang family will not attack her. However, the other three teammates are different. Although the collapse of their character is not a death condition, it will cause strange hatred points, and they will be captured and tortured by the strange, inducing the player to commit the death condition.
Zhong Bingxuan wasn't worried about the other two, but Linlin was weak and had been seriously injured before. Her healing ability was not strong, and she couldn't recover to normal immediately. She couldn't stay here, as she could easily be captured by the monsters.
However, Zhong Bingxuan could not directly step in to save her. Whether Wang Jingjing was her stepmother or her biological mother, as her nominal/blood relative, Wang Qiuling herself could not offend her elders for the sake of a servant/housekeeper.
"Brother, you're finally back! Quickly kill these people, they all deserve to die."
The change in environment not only made players like Zhong Bingxuan feel uneasy, but also some players who recklessly exposed their identities and did not notice Ao Tianse's sudden change. They were captured by the Wang family's elusive servants, and their fates are unknown.
Wang Boyang, the nominal head of the Wang family, was completely bewildered and questioned Wang Jingjing, "What's going on? What brother? Didn't we agree to revive Jingzhu?"
"Wang Boyang, you scum, what are you pretending to be so devoted for? It's obvious that you shamelessly got together with that mistress, conspired with that bitch to kill my brother, and now you want to bring him back. It's hilarious."
Seeing that her brother had been successfully resurrected, Wang Jingzhu stopped pretending and became extremely arrogant, pointing at Wang Boyang and cursing him.
"You're talking nonsense. Jingzhu is my wife. Do you think I don't know whether she's a man or a woman? If you spread rumors here, I'll kill you."
Wang Boyang's face was gloomy. He wanted to use the black mist on his body to attack Wang Jingzhu, but the black mist on his body did not move and did not obey his command.
"What's going on? You're the one who did this! Wang Jingjing, you bitch, what good have you done? Get rid of it right now!"
Wang Boyang was stunned. Seeing Wang Jingjing's gloating expression, he knew that this matter was related to her. He abandoned all pretense of being a young master and started cursing loudly.
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