Lu Dangui and his group encountered a strange group of four, a handsome man and a beautiful woman. It wasn't a chance encounter; the four were deliberately following them.
As Li Qiusheng was carrying walnuts through the soil, he noticed them constantly glancing this way. Now, they finally couldn't wait any longer.
The prettiest member of the group of four was a short-haired girl. She exchanged a few words with her companions and then walked towards Lu Dangui and the others.
Her goal was clear: to find Angelica sinensis.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Xia from Dream City. This is my business card." Zhou Xia took a card out of her pocket. "Would it be convenient to exchange contact information?"
"It's inconvenient." Although Lu Dangui had been living in the wasteland, his main activity area was still concentrated in the base, and there was no place called Dream City in the base.
"Don't be so nervous. Let's get to know each other. Dream City is very friendly to you." Zhou Xia showed no displeasure at being rejected.
"I don't want to know you." Lu Dangui was carefully picking walnuts.
Zhou Xia took two steps forward and forcefully shoved the business card into Lu Dangui's hand: "Take it."
Lu Dangui tilted his head to look at Zhou Xia, raised his hand, and tore the business card into pieces, scattering them lightly on the ground. The business card fragments quickly mixed with the fallen leaves, becoming so scattered that they couldn't be picked up.
Lu Dangui laughed and said, "My hand slipped."
Not far away, Zhou Xia's companions rushed over immediately. One of the men, relying on his height and strength, used brute force to lift Lu Dangui's wrist: "Don't be ungrateful."
Lu Dangui bumped into him, her shoulder pressing against the man's chest, and grabbed the man's arm with her other hand, giving him a clean and decisive over-the-shoulder throw.
"Get out." A surge of inexplicable frustration welled up in Lu Dangui's heart, and he wanted to kill someone.
"Mengzhu, come back!" Zhou Xia shouted.
Lu Dangui realized that Zhou Xia was doing it on purpose. If she hadn't subdued Meng Zhu earlier, Zhou Xia would have been very happy to see her being manipulated.
Zhou Xia remained polite: "I'm sorry for leaving you with a bad impression. We meant no harm. We just think that with your appearance, you would be very suitable to live in Dream City. The residents of Dream City would be happy to support you. Once you come to Dream City, you will never have to live in fear again."
"I told you, I'm not interested. If you don't leave, I'm going to kill someone."
"It's alright, we still have many days to spend together. I hope you will seriously consider my proposal."
...
After the two groups met up, Lu Dangui told Xia Chuhe about the four-person group: "They came for me, I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong," Xia Chuhe joked. "Are you suggesting I blame you for being too good-looking?"
Dream City...
Hu Xue mentioned this place; it's needed on the way to the Xinghuo branch.
Xia Chuhe secretly memorized the Dream City, deciding to thoroughly gather information about the area outside the base after finishing this instance.
Bu Yi said meaningfully, "It's indeed because you're too good-looking. Dream Chasing City is one of the independent cities outside the base. It's divided into two types of people: Dream Stars and Dream Chasers, just like the upper and lower classes of the base. Dream Chasers support Dream Stars. The difference is that the upper classes of the base control the means of production and high technology, while Dream Stars in Dream Chasing City can obtain everything simply by relying on their beauty. People like Zhou Xia are Dream Chasers in Dream Chasing City. They will try every means and stop at nothing to bring good-looking people to Dream Chasing City. Once that person becomes a Dream Star, the Dream Chaser can also receive a certain percentage of support."
"Are they even thinking straight? In this wasteland where every day is uncertain, how can they have the energy to idolize beauty?" Li Qiusheng couldn't understand.
“The roles of Dream Star and Dream Chaser are not fixed. As long as you are beautiful enough, a Dream Chaser can also become a Dream Star. At least this is the hope that supports many Dream Chasers to live on,” Bu Yi said with a smile. “However, the people of Dream Chaser City may also be affected by mysterious forces. In the wasteland, anything can happen.”
"With today's technology, becoming more beautiful isn't difficult at all, so why the fuss?" Li Qiusheng questioned.
Bu Yi repeated: "In the wasteland, nothing is surprising. The reason why Dream City is called Dream City and pursues beauty is largely because this city will reveal people's true forms. Whether you've had surgery or injections, you will become your original appearance in Dream City. Even androids can only have the most ordinary face in Dream City."
Li Qiusheng listened, seemingly understanding but not quite: "How do you know so much?"
“I’ve been wandering outside the wasteland for a long time and have been to quite a few places,” Bu Yi said.
Xia Chuhe was still thinking about Bu Yi's evaluation of the star seekers—unscrupulous.
"If we hadn't come to the instance, would the Star Seekers have come looking for us?" Xia Chuhe asked.
“It’s very likely that without some skill, one cannot become a qualified star seeker,” Bu Yi said.
Therefore, the great misfortune predicted by Bu Yi may have originated from Zhou Xia and others.
Xia Chuhe toyed with two walnuts whose green husks had just been removed: "Since going out is troublesome, then why not..."
Lu Dangui picked up where she left off: "Take them out in the dungeon."
When he said those words, Lu Dangui felt a surge of inexplicable comfort.
In the following time, the five continued searching for clues to the core of the dungeon, while also exploring its weaknesses. This time, they not only had to avoid the weaknesses, but also use them to eliminate Zhou Xia and the others.
The five of them spent their first day on Bird Island quickly.
As night fell, the guide led the five people back to the main hall. The main hall was where everyone rested; there were no rooms or screens, and everyone had to stay there at night.
This is a good opportunity to resolve the problem.
Xia Chuhe pondered, her eyelids growing heavy and she could barely keep them open. Her voice grew softer and softer: "Who will take the night watch tonight..."
Zhao Maomao licked her lips: "I'll go first."
Zhao Maomao sensed something was wrong. His special ability was extreme adaptability, allowing him to quickly adapt to various environments. Previously, in the Raptor Academy instance, when he was a feathered duck, he didn't freeze to death because his ability helped him adapt to the cold environment. If he were placed near a volcano, he could adapt to extremely hot environments as well.
Extreme Adaptability can greatly improve Zhao Maomao's survival rate in dungeons, but it has a side effect: Superb Insensitivity.
Because of her high level of insensitivity, Zhao Maomao is not very sensitive to other people's kindness or malice, and has never experienced internal conflict or anxiety.
However, at this moment, Zhao Maomao felt that his dullness had disappeared, as if a small insect was crawling around in his heart, disturbing him and preventing him from having peace.
He tried to comfort himself, telling himself that he just needed to keep watch, but he couldn't help thinking, "This instance is so strange. How am I going to survive? How am I going to kill those four people? What method should I use? What if I can't kill them?"
...
Overwhelmed by a sense of powerless anxiety, a deep weariness washed over Zhao Maomao. He yawned and involuntarily closed his eyes.
Inside the main hall, everyone was fast asleep.
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