Xu Kun looked reluctant and said, "Well, it's rare for you to ask, so we'll wait for you for a while."
After saying that, he looked at Gu Mian and asked, "Little sister, can we wait for him for a while?"
Gu Mian nodded indifferently, wondering where the pollutants were in this instance.
They've been in the mine for so long, and they still haven't come out.
Half an hour later, a faint rustling sound came from deep inside the mine.
Jiang Bai put away his pickaxe and looked up warily.
"What's wrong?" Xu Kun asked, looking puzzled. "Why did you stop mining tin?"
Jiang Bai didn't speak, his eyes fixed on the depths of the mine.
Xu Kun sensed something, stopped asking questions, and also drew his weapon, becoming vigilant.
"Rustle."
A distinct crawling sound could be heard coming from over there.
Gu Mian frowned and took out her staff from her backpack as a precaution.
The three of them carefully moved their feet and slowly retreated.
After taking a few steps back, a huge black scorpion, as tall as a person, appeared at the edge of the area illuminated by the flashlight.
Behind it was a dense army of scorpions, slightly smaller in size.
[Mutant Black Scorpion Commander: Tier 3 Pollutant, Health 600, Attack 80, Speed 60, Defense 100.]
[Mutant Black Scorpion: Tier 2 Contaminant, Health 200, Attack 30, Speed 20, Defense 80.]
"Damn it!" Xu Kun cursed under his breath, "There must be thousands of these scorpions, right?"
Jiang Bai's expression also turned serious. There were simply too many scorpions in front of him, densely packed and almost completely covering the mine's floor, ceiling, and walls.
“Rustle!”
In an instant, all the scorpions pounced on it.
"Be careful, everyone!" Xu Kun grabbed Gu Mian and Jiang Bai behind his back with both hands, then suddenly drew a Tang sword that gleamed coldly.
With a "whoosh," it cleaved the second-tier black scorpion that pounced in front of it in two.
As soon as Jiang Bai landed, he took out a bow and arrows from his backpack and started attacking the swarm of scorpions.
The scorpion struck by the arrow burst into flames, then vanished as photons.
To deal with second-order contaminants, a staff is sufficient, and in narrow passages where scorpions are crowded together, a staff is more effective than a laser cannon.
[Defeat the Tier 2 pollutant to earn 100 points.]
[Defeat the Tier 2 pollutant to earn 100 points.]
[Defeat the Tier 2 pollutant to earn 100 points.]
...
The system notifications kept ringing in my ears, but the number of mutated black scorpions in front of me didn't seem to decrease at all.
"There are way too many scorpions." Xu Kun was panting slightly when he slashed at a scorpion that was trying to sneak up on him, splitting it in two.
Gu Mian: "There are quite a lot."
She's already replaced the purification crystal, but the number of scorpions hasn't decreased much.
If it weren't for the fact that you get points for every scorpion you kill, and you're only farming this dungeon for 10 silver treasure chests, then you'd really be missing out big time.
"It's my fault, I didn't do more research beforehand." Jiang Bai had already put away his bow and arrows and taken out a stun gun to switch to melee combat.
Gu Mian: "It's okay. Although there are a lot more scorpions, it's good for us to farm points, so we won't lose out."
The group then stopped gossiping and focused on grinding monsters.
Two hours later.
[System notification: Dungeon progress has reached 80%, keep up the good work!]
"Finally almost done." Xu Kun mechanically and wearily gripped his Tang sword and slashed at the black scorpion. "This dungeon has almost killed me. I need to rest for a few days after I finish it."
Gu Mian: "That's what I thought too, I can barely lift my arm..."
About half an hour later.
[This dungeon has been cleared. Rewards will be sent via in-game mail later.]
[The instance is about to close; players are being teleported back to the raft.]
[System Announcement: Congratulations to players Jiang Bai, Xu Kun, and Gu Mian for successfully clearing the intermediate dungeon and closing it. You will receive an additional reward of 3 intermediate blind boxes.]
[System Announcement: Congratulations to players Jiang Bai, Xu Kun, and Gu Mian for successfully clearing the intermediate dungeon and closing it. You will receive an additional reward of 3 intermediate blind boxes.]
[System Announcement: Congratulations to players Jiang Bai, Xu Kun, and Gu Mian for successfully clearing the intermediate dungeon and closing it. You will receive an additional reward of 3 intermediate blind boxes.]
In a flash, Gu Mian was teleported back to the villa.
Chat channel.
"What's an intermediate dungeon? How come I don't know about this again? Are we not playing the same game?"
"I don't know, I was sleeping soundly when the system announcement woke me up!"
"This is none of your business, go back to sleep."
"[Low-level dungeon entry ticket] looks like this? I just opened it from a chest today and I'm still studying it when some expert players have already cleared the intermediate dungeon."
"Can someone knowledgeable explain what's going on with this dungeon?"
Xu Kun: "What could possibly happen? It's just a constant grind of monsters."
Remember, you have to keep refreshing! Those monsters are so numerous they'll make your scalp tingle!
"Um... I think I'll postpone it for now and wait and see."
...
Ignoring the chatter in the chat channel, Gu Mian had already finished showering and was curled up on the sofa to open her email and claim her reward.
[Clear the intermediate dungeon to receive 10 Silver Treasure Chests and an additional 3 Intermediate Blind Boxes.]
[Talent activated, obtain 20 Silver Treasure Chests and 6 Intermediate Blind Boxes.]
The biggest reward from this dungeon wasn't the treasure chests, but the points.
Even if Gu Mian only kills a third of the several thousand second-tier black scorpions, it will still bring her nearly 100,000 points.
Opening the blind box store, her points balance had indeed increased by 93,000. Combined with the points she had accumulated before, she now had quite a few points!
Although she used a full 18 purification crystals to clear this dungeon, it was completely insignificant compared to what she gained!
[System Announcement: A player's score has exceeded 100,000, triggering a system update.]
[System update in progress, please wait...]
[Update complete. The system shop is now open. Players must explore and discover its features.]
Chat channel.
"What? What did I just hear? A player has surpassed 100,000 points? Tell me this can't be true!"
"Upstairs, it's true! I heard it too!"
"My God, this is insane! I haven't even accumulated 3,000 points yet, and others already have 100,000!"
Is this even scientifically sound?
"Perhaps this is the difference between a big shot and a good-for-nothing."
"The system shop has so many things! They even have resurrection cards!"
"What? A resurrection card? I'll go check it out!"
Upon seeing this message, Gu Mian immediately switched the screen to the system store.
Skipping over categories like food, daily necessities, weapons, and medicine, I clicked on the category for special items.
Inside, there were not only resurrection cards, but also various types of robots!
[Resurrection Card: Redeemable for 100,000 points.]
!!
She had just enough points!
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