Chapter 14 Dungeon First
Mingzhao then conveniently pretended to faint.
Before I fainted, I saw the baby pufferfish crying as it rushed into the arms of two adult sharp-edged pufferfish.
She felt something being stuffed into her mouth, and a warm current instantly filled her entire body.
Mingzhao discovered that his health and sanity had both returned to 100!
She cooperated and regained consciousness.
"We've heard about what happened to you. Thank you so much. This is just a small token of our gratitude, please accept it."
Two adult pufferfish looked at her gratefully and slipped something into her hands.
Mingzhao took one look and saw ten Rejuvenation Pills!
This is a great item! Whether it's excessive blood loss, poisoning, or anything else, it can remove all negative effects and restore all stats to full!
However, she did not show her elation on her face; instead, she behaved very politely.
“It’s all I should do. Your son is really brave, and it’s very pleasant to be with him.”
At this moment, Mingzhao remembered something else.
"By the way, this is a group I created for our ocean residents. We can join. I'll be selling some of our local specialties. You can also sell me anything good. The price is negotiable."
The two large pufferfish readily agreed and promised to bring more marine inhabitants into the group.
Just as the two large pufferfish were about to take the baby pufferfish away, the baby pufferfish suddenly rushed over and stuffed something shiny into her hand.
"Here you are, knight! I hope to see you again!"
Then, somewhat shyly, she ran back to her parents, secretly glancing back at them.
Mingzhao opened his hand and found it was a badge.
[Ocean Dweller: Child Knight: When equipped, increases the affinity of children among the ocean dwellers by 20]
She put the badge away, and hey, that felt pretty good.
Covered in blood, Mingzhao walked to the outside of the island, where the surviving players had gathered.
"My God, why are you taking so long? It'll be over in 10 minutes."
"Are you alright? Why are you covered in blood?"
"You're too slow. I got back two hours ago. You shouldn't participate in the next dungeon."
The surrounding players gathered around, some showing concern, others mocking.
Mingzhao gave a wry smile: "Ugh, I was attacked by a monster and passed out. I almost died. This dungeon is too scary. I'm definitely not going to participate again next time."
Ten minutes later, the system broadcast sounded.
[In the dungeon [River Rapids], 897 out of 1063 players survived. The leaderboard is below.]
[First Place: Space Invincible Greymon. Score: 84]
Second Place: So handsome he got stabbed. Score: 65
Third Place: Take things lightly. Score: 58
[Fourth Place: Huang Ge, the Realistically Sober One. Score: 57]
[Fifth Place: A relentless kick to the cripple's good leg. Score: 54]
[Sixth Place: Unity of Knowledge and Action. Score: 53]
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[18th Place: Beautiful Girl Warrior. Score: 47]
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[48th Place: The Innocent Female Monkey. Score: 42]
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[126th Place: Energetic Liu Laolao. Score: 39]
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I saw several familiar names on the leaderboard.
[Congratulations to the player who achieved the highest score in the [River Rapids] dungeon. Would you like to remain anonymous?]
[Not anonymous.]
[Congratulations to player "Cosmic Invincible Tyrannosaurus Beast" for achieving the highest score in the [Rapid River Adventure] dungeon! All players are encouraged to continue their efforts and strive for even greater achievements!]
The entire service area group chat is filled with discussions about this instance.
Beautiful Girl Warrior: "Aaaaaah! Boss is unbeatable! No wonder she's the boss."
Fish and Chips: "Wow, how did you do that? How can you beat the second place by so much?"
Pancake Dog: "No wonder he's the boss!"
He kicked the cripple's good leg and said, "How are these points calculated? I killed 30 monsters and came back in an hour. How come I'm only fifth?"
Unity of knowledge and action: "What about your NPC favorability?"
He kicked the cripple's good leg repeatedly: "What NPC? You mean that stupid manatee? Dragging his feet like that, I yelled at him, so what?"
Unity of knowledge and action: "..."
So handsome he got attacked: "Bro, I'm just too handsome! I haven't even killed many monsters, but for some reason, my NPC, Miss Jellyfish, keeps asking me for her contact information. Sigh, how did I end up second? Do you guys know what happened?"
He kicked the cripple's good leg repeatedly: "...Get lost!"
Innocent Big Mother Monkey: "[Image] @Human Sober Brother Huang, didn't you advise everyone not to participate? Why did you participate yourself, and even work so hard? Is it because you don't want others to compete with you for the prize?"
The image shows the top ten on the leaderboard.
The sad snail: "Holy crap, is that how it is? I can't be the only one who actually believed it, can I?"
Black Whirlwind Li Kui: "Me too!"
Grilled Chicken Leg Burger: "Me too, come out and give us an explanation, @Huang Ge, the Sober One?"
Huang, a man of clear mind: "I'm just giving you advice, okay? You believe everything people say? Would you jump off a building if I told you to?"
In an instant, a group of people berated Huang Ge, who was supposed to be sober, until he shut down his microphone.
Drink more hot water: "[Image] I think I know who Brother Long is now. I saw that this person killed a lot of monsters."
Mingzhao's heart skipped a beat.
I clicked on the picture and breathed a sigh of relief.
The picture shows a burly man wielding a giant axe.
Fish and Chips: "I think this is the real 'picture.' This name looks like something a primary school student would come up with. I was still on the rise when I saw he had already gone back."
The picture shows a little boy holding a golden cudgel.
Many people have also posted photos of what they consider to be the invincible Tyrannomon.
Mingzhao was watching with great interest; the feeling of so many people guessing who he was was truly amazing.
The person who had just told her not to participate in the dungeon appeared behind her.
"What number are you? Let me see."
Mingzhao snapped the panel shut.
"Stop looking, it's the last one, it's embarrassing."
The man patted her on the shoulder, "Why don't you practice some more before participating in the dungeon?"
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Back on the ship, Mingzhao opened the golden treasure chest that he had won first place.
This time, there were four purple cards out of the 50 cards!
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining: Disposal Card*1, Smart Space*1, Time Crystal*5, Calming Music Box*1, Air Conditioner Blueprint*1.]
Mingzhao had never heard of any of the things he had acquired before.
[Disqualification Card: Disqualifies the initial talent from the player who most recently killed the player.]
Although the card's description was simple, it made Mingzhao feel a little cold under the 30-degree sun.
She suddenly realized that the game had been using various methods to lure players into killing each other.
[Intelligent Space: Contains four built-in compartments (upgradeable), allowing free control of the time flow. Time control requires the use of Time Gems.]
This is a magical tool for planting and raising livestock, but Mingzhao doesn't know if he can get another Time Gem after using it up, so he doesn't plan to use it to plant the bok choy seeds he got before.
[Calming Music Box: Slowly restores sanity after activation.]
This is exactly what Mingzhao needs right now; it will allow him to travel more miles and kill more monsters each day.
Finally, the only blue card that yielded the air conditioner blueprint was obtained.
Mingzhao frowned as he looked at the blueprint.
What's going on? This is so different from my past life!
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