Chapter 17 Deliveryman (17)
In the ab wheel exercise, Bai Ye, with her strong willpower, finally lost 102 HP, resulting in a 1 HP deduction.
Strength cannot be activated because the training has not been completed.
In other words, you can only unlock the Strength stat if you achieve the "no health loss" achievement in any item in this equipment area, and only then will the shop sell weapons.
Bai Ye originally thought that it would be quite impressive to earn money to upgrade the sword to level two, and that he would spend money to buy one from the convenience store once he unlocked the power value.
Now?
It's impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Especially when I heard other players chatting, they mentioned that they made money to level up to level 2 and achieved zero damage on their first time playing in the equipment area.
The word "play" is used brilliantly, perfectly showcasing the identity of a "pig butcher" who earns money to level up to level two.
He switched to another project and queued up, where he happened to run into "Survival is the Strongest". Bai Ye took the opportunity to ask about the other person's situation.
"Don't even mention it, I lost 3 health points, I was just about to die here."
My greatest strength is surviving in dungeons; I always adhere to the principle of survival and will never resort to violence unless absolutely necessary.
"I knew there was a strength stat, but I'm so weak, why should I be so fixated on the path of making money to level up to level two? I had it all planned out: making money slowly is fine, I'll just play it safe and slowly accumulate health points, I'll eventually succeed. Who would have thought!"
"I'm the strongest at surviving," sighed, patting Bai Ye on the shoulder. "Brother, you only took 0.5 damage, but I took 10,000 damage."
Bai Ye was speechless for a moment, never expecting that there were players like this.
After a long pause, he finally said, "If you've chosen to live a life of hiding, why are you still hanging around here?"
"No one's doing the death missions anymore. Everyone wants to buy weapons to save their lives. If I have to play it safe, I can only follow the crowd."
"Survival is my greatest strength! I've activated my power meter! I've activated my power meter!"
A clear voice suddenly broke in, and Bai Ye turned his head to look, only to be met with a blurry face.
"This is?"
"A player who recently passed the newbie protection period, whom we met when we posted on the forum, named Sunflower."
"Survival is the strongest" turned around and introduced: "This is a brand new player who has been here for less than a month. His name is, oh right, Day and Night."
Rather than prioritizing survival, Bai Ye prefers to interact with new players, especially those who have just passed their protection period—they are veritable treasure troves.
If you build a good relationship, they might be able to share some unexpected experiences with you.
Fortunately, Sunflower was kind and very enthusiastic. Bai Ye only asked two questions before she started talking.
During the waiting time, Bai Ye gained a general understanding of the problems that new players would encounter within the first three months.
If the other party hadn't kindly informed me about these issues, I might have taken a wrong turn or even wasted my life points if I encountered the same situation.
"Thank you, thank you so much," Bai Ye said sincerely.
Sunflower quickly waved her hand, "No need to thank me, it's just a small matter. It's a wonderful coincidence that we all met in this godforsaken place. If I can't be resurrected, I hope everyone else's wishes will come true. If my little hint can help you, I'll be so happy."
"Foolish, always spouting his own experience for no reason." "Survival is the best" muttered from the side, clearly disapproving of what the other person was doing.
After saying that, she nudged Bai Ye again, "Don't be as foolish as her. She told you that it will stop with you. Don't pass it on to a third person."
"I'm the best at surviving. I can be a bit sarcastic, but I'm a really nice guy. We were teaming up for a dungeon before, and I almost lost a lot of health. He saved me from that. Protective items are expensive, and he used two on me in a row."
As she spoke, Sunflower opened the screen and tapped the controls twice. "Survival is my greatest strength. I'll transfer some Ghost Coins to you and give you some protection first."
"Your life points are down to single digits, what are you still talking about? The sooner you die, the sooner you'll be reborn!"
"I've made some money recently, and I've saved up some to buy weapons, so I won't die. I'm really happy today; it's my 127th day surviving in the dungeon."
"You're that one!" Bai Ye suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Sunflower was completely bewildered, not understanding why the other person's tone was so joyful.
Bai Ye opened his mouth, but did not explain. It was just a memory from when he "reborn" and woke up to browse the posts.
At that time, I was just a tourist. I found it quite interesting to read their posts on the forum and extracted useful information from them.
Unexpectedly, we actually met them in person one by one.
After chatting, Sunflower left in a hurry, presumably to buy weapons at the convenience store.
Bai Ye and Gou Huo Wo Zui Zhong continued to queue. When it was their turn, Gou Huo Wo Zui Zhong suddenly flashed and stood behind Bai Ye.
"You go first, I'll wait a bit longer." Her tone was quite timid.
Bai Ye laughed and strode forward. It's just battle rope training, what's there to be afraid of?
Three minutes later, Bai Ye was drenched in sweat.
I was just scared.
He was clearly holding two ropes, but as he swung them, the two thick, long black ropes came to life.
Two large, round heads suddenly appeared at the end of the rope and began to crawl forward.
As Bai Ye increased the speed of the rope swing, the two heads crawled slowly, or even stopped moving. But once the speed decreased, their crawling speed gradually increased.
The two are in a relationship of mutual attrition.
After swinging the battle rope for three minutes, Bai Ye's strength hadn't been activated yet, but he was about to give up.
What horrified him was that the two heads were climbing faster and faster, and were already almost halfway up the mountain.
As his vision gradually cleared, he finally saw clearly that it wasn't a round head, but a triangular one—a triangular Black Mamba!
"Help!"
Bai Ye broke out in a cold sweat, so frightened he almost threw the battle rope away.
"Day or night, stay calm! Swing the rope faster. The faster you swing, the more it will stop crawling. Hold on. If you can keep going for fifteen minutes without losing health, you can unlock the strength stat."
I'm the strongest one, standing behind you, cheering you on.
Bai Ye was so exhausted that she didn't even have the strength to speak.
Fifteen minutes?
You think you're throwing away cabbages?!
When I was alive, I would swing the rope for one minute at a time, then rest for thirty seconds. Now I can almost last five minutes!!!
The more I shook my arms, the more tired I became. I was so tired that I couldn't lift them anymore, and I was grimacing from exhaustion.
Meanwhile, the more he swung, the more frightened he became; the two black mambas on the battle rope were almost crawling right up to him...
"hiss--"
The pain came.
At the same time, a mechanical voice sounded: [Player failed the battle rope challenge, poison invasion, highly toxic, 2 health points deducted.]
Bai Ye slumped to the ground, panting heavily, sweat dripping from his forehead.
I'm out of energy.
I really can't do it anymore; this is simply inhuman.
"Why is it so difficult to activate my power level?"
Five minutes later, I, the strongest survivor, was also half-dead and lying on the ground. Without a doubt, I had also lost 2 health points.
"I don't want to activate the power stat anymore; I choose to continue playing it safe."
"Survival is my greatest strength" watched as several training sessions continuously depleted my health points, feeling heartbroken. "If I continue training like this, I'm afraid I'll really die here."
It would be a huge joke if you didn't get swallowed by the monster in the dungeon, but instead lost all your health in the equipment area of the safe zone.
Bai Ye nodded in agreement, "I completely agree, you're absolutely right."
After a pause, as if remembering something, she asked again, "Was Sunflower queuing here just now? Did she activate her power here?"
Even as I, the strongest survivor, dazedly came to my senses and then met Bai Ye's gaze.
The two faces were blurred, and neither could make out the other, yet they seemed to see the shock on each other's faces.
"Survival is my greatest strength: 'What a tough girl! Why call her Little Sunflower? She's clearly a tyrant!'"
Bai Ye: "Prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain."
The two lamented their own incompetence in the small park, then got up and left.
Bai Ye returned to the dungeon lobby and first checked his information panel.
Day and Night: Regular Players
Health: 7.2
Damage: 0
Completed dungeons: 0 (New players can choose up to three dungeons)
Forum Level: Level 1 (The higher the level, the higher the salary)
Number of Level 1 players on the forum: 328
"Um?"
Bai Ye looked at the last item. If he remembered correctly, the number of players displayed here for the first time was 365.
So, have some people been devoured by something strange in the past few days?
No, new players shouldn't be swallowed up.
"So, they didn't have enough life points and were directly eliminated."
Bai Ye stared at the suddenly decreasing numbers, a bitter feeling welling up inside him. It turned out that death wasn't true death; after death, one could simply disappear.
These 37 people who disappeared, have they truly vanished from the world?
"Sigh, survival is not easy, so keep trying. Instead of lamenting the fate of others, bury yourself in hard work and earn your own life points."
Bai Ye wasn't too sentimental; after a brief moment of reflection, he started the dungeon.
Again, choose the middle card. Flip all three cards. The card you drew is "Happy Deliveryman," while the other two are "I Want to Study and Get First Place."
Bai Ye felt a chill run down his spine.
Two study copies—the weird thing noticed; it knew I was a terrible student.
It's highly likely that next time, there will be three learning copies!
With a heart full of trepidation, Bai Ye entered the dungeon quest once again.
You have a new order, please check it promptly.
"DeadMe Delivery warmly reminds you that your delivery time is one hour. Please deliver on time. If you are late, 50 will be deducted immediately."
Bai Ye was already used to it, and took out her phone to check the contents of the order.
[DeadMe Delivery: Mango Pomelo Sago - 1 serving - 18 yuan]
[Address: Room 10003, Building 13, Fenyang Residential Area, Taozhizhi]
This was the first time Bai Ye had seen a full name on a food delivery address.
"Tao Zhizhi, judging from the name, is a girl."
However, the address was again Fenyang Community, Building 13.
Bai Ye picked up the order from the store and drove straight to Fenyang Community, praying all the way that the elevator wouldn't malfunction.
But just as I wished, the elevator in Building 13 broke down.
First floor lobby, elevator waiting area.
One worker was standing outside, disassembling the elevator button port next to him, while another worker was squatting inside the elevator, climbing up a ladder.
The elevator door was blocked by a metal frame and could not be closed.
"Excuse me, sir, may I ask how long it will take to repair this elevator?"
The repairman standing at the door didn't even look up. "It's not going to be fixed today anyway."
Bai Ye glanced to the side, filled with anticipation for the other elevator.
Unexpectedly, the maintenance worker climbing the ladder inside said, "That elevator also just broke down, and we haven't had time to check it yet."
white night:"……"
Why should both elevators break down at the same time?
"Delivering takeout? Which floor?" The deliveryman outside asked with a smile, seeing that there was an opening.
Bai Ye looked helpless. "100 floors."
He was prepared to face the red-eyed stares in the elevator again, and he could accept the sudden hand reaching in. Why couldn't he be given a chance?
The worker outside pointed and said, "Climb the stairs, young people should exercise more."
"Master, it's the 100th floor."
"It's only 100 floors. The people living in building 13 are all young people. They all like to climb stairs because they say it's faster that way."
"..."
What kind of talk is that?
Wait a minute! If it's weird, maybe climbing stairs is more convenient?
Bai Ye stood at the top of the stairs, looking up at the dimly lit staircase, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
Is there anything dirty inside?
I don't think so.
"DeadMe Delivery warmly reminds you that your delivery time is 20 minutes. Please deliver on time. If you are late, 50 will be deducted immediately."
The notification sound rang again.
Upon hearing the 20-minute countdown, Bai Ye's fear vanished instantly.
My only thought was to climb as fast as I could; 100 floors, 20 minutes would barely be enough.
This was even when I was sprinting at full speed.
"Thank you, Master. I'll climb now."
Bai Ye waved his hand and rushed into the darkness.
The stairwell was very dark, a murky kind of black. Except for a little light coming through the door on each floor, there was no light anywhere else.
Oh no, there is light too.
As you climb each floor, you'll see a glowing green escape sign at the corner.
The sign was incredibly bright; it could illuminate an area of about two square meters around it.
But when your eyes fall on such a bright area, and then look up, the steps above are even darker.
It was so dark that there seemed to be nothing around. The walls had disappeared, the steps were gone, and all I could find as I groped around was air.
Suddenly, Bai Ye stumbled and lost her footing.
He stood still, steadied himself, and looked up. Ahead, at the top of the stairs, should be the corner of the 58th floor.
There should be a door there, outside which is the elevator waiting area, and there should be windows so that light can come in.
But now, it's black.
The light disappeared.
Bai Ye hesitated, recalling her memory of climbing the stairs, "Could it be that I remembered it wrong?"
But that's not right. I check the floor number every time I go up a floor, and it's correct. If I go up any further, I'll be on the 58th floor.
Looking down at my phone, I saw that there were 9:32 left in the countdown.
The higher you go, the more tiring it gets; the later floors are the toughest.
Bai Ye didn't dare to delay and continued climbing, working hard.
After climbing for a long time, at least Bai Ye thought five minutes had passed, but when he looked up at the floor number, it was 57.
Without 58, he's still at 57, while I'm stuck in the same place.
It's a ghost!
This was Bai Ye's first thought. As soon as the thought arose, he immediately stood against the wall, cautiously looking around.
"What they said about making money to level up to level two should be correct. The strange creature can't pass through walls, but staying near a wall can protect it..."
Before the word "fate" could be uttered, a hand slowly reached out from behind the head and gently rested on the shoulder.
Bai Ye's heart clenched, and he remembered what was said about making money to level up to level two, and that advanced weirdness should ignore this rule.
This hand is incredibly eerie!
Bai Ye felt a chill run down her spine. Clutching the bag, she forced a smile. "Friend, what a coincidence! You're climbing stairs too? Is it for exercise?"
The hand was groping on the shoulder.
In the summer, the clothes are thin, and through a layer of cloth, Bai Ye could clearly feel that this hand had no skin or flesh, only hard bones that would hurt people.
You can also hear a soft, creaking sound.
He didn't dare turn around, and with his eyes closed, he said again, "Friend, since we're all climbing stairs, let's climb together and keep each other company."
These strange things, I don't know what they're trying to do, but they're right not to create conflict.
Bai Ye's suggestion was accepted, and the hand extended completely out of the wall, hovering in mid-air, moving back and forth as if warming up.
Just before the race started, the hand bones suddenly paused and slowly shifted, "The prize?"
"Huh?" Bai Ye opened his eyes.
His fingertips curled, pointing at the bag, "I lost, it's mine."
“No, that won’t do. My takeout orders need to be delivered to the customers.”
"Crack—crack—"
The sound of a heavy object moving could be heard in the dark stairwell.
The sound was right next to my ear, giving me the illusion that I would fall from the sky in the next second.
"!"
Bai Ye nodded decisively, "Okay, let's bet on a cup of mango pomelo sago. Whoever climbs to the 100th floor first wins."
After saying that, without waiting for his hand bones to prepare, he charged straight up.
The door at the corner shone brightly again, and the 58th floor reappeared, followed by the 59th, the 60th floor...
Bai Ye didn't look back; all he wanted to do was run straight up and hug the cup of milk tea in his arms.
The hand bones behind me moved slowly, maintaining a one-meter distance, always following.
When Bai Ye climbed to the 80th floor, his phone rang again.
"DeadMe Delivery warmly reminds you, your delivery time is three minutes, please deliver on time, buzz buzz—"
"DeadMe Delivery warmly reminds you that your delivery time is one minute away. The countdown is now starting: 59, 58, 57..."
"!"
Bai Ye was stunned.
Wasn't there supposed to be three minutes left? How did it suddenly become one minute?
Is your phone malfunctioning?
Bai Ye shook his phone vigorously, trying to restore the broadcast to normal.
However, it was no use; the time was still decreasing second by second.
The hand bones behind him slowly floated up, almost touching the bag in Bai Ye's arms. The movement was blurry, looking like it was about to take the milk tea, but also like it was aimed at the heart.
"Time is running out, you're going to lose."
The hand gently stroked the bag, the fingertips sharp and long, lightly brushing against Bai Ye's chest, causing a slight pain.
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