Chapter 311 The Perfect Excuse
Lu Cheng was woken up by the urge to urinate, and groggily got up to relieve himself.
Soon, he lay back down on the bed and closed his eyes.
The next moment, Zhao Cai slammed into his chest like a cannonball, and Lu Cheng almost fainted.
He closed his eyes, grabbed the bird by the wing, and threw it aside, muttering, "Stop messing around, I want to sleep."
Zhao Cai, relentlessly jumping onto his chest, cried out, "I want to eat bugs! Lu Cheng, did you hear me? I want to eat bugs!!!"
Lu Cheng sat up irritably. "Where am I supposed to find you bugs at this hour?!"
Zhao Cai: "I want to eat bugs!"
Lu Cheng replied dismissively, "I'll see who has a ticket to the Tower of Babel when it gets light. There are lots of bugs inside."
Zhao Cai's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Lu Cheng: "Mhm."
Although there are insects in the Demon Tower, they are all killed without leaving a trace.
But...
Let's just appease the little guy for now.
Zhao Cai was satisfied and flew to the bird stand that Lu Cheng had specially bought for it.
Lu Cheng closed his eyes, but couldn't fall asleep.
Three minutes later, he started browsing the chat and happened to see the argument between "Wooden Block" and "Mask".
"Cosplay? Cosplaying an old woman? I didn't expect her interest in masks to be so unusual," Lu Cheng murmured.
He scrolled down to read other messages, but there was nothing new to see, so Lu Cheng fell asleep while reading.
I woke up again when I was grabbed by the claws of the lucky charm.
"Lu Cheng, get up and take me to the Magic Tower!" Zhao Cai's voice was very penetrating. "I want to eat bugs!"
Lu Cheng resignedly got up, his voice a little guilty, "You need an admission ticket to get in, and I don't have one right now..."
Zhao Cai: "So hurry up and get up and find your admission ticket!"
Lu Cheng sighed and opened the chat area.
Unexpectedly, I saw "Mask" sending a message saying she had tickets to the Tower of Babel.
Lu Cheng immediately sent a private message to "Mask": "Mask, can you take me with you?"
He didn't have much hope, because there must be a lot of people who wanted to join the team, and "Mask" was a strange person who seemed to completely ignore private messages. When players messaged her to join the team, she would still send her own messages.
Unexpectedly, "Mask" replied quickly: "You and Mengmeng are good friends, right? I can take you in, but you have to let Mengmeng and the others join the team as well."
I'm the Lucky One (Poor Man's Version): "Mengmeng and the others? Who exactly are they?"
Masks: "Mengmeng, Chen Leying, Strong Liquor to Drown Sorrows, and I'm Unlucky".
Lu Cheng hesitated for a moment: "That would mean one more person. The four of them plus you and me would be overcrowded."
Mask: "Aren't you all friends? You can negotiate yourselves."
I'm a lucky person (poor version): "Okay."
Lu Cheng immediately clicked into the chat group: "@Mengmeng @Chen Leying @Liejiujiaochou @Woshifeiqiu, Mask is recruiting a team again, and he specifically wants you guys to join the team."
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "Masks again? How does she always manage to get tickets to the Tower of Babel? We wanted to join the team yesterday afternoon, but she didn't agree. Why is she specifically asking us to go this time?"
I am the lucky one (poor version): "I know this, because she was scammed by a few blockheads."
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "What's going on?"
Lu Cheng recounted the events that had occurred in the early hours of the morning to everyone in detail.
Mengmeng: "That's not the main reason she designated a few of us. The main reason is that we're efficient and can process messages quickly."
Chen Leying: "Yeah, the rest of us are in the top ten of the gold coin leaderboard. With the attribute bonus, our monster-killing efficiency is definitely the fastest. Mask was definitely dragged down by Wooden Gum and the others in yesterday afternoon's match."
I'm the Lucky One (Poor Man's Version): "Oh, I see. No wonder he specifically wanted you guys. Are you going or not?"
Mengmeng: "Oh my god, didn't they say that you can only enter the next map by clearing the Tower of Babel? We have to grind for it."
Chen Leying: "I'll go too."
I'm unlucky: "+1!"
I am the lucky one (poor man's version): "Fiqiu, you don't want to."
I'm an unlucky person: "???"
I'm a lucky guy (poor guy version): "Please give me this opportunity! I really need it."
I'm Unlucky: "Fine, since Mask contacted you, then you can go."
I'm a lucky guy (poor guy version): "Good brother, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life!"
I'm an unlucky person: "There's absolutely no need for that."
The "Mask" team invitation came over, and Lu Cheng clicked to join the team, then invited Meng Qingyin and the other two to join the team.
The five-person team was assembled, but "Mask" didn't use an admission ticket and said in advance to the team: "We're going to skip the third floor and start from the fourth floor. Does anyone have any objections?"
Mengmeng: "No objection."
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "Fine! I don't want to experience the demonized dung beetle again; it was a nightmare."
Chen Leying: "1"
I am the lucky one (poor man's version): "I don't understand but it's awesome. This is my first time playing. You guys decide."
Tang Mian smiled contentedly. Sure enough, it was more comfortable to work with Mengmeng and the others.
She used the Tower of Babel admission ticket, and the five of them appeared at the entrance of the Tower of Babel together.
Today's "mask" is still wearing that fox mask, but the ponytail has been replaced with short hair.
Lu Cheng remembered what she had mentioned about cosplay in the chat, "Aren't you cosplaying the old lady today?"
Tang Mian nodded: "Yes, you have to keep things fresh at all times. My cosplay usually only lasts for a day."
This time, she used her new ability to transform her appearance; she was no longer an old woman, but a middle-aged woman.
However, since she has the hobby of cosplay as a cover, no matter what face she changes to in the future, she can always claim it's cosplay.
Now, she's starting to feel a little grateful to "the blockhead".
If he hadn't caused this scene, she really wouldn't have been able to come up with such a perfect excuse.
Meng Qingyin and the other two had already heard from Lu Cheng that Mask liked cosplay, so they didn't react much to this.
Meng Qingyin: "How long will this take?"
Tang Mian: "One hour."
Meng Qingyin nodded: "We should be able to pass two levels."
After paying, everyone skipped the first three floors and arrived at the fourth floor, which was where the demonized scorpion was located.
The copper coins awarded in the first three levels were divided equally among the five people, with each person receiving 1.4 gold coins.
Looking at the dense swarm of venomous scorpions crawling towards them, Lu Cheng couldn't help but take a few steps back: "How can these scorpions be so big?"
Unlike his apprehension, Zhao Cai flew up with shining eyes, casually scooped up two poisonous scorpions with its claws, and threw them into its mouth to crunch away.
Meng Qingyin suddenly had an idea.
To clear this level, you must defeat the demonized Poison Scorpion King in the very center of the scorpion swarm.
However, the Demonized Poisonous Scorpion King is in the very center, protected by the other scorpions. To successfully kill it, you must first deal with the surrounding scorpions, which is time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, if you are accidentally stung by a scorpion's stinger, it will be very troublesome without Fei Qiu.
And the scorpions will be reduced to ashes once they leave the fourth floor...
Perhaps we could have Jinwu grab the Poisonous Scorpion King and throw it to the third floor.
Meng Qingyin immediately told the four of them her thoughts.
Lu Cheng thought the idea was good, but he hesitated: "But the Demonized Poison Scorpion King is bigger than Zhao Cai. Can Zhao Cai successfully grab it and throw it to the third floor?"
Meng Qingyin: "It only needs to bring the Scorpion King from the scorpion swarm to the stairwell, and we can handle the rest."
Lu Cheng estimated the distance between the Scorpion King and the stairwell to be about ten meters. He thought that if Zhao Cai tried hard, he might actually be able to do it.
He waved his hand and summoned the Golden Crow, telling it his plan.
Zhao Cai listened with great confidence: "No problem, it's just the biggest poisonous scorpion in the middle, right? Leave it to me!"
With a flap of its wings, it charged straight at the demonized scorpion king.
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