Chapter 144, the Ultimate Dungeon, Begins
Two hours isn't a long time, but it's not short either. However, for the survivors about to enter the dungeon, every second is agonizing.
Qiao Yu wasn't idle either. She summoned her friends to buy wooden treasure chests, turned unwanted supplies into blind boxes, and sold them for 9.9 yuan each.
Just like last time, each of these blind boxes contains three days' worth of food and a precious tube of green leaf extract.
Qiao Yu had already copied the green leaf ointment formula to Li Dou before going to the farmers' market. After half a day, she had processed several hundred million tubes of green leaf ointment.
At first, Li Dou didn't know what the green leaf ointment was for at this critical moment, only that it was very useful in the early stages of dealing with caterpillars.
But when Qiao Yu said that the ingredients of the green leaf ointment were similar to the oral liquid used by the dwarves to prevent mutations, she silently gathered everyone together and frantically collected wild herbs from the surrounding area, making the most of everyone's talents.
Before the dungeon even opened, Qiao Yu's blind boxes were sold out, and the individual green leaf ointment was also sold out.
While it cannot be guaranteed that everyone will have one, several hundred million out of the current five billion population have managed to buy one.
In the last 5 minutes, Qiao Yu hesitated as she took out the cyan vehicle upgrade card, unable to make up her mind whether to upgrade or not.
I originally planned to upgrade the car to the top level in one go, since I'm going to enter the final dungeon, and it would be even better if I could use the best vehicle.
But she only received the dwarf's blessing today, and she was worried that upgrading the car would take a long time, which might delay her dungeon quest.
Furthermore, Qiao Yu was worried that using her talent before going in would be a bad idea. If the cooldown period ended and she couldn't use her talent later, she would be no different from a lamb to the slaughter.
And so this hesitation lasted until the very last few minutes.
With one minute left, Qiao Yu pressed her temples and decided to play it safe, following her intuition.
Let's not upgrade the car for now; it wouldn't be good if it delayed the process.
She put the upgrade card back in her backpack and stared at the screen showing the final 5-second countdown.
As soon as the countdown ended, the key in my hand suddenly lit up with a golden light.
Then a virtual door appeared in mid-air, revealing a keyhole that looked like a golden hook.
Qiao Yu immediately used the binding card to confirm the successful binding, and without the slightest hesitation, she inserted the key into the lock.
Then, turning to the right, the door slammed open with a click.
At the same time, a golden light flashed before all the survivors, and a virtual gate landed in the air.
A group of people longing to go home no longer hesitated. Together with their families, they took firm steps to push open the door and step into the gate leading to the ultimate dungeon.
After all the survivors entered the gates one by one, the gates disappeared on the road.
In the past, when people left a dungeon, their vehicles would still be there, but this time, as soon as they left, their vehicles disappeared along with them.
The highway instantly returned to quiet, and as night fell, the scorching heat returned to normal.
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Qiao Yu walked inside the gate for a long time, so long that the passage seemed to have no end.
When light returned, she stepped out and was plunged back into darkness.
The gate slowly closed behind me, and there was no light source around me, making it 10,000 times darker than the polar day I had ever experienced.
Qiao Yu opened her eyes and looked around, but couldn't see anything or touch any weapons. Only the dampness on her clothes gave her a sense that she was in a water mist.
She touched her body and found that she was still in human form, with no extra or missing parts.
"Tangtang, Yangyang, are you there?"
Qiao Yu called out to her friends into the darkness, but unsurprisingly, there was no response.
She called out to the panel in her mind again, but the panel did not respond.
It was still pitch black; she couldn't see any light at all.
Helpless, Qiao Yu reached into his pocket again. In his left pocket were an ordinary dagger and a slingshot, but in his other pocket was an extra dagger that shouldn't have been there.
She held the dagger through her clothes, repeatedly touching the unusual protrusions on it, her brow furrowed so deeply it could trap a fly.
Yes, there is the Netherworld Dagger. Wasn't this dagger in my backpack? Why did it suddenly end up in my pocket?
Without a second thought, Qiao Yu pulled out the dagger and threw it away. Although the dagger was useful, it was more of a nuisance.
In this ultimate copy, everything must be done with utmost care.
After checking the equipment, I was relieved to find that the backpack was still usable.
She took a large outdoor flashlight out of her bag and turned it on, instantly illuminating the surroundings.
Qiao Yu was on a dark, narrow path. The visibility was extremely low, and the air was filled with black fog. She could barely make out a few trees not far away.
The leaves were also obscured by the black fog, and the thick fog blocked the light; even the beam of a flashlight could not penetrate the fog.
Qiao Yu made a preliminary estimate and found that the visibility range was only two meters in front of him.
Within those two meters, the space was completely empty, with nothing but a few trees.
Qiao Yu called the panel again, but still received no response.
Helpless, she had no choice but to temporarily abandon the idea of calling for her companions, and instead held the dagger and slingshot in her hands, remaining vigilant about her surroundings.
As she was examining the center of the fog, she suddenly heard a crackling sound.
Immediately, thick fog rolled in, and a bright red, enlarged character twisted into a sentence that floated in mid-air.
Welcome, survivors, to the ultimate dungeon. The sole objective of this dungeon is to survive and clear it.
[If you manage to fight your way out of Black Mist Mountain alive, you can end this instance, leave Death Highway, and return to Blue Star.]
Black Mist Mountain?
Is this in the mountains?
Qiao Yu was surprised; just hearing the name told her that danger lurked everywhere.
And we have to fight our way out of the mountains. Fight for what?
Who is she going to kill?
"System, did you glitch? If it's not a team battle, why did you allow us to use the team card? Did you do it on purpose?"
Surprisingly, Qiao Yu's question received a reply this time.
A familiar voice rang out from the black fog.
This final instance is a team battle, a battle for all survivors. But I'm curious about what makes you so special that you've opened this instance.
Qiao Yu was so angry at the system that she almost laughed.
"What do you mean by this? What's so special about me? Aren't you the one who got me in here?"
【It's precisely because of your good luck that this dungeon opened two months early. I want to investigate just how lucky you are.】
"I'm lucky? You delivered the fragments right to my doorstep, and you still have the nerve to say I'm lucky?"
[That's why I didn't bring you here alone. The final dungeon should be a piece of cake for you; let's pray you can make it out of here.]
[Survivor Qiao Yu, good luck! Once you get out of here, your questions will be answered.]
The system's sarcastic tone was palpable; while it outwardly expressed its hope that Qiao Yu could leave, it was in fact certain that she wouldn't.
Qiao Yu tightened her grip, and hearing the sarcastic voice in her ear, she suddenly raised her hand and waved it in the air, shattering the malicious words in front of her into mist.
"Alright, let's wait and see. Let's see if you kill me first, or if I can fight my way out of the final dungeon first."
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