Chapter 10 Survival of the Brave
Rong Yi felt no fear while running; instead, a sense of excitement spurred her to run even faster.
They didn't stop until they reached an area with sparse trees, where they ate two compressed biscuits to slowly recover.
After rebuilding the campfire, Rong Yi hurriedly ate the last bit of special alcohol he had left, not even having time to take stock of his spoils.
Rong Yi slept quite soundly, but woke up just as dawn broke.
The first thing Rong Yi did after getting up was to take out the two backpacks. The first backpack contained thirteen packs of vacuum-packed sashimi, eighteen packs of vacuum-packed jerky, twelve packs of compressed biscuits, five packs of dried mushrooms, six packs of seaweed, eleven packs of mixed dried vegetables, and twenty one-liter bottles of purified water. The food was plentiful for her.
The items include a throwing device we've seen before, a Tier 1 double-headed hammer, a Tier 1 Mitsubishi military dagger, three vials of syringes to accelerate wound healing, and the rest are non-Tier 1 tools.
The second backpack contained a rifle, three boxes of ammunition, six cans of yellow peaches, twenty sausages, five zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), sixteen packs of braised beef, ten packs of 10-jin (5 kg) vacuum-packed rice, thirteen bottles of one-liter purified water, and the rest were a flint and steel cookware, etc.
Unfortunately, I didn't see the appraisal device that Li Huanxin mentioned, because Li Huanxin said it was one of the commonly used props, and I thought it could save me some points.
Having received such a plentiful meal, Rong Yi wanted to cook something, but he was in a hurry to get back to Obsidian City and cook something else.
With just over thirty hours left in the countdown, we need to get as close to the coordinates as possible today.
To satisfy my craving, I opened a package of braised beef on the way. It not only smelled delicious, but the meat was also firm, mellow, and not greasy. The tendons were transparent and easy to chew.
Looting is great, I should loot more often in the future.
However, this also serves as a warning to myself: I must be careful of other players. The pleasure of looting is so great that there are bound to be many people who become addicted.
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As the sun rose higher, the temperature increased, and Rong Yi drank water more frequently. The trees in sight were now only a few meters apart, a stark contrast to the rainforest he had seen before.
When Rong Yi casually turned his head and saw someone, he gripped the dagger tightly and stared intently at that spot.
It was obvious that the people over there had also seen her. The two stared at each other for a few seconds, then the other person looked away and continued on their way without moving closer to her.
Without the shelter of large trees, more and more people could be seen on the road, and everyone consciously kept their distance and silently made their way to their destination.
Rong Yi felt the ground beneath his feet becoming increasingly soft, and later when he lifted his foot, mud stuck to the sole of his shoe.
Looking ahead, there was a blinding light in the distance. Rong Yi squinted, vaguely knowing that it was light refracted from the water.
When you step into the mud, you see a vast expanse of silt and water, with countless tree stumps floating on the surface.
Rong Yi sighed inwardly: So many crocodiles, this won't be easy. Should we take a detour?
The muddy pond is so big it seems endless, and considering the nature of the dungeon, even if we could take a detour, we probably wouldn't have enough time. The only option is to cross it head-on.
Everyone stopped in their tracks and began to ponder how to get through this area.
There were no trees in the silt pond area, so the throwing device seemed useless. Rong Yi felt that it was similar to the rivers he had crossed before, with dangerous creatures in them, but it would be difficult to clear a clean path here.
Um?
How did she clean it last time? She used bloodsuckers to lure those things away.
If there were prey large enough, these crocodiles would likely make way for them.
The problem is, she doesn't have prey big enough.
Suddenly she remembered the giant snake, which was estimated to be nearly twenty meters long and thicker than a person. If she threw it down, the effect would definitely be good.
Soon, more and more people were stuck here, clearly making it a major obstacle.
To Rong Yi's amazement, several hundred people had gathered in such a short time, and the number was still increasing.
She hoped to see the three people who killed the giant snake yesterday. There was no way to get through here without paying anything. If she found those people, she might be able to sneak in with them.
There were quite a few people like her wearing camouflage, but those wearing other styles of clothing stood out even more.
"Rong Yi." Rong Yi, who had chosen to walk on the left, was called out.
The person who called her raised the brim of their hat, revealing a familiar face. "It's me, Li Huanxin. I didn't expect to see you here."
Rong Yi was also quite surprised, thinking he wouldn't see the two of them until the end of the dungeon. Ji Jianyuan stood silently beside Li Huanxin, just like before.
"You're also trying to leave this couple, right? We're trying to figure it out too."
When Li Huanxin started talking, Rong Yi didn't interrupt or answer the question. Instead, he asked something else, "Do you know what happened during the two previous earthquakes?"
She set off earlier than the two of them that morning, and most likely walked ahead of them the whole time. Perhaps the two who fell behind the second time knew something.
Li Huanxin was taken aback, not expecting her to ask this.
"So you didn't know that? Looks like you're pretty ahead of the curve. Actually, the earthquake was caused by the continuous collapse of the edge of this map. We only found out on the second time. The collapse speed almost caught up with ours, so we only slept for three hours that night before setting off."
The scene was so shocking and terrifying that towering trees and the earth itself collapsed and fell into an abyss.
Li Huanxin almost fell with him, but Ji Jianyuan caught her.
The collapse was relentlessly following them, but Ji Jianyuan managed to create some distance by using a projectile. At that time, several other giant snakes were also fleeing and had no intention of attacking them.
Thinking of those scenes still makes Li Huanxin's heart pound.
"Collapse?"
Rong Yi was truly amazed by how disgusting the dungeon was. Setting a time limit was one thing, but then they also caused the map to collapse. Even if the progress was too slow and failure was inevitable, they didn't allow these people to live until the end of the dungeon.
Li Huanxin nodded, "That's right, we can't waste too much time here. Who knows when the next collapse will happen?"
The problem is they want to leave, but these crocodiles aren't pushovers.
The system task has a limited time limit, there are crocodiles blocking the way in the silt pond, and there is the possibility of another collapse at any time.
It makes you want to drag those people who are watching out of the theater and beat them up!
A restlessness slowly rose in Rong Yi's heart. She tried to take a deep breath to relax before pressing down.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd; some people couldn't sit still any longer.
Like Li Huanxin and the others, many people witnessed the power of the collapse, and according to the usual settings of the dungeon, the interval between such collapses must be irregular. Under such circumstances, they certainly did not want to waste time here.
Someone took out a piece of meat larger than a person from a storage ring, which was then thrown forcefully by a person of great strength.
The chunks of meat crashed heavily into the muddy pond, and everyone realized that the pond was very shallow; it didn't even reach their calves.
The chunk of meat landed, splashing mud and water. The surrounding crocodiles, smelling the blood, quickly swung their limbs, and the crocodiles, as numerous as ants, surrounded the meat, rolling and tearing at it, indeed creating a slightly cleaner area.
In other words, this method has a probability of being feasible.
But Rong Yi felt it wasn't that simple. After all, people are selfish, and who would be willing to give everything to contribute to others?
(End of this chapter)
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