Chapter 30 Ultimate Summit Climb
The man in the sleeveless shirt quickly shook his head. "It's not difficult. I'll take you to the entrance on the 31st floor. As for quickly finding the entrance to the top, just remember one rule: after opening the door, keep turning left. You'll find it eventually."
Rong Yi wiped himself with wet wipes he found in the supply box. Although his clothes were waterproof, blood doesn't evaporate like water and leave no trace after it dries.
In a place that appears like a maze to them, the man in the sleeveless shirt could find his destination even with his eyes closed.
“Handsome, is the upstairs area similar to this place?” Zhang Shiting struck up a conversation with him. “We’ve only been here a short time and we’re on a mission. It would be great if you could provide some information.”
She keenly noticed the change in the attitude of the sleeveless man and others towards them, the mission takers, after they used their storage rings to collect supplies.
As she expected, the man in the sleeveless shirt's eyes froze for a moment, clearly taking her words to heart.
"It's about the same below the 40th floor, but it's unclear above that. It's said to be much more dangerous than the 30th to 39th floors. Many people who went there never came back. It's unclear whether they didn't want to come down or couldn't."
The man in the sleeveless shirt glanced at the four of them briefly and asked casually, "What's your mission?"
Of course, when I asked the question, I didn't think many people would answer.
Zhang Shiting chuckled, "It's a very important mission, it concerns our lives."
The answer was unsurprisingly nonexistent; there was no information whatsoever. The man in the sleeveless shirt chuckled dryly, “You’re all just small fry, so what about us…” He trailed off, his expression turning somewhat somber.
Zhang Shiting didn't feel she could get any more information from him, so she easily changed the subject and talked about what the outside world was like before he came here.
Rong Yi discovered there were no trash cans, so he had no choice but to throw the blood-stained wet wipes on the ground.
She naturally wanted to know what was going on above the 40th floor, but the stratification between these floors was much more severe than below the 30th floor, and information hardly circulated.
However, judging from the sleeveless man's words, their world is technologically advanced, but upward social mobility is almost impossible. The family a person is born into determines their future path, without exception.
This situation is painful for ambitious people, so crime rates soar in the oppressive environment, but this has no effect on the upper class; it's just the lower class hurting each other.
During their conversation, they quickly arrived at the entrance to the upper floor. It was the same door, and if the man in the sleeveless shirt hadn't led the way, they might have thought they had found the door they came from.
Guan Lang and Leng Rui worked together to open the heavy door. The man in the sleeveless shirt took a few steps back and said, "I wish you success in your mission."
He didn't know if the blessing was just a casual remark or if it contained a hope that he himself wasn't even aware of.
Rong Yi glanced back at him, nodded, and stepped through the gate.
·
Although the monster corpses and supplies were good, the basic tasks had not been completed, and Rong Yi and his group knew that they could not stop until they reached at least the 33rd floor.
Following the man in the sleeveless shirt's instructions, they went out the door and turned left all the way, and sure enough, they found the entrance to go up.
Reaching the 33rd floor went more smoothly than they had expected; the floors were quiet, a stark contrast to the hustle and bustle below the 30th floor.
As I officially entered the 33rd floor area, the long-awaited system notification sounded:
The basic task has been completed. You can choose to leave at any time or stay to complete the advanced task.
Rong Yi definitely won't leave; she still wants to try her luck at the top.
"It seems we all need to complete the advanced tasks. This collaboration has been very pleasant." She extended her hands to the three of them.
Zhang Shiting held Rong Yi's hands with both of hers, while Guan Lang and Leng Rui gave her high-fives one after the other.
Although the houses above the 30th floor are hidden, they are not without clues. The man in the sleeveless shirt clearly explained how to identify empty houses. Of course, if someone lives there and you want to rob it, you can, as long as you can beat them.
There is no curfew here, and there are no rules about how many people can live in a house. The only thing is that the monsters that are released must be dealt with, otherwise they will rush into the house, and you will die even faster in the cramped space.
They quickly found two empty rooms. Rong Yi must have been living alone. She was more accepting of living alone, and it seemed that she had lived like that before she lost her memory.
Zhang Shiting wasn't in a hurry to separate, and the four of them sat down in Rong Yi's room.
The rooms here are much larger. The beds look quite normal, and there are also sofas, coffee tables, and automatic flush toilets. People below the 20th floor have more primitive ways of dealing with urination, so the air is particularly stuffy. It's better above the 20th floor.
"Miss, would you be interested in joining our team? We've both unlocked our talents, and we're both physical enhancement types. I'm very strong, Guan Lang has excellent eyesight in addition to strength enhancement, making him a great sniper, and Leng Rui has bone enhancement, giving him top-notch defense."
Zhang Shiting guessed that Rong Yi was also a strength-type player. Among the players in Obsidian City, those with talent in physical enhancement were the most numerous, with the only difference being that there were some sub-categories.
If not for physical enhancement, how could one withstand the Tyrannosaurus Rex's tail whip and slam into the wall?
Rong Yi took off his gloves and stretched his knuckles. "No, I'm used to being alone."
Zhang Shiting leaned against Rong Yi's side, her body limp as if she had no bones. "Can we add each other as friends? It'll be easier to exchange resources in the future."
Rong Yi had no objection to this. She had met Song Hang in the last dungeon, and for a newbie like her, getting to know more players was not a bad thing.
After adding Song Hang as a friend, Rong Yi realized he had been too busy resting to ask about the show. "Do you guys know that our episodes are a series of shows?"
Guan Lang leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and nodded. "I know. Anyone who's spent a little time in Obsidian City knows that." Then he asked, puzzled, "Why are you asking this?"
"I haven't experienced many instances, so I find this statement too... shocking. But I don't know many people and haven't been able to get much information about it." Rong Yi said, carefully wiping the bloodstains between his fingers with a wet wipe.
No matter how bizarre the truth may be, Rong Yi still harbors a desire to escape the instance.
Zhang Shiting straightened her posture. "We don't know much else either. We just heard it from other players. They said that if you get noticed by those people, you'll see comments on the screen. Of course, we've never seen any, but only very strong players can see the comments. Those players usually don't talk much about this. They just say that you should be polite when you see comments."
“Sometimes the comments will make requests, and the players have to find ways to meet them. That’s about it. In short, most of the comments are unfriendly. We’re basically being streamed, but nobody’s paying attention,” Leng Rui added.
Guan Lang: "I heard that sometimes you get extra resources after meeting the requirements for bullet comments, and these are not deducted by the system."
The room fell silent for a moment. It was hard to say whether being noticed was good or bad. Even if they could get resources, just listening to this information, they knew that to the people who posted the comments, they were just toys in the palm of their hands, to be manipulated however they wanted.
Rong Yi waved his clean gloves. "I still hope that no comments will appear in my view."
Just thinking about this scene is unbearable; Rong Yi guessed that his past self might have had a bad temper.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
