Chapter 96 Dungeon Game 7
As soon as she entered, the scene changed; sometimes there were five dogs in the cage, and sometimes there were none. Lin Xia paused, and only then did the situation inside stabilize.
There were five dogs in the cage. When they saw her, their eyes lit up and they stared at her intently. After a while, their eyes showed some disappointment, and they all lay back down.
The pets in the pet shop have been hungry for a long time. Please make a choice:
[1. Choose one pet to take home; the others will be disposed of.]
2. Feed all the pets, then choose one to take home. The other pets will continue to wait for their owners to arrive.
3. Take all pets with you.
Lin Xia glanced at the options and then looked away. Feed them? With what?
Are these pets being boarded or purchased? What mechanics will be triggered if someone takes another person's pet? Will these pets mutate into monsters and attack her?
After browsing around the pet store, Lin Xia found that there was no dog food, but there were plenty of dog toys.
Wait, there's a cut leash on the door, a bloodstained pet euthanasia consent form in the trash can, and a rusty dog patch in the corner...
Lin Xia looked at the dogs and had a strange feeling. She felt that the dogs did not want to go with her. They were all lying in their cages and did not even look at her.
She walked closer and noticed that the dogs all had wounds and were filthy. Lin Xia frowned; they didn't look like pet dogs, but more like... stray dogs.
"Let's go, what are you still looking at..." Lin Xia suddenly turned her head to look at the golden retriever in the cage.
Lin Xia thought about her ability to communicate with plants and animals and felt it was a bit unbelievable. What was going on? Why did the game's nerfs sometimes work and sometimes not?
Please make a choice.
Thinking back to the scene when she first entered, and the things she found in the corners, Lin Xia had some guesses. Moreover, someone had warned her from the beginning that the game might be very simple.
I don't think I'm ready to have a dog yet, and my living environment doesn't allow it, so I'm not choosing any of them.
[Testing in progress...]
Abandonment value: 0
[Abuse Value: 0]
[Kill Value: 0]
[Hospitality Value: 0]
Total Sin Value: 0
[With a sin value of 0, the player can leave.]
The door was wide open. Lin Xia glanced at the golden retriever, turned and left. After she went outside, she looked back and saw new rules posted on the door:
Every stray dog waits for its owner; only they can soothe its wounded heart.
Each piece of abandoned evidence found reduces your sin value by 5 points.
[One viscera reduces your sin value by 10 points; sacrificing five viscera will temporarily calm your dog.]
[If the sin value is greater than 50, the owner will repeatedly experience the life of a stray dog.]
[If your sin value is less than 20, your dog will briefly regain consciousness.]
[Sin value reset to zero, triggering ultimate revenge mode—dog pack berserk mode.]
[If a player with a sin value of 0 chooses a stray dog, they can share 50% of their original owner's sin value.]
If she had accumulated sin points, she would have been trapped in this situation no matter what. Luckily, she didn't have a choice. It seems like the last option was generated temporarily when she entered...
Lin Xia looked at the golden retriever. It was a very kind dog. Even though it was abandoned and hurt, it didn't know whether it was its own will to seek revenge or something imposed by the game.
[Congratulations, player, you have cleared this dungeon.]
[Customs Clearance Rating: B]
The moment she was teleported away, Lin Xia seemed to see a dark figure walk out of the barbershop, but before she could see it clearly, she was teleported away.
As soon as she stepped out, a gust of wind hit her in the face. Lin Xia tilted her head to avoid the attack, only to realize that she had been caught in the crossfire.
Many people were fleeing for their lives outside, with several huge black shadows chasing after them. Lin Xia saw someone trying to fight back, but he simply passed right through the shadows without harming them in the slightest.
The man collapsed to the ground, his fate unknown.
"Run, everyone! Getting touched by them will knock you unconscious! Don't try to fight back!"
Lin Xia didn't have time to think. She turned around, jumped out of the window on the other side, and ran away. She was extremely fast and disappeared in a flash.
After the dark figures ran past, Lin Xia circled around and ran back. She looked at the person on the ground, and sure enough, the person was still alive.
However, it seemed like a dream, or rather a nightmare, which reminded her of the black mist and black spheres she had seen in the dungeon.
Lin Xia dragged the person into the house, turned around and left, disappearing into the distance in a few leaps.
She was quite unsettled. She looked at the small black ball she had just received, labeled: [Source of Nightmares: Traps you into a beautiful nightmare.]
Before it solidified, this small black ball also had the characteristics of black mist. It was afraid of itself, so it hid.
It seems impossible to believe, but that's the truth. The black mist that was entangled with that person just now also disappeared underground. What's down there?
Lin Xia felt like she was very close to the truth, yet also very far away. She slapped her head in frustration. "I need to think!" she thought.
After stopping in a residential area, Lin Xia climbed into an empty house, ate something, and then seized the opportunity to exercise. Four hours passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Xia wiped away her sweat and stopped.
Her constitution increased by 14 points, strength by 4 points, speed by 6 points, and most importantly, mental strength by 6 points. Her current attributes are:
[Mental Strength: 27]
[Physical Fitness: 68]
[Strength: 38]
Speed: 45
Lin Xia calculated that for every 20 points of physique increase, there would be approximately 6 points of mental strength increase. If that were the case, then there was no need to worry about mental strength being higher than physique, making it much safer.
After replenishing her energy again, Lin Xia remembered that she had been chatting with someone before entering the dungeon.
Opening her private messages, Lin Xia saw the official account's white profile picture and wondered what the white and red colors meant.
She saw that the person had sent her a lot of messages, glanced at them and then closed the window. Before she left or figured things out, she decided not to contact him anymore; after all, things would always remain.
She glanced at the sky; it was almost dawn. She closed her eyes to rest, and after falling asleep, she entered the dream space.
This time, the experience was very different from before. She actually saw those monsters, standing still, seemingly asleep, but the surrounding black mist was slowly gathering, making it even larger.
Lin Xia carefully examined the surroundings and realized that what she was absorbing were the various emotions released by the people around her when they were dreaming.
She dared not be careless, and her mental strength surged rapidly. As she approached, the black mist trembled slightly, but then all the black mist left their original places and gathered together.
Only then did she realize that those enveloped by them were actually normal humans. However, as soon as the black mist dissipated, the human figures slowly disappeared, and they died instantly.
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