Free Web NovelChapter 169: Chapter 169: This Is a Solo Dungeon!
"If we’re in a dungeon, we should be streaming right now." Someone looked into the void, convinced there were viewers watching him.
"Just as everyone can see, while scouting an area, we entered a weird zone, and now we’re in the dungeon." Whether anyone was listening or not, he started introducing his current situation.
The people from Dragon Cloud Tower are like this—loyalty and integrity come first.
The audience’s favorite thing used to be watching Dragon Cloud Tower Survivors’ streams, because they would share all the info they encountered with viewers without holding anything back.
Watching them clear dungeons was a real pleasure—even when facing death, they’d never betray their team.
Those who join Dragon Cloud Tower mostly put their own life and death aside.
They want to survive, but believe there are things more important than just scraping by.
"In front of me there’s a white Spirit Body; it has no face and doesn’t show any aggression toward the three of us."
"But it’s guarding a Blood-colored Crystal. Based on experience, I need to take that thing."
"I’ve got a radar in my mind, and it’s pointing right at the Blood-colored Crystal."
"But my experience also says, once I take these crystals, the Spirit Bodies might target me."
After telling all his guesses to the viewers, the speaker took the first step forward.
"I’m about to try it now. You two get ready, and run the opposite way from me." He looked at the two behind him; there were plenty of pathways, so they could easily split off to another location.
Hearing him, the other two nodded.
The other two didn’t split up immediately, but chose another corridor a bit farther from him.
The viewers in the stream felt some emotion,
[As expected from Dragon Cloud Tower. If it were other Survivors, either they’d make someone else test it first or push someone to be a meatshield.]
[Letting Dragon Cloud Tower people pioneer a new dungeon is the best, since we all get the most accurate intel.]
[I really want to join them, but honestly, I’m scared to die—I want to stay alive myself.]
[What I envy most is, when trouble comes, they put distance between themselves so their teammates don’t get dragged down.]
[Suddenly realized something—I haven’t heard the three-day timer sound. Does that mean this dungeon has no time limit?]
[Dragon Cloud Tower already released the dungeon’s energy reading—it’s an SS-grade dungeon! These three probably won’t make it out alive.]
[All they can do now, probably, is provide as much info as possible.]
...
No time limit, and two permanent info points were instantly discovered.
Someone brought up a point in the chat,
[If it’s permanent and not time-limited, does that mean humans can always enter, and make the most perfect dungeon walkthrough?]
That message flashed by, and everyone was stunned.
Thinking again, it really seemed true.
Humans used to make dungeon guides too, and the reason they made tens of thousands of guides wasn’t because they wanted to—it’s impossible to memorize that much, and even carrying a thick printout inside would be a hassle.
In a crisis, who has the time to flip through a huge binder page by page?
And every dungeon entry is random; humans can’t pick their exact dungeon, so there’s always lots of uncertainty.
Seeing this info, someone from Dragon Cloud Tower spoke up first.
[Even though we value loyalty and integrity in Dragon Cloud Tower, we need to consider our people too. For this dungeon’s walkthrough, we hope the other factions also send their people in.]
They aren’t afraid of death, but won’t just throw their lives away. They’re willing to create guides for humanity, but refuse to always be someone else’s blade.
[Flying Tiger Group will send people, too.]
[We’re willing to send people as well.] Leng Feng’s comment appeared. He’d also received info about the anchor point placement shared by Flying Tiger Group, but he hadn’t rushed to deploy it.
The Dark Forest was still far from him, so he planned to wait and see.
But he revealed his city location, and a lot of people came seeking refuge.
There are plenty of human elites just like him; seeing that the Dark Forest was still some distance away, they didn’t rush to set anchors.
But they did provide humans with safe addresses.
Several powerful humans spoke up, the golden messages scrolling by—the color denoting they’d passed strength verification with Flying Tiger Group.
[If that’s the case, humanity now has stable, growth-type dungeons.] One comment sounded particularly excited.
Feihu watched the stream, and sighed.
Her phone had no signal, so she couldn’t reach the outside, but the streaming gear didn’t rely on human cellular towers anyway.
The phone is just a streaming device.
She could tell outsiders about the situation through the chat now, but she didn’t.
Because she knew, once outsiders learned this dungeon belonged to Jiang Che, Jiang Che would immediately become humanity’s biggest target.
Right now, this was what she feared the most.
Jiang Che’s dungeon was first in line, becoming humanity’s new conquest objective.
The Dragon Cloud Tower folks were the first to enter, providing lots of useful info for outsiders.
Of the three, one stepped up to the Blood-colored Crystal, while the other two waited by another corridor, in case the white Spirit Body started hunting and dragged them in.
Their goal as a trio was to maximize the value of their lives—supply as much useful intelligence as possible.
"You two stay alert, I’ll go first." The leader tugged on his loose jacket.
His clothes were loaded with wilderness survival gear, but in this dungeon, none of it was useful.
The dungeon’s passageways were twisted and complex, with no exit in sight. Traveling light was the best option.
As his hand touched the Blood-colored Crystal, the other two were already prepping to bolt.
But weirdly, the moment he touched the Blood-colored Crystal, a shadow emerged from the white Spirit Body and lunged at him.
He started sprinting forward like hell, muttering to himself as if he were narrating to the viewers.
"Guys, after touching the first one, the radar in my head started showing the second crystal’s location. I’m grabbing them to test. The Spirit Body is now chasing me."
The other two were getting ready to escape too, but they heard their teammate’s words.
They found that, from their perspective, that Blood-colored Crystal still existed, as did the white Spirit Body.
"It exists separately!" Realizing this, they took a deep breath.
They’d seen this dungeon type before—everyone’s run is independent, and you can’t help each other.
"This is a solo dungeon!"
