Dungeon Two (Complete) + Territory Upgrade + Dungeon Three (1-2)
The massive thunderstorm lasted for three full days.
During these three days, the players in the mine did only two things:
They were very cautious. Whenever the number of goblins started to increase, they immediately turned back to the mine. At first, the goblins didn’t pursue them. But after being provoked twice, the goblins finally flew into a rage and rushed to the cave entrance—only to be beaten to death by the players who had been lying in wait there.
Then the passage was completely blocked by goblins, packed so tightly that no matter how they tried, the players couldn’t break through.
With no monsters left to grind, the players had no choice but to reluctantly resume manual mining.
It wasn’t until the seventh morning of the dungeon that the rain, which had lasted for three days, finally stopped.
The dazzling sunlight poured over the cave entrance, making the eyes of the players—who hadn’t seen the sun in three days—fill with excitement and tears. Like wild horses set free, they rushed outside, bathing in the warm, comfortable sunlight.
“Stopped! It really stopped raining!!”“Great! I almost went crazy trapped in that mine. The air outside is so fresh!”“Since we’ve spent three days together in the mine and fought monsters as a team, we already have some understanding of each other. Why don’t we team up from now on? More people means more safety,” suggested one of the players.
Yun Yan thought it was a good idea and was about to turn to talk to Sister Yi Qiu, only to realize that the tall, slender figure beside her was gone!
Her heart jumped. She quickly scanned the surroundings but found no familiar figure and sighed in disappointment.
Sister Yi Qiu still didn’t like teaming up with others.
[Yan Yi Qiu: I’m leaving first.]
A message popped up in the private chat.
Yun Yan blinked. Her previously low spirits instantly lifted. If Sister Yi Qiu greeted her, it meant their relationship had grown closer than before!
With Yan Yi Qiu absent, Yun Yan had no interest in joining a team either. She happily hugged her bundle and left the crowd, disappearing into the forest.
From the very moment the players rushed out of the mine, Yan Yi Qiu had quietly slipped away.
She had already anticipated what would happen next. Players who had benefited from teamwork would surely suggest continuing to explore the dungeon together—after all, strength in numbers increases safety. To avoid drawing attention by refusing, it was better to leave quietly before anyone noticed.
But first, she had to say goodbye to Yun Yan.
Yan Yi Qiu pushed aside the tall grass in front of her and stepped through it, glancing briefly behind her without stopping, heading straight toward the edge of the island.
After walking for about two minutes, she heard hurried footsteps behind her.
She rolled to the ground just in time to see a middle-aged man holding a shield appear where she had been standing. A level-three combat player indicator hovered above his head.
Surprised that she had dodged him, the middle-aged man’s expression changed.
“I didn’t expect you to react so fast,” said a younger man, aiming a bow at Yan Yi Qiu with a mischievous smile. “Girl, be smart and hand over all the materials in your bag, and we’ll let you go.”
“You’re so pretty, I can’t even bear to kill you.”
The young man’s eyes roamed over Yan Yi Qiu, the level-four combat player marker above his head very conspicuous.
During his words, the middle-aged man silently closed in.
The two worked in seamless coordination, clearly experienced.
Players who ambush like this aren’t uncommon in the game—they carefully select their prey in dungeons, patiently follow them, and strike when they’re alone, forcing them to hand over all materials.
Refuse, and you die.
Most victims are life-skill players or lower-level solo combat players.
In her past life, Yan Yi Qiu had always been a top combat player and had never been ambushed. She hadn’t expected to experience being robbed in this life.
Yan Yi Qiu slowly blinked, tilted her head toward the young man, letting her red high ponytail swing twice. She smiled and said:“Then go ahead and kill me.”
The two were stunned—it was their first encounter with such a situation.
The young man drew his bow tighter, the sharp arrow aimed at Yan Yi Qiu, his face full of confusion.“You’re not afraid of dying?”
Yan Yi Qiu looked innocently: “Afraid, of course.”
“Then hand over the materials in your bag,” the young man softened his tone, coaxing her: “If you give us the items, we’ll let you go. We won’t take your life.”
The middle-aged man was now only a few steps away.
The two exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.
The young man continued his gentle persuasion: “Your life is more important than materials. You’re young and beautiful—would you really throw it away?”
The middle-aged man took advantage of the distraction and charged, smashing his shield into her legs to prevent escape.
Yan Yi Qiu easily dodged and kicked his shield, hearing a snap—the blue-quality shield shattered into two pieces.
[Player *** dealt 3,000 damage to you.]
She restrained her kick, or else the man wouldn’t have lost just his shield, but himself.
Without stopping, she swiftly threw the chisel from her bag at the young man and swept the middle-aged man with a leg sweep.
With two screams, in a flash, hunter and prey had switched roles.
Yan Yi Qiu smiled slightly:“Hand over all the materials in your bag, and I won’t kill you.”
[Player *** dealt 500 damage to you.][Player *** dealt 1,000 damage to you.][You are disabled, temporarily unable to move.]
The two stared at her in terror, ignoring their pain, and shouted:“Aren’t you a level-one pharmacist? Aren’t you a life-skill player?? Why is your damage so high??”
Life-skill players are known for being weak and low-damage, right??
Yan Yi Qiu smiled without answering:“Who said I’m a level-one life player?”
Her pharmacist skill was nearly level four!
To the young and middle-aged men, this meant only one thing: her life-player identity was a disguise—she was actually a combat player!
The middle-aged man, holding his broken leg, trembled:“You… you’re not playing fair.”
Pretending to be weak while being strong? Insane!
Yan Yi Qiu walked to the young man, picked up the chisel dropped on the ground, lightly swept his bow into pieces, and repeated calmly:“Materials. Hand them over. I won’t kill you. Got it?”
The two twitched:“Are you sure if we give you the materials, you’ll let us go?”
Yan Yi Qiu nodded, her dark eyes sincere:“Yes.”
“….”
Knowing they had hit a wall, the two reluctantly emptied their bags.
[Obtained Wood x25,000, Level-One Ore x5,632, Level-Two Ore x1,090, Gold x10.][Obtained Wood x19,920, Level-One Ore x3,098, Level-Two Ore x435, Gold x9.]
Yan Yi Qiu weighed the chisel in her hand, her smile gone. She coldly said:“I don’t think you two are honest. Haven’t had enough of a lesson yet?”
She raised the chisel as if to strike.
“Wait! There’s more!”
They tearfully handed over everything: herbs, cloth, blueprints, weapons, armor, elemental ores…
“Nothing left! Really, not a single drop!” the middle-aged man wailed. “Even if you kill me, I have nothing else!”
Yan Yi Qiu, hearing this, struck him with the chisel decisively.
[Player *** dealt 392,876,354 damage to you, of which 450 effective.][You have died.]
This was the last system message the middle-aged man saw before losing consciousness.
The young man’s eyes widened:“You said if we gave you the materials, you’d let us go!?”
Yan Yi Qiu smiled:“Am I pretty?”
The young man raved:“Yes! You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen! You’re truly amazing, like a goddess descended to earth!”
“That’s right,” Yan Yi Qiu winked at him with a smile.“The prettier a woman is, the better she lies. Consider this a lesson—remember it next time.”
[Player *** dealt 534,987,102 damage to you, of which 800 effective.][You have died.]
Yan Yiqiu stepped over the two corpses and left without looking back. Player-on-player slaughter was something she was used to from her previous life.
She wouldn’t start trouble, but if someone came looking for it… well, sorry.
Mess with me, and you’ve hit a brick wall ^_^
Yan Yiqiu walked straight to the edge of the island.
Because of the three straight days of heavy rain, the sea level had risen significantly. The beach she had landed on before was completely submerged under the dark water, leaving no trace.
She gazed into the distance and saw several sea monsters, their dorsal fins over a meter long breaking the water’s surface as they circled the island, patrolling.
Just as she expected, after the storm, the sea monsters’ tracks were easy to find.
Yan Yiqiu took out a wooden boat and sat on the foot pedals at the bow, pedaling vigorously toward the sea monsters.
The small boat wobbled, extremely conspicuous on the empty sea.
The sea monsters, patrolling nearby, noticed the little vessel. Their fins turned toward it, and they charged with aggressive intent, ready to smash and bite it apart.
Yan Yiqiu stood at the side of the boat, holding her axe with one hand.
As the first sea monster prepared to strike, she leaped high, storing the boat into her inventory mid-air, landing on the nearest monster’s back. She grabbed the dorsal fin with her free hand to steady herself.
The other sea monsters immediately changed targets, charging toward the one carrying Yan Yiqiu.
The sea monster she was on: ???
Confused, it had no eyes on its back and barely felt her light weight. Its intelligence was limited.
It simply wondered where the little floating thing had gone and why the other monsters were charging at it. Was this a fight? Well, bring it on!
So it charged boldly.
A mighty dragon tail swing… huh? It died?? Another monster charges! Huh? Dead again??
Sea monsters were baffled. Shocked. Inflated with pride.
This monster now felt invincible. It swung its tail happily, intending to challenge other monsters and dominate this stretch of sea, lifting most of its massive body out of the water.
Normally, sea monsters don’t fight each other. Most are evenly matched and won’t waste time provoking another, unless extremely confident.
Clearly, this one had gotten overconfident.
Yan Yiqiu: “…”
She retracted her axe, held tight to the dorsal fin, and rode the monster toward the other nearby sea monsters, braving the salty wind.
[Acquired Sea Monster Bracelet · Blue x1, Hard Fish Scale · Green x1, Wood x2588, Tier 1 Ore x1279, Tier 2 Ore x760, Beast Meat · Blue x3, Gold x200, XP +800.][Acquired Wood x3266, Tier 1 Ore x1511, Tier 2 Ore x443, Sea Monster Tooth · Blue x1, Beast Meat · Blue x5, Gold x200, XP +800.][Acquired Blue Treasure Chest x1…][Player Level: 7 (310/20000)][Stamina: 89/150][Energy: 95/150][HP: 9000/9000 (Defense Gear Bonus)][Satiation: 78]
Seeing this monster had killed its companions near the island and was happily heading further, Yan Yiqiu raised her axe and finished off the overconfident sea monster.
“Plop.”
She retrieved her boat, slowly paddled back to the island, lit a fire to dry her wet clothes, and checked her backpack, opening the blue treasure chest she’d acquired.
[Acquired Sea Monster Earrings · Blue x1, Blue Blueprints x3, Meteorite · Blue x4, Gold x500.]
The sea monster set was complete—should fetch a lot of materials on the marketplace.
Looking at her fully stocked inventory, Yan Yiqiu felt immense satisfaction.
Stockpiling stuff feels so good.
She slowly dried herself by the fire, paddled back to the island, set up a tent, and slept for five hours. Upon waking, she started crafting potions, cooking, and organizing her backpack, using up all the life materials she needed.
The remaining two days were spent producing life items.
[Acquired Salted Pepper Ribs · Green x2, Cooking XP +200.]…[Acquired Nourishing Pill · Green x3, Alchemy XP +300.]…[Acquired Backpack · Blue x2, Tailoring XP +400.]…
Two days passed in the blink of an eye. A familiar sensation returned, a spatial fluctuation surrounding her.
【Dungeon Completed.】【This dungeon killed 98,263,541 players, 1,629,837,456 survived.】【Dungeon closed. All players return to their own territories. The next dungeon opens in 24 hours.】
The bright environment before her dimmed.
Back in her territory, Yan Yiqiu finally relaxed, sitting down to inventory the materials she brought back.
[Backpack (100 slots): Wood x73298, Tier 1 Ore x146440, Tier 2 Ore x52145, Tier 3 Ore x25622…][Personal Wealth: 6778 Gold 423 Silver 91 Copper.][Life Professions: Cook · Beginner (5), Carpenter · Beginner (3), Tailor · Beginner (4), Alchemist · Beginner (5), Builder · Beginner (0)…]
She was still short a few tens of thousands of wood.
Yan Yiqiu knew what to do—she listed all prepared food, potions, and any unused equipment from the dungeon on the marketplace.
Huge Goblin Warhammer, Sea Monster Set, and all white, green, and blue items—everything.
Items with no attributes or white quality were exchanged for wood. Green quality or higher required multiples of wood—or could be exchanged for materials of equal quality.
For example, a green-quality Nourishing Pill required two green-quality herbs in exchange.
She wasn’t a philanthropist; she wasn’t going to lose out.
After listing everything, Yan Yiqiu checked on her planted soil. The seeds she planted before entering the dungeon had grown well; some even blossomed small flowers.
Territory planting differs from real-world time.
From planting to harvest takes at most a month. With high-quality fertilizer, crops can even mature in one day.
The sounds of successful trades echoed continuously.
With planting successful, Yan Yiqiu returned to the marketplace, using the wood she exchanged to upgrade her territory.
【Upgrade Level 6 Territory requires: Wood x100,000, Tier 1 Ore x50,000, Tier 2 Ore x10,000, Tier 3 Ore x1500, Gold x3000.】【Confirm Upgrade?】
Yan Yiqiu confirmed: “Yes.”
【Territory upgraded to Level 6, area expanded to 20,000 sqm, +30 plantable soils, +20 storage slots, unlocked 1 Well.】
She placed the well near the planting area.
Her territory expanded outward, looking even emptier. She planted seeds in the new soil and opened the shop.
With a level 6 territory, the shop now had many more items. With over 3000 gold in hand, she didn’t even look at prices—she cleared all materials from the shop.
What else?
Yan Yiqiu frowned, thinking for two seconds, and realized she needed to check her backpack. She opened her friends list. Of the fifteen players from the first dungeon, half were greyed out.
Grey meant dead.
Her gaze paused for a second. She found Yun Yan and sent over a completed blue-quality backpack.
[Yun Yan: !!!!!]
[Yun Yan: Sis, you are my eternal god! How did you know I didn’t have enough backpack slots!!]
Yun Yan replied almost instantly.
[Yan Yiqiu: I had my friend make it. Next time your backpack runs out of space, tell me and I’ll ask her to craft one for you. You’ll need to prepare two sets of materials.]
[Yun Yan: Got it, got it!]
Yan Yiqiu closed the chat window and looked at the empty territory. She took out the construction toolkit from her life backpack, which she hadn’t used even once.
There was still plenty of food and medicine in her packs, enough for the next dungeon. What she needed now was to build all the constructions she had learned for her territory.
First up: the house she would live in!
To build a two-story villa, she needed: Wood x500, Bricks x100, Cement x300, Steel x50.
The iron smelting equipment she had bought earlier and placed near the warehouse was now useful. She tossed the iron ore from her backpack in and activated auto-smelting.
Once she had enough steel, Yan Yiqiu selected a suitable location in the very center of her territory to build her two-story villa. With her architect profession activated, it felt as if she had divine assistance; the foundation was laid in what seemed like hyper-speed.
In just six hours, the two-story villa was complete.
[Construction Experience +500 points.]
She didn’t stop and immediately began crafting furniture from wood.
A two-meter bed, a chaise lounge, wardrobe, desk, chairs, wooden sofa… then she used fabric and cotton to make pillows, sheets, duvet covers, comforters, sofa covers, throw pillows, and more.
Her carpentry and tailoring experience soared.
Once finished, Yan Yiqiu placed all the furniture inside the villa.
The villa had two floors: the first floor had a living room, kitchen, and bathroom; the second floor had a master bedroom, two side bedrooms, and a study. The rooms were empty except for the furniture in the master bedroom.
Yan Yiqiu walked to the window—
There was no glass yet, only the frame.
The gray mist outside the city walls was thicker than when she first entered her territory, rolling and churning, but blocked completely by the walls and protective shield.
She withdrew her gaze and checked the start time of the third dungeon.
[Time until dungeon starts: 10 hours.]
She jumped out of the window and landed steadily on the ground.
She had obtained quite a few construction blueprints in previous dungeons. Yan Yiqiu spent a few hours crafting watchtowers, cannons, and other constructions she had learned for her territory.
[Time until dungeon starts: 5 hours.]
She returned to her room and sank into her soft, comfortable bed for a solid rest.
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The familiar dizziness hit again.
Yan Yiqiu looked around: towering trees dozens of meters high, insects chirping, birds calling. Dense leaves blocked the sky, and the forest light and temperature were low.
Indeed, it was the rainforest dungeon.
She relaxed. With only half an hour until the dungeon opened, she remembered this dungeon’s danger: mutated plants and mutated snakes, insects, and rodents.
Thumb-sized mosquitoes? Present.
Walnut-sized bees? Present too.
She jumped out of bed with urgency and used blue-quality fabric to make herself a long-sleeved shirt and pants with protection against poisonous insects.
She also made a mask, leaving only openings for her eyes and nose, wrapping herself completely.
Gloves were in her bag, and she added two fire-element mineral stones while sewing them.
[Flame Gauntlets · Blue: Damage +10%, attacks inflict burn for 2 minutes, cooldown 10 minutes.]
The mutated insects weren’t as deadly as the previous two dungeons, but they were numerous and some were poisonous. A single sting might not be fatal but would be excruciating.
In her previous life, she had been bitten by unknown mutated insects twice, itching for three full days—pure torture!
Yan Yiqiu focused, gripped her axe, and stepped onto the wet forest floor covered in decayed leaves, moving cautiously.
“Bzzz—bzzz—”
A sound from above made her look up. On a nearby tree hung a giant hive, and the walnut-sized bees she had just thought of were swarming around.
Yellow-and-black stripes, transparent wings buzzing. Mutated bees flew between the hive and the forest, busy collecting nectar.
The hive was enormous: about five meters long, three meters wide, hanging heavily on the tree trunk.
A hive that size could crush two players if it fell.
Mutated bees sting painfully, with deadly venom. Yet Yan Yiqiu couldn’t help swallowing nervously.
Mutated honey was especially potent: it could restore hunger, stamina, energy, and even health, depending on quality.
But there were easily a hundred bees flying outside the hive, not counting those inside…
Yan Yiqiu stopped, took wood and her carpenter’s toolkit from her bag, and began crafting small wooden arrows about the length of her finger.
These arrows were disposable, so she made hundreds at once.
With her carpentry level, crafting speed increased. Within ten minutes, she had over 400 arrows in her bag.
Prepared, she stood, brushed off wood shavings, and launched five arrows at the buzzing bees overhead.
[Player dealt 736,220,987 damage to mutated bees, effective damage: 2,319.][Obtained Wood x56, Ore I x25, Honey · Green x1, Poisoned Stinger · Green x1, Silver x101, XP +20.]
Five arrows, all hit.
The bees were enraged, wings flapping, descending in a buzz.
Yan Yiqiu agilely dodged their stingers while firing more wooden arrows. Fallen bees accumulated on the ground.
Bees from the giant hive poured out. Her eyes gleamed; she fired arrows faster, nearly flicking them out of her fingers, hitting every time.
Once the last mutated bee fell, she whistled, climbed the tree, reached the hive, and chopped it down with her axe.
[Obtained Honey · Green x1021, Honey · Blue x233, Royal Jelly · Green x453, Royal Jelly · Blue x102, Mutated Bee Eggs x328.]
Wait… bee eggs?
She opened her backpack: one slot held over three hundred milky, semi-transparent bee eggs.
Bee eggs could be collected! Excellent—maybe she could cultivate them later for a steady honey supply.
Smiling under her mask, Yan Yiqiu continued.
The forest floor was soft and damp, thick with fallen branches and leaves, crackling underfoot. The constant frogs and birds made other sounds easy to miss.
Trees thinned, each trunk wrapped in thick vines winding upward, swaying gently.
Yan Yiqiu narrowed her eyes, holding her axe in one hand and a chisel in the other.
Suddenly, the birds and frogs fell silent. She could only hear her footsteps on the thick leaves.
Two steps ahead, hanging vines came alive, whipping toward her with a clear whoosh.
She was ready, striking down with axe and chisel.
[Player dealt 783,920,132 damage to mutated vines, effective damage: 5,984.][Obtained Wood x1,098, Wood Element Gem · Green x1, Silver x212, XP +80.]
[Player dealt 983,765,123 damage to mutated vines, effective damage: 7,621.][Obtained Wood x977, Chest · Green x1, Silver x155, XP +80.]
Luck or misfortune, she had wandered into the mutated vines’ territory. Other players would likely die here, but only a “bug” like Yan Yiqiu could handle them with ease.
“Fuh—”
Finding no advantage from her, the remaining mutated vines retreated, climbing the tree trunks and leaving the area.
Yan Yiqiu had no intention to wipe them out completely.
She sent a quick warning in chat.
[Yan Yiqiu: Warning, the insects and plants in this dungeon are mutated.]
[“Whoa, no wonder I felt uneasy walking through the forest. Thanks for the warning! Good people live in peace, every attack crits, treasure chests keep appearing!”]
[“Oh no, I just got bitten by a bug. The spot where it bit me is tingling… what should I do? That bug isn’t poisonous, is it?”]
[“Why does this dungeon feel more dangerous than the previous two?”]
[“Because this is a rainforest dungeon… full of plants and insects. Who knows which plants have mutated and which haven’t?”]
Yan Yiqiu ignored the further discussion and sent a private message to Yun Yan.
[Yun Yan: Thanks for the warning, sis! No wonder Tuanzi has been on high alert—there must be mutated plants nearby…]
[Yan Yiqiu: Your advantage is speed. If you can’t win, just run.]
[Yun Yan: Got it, got it. You be careful too, Yiqiu-sis!]
[Yan Yiqiu: This dungeon should have a lot of herbs. If you have time, collect some and trade with me. Also, keep the seeds for wild fruits and grains—they might come in handy later.]
[Yun Yan: Okk! =3= Muah, Yiqiu-sis.]
Yan Yiqiu closed the panel and continued forward.
The rainforest dungeon was indeed dangerous for players: insects and plants everywhere, and one could easily wander into the territory of mutated plants. But at the same time, resources were abundant.
Various herbs, wild fruits, and grains were everywhere.
Along the way, besides honey, she also gathered several green-quality herbs and one blue-quality herb. Some were ingredients for antidotes, and once she collected enough, she planned to stop and craft the antidotes on the spot.
[Obtained Cumin x10 lbs, Cumin Seeds x5, XP +2.][Obtained Sichuan Pepper x20 lbs, Sichuan Pepper Seeds x8, XP +2.][Obtained Soybeans x50 lbs, Soybean Seeds x26, XP +2.]…
After the mutated vines, Yan Yiqiu didn’t encounter any major danger but came across many wild spices and ingredients. She collected everything she saw.
[Obtained Figs x109, Fig Seeds x20, XP +2.][Obtained Strawberries x78, Strawberry Seeds x2, XP +2.][Obtained Green Moongrass x2, XP +2.][Obtained Snowflower Vine x3, XP +2.]
It was a truly bountiful harvest!
Yan Yiqiu glanced at her full backpack, smiling beneath her mask, and prepared to find a flat spot to brew potions—when the sound of clashing and crackling came from nearby, mixed with a few curses.
Curious, she cautiously approached.
In the forest, two groups confronted each other. On the left, about five or six people, all with righteous expressions; opposite them, several burly men looked sinister and brooding.
“I say, Huo Zhengqi, the world has changed. Why are you still holding onto us?” The man in front had a scar running from the corner of his left eye, across the nose, to his right cheek.
As he spoke, his facial muscles moved, making the scar appear even more vicious.
“Because the world has changed, I absolutely cannot let you go,” Huo Zhengqi replied coldly. “Even in peace, you did selfish and harmful things. Now that the world has changed, isn’t it exactly what you deserve?”
Scarface laughed twice. “Huo Zhengqi, you truly are a worm in my stomach—you know exactly what I’m thinking.”
“Hmph. Back then, I might have let a little slide, but things are different now. The world has changed.” Scarface’s eyes were ruthless as he ordered his men: “Brothers, go! Give our Officer Huo a proper welcome!”
Scarface charged forward, his machete gleaming coldly.
Both groups immediately clashed.
Yan Yiqiu climbed a tree and, hidden by the dense foliage, perched on a sturdy branch to observe the brawl below.
She had heard every word and could easily deduce the identities: police versus a dark faction.
Huo Zhengqi and Scarface were both Level 5 combat players; the rest were Level 3 or 4. Huo Zhengqi’s side had higher levels overall, but Scarface’s side had superior numbers.
Huo Zhengqi’s randomly assigned class seemed to be a Swordsman, wielding a long sword inferior in quality to Scarface’s machete. Without his skill and combat experience, he would have been suppressed quickly.
“Bzzz—”“Bzzz bzzz—”
Yan Yiqiu’s ears caught a faint buzzing.
It was wing-flapping, slightly different from mutated bees, and there were many of them.
Wait… could it be that thing?
She stepped carefully on a branch, scanning the distance. A dense, black cloud quickly came into view.
She focused: a massive swarm of mutated mosquitoes, one of the dungeon’s mini-bosses.
They were several times larger than normal mosquitoes, thumb-sized, with long, sharp proboscises, appearing in massive swarms capable of draining a player dry.
Even if one escaped, the toxin in their proboscises would cause high fever and constant vomiting, potentially fatal.
The swarm was heading straight toward the fighting scene.
She thought for a moment, then took her leftover wooden arrows and shot them toward the two groups to disrupt the chaos.
[Player *** dealt 1,000 damage to you.]
Scarface’s machete shattered on impact.
His brow twitched violently, face contorted with rage: “Who!?”
“Stop fighting.”
A clear, pleasant female voice came from above. Scarface and Huo Zhengqi instinctively looked up.
A tall figure, masked and backlit, partially hidden by leaves, with a red wavy ponytail swaying behind her.
She said: “A mutated mosquito swarm is approaching. If you want to die, keep fighting.”
“Bzzz bzzz—”
The buzzing grew louder.
Scarface’s face twitched. He had wanted to ask why only his weapon had been destroyed, and not Huo Zhengqi’s, but after thinking for two seconds, he didn’t say it out loud.
Anyone who managed to get to his position wasn’t ordinary.
He could figure out that the woman’s reason for destroying only his weapon was simply because she didn’t like him—and asking would only humiliate himself.
As for the mutated mosquito swarm…
Listening carefully, he could indeed hear the faint buzzing.
Scarface’s eyes turned cold and fierce. He glared at Huo Zhengqi, murderous intent brewing deep in his gaze, and let out a dark, grim laugh: “Huo Zhengqi, consider yourself lucky this time. Next time, I’ll chop you to pieces! Just wait and see!”
“Retreat!”
That purple-quality weapon he had worked so hard to get! Just destroyed like that!
Damn it.
Scarface blamed Huo Zhengqi for this, turned around with his men, and ran—unaware that a white powder had suddenly stuck to their bodies.
Huo Zhengqi instinctively wanted to chase, but remembering the female voice from earlier, he looked up again—only to realize that the tall, slender figure had already disappeared.
The buzzing grew louder.
Huo Zhengqi frowned and finally decided to leave the trouble spot with his men, following Scarface’s group.
Once everyone had left, Yan Yiqiu, hiding among the leaves, peeked out.
Mini-bosses have a chance to drop treasure chests, and she wasn’t about to miss such a good opportunity.
She also decided to help Huo Zhengqi and his men.
From Yan Yiqiu’s experience in her past life, they wouldn’t last more than half an hour against Scarface’s group.
Scarface’s weapons were far superior to Huo Zhengqi’s—likely a purple-quality drop from a lesser monster.
His side also had a numerical advantage: four more people. Early in the game, level differences aren’t too decisive, but those extra players were enough to determine the battle’s outcome.
Of course, with a mutated mosquito swarm involved, the most likely result was that both sides would die together. If luck was on their side, maybe one or two could survive.
As for why she dropped the lure powder on Scarface’s group—she did it simply because she disliked them. Those who caused trouble in peaceful times wouldn’t fare well in the game either. Consider it “ridding the world of pests.”
“Bzzz bzzz—”
Yan Yiqiu refocused, staring at the mutated mosquito swarm that was already approaching. She put on her blue-quality dual gloves.
The gloves were semi-transparent, milky white, with faint red streaks glowing subtly, making her already long and fair fingers look even more elegant.
Gloved, she took out the remaining wooden arrows left from dealing with the mutated bees, squinted, and threw them at the mosquito swarm.
The gray cloud drifting forward was instantly “activated” and dispersed, flying straight toward the culprits who had caused the attack!