Gloom still hung over the forum, filled with wailing.
Compared to yesterday, the situation had become even more exaggerated.
The number of players who had died because of the 【Resident Evil】 Dungeon was already enough to assemble the Eighteen Warlords to Exterminate Lu Xiu...
And they had actually gone ahead and done it.
The main reason was that other low-threshold System Dungeons simply couldn't generate this kind of massive impact, while high-threshold Dungeons had far too few players capable of entering them. There simply weren't enough people to have their mental defenses shattered after failing to clear them.
That made 【Resident Evil】 something of an anomaly among Dungeons. Enough people could attempt it, and it generated enough discussion.
On top of that, no one had ever encountered this kind of hellish gameplay before.
As a result, 【Resident Evil】 drew an enormous amount of attention and shot to fame almost overnight.
Though it wasn't exactly a good reputation...
Aside from those denouncing Lu Xiu, there were also people seriously discussing the Dungeon, though they were in the minority.
"I still can't figure out what this Dungeon Architect was thinking. How can someone be this twisted?"
"I don't get it either. Is there really any benefit to making a Dungeon like this just to torture people? That opening section, plus being chased around by the wife, was basically a concentrated mass of malice... And I've heard the later sections are even more inhuman."
"By the way, what happened to Brother Heng? Is he still not out yet?"
"No. That reply saying 'it's a piece of cake' was deleted, and all the comments under it disappeared too. Obviously, he failed to clear it and ended up getting his mental defenses shattered."
"As expected, an S-grade Dungeon really isn't something ordinary people can clear. Heavenly Dao... truly beyond reach."
"True, but didn't Brother Heng clear an S-grade Dungeon before? Why can't he clear this one? I'm actually pretty curious about the rewards. If they made this thing this hellish, the rewards should be good, right? Too bad no one's posted them."
"The malice in this unofficial Dungeon is just too overwhelming. Anyway, this Dungeon has nothing to do with people like us. It's just another Heavenly Dao."
"Exactly. Even if we can enter it online, no matter how good the rewards are, they still have nothing to do with us. And the rewards probably aren't that amazing anyway... There are so many S-grade System Dungeons. There's no way an unofficial Dungeon could give better rewards than those."
"What a disappointment. I thought..."
"..."
On the forum, some people were condemning the Dungeon Architect Lu Xiu, while others were sighing in despair. Some had already entered the Dungeon, while others had yet to try it.
As for the rewards for clearing it, they could only rely on their imaginations, much like when faced with an unfamiliar way of life—most people could only speculate based on what they already knew.
Generally speaking, however, speculation and reality were often separated by an enormous gap.
At times like this, some people chose not to speculate at all. Instead, they held onto hope... Whether through persistence, sheer stubbornness, or a mindset bordering on gambling with their lives, their dreams drove them to desperately cross that threshold and see for themselves what lay on the other side.
That "other side" could be something as simple as a massage, or it could be a high-difficulty Dungeon beyond the reach of the vast majority of players.
Now that they had finally gotten a high-difficulty Dungeon that could be entered directly without going offline or fighting others for an entry slot...
A great many people were simply unwilling to give up.
They wanted the clear rewards from an S-grade Dungeon more than anyone!
They dreamed of changing their current circumstances!
They wanted to turn their lives around!
And among them, there would always be hidden prodigies with exceptional talent...
Soon.
While everyone was still denouncing Lu Xiu and arguing over the Dungeon's difficulty, someone quietly posted a new thread.
At first glance, the post seemed to have nothing to do with the 【Resident Evil】 Dungeon, and the poster's ID was unfamiliar as well.
Yet it immediately drew countless eyes.
It was a trading post.
【I have an item, a life-saving item. Anyone interested? Selling for 5000 Survival Points.】
Beneath the post.
The OP attached a screenshot of the item's description.
【Item Name: First Aid Med】
【Rating: S】
When people first saw the post, many were curious.
What kind of item dared to sell for 5000 Survival Points?
But after opening the post and seeing the description, everyone fell silent.
Then, IDs that normally never posted or participated in forum discussions began appearing one after another.
"Bro! Put it on the market!"
"I'll buy it! PM me directly!"
"6000! Let's trade through the System right now."
"Brother, do you still have the item?!"
"I'll take it. Also, would you mind telling me where you got it?"
"..."
These people were either scouts from major guilds who constantly monitored the forum, or low-profile top players.
They understood better than anyone how valuable a life-saving item like this was.
Compared to that, 5000 Survival Points really wasn't much.
As for the ordinary players watching from the sidelines, it was only after seeing this reaction that they finally realized what was happening.
One item.
5000 Survival Points.
Thirteen years of lifespan!
Where the hell had it come from?!
And why was something this heaven-defying called First Aid Med?
That name made absolutely no sense.
People immediately began flooding the replies, asking where on earth the item had come from.
Even many of those who had just offered to buy it were asking the same question.
But the player selling the item never responded, apparently having already gone off to complete the trade.
The number of replies continued climbing.
And before long, the mystery was solved.
The player who had cleared the Dungeon had probably already sold the item. Since rewards like this were only given for the first-ever clear of a Dungeon, and with so many people asking, they simply explained its origin directly in the thread.
【The item came from the 【Resident Evil】 Dungeon. And it's not just the First Aid Med—there's also a skill... Don't ask me how I cleared it. My memories were blurred. All I can tell you is: stay calm, observe carefully, and endure.】
Then...
They posted the skill rewarded for clearing the Dungeon.
【Skill Name: Courage of an Ordinary Person】
【Rating: S】
【Type: Mental/Attribute Enhancement】
【Effect Description: When a player suffers severe injuries such as severed limbs or puncture wounds, or falls into a state of extreme fear, emotional collapse, or near death, rational restraint will be broken, causing survival instinct to enter an overloaded state. Pain perception will be reduced by 50%, while 35% of your 【Mental】 attribute will be temporarily converted into 【Agility】 and 【Strength】.】
【When faced with horrors, bloodshed, and desperate situations beyond reason, Mortals have no superpowers—only the stubborn obsession that refuses to let them retreat.】
【Consumption: None】
【Duration: 300 seconds】
【Remarks: I'm just an ordinary person; I didn't come here to save the world. I just want to bring my wife home. This ordinary love is enough to let me face the abyss head-on.】
"?????"
At last, the veil over the clear rewards of the 【Resident Evil】 Dungeon was lifted.
And beneath the post...
The replies were instantly flooded with question marks.
Wait.
Hold on.
This meant that this Dungeon not only rewarded life-saving items like the First Aid Med, but also gave an S-grade skill?
And not only could this skill reduce pain, but at critical moments it could even temporarily convert the most useless 【Mental】 attribute into 【Agility】 and 【Strength】?
The "courage of Mortals facing fear for love" mentioned in the characteristic tags of the 【Resident Evil】 Dungeon...
That was actually referring to this skill?
And it was this practical?
Are you kidding me?!
After a brief silence, the thread exploded.
Then, when a second player who had cleared the Dungeon appeared on the forum and posted another First Aid Med for sale...
Everyone's eyes turned red.
At that moment, a thousand thoughts converged into a single phrase—
Heavy rewards bring forth brave men!
What difficulty?!
The rewards were simply too damn good!!!