Absolute Death Game

Chapter 105 Yaoyang's Opportunity

Zhang Yaoyang was enjoying his meal when his phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. He took it out and saw an image. The picture was a bit blurry with a dark background featuring a tower-shaped object in a shade of orange (What's this? Flame Ice Cream?).

While he mumbled to himself, he swallowed the food in his mouth forcefully. Wait a second! He suddenly noticed the game interface faintly visible at the edge of the photo, and then his eyes caught the words 'Abyssal Gate Entrance' in the top right corner. He immediately snapped back to reality.

It's a dungeon, could that thing be—he shifted his gaze to the top of that 'Flame Ice Cream,' where a row of red letters was barely discernible—Abyssal Flame Demon Lord.

Woo! Cough! Cough! Cough! Zhang Yaoyang suddenly coughed violently, almost running out of breath. Beside him, Hua Yueying pounded on his back, "Are you okay, team leader?

Don't be so downhearted, okay? It's just ribs, why make such a fuss."

Zhang Yaoyang responded to Hua Yueying's teasing with a smile and looked over at the Vermilion Bird Group's side, catching Wu Min'er giving him a mischievous smile, which immediately confirmed his suspicion. With that, the mood for eating vanished.

(This is an opportunity), he turned to look at his team members who were still naive, thinking to himself, (I just hope the company's higher-ups aren't as clever as I imagine), while continuing to sit down and quietly resume his meal without showing his concern.

Perhaps due to the frequent personnel changes within the Vermilion Bird Group, incorporating too many members from other teams, or perhaps because of Wu Min'er's deliberate indulgence that resulted in a lack of the concept of secrecy, by the time lunch was over, the rough news about the silver dungeon in the Dark Forest had spread across the Green Dragon and White Tiger Groups.

After returning to the computer room at noon, everyone started to discuss the seriousness of the situation.

"A silver dungeon, a gold-colored BOSS, and it's from the Demon Clan at that, its strength is definitely not on the same level as an ordinary gold-colored BOSS, I bet it's almost equivalent to a common dark gold BOSS, and it's just the gatekeeper.

Who knows how many there are behind it, we're doomed, our team is going to be wiped!" Wu Tao was the one saying this, looking completely at a loss as if genuinely terrified by the news. If it weren't for last night's experience, Xiao Buli might have tried to comfort him, but now he could only admire Wu Tao's acting skills.

Yaoyao, however, calmly said, "But it might just be this one BOSS, right? We've encountered single BOSS dungeons before."

Liu Xing sneered upon hearing this, "That might be, but even with just this one BOSS, do you think we can beat it?"

"Isn't it said to be a 20-player difficulty dungeon? Maybe we can overwhelm it with numbers?"

"Overwhelm it with numbers!?" Liu Xing's face suddenly revealed a cold smile, "How many people do you think are needed to take down a BOSS that big? Don't forget that we're not playing World of Warcraft, our game has collision volume as a factor. With a BOSS that large, it'll squash people just by moving, without even attacking."

Indeed, this was true. In most online games, a BOSS's size often isn't an absolute measure of its strength, because without collision volume, the size of the BOSS doesn't really have much practical significance. Many seemingly massive monsters often fall easily, but this isn't the case with the game they are playing now.

A few tanks responsible for holding aggro imagined facing a giant BOSS three stories tall, shivering at the thought—this was simply impossible to fight.

Hua Yueying frowned and said, "I think the higher-ups wouldn't really send us to tackle this dungeon, right?" After saying this and seeing everyone's eyes on her, she continued, "We didn't know the difficulty of this dungeon before, so it's understandable, but now that we do, it's unreasonable to send us to our deaths.

After all, if we get wiped, the company would have to spend who knows how long and how much money training another team like us, don't you think?"

Everyone sighed in relief upon hearing this, with many thinking, (Right, a dungeon of this difficulty is clearly impossible to overcome, we are the elites, how could we be sent to such a deathtrap as mere cannon fodder, maybe they will cancel the mission to conquer this dungeon as soon as they receive intel on it).

People have a tendency toward wishful thinking, especially when Hua Yueying's analysis seemed to be flawless, so they agreed with this idea, even Xiao Buli started to doubt. Unless their heads were run over by a car, or they were intent on getting the Green Dragon Group wiped, there's absolutely no reason for the company's higher-ups to assign them such a dungeon.

Zhang Yaoyang glanced around at everyone and felt a little disappointed seeing such expressions, (It seems everyone still has illusions about the company, but that's alright, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. When they truly witness the ruthlessness of the company, how will they keep up this hope?).

He also showed a relieved expression and said, "Sister Hua is right, the company shouldn't force us to play such a dungeon, it's too inhumane, however monstrous, to do something like that, so no matter what, we can only wait for the result now, hoping they'll be reasonable."

It seems that was the only thing to do, having discussed without reaching any conclusions, they had to disperse and continue playing the game.

Xiao Buli had originally planned to join everyone for a dungeon run in the afternoon, but after this event, everyone lost the mood, so he continued to work on Life Skills tasks. Read new chapters at empire

Xiao Buli kept thinking about when he could return to Mystic Hollow Palace to learn skills, but skill learning required Contribution Value, which he currently didn't have, and could only be obtained by completing Sect tasks.

Fortunately, although there's still no clue about the task of eliminating the treacherous Xuan Zhenzi, collecting books for Jingci and gathering alchemy materials for Ji Xiangyun are still doable tasks. The contribution value might be a little less, but it's better than nothing.

At the auction house, the "Wild Goose Formation" had already been sold; the rusty Mountain Pattern Armor, however, attracted no interest. Just as he was about to continue listing it, Yaoyao called out to him.

"Hey Xiao, is that armor still available? If it hasn't been sold, just give it to me," she said.

"What do you need it for?" Xiao Buli asked curiously.

"I've got a new follower, so I need to equip him with a few items." Xiao Buli glanced at Yaoyao's screen and saw a burly, strong man following behind her—it was none other than Niu Dazhuang. How had this girl suddenly come to her senses?

As if reading Xiao Buli's mind, Yaoyao said, "I figured having a tank is better than not having one. If we're in danger, at least I have a fodder to use as a shield. Eventually, I decided to take on this minion. So, how about it, can you give me that armor?"

Xiao Buli nodded; it was just an unneeded piece of armor after all, so he might as well give it away.

He traded the Mountain Pattern Armor to Yaoyao and continued browsing the auction house. The alchemy equipment Ji Xiangyun needed was expensive, but still purchasable. Gritting his teeth, Xiao Buli spent five Gold Coins to get the full set of materials. He thought to himself how insufficient money was, as he was now left with only ten Gold Coins.

"Hey, Old Xiao, is that grave-digging shovel still available?" Bai Yunfei's voice came through once again. Xiao Buli was startled and asked, "What do you need that for?"

"Digging up bodies," replied Bai Yunfei. "I've successfully switched careers to become a Corpse-driving Warlock. Now I need to dig up a few corpses to refine and make Zombies. That shovel of yours would come in handy for that."

Curious, Xiao Buli said, "So, you mean you can use Zombies to fight monsters from now on? How powerful are your Zombies, anyway?"

Bai Yunfei replied, "Never mind how powerful they are for now; at least they're qualified to be meat shields. Think about it, if we're in trouble, having a Zombie as a last resort means a higher chance of survival, right?"

Xiao Buli nodded and traded the grave-digging shovel to Bai Yunfei.

(It seems everyone is becoming aware of the crisis. Should I also consider catching another pet? Immortal and Exotic Beasts aren't easy to catch, but Demon Beasts are easy to encounter. They're everywhere in the Dark Forest. However, without the "Wild Beast Knowledge: Demon Realm Chapter," I can't capture them.)

While considering this issue, someone suddenly shouted, "Hey, guys, Manager Qin is here."

Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and looked towards the door, only to see Qin Shimoon walking in with a stern face, seemingly irritated by something. The temperature in the room seemed to drop a few degrees as people sensed her mood.

The executive, who was usually calm and composed, was quite frightening when angry. Could there be some bad news? Everyone couldn't help but wonder.

Seeing the expectant looks from the crowd, Qin Shimoon managed to squeeze out a smile.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, members of the Green Dragon Group. I suppose you're all expecting me to cancel the dungeon mission in the Dark Forest, but I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. The upper management insistently decided that the dungeon opening mission remains unchanged and is still scheduled for the end of this month."

Zhang Yaoyang scoffed inwardly. (Seems like there's no escaping fate now. Is this destiny? Little sister, those who hurt you will soon pay the price!) His heart was filled with a fever for revenge, although his face showed a look of reluctance. "But there are only ten of us, how are we supposed to tackle a twenty-player dungeon?"

Qin Shimoon nodded, "That's why the core combat members of the White Tiger Group will join you, forming a twenty-person Pioneer Corps. I believe with sincere cooperation and unity, we can clear the dungeon.

Moreover, considering the high difficulty of this mission, everyone participating in the dungeon, whether they can continue to serve the company or not, whether the team manages to clear it or not, will receive a bonus of 200,000. An additional 100,000 will be given as a severance if a character dies in the game..."

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