Chapter 84: Chapter 84: Battle of the Abyss
"So it’s you two."
Zhou Yingting nodded slightly at the two women.
The two women smiled at Zhou Yingting and then began introducing him.
"This is Ji Mingkai, Hong Wanqing, Shanshan, and Han Qiaowen."
At this moment, Shanshan introduced their names to Zhou Yingting one by one, and when she reached Han Qiaowen, her gaze paused slightly.
Previously, Zhou Yingting had chatted with Han Qiaowen on a website.
At that time, Han Qiaowen had disdained Zhou Yingting and did not agree to invite him to join the dungeon.
It’s unclear if Zhou Yingting remembered Han Qiaowen’s name.
And Han Qiaowen was also somewhat nervous at this moment, but when she noticed Zhou Yingting’s expression didn’t change upon hearing her name, she felt relieved.
It seemed the other party hadn’t remembered the incident too clearly.
After all, it was just chatting online and they hadn’t met in person, so the impression of a name wasn’t very deep.
"Yunlin."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yingting casually stated his website nickname.
The four didn’t know if this was Zhou Yingting’s real name, but they didn’t care; it was just a label.
"Alright, since we’re ready, let’s prepare to enter the dungeon."
As Ji Mingkai spoke, he took out something resembling a scroll, with an entry on it.
"Battle of the Abyss."
It looked like this was the name of the dungeon.
Seeing the name didn’t suggest a horror dungeon, Zhou Yingting nodded.
"Brother, I heard from them that you performed impressively in the dungeon last time; we might have to rely entirely on you this time!"
Ji Mingkai said to Zhou Yingting while unsealing the scroll.
Who wouldn’t prefer having a skilled leader in the team?
Especially when hearing Han Qiaowen’s praise, it raised everyone’s expectations.
"Uh... last time, there was an element of luck involved. This dungeon is different; I can’t guarantee that I’ll perform as well in every dungeon."
Hearing this, Zhou Yingting quickly replied modestly.
In the isolated island dungeon, the Golden Finger did help a lot.
No one knew what this dungeon was like yet; if it were similar to the previous horror dungeon, Zhou Yingting really couldn’t assure that he would play a major role.
"You’re too modest, brother; I believe you can do it."
Ji Mingkai smiled upon hearing this and then opened the scroll.
As a beam of light enveloped all five of them.
After a moment, the five disappeared altogether within it.
The light came and went quickly, unnoticed by those around.
.....
Zhou Yingting felt the white light in front of him was somewhat glaring, and once it dissipated, the five had arrived at a unique location.
In front of them, each had a square area resembling an arena.
All the food and drink supplies and weapons they carried vanished without a trace, left behind.
With empty hands.
While the five were a bit dazed, a stream of words appeared before their eyes.
"Welcome to the game battlefield created by the Master of the Abyss. Please upgrade your controlled hero, strive to enhance his combat power, and defeat the Abyss Boss."
"Fail the quest, and half of your three-dimensional attributes will be deducted. The Abyss Boss will appear in your city’s with a minimum of 200 three-dimensional attributes."
"Battle of the Abyss comprises 21 levels, clearing all 21 levels leads to the Abyss Boss challenge."
Reading the detailed dungeon description, everyone’s face turned pale upon reading the quest failure penalty.
"If we fail this dungeon, the Abyss Boss will appear in our city?"
A guy with three-dimensional attributes reaching 200!
If it appeared in their city, the outcome would be unimaginable.
Zhou Yingting’s heart sank upon seeing the task failure description.
Additionally, failing the task would deduct half of the three-dimensional attributes; the price was too steep.
Zhou Yingting took a deep breath and noticed a small hero in the arena-like area in front of him.
It seemed controlling this hero and enhancing his combat power was the key.
At this point, an interface appeared before Zhou Yingting, explaining how to enhance the hero’s combat power.
There were four methods to increase the hero’s combat power.
One was through equipment, another was talent entry, another was magic entry, and the last was level.
The higher the equipment level, the more combat power it provides to the hero.
Talent entries and magic entries don’t need much explanation; everyone understands.
Leveling up involves the small hero continuously attacking refreshed Abyssal Monsters in the arena, gaining experience and possibly dropping equipment and entries.
The small hero can carry six talent entries and six types of magic, as well as six pieces of equipment.
Additionally, each time the small hero levels up, it receives a leveling reward, where you can select entries or equipment, attributes, and other rewards.
The gameplay is relatively simple; fight monsters to level up, use entries and equipment to enhance the hero’s combat power.
"What do I do, there’s a difficulty choice here; which difficulty should I choose?"
Ji Mingkai, a bit scared, shakily asked everyone nearby.
Failing the task, this thing would appear in the real world, making him understandably nervous.
"Of course, choose the easy one!"
Hong Wanqing replied promptly.
"Alright!"
Upon hearing Hong Wanqing, Ji Mingkai responded immediately and quickly chose the easiest difficulty.
Upon confirmation, the dungeon started directly.
Under the gaze of the five, Abyssal Monsters appeared in the arena, while the small hero below automatically began attacking these Abyssal Monsters.
Without any entries and equipment, the small hero was just punching these Abyssal Monsters.
However, the small hero’s attack power was sufficient to deal with these basic monsters.
Zhou Yingting glanced at a combat power leaderboard nearby.
The combat power of all five was displayed as 10, indicating that everyone had the same basic combat power without distinction.
Once the combat power increased, players could independently raise the monster levels, increasing the experience and equipment drops from defeated monsters.
Zhou Yingting took the opportunity to review before the small hero leveled up.
The equipment grades from low to high were C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, EX, and Unparalleled Level equipment.
Three low-level pieces could be fused into one high-level piece, but Unparalleled Level equipment couldn’t be fused and required special means to obtain.
Upon examining closely, Zhou Yingting heard a ding sound and realized the small hero had leveled up, followed by a leveling reward choice appearing.