Jiang Chen walked back expressionlessly, feeling like he could say goodbye to rolling later on as well.
The Person in the Mirror said with a smile: “One is a very hard number to roll too. Ace can consider buying a lottery ticket.”
Jiang Chen said: “Oh, thank you.”
The group didn’t speak anymore and quickly finished the round of rolling. Then they divided the remaining items and got prepared to be teleported out.
At this time, however, they saw an unfamiliar figure run out suddenly. Seeing Boss #3 already dead, he smiled maliciously at them and said: “I came to kill. Since I couldn’t kill him, I can only kill you guys. It’s all because you guys are too unlucky today…to encounter me.”
Instantly, a golden announcement appeared throughout the entire server: Congratulations to the players Wooden Shackles, Xing TianChen, The Person in the Mirror, Gu Wen, Meteor Ironwood, White Dragonbone, Morning Departure, Life and Death Together, Willow&Swamp, and Total Annihilation for discovering the hidden dungeon [Dalong Cavern]
The 10-man squad: “……”
The entire server: “???”
The chat instantly exploded.
[World] Anti-Inflammatories: Oh fuck! A hidden dungeon!
[World] I Don’t Eat Lunch: Oh my god. The guild leaders and backbones of the 7 large guilds, plus Total Annihilation. What kind of luxurious team configuration is this!
[World] Gossip Consumer: Perhaps they can clear it directly?
[World] A Thesis is So Hard to Write: Scary, why are these Aces in a squad together [Horrified]
[World] The Strongest Puppeteer: Ahhhh I really want to watch!
[World] Fruity Hairpin: Predicting a tag in the Trending Searches!
[World] Isatis Root: Predicting a spicy thread in the Forums!
[World] The Waking of Insects: The first hidden dungeon after server launch is also our server’s ahahaha!
[World] Lagrange: As expected of Mercury Reflects Fate. How did I pick this place back then? I was so smart ahaha!
At this time, the 10-man squad has already fallen into a pit.
The hidden dungeon didn’t have as complicated a storyline as story quests. Instead, it seemed very simple and crude.
When the stranger said he was going to kill them, a dying mob charged over at the same time and activated a switch that led underground. They dropped into the pit together with the stranger.
The small mob looked at them, both eyes bright red and expression twisted: “How dare you kill our boss. All of you, go die! This is a maze. There are still many traps waiting for you. You guys won’t be able to get out, so die!”
After saying this, it breathed its last.
The ten people fell silent in unison and everyone took their turns to whack the corpse once.
Nevertheless, they were very happy to have discovered this hidden dungeon.
The group examined the tunnel before them and guessed that the stranger was this dungeon’s final boss. They needed to traverse through this maze to find him. Defeating him will count as a pass.
As the strongest Warrior in the squad, Xing TianCheng walked in the front.
The Person in the Mirror followed closely behind his guild leader. After taking only 5 steps, he already couldn’t take it anymore: “Isn’t this place a bit too fucking dark? My eyes are about to go blind!”
Wooden Shackles said: “Are there any leftover candles purchased during the social gathering?”
The Person in the Mirror said: “Yes!”
Saying this, he pulled out some flower-shaped candles from his pocket and distributed them to everyone. Lighting it and holding it in his hand, he slowly walked forward.
The tunnel was 2 meters wide, completely built from stone bricks, which were covered with moss. From some unknown place, there’s also the dripping sound of water, sounding quite eerie.
“Feels like playing a horror game.”
“Do you think there are mobs here?”
“Should be. Can a dungeon even be free of mobs?”
“Mirror, do you guys see any?”
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Xing TianCheng said: “You guys back up a little. Don’t stand that close.”
Wooden Shackles said: “Careful, aren’t there supposed to be traps?”
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[Combat] Xing TianCheng has died.
The remaining 9 people: “…….”
The Person in the Mirror threw himself over there and said in anguish: “Guild leader!”
He stopped in front of the hole left behind after his guild leader fell through and carefully illuminated it with the candle.
The group behind him moved over to take a look. They saw pitch-black water below, still bubbling noisily. Clearly it was a pool of poison and Xing TianCheng was already gone without even a corpse to be seen.
Let me tell you a joke: I have a lot of HP.
The remaining 9 people observed a moment of silence and switched to someone else to lead the squad. Crossing the black water, they successfully turned the corner and discovered a fork ahead of them. There were two roads to choose from.
“Too despicable. It’s such a conundrum for people who have trouble making decisions!”
“It’s a maze. Aren’t they all like this?”
“Are we going to split or what?”
“Let’s split. We can just take this as exploring new grounds. There’s a high chance we’ll squad wipe so everyone, be open-minded.”
“That’s right, just go as far as you can go.” Wooden Shackles said as he looked at Total Annihilation: “Ace, which path do you want to select?”
Jiang Chen looked at the fork in the road and started thinking about Fang JingXing for the second time tonight.
If only Fang JingXing were here, he’d be able to ask that guy what he thought about it.
At this time, Fang JingXing was already live streaming.
Currently, he was still searching for medicinal ingredients for the little gremlin Oracle.
However, this task was too dull and uninteresting. He wanted to recover slightly so he called people to clear dungeons. Some of his squadmates were from the gaming organization. The other two people were friends he made during the beta.
They just finished killing Boss #1 when the chat went wild.
Simultaneously, one of the squadmates said: “Oh damn, something happened in Mercury Reflects Fate again!”
Fang JingXing looked at the live stream chat while saying: “What happened?”
“They found a hidden dungeon.”
“Amazing!” Another squadmate said: “How did they find it?”
“Don’t know, they’re still inside the dungeon so news has not traveled out yet. Just heard it’s all Aces, so perhaps they can clear it flat out.”
“I feel like it’s unlikely.”
“Me too. Exploring new grounds is already hard enough and this new area is a hidden dungeon. The difficulty level is even higher.”
“But Total Annihilation is there.”
“It’s still a lot. That’s a dungeon after all, not a story quest. What do you think, Captain Fang?”
During their conversation, Fang JingXing gained an approximate understanding of what happened through his stream chat.
He said with a smile: “Who knows.”
A certain person’s figure flashed across his head. He felt his heart itch very much, really regretfully that he had played around too much and skipped streaming for such a large part of the year.
If he knew ahead of time, he would have live streamed more times in advance to avoid streaming all by his lonesome right now, unable to play together with the Wardcaster.
His squadmates continued to clear the dungeon. Noticing that he was speaking less and less, as if somewhat absent-minded, they attempted to find a topic to discuss with him. However, it didn’t work.
The fans could also tell, and sent messages in the stream chat one after another.
“Husband, what’s wrong?”
“Suddenly so reserved?”
“You guys, do you think the male god is regretting leaving Mercury Reflects Fate right now?”
“Ai, if I remember correctly, the first time he live streamed, he had encountered a wardcaster right?”
“Oh fuck, that’s actually true!”
“Could it have been Total Annihilation?”
“Then… the Abysswalker accompanying Total Annihilation……”
“Hey!” Glancing at the stream chat, Fang JingXing said: “What are you guessing blindly? It’s not.”
He adjusted his state, finally willing to say a few more words: “How about we make a bet and see if they can clear the dungeon today?”
He pondered briefly: “I bet they can’t. If I win, I will skip three days before streaming again.”
“? ? ?”
“No way? How is their clearing of a dungeon anything related to you?”
“And skipping three days too. Can you say that again with your conscience in mind?!”
“I suspect you’re skipping on purpose.”
“I don’t care, we’re not betting on this!”
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “If I lose the bet, I will stream tomorrow as well, and even reveal my face.”
The stream chat stopped for two seconds and then started scrolling down like crazy again.
The fans immediately started dancing a ritual, praying the Ace Total Annihilation can clear the dungeon.
The Ace Total Annihilation only had one squadmate right now.
They had split up the 9 people in groups of four and five. On his side, there were four people. Just now, they had accidentally stepped on a trap and two died, leaving only himself and Gu Wen.
Gu Wen didn’t speak much so the two people kept their silence as they advanced forward, side by side. Very quickly, they encountered another fork in the road.
The left side was a straight line. The right side made a turn. It was impossible to see what’s ahead of it.
Gu Wen said: “Split. You left, me right.”
Jiang Chen nodded and entered the left path.
As soon as he took three steps, he heard a series of footsteps beside him. He turned his head to look and saw Gu Wen coming back again, a group of small mobs following him.
Jiang Chen said: “…… Did you poke a hornet’s nest?”
Gu Wen said: “Run. Their attack damage is very high.”
The two people instantly started running for their lives.
After running about 50 meters, Jiang Chen felt a brick beneath his feet sink down and hastily jumped away, saying: “I stepped on a switch.”
Gu Wen said: “Not important, run first.”
As soon as he spoke, they heard a wave of heavy rumbles in front of them.
Immediately afterwards, a huge iron ball appeared in their line of sight, rolling rapidly at them.
Jiang Chen: “……”
Gu Wen: “……”
The iron ball ahead, the small mobs behind.
The iron ball did not give them time to think and swiftly ran them over, even crushing the small mobs behind them into a pulp of flesh and blood.
[Combat] Gu Wen has died.
[Combat] Total Annihilation has died.
On the other path, the few survivors instantly cried out bitterly in anguish.
It’s over. Even the Ace had died. They’re probably goners as well.
Reality proved that they weren’t wrong. The other squad only lasted for 10 minutes before they died and exited the dungeon as well.
Good thing, the system wasn’t inhumane. It did not give a public announcement. However, the players and the Aces of the other servers had waited for two hours without seeing the announcement of a clear, so they knew the squad didn’t pass.
Jiang Chen didn’t actually feel disappointed. After playing two small dungeons with guild members, he logged off to sleep.
The next morning, he got online after eating breakfast and discovered that Fang JingXing was already waiting for him.
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “I heard you discovered a hidden dungeon last night?”
Jiang Chen said: “En, a level 80, ten-man dungeon. A maze type.”
Fang JingXing said: “The forum has already dug up all the information.”
A 10-man dungeon could only be played once a day.
Yesterday, people from the large guilds immediately rushed straight over there as soon as it passed midnight. Players weren’t idiots. Naturally, they managed to guess which dungeon it came from.
But very regrettable, they tried everything from night into morning, but couldn’t find the hidden dungeon again. The other 9 servers were all the same.
According to information from the officials, hidden dungeons require a specific activation prerequisite. So the issue is not related to probability. As long as the requirement is met, it can be discovered.
Fang JingXing said: “They played it once according to your squad’s class composition; it didn’t work. They also tried race composition, but it didn’t work. The possibility of being related to levels should be low, but they also tried it once; it still didn’t work.”
Jiang Chen thought briefly: “What about total damage?”
Fang JingXing said: “They’re currently trying that. Should we make a squad and try as well?”
Jiang Chen said: “Wait for Qing Yan.”
“……” Fang JingXing couldn’t help but ask: “You treat him so well?”
Jiang Chen said: “I’m his fan.”
Fang JingXing didn’t believe it, but he really couldn’t say anything else, so he had no choice but to accompany the other in clearing another dungeon.
Xie ChengYan drank too much last night and slept until 10am before logging online.
The guild leaders of the large guilds also logged in around this time.
Naturally, they wouldn’t waste the day’s only attempt. As such, they all sent guild members to play the dungeon. After hearing the guild members’ feedback, they went in search of the Ace, wanting to discuss the prerequisite conditions.
Fang JingXing said: “You guys describe in detail what happened yesterday. The dungeon should give some clues.”
The Person in the Mirror said: “No clues. We just finished killing Boss #3 when suddenly a person appeared, saying we’re unlucky or something. Yesterday, we even got an orange drop, so how could we be unlucky……”
As he said this, he paused and smacked himself on the thigh: “I got it!”
The crowd looked at him in unison.
The Person in the Mirror said: “Ace rolled a 1 last night, does that count?”
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “……”
Xie ChengYan, who still has yet to wake up fully: “……”
So mean, mocking his bad luck 😆
He’s so unlucky, he’s lucky 😂
💖💐💖💐💖
Of course, all hidden dungeons will be triggered by a certain someone’s bad luck! Thanks for the update 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
jiang chen’s luck value must be in the negatives lol
*wheezing uncontrollably at Xiao Ji’s bad luck right now 🤣🤣🤣 *
his luck is legit so bad that he could summon up all the super, super, super hard hidden story/dungeons. At least it’s all legendary items he’ll get afterward?
Thank you for the chapter <333
And no one else has luck as bad has his.
Jiabg Chen’s luck is only focused on opening hidden story lines 😋