Chapter 315: Punishment Dungeon 2

The specially prepared mountain motorcycle was extremely fast, its modified engine full of horsepower.

Gao Tian looked in amazement at the scenery flashing by on both sides, his expression somewhat dazed.

Weeds grew thickly, and shrubs and trees growing at random made it feel like being in a jungle.

Clearly, the cement underfoot and the rotting signs at the roadside proved this was a highway.

But in his daze, this place felt like a jungle trail.

Three years.

During the three years of the dungeon catastrophe, nature had already erased most of humanity's traces.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the city edge receding behind him, a vast scene of desolation and decay.

Vines climbed up the high-rise buildings, and wild grass grew in the abandoned vehicles.

Flocks of birds flying across the sky were startled by the sound of the vehicle.

Behind them, a small black speck of the corpse horde huddled together, unknown why they did not catch up.

On the motorcycle.

Lin An controlled the motorcycle with one hand, his right hand supporting the crystal as he thrust his mental power into it.

Pain, a wave of trembling.

After a cry of pain, the weak old man was awakened from his slumber.

Huang Shaohua crawled out from within the crystal, dazedly glancing at the scenery outside.

He was given no time to think.

Lin An asked his question in a low voice:

「Do you know about the 【Amoeba Worm】 dungeon? 」

「Or the information represented by the Amoeba Worm will also do. 」

Huang Shaohua was startled by the sound; he raised his head upon hearing it and looked at Lin An, his old, cloudy eyes full of doubt:

「Amoeba Worm? 」

「That name sounds so familiar... 」

There's a chance.

Lin An felt a surge of joy; he had only asked casually, not expecting Huang Shaohua to actually know something.

Inside the crystal, Huang Shaohua frowned tightly, as if he had thought of something, yet he remained silent.

Some impatience.

Lin An thrust his mental power in again, a fierce light flashing in his eyes:

「Say what you know, don't tell me this information is also limited by the system! 」

「If you don't speak, you'll die. 」

His mental power surged violently, frightening Huang Shaohua into waving his hands repeatedly:

「No! No! 」

「I'll speak! 」

「I just recalled some things earlier, but I'm not sure. 」

「Sir... why are you asking this question? 」

The outside scenery made him somewhat suspicious.

Just how long had he been in hibernation, and why did the outside world seem as if a long time had passed?

Could it be that we are already in the late stage of the Apocalypse?

Lin An couldn't be bothered to explain:

「Cut the nonsense, just tell me what you know. 」

Seeing that Lin An had no intention of telling him anything, Huang Shaohua could only put on a bitter face and say uneasily:

「The Amoeba Worm dungeon... I only know some rumors. 」

「This is because the 【Amoeba Worm】 dungeon is one of the three major punishment dungeons, and someone I know died inside it. 」

「As for what's inside, I truly don't know. 」

「Such punishment dungeons have always been forcibly issued by the system to players, and I used to act very cautiously, never daring to break the rules. 」

「So I've never entered it. 」

「Of course, if I had entered, I would have died; how could I be alive now? 」

Having said that, he cautiously glanced at Lin An's doubtful expression and simply continued his explanation:

「Punishment dungeons are what the system uses to punish rule-breaking players. 」

「These dungeons are extremely difficult, and most of them are unsolvable. 」

「Anyway, I've seen four Second Level peak players form a team and enter the Amoeba Worm dungeon, only to die within three days. 」

「There was also an unlucky First Level Awakened One who went in alone and ended up surviving seven or eight days. 」

「Maybe that First Level kept hiding? 」

When the punishment dungeons appeared, many people died.

「So we privately speculated that punishment dungeons are just a rename for erasing you, but the system gives a sliver of life, making it slightly better than outright erasure. 」

「Sir, why are you asking this? 」

「Does anyone around you have contact with punishment dungeons? 」

「The Amoeba Worm, one of the three major punishment dungeons, can be called the most unsolvable dungeon. 」

「Other punishment dungeons, at least, have had people come out; hearing them say they're strong still gives hope. 」

「But the Amoeba Worm... 」

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Never heard of anyone coming out alive.

No matter your strength, entering means death; even rumors say a Third‑Rank Peak Awakened One died just two days after being thrown in.

You say, is it scary or not?

Lin An hesitated upon hearing this, and a chill surged up.

Third‑Rank Peak? Die in two days!?

His heart jolted.

He couldn't help but ask:

"Violate the rules!? What rules?"

"Is the 【Amoeba Worm】 a punishment dungeon? When would one get it?"

"And! How could a Third‑Rank Peak Awakened One die faster than a First‑Level one?"

Although Lin An had never seen a Third‑Level Awakened One, in his past‑life memory a Third‑Rank Peak Awakened One was already considered one of humanity's strongest combat powers.

One person could suppress a city, hold back millions or even tens of millions of zombie tides without pressure.

Could the Amoeba Worm dungeon kill such an existence? What a joke!

Just relying on those zombies as slow as old ladies?

Two days of death, in the dungeon world that would be twenty days?

According to what Huang Shaohua said, even First‑Level can survive seventy‑odd days, a Third‑Rank Peak twenty days, or even less?

This isn't just nonsense…

Seeing Lin An's shock and anger, Huang Shaohua hastily spoke up:

"Sir! I really didn't deceive you!"

"As for receiving a punishment dungeon task for violating the rules, I can't say more!"

"If I say it, I'll really die! Leaking this information, I will surely be completely erased!"

"To be honest, I'm alive thanks to you; there's really no need to deceive you."

As he spoke, he seemed to realize something and hastily looked around.

Trembling, he stared at Lin An with a terrified, pale face:

"Sir… sir… sir!?"

"You wouldn't have received the 【Amoeba Worm】 dungeon task, would you!?"

"This is the dungeon world!!?"

His gallbladder felt like it would burst.

Lin An fell silent for a long while, then after a moment gave a wry smile and nodded slightly.

His spiritual power had been constantly monitoring Huang Shaohua's spiritual fluctuations.

Under the system's punishment, Huang Shaohua was extremely weak; any spiritual fluctuation could not escape his perception.

He could feel that Huang Shaohua was not lying.

He was truly afraid.

Seeing Lin An nod, Huang Shaohua's body shuddered, then he went stiff and collapsed flat on his buttocks.

"It's over..."

"It's over..."

"It's really over now..."

His face was full of unshed tears, his eyes filled with despair.

Anyone who is awakened and told they are in the "Eighteen Levels of Hell" would probably look like this.

After throwing the crystal back into the black dragon's mouth, Lin An clenched the throttle tightly.

Savior System, Chu An, Huang Shaohua.

These three almost openly and secretly told him that the Amoeba Worm dungeon's difficulty was almost certainly fatal.

The immense pressure and threat of death left him somewhat breathless.

Especially the information Huang Shaohua revealed: this dungeon's danger has nothing to do with time.

In Lin An's expectation, the danger he might face was being trapped in the dungeon.

But this possibility might have been completely overturned.

Even a Third‑Rank Peak can't survive two days!

That means the danger inside the dungeon can erupt at any time; it's not just being trapped here.

However.

So far, he has found not a single clue.

What exactly is the danger!?