Chapter 241: A Hair's Breadth Away, A-Tier? Not Enough!

Zheng Xiaoyu is very nervous right now.

She is about to see her own president soon.

He is the first player worldwide to reach Hall Tier, much discussed on the Dream World forum, yet no one truly knows his real identity.

This is quite similar to the vice president.

Thinking of this, Lin Yue's earlier words echo in Zheng Xiaoyu's mind.

"Don't be too nervous; Luo needs your help with something related to the dungeon, and he'll tell you the details when you meet."

"Your Spirit Beast lacks intermediate resources and star-equipment materials to break through to Elite Tier, right? Advancing from Elite Tier to Hall Tier also requires a lot of resources."

"So just think of it as earning resources through work!"

"Don't ask about Luo's identity; I've told you now, so when you see him you won't show enough surprise."

"..."

Although that's said, the current situation really makes it hard not to be nervous!

Zheng Xiaoyu muttered softly, turned her head to look around, hoping to find someone among the nearby boys who looked like the president.

Then, a somewhat familiar figure came into view.

Looking at the boy she had just met at yesterday's gathering, Zheng Xiaoyu waved, saying hello.

However, the next second, the other party quickly walked toward her.

Huh?

Looking at Qin Chuan's calm expression, a figure in Zheng Xiaoyu's mind suddenly overlapped with him.

Huh?! ——

"Anyway, yesterday's thing was quite a coincidence."

In a quiet corner of Yan Da campus, Qin Chuan calmly explained yesterday's situation, "I also didn't expect to meet you at Yan Da."

"Yeah." Zheng Xiaoyu sighed, unable to stop muttering in her heart.

As expected, the president still doesn't know that the vice president is also at Yan Da.

"Getting back to the point, I plan to clear several A-tier dungeons today; for safety, I need to team up with you." Qin Chuan's calm words fell like a heavy hammer.

"A... A-tier?!" Zheng Xiaoyu stared wide-eyed.

So far, she has only cleared D-tier dungeons successfully, and even C-tier dungeons ended in failure.

Now she has to team up with Qin Chuan to clear an A-tier dungeon?

"Don't worry." Seeing Zheng Xiaoyu's astonishment, Qin Chuan quickly explained, "You don't need to do anything; just use the Spirit Scale when you encounter the dungeon boss... By the way, what is the next-day effect of the Spirit Scale in the dungeon?"

"The next-day effect of the Spirit Scale in the dungeon?" Zheng Xiaoyu blinked, "It reduces a designated target's strength to match the user's, with a maximum reduction of no more than 50% of the target's strength, lasting 5 minutes, with a 10-minute cooldown."

"That's fine." Qin Chuan nodded, "Except when fighting the dungeon boss, you need to use the Spirit Scale; otherwise, just follow me."

"Okay." Zheng Xiaoyu nodded, understanding her role.

Although the A-tier dungeon will surely be dangerous, if we only need to use the Spirit Scale once at a critical moment and otherwise stay close to Qin Chuan, it's still fine.

Upon forming a team and entering the dungeon, all challengers receive the same title reward.

The title obtained from an A-tier dungeon is at least blue, whereas she has so far only obtained white titles.

So, just in terms of the title, this trip is already worthwhile for her.

Moreover, Lin Yue has already told her that, as repayment, the two will later provide her with enough resources to advance to Elite Tier or even Hall Tier.

After making sufficient mental preparations, Zheng Xiaoyu took a deep breath, and her gaze became determined as well.

"President, I'm ready!"

"Just call me by my name in reality." Qin Chuan slightly shook his head, opened the dungeon list, and selected an A-tier dungeon.

He was about to form a team and enter when two lines of text suddenly appeared.

【B-tier dungeon Silent Poison Lake not cleared for 72 hours, has descended into reality】

【Dream World loses its restraint on that dungeon, the level suppression disappears, the dungeon level is re-evaluated as: A-tier, and the level will continue to rise over time.】

Qin Chuan's movement to enter paused slightly, and his expression grew a bit more solemn.

After two consecutive dungeon descents into reality each raised the tier by one, it likely means the same for all dungeons.

For now it's only a B-tier, but if later A-tier or even S-tier dungeons also behave this way…

Qin Chuan simply cannot imagine what the world will become.

Although Long Ji already said that this descended B-tier dungeon should be handed over to Ji Huai, but now that he has personally seen the descent notice, he cannot pretend he didn't see it.

A phone call was made, and soon Long Ji's voice came from the other end.

"Descent location." Qin Chuan's inquiry was brief and to the point.

Long Ji fell silent for a moment, his voice tinged with helplessness, "Indonesia."

"Abroad?"

Qin Chuan understood.

For the whole Blue Star, the Yan Huang region is not large; if the dungeon's descent location is random, it naturally wouldn't always appear in Yan Huang.

And a dungeon that descends in a foreign country is absolutely a troublesome matter for the Special Affairs Group.

Their deployment to support would take longer, and they might encounter diplomatic issues.

As for not supporting, leaving it to the other side to handle…

Low-tier ones are fine, but the passage of an A-tier dungeon is of great importance.

If the other side fails to secure it, causing the otherworldly beings inside the dungeon passage to emerge, or even causing the passage to further upgrade into an S-tier dungeon, who could still resolve it?

By then, the ones suffering the disaster would certainly not be just one nation.

"Leave it to you." Qin Chuan said in a deep voice.

After hanging up, Zheng Xiaoyu beside him couldn't help but ask, "President, you don't need to go help?"

She saw the notice of the instance's Descent, and also guessed something from the few words Qin Chuan said on the phone; seeing that Qin Chuan had no intention of making a move, she couldn't help but be curious.

"Trust the Special Affairs Group."

Qin Chuan smiled and selected the first A-rank instance.

"Let's form a party and enter."

——

A flash of light, and two figures instantly appeared in Yan Da campus.

A few passing students nearby also just glanced twice, not too surprised.

Nowadays there are many transcendent beings in Yan Da campus; it's normal for some to be clearing instances.

The blood aura around Qin Chuan, who had just fought his way out of the instance, quickly faded; he glanced at Zheng Xiaoyu beside him, smiled, and said, "Let's stop here for today."

"Okay." Zheng Xiaoyu looked at Qin Chuan, her eyes full of admiration.

She could indeed say she had personally witnessed the president's strength.

The other side seemed able to know the instance boss's location without scouting, could easily gather all clues in the instance with a casual gesture, and even know exactly which enemies were around.

Clearly the instance was fraught with danger, requiring one to risk life and limb to explore, yet in his hands it felt like entering his own backyard.

Is this the strength of the first player?

She waved her hand, and Zheng Xiaoyu took her leave.

She couldn't wait to immediately tell Lin Yue about her and Qin Chuan's experience clearing the instance.

Watching her retreating back, Qin Chuan smiled.

From clearing the first A-rank instance to now, three hours have passed.

He and Zheng Xiaoyu formed a team and have already cleared seven instances.

At this moment he ended clearing the A-rank instance, not because he lacked time or because there were no more A-rank instances to clear.

But he keenly sensed that he was already very close to mastering the essence.

So close it felt like only a thread away.

He needed a battle that could give him greater pressure to cross that line.

A-rank instance, not enough.

(End of chapter)