Chapter 198: Leader: Goblin Champion!

【You have found a 【Bonfire】, will you set up camp here?】

【Note: After camping ends, any buffs and debuffs previously obtained in the Dungeon will disappear; please make your choice carefully.】

Inside the Reward Area of the game Dungeon, shortly after Yun Mu opened the treasure chest, the group found a bundle of firewood tied with rope on the road.

"No."

Seeing the message pop up on the Game Panel, Yun Mu refused without hesitation.

In the game, there are only two purposes for camping.

One is to restore the team's status and remove debuffs, and the second is to use each character's camping skills to provide the team with new beneficial buffs.

As for these two points, she does not need either of them right now.

"This thing can be stored away, right?"

Yun Mu looked at the firewood on the ground.

After thinking for a moment, she took a small card from her bosom and sealed the 【Bonfire】 into the card.

【Bonfire (White)】

【A tool required for camping, capable of burning fully for 7-8 hours; can be used at any time in Elite-level or higher Dungeons.】

【Camping can restore all characters' HP and clear all buffs and negative effects from the characters.】

【While camping, characters can consume action points to use camping skills; specific effects depend on the different camping skills.】

【A bundle of ordinary firewood that, once lit, can release a warm flame to dispel the cold and illuminate the Darkness.】

It really could be stored.

Yun Mu nodded with satisfaction and tucked the card back into the lining of her coat.

This is a camping tool that can be used at any time; if she stores it, she can use it not only in this Dungeon but also in future ones.

Even in reality, she could take it out and burn it like ordinary firewood.

However, if that is the case.

Could she prepare some items in the real world and bring them into the game Dungeon world? It should—no, it definitely must be possible! Yun Mu suddenly realized that many of the pieces of equipment on her person were brought into the game Dungeon from the real world.

Since equipment is possible, there is no reason why a bonfire wouldn't be.

Last time she camped, it was said she lacked a tent for camping; perhaps this point could also be solved by relying on the real world?

Hmm, it is worth putting into practice.

But it is obviously not possible this time; better wait until the next Dungeon.

The group continued to advance toward the depths of the Dungeon, and soon, a new fork in the road appeared before them.

【Anquan Quyu】

【Suiji Shijian】

"The Anquan Quyu in this Dungeon, I imagine, shouldn't be Lucy's little hut, right?" Looking at the branching options in front of her, Yun Mu asked after pondering for a moment.

"Of course not. After entering the Anquan Quyu, you will return to Cat Paradise, meow~" Eve, who was at her side, answered this question for her after hearing her words. She said, "You can increase your reputation in Cat Paradise and restore your HP."

"Besides that, it's also possible to obtain some special items or beneficial buffs—that guy said so, meow~"

"That guy is..." Yun Mu looked at Eve with some curiosity.

"It's that thing in your head, meow. Everything just now was written in the contract when I and He signed it, meow."

"I see..." Yun Mu lowered her head, lost in thought. After a moment, she decided: "Then let's go check out the Suiji Shijian side!"

Without too much hesitation, she immediately walked toward the right side of the fork.

As mentioned before, their current status is very good, and there is no need to rest.

Secondly, she currently doesn't know what use the reputation of Cat Paradise has.

Therefore, after thinking it over, she decided to go see the Suiji Shijian; who knows what special events she might encounter? Passing through the fog that obscured their vision, a fountain built entirely of gray-black stone bricks appeared before the group.

【You have encountered the building 【Wishing Well】. By throwing Gold Coins into the pool, you will have a probability of obtaining a random reward.】 【You decide...】 【1. Throw 50 Gold Coins into the pool. (What's the harm in trying?)】 【2. Is this some new type of scam? (Turn and leave)】 【3. Take a bath in the pool. 【???】】 【4. Soak your blood in the pool. 【Bloodline option】】 Fine, fine, fine, System, you rascal, you always come up with things that make me want to black out.

Are you serious about this option 3?

"... Let's try throwing 50 Gold Coins first." Yun Mu thought to herself.

【Gold Coin -50】

【Congratulations, you have obtained 【Gold Coin】 *100】 "Hmm?"

Looking at the 50 extra Gold Coins in her backpack, Yun Mu immediately raised an eyebrow.

Looking at the 【Wishing Well】 game options again, she saw that the price of 50 Gold Coins for one draw had now been changed to 100 Gold Coins per draw.

The more times you throw, the more Gold Coins it costs... That is a very common design.

"Then let's try one more time."

Thinking this, Yun Mu threw one hundred Gold Coins into the Wishing Well.

【Gold Coin -100】

【【Wishing Well】 releases a pale blue light, but nothing happens】 【The amount for the next wish increases to 200 Gold Coins.】 "..."

Damn it, the 50 Gold Coins she just earned are gone just like that!

And she even lost an extra 50!

No, she has to try again! 【Gold Coin -200!】

【【Wishing Well】 releases a pale blue light, but nothing happens】 【The amount for the next wish increases to 400 Gold Coins.】 "Hiss..."

Oh no, she's been had!

Yun Mu immediately realized the fact that she had been scammed. The most correct course of action at this moment should be to immediately abandon the act of continuing to throw in Gold Coins to minimize losses, but... wouldn't the Gold Coins she threw in earlier all be wasted then!?

At least, at least get something out of it! 【Gold Coin -400!】

【Congratulations, you have obtained 【Gold Coin】 *150】 Damn it, I don't believe it, again! Yun Mu gritted her teeth and pressed the button to throw in Gold Coins again! 【Gold Coin -800!】

【Congratulations, you have obtained the item 【Super Large Experience Pack (Blue)】】 【Use to immediately obtain a super large amount of experience!】

【A mysterious package; opening it can significantly increase a creature's growth.】

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Forget it, forget it, I'm not pulling anymore.

Seeing that the 【Wishing Well】 had finally burst out an item, Yun Mu immediately regained her reason.

She glanced at her current Gold Coin balance.

【Gold Coin: 15667】

"Phew, that's fine, actually I didn't lose too many Gold Coins."

Yun Mu did a quick calculation in her heart and immediately let out a sigh of relief.

It was only 1300 Gold Coins; exchanging them for a blue-quality item, she figured it wasn't too much of a loss.

Let's use the experience package I just got first.

Thinking this, Yun Mu opened the cloth package she had obtained from the Wishing Well.

The next second, the game's prompt rang in her mind.

【Congratulations, you have leveled up. Your level has increased to: lv22. Your Max HP +2, Attack +2, Speed +1.】 A familiar power surged from within her body, and Yun Mu felt her body become stronger. "Very good!"

A look of slight surprise appeared on her face.

One thousand three hundred Gold Coins to increase her character level by one; this is not just "not a loss," it's a huge profit!

You have to know, when Lucy leveled up from lv11 to lv12, it cost Yun Mu 1050 Gold Coins, and leveling from lv12 to lv13 required 1200 Gold Coins! In comparison, she only spent 1300 Gold Coins to go from lv21 to lv22; how lucky she is!

She had thought one experience package wouldn't be enough to level her up; she didn't expect this Wishing Well to actually have something to it.

As for whether you're asking if she wants to continue pouring Gold Coins into it, that is naturally... impossible.

Gamblers don't end well; this time she was just lucky, next time she might not have such good luck.

Besides, the cost for one wish at the Wishing Well has risen from the initial 50 to 1600 Gold Coins per wish now.

Her family is poor, so she won't continue to keep it company, farewell—hey, wait a second.

Yun Mu, who was about to leave, suddenly remembered: doesn't this thing have two more options she hasn't tried yet?

Since she has to leave anyway, there's nothing wrong with experimenting a bit.

"Ahem..."

Glancing at Lucy with a guilty conscience, Yun Mu sent Dabai, the Scarlet Knight, and Chester back into the Game Panel.

Don't misunderstand, she was just a little curious about what would happen if she chose option 3.

It's not that she has any peculiar hobbies.

After all, according to the inertia of general games, bathing usually restores HP, mana bars, clears debuffs, and provides some buff effects.

Whenever she encounters this situation while playing games, she always controls the character to go over and take a bath.

But that was in a game, and there was still a screen between her and the character.

Doing this in real life is still a first... anyway, this is a Suiji Shijian area, so it's highly likely that enemies won't respawn.

To be honest, if she were alone, she definitely would have gone in to experiment with the effect of option 3 without hesitation.

But with Lucy watching from the side, and an Eve standing nearby, doing this kind of thing is ultimately too shameful!

As for why you ask her why she didn't send Lucy back to the Game Panel too?

This is mainly because she can't send Eve away, and if Lucy is here, she can still appear a bit more composed.

Or perhaps, just drag Lucy and Eve into the water together; if we're going to bathe, we'll all bathe together, and no one is getting away!

Anyway, a Transcendental wouldn't care about the slightly chilly water flow of the fountain "splash splash."

Yun Mu gently slid her palms across the surface of the Wishing Well's water, feeling the water flow past her palms and the temperature of the fountain.

"Maybe I should just forget it."

She suddenly thought, feeling a bit like backing out.

"Is something the matter, Miss Yun?"

Lucy, who was to the side, saw her appearance and thought back to her sending Dabai and the others away just now, a look of concern appearing on her face.

"No, nothing..."

"Ah, no, perhaps there really is something..."

Yun Mu's words sounded stuttery due to nervousness; as a result, she didn't even know what she was saying, and after spending a long time, she finally expressed her thoughts to Lucy.

"Take, take a bath, here!?"

After hearing what she said, Lucy's face turned red instantly.

"Are, are you serious?" She looked at Yun Mu with a strange expression.

"Don't look at me like that..." Yun Mu explained to her with a flushed face: "I'm just curious about the option prompt given by the Game Panel; that prompt must have some special effect!"

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Lucy stopped speaking and just looked at her quietly.

Just when Yun Mu thought she would refuse, she saw the other party cast her gaze toward the ground, hiding her hands behind her back, and whispered: "It's not that it's impossible, but you have to promise me to let me drink a mouthful of blood."

"No problem!"

Yun Mu nodded and agreed immediately, fearing that she would regret it.

Just kidding, it's only a little blood; she has 80 HP on her naked panel now, it's no problem to let Lucy drink some!

In contrast, being able to enter the fountain to bathe with Lucy, if the two of them are together, she won't be that embarrassed.

This is a win-win!

"Young people are so energetic, meow~" Eve, who was to the side, watched the two, lying silently on the side and licking the claws in her hands.

【You and your Partner Lucy walk into the 【Wishing Well】.】 【Your HP recovery efficiency +20%, Spirituality recovery efficiency +15%, damage correction +10%.】 【Experience acquisition correction +10%】 【The Desire brought about by your equipment 【Immoral Notebook】 has dissipated.】 【Lucy's 【Stress -30】】 The two folded their clothes neatly on the ground next to the Wishing Well, then lifted their legs and stepped into the slightly chilly spring water.

Not long after Yun Mu stepped into the spring water, the Game Panel's prompt rang in her mind.

"As expected, I knew it!"

Looking at the buff effect popping up on the Game Panel, she stood up excitedly with an exhilarated smile on her face, even forgetting that Lucy was still by her side.

"Splash."

Having been splashed in the face with water, Lucy looked at Yun Mu with some resentment. Seeing that the other party was still immersed in her own world and had not noticed her at all, she reached out her palm, grabbed Yun Mu's ankle, and pulled with force! "Ah!!"

Anyway, they were both Transcendentals, so a bump or two wouldn't be a problem. Lucy did not hold back at all with this pull, immediately dragging Yun Mu to the ground! The latter was startled by this sudden turn of events and couldn't help but let out a scream; subsequently, because she fell with her mouth wide open, a large amount of spring water was poured into her mouth.

"Glug, glug."

Although the water level of the spring was not high, Yun Mu, who did not know Swimming, still panicked subconsciously. She grabbed Lucy's wrist and pulled her forcefully into the water.

"Mmph."

Lucy opened her eyes underwater and, seeing Yun Mu's flustered appearance, couldn't help but find it very amusing.

She gently brought her head close to Yun Mu's neck, then opened her lips to reveal a pair of sharp fangs, and immediately bit down!

"Thanks for the treat."

Outside the Wishing Well, Lucy gently wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her finger, licked her finger, and said with a satisfied look.

"You drank too much!" Yun Mu looked at her remaining 30 points of Health and couldn't help but complain to her.

Damn it, she was a tank with 80 base Health points on her naked panel, yet Lucy had actually drained 50 points of her blood in one go!

"Who told you to keep grabbing my hand and not let go? I couldn't help but drink just a little bit more." Lucy's face flushed, and she looked away, shifting the blame.

"Don't you have any idea who was the one who pulled me down?"

Upon hearing Lucy's words, Yun Mu's face immediately darkened.

PS: Tried to reduce the frequency of using the word "said."

I don't know how it feels to you when you read it.

Hope you can give some feedback, ying ying ying.

(End of chapter)