Chapter 305: Terrible, to actually do this

"Let's just stay here for now; actually, I had originally planned to stay at a hotel."

Inside the Kingdom Embassy in the Federal Capital, in the room on the top floor, Brenna sat on the soft mattress, gently swinging her small feet wrapped in white silk, and kicked off her slippers.

"Staying here isn't bad either, right?" Yun Mu observed the layout of the room, walked to the balcony, leaned over the railing, and looked out at the scenery outside the embassy.

Unlike the harbor city of Falanaka, Feiluokainuokata (hereafter referred to as Feiluoka) as the capital was significantly more prosperous, and extremely close to the cityscapes in the cyberpunk worldview of Yun Mu's impression.

Clusters of gray-black high-rise buildings shot into the clouds, cold neon lights covered the entire city, and various advertisements played in a continuous loop on the smooth walls and the blank sky.

Even in the evening approaching midnight, the lights of this city would never go out, and there were always pedestrians walking on the streets, as if no one would ever go to sleep.

"That's true. What does it matter where one stays?" Hearing Yun Mu's words, Brenna smiled with relief.

"There are so many people; do they not need to rest?" Lita came to Yun Mu's side at this moment, looking at the bright streets outside and the crowds walking on them, she said.

"Apparently not." Yun Mu shook her head, her gaze fixed on those figures who looked exhausted just by watching them: "They are already very tired, they just aren't willing to go rest."

"Why?" Lita looked a bit confused upon hearing her words: "Could it be that they still have some important things left unfinished?"

"Who knows?"

Yun Mu shrugged: "Perhaps they just aren't willing to face tomorrow."

"Mmhmm~ Time is about up, I'm going to rest too." Stretching her body somewhat lazily, Yun Mu turned and returned inside the room.

Today is November 21, 4243 of the Heral Calendar, which was the day she last conducted a 【Dungeon Exploration】 last month.

As early as this morning, she had already confirmed that the 【Dungeon Exploration】 button had refreshed.

It was just that there were too many things to do during the day, so it had been dragged out until now.

Anyway, no matter how much time is spent in the game dungeon, it is only an instant when returning to the real world.

Taking advantage of the fact that it hasn't passed twelve o'clock yet, she should hurry up and finish the dungeon then go to sleep and rest.

Thinking this, Yun Mu slipped into the bathroom alone, and only after confirming there were no surveillance devices or hidden cameras nearby did she tap on the Game Panel.

【Detected Paths: 【Scarlet】, 【Cat】, 【Oil Painting/Manga】, 【Civilization】, 【Desire】, 【Nuclear Fusion】, creating dungeon now.】【Dungeon 【Blood Thorn Road lv40 (Expert)】 creation complete! Enter dungeon?】【Dungeon 【Dream of the Cat Demon lv28 (Expert)】 creation complete! Enter dungeon?】【Dungeon 【Corridor of Nightmares lv31 (Expert)】 creation complete! Enter dungeon?】【Dungeon 【Plague Capital lv30 (Expert)】 creation complete! Enter dungeon?】【Dungeon 【Flesh and Blood Communion lv28 (Expert)】 creation complete! Enter dungeon?】【Dungeon 【???】 Error, 【Nuclear Fusion】 Path failed to load!】 As soon as she tapped the 【Dungeon Exploration】 button, a massive amount of message notifications refreshed before her like a waterfall.

Because of her personal rank breakthrough, the difficulty level of all dungeons had been raised to Expert level.

Honestly, it's quite difficult to deal with.

After all, although her character level is indeed Expert level now, her teammates are not.

Lucy can be leveled up by consuming Gold Coins, while those recruitable Leader BOSSes need to be trained in the Bloody Training Ground.

Compared to the Gold Coins consumed to raise Lucy's level, the cost of one training session in the Bloody Training Ground is relatively cheaper, and one training session can raise many levels.

It's just that, relatively speaking, the effect of the level increase is much worse than Lucy's.

And the Bloody Training Ground can only be encountered in game dungeon events; as for the invitation letter?

That thing is actually a consumable; once used, it cannot be used again. If she had known it would be like this, she should have asked for another one when she left last time.

It's hard to say when she will be able to encounter this event again.

She just hopes it won't be too long; she really needs to raise the levels of the recruited BOSSes.

"This time, let's choose the Civilization dungeon."

Yun Mu thought, looking at 【Civilization】, which was only 5 Destiny Points away from leveling up.

Anyway, after the Path levels up, the extra Destiny Points won't disappear.

And she is looking forward to the traits that can be obtained after the 【Civilization】 Path level reaches lv4.

When 【Scarlet】 reached lv4, the trait obtained was 【Blood Core】; the traits obtainable from the 【Civilization】 Path shouldn't be any worse than that, right?

【Selected Dungeon 【Plague Capital lv30 (Expert)】!】【Please select the Path you will use in this dungeon: Scarlet lv4, Cat lv3, Oil Painting/Manga lv3, Civilization lv3, Desire lv2, Nuclear Fusion lv1.】 "Hmm."

Which Path is better to choose this time? Desire is the first one not to consider, because the difficulty of this dungeon challenge is high, and the average level of the monsters is higher than her teammates' levels.

And the Desire Path provides less of a bonus in terms of combat; it is just a Path used for greedily grabbing loot.

To be safe, better not choose it.

Then what about old friend Scarlet?

【Scarlet lv4】 can provide 30 points of Attack and Spell Strength, and when HP is below half, this effect is further enhanced to 60!

Defeating monsters also increases the maximum HP of everyone in the party by 5; it is a very powerful and versatile Path.

Choosing it definitely wouldn't be a problem, but Yun Mu wants to try the effect of the 【Civilization】 Path.

Her Spell Strength, under the support of various equipment, is a full 161 points, so the damage is actually quite high.

As for error tolerance, she herself has no problems, but her teammates, especially Lucy, have low HP and defense, and often find themselves in situations where their health is dancing on the edge.

If she chooses the 【Civilization】 Path, this situation should improve a lot.

And as long as the effect can be triggered, the damage bonus provided by the 【Civilization】 Path is actually quite good.

"Then let's do this." Thinking of this, Yun Mu decisively chose 【Civilization】 as the Path to use in this dungeon.

【Civilization lv3: Max HP +50, Tenacity +3, when receiving a fatal attack, will not enter the death state, and HP recovers to half of the maximum.】【When fighting against races that have been fought before, damage +25%, damage taken -15%.】【Selection complete, entering dungeon.】【You have entered the dungeon 【Plague Capital lv30 (Expert)】!】 A foul stench came into the air, along with the smell of something burnt, and when Yun Mu opened her eyes, she found herself standing on a moss-covered stone brick road.

On both sides of the road were medieval houses built of stone bricks and wood; the houses looked somewhat dilapidated, the doors and windows were all artificially sealed, and in the pitch-black alleys, one could vaguely see some rats and maggots moving about, as well as humans who didn't know if they were corpses lying inside.

This dungeon is really heavy-duty right from the start.

Yun Mu observed her surroundings with a troubled expression, not seeing any monster figures nearby.

Let's strengthen Lucy's character level first. 【lv24→lv25】

【5000 Gold Coins】

Hiss, just to level up once costs 5000 Gold Coins!? Her current Gold Coin balance is only 6735, which means she can only raise Lucy by one level.

Can't even break through to Expert level.

Not cool, man, why is it so expensive?

Teammates need Gold Coins to level up, equipment needs Gold Coins to level up, and besides that, there are recruiting Leaders and special events—where would she get so many Gold Coins? Forget it, let's level up once first; it's better than not leveling up at all.

【Gold Coins -5000】

【【Alchemist Lucy】 level increased to lv25.】【【Alchemist Lucy】 Max HP +1, Dodge +2, Speed +1, Critical Hit +1%.】 Very well, out of money, let's continue forward.

Closing the Game Panel, Yun Mu summoned Lucy, and simultaneously set the Scarlet Knight and the Gatekeeper to active status.

As for the team's positioning, Yun Mu thought for a moment and decided to let the Scarlet Knight stay in the 4th slot.

Because the skill 【Cavalry Lance Thrust】 can only be used when in the 3rd or 4th position.

It deals high single-target damage, but because it has the 【Advance 1】 effect, even if she places him in the 4th slot, it can be used at most twice per battle.

As for the 3rd slot, it undoubtedly belongs to Lucy.

A squishy mage should stay in the back.

Anyway, after the Scarlet Knight acts once, she will be pushed to the 4th slot.

"Then set me to the 2nd slot, and the Gatekeeper to the 1st slot—done!"

After adjusting the team's positioning and distributing the equipment, Yun Mu set off directly.

As for whether the buildings on both sides of the road could be entered, she had already experimented just now; there were invisible walls, let alone entering, she couldn't even get close.

However, she wouldn't give up the idea of entering because of this; she would try every building she encountered.

Anyway, no matter how much time is spent in the Dungeon, returning to the real world is only a matter of an instant.

If she were a game designer, in this situation, she would usually specifically pick out one house that could be entered and place some hidden rewards inside—what if? How would she know it's impossible without trying? It's just a bit troublesome, that's all.

【You have encountered enemies—【Plague Blood Mosquito lv30 (Expert)】【Plague Giant Rat lv28 (Expert)】【Plague Giant Rat lv28 (Expert)】】 Moving along the road for about three minutes, Yun Mu encountered the first group of enemies in this Dungeon.

The Plague Blood Mosquito is a giant mosquito about 80 centimeters long, its body covered in a layer of oily, shiny black carapace, emitting an indescribable, physically uncomfortable odor.

The restless "buzzing" sound lingered in Yun Mu's ears; it must be said that when this insect, which is already disgusting, was magnified several times and appeared before her, it was quite oppressive.

It mainly felt a bit disgusting, and a bit scary. By comparison, the Plague Giant Rats on the side looked much cuter.

【Plague Blood Mosquito lv30 (Expert) Max HP: 85 Race: Insect

Attack 45, Spell Strength 10, Defense 30, Resilience 6, Dodge 60, Speed 22, Precision Correction 45, Crit 16% Traits: Compound Eyes (Dodge +35, Precision Correction +15), Low-Altitude Maneuver (when facing ranged attacks, Dodge +20)

Skills: Flap Wings, Bite, Run Away.】【Plague Giant Rat lv28 (Expert) Max HP: 90 Attack 38, Spell Strength 8, Defense 32, Resilience 8, Dodge 40, Speed 20, Precision Correction 40, Crit 25% Traits: Skin Hardening (damage taken -10%), Mania (for every 10 points of HP lost, Attack +2, Crit Rate +1%)

Skills: Dark Green Pus, Gnaw, Hiss.】【Battle Start!】

【Current Turn · 1】

【Player Yun Mu acts first!】

These two monsters are truly heavyweights; not only are their stats comparable to the elite monsters in the 【Painting Spirit】 Dungeon, but their skills and traits are also quite outrageous.

The Plague Blood Mosquito should be a dodge-specialized monster, and its level is two levels higher than the Plague Giant Rat.

With 60 points of Dodge on its own, plus the 35 Dodge provided by the trait 【Compound Eyes】, and the 20 Dodge provided by 【Low-Altitude Maneuver】 when facing ranged attacks, there is basically no chance of hitting it with ranged skills.

But well... this is under normal circumstances.

【Blizzard!】

Yun Mu held the 【Heavy Magic Ice Staff】 and chose to release this equipment's active skill.

For this kind of large-area attack that can cover the entire field, within a Dungeon, the Precision Correction is usually calculated to be very high.

And 【Blizzard】 does not have a damage correction stat, so the damage dealt is Yun Mu's 161 points of Spell Strength.

Plus the effect of Qi Strength lv2: all stats +5.

And the 【Heavy Magic Ice Staff】's Spell Penetration +5 entry.

Adding everything together and finally subtracting the enemy's defense, that is... 【-141!】

【-125!】

【-125!】

【Battle End!】

【You have won a battle! You obtained items 【Gold Coin】*3456!】【Pickpocketing +8%】

【Congratulations on leveling up, current level: lv33 (Expert)】【Your Max HP +2, Attack +2, Spell Strength +1, Speed +1, Crit Rate +1%.】 Damn, I'm so overpowered... Although she had expected it in her heart, it was only when Yun Mu saw that she really killed all the enemies in one skill that she realized the fact that she was truly overpowered.

After all, ordinary Transcendental beings do not have as many Paths as she does; besides that, the stats provided by the various Supernatural Paintings bound to the Painter profession are also quite considerable.

Then there is the various equipment obtained from outside the Dungeon; if she didn't have this extra equipment obtained from the real world, it would be quite difficult for her to challenge the Dungeon normally.

In summary, one-shotting is normal; rather, if she couldn't even one-shot these, that would be the real problem!

(End of this chapter)