Chapter 177: Dilemma

Later, Su Sheng said that he had discovered that almost every small town basically had a one‑time dungeon.

"Every small town has a fixed dungeon??"

Li Wenwan's eyes widened sharply.

The rewards for a dungeon are, of course, self‑evident.

"Indeed, that seems to be the case," Su Sheng nodded.

"Then what are we waiting for? There's no time to lose; we set out tonight," Zhang Ziyuan said, waving her fist excitedly.

"Hold on, don't rush. Let me finish speaking."

"The dungeon entrances are all located at the deepest points of the Demon Energy map, and near each entrance a BOSS of a level comparable to Demon General Kakel is stationed."

"Touching an entrance will immediately alert the BOSS."

Su Sheng added.

"Huh?!"

Hearing that, the women of Huakai were momentarily stunned.

The BOSS at the level of Demon General Kakel had left a deep impression on them during the siege; they had to muster almost the entire town's strength to finally slay it.

"So, figuring out how to form a party to enter this dungeon is still a dilemma."

After speaking, Su Sheng paused, then looked at the Huakai women: "Secondly, the difficulty of this dungeon should be roughly comparable to the training ground we cleared before."

"Therefore, a typical team would need to be at least a full‑gear level‑30 squad at minimum," Su Sheng said, glancing at Li Wenwan and Huang Mingxin before turning to Huan Jie.

Lin Huan, Li Wenwan, and Huang Mingxin had all experienced the previous training‑ground dungeon.

Although the original team didn't all have members at level 30, Su Sheng and Li Wenwan were like two bugs; even so, we almost had a mishap—if it hadn't been for Su Sheng's Shield Strike stun on the BOSS, the group would have triggered a wave and the demon troops would have revived.

The main annoyance lay in the mechanics and the time limit.

We don't know if other dungeons are the same, but at the same tier, they're unlikely to be any better.

"Secondly, a dungeon can only accommodate five people."

"My plan is to split into two squads, bring Mom along, and the two Priests can each lead a squad."

"That way we can eat as many dungeons as possible before anyone notices; even if we fail we can try again, since dungeon death doesn't cause level loss."

"But with Dad, that's eleven people; two five‑person squads leave one extra, who can rotate in to gain experience," Su Sheng suggested.

As for the Assassin Alliance, five assassins can team up, but aside from some special dungeons, the vast majority of regular dungeons are inaccessible—that's the Alliance's limitation.

Su Sheng had encountered this before in the Coalition, but this time he's planning to establish a guild; later the Assassin Alliance will merge into the guild as an Assassin Division, and its shortcoming will disappear.

Hearing that, the Huakai women fell into thought.

A moment later, Lin Huan nodded: "I have no objections."

"Now we only have two difficulties. First, the other sisters and Qi Qi haven't reached the required level yet; they need to hit level 30 and change gear within the next two days," Su Sheng said, looking at the other five Huakai girls.

Huang Mingxin, Li Wenwan, and Huan Jie, having followed him for a while, have already caught up in level.

Li Wenyan and the others also nodded; now that the Assassin Alliance occupies a level‑35 training spot, their leveling speed isn't slow at all.

"The second issue is getting people inside!"

"Each dungeon entrance lies deep within the Demon Energy map; charging straight in isn't realistic, and with Demon Energy surging, demon troops keep respawning."

"Even low‑level 40‑level demon troops would be a handful to fight through."

"And we can't guarantee that charging straight in won't alert the BOSS."

"Unless we can all sneak in, but that's not realistic," Su Sheng said helplessly; there is only one Cloak of Invisibility.

"The second point is that we need to hold the final BOSS for a few seconds; the dungeon grants a two‑second confirmation window upon entry."

"In those two seconds, aside from me, anyone else could be killed instantly by the BOSS."

Everyone lowered their heads to contemplate; indeed, it was a tough hurdle.

"From the situation of the Great Rift dungeon, that dungeon seems designed for players who have already dealt with the Demon Energy map, so the chance of a stealth run is very low," Su Sheng continued.

"Huh? Dealing with the Demon Energy map?" Zhang Ziyuan looked up, a bit confused.

"Right. If I'm not mistaken, every small town will undergo a siege at some point; Wutong Town just happened to trigger it early for us by chance."

"During a siege, if you can kill the Demon General, the Demon Energy on the map is cleared."

Whoa!

The other women were shocked: every small town has to be sieged?

"Su Sheng, how confident are you in this hypothesis?" Li Wenwan asked Su Sheng.

Su Sheng gave a slight smile, knowing Li Wenwan was thinking about Universe; although she's with Huakai, Universe is still his family's enterprise.

"About seventy percent confidence."

Su Sheng said rather conservatively.

In any case, his own guild won't clash with Universe in the short term; Universe is in the Eastern Main City Qinglong City, while his guild should be in the Southern Main City Zhuque City unless something goes wrong.

Gathering at Huangcheng would be a matter of "monkey year, horse month"—i. e., far off.

Besides, because of the Heavenly Craft Stone issue, he still owes some favors to Universe.

With that in mind, Su Sheng looked at Li Wenwan: "You can tell your cousin about the dungeon, but try not to leak it outward; even if you do, we should 'eat first.' As for how they solve these problems, I trust the First Guild has its own methods."

Li Wenwan nodded; even if Su Sheng doesn't speak up, she'll ask whether she can notify Universe.

Now that Su Sheng has given permission, Li Wenwan has no reservations and will contact her cousin later.

"Let's think of a solution and then go back for breakfast. Sisters, you can get something to eat yourselves; Su Sheng, you still have work later," Lin Huan suggested to Su Sheng.

"Fine." Su Sheng nodded; lingering here does no harm.

After that, Su Sheng returned home together with Lin Huan.

Sure enough, at that moment Mom had just finished preparing breakfast.

Seeing the siblings walk in together, the elderly couple exchanged a glance.

"Huanhuan, Ah Sheng has eaten breakfast." Mom untied her apron and called out.

"Coming, Mom."

At the dinner table, Lin Huan and Su Sheng were still thinking about how to solve the problem of entering the Dungeon earlier.

So both of them slightly furrowed their brows, eating breakfast while thinking in Silence.

This made the atmosphere at the dinner table a bit gloomy.

The old couple looked at each other, both somewhat puzzled.

Afterwards, Huang Hui gave Su Ba a meaningful glance.

Su Wenhao hesitated a moment, then turned to the siblings and spoke softly: "Cough cough... Ah Sheng, what's wrong with you two, why do you both look so worried?"

"Yeah, if there's any problem, speak up; we can also help give advice..." Huang Hui also chimed in.