Chapter 23: Solidified Instance

23 Chapter Solidified Instance

System Notification: Hunting state duration has ended.

Fang!

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Deadly!

"Damn ragged pieces, I'm heading back to Hui Long Zhai, I concede!"

Accompanied by a whoosh, the mountain bandit boss fell at once.

Exactly five minutes, no more no less, dealt with this mountain bandit boss; if not for that 30‑second debuff, it could have been resolved a bit earlier.

With the BOSS's death, Su Sheng's newly gained experience bar surged again, leaving only one step away from Level 13.

But Su Sheng curled his lip; the difficulty of leveling was truly getting harder, unlike the old "Qun Xiong" where a single Dungeon BOSS's experience could level up, yet he still hadn't.

To some extent, the difficulty of this mountain bandit boss wasn't as high as the Shan Di Lang Wang's; after all, it's just a Normal BOSS with slightly higher stats, but it lacks the many variables of the Shan Di Lang Wang.

The Shan Di Lang Wang has control and summons minions, whereas this mountain bandit boss only has a single debuff at 50% health.

Ding~

System Notification: Congratulations to the player for capturing Hui Long Zhai; Hui Long Zhai will soon be solidified as Wutong Town's fixed Dungeon, and the player contributed to the town, gaining +1000 reputation.

A system announcement will be issued shortly; reveal the Hidden Nickname?

"????"

Su Sheng was bewildered, "What the heck?"

Solidified as a fixed Dungeon, isn't that supposed to be a one‑time Dungeon?

In the game, Dungeons are random outdoor Dungeons; fixed Dungeons virtually don't exist—once cleared they disappear. That's Su Sheng's experience from "Qun Xiong".

Even some special Dungeons have restrictions.

Looks like "Zhu Lu" made some improvements over "Qun Xiong".

Su Sheng hurriedly opened the forum to look up the Dungeon.

A series of posts.

It turns out each town has a unique time‑limited quest, and the quests take place within Dungeons.

But so far, no one has cleared the Dungeon.

Someone chose to keep attempting the Dungeon, but failed; not only did the Dungeon fail, the quest also failed.

Thus most players who received the quest chose the completion branch and obtained a purple‑quality profession gear.

Including Shen Wang! The Chairman of the first guild, Huan Yu, only completed the quest and got a two‑handed greatsword with extremely bizarre attributes.

Seems I'm the first to succeed.

A fixed Dungeon means profit.

Solidified as a Wutong Town Dungeon, then Wutong Town players are destined to have an advantage.

I don't know whether it's good or bad,

Originally Wutong Town wasn't a particularly popular town; this announcement... probably caused a stir.

Huan Jie's Huakui Studio, being a small gold‑farming studio, chose Wutong Town to avoid the big guilds' conflicts and develop peacefully.

Su Sheng then hid the Hidden Nickname.

Immediately, a Whole Server announcement appeared.

System Announcement: Wutong Town player "Hidden Nickname" successfully cleared the Hui Long Zhai Dungeon; the Hui Long Zhai Dungeon will soon be solidified as a Wutong Town exclusive Dungeon.

System Announcement: …

It was posted three times in a row.

What?!

Everyone was stunned, solidified Dungeon?

…

"Who is that so powerful?" Shen Wang looked at the system announcement, frowned and said, "Is there any guild from Wutong Town that went there?"

The Dungeon BOSS of that unique quest has been uniformly failed on the forum, so it must be exceptionally tough.

So this mysterious person is clearly very strong.

Moreover, only players who accepted the quest can enter the Dungeon, and the unique time‑limited quest cannot be shared, so it is effectively a solo Dungeon.

"The boss doesn't have one yet, but it'll be soon," Deputy President Shen Xiao grinned and said.

Every named guild chooses a small town to develop and announces it on its own forum; early on they focus on development and try to avoid conflicts with other guilds as much as possible.

A guild like Huan Yu chose a town called Dragon Pavilion under the Eastern Qing Long Main City as its base.

And the unique time‑limited quest of Dragon Pavilion Town was undoubtedly completed by Divine King.

"Boss, should we relocate to Wutong Town?" Shen Xiao said.

Although Dragon Pavilion Town was chosen, not all guild members have reached Level 10 yet, so many can still pick a town in Newbie Village.

"No need, since we've publicly announced we're in Teng Long Town, there's no need to stir up trouble by moving again."

"And our related layouts have already been set up."

"Besides, it's just a newbie Dungeon; even if solidified, based on monster strength it's only suitable for below Level 20 at most."

"Even if it's a newbie Dungeon for them, how could they catch up with us Huan Yu?" Shen Wang said arrogantly.

That's the confidence of being Huaxia's number one guild.

"Boss, I'm listening to you," Shen Xiao grinned, offering no objection.

Huan Yu, becoming Huaxia's top guild was achieved step by step under Shen Wang's leadership.

"Boss, something's wrong, you dropped it!"

At that moment, a player from the Universal Core Group ran over, shouting and crying.

"What fell? Why are you shouting and crying?"

Shen Wang raised an eyebrow.

"Boss, the Level Ranking List, the Reputation Ranking List."

Shen Xiao also noticed.

At that moment, Shen Xiao lifted his brow and opened the ranking list.

He saw that on both the Level Ranking List and the Reputation Ranking List, Shen Wang's nickname, which had been first, had dropped to second.

The first-place spot had become the player with the Hidden Nickname.

Shen Wang rubbed his chin and said, "Do you think the Hidden Nickname on this ranking list could be connected to the Hidden Nickname in that system announcement just now?"

"Possibly."

Shen Xiao bowed his head and pondered.

"Interesting."

At the same time, the female player from Wutong Town who had been grabbing the hidden quest and a female archer who had just stepped into Wutong Town via the Teleport Array were both stunned.

Fixed Dungeon.

"That guy, is he really that powerful?"

The female player who had been grabbing the only limited‑time quest had just finished the job‑change trial, stared blankly at the system announcement, thinking of that silhouette.

The other female archer instantly opened the friends list and looked at the level of the first friend's nickname… Lv12.

The female archer smiled, as expected.

Su Sheng naturally didn't know what was happening outside, and he hadn't looked at the Level Ranking List right away.

Let's first look at the stuff the big boss just dropped.

20 Gold Coins, ignore.

Four pieces of equipment and some miscellaneous materials.

The only blue item.

Roaring Longbow (Blue)

Attack: 80

Bonus: Strength +10

Bonus: Agility +10

Level: 10

Description: omitted

Su Sheng's eyes lit up. "Good stuff, just right for Huan Jie; by the way, Huan Jie should be level ten now."

At this point, any seasoned player with a little strength should be able to handle it.

Opening the Level Ranking List, the top hundred are uniformly level ten, the top ten are uniformly level eleven, except for Shen Wang in second place… and myself in first place.