Chapter 153 · Volume 1

Need You to Step Up

The young man seemed to have sensed Cheng Shuili's thoughts. He was already terrified, crying and begging her to spare his life.
He looked truly pathetic.
Should she... spare him...?
Spare him, my foot.
He had already fired his gun! He had come with the intent to kill her! Cheng Shuili did not possess that kind of noble quality of returning kindness for malice!
As a loyal servant, Su Rui was quite adept at reading the room. She glanced at Cheng Shuili's expression and, without a moment's hesitation, raised her blade and ended the life of the man who kept begging on the ground.
“Player Zhang Chacha killed. Obtained 25% of Player Zhang Chacha's supplies!”
Taking advantage of the fact that the man's supplies had not yet vanished, Cheng Shuili glanced inside his vehicle. 25% of his supplies?
This poor wretch's only possessions were the vehicle they were standing on and those few packs of compressed biscuits, right? What could possibly be randomly distributed?
Cheng Shuili stepped off the vehicle with Su Rui.
Unexpectedly, the vehicle, along with the compressed biscuits, vanished before their very eyes.
Cheng Shuili even turned her head to look, and after confirming that everything had indeed disappeared, she finally couldn't help but furrow her brows.
The system clearly said 25%! How could it all be gone now?
Su Rui also seemed to be seeing this for the first time. She turned to look as well, and after confirming that not even half a pack of compressed biscuits remained, she couldn't help but ask, “Where are the supplies?”
“Exactly.” Cheng Shuili spread her hands. “Where are the supplies?”
【Detected that the player suspects the system of embezzling supplies. Now displaying supply disclosure! 25% of the supplies amounts to five-twelfths of the vehicle! To promote the virtuous quality of energy conservation and environmental protection, incomplete vehicles will not be issued!】
Cheng Shuili: “……”
Next time, just say there are no supplies.
Honestly, she never intended to get any supplies from this person anyway.
Also... this dog system really loves to put on an act!
Complaints aside, she couldn't ignore the system's dungeon summary.
This little interlude had delayed them for a moment, just enough to miss the system's useless opening remarks.
【Now announcing the individual performance rankings for this dungeon in the current region!】
【Normal Level: First Place Cheng Yuyu, time taken 9 minutes 13 seconds!
……
Elite Level: First Place Xu Mantou, time taken 25 minutes 37 seconds!
……】
“Someone finished the Normal Level in nine minutes? That’s insane! I’m also in the Normal Level, and it took me hours of wandering around!”
“The Elite Level isn't much better. How did the first-place finisher take 25 minutes? That time wouldn't even make the top 50 in the Normal Level!”
“Are you an idiot? Why do you think the system separates the rankings?”
“How many doors are there in the Normal Level? Entering the Elite Level was agonizing. There are five doors in total, and you have to go back to previous doors to find clues. There were over a hundred clues, big and small. Just looking at them all together gave me a headache. Thank goodness I’m a bit clever, otherwise, I wouldn't have made it out this time!”
“Is the person above just blowing their own horn? I, an Epic-level player, haven't even started complaining yet. What’s a hundred clues? Have you ever seen hundreds of clues spread out? There wasn't even enough space on the ground to put anything! I didn't even have a place to stand!”
“Exactly, not even a place to stand! And you have to remember every single clue to deduce the final result! Plus, the atmosphere was terrifying! It really is... I can only say the system knows how to make things difficult for people!”
“How did so many big shots suddenly crawl out? This dungeon is really hard for someone like me who doesn't like to use their brain.”
“Are there actually several doors in the other difficulties? Thank goodness I’m in the Normal Level!”
“No wonder the time taken doubled. If that’s the case, the first place in the Epic Level must have taken at least an hour, right? The Hell Level must take at least two to three hours?”
“The person above makes sense!”
“Agreed!”
Cheng Shuili didn't express her own opinion; she waited quietly for the system to continue the announcement.
Honestly, the system’s habit of only saying half of what it means really needs to change. Has no one complained about this?
【Epic Level: First Place Qingshan Trek, time taken 1 hour 13 minutes 53 seconds!
……】
Cheng Shuili raised an eyebrow slightly. This first-place winner was an old acquaintance.
However, she hadn't seen this name in a while, so seeing it appear suddenly felt a bit strange. It was as if someone who had been dead for a long time had suddenly risen from the grave.
That metaphor wasn't quite appropriate. Cheng Shuili said “sorry” in her heart, though her face showed not a hint of guilt.
The regional channel didn't pay much attention to this ID; more people were focused on the time taken.
“See! I told you it would be over an hour! Hahahahaha!”
“Yes, you guessed correctly, so what?”
“A guess is a guess, why the sarcasm?”
“Let’s guess for the Hell Level, everyone! Is anyone willing to bet? Any big shots willing to open a betting pool? The system takes about three minutes to announce it, right? That’s plenty of time!”
“I’ll open it! I’ll open it! Under one hour, 1 to 6 odds! One to two hours, 1 to 2 odds! Two to three hours, 1 to 1 odds! Over three hours, 1 to 0.5 odds! Come place your bets! Fair and square!”
As soon as this message appeared, the regional channel exploded.
“1 to 6 odds for under an hour? Even if you offered 1 to 60, no one would bet on that!”
“The Hell Level will definitely double in difficulty! The clues and mechanisms will surely be more complex, and even the environment will be more terrifying! I’m betting on two to three hours!”
“You don't know a thing. True big shots aren't affected by difficulty at all! I’m going all in on one to two hours!”
“Can we not bet on the time? How about we bet on who will be first in the Hell Level?”
“The abacus beads from the person above just hit me in the face. Something where you know the answer at a glance, what’s there to bet on?”
“I’m going to be blunt: whoever opens a pool like this is an idiot.”
“Who else could it be besides Big Shot Crow?”
“Maybe there will be an upset. Our region’s Crow is awesome, but it’s impossible to be awesome at everything, right?”
Before others could retort, the system finally finished reading the top 100 for the Epic Level!
Next... was the Hell Level!
【There were a total of eight players who participated in the Hell Level dungeon! Congratulations to all participating players for completing this dungeon!】
“Eight people? The top eight on the leaderboard?”
“They all finished? Big shots are worthy of being called big shots; they all have real strength!”
【Hell Level: First Place Angry Crow Takes Flight...】
“It’s here! It’s here! I bet on one to two hours, Big Shot Crow, you must step up!”
“I bet on two to three hours! Hell Level dungeon! You must be super, super difficult! Stop Big Shot Crow!”
……
For a time, the regional channel was filled with such comments.
Either asking her to step up or asking the dungeon to step up.
Cheng Shuili’s eyes curved into crescents, her face filled with pure schadenfreude. These people didn't know her time, but she knew it herself. Looking at the situation in the comments, absolutely no one could win!
The system paused deliberately, then finally announced the time.
【Time taken: 6 minutes 59 seconds!】

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