Autonomous Dungeon

For the sake of safety, Cheng Shuili still used Insight on this maternal entity.

【Insight activated】

【Name: Humus Brood Mother】

【Origin: A living nest formed by the fusion of hundreds of humus beasts, the ultimate deformity birthed from this scorched earth. It is both a mother and a grave, constantly birthing and devouring its own offspring, gradually forgetting the meaning of existence in this endless cycle.】

【Weakness: ...You do not need to know its weakness. The mother is the death point for all its offspring. If you do not want to die, do not attempt to attack it. Additionally, be careful of the corrosive liquid it sprays!】

Do not attempt to attack?

Cheng Shuili raised an eyebrow, glanced at the disgusting maternal entity that was still squirming, and finally decided to follow the Abyss Ring's advice, silently retreating a few more steps.

Besides, those 20 points would keep coming to her on their own, right? She just needed to find a suitable spot near the maternal entity and wait to cut down the monsters.

Four hours later.

Cheng Shuili lifted her arm, which was so sore she could barely raise it, and looked at the maternal entity still churning out rotting behemoths. She could not help but shiver again and decisively chose to exit the dungeon.

Much like the feeling of entering the dungeon, Cheng Shuili waited until the dizziness vanished before opening her eyes. What met her gaze was the familiar cabin and the back of Su Rui, who was sitting in the driver's seat with her back turned.

Several notifications seemed to have popped up just now.

Cheng Shuili did not rush to look. She went to the refrigerator first, took a bottle of mineral water, took a sip, and swallowed it directly.

Only then was she barely able to suppress the rising nausea.

She took another small sip and, feeling a bit better, checked the system's pop-up notifications.

【Congratulations to player Cheng Shuili for killing 156 normal monsters! Obtained 3120 points! Successfully completed the self-activated Hell-level dungeon!】

【The attributes gained in this autonomous dungeon are: Strength +1, Agility +3, Stamina +1 (a total of five points for the Hell-level dungeon)】

Oh?

Cheng Shuili could not help but let out a sound of surprise. Autonomous dungeons actually rewarded attribute points!

And there was no clear limit on how many times one could do it!

Cheng Shuili's eyes lit up. Did that not mean she had found a stable source of attribute points?

Wait.

Cheng Shuili frowned, her gaze landing on the word "autonomous." Did that mean only dungeons opened by a Dungeon Opening Card provided attribute point rewards?

That was right.

The previous Hell-level dungeons had not offered this reward.

But normal dungeons had ranking rewards!

Cheng Shuili counted on her fingers the types of dungeons she was currently aware of. The first kind was the one that opened during every disaster, the most common type of dungeon.

However, after such a dungeon ended, there was a ranking reward. Based on her experience as the top-ranked player these days, Cheng Shuili could say with great responsibility that the first-place player would definitely receive three chests.

The second type was the random dungeon, which had also opened for the first time this week. However, the system stated that this was because the people in their partition were lucky; other partitions should start seeing random dungeons after their novice protection period ended.

The rewards for this type of dungeon were very meager.

The system had clearly indicated there were no ranking rewards and no attribute point rewards; the only reward was what one obtained inside the dungeon.

The last type was the autonomous dungeon she had opened today.

Opened by a "Dungeon Opening Card," upon completing the dungeon, one could obtain the rewards found inside as well as a total of five random attribute points.

If Cheng Shuili had to evaluate them, normal dungeons were still the best, followed by autonomous dungeons.

As for random dungeons... Cheng Shuili really did not care for them. The rewards were too few; they were not even as good as what Su Rui could get driving the car for a day.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shuili could not help but glance at Su Rui, who was driving seriously in the driver's seat.

She seemed to sense Cheng Shuili's gaze and actually turned to look back.

"You're back?"

Su Rui raised an eyebrow.

Cheng Shuili nodded and told her to watch the road and drive properly, saying she did not want to die in a car accident.

Su Rui was left a bit speechless.

They say a tortoise lives for ten thousand years; Cheng Shuili was so capable, shouldn't she live for at least a thousand or ten thousand years?

Su Rui did not say it out loud because she discovered that even in a war of words, she could not outmatch Cheng Shuili.

Cheng Shuili did a quick tally of her harvest this time: 156 portions of nutrient soil, not a single one less!

Excellent.

Cheng Shuili opened her panel to check. Her Strength was now at 53, Stamina had increased directly to 49, and Agility had reached 51.

Regarding the fact that her Stamina value was the lowest, Cheng Shuili declared: It was all the Golden Rice Bowl's fault!

The drop rate was too low!

Only Stamina had the Golden Rice Bowl as a separate bonus item!

And even then, it was still her lowest value...

Cheng Shuili covered her head and sighed; it was truly disappointing!

She got up and walked to the workstation. Even though her arms were a bit too sore to lift, she had not forgotten why she had gone on this dungeon run.

Fortunately, after four hours, the watermelon seedling was still alive and well.

Cheng Shuili immediately crafted a flowerpot, planted the watermelon seedling, and after placing it in the sunroom, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Alright.

Next, she would have to wait for the famine to pass before she could eat watermelon and strawberries. She curled her lips, a smile unique to an old farmer flashing across her face.

Dinner tonight was rice. Because Cheng Shuili had specifically mentioned she had traded a meal with someone else, Qi Wanyi had specifically made this rice, which was easy to distribute.

Coupled with the disposable lunch boxes on her vehicle and a little bit of plating, it was indistinguishable from the boxed meals sold in restaurants in her previous world.

Cheng Shuili had the same reaction when she saw the meal. She clicked her tongue and sent the items, completely intact, to Cloud's Nemesis.

After a good while, she finally received a reply from Cloud's Nemesis.

【Cloud's Nemesis】: Boss Crow, you're sure you didn't make a mistake, right? This is the dinner we agreed on, the one you traded to me?

How could that be a mistake?

Cheng Shuili directly dispelled her doubts.

Cloud's Nemesis took another look at the neatly arranged meat and vegetables, and the distinct grains of rice pressed underneath.

She carefully swallowed her saliva, hesitated for a moment, and finally, closing her eyes, gifted the items to Mr. Dumpling.

【Mr. Dumpling】: This is the dinner you traded with Crow?

Seeing her sharp-tongued friend ask this, Cloud's Nemesis could not help but raise an eyebrow. An hour ago, this person had suspected that Crow was going to fob her off with watery porridge.

Looks like they got slapped in the face now.

【Cloud's Nemesis】: Traded for your watermelon seedling. It's a pity I only got one portion; I said I wanted enough for two people, but Crow didn't agree.

【Mr. Dumpling】: With a configuration like this, it would be strange if the other party agreed.

Cloud's Nemesis smiled and was just about to say something when she suddenly received a gift from Mr. Dumpling. It was half of the meal, portioned out, with significantly more meat than vegetables.