Map

【Ailin】: I’m so nervous too.

Huh?

This person already sent the message, so why haven't they confirmed yet?

Cheng Shuili pulled up the page, only to find that she had already clicked it, leaving only Wan Yi.

This person must be busy, but this matter is very important.

Cheng Shuili sent her a few private messages to urge her, and the other party didn't dawdle, agreeing immediately upon seeing them.

The system page updated instantly.

【Two-way confirmation complete. Current team members: Cheng Shuili, Qi Wanyi, Ailin, Jiang Tang, Chu Xue!】

【The team is ready, expected to enter a Hell-level dungeon.】

Huh?

Can you even see the difficulty level of the dungeon you're entering in advance?

Cheng Shuili was a bit confused as to whether this team dungeon was becoming more difficult or simpler.

But speaking of which...

This Chu Xue should be New Snow Clearing, right?

And Liang Shanbo is Jiang Tang?

Cheng Shuili originally thought only she could see this panel, but it turned out all team members could see it.

【New Snow Clearing】: So the boss's name is Cheng Shuili. What a nice-sounding name.

【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Sister Wan Yi’s name is so grand; it has a classical and aloof feeling, just as reliable as she is!

Classical and aloof?

Cheng Shuili recalled Qi Wanyi’s appearance and agreed, "She does look like that."

As soon as she spoke, the others became even more excited, seizing the opportunity to start a new round of discussion about names and appearances.

Cheng Shuili had already closed the small group chat to check the regional channel.

The person from before was right; there were indeed problems.

“Emergency recruiting for teammates! That god-awful Cockroach Bro suddenly stood me up. If there was a situation, you could have just said so, and I wouldn’t say anything! What’s with keep telling me there’s no rush? Everyone else is finished confirming! If my friend wasn’t in your team saying he already confirmed, how long would you have played me for?”

“Exposing a scammer, ID is Fengyun Tianxia! Said they’d take us through the dungeon, but now that it’s time to confirm, they keep stalling! We already handed over our supplies and game coins, but now we can’t get into the dungeon! Avoid them!”

“There’s a freeloader in the team who keeps dragging their feet, causing the whole team to be stuck because of them. Everyone can see the confirmation page, and they’re still stubbornly insisting they’ve confirmed. Can people like this have some sense of responsibility!”

“Can you stop hiding your leaderboard rankings and the dungeon levels you’ve participated in before? Some people clearly always participate in Elite-level dungeons, so what’s the point of pretending to be Normal-level to find a bunch of Normal-level teammates? What benefit can a noob like us bring you?”

......

A quick glance revealed nothing but similar complaints.

Cheng Shuili shook her head, once again feeling fortunate that the people on her side were stable.

With seven or eight minutes left, she checked the items inside the Abyss Ring, took out what wasn't necessary, and specifically stuffed in the antidote and the lizard skin.

These were raincoats gifted by the system. Since it was an acid rain environment, she definitely had to bring them.

Cheng Shuili finished organizing her things, just in time to see Qi Wanyi’s message in the group.

【Wan Yi】: The bentos are ready.

【New Snow Clearing】: Sister Wan Yi! I will follow you for the rest of my life!

【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: I... I feel the same!

【Ailin】: Th-then me too?

This is... a massive betrayal in progress.

Cheng Shuili shook her head, knocked on the driver’s cabin door to tell Su Rui that this dungeon would take eight hours.

The other party’s originally expressionless face instantly turned disappointed.

The expression and demeanor were actually a bit like a lonely elderly person.

But then Cheng Shuili had a second thought—isn't she exactly that?

Except for the age.

At 8:30, the dungeon officially began!

The scene in front of Cheng Shuili distorted, and a sense of weightlessness washed over her.

The next second, Cheng Shuili felt her feet touch solid ground. A pungent smell of sulfur mixed with the sour, metallic stench of corrosion flooded her nasal cavity, tightening her throat.

Gray-yellow thick fog pressed down heavily. Visibility was extremely low; she could barely make out the silhouettes of huge, rusted metal pipes and half-collapsed factory buildings around her. The sky was an ominous, dim yellow, and fine, slightly sizzling rain was falling constantly. When it landed on exposed metal, it immediately bubbled, leaving clear signs of corrosion.

Acid rain.

Cheng Shuili immediately took out the lizard skin raincoat, wrapped herself tightly, and pulled her hood down firmly.

She quickly scanned her surroundings; there was no one beside her.

Cheng Shuili lowered her voice and called out her teammates' names. Her voice sounded weak in the vast, abandoned factory, with only the pattering and sizzling sounds of the rain responding to her.

Did the teleportation scatter them?

What kind of team dungeon is this?

Cheng Shuili felt silent, but she immediately opened the system interface. The chat function, which couldn't be used before, was actually open this time.

Cheng Shuili immediately sent a message in the group chat.

【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: Report your positions, describe the surrounding environment, and stay safe. Prioritize finding shelter and avoid prolonged exposure to the acid rain.

【Wan Yi】: I am under a damaged cooling tower and am temporarily safe. It is raining, and I cannot see the sun, so I cannot tell the directions. I can see many large jars not far away, like the ones used in factories.

【New Snow Clearing】: Boss! I am in a conveyor belt corridor. There is a cover overhead, but the sides are letting the wind in! It hurts when the rain blows in!

What does it mean that it hurts when the rain blows in? Is she not wearing a raincoat?

Cheng Shuili had specifically instructed in the group that weapons and raincoats must be worn.

【Ailin】: I am in a place piled with rusty iron barrels, and the smell is awful. There is a small house to the west, but the door is locked. There is glass on the door, and I can see quite a few things inside.

【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: I am in a place that looks like a control room. The door is broken and won’t close tightly, but it doesn’t look dangerous inside. On the wall... huh? Is this a map?

A map? Cheng Shuili’s spirits lifted.

Then what are you waiting for? Take a picture and send it out first!

Without needing her to urge them, Liang Shanbo also knew what to do at this moment.

After the voice message was sent, they immediately started looking for a position to take a picture.

Soon, the image appeared in the group chat.

Cheng Shuili clicked on the image.

It was a schematic of the industrial park covered in thick dust, posted on the wall of the control room. The edges were curled and yellowed, but the key parts were still clear.

The map marked the functions of each building with different colors and text: reaction zone, cooling zone, storage zone, office zone...

And in the southern part of this industrial zone where they were currently located, a warehouse symbol was circled with an eye-catching red marker, and there was a handwritten exclamation mark next to it, which looked like it had been added later.

The map was true to life. Based on the descriptions of these few people, Cheng Shuili quickly found the approximate locations of the others, as well as her own current location.

It was originally difficult to determine the direction, but with this map, everything became easy to handle.