You had to be joking.
Anyone here could pull out their own logistical support supplies at a moment's notice, especially someone like Gu Xiaobei, who was a support-type to begin with.
For these seven people, forget seven days—they could stay for seventy days and their logistics would be absolutely fine.
“Don't be like that! Why go slow? Speed is what we need right now. They're just small fries, leave them to me.”
As Gu Xiaobei spoke, the others watched her walk up to a nearby piece of ship wreckage with her torch in hand.
With a reach of her hand, she set the wreckage ablaze.
Apparently thinking the fire was burning too slowly, she even poured a bucket of oil onto it.
Gu Xiaobei's entire sequence of movements was fluid and seamless, without a single moment's pause, leaving no time for those nearby to stop her.
Lan Qingyou saw it clearly—damn, wasn't that one of the kerosene cans she had sold to Shang Chuan?!
Whoosh—
Whoosh—
The area was originally a harbor sheltered on three sides by mountains.
But for some reason, the wind picked up as soon as the flames appeared.
Lan Qingyou was still wondering how such a sheltered harbor could have such strong winds when she turned her head and saw the great wind mage and stonemason, Li Huai, fanning the flames.
Then, the fire rode the wind, and the wind aided the fire; the blaze began to burn more and more intensely.
While the group was still in shock for those twenty or thirty seconds, the fire had already expanded further and spread into the dungeon.
“Wait! What happened to the ‘steady’ approach you just mentioned?!”
The High Priestess complained, looking somewhat dazed.
“This is the most steady play right now,” Li Huai argued, fanning the air with his arms to create gusts.
With so many people here, could they really repeat their past mistakes?
Today, Li Huai intended to use the fire to make their first clear a speedrun, determined to wipe out all several thousand monsters inside in one go.
“Get moving, quickly! The monsters inside will definitely charge out once they feel the heat!”
Seeing that everyone was still in a daze, Lan Qingyou immediately shouted.
As she spoke, a swarm of blue-white legless ghosts and sailor skeletons wearing bandanas and wielding various weapons surged out of the fire.
Fine, fine, so this is how they were going to pull the mobs.
If this were a game, she would have cursed these two idiots out.
But this was reality; there wasn't time for that.
After being alerted by Lan Qingyou, everyone brought out their own specialties.
【Scimitar Sailor Skeleton (C)】
【Health: 900】
【Mana: 200】
【Skills: (Leaping Slash), (Triple Cleave)】
【Description: Sailors who still wander on ships or docks; their bound bodies have nowhere to go.】
【Sailor Ghost (C)】
【Health: 400】
【Mana: 600】
【Skills: (Fearful Bind), (Floating Movement)】
【Description: Sailors who still wander on ships or docks; their imprisoned souls find no rest.】
“Hiss—”
Lan Qingyou sucked in a breath of cold air.
“What is it?”
The Sun threw out a rune stone to bind a group of skeletons in place, then leaned in and whispered to Lan Qingyou.
After all, Lan Qingyou had her determined Magic Eye and could see more than they could.
If she had that expression, it meant she had gained some useful intel.
“They’re all C-grade monsters. Not a single D-grade.”
“Yahoo! Then what are we waiting for! Brothers and sisters, it’s time to level up!”
Lan Qingyou’s words gave Gu Xiaobei a jolt of energy.
With a wild cry, she put away her torch and pulled out a wooden object about two meters long, charging forward like a dog off its leash and began hammering away.
Looking at its shape, Lan Qingyou thought it was likely a wooden spatula used for cooking large-scale meals.
After all, there were quite a few scorched marks on the spatula.
Although Gu Xiaobei was only Level 1, her agility was at least fifty percent higher than these skeletons because she was a Tree Elf.
Fighting them was a walk in the park for her.
Lan Qingyou even saw the girl grab something from her pocket and scatter it on the ground; immediately, vines grew rapidly from the earth, binding the skeletons so she could hammer them at her leisure.
The vines looked familiar—they were the common type found in the Abandoned Forest.
It turned out she had just thrown vine seeds.
However, after seeing the monsters' data, Lan Qingyou knew Gu Xiaobei’s attack style had an inherent flaw.
“Gu Xiaobei, just hit the skeletons! The ghosts are immune to physical attacks! I’ll handle them.”
With that reminder, she charged forward on her Magic Broom. A purple Chain Lightning “numbed” the five ghosts at the front, and then she deployed 100 pink infantry to block the front line.
After all, of the seven of them, only the High Priestess, Gu Xiaobei, and Li Huai were melee fighters who could hold the front line.
Golems could be rebuilt if lost, but if a person died, it was truly over.
Especially that girl Gu Xiaobei.
A chef who could make delicious food couldn't be allowed to fall in a place like this.
That said, using Chain Lightning for the first time felt like the real deal; it could even hit non-physical monsters like ghosts.
The others were momentarily stunned upon seeing the pink golems, but they quickly remembered Lan Qingyou’s golems and resumed their attacks.
Lan Qingyou didn't stay idle either, moving quickly to use Soul Siphon to harvest the Soul Crystals from these humanoid monsters.
These were all means of production; how could she let them just dissipate!
That would be far too wasteful.
Waste was unacceptable!
With her Analytic Magic Eye active, Lan Qingyou would step forward to use Soul Siphon whenever she saw a skeleton or ghost near death, making the others think she was kill-stealing.
Fortunately, in this kind of multi-person battle, rewards were based on contribution. Not only did everyone involved get a share, but those who dealt more damage received more experience, so no one really minded Lan Qingyou’s kill-stealing.
Moreover, every time she acted, an object that looked like a crystal would appear in her hand.
That indicated the light beam she used to snatch the kills was likely some sort of harvesting skill, so they were even less likely to question it.
After all, they were all researchers, and each had their own methods for obtaining research materials.
“Big Boss Lan, what are those crystals?”
After throwing a handful of seeds to entangle a skeleton, Gu Xiaobei asked Lan Qingyou with watery eyes.
“Soul Crystals. To put it simply, they are the materialized soul matter of monsters.”
“That sounds pretty impressive.”
“Not really. It’s just a C-grade skill. The damage isn't high, but it’s incredibly insulting.”
Lan Qingyou gave a very humblebragging smile.
And it was true.
If this skill were used on a human, it would indeed be an insult, perhaps even torture.
But since these skeletons and ghosts had already become monsters...
Then they could only obediently become her materials.
The group worked tirelessly, frantically harvesting the skeletons and ghosts.
What they had originally thought would be a cautious, step-by-step crawl had been turned into a gate-camping battle at the pier by Gu Xiaobei’s single fire.
Everyone brought out their current best skills, camping right at the pier and striking the monsters inside.
They killed every single one that surged out of the fire, whether they came one by one or in a swarm.
Rate on N.U.
