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Zuo Lin'an continued to scroll down and saw the exclusive construction crew for dungeon bosses.

The price required negotiation because every dungeon boss naturally had different requirements. As for money?

They could pay with regular money or with Contribution. Purchasing with Contribution allowed them to cut the line.

Zuo Lin'an didn't need this for now.

Scrolling further down, he found all sorts of bizarre items. Besides those, absolutely everything related to basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation was available.

He even saw a specter bus.

Of course, it wasn't selling the bus itself, but rather bus tickets.

The price would only be displayed after entering the starting point, destination, and boarding time.

Zuo Lin'an then clicked on the forum.

Inside was a dense, dizzying array of posts.

There were discussion threads, information threads, flame wars, technical guides, walkthroughs, and even videos and photos of bosses sharing how they hunted players.

He even saw bounty threads and advertisement threads.

He clicked on a bounty thread...

【Guys, it's this person in the photo. If anyone can keep him alive in their dungeon, I can trade ten Contribution points with you!!】

Zuo Lin'an widened his eyes. Players could be traded?!

He read further down and realized that wiping out a player group didn't mean killing them all; it meant ensuring none of them cleared the dungeon.

Players who were still alive when the dungeon closed would lose their player status and become puppets of the dungeon, or rather, the private property of the dungeon boss.

Naturally, a dungeon boss's private property could be bought and sold!

“They really know how to play the system...”

He glanced at the photo.

The photo showed a young, wealthy man in his early twenties. He wore a white robe patterned with flowing clouds, held a folding fan, and had long, flowing hair.

Quite the dashing young gentleman!

【His name is Ming Ruofeng! Twenty-two years old! First-Rate martial artist! He's an expert at psychological warfare! Everyone must be careful when dealing with him and keep your guard up!!】

Upon seeing this line, Zuo Lin'an noticed that the poster's level was Level Two.

In other words, this dungeon boss was in charge of a Two-Star difficulty dungeon.

Intrigued, he scrolled down to read the replies.

【Oh? Did he trick you, or did he charm the female NPCs in your dungeon? Haha!】

【I ran into him too, but unfortunately, he cleared my dungeon. He's a really formidable character. Now that a player has cleared my dungeon, the current martial arts world is temporarily locked. It can only be reopened when the next world starts. It's so frustrating! If I weren't short on Contribution points, I'd put a bounty on him too!】

【Huh? Isn't this that one guy? Oof, didn't you say before that you were going to go on a winning streak until you fully assimilated this world? How did you slip up now?】

【You bastard, keep your nose out of my business...】

Zuo Lin'an read with great relish for a while before exiting and clicking on an advertisement thread.

The first thing that caught his eye was a photo. It seemed to have been taken in a gloomy, dense forest, where dried and rotting corpses hung from all the tree branches.

Truth be told, it was indeed quite terrifying.

【Corpses for sale! Fifty thousand per corpse. These are the absolute best props for enhancing your dungeon's terrifying atmosphere. Quality guaranteed. If interested, please head over to the neighboring trading post and search...】

At first, Zuo Lin'an was somewhat speechless, but upon second thought, it actually seemed pretty decent.

It was just that fifty thousand for a single corpse felt a bit expensive.

After exiting, he opened a discussion thread.

【Guys, you won't believe this! I bought some poultry earlier and threw them into the dungeon as food for the players. It was supposed to be enough to last ten people for three days, but they somehow polished it all off in a single day!】

【Do martial artists really have such massive appetites?】

【The main issue is that I have no choice but to buy them. My dungeon requires survival for three days, so I must prepare at least three days' worth of food. Otherwise, my dungeon will be judged as having excessive difficulty and no path of survival, and my application won't be approved!】

Someone replied below.

【Then just buy it. Livestock isn't worth much anyway.】

【Hehe, my dungeon only lasts for one day, so there's absolutely no need to prepare food and water. After all, going without eating or drinking for a single day isn't an issue at all.】

Only then did Zuo Lin'an realize that he also had to prepare food for the players!

Let alone food, his current Withered Forest and Barren Mountains didn't even have a single insect!

Did that mean he...

No, wait.

He quickly realized that he probably didn't need to prepare food.

After all, the number of players allocated to a One-Star dungeon each time shouldn't be too high. Based on his estimates, it would be around ten.

He could make a move once every hour.

At this rate, let alone a whole day, he could probably wipe out all the players in less than half a day.

In other words, the time limit he set for his dungeon...

Wait, that wasn't right either!

Survival time was likely the main quest.

He was currently a One-Star difficulty dungeon boss, so his dungeon could only have a single main quest.

Therefore, he didn't necessarily have to set a survival time quest.

It was just that...

Right now, his dungeon had no NPCs and absolutely nothing else, which meant there was no storyline.

Since that was the case, he couldn't set a main quest related to a storyline.

In that light, a survival time quest seemed to be the most appropriate option.

Could the main quest be changed after it was set?

He began searching the forum and, sure enough, found related posts.

【Regarding dungeon main quests, they can be modified with every application. Everyone can experiment multiple times to eventually determine the main quest that suits them best.】

Below, there was also a question from a Level One novice boss.

【May I ask what kind of main quest is best for a novice dungeon boss to set?】

【For a novice boss, it's definitely a One-Star dungeon, right? It's best to set a survival time or hide an item for them to find. If you don't mind the trouble, you can buy a few corpses, set up some props, and create a simple storyline for them to investigate the truth or find the path of survival through the plot.】

【But for beginners, I suggest not making things too complicated. It's better for you to first familiarize yourselves with how to deal with players, earn some Contribution, and then think about other things.】

【Thank you, veteran.】

Zuo Lin'an read through the posts bit by bit, quickly forming some ideas regarding his dungeon setup.

He didn't plan on making any modifications to his dungeon for the time being.

First, because there was no need, and second... he had no money!

“Sigh, I should make money as soon as possible. No, wait, I mean earn Contribution.”

Just as he was about to apply to open his dungeon, he suddenly saw a post on the forum discussing player talents.

Yes, this was also very important!

He quickly clicked to open and view it.

【As everyone knows, player talents are divided into ordinary talents, special talents, and unique special talents.】

【Among them, ordinary talents are the most common. For example, 'Colossal Strength' which increases strength, 'Rapid Speed' which increases speed, and 'Lie Detection' which detects lies, and so on.】

【As for special talents, except for a very small number of fixed special talents, the rest are all evolved based on the player's individual circumstances.】

【Fixed special talents include 'Heavenly Thunder Talisman'—when a bolt of lightning strikes down, specters are directly repelled.】

【There is also 'Spirit Vision'! Once activated, one can directly see hidden specters to determine their location.】

【As well as the very practical 'Substitute Puppet', which allows one to craft death dolls to transfer the Death Lock on oneself...】