Chapter 218: Chapter 218 I Have a Terrible and Mysterious Past
Thinking of this, Sun Gaota turned and commanded the fully armed Squad 3, "Squad 3, assemble, prepare to enter the instance!"
Seven tall adult men immediately gathered in front of Qian Qi. They were all wearing tight-fitting C-level Defense Armor, and even their long and short blades at the waist were C-level weapons, showing that the Dungeon Association treated the advance team members entering the new instance quite well.
Sun Gaota stood firm in front of the few, his originally kind face turned serious in an instant. He looked at these 7 subordinates and said sternly:
"This instance is a new hidden instance that has been unknown for a long time. The situation inside is unknown, and it’s currently speculated that its original level is a C-level dungeon. As for whether there are B-level Magical Beasts inside, no one knows."
"The Dungeon Association was founded with the original intention of providing as much new instance information as possible for the Awakeners, allowing them to make better preparations before entering the instance and reducing the death rate of Awakeners inside, and all this requires your contributions and sacrifices!"
"The information you bring back or leave inside the instance will serve as a small patch for maintaining this world. Though small, your patches and ours combined can protect peace in one area! Protect Fucheng!"
"My warriors, once again shout out the slogan of the Dungeon Association, don’t forget your mission and original intention of joining the Dungeon Association: Always charge forward, never retreat! Fear no sacrifice, never disgrace the mission!"
"Always charge forward, never retreat! Fear no sacrifice, never disgrace the mission!" Squad 3 shouted the slogan they had shouted countless times, every face holding an unshakable determination, embracing certain death.
Sun Gaota looked at his subordinates with deep eyes. "Consider yourselves lucky this time, having Qian and Commander Su with you. Once inside the instance, don’t cause them trouble, make every effort to record more instance information, understood!"
"Yes!" The voices of the seven subordinates were loud, each entering the instance with a belief in sacrifice and dedication. Before this, they had already experienced many battles, and the long, narrow scars on their faces were testimony to their courage and strength.
"Commander Su, I entrust my subordinates to you." Sun Gaota turned to Su Ang and said earnestly, "They are the last batch of C-level advance teams in Fucheng, the others are already..."
To be the first to enter an instance, one must have the courage to sacrifice. Many C-level advance teams and Awakened Warriors from various branches of the Dungeon Association have gone missing after entering new instances, their findings left in the instances, everyone knowing that their fate could only be death.
"Rest assured." Su Ang nodded, "I will bring them back safely."
Sun Gaota couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Actually, he never wanted his subordinates to risk entering such hidden new instances. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer Awakeners willing to join the Dungeon Association and contribute, often needing Chairman Tang to step in personally.
With Su Ang present this time, he didn’t have to worry about the safety of his subordinates.
The seven-member advance team, carrying wireless equipment, stepped into the instance together with Qian Qi and Su Ang.
As soon as they entered, a gentle warm breeze greeted them, and beneath their feet was a wide, endlessly flowing azure river.
In their sight stood a complete black Magic Beast skeleton like a giant mountain above the Lanxi River. Each vertebra was massive and distinct, bathed in sunlight as if draped in a golden veil, connecting the two ends of the river. It was unclear whether it died on the Lanxi River or gave birth to it.
Further away was the Black Snow Mountain, shrouded in gray mist, where flying Magical Beasts screeched through the layered peaks. Their ethereal and rich sound had a fantastical, fairyland vibe that was mesmerizing.
However, when those flying Magical Beasts bared their fangs and drooled at you, the allure vanished instantly, and you no longer found the place enchanting.
"It’s a Swift-winged Cyan Peng! Everyone, squat down and watch for an aerial attack! Priority is to protect the equipment and Qian!" As a mass of flying Magical Beasts charged towards them, the advance team leader made a swift decision, surrounding Qian Qi and the equipment for protection.
Qian Qi looked at the equipment in the water, then at her own reflection.
[Ha~ Just a small fry on par with equipment.] The system mocked mercilessly.
Qian Qi: ...
Qian Qi rolled her eyes a little. Swift-winged Cyan Peng had a random interest in hunting. Seeing the advance team members vigilantly eyeing the sky, she lowered her head and removed a small Cannibal Fish biting her ankle.
From the ankle, bright red blood gushed out instantly, staining the Lanxi River purple-red, very noticeable.
Su Ang’s gaze swept over, his brow furrowed slightly, "You’re bleeding?"
"It’s nothing." Qian Qi didn’t mind the wound, instead extending two fingers to "pop~~" off the fangs of the blue Cannibal Fish.
She said excitedly, "This C-level dungeon is great, full of treasure. Just one little tooth broke my D-level Defense, this thing is perfect to take back for grinding those stubborn Magic Plant Leaves!"
The toothless blue Cannibal Fish: ...
Su Ang: ...
Qian Qi stored the two fangs in her backpack, then bent down to fish again in the Lanxi River.
Very quickly, she removed the fangs from seventeen or eighteen blue Cannibal Fish, stuffing them into the backpack. As for the toothless fish, Qian Qi didn’t waste them either, taking out a large burlap sack from her pocket and tossing the fish inside after shaking it open.
After tying the sack string around her neck, Qian Qi poured some Hemostatic Medicine on her hand that was full of wounds and bites.
The wound healed quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the group of Swift-winged Cyan Peng also grew increasingly distant. When they were about a kilometer away, they suddenly turned and flew off.
The advance team leader breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Commander Su."
Qian Qi glanced at Su Ang, said nothing, as Squad 3 lifted their equipment from the river and left the Lanxi River, checking if this instance could hold the wireless devices. Meanwhile, Qian Qi climbed on a nearby tree and used binoculars to look into the distance.
"Tongzi, there’s a Golden Grassland over there too!" After surveying, she spotted the undulating golden grassland through the binoculars and her eyes lit up like light bulbs.
The soil on the Golden Grassland was rich in nutrients, ideal for cultivating Magic Plants. Moreover, the golden grass blades on that grassland looked exactly like those in her Vegetable Garden Dungeon, likely of the same kind.
"Let’s confirm it over there first." Qian Qi jumped off the tree. This direction also passed by that gigantic black beast skeleton, just convenient to take a look.
"Did you finish setting up the equipment?" Qian Qi approached the advance team and asked.
"Almost, just fine-tuning." The advance team leader replied, testing something with an instrument, and soon felt thankful, "Great, the magnetic field here is suitable for placing wireless equipment."
Setting up wireless equipment meant they could communicate with the outside, allowing the findings to be sent out timely, preventing Awakeners from dying in vain due to lack of information when challenged with instance strategies.
"Once you’ve finished testing, can it be used directly?" Qian Qi asked, being curious.
"Yes, but this is a small mobile device, only ensuring a 200-meter range outer signal transmission. For extending the signal throughout the entire instance, Chairman Tang and the communication company have to confirm specific cooperation, then send someone here for network signal construction." The advance team leader explained to her.
"Oh, I see~" Qian Qi nodded her small head. She followed the squad’s guidance to connect to the mobile equipment signal and found the Light Brain’s network showed normal connectivity.
"Try sending a message to see if it goes through," the advance team leader suggested.
Qian Qi nodded and opened the chat box with Tang Yunde.
[I am your uncle]: Chairman Tang, if I die one day, I hope at my funeral you arrange 10 unlicensed advanced hovercars, an old man with white hair dressed like a commander with an imposing aura, and a beautiful woman in red fighting back tears, along with 10 strong young men wearing black suits, sunglasses, each holding a pure black umbrella, so everyone attending thinks I had a terrifying and mysterious past...
[Chairman Tang]: ?
What’s she talking about?