“Phew, I’m exhausted~”
Tang Shifu kicked the Giant Bear’s body, moving it half a meter, and panted.
She symbolically wiped her forehead.
If this room weren’t so cold, she’d definitely be sweating.
Active-type talents consume physical strength and Mental Power.
Frequent use of [Blessing of the Death God] consumes a lot of stamina.
“The Giant Bear has been dealt with. We can continue moving forward.”
Mu Bai unfolded the map and continued studying it.
According to the compass needle’s direction and the map’s markings, the next two rooms don’t have any Mental Power target indicators.
And not just the next two rooms, but taking the room after next as the center point, a total of five square rooms forming a cross shape are all like this.
That’s quite a coincidence…
“The next several rooms don’t have red dot markings. I suspect the room after next is the terminal…”
Mu Bai studied the map, taking a few steps forward as she spoke, then her expression changed.
“Let’s hurry. A target suddenly appeared in the room next to the next one. It’s most likely a player!”
They still don’t know if anyone has reached the terminal yet.
If no one has, but another team beats them to it, that would be such a waste!
Fortunately, the room with the new red dot is a monster room.
There’s a Mental Power signature similar to the Giant Bear that was there from the beginning.
After the new red dot entered that room, the monster’s red dot started moving, clearly beginning to attack the player.
“Good!”
The others immediately quickened their pace.
Tang Shifu opened the next door.
In the center of the room was a supply box.
Mu Bai and the others quickly approached.
Tang Shifu, being in front, opened the box.
Seeing two red potions, Mu Bai, despite them looking somewhat familiar, didn’t examine them closely and just stored them in her backpack.
Without stopping, they continued on.
The next door—the final room!
The door was pushed open.
Behind it was a chaotic, swirling mass of colors, resembling a Transaction Site Portal.
They stepped inside.
After entering, this was strictly no longer a room.
Unlike previous rooms which had at least two doors, the five of them were teleported together to a platform.
There was also an adventure room-style display case holding a silver chest.
A broadcast sounded.
[The first batch of players to reach the terminal, you have completed the mission and have the right to receive rewards. Since there are two teams among you, you may decide on the ownership of the rewards yourselves. Afterward, please exit in an orderly manner.]
Mu Bai heard the broadcast and breathed a sigh of relief.
She had guessed correctly—this was the terminal.
Good thing they had moved a bit faster, arriving as the first batch ahead of that unknown Lone Ranger.
“Open it now?”
Tang Shifu asked.
“Let’s take a look.”
If Luo Huang were a stranger player, she would have told Tang Shifu to take the chest away without opening it in front of others, to avoid showing good items that might make outsiders envious.
But Luo Huang was currently a reserve teammate—not exactly one of them, but not a complete outsider either.
Mu Bai’s action carried some of her own intentions.
Throughout this journey, Luo Huang had managed to reach the terminal safely largely thanks to their combat power, not to mention they had used a lifesaving prop to treat her.
Luo Huang had no reason to take a share of the reward.
If Luo Huang saw a prop suitable for herself and couldn’t resist, or felt the previous payment of over twenty Train Coins too painful and proposed taking a portion of the reward…
If she actually did that, Mu Bai certainly wouldn’t agree, but it would also dispel her thoughts of recruiting Luo Huang.
So far, everything Mu Bai knew about Luo Huang’s character, aside from what she had observed on the surface, came from speculation and Luo Huang’s own account—which couldn’t be taken as fact.
If she couldn’t control her greed and even forgot the gratitude she should feel, that would only prove her character was untrustworthy.
After all, the other person couldn’t be considered a true ally yet.
This was a small test.
Tang Shifu opened the chest.
Inside the silver chest lay over twenty Train Coins and two props.
One was a syringe like the Zombie Serum, filled with light pink liquid.
The other was a small anchor-shaped pendant.
Identify!
[Gene Enhancement Serum: Permanently increases 10 Strength, 10 Agility, 10 Constitution after injection. Side effect: drowsiness for three days. Effect cannot be stacked.]
[Space Anchor: Upon use, anchors the current station and specific location. Upon second use (consumes), allows the train’s next stop to return to the anchored point.]
“No way!”
Mu Bai was shocked.
The former went without saying—Talina’s shop had a potion with similar effects, worth one gold coin.
The latter was even more special.
If used properly, its value was immeasurable!
Too bad it was a consumable item, only usable for anchoring and returning once.
Since Identification could only be used upon touch, for convenience, Mu Bai described both items’ details.
Luo Huang listened nearby, naturally showing an expression of envy, but said nothing.
Both items were immensely useful to any player, and she was no exception.
But Luo Huang also understood that she was alone, not skilled in combat.
Simply arriving safely at the final room was already very lucky.
She couldn’t ask for more.
Moreover, that Instant Healing Potion had saved her life.
The value of a life couldn’t be measured by mere twenty-three Train Coins.
Seeing this reaction, Mu Bai secretly nodded in approval.
Tang Shifu said thoughtfully, “So, can we directly anchor this station and loot all the rewards here?”
The total value of the rewards from this game site was immeasurable.
If they could take it all, they’d get rich in one go.
A great escape indeed.
Mu Bai shook her head.
“You think the Train System hasn’t considered that? This station doesn’t even have a door. We can’t return to the site grounds. Even if we anchor, we can only come back to this platform…”
“Oh.”
Then forget it.
A long object pierced the saber-tooth tiger’s back.
Blood gushed out, splattering onto empty air and abruptly disappearing.
An Lan: “…”
So messy.
But the monster room this time was so tough that she had no choice but to use her Invisibility Potion.
Could the terminal be close?
An Lan didn’t waste time.
She leaped off the saber-tooth tiger and quickly approached the door.
To avoid making too much noise opening the door in case the next room was also a monster room, An Lan pushed it gently.
Huh?
She was already inside a teleportation gate.
It seemed the teleportation gate led to the terminal, but someone had already beaten her to it.
Could she explore more supply rooms first before entering?
This site had so many supply rooms and a few adventure rooms.
An Lan thought about it briefly.
It actually seemed feasible.
Without further ado, An Lan returned to the room where she had killed the saber-tooth tiger and opened another door.
As she entered, the door closed automatically.
“Just a supply room, huh…”
Muttering to herself, An Lan opened the supply box.
‘Whoa, an Agility Potion? And a permanent one at that? Could all the rooms around the final room be supply rooms with permanent-effect potions?’
She went to the next door and grasped the handle…
The door didn’t budge.
She tried to return to the previous room, but the door still wouldn’t open…
An Lan finally accepted reality.
Alright, it seemed this site didn’t allow bug exploitation.
Regretfully, she approached the final room’s door and tried opening it. Sure enough, this one could be opened.
She sighed and entered the teleportation gate.