Chapter 242 The Unlucky Guy Again

The strength of the zombie giant dog clearly exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Not only had it become stronger by an unknown number of times since the beginning, but the real kicker was its almost impossible-to-kill trait—talk about a buggy physique!

At first, Ling Mo thought that even if he couldn’t fully take it down, he could just blow it up and take the chance to escape while it evolved into its next form—after all, being chased like this was no fun, and even when they ran into a building, that beast could just charge in like a monster and keep coming.

It felt like they were in more danger inside the building than outside while that creature’s speed was impossible to delay.

So, in exasperation, Ling Mo chose the path of explosives—manifesting several baskets of bombs and hurling them at the monster.

The result… well, sure, it blew the beast to pieces, but that thing immediately evolved from its third form to the fourth form in a split second—and its fourth form was a giant dinosaur over ten meters tall.

And it ran even faster than before.

“Crap crap crap crap crap!” The chubby guy cursed all the way as he ran, “Who the hell said PVP dungeons are easier than regular dungeons? Is this even a human level of difficulty? If an average person encounters this, do they even have a chance?! Damn it, it’s caught up to us again, brothers! Old Ling, throw more bombs at it!”

“If I blow up one more time, we’ll really be out of options!” Ling Mo glanced behind him and then suddenly exclaimed, “This isn’t going to work! We need to split up!”

“Good idea!” The chubby guy was the first to agree, “One of us dying is better than all of us dying! Let’s split at that intersection ahead! Whoever it chases, that one’s the unlucky one!”

Ling Mo moved closer to Xia Xinyan: “Xinyan, jump into my arms!”

Xia Xinyan instantly understood his intent and didn’t say a word, turning into a black cat and leaping into Ling Mo’s embrace.

The words the chubby guy had ready to say got stuck in his throat.

Seriously, at a time like this, they were still showing off their affection.

If that monster ended up chasing Ling Mo, he couldn’t wait to see if Ling Mo could protect the young lady Xia.

Anyway, he could definitely confirm he was not the unluckiest one here, given that the probability was only one in three.

“Reached the intersection, split!” After arriving at the intersection, the chubby guy barked, turning left and running away.

Then that dinosaur didn’t even glance at the others and just turned to chase him.

Even after escaping a distance, Ling Mo could still hear the chubby guy’s wails in the distance: “What the hell, why are you chasing me?!”

Then he just stopped dead in his tracks.

Stopping along with him was Bai Yu, who was not far away.

Since they had temporarily escaped danger, Bai Yu regrouped with them: “Should we… save Day Ri?”

“No need,” Ling Mo shook his head, “That unlucky guy may have had a rough time, but he’s still competent.”

After a pause, he shrugged: “And even if he does die, it’s fine—there’s a respawn match anyway. That’s better than dragging us into it.”

Bai Yu dropped the subject: “So what do we do now?”

“Prioritize completing the mission,” Ling Mo replied, “Right now, there’s no need to kill too many people.”

During the early stages of the match, players matched were generally of varying strength, and Ling Mo felt confident they were among the top tier—most likely, they would encounter other players who were easy pickings. This game wasn’t just for them to enjoy; blowing up fish ponds provided no real benefits except creating enemies—nobody would think those who blew up ponds were big shots, and they wouldn’t learn much technique from it either.

Unless someone proactively provoked them, it was best to focus on missions for now.

Once they reached mid-match, they would naturally encounter more qualified opponents.

Bai Yu nodded: “Alright, but where do we find an A-level zombie mother?”

“There aren’t many zombies in this city; every single one could be a target for a player or a small group,” Ling Mo absentmindedly stroked the black cat in his arms, speculating about the mechanics of this dungeon, “It’s likely other zombies are also those that become stronger the more you fight them. In other words, the best chance to kill your target is when they are in their initial form—I’m beginning to understand why this dungeon is listed as unknown difficulty.”

Since it’s a PVP dungeon, the difficulty naturally increases due to the presence of other hostile players, but this dungeon takes it a step further—if others provoke their targeted zombies to the third or fourth stage, it could lead to an exponential increase in the completion difficulty.

Thus, the key to clearing the dungeon would be to find and eliminate their targets before they were provoked; the longer they delayed, the harder it would become.

However, this assumption had its flaws. Just now, after that monster reached the fourth stage, even the four of them couldn’t figure out how to kill it, let alone those weaker than them. If that was the target, this dungeon would be a dead end for them, but this was unreasonable within the dungeon’s mechanics.

So Ling Mo was only making preliminary guesses; the specifics would depend on their upcoming exploration.

Hopefully, the chubby guy could hang in there long enough to bring back a bit of useful information.

—Xia Xinyan in Ling Mo’s arms couldn’t help but feel a sense of, “Our son has grown up.”

After entering the dungeon, she had habitually inferred the mechanics of the dungeon from any valuable items she encountered or sorted out their situation more quickly—this was an important criterion for judging a player’s true strength. Ling Mo was already displaying her former late-stage demeanor.

She was even sure that he probably didn’t need her help anymore; he could complete the whole dungeon perfectly on his own.

Of course, she definitely wouldn’t leave Ling Mo—after all, she still needed this guy to be the protagonist of her system; her ability had grown rapidly, mainly thanks to the points Ling Mo earned for her.

However, she was somewhat displeased with how this guy kept treating her like a cat.

It seemed that now, he was increasingly not treating her… how should she put it? In the past, he had taken great care of her, but now, Ling Mo seemed to be slightly gaining the upper hand in their relationship.

That was not a good sign.

Just as she was about to express her dissatisfaction, her ears suddenly caught some noise from a distance.

She instinctively looked up towards the sky, but her view was blocked by a large building.

Noticing her movement, Ling Mo asked, “What’s wrong?”

But before Xia Xinyan could reply, he and Bai Yu also heard that increasingly loud noise.

It seemed to be a helicopter.

In the next moment—

An armed helicopter flew past the roof of the building at incredible speed, spiraling off into the distance.

Although the helicopter quickly disappeared behind another building, from its flight pattern, it looked like it had lost control.

Sure enough, within seconds, a loud explosion echoed in the distance, signifying its crash.

Xia Xinyan calmly plopped back down: “A clue has arrived.”

   

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