Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

After the agreement with Hou Jingchuan that day, Hou Jingchuan handed over all information regarding Lin Jiang, as well as the intelligence on the Cursed Dungeon from the Four Major Organizations.

Speaking of the reward on that day, seeing that everyone was working for the sake of the Desolate Realm, Wu Chang offered Hou Jingchuan a friendly price.

Before the matter was accomplished, the Four Major Organizations needed to provide him with relevant intelligence for free, along with various Consumables potentially used in the dungeon, with a total value not less than fifty thousand Rotten Silver Coins.

After the matter was accomplished, they would pay him two hundred thousand Rotten Silver Coins and allow him to choose any A-Level Consumable from the Four Major Organizations’ treasury.

Judging by the figures, this level of reward was enough to hire the Desolate Realm’s second Breaker, Cold Mountain, to make a move five times, which seemingly could not be regarded as a friendly price.

But in Wu Chang’s view, he was cleaning up the mess for the Four Major Organizations, not asking each organization for a share, but instead letting them share the cost, which already counted as a friendly price.

The time quickly reached twelve o’clock, the time for the dungeon to open.

Wu Chang took out the Life Path Cube in his hand, ready to activate it, but noticed someone in the crowd was faster than him.

That was a young man dressed in cheap artificial Items, inconspicuous like any passerby.

The young man raised his right hand high, holding a Life Path Cube of the same model, which emitted a pale blue light from each surface, forming a dedicated dungeon passage in front of him.

Meanwhile, Wu Chang also activated his Life Path Cube, but he remained low-key, without displaying the unique light gate publicly.

After passing through the light gate, the dungeon breath confirmed for Wu Chang that the passage the young passerby opened was also designated for the Cursed Dungeon.

Players sniping for the Four Major Organizations, to maintain secrecy, matched the dungeon from their respective forces’ spaces. Undoubtedly, the young man using the Life Path Cube was Lin Jiang in disguise.

Just as Wu Chang took note of Lin Jiang’s disguise, he saw Lin Jiang pull out another Item with his left hand.

It was a red metal badge, inscribed with the character ”Unity” in gold paint. Seeing the metal badge, Wu Chang inexplicably thought of the Unity Order in film works.

The red badge emitted an aura of origin, unlike ordinary Items produced in the Desolate Realm, a phenomena Wu Chang had only seen among Items used by players in the Realm of Reason.

Gazing at the red badge, a sense of foreboding arose in his heart.

He watched as Lin Jiang placed the badge together with the Life Path Cube, causing the private teleportation gate in front of Lin Jiang to expand several times. Furthermore, the private exclusive teleportation gate transformed into a public teleportation gate.

Immediately, Lin Jiang shouted: ”I wish to emulate the Peace Saint’s opening of resources, breaking the monopoly the Four Major Organizations have over ordinary players. Behind the gate is a special A-Level reward dungeon sealed by the Four Major Organizations, where players of level 15 and above have the chance to pass. The passage will only remain for one minute, if you’re not afraid to die, follow me!”

After speaking, Lin Jiang took the lead and stepped into the dungeon.

On-site players instantly burst into uproar. They had never witnessed such a scene, where designated Dungeon Items were made free to public use—had the Desolate Realm truly entered the open resource era?

However, was the dungeon behind the gate truly a Reward Dungeon?

While the crowd hesitated, someone suddenly shouted: ”What’s there to be afraid of? My life isn’t worth even a tenth of the designated dungeon Item, let alone two of them. How can he deceive me?”

After speaking, the person plunged into the light gate.

Others thought this through; indeed, wasting two precious Items just to deceive these ordinary players was surely a losing deal.

With the passage only lasting one minute, tricking people inside as pawns would be too random, incapable of deceiving many.

Could it be they’re using them as a tool to influence the Four Major Organizations?

Like the Mind Reading Technique, another voice rang out: ”Is it not just the Four Major Organizations? Treat it as a rehearsal for the World Dungeon.”

Watching more people flooding into the light gate, and as the gate grew dim, the indecisive onlookers hurriedly began squeezing towards the light gate.

Wu Chang watched this situation, shook his head, and took advantage of the crowd before they filled the dungeon, stepping into his private Plane passage.

Lin Jiang indeed had some moves, but using his name to pull stunts—had he already guessed Wu Chang would participate, and was this a provocation?

If you’re so lively, then you can rest assured you won’t live long.

”Detecting dungeon match for player, canceled due to Life Path Cube usage, switched to designated dungeon.”

Whether it was a delusion or not, upon detecting his specified dungeon, the prompt of the Abyssal Game seemed to carry disappointment without randomness.

Why are you disappointed?

”Successfully entered designated dungeon, ’Desolate—91162 Plane.’”

”Dungeon Name: Cursed.”

”Dungeon Type: Chaotic Survival Dungeon.”

”Detecting use of Unity Order among players, dungeon type changed to Multiplayer Survival Dungeon, damage between players decreased by an additional 20%.”

”Dungeon Mode: Cooperative Mode, player damage reduced by 70%.”

”Dungeon Difficulty: A”

”Official recommended dungeon exploration minimum level: 25, players are advised to handle cautiously.”

”Dungeon Status: Close to out of control!”

”This is a special dungeon; players entering will have all Attributes weakened to 10% of original values.”

Wu Chang stared at the prompt, stunned—could such an operation exist?

Unity Order reduces damage among players by an additional 20%, combined with the cooperative mode’s 70% damage reduction, resulting in player-to-player damage being less threatening than the native inhabitants of the Plane.

According to the intelligence from the Management Bureau, Lin Jiang was a tank-style player with Life Attribute specialization. Now, with a 90% damage reduction among players, who could possibly kill him?