"You guys are so amazing that you actually figured out the way to the third floor?!"
When Xiao Ou heard the plague doctor say that he had developed a method to reach the next three levels, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Worried that Xia Qi and Xiao Ou might not believe him, the plague doctor smiled and pointed to the staircase leading downstairs in the dark, saying, "Temple No. 7 can lead to Temple No. 16, and there are stairs leading down in Temple No. 16, and below is Temple No. 25 on the first floor."
Xia Qi frowned when he heard this and asked, "How did you come up with this?"
The route deduced by Mr. Plague is 1→4→7→16→25.
Judging from Xia Qi's current arrangement of the numbers on the nine-square grid of the entire room, which increases from small to right, the route derived by Mr. Plague is reasonable.
However, they are still in Temple No. 4 on the first floor. How do they know that Temple No. 25 is below Temple No. 16 on the second floor
"Because we have a trainer." The plague doctor pointed at the trainer who was resting on the side and said, "His skills have been upgraded. Now he can release a black dog. This black dog can explore for us. But for some reason, the black dog can only go down one floor and cannot go to the third floor."
Maybe it was due to the defense mechanism, but when the trainer's black dog reached the third floor, it suddenly cut off contact with the trainer.
Xiao Ou was very excited about Mr. Plague's invitation. After mumbling to himself for a long time, he suddenly remembered Xia Qi's reminder.
Xiao Ou's enthusiasm dropped instantly, and he couldn't help but glance at Xia Qi's face, asking him whether he would follow Mr. Plague.
Xia Qi glanced at him and said to the plague doctor, "Thank you. We want to take another look on this floor."
"Okay." The plague doctor nodded and said gently, "If you encounter any difficulties, you can ask us for help."
"Thank you very much." Xia Qi and Xiao Ou thanked the plague doctor and started to investigate Temple No. 4.
In Room 4, there are two doors. The door on the south leads to Temple No. 7, and the door on the east leads to Temple No. 5.
Since they had just fought a fierce battle in Temple No. 4, only a pile of broken bronze blocks were left on the ground, and the original appearance of the bronze statue could not be seen at all. Xia Qi thought that the combined combat power of Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, and Group 5 was quite good, and look at what they had done to the monsters.
Just as the two were about to push open the door of Temple No. 5, Mr. Plague's voice sounded behind them again: "Son, you really won't come with us? If you take the wrong path, you may never be able to get up again."
Xia Qi pursed his lips, turned around, and said to Mr. Plague: "Thank you, you can go down first."
He did not say that he would not go down the route, nor did he say that he would go down from another room.
Hearing this, Mr. Plague said nothing more and continued to rest in Temple No. 4.
Xia Qi pushed open Temple No. 5 and walked in side by side with Xiao Ou.
When they arrived at the empty Temple No. 5, Xia Qi discovered that there were no monsters in the temple. Instead, there was a three-story fountain with a golden bottom in the center. The two walked around the fountain and found that the water in the fountain was quite clean.
"If this wasn't a dungeon, I would really like to take a bath here." Xiao Ou said regretfully as he looked at the clear fountain water.
Xia Qi naturally knew that he couldn't really bathe in the fountain, so he ignored him. He then carefully examined the fountain and found a sign hanging on the edge of the fountain. He picked up the sign and saw that it read:
Description: The God of Light can purify all the filth in the world.
"Maybe I can really take a bath." Xia Qi glanced at the water in the fountain and said in a low voice.
He turned the sign over again and found a line of small pink words on the back:
Exclusive note for you: Washing is healthier.
Xia Qi: “…”
You're really sick!
"Xiao Ou, come and take a look." Xia Qi held back his temper and didn't throw the sign away. He waved Xiao Ou over to let him look at the pink words on the back of the sign, "Read the words on it."
"Explanation: The God of Light can purify all the dirt in the world." Xiao Ou looked at Xia Qi in confusion, and took the initiative to turn the sign over. "The words on the front and the back are the same. Do you want me to read it again?"
The more Xiao Ou thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Xia Qi was not illiterate, so why did he ask him to read the words? Could it be that what he saw was different from others
Xia Qi put down the sign expressionlessly: "No need."
This system has always been immoral, and he has long been accustomed to it.
Since the fifth temple was surprisingly safe, Xiao Ou and Xia Qi thought it was a good place to rest. They replenished their energy on the spot and took turns on duty before taking a nap for another six hours.
After replenishing all his energy, Xiao Ou walked to the south of the 5th temple, which is the entrance to the 8th temple.
"Are we going in?" Xiao Ou put his hands on the door, swallowed and asked.
Xia Qi walked up to him and raised his hand to push the door: "Come in and take a look."
They need to understand more about the structure of the first level before they can proceed to determine the correct order to proceed to the next level.
"Gah—"
After the two opened the door, Xiao Ou quickly took out a dagger and walked inside carefully. When the two came to the center of Temple No. 8, they found that there were no monsters here. Apart from a pile of miscellaneous things, there was only a silver box placed in the middle.
"What a pity, there are still no monsters." Xiao Ou said with a smile, walked to the silver box and took out 6 bottles of supplies from it.
Xia Qi looked at him speechlessly, thinking, this guy really can't be spoiled, if he is spoiled too much, he will become lazy and have problems.
The two walked to the corner and found that Temple No. 8 also had a passage, which led to Temple No. 17 on the second floor. What was different was that the golden light on the left side of this passage flowed downwards, while the golden light on the right side flowed upwards.
Xia Qi tried it again with ropes and stones and found that this road could be used both to go up and down.
"We can take this path," Xia Qi concluded.
The two of them had an incredibly smooth journey. Whenever they walked into a temple, they would come across a path that led them both up and down. If they encountered danger on the second floor, they could still escape back.
"Hey, this route is much more reliable than what Mr. Plague said!" Xiao Ou nodded. Although the route provided by Mr. Plague can reach the third floor, they can only go down and not go up!
What if you encounter a monster on the third floor and happen to reach a dead end? Who will be responsible if you die
"Oh yes, they haven't gone down yet. Maybe they want others to die first." Xiao Ou began to talk about conspiracy theories mercilessly.
After the two divided the supplies, they started to plan to go downstairs to take a look.
Just at this moment, there was a loud "bang" and the wall next door shook violently, and it sounded like something huge hit the wall.
The others were not so lucky. The two were sharing the supplies in their hands.
Xia Qi listened carefully and found that the sound came from the next door Temple No. 9. The east door of Temple No. 5 is Temple No. 6, and Temple No. 6 should lead to Temple No. 9. Just now, Xia Qi and Xiao Ou came to Temple No. 8 and did not enter Temple No. 6.
Xia Qi originally thought that Group 2, Group 3, and Group 4 all followed the route provided by the plague doctor, but he didn't expect that some people did not go down.
"Let's go and take a look."
In order to obtain more information about the rooms, Xia Qi and Xiao Ou retreated back to the fifth temple. Just as they were about to push open the door of the sixth temple, the door was suddenly pushed open from the inside.
Xia Qi recognized the man in front of him as the leader of the second group of robbers. He didn't expect that they would break into Temple No. 6.
The robber rushed out of the door covered in blood. Seeing Xia Qi and Xiao Ou standing outside, he yelled, "Hurry up, the monster inside is infected with an infectious disease!"
"Infectious disease?!" Hearing these three words, Xiao Ou shouted anxiously, "Retreat, retreat, retreat, let's go to Temple No. 8 quickly!"
“Ouch!”
Just as Xia Qi grabbed the robber, a twisted hand grabbed the door, and then a strange man quickly came out from inside.
I saw that the man's skin had turned brown, and his whole body was covered with purple-red rashes and patches. There were countless small black holes on his neck. What was even more outrageous was his cotton cloth. The damaged skin was in the shape of a gray-brown bat with spread wings. His mouth was tilted to one side, and his eyes had turned into two original holes, with two yellow and bloodshot eyeballs embedded in them. He looked even more terrifying than the Saint Monster.
Seeing the weirdo rushing towards them with his severed limbs, Xiao Ou took out a dagger and yelled in fear: "What the hell! What the hell is this?!"
Xia Qi grabbed the robber and pulled him back, asking doubtfully, "Is this a human or an NPC?"
Why does it look like you have leprosy
"He's a human! My teammate!" The bandit whimpered, then wiped his face and cried in pain, "There's no other way. Do you have any long-range weapons? Kill him!"
“Ouch!”
The strange man walked towards them step by step like a zombie, with his hands slightly raised, mumbling indistinctly: "Save...save...me."
The monster's SP value has dropped to 9, and he is now in a half-crazy, half-not-crazy state. His expression becomes sad and cruel the next.
The robber wiped his tears as he retreated. Since his hands were bleeding, he smeared blood all over his face: "I'm sorry, I can't save you. In order to relieve your pain, they can only kill you."
Since the monster is infected with leprosy, it is no longer a normal human being and cannot be dealt with using ordinary methods of killing humans. It can only be dealt with using the weapons and skills provided in the copy.
Xia Qi pursed his lips, turned his head away, and said to the robber with a look of regret: "I don't have any attack skills."
"... My dagger can only reduce 1-5 HP points." Xiao Ou also responded. His dagger is mainly used to steal things, not to kill people. If he throws the dagger, he has to throw it back and forth 7 to 10 times.
By the time they were going back and forth picking up daggers, they had already been infected with leprosy.
Robber: “…”
The robbers didn't expect that they had no long-range weapons, which was embarrassing.
Looking at the strange man struggling in pain, Xia Qi's eyes rolled around, and he suddenly remembered the words written on the sign: "Washing is healthier."
Xia Qi first asked Xiao Ou for a wash basin, then picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the weirdo: "Come and chase me!"
Then, Xia Qi ran to the fountain in the middle, scooped half a basin of water from the fountain with a washbasin, and then raised his hand and poured it over the head of the strange man who was walking towards him!
“Crash!”
Crystal clear water poured down from the weirdo's head. The weirdo suddenly stopped and stared blankly at Xia Qi who was splashing water on him.
"Damn, he's fine!" Xiao Ou pointed at the weirdo and yelled.
After the water from the fountain was poured down, a wisp of smoke actually came out from the monster's head. Moreover, the three people also found that the monster's skin that was splashed began to slowly turn into normal flesh color, especially his facial skin, which was no longer hideous at this time, and his eyes slowly turned from yellow to black.
The monster looked like a human now. The three of them probed over and found that the monster's SP value had also changed from 9 to 15.
"Hurry, hurry in and take a bath!" The robber said excitedly, not expecting that the water in the fountain could actually cure leprosy, and he wished he could press his teammate's head into the fountain.
The weirdo's intelligence had recovered a lot. Hearing the robber's instructions, he lunged forward and jumped directly into the fountain's water.
Seeing the weirdo recovering, Xiao Ou said in surprise: "Oh my god, he can really take a bath!"
After personally helping his teammates out of the fountain, the robber was so moved that tears flowed down his cheeks, and he kept saying to Xia Qi and Xiao Ou: "Thank you, thank you!"
Xia Qi nodded and asked him, "Are there other people in Temple No. 6? Do you need to go in and save them?"
“No need…” The robber’s eyes instantly turned red and he sobbed, “They’re all dead.”
Xia Qi couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.
Although the next door might no longer be accessible, Xia Qi still wanted to know the relevant information, so he continued to ask: "Can you tell us about the situation of Temple No. 6 and Temple No. 9?"
The robber straightened his face and replied, "We entered the 6th and 9th temples. Later, we went to the 18th temple on the second floor through the stairs of the 9th temple. There, our teammates were infected with leprosy."
Unexpectedly, the robbers could come back after going to the second floor. Xia Qi asked again: "Is there a two-way passage in Temple No. 9?"
"Yes, there is a two-way passage in Temple No. 9 that leads to Temple No. 18. However, there is no door in the room of Temple No. 18. It is a dead end." The robber said with great regret, "If we had not been curious about exploring new routes and had just followed Mr. Plague, my teammates would not have died."
At present, he has mastered all the information about the stairs leading to the second floor. Among them, the roads leading to Temple No. 11 and Temple No. 12 from Temple No. 2 and Temple No. 3 have been verified by Group 1 for them. They are currently very dangerous, and Temple No. 12 is also a dead end.
Then the only thing left is the passage to Temple No. 7 mentioned by the plague doctor, and the passages going downstairs to Temples No. 8 and 9.
The robbers and others have helped them verify that Temple No. 9, which can be gone up and down, is also an idea. Therefore, using the method of elimination, apart from the road provided by Mr. Plague, the passage leading to the second floor, there is also Temple No. 8 that Xia Qi and Xiao Ou have just discovered!
Xia Qi was just about to tell the robber that following Mr. Plague might not be the right thing to do when suddenly, there was a noise coming from the door on their west side.
The door on the west side leads to Temple No. 4, where Mr. Plague from Group 5 was resting.
"Who is it?" Xiao Ou walked towards the door in confusion. Since the monster in Temple No. 4 had died long ago, he became bolder and opened the door of Temple No. 4.
A slender black hand suddenly stretched out from behind the door. With a "snap", the hand grabbed the door frame and knocked off several pieces of gravel from it.
"Fuck!" Xiao Ou jumped up in fear, turned around, and ran towards Xia Qi, letting out a heart-wrenching scream: "Brother Xia, your girlfriend is here!"
Xia Qi: “…”
As Xiao Ou ran over, the door of Temple No. 4 was slowly pushed open, and a figure wearing a black cloak slowly emerged from behind the door.
Seeing this, Xia Qi turned around and ran without hesitation, watching Xiao Ou push open Door No. 8 in front of him.
"Run!" Xiao Ou first squeezed out from the crack of the door and reached out to pull Xia Qi.
Xia Qi just raised his hand when he suddenly felt a cold wind behind him. His waist was suddenly clamped by a cold hand, which then pulled him back. Xia Qi fell directly into a cold embrace.
The dark shadow behind him rubbed his ear, and Xia Qi felt it numbing. Then, a low and hoarse voice sounded faintly beside his ear:
"Where else can you escape to in my dungeon?"