Chapter 37 Dungeon: The Plague of the Mad Insects
Chapter 37 Dungeon: The Plague of the Mad Insects
Aunt Wang meant well, but Su Jinjin didn't actually need to go out to shop.
After accumulating resources from two instances, she had enough supplies in her inventory to last a long time.
However, Su Jinjin also understood that during this special period, staying indoors all the time would only arouse suspicion.
"Aunt Wang, please wait a moment, I'll be right out after I change my clothes," Su Jinjin replied with a smile, turning to go back inside to prepare.
She put on a waterproof raincoat, and before leaving, she deliberately stuffed a few empty bags into her backpack, pretending to be going on a big shopping spree.
However, the scene before Su Jinjin upon arriving at the supermarket still surprised her.
Compared to her last visit, the queue was several times longer, with a dense, dark mass of people stretching for dozens of meters in the rain.
Anxiety was written all over people's faces, and the sounds of pushing and shoving and arguing were constant.
"Why are there so many people..." Aunt Wang said worriedly, clutching her shopping bag tightly.
The sky was terribly overcast. Although the rain wasn't too heavy, the continuous precipitation had already caused a lot of water to accumulate in the low-lying areas of the city.
Here, Su Jinjin complains about the city's drainage system, saying it's terrible. Every year, a road is demolished and repaired, then demolished again, and she doesn't know what they've been doing.
Su Jinjin was secretly relieved that her community was located on higher ground and had not yet been flooded, but looking at the rising water on the streets, she knew that this situation would not last long.
During the two hours of waiting in line, Su Jinjin noticed several unusual things:
Fully armed guards have been added to the entrance of the supermarket.
The amount each person can purchase is now more strictly limited.
"The world is really different now..." Su Jinjin sighed softly, deliberately buying only some daily necessities and snacks, behaving like an ordinary, unprepared citizen.
When paying the bill, the hairs on the back of Su Jinjin's neck suddenly stood on end, and a chill ran down her spine as if she were being watched by a wild beast.
She resisted the urge to turn around immediately, and instead, while talking to Aunt Wang, she pretended to casually glance around.
[The Resume Eye] instantly spotted a tall man standing in the corner of the supermarket.
The man was wearing a baseball cap, and his eyes, visible beneath the brim, glowed with an eerie green light in the dim light.
Name: Chen Shangkang
Gender: Male
[Professional Skill: Talent - Beast Transformation: Can switch between werewolf and wolf forms, possessing extremely strong regenerative abilities and power]
[Weakness: Extremely averse to spicy food]
"Players?" Su Jinjin's heart tightened, and her fingers unconsciously gripped the shopping bag.
She was certain she didn't know this person, and her player identity had never been revealed, so why... was she being targeted by this person?
In a flash, she thought of the only person she had a grudge against, Jiang Kexin.
It's highly likely that this is an "assistant" Jiang Kexin found to deal with her!
"They really are persistent..." Su Jinjin sneered inwardly, but showed no sign of it on her face.
She noticed that Chen Shangkang was only observing from a distance and did not seem to intend to take action immediately.
It seems they're looking for a suitable opportunity to deal with me.
Su Jinjin certainly wouldn't give it. This place wasn't far from her home, and she left with Aunt Wang and a group of people.
Chen Shangkang dared not make a move in public.
Su Jinjin arrived home safely.
"No, I can't always be on guard against him attacking me. There's no such thing as being able to guard against a thief for a thousand days."
Su Jinjin was thinking about how to get rid of the other party.
"But there's no time to lose."
Watching the countdown to the next instance.
Su Jinji planned to deal with Chen Shangkang and Jiang Kexin after his next return.
I changed my clothes.
A familiar mechanical voice suddenly echoed in my mind:
[Ding! Seven-day preparation period has ended]
[Ding! The natural disaster game is about to begin]
[Ding! A new player has been randomly selected!]
[Ding! Teleportation countdown: 10, 9, 8...]
With each number announced by the cold, electronic voice, Su Jinjin's heart skipped a beat.
She took a deep breath.
This was her third time entering the game, but she still couldn't get used to the feeling of being forcibly dragged into another dimension.
As the countdown reached zero, a bone-chilling cold shot up my spine from the soles of my feet.
[Ding! Teleportation to the dungeon "The Plague of Insects" has begun!]
The world before my eyes seemed to have been paused, and all colors faded instantly.
Su Jinjin felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and the dizziness of being pulled from her consciousness made her stomach churn.
When she came to her senses again, she was standing inside a dilapidated wooden house.
A damp, musty smell wafted over, mixed with a cloyingly sweet, rotten odor.
Before Su Jinjin's pupils could adjust to the dim light, an excited shout exploded in her ears.
"I'm a player now! The Cataclysm game is real, those people online weren't lying!" A tall, thin man jumped up excitedly, knocking over a wooden chair next to him.
His face was flushed with a sickly redness, and his fingers twitched nervously. "Haha, I will gain extraordinary abilities and become a superior person."
Su Jinjin ignored the man's excited thoughts; he probably didn't understand the cruelty of the natural disaster game.
She quickly scanned her surroundings.
There were seven people in the room: except for the tall, thin guy who was overly excited.
There was also a girl in a school uniform huddled in a corner, shivering.
A middle-aged man in a suit and tie was checking his phone with a livid face.
A college couple is embracing each other tightly.
The most eye-catching figure was the man in black standing by the window, his tactical gloved hand slowly stroking the bulge at his waist—clearly a gun.
This was my third time entering the game, but it was the first time I'd encountered so many players right from the start.
Su Jinjin's nerves tensed instantly. She took a half step back without making a sound, pulled out a medical mask from the side pocket of her backpack, and put it on.
Exposing one's face is too dangerous.
"Calm down, everyone," the man in black suddenly said.
The man in black hadn't expected to encounter so many people at the start of this disaster game.
Su Jinjin didn't pay attention to the man in black, but instead focused her attention on the mission in this instance.
Main Quest: Survive for three days in the Plague of Insects dungeon.
[Reward: You can return to reality after the mission is completed]
[Task 2: Collect 100 corpses of each type of special insect]
[Reward: Grade Chest] (The more types of insects there are, the higher the grade of the chest will be, and the better the items you will get from it)
[Note: During Task 2, the system will activate the auxiliary recycling function.]
Meanwhile, others on the other side were also observing the mission, just like Su Jinjin.
"Survive for three days? Sounds easy!" The tall, thin man grinned, revealing his uneven, yellow teeth.
"But let me see what my talent is first!"
"My God! It's telekinesis, the all-purpose ability of the extraordinary world."
Su Jinjin was somewhat surprised when she heard that the blond-haired man's talent was telekinesis.
"If you don't want to die, be quiet!" the man in black coldly interrupted. "Look carefully out the window."
Su Jinjin followed his gaze and her blood froze.
Through the broken windowpane, she saw that the sky outside was an eerie orange-red, as if it had been stained with diluted blood.