LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 312: Purgatory Town!
He continued speaking to himself, indicating that the effect of the duckbill cap was indeed pretty good.
"Thank you for the information, I got it."
Chen Miao nodded, looked up at the town, which had many buildings. If there was a cabinet behind every building, that would be quite something; he did not dare to randomly visit any building.
He took a deep breath.
He glanced at the moon overhead, did not say much, but took out a cigarette, put it to his lips, stood still for a while, and then walked decisively into the town before him.
The moment he stepped into the town,
a prompt sounded in his ear.
"Ding, congratulations on entering Purgatory Town!"
"When Death Town of the dead 79 days opens for the 100 millionth time, that instance of Death Town will Level Up to Purgatory Town."
"At the same time, the difficulty of the secret realm will rise to B-level."
"And new content will be added."
"Please make an effort to explore, players, those who ultimately survive will receive some extra surprises based on their performance in the secret realm."
"Believe me, you'll like this surprise."
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As this panel popped up, Chen Miao slightly twitched at the corner of his mouth without speaking. He could be certain of one thing; the secret realm had indeed undergone a transformation, and not just an ordinary one.
It had directly transformed to B-level.
He had just inwardly muttered that even if it was a B-level secret realm, he could survive, and now the difficulty had risen to B-level? How considerate of you.
But had this secret realm actually opened a hundred million times?
A hundred people could be accommodated at once, so a hundred million times meant a hundred billion people.
Blue Star had a total population close to a hundred billion.
He had joined in the last moment, part of the last batch of players to enter. Adding the number of times this secret realm had opened over the past decades, it came to roughly a hundred million times.
He just hadn't expected his luck to be so good, hitting precisely at the hundred million mark.
That luck was rarer than winning the lottery.
The others who had also entered the town saw the panel pop up before them, and their already pale faces now turned even paler, truly frightening.
Most were ordinary people.
The difficulty at F-level was already frightening enough, but now they had conjured up a B-level difficulty. What else to say? Just wait for death.
If there was a certain probability of survival at F-level difficulty, then at B-level difficulty, one needn't consider surviving at all, but instead, choose how to die.
Even that level 11 Magician who had seemed relatively calm, now had intense fear flood his eyes.
"Whew!"
As everyone fell into utter despair, the man who had urinated in public at the beginning let out a long breath, "Well, that settles it, I'm just an ordinary person. I thought I had to live in trepidation for a long time, but it looks like there's no need to fret anymore."
"I can just die."
"Die and be done with it. I've lived my whole life just to afford a house, and just after I made the down payment, the house got flooded, and the flood was urine." Discover stories with empire
"This absurd event has shaped my life."
"So be it."
Having said this, the young man no longer paid attention to the surrounding people. He looked towards the shops on either side of the town and the deserted ancient brick road in the middle. He sighed with a look of powerlessness and then walked straight to a well beside the street.
He looked down into the pitch-black bottom of the well.
The man picked up a brick from beside the well, turned to the crowd with a woeful smile and said, "Actually, a long time ago, I searched for the most painless ways to die. The answer was carbon dioxide poisoning, but it looks like I don't have that option now."
"I really hate the feeling of drowning, I truly detest it."
"So I intend to knock myself out with this brick, then fall into the well while unconscious. At least I can leave this world while passed out, which is somewhat a dignified way to go, at least more dignified than that woman who died in the bathroom."
"Don't you dare rescue me later."
"Never mind, you won't save me anyway."
"I'm going ahead, you guys keep up the fight."
The next second—
the man took a deep breath, picked up the brick and, without any hesitation, smacked himself hard on the back of the head. Then, everyone saw his body stiffen and he plunged straight into the well.
But...
"Ahhh!!!"
From the man's scream during his fall, it was apparent that he hadn't knocked himself out. Either he didn't hit himself hard enough or he didn't know how to properly knock someone out.
"Splash!"
A loud splash echoed.
Even amidst the crowd, some people looked toward the scene with cries of sorrow. Although they didn't know the young man, the empathetic sorrow of witnessing another's misfortune made them feel uncomfortable.
Chen Miao glanced at it and then looked away, as he currently had no energy to care about these matters. After all, even he himself was not safe at the moment.
An area with a grade B difficulty and based on rules at that, he could die at any moment—how could he afford to care about a stranger?
However, just as he was looking towards the end of the street, ready to check out the situation.
Suddenly, exclamations erupted from the crowd behind him!
He instinctively turned to look back.
To see that large amounts of water were gushing from the bottom of the well, and the young man was being dragged up by the water, suspended in mid-air, holding up a stone slab with an extremely excited expression, completely drenched.
"..."
Chen Miao's eyelids dropped slightly. With his passive shooter's skill, he had good eyesight and could clearly see the words on the man's stone slab.
"Building Rules": The first player to enter this building will be blessed by the river god, able to move freely within the underground river beneath the town, and breathe freely underwater. They also possess the ability to partially control the groundwater.
Quickly—
The young man jumped down from the water column, his face full of excitement as he showed the stone slab to the crowd: "This is the stone slab I saw at the bottom of the well. You guys have no idea, there's light deep inside the well and it's quite spacious too."
"And it leads directly to the underground river. Inside there, it's all bright. I can travel freely underneath the town through the underground river."
"This is also considered..."
...
"Miao."
Standing by Chen Miao's side, Hungry Monkey looked enviously at the man who found fortune amidst misfortune: "Looks like this building is not just about bad stuff, huh? There are good things too. With this ability, the chances of surviving the next several days are greatly increased."
"If any danger comes up, just jump into the well and escape."
"If I'm not mistaken, isn't this an ability that Sadako has?"
After saying that, he licked his dry lips and looked around at the shops: "The stores around here should all have their own rules, right? Should we give it a try?"
"...If you're so brave, you go try."
Before Miao could even respond, Zhou Shen gave him a strange look: "You really have guts, eh? Forgot how those two women died a moment ago? In a situation like this, you actually dare to randomly enter a building?"
"Aren't you afraid you might get in but can't get out?"
"Came here to gamble your luck?"
"My luck has always been good, otherwise, how could I have met Miao?"
"You..."
Zhou Shen was momentarily at a loss for words, unable to find a retort, and after a while, he rolled his eyes indignantly: "Then go ahead, I'll be waiting for your good news!"
With a scoff, Hungry Monkey didn't respond. He was just boasting and wasn't really foolish enough to take that risk.
It was true that his luck had been quite good since meeting Miao, but before that, he had never been lucky—so it wouldn't be surprising if meeting Miao had already exhausted all his good fortune.
And at that moment—
The rest of the people seemed envious of the lucky one. Perhaps they thought doing nothing in a B-grade difficulty secret realm was a sure death, so it might be better to take a gamble. Soon, a burly man covered in tattoos strode toward the convenience store on the side of the street!
One could tell that this man had chosen his destination carefully.
There were many shops around the street.
"Convenience Store," "Shroud Shop," "Wax Museum," "Butcher's," "Stir-fry Shop," and so on.
Of the all the shops, it goes without saying that nobody bold would dare to enter the Shroud Shop and Wax Museum—the storefronts might as well have had the words "come in if you dare, but you'll die" written on them. Going further inside would be akin to courting death.
The Butcher's and Stir-fry Shop were comparatively peaceful, but they still had things like butcher knives and cleavers.
They had their fair share of potential dangers.
Only the Convenience Store seemed harmless and was probably the safest one.
The logic was perfect.
Only Hungry Monkey murmured hesitantly, "Dude... what legitimate convenience store operates between a Shroud Shop and a Wax Museum? It's like choosing the 'all of the above' option in a multiple-choice question when you should be answering just one on an exam—didn't you read the question carefully, man?"
However, he kept his thoughts to himself, as he was curious about the rules of this convenience store as well.
Afterwards, the man was seen briskly dashing into the convenience store, faced with no competition; everyone watched as he charged in, and then the once dim store suddenly lit up.
Then, after about ten or so seconds.
The man walked out of the store with a look of anger and frustration: "No way, the rule of this store is that only the second person to enter can own this convenience store and have free access to the food inside."
No sooner had he finished speaking.
Then a very young boy swiftly dove into the convenience store, his face clearly excited with the thrill of finding a loophole.
"..."
In the instant he saw the young boy charge in, the tattooed burly man who'd first entered the convenience store suddenly collapsed to the ground, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead with trembling hands and mumbling in relief.
"Thank goodness... thank goodness..."