Tokyo underground city

Chapter 9 Hyena

"You'll find out when you follow us."

However, Yuan Xiaole showed Lin Huai'en an expression of "I don't want to explain" and walked towards his girlfriend.

"Sorry, Brother Lin, Yuan Zi's character is just like this, so don't worry about it." The fat knight explained to Lin Huaien with some embarrassment.

But Lin Huaien didn't care. He shook his head: "It doesn't matter. I know he has no ill intentions."

He diverted the topic, deliberately not looking at the crystal core in the Fat Knight's hand: "What else needs to be done with the Cicada Monkey's body? If not, let's move on, shall we?"

"Okay." The fat knight nodded, and reluctantly returned the crystal core in his hand to Lin Huai'en: "Brother Lin, you took care of this cicada monkey, so you should hold the crystal core."

"Okay, when we go back to the acquisition place and sell it, we'll split it equally."

Lin Huaien nodded, not paying attention to the surprise on the fat knight's face, and continued to move forward.

After agreeing to divide the crystal core equally among the four, the relationship between Lin Huai'en and Fat Knight and others became a little closer. At least Lin Huai'en himself let go of some grudges——

As a former social animal, it is difficult for him to believe in other people's verbal promises, but he strongly believes in the interests of people.

As long as there are enough benefits, he is confident that the Fat Knight and others will not deliberately murder him - although this judgment must still be based on the character that the Fat Knight and others have shown before.

Through the private messaging system of Wilderness House, Lin Huai'en got the map that Yaya downloaded from the forum. After determining their location, they led the entire team towards the second underground floor——

"If there is a permanent team in the future, the position that suits me best would be 'sentinel' or 'guerrilla'..."

Lin Huai'en thought silently, walking through the vine tunnel, looming more than 20 meters away from Yuan Xiaole and the others. This feeling of loneliness among the crowd made him feel very comfortable, and the slightly tense nerves also eased the rush. of fatigue.

At this moment, he suddenly stopped. His attribute-strengthened nervous system made him keenly aware of distant voices.

After sending a "stop" signal to Yuan Xiaole behind him, he hid in the blind corner.

The oncoming team met Yuan Xiaole and others.

Only then did Lin Huai'en see clearly these explorers who "only heard their voices but never saw their people".

"Who are these people?" he thought in surprise.

Even from the back, the average age of this group of explorers is over thirty years old. Everyone is wearing dark blue uniforms similar to those of construction workers. Apart from the spears in their hands, there are no weapons or protective gear.

On the contrary, there was a team of more than a dozen people, each of whom was carrying a huge backpack. It could even be seen at a glance that it was "dungeon equipment" made of dungeon materials.

After passing by the seemingly "harmless" team, Yuan Xiaole and others caught up with Lin Huai'en and walked to his side.

"That's the 'hyena'." Rarely, Yuan Xiaole took the initiative to speak, with a gloomy look on his face: "A scavenger belonging to the 'corporate power'."

"Scavengers..." Lin Huai'en muttered silently, and the image of the group of "explorers" flashed in his mind.

"Yes, they are all ordinary people recruited in the labor market. Most of them just treat dungeon exploration as a job."

Yuan Xiaole happily explained: "Because it is just a job, they never go deep into dangerous areas below the 5th floor. They only move between the 1st and 5th floors. They don't care about level or equipment. They only rely on their numerical advantage to form a medieval spear. The team advances slowly and destroys all weak monsters above level 5."

"Giant cicada monkeys, these low-level monsters are like worthless monsters. For the hyenas, they are just a fixed salary that they can harvest every day. Every time a giant cicada monkey is killed, the insect meat and carapace peeled off from its body can amount to one to two thousand. Yuan, a dozen people can harvest tens of thousands of yuan of insect meat, ore, carapace and other primary materials in one day, so even if there is a certain risk to life, many people still flock to it."

“How much money do they get a month?”

Lin Huaien asked curiously.

"It can range from a few thousand to tens of thousands, generally based on their harvest and work."

Yuan Xiaole replied with a stinky face: "It depends on their luck. How many corpses of monsters they can 'pick up' that were killed by ordinary explorers but were too late to be taken away."

"...Like the two giant cicada monkeys we just killed?" Lin Huai'en suddenly thought of something.

"Yes!" Yuan Xiaole nodded, with a hint of hostility in his tone.

"I probably understand why they are called 'scavengers', but what's your problem with them?"

Lin Huai'en was already ready to end the topic, but seeing Yuan Xiaole's expression, he couldn't help but ask one more question.

"I have nothing against them! But every 'personal situation' and 'enterprise situation' are natural enemies!"

Yuan Xiaole stared hard at Lin Huaien and said every word.

Hearing what Yuan Xiaole said, the Fat Knight hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Brother Lin, don't worry! Yuan Zi has seen too much negative energy on the Internet! He has been brainwashed by the black men!"

However, when the Fat Knight said this, Yuan Xiaole retorted with some annoyance:

"You have just been brainwashed! If these scavengers hadn't lowered the purchase price of low-level materials! We wouldn't have to live so hard! Also, have you forgotten why we upgrade so slowly! At level 4 When the time comes, we have to run to the third floor and risk all annihilation to fight the parasitic ants?!"

"Parasite ant?" During the quarrel between Yuan Xiaole and the Fat Knight, Lin Huai'en suddenly heard a title that made his hair stand on end.

Seeing the expression on Lin Huai'en's face, the Fat Knight hurriedly explained: "It's [Cicada-Eating Ant]! It's not the monsters in the deep dungeon! It's just a giant ant that parasitizes on the giant cicada monkey and reproduces its offspring! The combat effectiveness of a single The giant cicada monkey is still weak, but it moves quickly and often moves in groups, so it is really difficult to deal with!"

The fat knight also unknowingly showed a wry smile: "However, it is precisely for this reason that the hyenas' spear array is not useful for them, and they are not on the third floor yet."

"So, you really went to the third level because you couldn't compete with the hyenas?"

Lin Huaien looked at the expression on the fat knight's face and understood immediately.

"Yes." The Fat Knight continued with a wry smile: "The last time I broke into the third floor without permission, Yuan Zi's level dropped back to level 4, so we had to invite you, Brother Lin..."

"Two level 5 and one level 4 teams, but one person died on the third floor..."

Lin Huai'en silently summarized the information revealed by the Fat Knight: "It's not long since we entered the third level. Otherwise, with the strength of the Fat Knight and Yaya, there should be no way to drag Yuan Xiaole's body back..."

"Brother Lin, if you think it's still too dangerous for the four of us, we don't have to go down to the third floor. As long as we find one more person, we can take root on the third floor."

The fat knight said cautiously.

Lin Huai'en's previous performance obviously made him a little excited. Both in terms of strength and character, he can be regarded as competent. In addition, he had no confidence in reaching the third level, so he wanted to win over Lin Huaien as a regular teammate.

But Lin Huaien shook his head:

"If we really can't find the monster on the second floor, we will consider going to the third floor."

Although he was surprised by the dilemma faced by ordinary adventurers like Fat Knight and others - or as Yuan Xiaole put it - "personal power". But with the toilet dungeon, he wasn't too worried about his situation.

"Let's take a look at the characters of the three Fat Knights. If they are still good, tell them about the small dungeon - the threat of the cursed skeleton is still too high. It is not prepared for solo explorers at all, but for groups. The team upgrade will be more stable and compromise."

After determining the general direction in his mind, Lin Huai'en did not respond to the Fat Knight's expectations, but urged them to continue moving forward.

Go to the second floor

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