Companion Star S-1, New Black Rock City Respawn Point.
Dazzling white light flashed in succession as eight figures slowly re-formed within the pillars of light.
"Damn, my head's so itchy. Feels like my brain's growing back..." Data Maniac clutched his forehead as he became the first to step out of the light pillar. Before dying, his head had been crushed apart by the Tier Five pressure. Although Gu Yuan had cut off the High-Dimensional Mapping in time, the lingering sensation of his brains boiling still left him reeling for several seconds.
"I don't know whether your brain grew back, but my staff is really gone!" Thunder King stared at his empty hands, his teeth aching with distress. He had personally snapped his heavily enhanced and enchanted main staff in order to destroy the nexus. Not even a scrap remained, and the system had not even offered a repair option.
"Be grateful. My armor and exoskeleton all melted away, and now I'm down to nothing but underwear!" Brute Force Yields Miracles, bare-chested, slapped Dragon Fighting in the Wild on his equally bare shoulder. "Old Dragon, lend me some money to buy medicine later. All my stored supplies blew up just now."
Vanguard Across the Realm clenched his right hand, and a dagger gleaming with ghostly light materialized in his grip. Origin Fang, which was bound to his soul, had not dropped. The sight made the several players beside him, who had suffered severe losses, green with envy.
"Brother Feng, you really know how to invest. Bound equipment is the best." Stellar Expedition, wearing the system's default plain white cloth outfit, grinned as he sidled over. Before heading underground, he had handed his high-tier dagger to a teammate. This death had only cost him a temporary set of protective gear, leaving him