Dungeon Complete

Holding the flower bud, Lu Li looked into the distance. An unseen sense told Lu Li that the Bronze Three-Eyed Snake, which had been controlled by the ritual, was slowly shedding the black and red runes on its body, and its third eye, which had been stained red, was returning to its original bronze color.

With a wriggling motion, the Bronze Fruit representing the Morgue's alternate dimension was spat out, turning into bronze powder and disappearing. The space trembled again, and the Bronze Three-Eyed Snake returned to the Bronze Tree, transforming once more into a snake-shaped symbol.

The space collapsed at an extremely rapid pace, and it accelerated even faster. No matter how much the creatures inside wailed, it did not stop again. The air was compressed, and the pressure in the Morgue space increased rapidly. Some Beast Species had their internal organs crushed, vomiting blood and collapsing to the ground, struggling to breathe, before being trampled to death by the panicked other creatures.

At the Morgue entrance, Professor Liao and the female doctor, who had outmaneuvered Captain Chen, waited quietly. A strong wind had been released at the entrance when the time was up, but it stopped after a while, indicating that the spatial collapse had been halted. They breathed a slight sigh of relief. Although it was a major accident, at least the situation had been stabilized. They had only lost some resources, and given their value, even if they were punished, it wouldn't be too severe.

"Send people in to retrieve Experiment Number Seven, and empty these spaces as soon as possible. Find a way to eliminate this threat. I don't want this to happen again!" Professor Liao began handling the aftermath, instructing the female doctor. Meanwhile, he started calling his superiors to report the incident. The damage was already done, and minimizing the losses was the right thing to do. Also, the matter of Captain Chen needed to be clarified quickly. There were still people above him who cared about him, and he couldn't be allowed to "die" without knowing the truth.

"Although this whole thing was a disaster, it wasn't without its gains." Professor Liao's mind raced. "We've been experimenting with Subject Number Seven through trial and error, but this time this otherworldly being can use it. Acquiring this otherworldly being will speed up the analysis of Subject Number Seven, which will also satisfy our superiors, and indirectly get rid of Captain Chen. My troublesome nephew can finally take over."

Just as Professor Liao was pondering how to negotiate with his superiors to minimize the losses and gain more support, a strong wind and cold air suddenly blew up at the entrance of the Morgue, growing stronger and stronger. Professor Liao knew something was wrong and frantically tried to think of a solution, but it was all too late.

The Morgue's exit was too small, and the space inside was too large. The air, mixed with cold air, desperately rushed towards this only exit. The biting cold wind was like a knife—this is not an adjective, but a real knife. The terrifying pressure inside made the wind speed extremely fast, turning the normally mild air into sharp air knives.

The walls were cleaved, and bodies were cut. In the face of such a disaster, human strength seemed extremely weak. Whether it was Professor Liao who transformed into Insect Species, the female doctor who transformed into Flying Species, or those bewildered security guards or nurses, they were all sliced into pieces and died under the increasingly powerful wind blades and flying biological debris.

Players who were completing tasks and accumulating points in other alternate dimensions also perished as those dimensions Annihilation. Some were crushed into mincemeat and died, while others escaped but lost their lives in the ensuing disaster. In the face of such catastrophe, all life seemed exceptionally equal.

Finally, the space collapsed to its last point. The spatial barrier could no longer hold, the alternate dimension disappeared, and the Morgue returned to its normal size, filled with a blob of blue and red solid. As the spatial barrier disappeared, the blob of solid emitted a large amount of thick smoke, absorbing the little heat remaining in the air. The next moment, the long-accumulated internal energy erupted, and the terrifying impact would Destruction everything.

Even from a considerable distance, Lu Li witnessed the entire hospital being reduced to dust and smoke by the terrifying impact. The shockwave continued, tearing countless buildings apart, shattering them, absorbing heat, and causing moisture in the air to condense into snowflakes at ground temperature, which then drifted throughout the city with the gale-force winds generated by the impact.

Because Lu Li stopped the spatial collapse once during its midst, a significant amount of air was released during that incident, thus reducing the explosive power. The current blast radius is limited to the hospital and its surrounding area.

On the edge of the blast wave, a woman, holding her little girl who was still calling for her father, stood against the wind and snow, looking at the hospital reduced to ruins and dust. Tears streamed down her face. Not far away, two people wearing motionless masks looked at the no-longer-present hospital, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

A flash of bronze light streaked across the epicenter of the explosion, disappearing without a trace. A notification from the game instance followed:

[For some reason, the quest details have disappeared; the dungeon is now being tallied for completion.]

[Instance Type: Multiplayer, Competitive]

[Eight players completed the first phase of the dungeon, with one player surviving.]

[Only one player remains for the second phase of the dungeon quest, ID YZ0135, who is immediately listed as the first.]

[IDs YZ024 and YY964 are tied for second place. Because they did not complete Phase One, their rewards have been cancelled; they are only considered to have completed the instance.]

[Congratulations to player ID: YZ0135 for clearing the dungeon!]

[Dungeon Quest Completion Rewards: Five modules, 500 Game Points.]

[Bonus Gains Inventory: None]

[Bonus Features: None]

[Dungeon complete. Received one in-dungeon lottery draw. Use? Yes/No]

[You have completed three dungeons consecutively, skill slot increased by 1.]

[You will have five minutes to organize your loot. After five minutes, participants will be teleported away. You may also choose to leave earlier.]

Lu Li opened the dungeon lottery, and five cards flew out, hovering in front of Lu Li. Three of them were blank, and only two had something on them. The first of the two cards contained a constantly moving red substance. Lu Li, who had read the booklet, knew that it was Activated Plankton Algae. There was also an introduction to it below the card:

[Activated Plankton Algae (3/3): Can be injected into an item, activating it into a special creature that inherits the item's properties. Current activity is sufficient for three uses.]

The other card features a pair of black wings, and the description of the wings is as follows:

[Arrogant Belief (1/1): My belief will become my wings, making me omnipotent. After use, black wings will appear behind the body, granting temporary flight ability. Enhanced by belief, the stronger the belief, the stronger the bonus.]

Looking at the two cards and the three blank cards, which were turned around and their order was shuffled, another moment to test one's luck had arrived. In the first "Puppet Thread Defense" dungeon, Lu Li drew the Puppet's Last Gift, while in the second "Attack on Mermaid" dungeon, Lu Li drew nothing. 1:1, best of three, it all depends on this time.

Looking at the five cards, Lu Li pondered for a moment, then clicked on the third card, which slowly flipped over...

If this is an author's note after a long hiatus, this volume isn't very well written. Perhaps it's because Xu Ming was too hasty. Today is Xu Ming's birthday, so I'm shamelessly asking for your collection and recommendation votes.