Sniff Sniff

At the same time.

Within the Construction Space.

In that post-apocalyptic city shrouded in gloom and deathly silence.

Bang bang bang!

Gunshots echoed continuously through the dark and cramped streets, the muzzle flashes tearing through the gloomy night time and again.

Holding an assault rifle, Lu Xiu dodged and weaved through the dense, surging horde of Zombie, using bullets, rifle butts, and even her fists to continuously kill the Zombie surging in front of her.

soon.

Click.

The sound of an empty magazine rang out.

Without even looking, Lu Xiu raised her rifle and threw it forward, knocking a lunging Zombie to the ground. Then she pulled out her machete.

Next.

Faced with several Zombie that had already pounced on her face with their gaping maws, she nimbly slid to the side to avoid their bites, then raised the machete in her hand.

One head, one kill!

Amidst the splattering of blood and severed limbs.

AI teammates began filling in for their teammates.

Lu Xiu struggled forward, firing whenever she found supplies. She didn't care what kind of gun it was, as long as it could be fired. If there were no supplies, she would use melee weapons to hack and slash.

The smell of gunpowder and blood filled the entire street.

The intense battle lasted for nearly fifteen minutes.

Lu Xiu used her last two shotgun shells to blast a hunter who was trying to ambush her into pieces in mid-air.

We finally made it into the Safe Room.

"Call----"

Lu Xiu leaned against the door of the Safe Room, her chest heaving violently, panting heavily.

Sweat trickled down her fair cheeks.

Even she, who forcibly lowered her own attributes to the range of a well-trained normal person, felt extremely tired when she attempted this high-intensity breakthrough with no breathing room. Not only were her muscles sore, but her lungs even felt burning.

"No, there's something wrong with this system, how come there are so many Zombie ----"

Lu Xiu reached out and wiped the sweat from her fair forehead, then summoned the Architect's backstage.

When she saw the dynamic difficulty curve, which had soared to the point where she had to pull the window up to see the whole picture, her vision went black.

No wonder.

No wonder it was so difficult to beat just now.

After some research, she discovered that the reason the difficulty curve was so high was because she had progressed too smoothly at the beginning, her shooting skills were too accurate, and her movement was flawless.

The difficulty-adjusting model she set up immediately determined that she was too strong, and then unhesitatingly increased the difficulty level all the way up.

The result is...

The last stretch of road before the Safe Room.

The system not only provided pitifully small supplies, but also insanely deployed Zombie Horde at almost every corner.

Lu Xiu triggered an alarm almost every time she walked a certain distance, as Zombie from all directions surged in like mad dogs.

----It's as if Lu Xiu is some kind of last survivor.

"No! We must set a cap on this dynamic difficulty adjustment!"

As Lu Xiu rapidly typed on the virtual keyboard, she couldn't help but complain, "If there's no cap, and the player performs even slightly well in the early stages, this lousy system will send all the Zombie in the city to attack them! What kind of system is this?! Does it really think players are Terminators?"

Let's keep going.

A Zombie Horde encircled the land.

Ammunition is running out.

They will be subjected to both physical and mental torture.

It was so painful.

but.

Lu Xiu glanced back at her few taciturn AI teammates.

The reason she had such a hard time was probably because her AI teammates weren't very coordinated. The other two were okay, but the female member of the team, who was Rochelle from the original game, was always slacking off for some reason.

And guns are still effective! They can even withstand Zombie hordes!

He always emptied his magazine before Lu Xiu went into close combat.

The problem is she can't win in close combat.

This has happened twice.

Lu Xiu had already faced her transformation into Special Infected twice.

really.

If you only perform the most basic tasks of following instructions and cooperating, without adding background stories or standardized behaviors, the quality of your AI teammates will be disheartening.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiu couldn't help but stare at Rochelle.

Rochelle seemed to notice her gaze and turned to look at her as well.

"----Are you really that perceptive when it comes to assigning blame? And what's with the act of 'I did nothing wrong' like you're a real person?"

Lu Xiu rolled her eyes at her. "Look to the other side, don't look at me. You think you're right after all?"

Rochelle:

She looked at Lu Xiu again for a while before silently looking away.

Lu Xiu didn't dwell on it too much.

After all, this is just an AI she created for testing, and it's highly unlikely to be released in the official dungeon. This is because the dungeon doesn't have a single-player mode, and setting the AI teammates to be too strong or too weak would be unfair to players who want to clear it in a team.

So Rochelle's behavior made her a little angry.

But Lu Xiu didn't plan to change or adjust anything; she might as well just imitate what it's like to have a horse-gun-wielding monster in the team.

"Let's lock in the difficulty level. We'll use the level we just reached as the limit. As for Special Infected, well, let's leave it at that. We can still manage to kill them even with a trap in our hands."

Lu Xiu reached out and smoothed a strand of hair at her temple, then began to modify the dynamic difficulty adjustment mechanism in the dungeon, suppressing the overly unreasonable adjustments within a reasonable range.

"That should be about right."

About ten minutes later.

Lu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, removed her hands from the virtual keyboard, and closed the background app.

She straightened up and looked around the Safe Room.

There was a slight problem just now.

Overall, this dungeon is relatively easy to build. It took only a short time to build a decent one. As long as the difficulty isn't bugged, I believe it can be completed very quickly.

that is----

Lu Xiu glanced down at the dark red stains covering her body, then sniffed the pungent odor in the air, her shoulders slumped: "It stinks—"

Having fought my way through.

Everything splashed on me.

Lu Xiu wasn't actually a germaphobe, but as time went on to get used to her body, she grew to dislike the feeling of being covered in dirt.

He brought up the System Panel, about to exit the Builder Roleplay test mode.

But at that moment...

Rochelle approached Lu Xiu Lu Xiu ammunition and handed it to her, seemingly wanting her to replenish her ammunition so they could continue their advance.

"I'm not fighting with you anymore!"

Lu Xiu rolled her eyes at her again and exited the test mode.

As the test mode ended, the scene around Lu Xiu instantly shrank and disappeared at an extremely fast speed.

The next second.

She appeared directly outside the scene, in that vast, boundless, pure white Construction Space.

at the same time.

The dark red bloodstains and Zombie fluid that had covered her body vanished instantly, as if by illusion, and she returned to her clean and refreshed state.

This can be considered a perk for Architect Constructed Instance.

In test mode, any injuries or stains on your body will be automatically cleared and reset by the system after exiting the mode.

but.

Although the physical stains have been cleaned up.

But psychologically, Lu Xiu still felt that she was holding onto those dirty things. She tugged at her clothes and still felt quite uncomfortable.

"Never mind, let me catch my breath first."

She completely lost interest in continuing to build, summoned the System Panel, exited the Construction Space, and returned directly to reality.

On the other side.

The third floor of the Astera.

Shen Nian watched Zhou Zhenyue and Chu Huai's figures completely disappear around the corner of the stairs before turning her gaze away.

She raised her hands and stretched, revealing her full, curvaceous figure.

The person is gone.

Shen Nian lowered her hand, then turned to Jian Li, who was clearly in low spirits, and asked, "Now that Lu Xiu isn't here, what should we do? Should we go to the Chef to get something to eat?"

Jian Li pursed her rosy lips, about to speak.

Sudden.

Both of them heard a noise coming from the direction of the Hunter's Cabin and immediately turned around.

Then, just as the Bai Guang disappeared, Lu Xiu emerged from the Construction Space.

As soon as Lu Xiu came out, she lowered her head, frowned slightly, and tugged at her clothes, as if she disliked something.

When she looked up and saw Jian Li, who was closest to her, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.

"----Have you guys come out of the dungeon? Come here for a second, Jian Li."

Lu Xiu waved to the silver-haired girl.

Although Jian Li was somewhat puzzled, she still honestly took a step forward, jogged over to Lu Xiu, and then suddenly stopped.

As soon as I stood still.

Lu Xiu then stretched out her arms and pulled the girl in front of her into her embrace.

Their beautiful bodies pressed together instantly.

Jian Li's body stiffened slightly, her hands raised, hovering helplessly in mid-air.

Before she could even react...

Lu Xiu then lowered her head and buried her face in the crook of her neck, gently nuzzling it. Inhaling the pleasant scent emanating from her, she sighed, "Ah—that fragrant scent, it's brought me back to life."

Lu Xiu took a deep breath, inhaling the faint fragrance emanating from Jian Li, instantly dispelling the discomfort caused by the stench of Zombie in the dungeon.

But this sudden intimacy caused Jian Li's fair earlobes to turn bright red instantly.

I dared not move an inch.

They hugged for a while.

Lu Xiu continued to soothe her discomfort, while reaching out to touch Jian Li's soft, flowing silver hair, asking with some concern, "Do I smell a little bad?"

Jian Li of her reverie, took a gentle sniff, and only detected a faint, delicate fragrance.

"It doesn't smell."

Jian Li replied immediately and seriously.

"That's good."

Upon hearing this answer...

Lu Xiu felt relieved.

At this moment, Shen Nian also came to her senses and came to the two of them. She looked at Lu Xiu with a somewhat awkward expression and asked, "What were you doing? Why are you asking yourself if you smell bad?"

Lu Xiu replied lazily, "I'll talk about it later, let me have a moment."

Shen Nian: "----Then let me sniff it, my nose is more sensitive."

"Yeah?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiu thought of Shen Nian's usual personality and felt that it made sense, so she stretched out her fair arm to her.

But Shen Nian didn't lower her head; instead, she opened her arms wide.

Lu Xiu:

never mind.

Smell Shen Nian's scent and then slowly.

She let go of Jian Li, then turned and hugged Shen Nian again.

Compared to Jian Li's delicate and aloof demeanor, Shen Nian's figure was more voluptuous and full, and she felt soft and cuddly when hugged—but both were very comfortable to hold.

In addition, Shen Nian smelled slightly different, but still very pleasant.

"Ah----I'm alive again."

Lu Xiu pressed her cheek against Shen Nian's fair neck and sniffed, then sighed again.

Shen Nian's fair earlobes also turned red.

She looked away, pretending not to see Jian Li's murderous gaze.

A while later.

Lu Xiu finally felt the psychological trauma had subsided, so she let go of Shen Nian, stretched, and felt refreshed.

Next.

She was about to tell the two about the instance she had created, but before she could even open her mouth and say anything, Jian Li, who had been silently radiating coldness beside her, suddenly took a small step forward without warning.

The girl lowered her head slightly and hugged Lu Xiu again.

Lu Xiu was taken aback by this sudden turn of events, but remembering that she had struck first, she could only let her hold her.

A full two minutes passed.

Jian Li then released her grip and took a half-step back.

"Alright, now let's get to the point—"

Lu Xiu was about to get back to the main topic.

But it was only the beginning; Shen Nian took a step forward as well.

"Wait! Wait!"

Seeing Shen Nian coming too, Lu Xiu couldn't hold back any longer. She quickly took a big step back, reached out and pressed her hand against Shen Nian's smooth forehead, forcibly blocking her half a step away. "Are you two forming a human pyramid here? Or did you secretly go kill Zombie behind my back?"

"----Kill Zombie?"

Shen Nian felt a little regretful, but still put her hand down and asked a question in confusion.

Lu Xiu helped her adjust her glasses and explained, "I'd like to invite you all to join me for the new dungeon—this time, I'm verifying its completion. Do you want to come? You'll see when you try it out."

"----Is the new dungeon almost ready?"

Shen Nian's eyes widened slightly upon hearing this. "The one who wrote the proposal last time? It's done already? I haven't even finished Monster Hunter yet, and you're already releasing a new dungeon?"

Why are you so agitated?

Lu Xiu chuckled and said, "Don't worry, this new dungeon isn't as complicated as Monster Hunter. On the contrary, the mechanics are very simple, the kind that even an old lady could pick up instantly, and it's not difficult to beat."

Shen Nian looked at Lu Xiu, somewhat incredulous. "Really?"

"You'll find out then, so are you guys going to come with me to verify how to pass the level?"

Lu Xiu continued to ask, but halfway through her question, she suddenly realized something.

The two of them may not have time.

She glanced at Shen Nian, then turned to Jian Li: "Wait, you haven't finished Monster Hunter yet, right? If you don't have time, that's fine, but the main problem is the AI teammates are too stupid, and this new dungeon doesn't have a single-player mode. I'll ask Chu Huai if any soldiers are willing to participate in the testing. We can't put you through too much trouble, you haven't finished Monster Hunter yet—"

"Let's go beat Monster Hunter now."

Lu Xiu hadn't finished speaking.

Jian Li interrupted her directly, "You'll clear it very quickly."

Upon hearing this...

Lu Xiu hadn't said anything yet.

Shen Nian realized what was happening and abruptly turned to look at Jian Li: "?"

Before she could react, Jian Li grabbed her hand, pulled her back a few steps to keep her away from Lu Xiu, and coldly said, "Now, summon the System Panel."

"?"

Shen Nian made another sound, and after subconsciously doing so, she said, "Didn't we agree to rest for a while----?"

"No more rest."

Jian Li then summoned the System Panel and looked at Shen Nian with murderous intent. "Now, enter the dungeon!"

Shen Nian: "----"

soon.

The two of them vanished in a flash of Bai Guang.

Lu Xiu: "----"

----Why are you suddenly so proactive?