On the Possibility of Dungeon Changes

The Astar Alliance is known to the world as the Asta Underground City, located in the southern neighboring country of the Arnor Kingdom, and its area is dozens of times larger than that of Sein.

"The Lord of the Calamity Nest Dungeon Jia Nage a chimera, whose outward race is Chimera Bug and inward race is demon. He can be described as a hybrid who is consistent inside and out."

"The main monsters in the city are Chimera Bug, which are characterized by devouring and evolving. They evolve by eating their enemies, and each Chimera Bug has the potential to develop unique abilities."

"Another point to note is that although Chimera Bug evolve randomly, their growth mainly follows several major directions, such as..."

"Be careful of their Fungal Carpet. When fighting on the Fungal Carpet, the Chimera Bug's resilience and ferocity are several times greater than in its normal form. Don't give them a chance to spread out their Fungal Carpet."

"Chimera Bug's weaknesses are compensated for through evolution, however, there is one magical attribute that can cause significant damage—lightning."

Upon seeing this, Gong Qiying couldn't help but laugh.

Of all the weaknesses, it has to be lightning; he has plenty of people under his command who use lightning.

After reading the letter from the Astar Alliance, he had a general understanding of the Calamity Nest Dungeon.

Simply put, it's an insect nest.

Slaying insects is truly an essential part of the lord's conquest.

"To deal with insects, we need some area-of-effect damage,"

He was browsing through the Available Monster, with several unopened letters scattered around the Shrine behind him.

The Shrine in the underground city is not just for the city lord to sit on.

As far as Gong Qiying knows, it can connect dungeons. Once the lord of a dungeon opens a letter from another dungeon and replies, the two parties are officially connected.

After establishing a connection, you can exchange resources and information through the Shrine, and even visit other people's dungeons.

However, Gong Qiying will absolutely not use this function at present.

Up until now, he has only replied to the dungeon that calls itself the Astar Alliance.

It's strange, though. The Astar Alliance is clearly just an underground city, so why does it call itself Alliance?

He shook his head, unable to understand the intricacies of the situation, and always felt that the Lord of the Underground City was not a normal person.

He's an exception; I feel perfectly normal.

Only after establishing a connection can the two dungeons formally interact, and the same applies to battles.

However, this does not include "Deathmatch," Deathmatch can be initiated simply by being able to see the opponent on the world map.

Battles between dungeons are divided into two types: direct combat and Deathmatch.

The battle is a friendly spar between two sides. Whether there are rewards and punishments, and the scope of the rewards and punishments, are all determined by the two city lords. Even if there are no rewards or punishments, it doesn't matter.

Deathmatch to the death means a fight to the last man. The losing side will lose all its resources and become the slave of the other side. Even if their spirits remain alive, everything is in the hands of the victor.

Normally, one can refuse both a duel and Deathmatch, however—

This is the first time Gong Qiying has been challenged, and he cannot refuse. Forcibly avoiding the battle would result in a period of Spirit Power punishment.

If that were all, Gong Qiying would have done it for personal safety, but the problem lies elsewhere.

The Lord of the Calamity Nest Dungeon was challenging someone for the first time, and the challenged party couldn't refuse. The same principle applies to Gong Qiying challenging others.

It's hard to believe that this grumpy guy, who can barely speak properly, is actually challenging other dungeons for the first time!?

Having stumbled upon such a "lucky" event, Gong Qiying had nothing to say but to choose the Astar Alliance, which seemed to be the most reliable dungeon, to exchange information.

It is well known that the more extreme one's thinking, the safer one is. As long as you don't cross the other party's red line, you can live in peace by simply echoing their ideas.

Of course, the premise is that you cannot be someone the other party hates in their extreme ideology.

Otherwise, it might easily turn into a lover's TV show.

Although his body was that of Living Dead, Gong Qiying was readily accepted by the Astar Alliance after he revealed that his inner self was human, and was even given the Spirit Power of one hundred ordinary people as a gift.

It gave Gong Qiying the feeling that he had found a rich man.

Regarding what to do after joining the Alliance, the Astar Alliance didn't say much, only that they would consider letting Gong Qiying understand more deeply after he survived this Deathmatch.

That's quite pragmatic.

The Calamity Nest Dungeon launched Deathmatch on him at the end of September, and now it's early October, with more than twenty days until the war begins.

He needs to prepare properly.

[Deathmatch] Once it begins, the initiator must lead their army to fight on foreign soil, arriving at the challenger's dungeon.

What are we waiting for? Let's get started on preparing a welcoming ceremony!

[Godwyn / Gong Qiying]

[Level 3 Access Control]

[New Permission: Strength Balance: Within a designated area, the strength of monsters will vary depending on the challenger, but will not fall below the minimum threshold set by the city lord.]

On the day of the siege, Gong Qiying chose to upgrade his privileges, which allowed him to summon B-rank monsters.

You wouldn't know until you upgrade; all the B-rank monsters are heavyweights.

Dragonslayer Armour, Crucible Knight, Draconic Tree Sentinel, Hero Gundyr, Farron Undead Legion (Single), Furious Rajang, Steel Dragon.

Most of these named monsters share a common summoning restriction—only one can be summoned at a time.

The Spirit Power required for summoning is approaching five figures!

Although it's expensive, but...

"He's so handsome!"

Whenever Gong Qiying had free time, he would look at the Image Stone, the content of which was naturally the part about the Storm Dragon and the Dragonslayer Armour attacking the city.

Who would have thought that the simple and unadorned monsters that fight in the Yugi would create such a shocking scene in another world?

It's so exciting it'll make you climax!

In addition to more powerful monsters, the items he can summon have also received a major upgrade.

Throwing these things out to attract people, I can't even imagine how many adventurers would fall for it.

However, a problem arose.

How should these props be distributed?

The current three-level structure of the Zane Dungeon means that players must clear the previous level to obtain items for the next level. Many players are stuck at the middle or even the upper levels, so how can they get more items?

To this day, the number of props discovered is less than half of what Gong Qiying had set up.

"We need to change the layout of the dungeon, but the problem is, people have only just become familiar with the current environment. Will making changes discourage them?"

No, if the changes are done well, they will actually make it more attractive!

He found a building he had wanted to add for a long time in the [Available Buildings] list—

[Firelink Shrine]

The Firelink Shrine in Dark Souls I.

If he placed the upper, middle and lower levels of the underground city on a plane with the Firelink Shrine as the center, wouldn't that be more conducive to exploration?

Those who work can still choose to go to the less difficult Swamp Area and Gourmet Area. Those with the strength can go into the forest and mines in advance to dig for more treasures. The Firelink Shrine can also provide people with a space to rest.

Gong Qiying can even load shortcuts between different scenes, solidifying his reputation as a "well-connected turkey farm".

Those ingenious map designs will surely bring surprises to the people of this other world.

"There are still some things to consider,"

That's the story experience that comes with dungeons.

To be honest, the fact that the campfire could transmit images was purely accidental, but Gong Qiying saw an opportunity in it.

Since the history of this world has been lost, I might as well make up some random things and maybe people will believe them.

"The history of ancient times, or the history of the previous era, is also a good gimmick,"

He's going to add a lot of story to the dungeon, and the first thing to do is...

"First, turn the Swamp Area into a true Farron Keep,"

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