This time, everyone tacitly agreed not to disturb the two of them.
Time slipped by, and Jin Zi and Zhao Qing finally parted, reluctant and blushing like a couple experiencing their first love.
Jin Zi crouched down and felt around for something in the dark.
Rustling and the clang of metal rang out as she slowly dragged out a dusty black cloth bag.
The bag was heavy, and Zhao Qing quickly crouched down to help.
Jin Zi brushed the white dust off her hands. "We need to go out and find supplies to keep ourselves alive. These are some weapons I've stockpiled. Pick something that feels right, just in case."
Yin Chao pulled the bag open and found weapons such as knives and clubs inside.
He picked up a short blade about the length of his forearm, its surface mottled with rust.
"Aren't our own skills better than these melee weapons?"
Jin Zi smiled. "Maybe you haven't spent much time in the world outside. Sometimes, something seems to interfere with players' abilities, and they suddenly disappear, leaving us no different from ordinary people."
Losing all their abilities and becoming ordinary people while surrounded by monsters would mean certain death.
Yin Chao tightened his grip on the knife, then tucked it into his belt.
Bai Xu followed suit, choosing a club studded with steel spikes.
Seeing that everyone was nearly ready, Jin Zi climbed the ladder leading to the basement entrance and looked down, signaling for silence.
"The monsters have extremely sharp hearing. You mustn't make a sound."
Only after making sure everyone had heard her clearly and nodded did Jin Zi continue opening the hatch overhead.
She moved with practiced ease, as though she had done this countless times.
The dim light of the world outside gradually spilled into the