Chapter 47: Settlement Screen
While releasing Xiao Xiao, Bai Cha stabbed the sword into the fleshy wall beneath her.
A hand reached out and grabbed her hand.
It was Wang Xuming.
[Seven!]
“Take Xiao Xiao away!” Bai Cha said calmly.
As she spoke, countless terrifying auras were rushing towards them from the cracked opening.
Bai Cha’s body fell down another inch.
And Xiao Xiao was still trying to jump into the middle of the crack.
Wang Xuming raised an eyebrow, then actually let go of her hand, taking Xiao Xiao to the safe area they had created behind them.
When he looked back, Bai Cha had already been pulled down.
[Five!]
Bai Cha’s abdomen was pierced by a hand.
She turned her head with difficulty.
It really was the front desk.
But his appearance at this moment was very different.
His height had increased to at least three meters, his skin was crimson, he was a humanoid monster, only his face still showed his original appearance, his entire pupils were pure black, with no whites.
He looked at her with pure malice, violently stirring her abdominal cavity.
[Four!]
Another notification sound rang in Bai Cha’s ears at the same time.
[Detecting that player’s vital signs are too low. Player will die in three seconds. Please save yourself in time.] [Three!]
Bai Cha stretched out her hand.
Dodder, come back.
[Two!]
Large patches of yellow, slender vines suddenly exploded on the front desk’s massive body.
A look of astonishment flashed across his black pupils.
Countless tender yellow tiny flowers surged towards Bai Cha.
The ghostly aura on her body was instantly dispelled, and her vitality was also recovering.
She raised her hand, exerted force, and fiercely kicked off the front desk’s body, leaping upwards.
The overwhelming, wildly growing dodder vines, following her movement, instantly covered the entire space and, at an even faster speed, filled and rooted themselves throughout the first floor of the guesthouse in an instant.
They cheered and rejoiced, embracing Bai Cha, building a supporting bridge for her, sending countless forces surging upwards!
[One!] [Current number of surviving players: 4!] [Transmission commencing!]
The slender, weak stems of the dodder flowers were suddenly severed.
A crimson figure rapidly approached Bai Cha.
Bai Cha’s mind flickered, and a net of yellow silk threads spread out again in front of her.
[Transmission successful!]
As all the silk nets were torn apart, Bai Cha’s figure completely disappeared from the dungeon.
Only the monsters in the original place let out unwilling roars of anger.
[Welcome player to the settlement screen.]
[Hello, newbie Bai Cha!]
Bai Cha sat in a pure white space, the pain of being pierced in the abdomen still lingering, but there were no injuries there anymore.
The pain in her soul had also disappeared. Just as Wang Xuming had said, as long as she returned, everything would go back to before entering the dungeon.
Oh, she had a fever before entering the dungeon, and now her head started to ache.
She didn’t care and curiously looked at the pixelated ghost face mask that was jumping up and down.
“Not very good. Tell me, how are you going to handle my situation? Will I have to continue staying in the game?”
The ghost face stopped jumping for a moment, then started leaping around the entire space again.
[We are so sorry, dear! It was a management loophole on our end!]
[But don’t worry, dear. We have already corrected your game account for you. From now on, you will be the owner of this account, and all the skills are tailor-made for you!]
Bai Cha narrowed her eyes. So that meant she had to stay in the game forever.
How tyrannical.
“What about the original owner of the account?”
[Of course, they have been destroyed, hee hee!]
The pixelated ghost face flipped a few times in the air, showing its good mood.
Destroyed…
Bai Cha wasn’t clear about the meaning behind this for the time being, but Yu Zhenzhen should be in grave danger.
“But I’m curious how she managed to get me to come in for her. Was it an item?”
[We cannot disclose that, dear!]
While saying this, the pixelated mask suddenly got close to Bai Cha’s face.
[But dear! We advise you not to have such crooked thoughts either. Unless you can guarantee that this game will never find out in your entire life!]
[Hee hee hee!]
It let out a mischievous smile like a most inherently evil child.
But Bai Cha wasn’t scared at all by its sudden closeness.
“But this should also count as your dereliction of duty. Since it’s your dereliction, isn’t there any compensation?”
The pixelated mask suddenly stiffened, then drooped, falling silently in front of Bai Cha.
[Dear, we didn’t do it on purpose. How about we just forget about the compensation?]
[After all…]
It suddenly jumped up and down again, its tone becoming excited.
[You might not be able to afford the compensation, hee hee hee!]
“It’s okay. Whether I can afford it is my business. Whether you give it is your business.” Bai Cha sat on the ground, one leg bent, her elbow resting on her knee, supporting her chin, looking at it with a smile.
[…]
The ghost face on its pixelated mask turned into an angry ghost face.
[In that case, let’s start the settlement!]
[Congratulations on successfully surviving an A3-grade dungeon! Based on your performance in the game, your evaluation score for this game is: B-grade! Reward points: 400 points!]
[As a newbie, being able to achieve a B-grade on your first try is really good. We hope you will continue to work hard in the games to come!]
[Congratulations on successfully advancing to F9! Wow, jumping from a newbie to F9 in one go! The game has high expectations for you!]
[In addition, in this game, you also gained the favor of the Evil God, the appreciation of the Front Desk, the praise of the Guesthouse, and the blessing of the Miss Ghost!]
[The rewards they gave you have been distributed to you!]
As the voice fell, Bai Cha only felt a chill run through her body.
She wasn’t clear about the first three, but she heard Miss Ghost’s blessing.
“Bai! Cha! I curse you to die a horrible death!”
Bai Cha: “…”
Look, she really didn’t intend to deceive her. At that time, she was thinking of giving the front desk’s body to Miss Ghost.
Who knew that man’s plans are no match for heaven’s? She accidentally sent her to the Evil God first.
[Hee hee, the rewards they gave you will have unexpected benefits in some dungeons——]
That was obviously not something good.
But Bai Cha didn’t care. Being able to survive was enough.
[Due to your particularly special entry into the game this time, the game’s compensation to you has also been sent to your backpack. You can check it yourself.]
[Do you have any other questions, dear?]
“Yes. What are the rules for advancement, and what are the corresponding points for each rating level?”
[Dear, your questions have been compiled into a newbie manual and sent to your backpack. Do you have any other questions?]
“Wait, let me take a look.”
Bai Cha opened the backpack on her panel. There were four items inside now.
[Newbie Manual Guide]
[Frosty Mountain]
[Thunderbolt Spell]
[Newbie Grand Gift Pack (Compensation Edition)]
Undoubtedly, the last one was the so-called compensation.
Bai Cha first clicked on the newbie guide.
The levels were indeed the same as she had guessed back then, from F to S.
From F1 to F9, the points used for upgrading increase by 50 each time. But when it reaches E1, it becomes 100, D1 adds 200, and C1 adds 400.
In short, if you want to upgrade to S9, the points required later on become a terrifying number of 57,100.
There are only seven dungeon rating levels: SABCDEF. The lowest F-grade rewards 0 points, E rewards 50, D rewards 100, and C rewards 200. They all double as you go up, with the highest S-grade rewarding 1600 points.
The dungeon levels themselves are the same as the player upgrade levels.
The newbie guide also included information about the game lobby and watching live streams.
It was quite detailed.
Bai Cha temporarily put it away and opened her gift pack.
A light, fluttering card landed in her hand.
That was the end of this dungeon. As a newbie, the game didn’t intend to give her too much of a cheat. So there wasn’t a situation where the first dungeon was perfect or anything. The level and strength were what they were. It was just a beginning, a chance to see the world, with the only goal being to survive.
This dungeon originated from a dream I had. The Buddha statue in the dream left a deep impression, and later a female ghost scared me so much that I couldn’t sleep.
