Fortunately, as the dungeon ended, they were quickly teleported back to their respective vehicles.
Little Seven and Sweet Girl were excitedly waiting for their master's return one second, and the next, they were frantically supporting Qi Xu, wailing in distress.
Qi Xu's vision was completely dark, unable to see anything. His limbs were numb, leaving him immobile, and worst of all, his head throbbed with unbearable pain.
That was until... Little Seven shoved an energy stone into Qi Xu's mouth—and it was crushed!
Qi Xu immediately mustered the last of his strength to jolt upright. Truly, human potential emerges when pushed to the limit.
"Ptooey, ptooey!" He spat out the gritty residue and directly used a high-tier healing card on himself.
Then, without waiting to hear the announcements, he collapsed backward and fell into a deep sleep.
At this point, the dungeon results didn’t matter anymore. Though he desperately wanted to be the top-ranked, effort could only be exerted during the process—once it was over, there was no point in dwelling on it. The priority now was to recover and prepare for the next challenge.
Besides... If giving his all still wasn’t enough to claim the top spot, then that rank simply belonged to someone else!
With only two hours left before the Treasure Map Secret Realm opened, every extra second spent awake was a waste of time.
The Easter egg swiftly burrowed into Qi Xu’s pocket, while Sweet Girl nestled on his forehead. Little Seven busied himself, first draping an anti-fatigue blanket over Qi Xu.
Noticing how chapped Qi Xu’s lips were, he dashed to the third floor, grabbed a cucumber, tossed it into a juicer, and positioned the spout near Qi Xu’s mouth.
Controlling the flow, he let Qi Xu slowly replenish his fluids. Even in sleep, Qi Xu instinctively swallowed...
Qiuqiu wisely muted Qi Xu’s notifications, fearing the system announcements might disturb his rest. Provoking him at a time like this? Unthinkable!
[Three-Star Secret Realm: Beating Up Qiuqiu – 10-Zone Dungeon Rankings (Subdivision)]
1st Place: Zone 666, District 88
4th Place: Zone 999, District 88
10th Place: Zone 778, District 88
[Congratulations to Zone 666, District 88, for dominating the 10-Zone leaderboard once again! Zone 666 has slaughtered the competition—literally!
Players from other zones, can you even TRY to step up? Not only did Zone 666 take nine of the top ten spots, but they also occupy 542 out of the top 1,000! What are the rest of you doing? Rebelling?
Especially you, pathetic Zone 778—your collective damage output is so abysmal it’s painful to look at! You’re not here to survive; you’re here to transcend mortality! A bunch of celestial beings—utterly useless and lazy! Ten of you couldn’t even match a fraction of their damage!
For your "stellar" performance, Zone 778, enjoy a unified 30-day Toothache Debuff! Oh, and as a bonus, lose one-third of your supplies!]
[10-Zone Total Damage Individual Rankings]
1st Place: Invincible Black Whirlwind (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 50,000,000
(Note: Overflow damage detected. Exact value unquantifiable. Compensation items will be awarded to the player.)
2nd Place: Watch Me Cut You Down (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 41,843,515
3rd Place: Song Peifeng (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 39,843,589
4th Place: Warwolf 008 (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 39,363,325
5th Place: Warwolf 009 (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 39,123,758
6th Place: Warwolf 004 (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 39,045,321
7th Place: Warwolf Egg Seven (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 38,992,148
8th Place: Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 38,981,742
9th Place: Warwolf 006 (Zone 666, District 88) – Damage: 38,812,344
10th Place: Happyending (Zone 999, District 88) – Damage: 36,496,378
[Attention all: Witness Invincible Black Whirlwind’s achievement—DAMAGE OVERFLOW! For just 1 Survival Coin, you can access exclusive combat footage! Noobs, stop being delusional—learn from the best while you still can!]
Players across all ten zones stared at the rankings, utterly dumbfounded. A 50-million HP Qiuqiu... How the hell did someone deal OVERFLOW damage?!
But the most devastated was Xie Shaoning.
He’d thrown everything into this dungeon, certain that—barring unforeseen circumstances—he’d clinch first place.
Turns out, not only did he NOT get first, but even his 10th-place finish was miles behind 9th. Unforeseen circumstances? More like catastrophic failure.
Why were Zone 666’s players so monstrous?!
And those Warwolves—they nearly monopolized the entire top 10! Invincible Black Whirlwind was lucky to be born into such a powerhouse zone.
Xie Shaoning blankly stared at his Survival Coin balance. To escape Invincible Black Whirlwind and Kissing Star Moon, he’d already switched zones five times.
Five Zone Transfer Cards! Not only had he burned through coins, but each move meant rebuilding connections from scratch. And now, of all places, he’d been grouped with them AGAIN!
No transfer cards left, either. The only silver lining was the upcoming Treasure Map Secret Realm—they’d have to cooperate, so at least he wouldn’t have to worry about Invincible Black Whirlwind sending assassins after him... yet.
But once the secret realm ended? All bets were off.
Women never forgot grudges, especially those strong enough to rewrite the rules.
After collecting rewards, Xie Shaoning still fell short on coins. Left with no choice, he returned to Zone 888, District 66, to borrow from his former lackeys.
But vanishing for so long had eroded their trust.
He had to film a cringey video for his delusional fans—deep gazes, sweet nothings, even a flash of abs—just to scrape together enough for the entry fee.
No time to rest properly, though. The clock was ticking.
Meanwhile, Qi Xu was like a wind-up alarm clock. One minute, he was lightly snoring; the next, at exactly 7:50 AM, he shot upright.
He splashed water on his face, then began shoveling food into his mouth.
Health and fatigue hovered around 50—not fully recovered, but manageable with some grit. Even his mental energy had rebounded to 260.
Better than expected. During the dungeon’s final moments, he’d felt like he was burning life force with every strike.
Some side effects were inevitable. But holding back wasn’t an option. One poor performance was tolerable; what terrified Qi Xu was the thought of growing accustomed to mediocrity.
That was the real nightmare.
