Only 20 kilometers left when Qi Xu stumbled upon a wooden crate. He casually opened it, only for a venomous scorpion to crawl out. With a flick of his chainsaw, he sent it flying into the black mist.
By noon, the dungeon challenge ended.
The chat lobby exploded with messages from 300 furious players.
Qi Xu was happily eating his meal when "Lucky Charm" tagged him, urging everyone to check out the chaos in the chat lobby. That’s when Qi Xu realized something hilarious was happening.
Upon opening the chat, he found everyone cursing up a storm.
All of them were tagging "Light Fills the World," demanding he show up and take the heat.
Watch Me Cut You Down: "You crusty old bastard, what kind of sick dungeon is this?! I spent the whole morning opening supply crates—nothing but foot wash and mouth rinse! If I ever see you, I’ll smash your skull open with a hammer!"
Double Happiness: "I never talk in the chat, but you’re such a dumbass you dragged me out. Even the red packet scams couldn’t get me to speak. I swear, the second I get a Location Card, I’m coming for you first! @Light Fills the World"
Black Sweater: "Wasted the whole damn morning! Offering everything I own for a Location Card!"
Little Stool: "Light Fills the World, I hope your car blows a tire and you drop dead on the spot! You absolute moron! Screw your ancestors!"
Player 0606: "Any takers for a hit job? I’ll give a free Location Card plus rewards—just kill Light Fills the World for me."
Watch Me Cut You Down: "I’ll do it! Consider him dead!"
Qi Xu noticed most of the voices in the chat were unfamiliar—hardly anyone he recognized.
Scrolling up, he finally pieced together what happened.
After the dungeon ended that morning, everyone received a system notification:
"This special dungeon challenge was generously sponsored and orchestrated by player Light Fills the World."
Already fuming from wasting hours opening crates—either getting useless junk or monsters, with not a single useful item—players snapped. Even the supply crates were made of mist, impossible to collect.
No progress on today’s mileage, just pure frustration.
Seeing that message was the last straw. Light Fills the World became the target of their rage, bombarded with curses.
A few hotheads even openly vowed to kill him.
Light Fills the World was at a loss. If the dungeon had at least taken out "Invincible Black Tornado" (Qi Xu), it might’ve been worth it.
But no—he wasted a rare special dungeon card, pissed off a bunch of noobs, and his real target was still alive and well.
Panicking, Light Fills the World started privately apologizing to players, even offering resources as compensation. With Location Cards becoming more common, constant tracking would be a death sentence.
Most players cooled down once they got something out of it, but a few remained relentless.
Especially Watch Me Cut You Down—no matter how many times Light Fills the World tagged her for a private chat, she ignored him.
She even publicly accepted the assassination request, grabbed a free Location Card, and charged straight for him.
Qi Xu privately messaged Watch Me Cut You Down, initiating a rental trade:
A Level 2 Pistol, leased for three hours.
If not returned on time, the game would automatically reclaim it, even if the borrower died.
Watch Me Cut You Down didn’t hesitate. "I owe you one. What do you want? I don’t have much to offer."
She was exasperated—surviving this long only because of her reflexes. Nine out of ten crates she opened had monsters. Without a lighter and some edible monsters, she’d have starved.
Seeing "Cursed Luck" in the chat always made her scoff. Was there really someone unluckier than her?
The pistol wasn’t necessary—she was confident she could kill Light Fills the World barehanded—but it didn’t hurt to be safe.
Invincible Black Tornado (Qi Xu): "Just helping out. Return it when you’re done."
Watch Me Cut You Down: "Got it."
He offered, so I’m taking it. Worst case, I’ll share half the next edible monster I find. Men are all scum anyway—no guilt taking advantage.
Qi Xu didn’t expect her to actually succeed. Trash like Light Fills the World always clung to life.
So he also posted in the trade hall, offering a Green Fur Set or a Water Condenser in exchange for Location Cards.
He’d guessed it—Light Fills the World’s dungeon was meant to target him. For enemies like that, Qi Xu had no mercy.
Survival games required both skill and luck to go far.
Skill could be honed, but luck? Unpredictable. If Light Fills the World stumbled upon some overpowered item and used it against him, it’d be too late to regret.
If memory served, Light Fills the World had a rare Substitute Doll, reusable every three days. That’s how he’d counter-killed so many players in the last round.
Qi Xu planned to hunt him down the moment he got a Location Card.
But when Watch Me Cut You Down returned the pistol, her message stunned him:
Watch Me Cut You Down: "Good gun. Used two bullets. That idiot’s dead."
Qi Xu: !!!??
He’d never seen her before—no memory of her from the last round either. Turns out she was legit.
Testing the waters, he asked, "If I’m not mistaken, Light Fills the World had a substitute item?"
Watch Me Cut You Down: "Yeah. That’s why it took two bullets. Anything else?"
Qi Xu paused. He usually emptied half a magazine—two bullets? She must be a sharpshooter.
Stopping a car in this weather and terrain alone took skill.
They’d just met, so Qi Xu didn’t pry further. Her tone was icy anyway, clearly not interested in small talk.
But internally, he cheered: Damn, Cut You Sis is badass! That trash Light is finally gone!
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