In-game.
Outside Fengdu Town.
The Goblin Lair dungeon was built along the edge of a large mountain range, with four different cave entrances at various points.
There were quite a few goblin guards roaming around. To run the dungeon, players had to clear out these guards.
When there were too many players, these goblins were no different from the Red-Eyed Rabbits.
A few dozen weapons swung down, and they turned into a flash of white light.
However, aside from the players of Wangxi Village, few players had reached level 12 yet, so naturally, this place was sparsely populated.
The person in charge of Universal Studio on server 0278888 was called Universal Caesar. He was the professional manager that Wan Huanyu's family had arranged for Wan Huanyu, but he was one rank lower than Feng Huimin.
He was a returnee from overseas. After being hired with a high salary, he surprisingly ended up playing games.
Some people like playing games, but some people do not. Universal Caesar was one of the latter.
But no matter what you do, you have to have professional ethics, so he did his job diligently. When the studio told him to abandon the novice village, he abandoned it. When the studio told him not to clash with the Thorn Guild, he came to run the dungeon.
However, when the reward that was almost within reach was about to be stolen away, he finally lost his composure.
"Manager, the scout we left at the entrance sent word. Plantman and their group are coming!"
"What?" Universal Caesar suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Didn't they still have two bosses left to kill? Why are they coming to the dungeon?"
Did he even need to ask?
Of course, they didn't want him to take the first-kill.
Actually, Universal Studio had placed scouts at the entrance to stop any well-equipped teams that came to challenge the dungeon.
Universal Studio hadn't changed their ways.
That's how domineering they were.
To get the first-kill, they wouldn't let anyone else in.
Moreover, the villagers of Wangxi Village had participated in two counterattacks. Those with strong combat power had reached level 12, and quite a few met the dungeon requirements.
So they were also being cautious about that.
But if it was Plantman and their group coming, these people definitely shouldn't be stopped.
Unexpectedly, they really came.
He gritted his teeth, and finally discussed with the nearby player. "Should we give up on the dungeon right now and go seize the bosses?"
The player next to him, called Chen Xunhuan, was actually a veteran gamer with an S-rank talent. But the awkward part was that he was a tank.
A tank can only ensure taking hits; he can't guarantee clearing the dungeon. Although he was critical, without coordinated damage dealers in the team, dungeon progress was slow.
Chen Xunhuan said, "Manager, there's no time. Besides, the remaining bosses are level 20 and level 25 monsters. They exceed our members' stats by too much. I can avoid dying, but the squishy damage dealers can't survive the hits."
"Not only that, at our speed, it would take 20 minutes to reach the bosses."
"Factoring in about 30 minutes of fighting, by then, Plantman and their group will have already come out of the dungeon."
"Unless..."
Universal Caesar quickly asked, "Unless what?"
"Unless the other two studios join forces with us, and we go all out to fight the level 20 boss."
Universal Caesar thought it made sense, so he contacted them.
The result, naturally, was no result.
Rongxun Qizhao was lying at the position of the Goblin Tribe Chieftain.
Jiang Yixing was lying at the position of the Goblin Warlord.
Both sides were waiting for the Thorn Guild's Suture Saint to revive them.
And what's more, they even asked Universal Caesar for help.
"Caesar, can any of your members who didn't enter the dungeon come help us fight off the monsters? Don't let the mobs eat our corpses!"
"Brothers of Universal Studio, if you're free, come give us a hand. These goblins eat people, and a lot of my fans are scared to tears."
Universal Caesar was speechless. In the end, he arranged for people to go help.
Now, all he could do was try his best.
...
On the other side.
Chu Fu found the normal difficulty Goblin Lair dungeon and chose to enter.
The 10-person team immediately advanced.
Chu Fu assigned the tactics.
"Jiaojiao, you go ahead and pull aggro on the train. Every 200 meters, I'll drop a mushroom, so we don't have to clear the mobs!"
Jiaojiao Bu Jiao immediately nodded.
Pulling the train was also a game term. The tank class would be at the front, drawing aggro from all the mobs, and leading them on a wild sprint.
These mobs also had their own aggro range. Basically, once they ran about 100 meters, they wouldn't chase anymore and would return to their spawn point to wander.
Strong teams would clear out the gathered mobs.
Chu Fu didn't want to waste time, so she had no intention of clearing them.
Instead, she just kept them running.
Jiaojiao ran ahead. Her equipment plus S-rank talent gave her incredible defense. These dungeon mobs couldn't do anything to her.
After running 200 meters.
Chu Fu immediately placed a Charm Mushroom.
Instantly, all the surrounding monsters crowded around the mushroom, and the team naturally wouldn't be attacked.
The group of 10 quickly ran to the first boss location. In less than 30 seconds, the boss was taken down.
Then came the second boss, the third boss.
Cleared!
A series of system notifications appeared.
[You have cleared the dungeon: Goblin Lair (Normal).]
[Dungeon time: 16 minutes 34 seconds.]
[You received the first-clear reward: All stats +2, one Bronze Chest.]
[A server-wide announcement is about to be posted. Hide ID?]
Don't hide.
Then, the system announcement appeared.
[Server Announcement: Under the leadership of player "Who Wants to Be Plantman", the full team has cleared the dungeon Goblin Lair (Normal), achieving the first server-wide clear! Rewards have been distributed.] x3.
Inside the same dungeon, Universal Caesar's suspended heart finally died.
And then.
From 0:00 until 4:00 in the early morning, before dawn broke,
Chu Fu had already taken all the first kills.
The two extra map bosses gave +8 and +10 to all stats.
The remaining Hard, Nightmare, and Hell dungeon first clears gave +4, +6, and +8 to all stats.
In total, everyone gained +50 to all stats.
Every single person experienced a qualitative leap.
Not only that.
By now, everyone had 2 Golden Chests and 7 Silver Chests.
It was a chest-opening feast.
Chu Fu quickly opened her chests.
[You obtained Purple Poison Mushroom Dress (Golden)]
[You obtained Purple Poison Mushroom Hat (Golden)]
[You obtained Ultra-High-Yield Rice (Silver)]
Aside from that, Chu Fu also unboxed bracers, pants, shoes, belt, gloves, bracelet, and two rings of Silver grade equipment.
Although Chu Fu's equipment in those slots was also Silver grade, they had been dropped from the Beast God Temple. Level 10 Silver gear had around 10-12 points of stats.
The gear Chu Fu unboxed here was level 15 Silver gear, with stat bonuses ranging from 20-25 points.
They were comparable to level 10 Golden gear.
So Chu Fu put them all on.
"Now for the main event, everyone. In this guild activity, besides the first kills, we also had 2 pieces of Golden equipment drop. The bidding starts now!"
