HLnovel Chapter 36 Abandoned Instance
Chapter 36 Abandoned Instance
Wu Ming had just finished explaining how to help and was about to think about what to do next when suddenly, his attention was attracted by the task prompt that suddenly appeared in front of him.
"I sincerely hope that you can bravely step into this spatial rift and completely eliminate the monsters lurking within! Although we can't eliminate them all at once, as long as you take action, you can effectively curb the continuous encroachment of dark energy!"
For a moment, he was completely stunned. The task prompt clearly stated, "Does this mean this is a recurring task?"
Wu Ming stared at the text and thought to himself, "So that's how it is!
"I hope you can help me, and I also hope you can suppress the dark aura in this crack space this time!"
At this time, the swamp elf on the side spoke again.
Hearing this, Wu Ming quickly turned his head to look at the mysterious teleportation array emitting a dark light, and couldn't help muttering to himself.
"Looking at the current situation, with the rich experience I've accumulated from playing games in the past, just one glance at the quest reminder in front of me and I can tell without much thought that I've successfully found the entrance to this long-abandoned dungeon!"
Thinking of this, Wu Ming no longer hesitated and resolutely walked towards the teleportation array next to the swamp elf. The moment he approached the teleportation array, a striking prompt message suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Do you want to enter the multiplayer instance? — Abandoned instance! ]
"As the first adventurer to discover this dungeon, if you can successfully conquer it this time, it will be open to all adventurers. However, the time limit is only three days. If you fail to complete it within these three days, it will also be open to all adventurers!"
When this text appeared in front of him, Wu Ming couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Wow! It's actually a multiplayer dungeon! I wonder if this level will require teamwork or just killing tons of monsters. And most importantly, whether the strategy succeeds or fails, the final result doesn't seem to make much of a difference!"
Wu Ming muttered to himself as he stared intently at the pop-up notification box in front of him that read "Multiplayer," along with the instructions regarding the dungeon permissions after a successful or failed strategy. He couldn't help but wonder. However, he knew full well that wishful thinking would be futile.
So, after a brief thought, Wu Ming used his mind to confirm the prompt panel in front of him and directly agreed to enter the dungeon. The moment he agreed, he felt his vision suddenly go black, as if the whole world had fallen into darkness.
When Wu Ming opened his eyes again, he found himself in a map area similar to Swamp 1.
What was different from before was that there were no longer those swift and agile green snakes in this swamp. Instead, there was a group of ferocious and aggressive crocodiles that were crawling back and forth on the map.
Wu Ming quickly looked around and found that the area of this map was not very large. At just one glance, he could clearly see the teleportation array at the end.
However, what surprised him was that not far in front of the teleportation array, there was actually a figure standing upright. Who was that person? Why was he there? A series of questions instantly flooded Wu Ming's mind!
Wu Ming used the teleportation technique without hesitation and arrived at the mysterious teleportation array in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, he finally got a clear look at the person in front of him. It was a woman wearing extremely revealing clothing, almost the same as a white bikini.
Her long purple hair cascaded down to her slender waist, swaying gently in the breeze and emitting a charming luster.
In her hand, she held a magic wand as thin as a bamboo pole. On the top of the bamboo pole hung a crystal clear magic bead that emitted emerald green light, as if it contained endless magic power.
Wu Ming looked closely, and a trace of doubt arose in his heart! The woman's body had a faint sense of emptiness, as if it didn't really exist in the world.
At this moment, the woman noticed someone approaching, slowly raised her head, and opened her red lips.
"Hello! I'm the Suppressor of the Dark Aura in this dungeon. You can call me Kroot! If you can successfully hunt the crocodiles and collect thirty clearance cards and hand them over to me, I can help you advance to the next level!"
Wu Ming stared at her and was about to ask something else, but no matter how he asked, the response he got was always the same sentence.
"It seems that the woman in front of me is not her real body, but some kind of soul incarnation, just like the shadow clone skills used by ninjas!"
Hearing the words being repeated over and over again, Wu Ming frowned slightly and thought to himself.
After thinking about it, he decided to go hunting crocodiles. He moved quickly and came to the group of crocodiles. He performed the same operation and checked the details of the monster in front of him. It was the same introduction as the crocodiles he encountered. Wu Ming did not hesitate at all and directly started the hunting mode.
[You killed the crocodile and gained 140 experience points. Since it was a special monster, you will directly receive a level clearance card!]
[You killed the crocodile and gained 140 experience points. Since it was a special monster, you will directly receive a level clearance card!]
[You killed the crocodile and gained 140 experience points. Since it was a special monster, you will directly receive a level clearance card!]
. . .
"Wow, he cleared over a dozen levels with just one lightning spell. When these crocodiles appear again, won't he be able to move on to the next level? It's that easy!"
Looking at the extra pass cards in his backpack, Wu Ming waited for the crocodile to refresh again.
Next, Wu Ming took the thirty pass cards from his backpack and walked towards Krut. The next second, the teleportation array next to him showed an active light.
Wu Ming didn't think much about it and stepped straight in.
The next moment, I arrived at another map.
"You need your teammates to cooperate and climb three of the four ropes. Choose the correct combination to clear the level. If you make the wrong choice, you'll need to climb the rope again. Be careful! If you fail once, the Dark Tide will invade, and a large wave of monsters will appear! May your luck be with you!"
As soon as he entered the next map, a prompt appeared in front of Wu Ming.
At this moment, Wu Ming finally understood why it was a multiplayer copy and why cooperation was required!
Wu Ming stared closely at the flashing clues to pass the level in front of him, his brows unconsciously wrinkled, as if it was an unsolvable puzzle.
Immediately afterwards, a fierce brainstorming storm swept through his mind! Suddenly, an idea flashed, and he thought of the two skills he had just learned: Shadow Clone and Substitution Technique.
"Yeah! Maybe we can use them to overcome this difficulty!"
Wu Ming was secretly delighted, but at the same time, he was a little unsure whether these skills would actually work. However, after a moment's hesitation, he decided to give it a try. After all, if not now, when would he?
At this moment, the duration of Shadow Clone expired. Wu Ming used this skill again without hesitation and quickly summoned Scarecrow.
However, the scarecrow's flaw is that it cannot move on its own. So, Wu Ming took great pains to move the scarecrow above one of the ropes. He also pulled out a piece of straw from the scarecrow's body and tied it to it.
He then gave his shadow clone clear instructions, having it nimbly climb to the next rope. He himself took a deep breath and carefully climbed up the third rope.
After finishing everything, Wu Ming kept waiting. Time passed by minute by minute, and at first everything seemed calm.
But after just over ten seconds, something unexpected happened. The originally calm swamp began to tremble slightly.
In an instant, a mysterious black gas spread out like billowing smoke, instantly covering the entire area tightly.
Immediately afterwards, there was a loud noise coming from the ground. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a group of densely packed, terrifying green water monsters emerging from nowhere.
They were like a surging tide, jumping wildly, filling the entire second level map in the blink of an eye, making people's scalps numb.
"Could this be the legendary monster tide? They're all low-level Green Water Spirits, but their number is too astonishing!"
Wu Ming felt his scalp tingle as he looked at the dense cluster of green water spirits below the rope. If a normal person were to encounter such a situation, they would probably have to sacrifice at least one or two teammates to barely escape.
Fortunately, he was the one in danger! Wu Ming cast the magic shield without hesitation, and then quickly superimposed the Qinggong skill.
Then, he leaped fearlessly off the brush. The green water spirits slammed into him frantically, but each attack dealt him only a pitiful -1 HP point, and sometimes he even avoided the attacks directly due to his high evasion ability.
Seeing this, Wu Ming no longer hesitated and immediately unleashed his powerful lightning technique. Instantly, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and after a wave of cleansing, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his experience points had soared by a full 5%! This showed that the sheer number of Green Water Spirits here was simply beyond imagination!
[You killed Green Water Spirit and gained 18 experience points.]
[You killed Green Water Spirit and gained 18 experience points.]
[Triggering the blessing of Time Transcender Lena to gain Intelligence +1.]
. . .
"It's true that the more I hunt, the greater the chance of triggering the Transcendent Lena's blessing! Great! At this rate, I could sleep in this dungeon and continue leveling up!"
Although the experience provided by these Green Water Spirits was not abundant, they were numerous, and Wu Ming could still gain experience and level up normally by hunting low-level monsters. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, and his laughter echoed in the empty dungeon.
At this moment, an idea flashed through Wu Ming's mind.
“如果那绳子 1、2、3 号都不对劲的话，那我干脆直接跳上 4 号绳子得了！这一次，就先来试试 1、2、4 号组合！这个副本应该是这种规则才对！”
As soon as this thought came to him, he stopped hesitating and decisively used his Quick Movement skill. In an instant, a flash of light passed by, and the next second, Wu Ming's figure appeared steadily on the fourth rope.
After standing still, Wu Ming held his breath and waited quietly for what might happen next.
As expected, not long after, a pitch-black aura quickly spread like billowing smoke, shrouding the surrounding space in darkness. Then, accompanied by a chilling sound of space tearing, a large group of green water monsters emerged from the darkness, their fangs and claws bared, and they pounced towards Wu Ming with great momentum.
Facing the surging waves of low-level monsters, Wu Ming did not show any fear.
He flashed and jumped off the rope like a ghost. The weapon in his hand flashed with cold light, and he attacked the green water monsters with a thunderous force.
"Darkness shrouds everything, and I will shatter the darkness with thunder!"
For a moment, Wu Ming seemed to have transformed into the king Sikong Zhen, and he directly used his ultimate move. A giant dragon of thunder and lightning rushed out from the electric magnetic field shield beside his body and headed towards the densely packed green water spirits.
In a split second, Wu Ming successfully cleared out the tide of green water monsters.
However, despite temporarily tackling the monster horde, Wu Ming knew he still didn't have the right rope combination. He also didn't know if this pattern was fixed or random each time he entered the dungeon. After a moment's reflection, he decided to try other possibilities.
So, he gave new instructions to his shadow clone without hesitation!
"Go climb rope number 3!"
Upon receiving the order, the shadow clone immediately sprang into action, nimbly climbing towards rope number 3. Meanwhile, Wu Ming himself leaped back onto rope number 4, ready to respond to any emergency.
Time passed by, but the result was still unsatisfactory. Without a doubt, this attempt had failed again.
"Suddenly, I feel like making mistakes all the time isn't such a bad thing! At least every attempt adds a little experience to my experience points! Great!"
Wu Ming didn't feel frustrated or discouraged. On the contrary, as he looked at his rising experience bar, he felt a strange feeling in his heart. He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
The atmosphere was extremely tense, as only the last rope, number 234, remained. This was the crucial moment that would determine success or failure, Wu Ming thought to himself.
"I hope I won't fail this time!"
After all, there were no more chances to try. He took a deep breath and looked firmly at the scarecrow and the rope.
Without much thought, Wu Ming acted decisively.
He roughly moved the scarecrow from its original position to rope number 2, and then tied it tightly with all his strength to ensure that it was secure.
Without hesitation, he gave the order to his shadow clone, instructing it to quickly climb up rope number 3. Meanwhile, Wu Ming himself nimbly leaped onto rope number 4.
Time seemed to stand still, and Wu Ming suddenly began to feel nervous. After all, this was not a game. He was just trying out his own ideas and had no idea whether it would work. He could only wait quietly for the result.
At this moment, a scene that surprised Wu Ming occurred. The black mist that had been pervading the map suddenly disappeared, replaced by a dazzling light that instantly covered the entire map.
In an instant, the vines and trees on the map seemed to be cast under a spell, and they bloomed with colorful and dazzling flowers.
"Oh my! Why is my luck so bad? I have to wait until the last try to succeed! It's so damn hard!"
Seeing this magical sight, Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, then an ecstatic smile appeared on his face. However, amidst his joy, he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.
However, this was not the time to dwell on these things. Wu Ming quickly composed himself and stopped thinking about the rules of passing the level. Instead, he resolutely walked towards the prompt in front of him to enter the next level.
After all, if he exits the dungeon now, it means that the strategy has failed, and the strategy will be successful within three days. Wu Ming is not sure whether he can stay in the MapleStory world for three days this time!
After all, every time when we are about to travel back to Blue Star, the spark of the soul will give us a reminder!