Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1314. Echoes from the Abyss (4)

As soon as he finished speaking, the originally bright space was suddenly shrouded in a thick gray-green fog, and the light dimmed instantly, with visibility less than two meters.

A faint rustling sound was mixed in with the thick fog, like countless tiny creatures crawling rapidly.

"It's poisonous fog!" Wang Yiyi took a half-step back warily.

But the door behind them had already closed, and it seemed they could never go back.

Lin Xi quickly summoned the cactus.

"I'll try the purification first!"

She held the cactus high, and its leaves immediately emitted a faint green light that spread towards the gray-green fog.

However, the moment the green light came into contact with the dense fog, it did not disperse the fog as usual; instead, a hissing corrosion sound was heard.

Lin Xi looked down and saw that the cactus leaves were rapidly turning yellow and withering.

Countless tiny, black insects, no bigger than pinheads, were densely packed on the leaves, feeding on them. Their shells gleamed with a metallic sheen, and their mouthparts were sharp enough to crush plant fibers.

"It's not poisonous fog, it's poisonous insects!" Lin Xi said, trying to put the withered cactus back into her bag.

“There are still poisonous insects on it, let’s put it on the ground, you still have some,” Lin Bei said.

Lin Xi thought for a moment and then put the cactus on the ground.

The cactus was devoured instantly by swarms of poisonous insects after it hit the ground, leaving not a trace.

Holy crap! What kind of bug is that?
—Oh no, we've lost one cactus from the 123 list.

Will she be able to summon it again next time?
—This kind of consumption shouldn't be possible anymore!
—It's okay, there are still two pots left, 1, 2, and 3.

—There should have been three pots left, but she gave one away.

This dungeon is too resource-intensive, requiring too many items and skills.

Be content; at least they're allowed to use it.

—Yeah, some dungeons even ban items and skills!

Everyone tensed up instantly.

Guo Yuelang immediately took out a shield-like object, and a pale gray light appeared, protecting everyone in the middle.

As soon as it was deployed, a clanging sound could be heard as countless poisonous insects crashed into the light shield. Although they could not penetrate it, they left tiny scratches.

"These insects have very hard shells, and there are just too many of them!" Guo Yuelang's expression was grave. "The light shield won't hold for long!"

Lin Xi turned on his flashlight and shone it on the ground. He saw that the white jade slab was covered with black poisonous insects. They surged in from all directions like a tide, even spreading along the walls and ceiling. Their dense, swarming forms were enough to make one's scalp tingle.

"They are very fast and can climb anything."

Feng Xi gripped the short knife tightly and slashed down, splitting several poisonous insects in two. Their bodies continued to writhe, and black, viscous liquid even oozed from their wounds, emitting an even stronger, sweet-smelling odor.

"We can't just hack at them!" Ouyang Yu stopped him. "These liquids might be corrosive, and hacking won't solve the problem at all; there are just too many of them."

As he spoke, he took out a silver dagger, which emitted a faint silver light.

"My dagger can be imbued with purifying energy. Let's see if I can strike their vital points."

He bent down and precisely stabbed at the head of a venomous insect. The dagger easily pierced the shell, and the insect instantly stopped wriggling, turning into a wisp of black smoke and dissipating.

"It works!" Xin's eyes lit up. "Their vital point is their head!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, even more poisonous insects swarmed over.

Although Ouyang Yu's dagger was effective, it was utterly ineffective against the endless swarms of poisonous insects. The scratches on the light shield multiplied, and tiny cracks appeared. The rustling sound of the poisonous insects grew closer, sending chills down one's spine.

"What should we do? Are we going to be trapped here?" Xin asked.

Wang Yiyi forced herself to remain calm: "I'll try a fire attack; it worked against the poisonous bees before!"

"Is your Flame Card also only counted as a one-time use item?" Lin Xi asked.

"Yes," Wang Yiyi replied.

Flames erupted instantly, burning many poisonous insects to death. However, the flames were quickly extinguished by subsequent poisonous insects, and the corpses of the burned insects continued to release black liquid, which only made the surrounding insects more ferocious.

—Even flames are useless!

—This bug is just too amazing!

—The light from the Light Shield seems to have dimmed!
—We've defeated all the previous bosses, are we going to fall to poisonous insects?

Is it possible to find the nest of poisonous insects? We could just destroy the nest!
--yes!
Does anyone know how to deal with these bugs?

Lin Xi immediately scanned the comments section, and one highlighted comment caught her attention:

Are they afraid of high-frequency sound waves?
How do you work with high-frequency sound waves?
—There should be a mechanism to trigger the sound waves, right? Check the surroundings for any strange devices!

—A white jade slab! Look at the patterns on the slab; they seem to form some kind of musical scale.

Lin Xi was very fortunate that there weren't too many people in her live stream, so she could still see useful information.

She immediately looked down to examine the ground and indeed found that there were fine lines engraved on the white jade slab. These lines crisscrossed and formed a pattern similar to piano keys.

"Look at the patterns on the stone slab!" she pointed to the ground. "These might be sound wave mechanisms; if you arrange them in the correct sequence, they can emit high-frequency sound waves!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Yuelang immediately used his flashlight to illuminate the stone slab.

There are eight stone slabs with engraved patterns, like eight musical notes, but what is the order?

"When I was trapped under the rock, I think I heard strange sounds coming from the cave, like fragments of some kind of music! I didn't pay attention to it at the time, but now that I think about it, it might have been the code for the mechanism!"

She closed her eyes and recalled for a moment.

"I remember it was 'do mi so la do fa mi si'."

"We have no choice but to take a gamble!" Ouyang Yu said. "Zhao Chen, use telekinesis to trigger the stone slabs in sequence, being careful to avoid the poisonous insects!"

Zhao Chen nodded, then waved his hands, sending an invisible force slamming towards the first stone slab.

A dull thud rang out, the stone slab trembled slightly, and the surrounding poisonous insects seemed to be slightly affected, their movements slowing down by half a beat.

Zhao Chen immediately followed Wang Yiyi's instructions and triggered the remaining stone slabs one by one.

As the sounds of "thump, thump, thump" rang out one after another, the eight stone slabs formed a rapid melody, and the sound waves vibrated in the air, forming visible ripples.

The poisonous insects that had been swarming in suddenly became restless and retreated. Some of the weaker insects even turned into black smoke and disappeared.

That's amazing!

—Wang Yiyi is really amazing! She managed to memorize the password even when it was pressed under a rock!
—Luckily, Yi-Yi heard the sound beforehand, otherwise we would have been doomed!
Zhao Chen's ability to move objects remotely is crucial; he can trigger mechanisms without even getting close!
Let's team up!

—The only one who was of little use was Meng Ye.

—For a newbie like you, being so calm when entering a dungeon is already quite impressive.

—The newcomers these days are so pitiful, they don't even have props anymore.

--you do not say!
—Will more and more people die?
—Not necessarily. Experienced players are all quite skilled, and most of them know how to save people.