Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 818 Continuing the Sprint, a Man Who Makes One Feel Despair!

"Wow..."

As the dark purple mist surged.

Seven figures emerged from the teleportation portal and arrived at a wide platform.

Cao Xing looked around, raising an eyebrow slightly. "The environment on this fourth floor has become even more bizarre..."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked around.

After exploring three consecutive layers, they discovered a pattern.

That is, as you go deeper into the building, the surrounding environment is undergoing significant changes.

For example, the road on the first level is laid above dark purple clouds, and you can also see the open sky around you.

Upon reaching the second level, the road appeared inside the clouds, completely enveloped by thick fog, making it impossible to see anything inside the mist.

On the third level, the road begins to slope downwards, as if leading to some abyss.

It was as if they were slowly penetrating the body of some enormous creature.

At this moment, the surface of the fourth platform has turned into a dark red, fleshy structure that has a strange elasticity when stepped on.

Cao Xing shook his head, not pursuing the matter further, and said directly, "Mu Xue, use the light mirror, let's continue."

"Ok."

The Aurora Knight nodded slightly, then raised the mirror in his hand.

The mirror surface shimmered with a soft glow in the dim environment, and gradually coalesced into a shimmering mass.

"Om-!"

After the familiar beam of light rose, it began to explore the surrounding platforms, changing directions as if searching for the right path.

Finally, the beam of light trembled violently and split into 40 rays.

Of the 145 roads in the vicinity, 40 were selected and extended outwards.

Seeing this, Cao Xing whispered, "The first level has 43 correct routes, the second level has 42 correct routes, and the third level has 41..."

"That is to say, one line will be removed from each layer."

"Based on this prediction, once you reach the 45th floor or higher, there will likely be only one route to the end."

"Reaching the finish line later on will be many times more difficult than it is now..."

This instance also hides many secrets, and there may be some clues that Cao Xing has not yet found.

For example, some monsters utter strange lines when they die.

"The sleeping eye will open at your feet..." or "The shattered dream will be reassembled in the north..."

At the end of some roads, a strange symbol will appear.

These clues are very likely all related to the right path.

Once the code is deciphered, the efficiency of clearing the game can be greatly improved.

But... these things have nothing to do with Cao Xing.

Anyway, he has the [Light Mirror], so he can just follow the mirror's guidance and charge straight ahead!
Thinking of this, Cao Xing smiled easily and then ordered, "Let's go, let's continue."

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

Bronn once again raised his giant shield and strode forward.

His imposing figure stood out prominently in the mist, giving people a strong sense of security.

Next, they encountered many more waves of nightmare monsters and various traps along the way.

Although they were all easily resolved.

But Cao Xing also discovered something else: the level of the Nightmare Monsters inside had started to increase.

From level 70 on the first floor, level 71 monsters have gradually appeared, and some boss monsters have even reached level 75!
They are larger, and their dream armor is harder.

Based on this prediction, there might even be level 100 monsters later on!

Even level 100 and above... that is, legendary creatures!
Cao Xing muttered to himself, "It seems that clearing the 100th level of the Dream Fragment is going to be extremely difficult!"

"Once you reach the 50th floor or above, it's probably beyond the reach of ordinary survivors."

"Only those top-tier, hero-level experts can barely move within it."

"But with their strength, they can probably only reach around the 60th or 70th floor."

"If calculated this way, it would be almost impossible for survivors to get through a hundred floors."

He looked up, his brows furrowing slightly.

Because the system cannot design an impossible dungeon for players to challenge.

At this moment, Cao Xing suddenly remembered the system notification that the [Dream Fragment] dungeon would be open for a full 100 days.

A relieved smile appeared on his face: "I see... The system has taken into account the survivors' subsequent strength improvements."

For the survivors, the [Dream Fragment] is a dungeon where they can farm a lot of monsters, gain experience points and 'Dream Fragments' to improve themselves.

My skills will improve by leaps and bounds every day!

Putting everything else aside, a large number of hero-level powerhouses will definitely emerge in these 100 days!
With the added strength of their numbers, these top experts might be able to reach the seventieth or eightieth floor!
In fact, a very small number of survivors are incredibly lucky and manage to open the relic chest and find useful relics, which could even give them legendary-level combat power!
At that time, we will gather the wisdom, strength, and formidable power of the world's top survivors.

It's entirely possible to break through a hundred layers of this dream.

The system just didn't expect that a freak like Cao Xing would appear!

His immense strength was enough to disregard most threats within the dream fragments, and the existence of the [Light Mirror] further eliminated all wrong paths for him.

This almost cheating combination turned what should have been a dungeon that took billions of survivors across the server months to conquer into a speedrun performance!
Of course, Cao Xing only cleared the Dream Fragment of Region 1.

Survivors from other regions can still enjoy solving puzzles, but they won't get the first-clear reward.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing didn't think much of it and continued speeding along.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance has slain 'Nightmare Monster' lv71*65, gaining 2368 million experience points (Pale Guidance)]

[Your territory member: Bai Zhi has slain 12 'Nightmare Monsters' (level 71), gaining 437 million experience points (Pale Guidance)]

【your……】

...

Following several combat notifications, Cao Xing and his group passed through the thick fog and arrived at a strange area.
Before them, another massive, distorted platform appeared.
It was covered with thick, dark purple blood vessels, which were constantly wriggling, as if some creature was moving inside.

All these blood vessels connect to the same place, where there is a huge heart that looks like a tumor.

It was that [Nightmare Seed].

This is the end of the fourth level of the dream fragmentation.

This time, it took them a total of 1 hour and 14 minutes from arriving at the fourth level of the Dream Fragment to reaching the final boss location.

The speed of clearing the previous three levels was several minutes faster.

"Dong dong——!"

"Dong dong——!"

The dull thumping of a heartbeat echoed continuously, causing everyone's heartbeats to involuntarily follow the rhythm.

Cao Xing acted decisively, raising his staff and beginning to manipulate the surrounding ice elements, instantly forming more than a dozen [Enhanced Ice Cone Spells].

He uttered softly, "Go..."

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

More than a dozen huge ice spikes shot out, all of which hit the huge dark purple tumor.

"Pfft... Pfft..."

After a series of sounds of flesh being pierced, the heart's life value instantly dropped to zero.

Like other Nightmare Seeds, it begins to expand rapidly after its health reaches zero!

After expanding to a certain limit, it exploded with a 'bang'!

In an instant! Various internal organs and chunks of meat were scattered all over the ground.

"Gulu...Gulu..."

As a chilling writhing sound rang out, a twisted and bizarre behemoth rose from the flesh.

It opened its enormous mouth, filled with sharp teeth, and let out an angry hiss at Cao Xing and the others.

"hiss--!!!"

The invisible sound waves spread outwards like ocean waves, but the people remained completely unmoved.

Cao Xing's gaze sharpened as he quickly scanned the monster's attributes.

【The Aberrant Nightmare Matrix (Fourth Layer)】

[Race: Nightmare]

[Level: Level 85]

[Potential: Dominator]

[HP: 9 million/9 million (HP increased 10 times by the dream environment)]

...

"The first layer of the Nightmare Mother has 5 million health points, but it soars to 9 million in the fourth layer."

"I estimate that the monster's health will become increasingly outrageous as the game progresses."

He shook his head and then ordered, "Go all out and finish it off as quickly as possible."

Judging from the strength of Cao Xing and the others, as long as the enemy's strength is not below that of a demigod, the outcome will be the same.

The combatants immediately obeyed the order and launched a fierce and relentless offensive!
"Wow——!"

Malenina's sword energy tore through the air and struck the mutated mother, unleashing damage exceeding ten million!

Sarah's Death Dagger followed closely behind, hacking the mutated monster to pieces.

Her figure flickered like a ghost, each appearance accompanied by a dark blade of light that sliced ​​open the writhing blood vessels, causing the monster to let out a shrill wail!
Immediately afterward, Cao Xing's chain of ice spikes and Liu Muxue's angelic combat skill erupted one after another! The muffled sound of ice spikes piercing flesh mingled with the explosive sound of holy flames burning, and the monster's health began to plummet!

"Hiss! Hiss—!"

The mutated mother creature kept emitting piercing screams and wildly waving its thick, fleshy tentacles, trying to retaliate against the group.

But its resistance appeared pale and powerless under the siege of a group of powerful individuals.

The tentacles had barely risen when they were severed by Malenina's sword energy.

Its shrieking attack was also directly neutralized by the combined effects of [Faithful Will] and [Spindle Heart Tonic].

All the attacks had absolutely no effect.

The players didn't even need to dodge the monsters' attacks; they could simply stand still and attack.

Nine hundred million health points plummeted to only five hundred million in just ten seconds!

At this speed, it probably won't take twenty seconds to kill it!

Moreover, this was because Cao Xing and the others were using normal attacks to conserve their skills.

Otherwise, with a full-force attack, this monster probably wouldn't last even five seconds.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The muffled thuds of various attacks continued in succession, and the monster's health was dropping rapidly.

Four hundred million...

Three hundred million...

Two hundred million...

In the blink of an eye, only a few tens of millions remained.

As Sarah unleashed her Shadow Blossom, a shadow flower exploded on the mutated mother's body!

"Oh!"

【-52672372! 】

...

The monster's health has been completely reduced to zero.

Before it died, it seemed to regain a sliver of its remaining sanity.

It turned its head, stared at Cao Xing with its terrifying, featureless face, and then uttered a series of obscure lines.

"After waking from the dream... it's not reality..."

"Only by looking into one's own heart can one find the truth..."

As soon as he finished speaking, its enormous body exploded, gushing out dark purple blood.

It then quickly dries up, rots, and eventually turns into a pool of foul-smelling pus.

The blood vessels on the entire platform withered and collapsed rapidly, as if their life force had been drained.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance successfully defeated 'Aberrant Nightmare Mother (Fourth Layer)', gaining 1.87 million experience points (Pale Guidance)]

Combat personnel gained 9350 million experience points.

...

Upon seeing the system notification, a thoughtful expression appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

He was pondering the monster's last words.

"After waking from the dream, it is not reality..."

"Is this also related to the mystery in the dream? Or is it related to the direction of the exit to the next level?"

He shook his head and quickly put those words out of his mind, since he didn't need to solve the mystery himself.

With that thought, Cao Xing waved his hand and collected all the dream fragments that had fallen from the platform into his backpack.

[Obtained: Dream Fragment * 2249]

[Received: Dream Crystal *2]

...

Seeing this number, a look of satisfaction reappeared on his face.

"Not bad, not bad, more than two thousand dream fragments were actually found."

"Sure enough, as the difficulty of the monsters increases, the amount of loot they drop also increases."

He paused, then looked at the other dark purple crystals in his backpack: "Besides these Dream Fragments, we also got two Dream Crystals this time."

"Adding the 3 that dropped from the previous 3 floors, I now have a total of 5 [Dream Crystals] in my inventory."

"Let's take a look at this thing's attributes while we have the time."

Thinking of this, he flipped his right hand, and a dark purple crystal the size of a pebble appeared out of thin air in his palm.

It looks like it's pieced together from a large number of dream fragments, with fine cracks inside, giving it a broken beauty.

【Dream Crystal (Special Material)】

[Quality: unknown]

[Item Description: A crystal formed from a large amount of dream power, containing a certain magical power.]

[Item Effect 1: When faced with a choice in a dream path, you can crush a dream crystal to eliminate one incorrect path for you.]

[Item Effect 2: Can be directly disassembled to obtain 1000 Dream Fragments.]

...

After reading the item's properties, Cao Xing nodded in understanding.

"I see……"

"This thing can actually eliminate a wrong path. In the 'Dream Fragment,' it's a very important resource!"

"As long as there are enough Dream Crystals, it can even achieve the same effect as the Mirror of Light, keeping you on the right path and reaching the destination as quickly as possible."

But clearly, this is unrealistic.

After all, so far, Cao Xing has only obtained this crystal from the final boss: the Aberrant Mother.

Moreover, the drop rate is truly appalling.

He defeated the final bosses of four levels in a row, and only got 5 drops.

In the dream fragments, there are no fewer than 50 branching paths that you can easily encounter on a single layer.

It's impossible to find an exit quickly by using a large number of [Dream Crystals].

With that thought in mind, Cao Xing was no longer worried.

He put the crystal back into his backpack and led the group towards the portal.

A short while later, the familiar system notification appeared.

Attention survivors!

[Survivor Lord Cao Xing from Region 1 has passed the fourth level of the 'Dream Fragment' and successfully found the dream exit]

All survivor lords in Region 1 will receive (4 layers * 100) 'Dream Fragments' as a reward and will gain the blessing effect: Precognitive Dreams.

[Precognitive Dreams: Within the fragments of a dream, there is a 50% chance of foreseeing an attack or trap that you are about to suffer, lasting for 6 hours...]

...

Upon seeing this notification, survivors around the world have become numb.

By now, most lords have given up hope of catching up with Cao Xing...

In their eyes, Cao Xing's current behavior is simply like that of a monster!

Eight hours, four floors cleared in a row, what does that mean?
It's important to know that, apart from Cao Xing's side, the fastest survivor in the entire server is Angelina from region 141.

As a hidden professional, Angelina possesses a powerful combat strength of level 87, making her almost the highest-level individual in their region!

Her formidable strength earned her unparalleled prestige, and her legions were filled with powerful warriors.

The survivors in that region all regarded Angelina as the second best survivor in the entire server, second only to Cao Xing.

Therefore, in order to clear the Dream Fragment as quickly as possible, Angelina joined forces with the leaders of several other top legions.

They also gathered the hero-level combatants from their territory, forming a team of more than 20 hero-level powerhouses!
She even specially invited some people who were not strong in combat but had intelligence far beyond that of ordinary people or had special abilities to join the team.

All preparations are for the same goal: to clear the Dream Fragment as quickly as possible!

However, up to now, she and her team have only just encountered the final boss of the first level.

This speed cannot be described as slow; in fact, it can be described as quite rapid.

Without Cao Xing, she would have been the first lord in the entire server to clear the Dream Fragment.

But alas... that man was just too perverted.

It's like someone riding a rocket across the finish line in a 100-meter race, leaving no hope for the other survivors to catch up.

They have now left her far behind.

Angelina sighed, "Sigh... what an unconventional man..."

She shook her head, her red hair swaying slightly, trying to shake off the frustrated thoughts in her mind.

As a regional leader, she knew the importance of morale.

Even if the opponent's performance was so powerful that it was despairing, she still couldn't show it, otherwise it would affect all the warriors she was leading!

Thinking of this, a fighting spirit rekindled in his emerald pupils.

Angelina took a deep breath and shouted, "Everyone, listen up!"

……

(End of this chapter)