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Chapter 62 The Mystery Hidden in the Inscription

"Let's finish the storyline of [City of Ruins] first."

Yu Zhun looked at Ji Xiaoyu who was waving his staff and eager to try. "After you pass the level, you will get a token to leave the dungeon. Even if you encounter problems later, you can exit the dungeon in time."

"I don't want to quit!" Ji Xiaoyu still remembered the guild watching the excitement outside, "If we don't pass the level, they will definitely laugh at us."

"Don't worry, we will pass it." Yu Zhun smiled.

As soon as he took a step forward, a rustling sound quickly came from the nearby ruins, as if something was about to move.

The next moment, a three-meter-tall humanoid monster covered with dark green scales lifted up a collapsed stone wall.

As the sunlight shone on it, wisps of white mist began to emerge from the humanoid monster's body, as if it was corroded. Red words kept appearing on top of its head, and it was losing blood almost every second.

But when it looked at Yu Zhun and Ji Xiaoyu, its eyes were full of greed and bloodthirstiness, and it rushed towards them without hesitation.

【Dragon Slave (Lv15)】

【Attributes:
Life: 25000
Mana: 600
Physical Attack: 1200
Magic attack: 0
Physical Defense: 400
Magic Defense: 400】

"Not bad, the attributes are higher than the blood corpse."

Yu Zhun was comparing two copies of the same level horizontally and evaluating them seriously when an ice cone shot out from behind him straight at the rushing dragon slave.

【Life-32218】

Long Nu died suddenly.

Looking at the excited rich woman behind him, Yu Zhun's mouth twitched slightly.

It feels like there's no need for him to take action on things like clearing out the small monsters.

Yu Zhun looked at the fallen dragon slave again. After death, the dragon slave quickly vaporized in the sunlight. In just a few seconds, only a hard black scale was left in its place.

Picking up the scales, the two continued on their way.

The plot of the first stage of [Under the Dragon's Burial] is extremely simple, because the dragon slaves that appear will not only be attacked by players, but will also lose blood all the time as long as they are exposed to sunlight.

All the monsters and bosses in [Under the Dragon Burial City] are afraid of light.

On the other hand, players will not be affected by environmental factors at all in this dungeon, which is different from the [Bloody City] which must be speed-run.

In the first plot [City of Ruins], there are 36 dragon slaves in total. Each dragon slave will drop a [Dragon Scale] when it dies.

Gather 36 [Dragon Scales] to synthesize the [Dragon Emblem], a token that allows you to leave the dungeon.

Because dragon slaves are afraid of light, players with weaker strength only need to delay time to successfully obtain [Dragon Scale].

However, this environmental buff only exists in the first plot.

Yu Zhun used the same method to kill the remaining 35 dragon slaves. He gathered all the [Dragon Scales] together, and with a flash of light, there was only a badge engraved with a dragon shape left in his hand.

"I got the token." Ji Xiaoyu showed a happy expression, "Shall we proceed directly to the second plot [Corridor of Life and Death] next?"

"Not in a hurry."

Yu Zhun looked around and quickly locked onto the tunnel entrance not far away.

That is where the second plot [Corridor of Life and Death] begins.

However, that was not Yu Zhun's goal.

His target was the stone tablet standing next to the entrance of the tunnel.

Walking to the stone tablet, Yu Zhun glanced at the inscription. [The city lord Zanhar gathered all the people in Dragon Burial City and finally killed the evil dragon that had done so many evil things.]

[However, the dragon's power far exceeded everyone's imagination. ]

[Under the dragon's dying counterattack, Dragon Burial City was reduced to ruins. Under its curse before death, only one in ten residents of Dragon Burial City survived, and most of them became dragon slaves who lost their minds and feared the sun.]

[This curse is extremely vicious to us who believe in the God of Light.]

[As a dragon slayer, the great city lord Zamhar was cursed far more than others, but the fortitude bestowed upon him by the God of Light allowed him to remain sane. He built an underground city under the Dragon Burial City with his light-fearing dragon slaves, and slept in the darkness where there would never be light.]

[This is the only way to the dungeon, but please do not disturb the slumber of the dungeon lord and the dragon slaves unless necessary.]

"It is indeed the case." After carefully reading the inscription, a look of certainty appeared in Yu Zhun's eyes.

"The guide should mention the inscription, right?" Ji Xiaoyu had also done her homework in advance, and looked over curiously, "Any questions?"

"Yes." Yu Zhun nodded. "Unlike [Blood City], the background story here is not restored by the players themselves, but engraved on the stone tablet. For the time being, we assume it is true."

"Since the background story uses descriptive words like 'only one in ten survived' and 'the vast majority', does it mean that there are actually a few residents who have not become dragon slaves?"

"Hmm?" Ji Xiaoyu blinked.

She had never thought about this question.

"Dragon slaves are brutal and bloodthirsty. Even if there were residents who hadn't become dragon slaves, they should have been killed by them, right?"

"That's right." Yu Zhun nodded, "This is related to my second question."

"Why, there are dragon slaves in the [City of Ruins]."

"The less rational a creature is, the more it will act on instinct."

"According to the dragon slaves' fear of light, they should prefer to stay in the dark underground city rather than come to the ruins above ground, curling up under the stone walls during the day and only coming out at night."

“…To increase the difficulty for us players?” Ji Xiaoyu blinked.

It was the first time for her to follow Yu Zhun to work on a new dungeon strategy, and she was greatly shocked by Yu Zhun's ideas.

How can we infer so many things just by looking at the inscription?
"For everything in the dungeon, the players are the interveners, so the dragon slaves cannot have existed in the ruins in advance because of us." Yu Zhun shook his head, "They did this at the request of a stronger person."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the city lord Zamhar. After all, he is the only one who remains rational and has enough strength to issue orders."

"And the other party made such an unreasonable request..."

"Are you looking for something or someone?" Ji Xiaoyu finally caught up with Yu Zhun's train of thought and couldn't help but widen her eyes.

She didn't think all this was strange before, but after listening to Yu Zhun's thoughts, Ji Xiaoyu suddenly felt that Yu Zhun's reasoning made sense.

At this moment, Ji Xiaoyu couldn't help but think of his grandfather's words.

Let her and Yu Zhun enter the dungeon and watch and learn more.

"Let's assume that they are looking for living people, that is, the residents of Dragon Burial City who have not been transformed into dragon slaves." Yu Zhun looked thoughtful, "Then where are these residents who have not been transformed into dragon slaves?"

"This..." Ji Xiaoyu glanced at the inscription, trying to find clues from the original inscription.

Soon, her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Could it be... related to the God of Light?"

(End of this chapter)