Life Dungeon Game

As the meat sizzled on the grill, the rich aroma of spices wafted on the breeze to Liu Nan.

She glanced at the compressed biscuits in her hand, then at the sizzling, oily roasted meat that He Ao was grilling.

Tears, uncontrollable as ever, streamed from the corner of her mouth.

He Ao seemed to sense Liu Nan's gaze. He looked up at Liu Nan, sprinkling cumin as he spoke softly.

“This meat is contaminated; you can’t handle it, so I will.”

That makes sense, but this guy is so annoying.

Liu Nan gritted her teeth, turned her head away, and took a big, vicious bite of the compressed biscuit.

"By the way," He Ao said casually as he finished grilling the meat and started preparing the seasonings, "guess how much these seasonings cost?"

"Ah," Liu Nan was taken aback, turned around to look into He Ao's eyes, and then asked with some doubt, "Didn't I give you these seasonings?"

"Oh,"

He Ao put away all the seasonings, reached for a dagger, sterilized it over a flame, cut off a piece from the grill, and sent it...

Just as I was about to say it, I realized I had misremembered.

Liu Nan watched him devour the meat and glared at him fiercely, "Eat, eat, eat! Aren't you afraid of choking to death?"

Then he turned around and continued to viciously bite into his compressed biscuit.

He Ao smiled but didn't say anything, instead continuing to eat the grilled meat heartily.

Soon, He Ao finished the last piece of lizard meat. This piece was much larger than the previous two, and He Ao practically forced it down his throat.

As the lizard meat was consumed, He's dantian was once again filled with energy.

He compressed and gathered them, and soon, a new wisp of 'qi' appeared in his dantian.

He opened the attribute panel. Although he had spent the entire day yesterday fighting or dodging, it did not affect his cultivation.

His physical fitness level has increased from 201 to 213, a gain of only 12 points in eleven hours.

After the age of 20, it becomes increasingly difficult to improve physical fitness.

He Ao packed his things, extinguished the flames, and looked at Liu Nan, "Where are you planning to go next?"

"I don't have a specific destination either, I'll just explore around."

Liu Nan thought for a moment, then looked at He Ao, "What about you?"

"I'm going to go and take a look at that tower."

He Ao looked at the towering structure in the distance, which resembled a pillar supporting the sky, and spoke slowly.

"Then we may have to part ways here."

Liu Nan slowly stood up. "I'm going to go back to a safer place near the beginner area. I don't have your skills and I can't keep up with your speed."

"Let's go, together."

He Ao shook his head. The area around here was dangerous. The newbie protection period had already passed, and the newbie zone was no longer safe.

If Liu Nan, a novice superhuman who has just reached F-rank and whose talents are not yet related to combat, were to go back now, the probability of her dying would be far greater than that of her surviving.

Although she is very intelligent, not all monsters have obvious, easily detectable weaknesses like those octopuses.

Although following He Ao might lead to dangerous situations, He Ao could at least take care of her.

It's unlikely that meeting a D-class character would mean not seeing them again for eighteen years.

"But I can't keep up with you..."

Liu Nan seemed a little hesitant, though she appeared to understand the situation.

However, her concern might lie in her poor physical condition; if she were with He Ao, they might not even reach the tower by the time the exploration period ended.

“It’s alright,” He Ao shook his head. “If we can’t reach it, so be it. It’s just an exploration after all.”

"what?"

Liu Nan was taken aback. She looked into He Ao's eyes and paused for a moment. "If we come across a relatively safe area along the way, you can leave me there."

——An hour later——

The two walked for about ten kilometers under the bright red morning sun.

Liu Nan was too tired to walk any further, so the two rested on a hillside. After a short while, Liu Nan suddenly stood up, pointed into the distance, and...

"Hey, look, that one over there."

He looked up and saw a huge black and white striped beetle running rapidly towards him in the distance.

“That’s a sprinting beetle,” Liu Nan said excitedly. “The research institute’s catalog says that this beetle can be domesticated as a means of transportation. With it, we can get to the tower.”

However, she then thought of something and became dejected, "But this kind of beetle is a D-level, so we probably won't be able to catch it."

"Looks like we're in luck."

He Ao glanced at Liu Nan and smiled.

Then he leaped out and met the giant beetle head-on.

Taming a beetle is simple: just knock it down.

After He Ao forcefully lifted the beetle and slammed it to the ground more than a dozen times, the beetle finally gave up.

It bent down and gently rubbed against He Ao's side with its legs bent.

——Ten minutes later——

Liu Nan carefully climbed onto the beetle's back, looking at He Ao with some confusion, "Aren't you coming up?"

"Need not."

He Ao shook his head. "I'll come up if there's any danger later. I'll clear the way ahead, and you follow me."

After saying that, he ran straight ahead, leaving his back to Liu Nan.

With the help of the beetle, the rest of the journey was much faster.

He encountered many D-level alien beasts on the way, all of which were pierced through by the sharpened bone sword He had taken from the octopus, and He cut off all the good flesh from their bodies.

Before long, it was noon. He Ao found a barren hillside and prepared to set up a barbecue.

woo-

Just then, a painful yet oppressive wail suddenly rang in his ears.

Kaven, the next chapter will be tomorrow during the day. Everyone, get some rest. Goodnight.

Please subscribe, add to your favorites, vote for this chapter, and recommend it!

Chapter 200 The Inscription on the Tower (Long Chapter, Please Subscribe and Add to Favorites)

"Don't look up!"

Liu Nan quickly shouted, then she pulled He Ao and Beetle and hid under a hillside.

The once bright earth was instantly covered by a pitch-black shadow, as if the world had returned to night.

A cold wind swept across the silent hills, carrying with it the mournful cries of the dead.

"Woo——"

A mournful cry echoed in the sky, growing louder as it approached.

“Its eyesight is poor,” Liu Nan leaned against He Ao, holding He Ao’s hand tightly, and whispered with her head down, “As long as you don’t see it, it won’t see you.”

He Ao glanced at the girl's hand, which was tightly gripping his, nodded, and said nothing.

The enormous wail grew closer and closer, finally stopping above where the two were.

A profound sense of grief, mixed with the wailing, echoed throughout the surrounding space.

He felt a surge of intense curiosity rising within him, drawing him to look up at the source of the mournful cry.

Beside him, a girl covered in dust seemed to be about to raise her head.

He Ao glanced at his hand, which was being held tightly by the girl. He moved slightly, feeling a little awkward, so he used his other hand to press down on Liu Nan's head. "Don't look."

Liu Nan then came to her senses. She glanced at He Ao and nodded with a hint of lingering fear in her eyes.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the mournful cries in the sky finally faded away.

The pitch-black night gradually faded until the bright sunlight once again bathed the earth.

The two did not go out immediately, but waited for another ten minutes before slowly emerging from behind the hillside.

The three suns in the sky were still twinkling.

He looked around. There were some wild deer and other animals that were not aggressive around them, but now they were all lying stiffly on the ground with their heads tilted back.

He Ao walked to a wild deer and gently touched its stiff body. It was already lifeless. "Dead."

"How did it catch up with us?"

Liu Nan released He Ao's hand and looked around with some confusion.

The two had walked about 200 kilometers that morning, which was actually quite far from the octopus's habitat.

"do not know."

He Ao glanced at Liu Nan and gently shook his head.

He looked around and saw that the closer he got to the tower, the fewer city buildings there were, gradually turning into a wasteland.

The place where they were standing was the boundary between the city and the wilderness.

"Let's find another place to eat first."

He waved and walked toward the small city ruins covered with weeds.

Liu Nan rode in a Beetle and followed behind him.

This place seems to have once been the edge of the city, but the buildings are not as well preserved as in other cities. There are leaning and collapsed high-rise buildings everywhere, and overgrown trees and weeds cover the city.

This place is being eroded by wilderness, and all the creations left by human civilization will eventually return to their original state.