The Mysterious Dungeon: A Survival Guide to the Twelve Talismans

"Woof woof woof~~~!" The little mongrel kept barking, seemingly wanting Zhou An to continue feeding it.

"Wait a minute, let me rest for a bit. I'm exhausted. I'm still not strong enough." Zhou An put the murder knife on the ground and kept rubbing his swollen right arm.

"Waaaaah~~!" The little mongrel suddenly became a bit listless.

However, the little dog quickly became excited again. Its eyes darted around, and it seemed to have thought of something. It immediately opened its mouth and poked out an item.

The thing flew straight into Zhou An's arms.

"Woof woof woof (for you)!" the little mongrel barked incessantly.

Upon seeing this, Zhou An immediately reached out and took it, and the item's attributes were displayed before him.

[All-Attribute Fruit]: After consumption, all three attributes increase by 10. Only one fruit can be consumed per level for the Strange, and one fruit can be consumed per level for humans.

Upon seeing this, Zhou An's eyes lit up.

Great stuff, really great stuff, it increases three-dimensional attributes.

Although Zhou An doesn't know his three-dimensional attributes right now, it's never a bad thing to eat it.

Without any hesitation, Zhou An stuffed the fruit, about half the size of a ping-pong ball, into his mouth.

"It's quite sweet, delicious." Zhou An smacked his lips; it really was delicious.

[Consuming a fruit that grants all three attributes increases by 10]

Almost instantly, Zhou An felt the power within his body begin to surge rapidly.

After a long while, the changes in his body gradually subsided.

"Phew!" Zhou An let out a long sigh of relief.

He could feel that his strength had doubled.

If that's the case, then it means that his original strength attribute should have been around ten points.

"Awesome!" Zhou An looked at the little mongrel, his eyes filled with excitement.

The little dog saw Zhou An sitting there motionless for a long time and thought it wasn't enough.

"Woof woof woof~~!"

The next moment, the little dog spat out five fruits with all attributes in rapid succession, which landed in Zhou An's arms.

Zhou An was stunned, then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Although you can only take one at a time now, you can take one more each time you level up.

Zhou An immediately stuffed all the attribute fruits into his pocket.

Then he continued to chop off his own arm and feed it to the little dog.

The little mongrel, after eating ten more times, finally stopped eating.

Lying on the ground with its belly up, its paws were constantly slapping against its round belly.

Clearly, He was finally full.

"Woof woof woof~~!" The little mongrel barked twice, then rolled chubby into the iron spring belt.

Zhou An saw the little mongrel disappear and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

This time, it was a great harvest.

He glanced at the time; it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

I'm so hungry.

Remembering that the janitors had a full lunch, Zhou An immediately went to the first floor, to the front of the manager's dormitory.

"You're here? If you're any later, you might miss out on today's meal." The caretaker, an older woman, sat by the window, glanced at Zhou An, and handed him two loaves of bread and a bottle of mineral water.

"Manager, is this all the food you have?" Zhou An took the bread and water, somewhat speechless.

There's so little stuff, it's not even enough to fill a gap between your teeth.

"This is a bizarre world. Do you think human food is so easy to obtain?"

"Want some? Sure, two yuan a bread roll, five yuan a cup of instant noodles, one yuan a bottle of mineral water, no discounts," the manager said with a snort.

"If I want to buy instant noodles, do you have hot water?" Zhou An perked up immediately when he heard that there was instant noodles.

"Of course there's hot water, it costs one yuan," the manager said, holding up one finger.

"Two buckets of instant noodles, a loaf of bread, and a bottle of mineral water, please." Zhou An took out fifteen yuan and slammed it on the manager's table.

"Kid, you're pretty good. You've made money so quickly. Go back to your room and wait. I'll bring it up when it's ready." The manager, an older woman, gave Zhou An a look of admiration.

Upon hearing this, Zhou An remained noncommittal and took the elevator back to his room.

Once inside, Zhou An, who was starving, tore open the bread packaging and began to eat it in large bites.

In no time, the three loaves of bread were gone, and they even drank a whole bottle of water.

As my strength increased, my appetite also seemed to increase.

Ten minutes later, the manager brought up two buckets of instant noodles.

Smelling the familiar aroma, Zhou An took a bite, feeling incredibly satisfied.

After finishing the noodles in a few bites and drinking all the soup, Zhou An finally felt about nine-tenths full.

"I'm done eating, so let's continue." Zhou An went to the toilet to wash his face, then took care of his business before going out to continue earning money.

"Hello, would you like room service?" Zhou An knocked on the door of room 201.

……

Before we knew it, it was 5:30 p.m.

After a full four hours, Zhou An has now visited all the tenants on the first to sixth floors.

He had no idea how many times he had cut off his hand, but the gains were undoubtedly enormous.

He now has a total of 9750 Soul Coins.

As for the small props, there were already too many to carry around, so I went back to my room to put away the extra props.

At four o'clock, I even went down to the roof to feed the little dog.

But perhaps because he was already full, he chopped off one of his own arms, and the little dog dawdled before finally finishing his meal.

When it was time to cut off the second arm, the little dog kept shaking its head, pointing to its round belly.

There are still floors seven, eight, nine, and fourteen left. We can go later and try to get everything done today.

But the most important thing now is to clean the hallway.

Zhou An immediately went home to get his tools and spent twenty-five minutes quickly cleaning both floors.

After putting away his tools, Zhou An went downstairs to collect his wages and pay tomorrow's rent.

Soon Zhou An arrived at the dormitory of the dormitory manager.

The other four were already waiting there.

The dormitory supervisor came out of the room and looked at everyone: "You all did a great job and finished today's work."

"Your wages are ten dollars a day, but because we need to pay tomorrow's rent, we won't be paying you that."

"Zhou An, is this 100 yuan your salary as a zookeeper? Do you need to buy some more food?"

"Two buckets of instant noodles, three loaves of bread, two bottles of water, thank you." Zhou An naturally wanted to have dinner.

Chapter 9 Earning 47,000 a Day

"That's twenty yuan in total. Here's eighty yuan for you. You can go back now. The things will be delivered." The building manager handed Zhou An eighty yuan.

"Remember, never leave your room after 7 p.m., or you will be responsible for the consequences."

"Zhou An, remember to feed him at twelve o'clock. As a zookeeper, you'll be fine even if you're out at night," the caretaker reminded him.

“Okay.” Zhou An nodded.

The two veteran players looked at Zhou An differently now.

They knew that being a zookeeper was a high-risk, high-reward job, but they didn't expect it to also have the benefit of not being attacked by strange creatures at night.

If they had known earlier, they would have rushed to choose this task.

"Would you like to buy some food?" the manager asked the others.

"I have no money." The old man snorted and turned to walk towards his room.

"Give me two loaves of bread and a bottle of water," the middle-aged man said, choosing to buy food.

Another veteran player also spent money to buy food.

As veteran players, they've at least cleared one dungeon, so they probably have some money on them.

Half an hour later.

After Zhou An had eaten and drunk his fill, he continued to earn money.

This time, Zhou An sped up.

In just two hours, Zhou An had visited 99% of the rooms on the remaining three floors.

He also knew the room numbers of the others perfectly.

At this moment, Zhou An stood in front of room 1010, the last room on the tenth floor.

"Knock knock knock!" Zhou An knocked on the door.

"Would you like room service?" Zhou An asked softly.

A short while later, the door opened, and an intellectual-looking woman wearing glasses appeared in front of Zhou An.

She was beautiful, with an aura that made it hard to look away. She was tall and curvaceous, and wore a lace nightgown.

Zhou An felt his heart pounding wildly.

With just one glance, Zhou An knew one thing: this woman was his type.

However, she exuded a strange aura, and it was clear that although she looked human, she was actually quite eerie.

"Human? You've got some nerve. But I don't need to clean." The sophisticated woman looked Zhou An up and down, then coldly rejected him.

As he spoke, he was about to close the door.

Upon seeing this, Zhou An snapped out of his daze and quickly reached out to press down on the door.

"No need for cleaning, I have a business deal to do with you."

Before the intellectual woman could reply, Zhou An continued, "How much money would you offer for my arm?"

"Huh? You want to sell your arm?" The intellectual woman looked at Zhou An with some surprise upon hearing this.

“Yes, how about we go inside and talk?” Zhou An didn’t want to miss any deal.

"No need, I don't like strangers coming into my room. I'll give you three hundred dollars for your arm," the sophisticated woman said directly.

"Three hundred?" Zhou An was taken aback.

You should know that of all the deals he's made, the most expensive one was for a skinny guy, which cost 250 yuan for an arm.

The lowest price was negotiated with for a long time, and he bought half an arm for a hundred dollars.

This sophisticated woman actually asked for three hundred yuan, clearly indicating she was a wealthy person.

Seeing that Zhou An did not reply, the intellectual woman frowned: "Don't be greedy. I'll give you three hundred and fifty yuan."

"Deal!" Zhou An agreed immediately.

The next second, Zhou An swung his knife and cut off his own left arm.

"You've got some skill." The intellectual woman was quite impressed that Zhou An could remain unfazed even after cutting off her left arm.

However, she didn't say anything, took the severed arm, and was about to close the door.

"Wait a minute, how many arms do you need in total?" Zhou An stopped him again, and at the same time, with a thought, the flesh and blood of his left arm rapidly grew.

In the blink of an eye, a perfectly healthy left arm grew out.

"This..." The intellectual woman admitted at this moment that she couldn't quite understand Zhou An.