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Chapter 182, page 181: The floor owner is resurrected, encounters fans, and the audience has all arrived.

Sixteen underground levels, a "cave labyrinth".

Dewdrops condensed on the rock face dripped down, echoing monotonously in the deathly silent passage.

"Woof!"

A piercing roar suddenly ripped through the silence.

Gu Yuan calmly watched as a "hellhound" lunged out of the shadows, its ferocious fangs gleaming coldly, aiming straight for his throat—

With a flick of a finger.

With a soft "poof" sound.

Before the "Hellhound" could even utter a mournful cry, it suddenly froze in mid-air, then turned into dust and dissipated.

pat.

A black magic stone the size of a pigeon egg rolled to the ground.

Gu Yuan didn't even glance at the magic stone. His gaze swept across the intricate passageway ahead, and he asked Liu behind him, "Based on your past experience, how long does it usually take to travel to the deeper levels of the dungeon and back?"

Liu quickly stepped forward, bent down to pick up the still-warm magic stone, and answered earnestly, "For a standard adventurer team, including rest, exploration, and dealing with unexpected events, it usually takes one to two months or more—"

She paused, glanced at the unfathomable Gu Yuan beside her, and added, "However—for a team like ours with only two people, moving at this speed will significantly shorten the time."

"Like now, we've reached the middle section of the sixteenth underground level in just half a day."

Gu Yuan nodded slightly, calculating in his mind: "According to this, it should take at most three or four days to reach the forty-ninth floor where the target is located."

He was quite satisfied with this efficiency.

At this moment, Ryu held up the magic stone in her hand, which contained considerable energy, and asked again, "Mr. Gu, are you sure you don't need these magic stones? This is a LV3 'Cerberus' magic stone, worth at least 50,000 Fali."

She couldn't help but think of her heavy debt; if she could collect a few hundred of these magic stones, perhaps—

"It's worthless. Keep it if you want it," Gu Yuan said calmly, glancing at it.

Upon hearing this, Liu couldn't help but admire Gu Yuan's generosity and magnanimity once again.

She carefully put the magic stone into her bag, which already contained a lot of materials that Gu Yuan didn't value but were quite precious to her.

At this moment, she is fully playing the role of "supporter".

This task not only involves collecting rare items that Gu Yuan might need, but also provides an opportunity to earn funds to pay off debts.

"Let's go, don't waste time."

Gu Yuan waved his hand and stepped toward the entrance leading to a deeper level.

Liu nodded quickly, weighed the already sizable backpack on her back, and hurried after him.

However, the two did not go very far.

Just as they approached the entrance to the seventeenth spiral staircase, a sudden change occurred!

"Waaaaaah—!"

Several shrill screams, distorted in tone, accompanied by the sound of chaotic, stumbling footsteps, suddenly came from the depths of the dark staircase below!

Gu Yuan stopped in his tracks.

Three blood-soaked adventurers tumbled and crawled up the stairs from the seventeenth floor.

Their faces were completely bloodless, their armor was soaked with sweat and blood, and their dilated pupils held the most primal trembling of humanity.

"Quick—run! It's the floor owner! It's awake! It's awake!!"

They screamed in panic, like headless flies, and one of them, in his haste, was about to crash into Ryu.

Gu Yuan frowned, then casually waved his hand, sending a gust of wind flying through the air.

boom.

He crashed into the rock wall beside him, and although he groaned in pain, the impact cleared his muddled mind considerably.

His two companions, upon seeing this, first looked at Gu Yuan in shock, then realized that they had escaped to the relatively safe sixteenth floor—

The death-defying roar didn't follow; the exhaustion from surviving the ordeal immediately overwhelmed him.

call--

The two finally stopped, exhausted, clutching their knees and panting heavily. Their bodies were still trembling uncontrollably, as if they had just escaped from a nightmare.

Just then, a young adventurer named Vera, whose face was stained with blood but whose delicate features were still discernible, finally had the strength to see the face of the person in front of her after her initial fear subsided.

The moment Gu Yuan's figure came into her view, Vera was stunned at first, and then an emotion far more intense than when she was escaping the monster overwhelmed her!

He would never be wrong! A figure who descended like a god amidst the chaos, saving the city!

An unbelievable ecstasy and the thrill of finding absolute reliance welled up inside me.

"A hero! A true hero!"

She blurted it out almost without thinking.

The rest of their companions also looked over.

Gu Yuan frowned slightly as he looked at the other person, who was covered in blood and overwhelmed with emotion. "What happened down there?"

Vera then snapped out of her excitement at meeting her idol and realized her lapse in composure and her current predicament.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm her wildly beating heart. She glanced at her still-shaken companions, quickly straightened her relatively intact clothes, lowered her head, and explained rapidly, "I...we are members of the [Museka Familia]!"

"The turmoil is over. We were originally planning to take advantage of the low population density in the dungeon and try our luck in the middle levels to make some money—"

Unexpectedly, as soon as we entered the seventeenth floor, we found that the floor owner had refreshed the page!

At this point, Vera looked up, her voice trembling with lingering fear: "It was Goliath! It discovered us, and we barely managed to escape with all our might—"

Although she is now safe, she still feels lingering fear when she recalls the oppressive feeling and the shadow of death brought by that enormous creature.

"Goliath, the floor owner?"

Gu Yuan repeated the sentence in a low voice, as relevant information flashed through his mind.

He knew that this was a similar area boss in the dungeon, powerful and dropping valuable materials, usually hunted down by large clan organizations.

Goliath on the seventeenth floor, according to the pattern, will respawn approximately every two weeks after being killed.

Unexpectedly, this time it was these unlucky adventurers who ran into them.

Upon hearing this, Liu's expression also turned serious: "Goliath actually respawned at this time? This is really bad."

She looked at Gu Yuan and explained, "According to the rule that the floor master's strength is approximately equal to the level of the monster on that floor plus two, Goliath on the seventeenth floor possesses strength of Iv4 or even Iv5."

"With thick skin and incredible strength, ordinary clansmen are simply no match for them; only an elite expeditionary force can attempt to kill them."

"us--"

Although she didn't finish her sentence, the meaning was clear.

Is it to kill them along the way, or...?

Gu Yuan noticed Liu's gaze and naturally understood her thoughts.

Although one could bypass it by speed, considering that the materials dropped by the floor owner should be of good quality, even if one cannot use them, they can be used to craft equipment for others.

Besides, we're already here.

He nodded, his voice carrying an undeniable authority: "Leave it to me."

Upon hearing those three simple words, Vera trembled with excitement, and a flush instantly rose to her pale face.

She bit her lower lip tightly.

She was saved, and she would witness the hero's intervention! This thought dispelled the last trace of fear in her heart.

She watched as Gu Yuan strode confidently toward the stairs leading to the seventeenth floor, and quickly suppressed her turbulent emotions, following closely behind.

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu immediately followed suit.

Vera's companions looked at each other, their faces still showing bewilderment.

But seeing Gu Yuan's calm and unhurried figure, as if he were just going for a walk, and thinking of all the legends about this "hero", they hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't suppress their curiosity. They supported each other and followed him with trepidation but also full of anticipation.

I want to witness firsthand what a "hero" is.