Raft for All: I'm guaranteed to get a golden affix when I upgrade!

Xiao Zheng lowered his body and led Ling tide down the stone steps.

The space suddenly opened up.

At the end of the stone steps, a silent underground temple came into view.

The dome is over ten meters high.

Four stone pillars, carved with eerie snake patterns, supported the top, and the air was filled with the musty smell of decay.

The ground was paved with cracked black stone slabs.

Above the partially collapsed altar in the center, a fist-sized, dark golden sphere of light floated. The sphere slowly rotated, its light flickering intermittently.

But Xiao Zheng's gaze did not linger on the ball of light.

In the open space in front of the altar, three gargoyles, each over two meters tall, were attacking a woman.

The gargoyle is grayish-white, and its body is made of pieces of hard rock.

With their rough stone wings half-spread, their stone claws slammed into the ground, creating a sharp gust of wind and carving deep pits into the black stone slabs.

The woman being attacked had disheveled black hair that clung to her sweaty cheeks.

Her black leather jacket had been torn in several places by claws.

The fabric was torn from the left shoulder to the collarbone, revealing several bloody wounds.

The torn leather armor on her waist revealed her toned abs from time to time as she dodged and weaved.

She gripped the dagger tightly in her hand, the blade covered in grayish-white stone powder.

Those were scraps painstakingly scraped off the gargoyle.

Her movements slowed, and her breathing became heavy.

My left leg is injured, and every time I land, I stagger uncontrollably, dragging an unstable arc on the ground.

Xiao Zheng recognized the figure from behind.

Shen Bingyao.

The woman who traded rare solar panel blueprints for four portions of tiger shark meat last night.

She didn't remain anonymous during the transaction. Being able to produce rare blueprints in the early stages of the apocalypse indicates she's no ordinary survivor.

It now appears that she has found the temple.

Xiao Zheng stood motionless in the shadows behind the stone pillar.

He fixed his gaze ahead and activated the identification technique.

A pale gold panel unfolded in view.

Shen Bingyao

[Level: 4]

[Four-dimensional attributes: Strength 32, Agility 41, Constitution 28, Spirit 35]

[Skills: Excellent - Shadow Step (short-distance dash, 8-second cooldown), Superior - Fatal Strike (next attack deals double damage, 30-second cooldown)]

[Current Status: Stamina 12%, torn ligament in left leg, Shadow Step remaining uses: 1]

[Equipment: Fine-grade Serpent Fang Dagger, Excellent-grade Leather Armor Set (67% damaged)]

Xiao Zheng turned his gaze to the three ferocious gargoyles.

Ancient Gargoyle (Rare)

[Level: Rare]

【Characteristics: Extremely high physical resistance; difficult to penetrate with ordinary weapons. Weakness: The stone is thinnest at the neck joint and is not resistant to corrosive toxins.】

It has extremely high physical resistance.

Shen Bingyao's fine-grade dagger was barely enough to scratch the surface of the enemy's skin.

However, the venom of the blue-ringed octopus happens to have extremely strong corrosive properties.

Lingxi tugged at his sleeve, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Brother Xiao Zheng, should we help her?"

"Wait a little longer."

He wanted to see what other tricks this woman, who had managed to come all this way on her own, was up to.

In front of the altar, Shen Bingyao's living space was constantly being reduced.

A gargoyle lunged head-on.

She forcefully twisted her body and slid half a step to the side, pulling the dagger in her hand back towards the gargoyle's armpit.

"Sizzle!"

Sparks flew, and the dagger left a very shallow white mark on the hard stone surface.

Affected by this stiffness, the second gargoyle swept out its stone claws from the side, aiming straight for her face.

There is no way to avoid it.

Shen Bingyao raised her left arm to block.

The stone claws slammed down, shattering the leather armor sleeves on the spot.

The immense impact sent her flying.

Her back slammed heavily against the altar steps, and she let out a muffled groan as blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

Before she could turn over, the third gargoyle pounced on her.

The massive body completely blocked out the faint light cast from above.

The sharp stone claws were raised high, aimed at the top of her head.

Shadowstep is still on cooldown.

three seconds.

That short time is enough to decide life or death.

The stone claw, carrying a strong wind, slashed down.

Right now!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Three sounds of air being torn apart grew louder as they approached.

Three crossbow bolts shot out from the shadow of the stone pillar.

The pale blue arrowhead pierced precisely into the neck joint of the three-headed gargoyle.

The gargoyle's movements were frozen in place.

The blue-ringed octopus's venom quickly seeped into the arrow hole.

"Hiss hiss hiss..."

Thick white bubbles emerged from the hard stone surface, accompanied by a series of piercing corrosive sounds.

one second.

two seconds.

"boom!"

The necks of the three gargoyles exploded simultaneously.

Three enormous heads fell to the ground and shattered into dust.

The headless torso rapidly disintegrated along the crack, turning into a pile of rubble and collapsing.

The immense experience transformed into a surge of heat, rapidly washing over Xiao Zheng's entire body.

[Defeat 3 Ancient Gargoyles (Rare) to gain 300 experience points!]

[Experience points full, level up! Current level: 8 (235/4000)!]

[All attributes +8!]

You have received one chance to draw a golden affix!

Xiao Zheng glanced at the soaring attributes on the panel and closed the pop-up window of the draw interface.

From the moment the shot was taken to the moment it was finished, it took less than five seconds.

Shen Bingyao leaned against the stone steps, her chest heaving violently.

She fought with all her might for twenty minutes, but the monster, which she couldn't even break through, was instantly killed by three crossbow bolts.

The sound of steady footsteps came from the shadows.

Shen Bingyao suddenly turned her head.

A tall, slender man is emerging from behind a stone pillar.

He casually held a wooden repeating crossbow in his right hand.

On his left arm, a silver-haired girl was hanging, seemingly oblivious to everyone else.

This feeling of oppression...

She tried to stand up by supporting herself on the stone steps, but the excruciating pain from the torn ligament in her left leg made her knee buckle, and she fell forward.

One hand wrapped around her waist, firmly and irresistibly.

Shen Bingyao's face almost collided with the other person's chest.

My nose brushed against the fabric, and I caught a whiff of sea salt.

She looked up instinctively.

The two faces were less than ten centimeters apart.

The man looked down at her, a smile playing on his lips.

"Miss Shen, this is quite a warm gift for us."

Shen Bingyao froze completely.

This sound.

This tone.

That kind of annoying tone.

That heartless merchant who tricked her out of her rare blueprint with just four portions of tiger shark meat last night!

"It's you?!"

Shen Bingyao pushed him away abruptly, took a half step back, and the sharp pain in her left leg caused her to stumble again.

This time, Xiao Zheng didn't help him up; he simply took a step back and tucked the repeating crossbow into his waistband.

"What, aren't you welcoming your savior?"

Shen Bingyao bit her lower lip, her anger and relief at surviving the ordeal swirling in her chest, a complex mix of emotions.

She wanted to swear.

The image of the three rare gargoyles being instantly killed by three arrows was still replaying in his mind.

She fought for twenty minutes, but couldn't even break through her opponent's defense.

This man solved it in three seconds.

"……Thanks."

Squeezing those two words out between his teeth was more painful than swallowing a live cockroach.

Xiao Zheng didn't reply; his gaze had already fallen to the ground.

After the three-headed gargoyle shattered, many things were scattered.

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