Zongman: I'm working hard to develop my daily life in the time-travel series

That conflicting feeling of being both shy and wanting to be spied on was wildly assaulting her masochistic heart.

Aqua: "Yay~!"

Shi Yu: "..."

"Ahhh!! I'm petrified!!"

Shi Yu: "..."

"ah……"

"What nonsense! Putting aside the fact that your purification can remove this negative status, Darkness's resistance alone shouldn't be unable to withstand an attack of this level!"

Aqua was taken aback, then her expression changed to one of sudden realization:

"Yes, I can also purify."

"Purification!"

Darkness's eyes widened and she screamed, "No!!"

As the purified white light shone, Darkness's helpless figure, crouching in front, instantly appeared in front of Shi Yu and the others.

It's like going from watching black and white movies to watching color television.

The perfect image quality instantly made Shi Yu give it 32 thumbs up in his mind.

Aqua: "Huh? Where are your clothes?"

Darkness: "..."

Aqua: "You went too far this time. Although you used to like taking off your armor when fighting, why are you completely naked this time? You should at least consider Shi Yu's feelings. He's a man, after all, and his size is quite large..."

Before Aqua could finish speaking, Darkness fainted from embarrassment, her face flushed with anger.

Shi Yu was just about to put on his socialist ideals and help Darkness put on her spare clothes when...

Huihui rushed over as if guarding against a pest and wrapped her up completely in her cloak.

Shi Yu: "..."

(╯‵□)╯︵┻━┻！

What kind of look is that?! I didn't do anything! How awful!

I didn't have time to do it!

……

After Kenny regained consciousness, the group wasted another half day.

Shi Yu gnawed on the lizard meat called 'Basilisk' with a look of disgust on his face.

This is absolutely awful!

He would never have eaten this stuff if it weren't for the skill it required.

Although it looks a lot like dinosaur meat, the meat is really tough and dry, even after adding seasonings it's still rock hard.

After he had completely digested the lizard meat,

Its own status bar has also undergone significant changes.

Most importantly, three more skills have been added to the skill bar.

Night vision, scent perception, and petrification resistance.

As the literal meaning suggests,

With this night vision and aura perception, Shi Yu can now move freely in the underground city as if it were daytime.

The only thing that puzzled Shi Yu was that the lizard had a petrification skill, but it turned into a passive resistance for him.

Shi Yu guessed that this was similar to the murderous ray of Duke Barnier of Hell, and that humans who used this skill released through organs might also be affected.

Like a kaleidoscope, maybe using it too much will make you blind? So it's just for increasing resistance, right?

That's how Shi Yu comforted himself.

The eye technique? Damn it, it's gone!

Happiness just flew away like that, damn it!

After regaining his composure, Shi Yu led Darkness, Aqua, and the others, who had already changed their clothes, forward once again.

With the passive skills of night vision and aura perception, they quickly arrived at the entrance to the next level.

After passing through the tunnel, the group arrived at a floor that was covered in mud.

Every step you take leaves you covered in a sticky, muddy paste.

Shi Yu frowned.

What kind of rubbish is this? It's disgusting.

Because the entire process of Hajime Nagumo conquering the Abyss was cut from the anime adaptation of "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest".

Now, Shi Yu can only rely on his powerful strength to explore and move forward.

In his view, if even a newbie like Hajime Nagumo, who started at level 2, could pass through the maze smoothly, there was no way he, as the father who had the protagonist's halo and cheat codes from three different worlds, couldn't possibly fail.

Unfortunately, Shi Yu seemed to have forgotten that he had three teammates.

Just as he was using the mineral exploration system to investigate whether there were any useful ores in the surrounding area.

Behind them, they could already hear Aqua and Megumin's intelligent conversation.

"Did you use the explosion magic today?"

"No."

"I just saw through the Eye of God that there seem to be a lot of shark-like things in this swamp. Hey, you'll be able to level up again this time."

"Huh?! Really?"

"Of course! Don't you know who I am? I'm a goddess! Although my God's Eye has been weakened, I can still see in the dark."

"Where? Where?!"

"It's right there, about 200 meters ahead."

"200 meters? That's enough to stop worrying about being affected."

"Uh-huh!"

“A darkness far surpassing black, a darkness far surpassing darkness itself! Behold, yearn to merge with my crimson! The moment of awakening…”

The red light illuminated the dark tunnel.

Shi Yu shook his head, indicating that he had gotten used to this mindless monster-slaying behavior.

Anyway, it won't affect me, I'll get used to it. I don't really expect to rely on Huihui to grind monsters, since my current level is still relatively low.

So he turned his attention to the stone slab whose status he had already discovered.

Fulham ore: A lustrous black ore that melts into a tar-like substance when heated, at a melting temperature of 50 degrees Celsius. In its tar form, it ignites and burns at 100 degrees Celsius, reaching temperatures exceeding 3000 degrees Celsius. The burning time depends on the amount of tar present.

Shi Yu: "..."

"Alpaca, Aqua!!"

"Explosion!"

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Chapter Sixty-Three: The man is dead, yet not completely dead.

The pitch-black space

A palace like a Roman temple,

“Mr. Shi Yu, Hui Hui, Darkness… Welcome to the afterlife. I am Eris, the goddess who will guide you to a new path. Your life in this world has come to an end.”

Shi Yu opened his eyes and saw an incredibly beautiful girl speaking to him.

She wore a loose white feather robe, and had long silver-white hair and fair skin.

The girl's face, which possessed a beauty that also carried a hint of etherealness, had a touch of melancholy.

A pair of blue eyes looked sadly at the three people who were dumbfounded.

A jumble of memories flooded Shi Yu's mind.

Oh, right, I think I've already died.

"Aqua...!"

Shi Yu gritted his teeth and spat out a name.

A little girl beside him slowly turned her head to look into the inexplicable distance. Shi Yu turned his head and stared at her expressionlessly for a long while.

Huihui pouted awkwardly and said:

"They didn't know that black thing would explode, did they?"

Darkness, standing to the side, hugged her shoulders in despair and cried out:

"Waaah, I still have my first time! I haven't even experienced being driven by Shi Yu, who's drunk and in debt, to use my lewd body to make money! Waaah~"

Shi Yu: "Hey! Get out of here! Only a fool would do that!"

Shi Yu rubbed his temples.

Memories of the time before my death flooded back.

The third level of the Orcus Underground Abyss

Upon entering, they encountered Fulham ore, which required caution against fire and static electricity, as it would ignite violently if the temperature exceeded 100 degrees Celsius.

Then the entire third layer was filled with tar from the melting of Fulham ore...

Then, the explosion magic,

Explosion, flames, burning

Whether it's Shi Yu with his off-the-charts attributes, or Darkness, the ultimate tank whose health points were instantly reduced to zero, not to mention the fragile mage Megumin.

Shi Yu finally understood why the Demon Duke Barnier had said that only otherworldly beings like Kazuma would want to reset their levels to increase their skill points.

Because there are just too many dangers in this other world, one wrong move and you could die on the spot, just like now.

Since they cannot be resurrected, they naturally wouldn't reset the level they've spent decades raising just for a few skill points.

If Shi Yu hadn't reset his level to 1 at that moment, he might not have been instantly killed...

Thinking of this, Shi Yu looked at Eris with a pained expression and said through gritted teeth:

"Where is that damned, idiotic goddess?!"

If she hadn't urged Huihui to unleash the explosion magic, she probably wouldn't have been blown up—no, she definitely wouldn't have been.

He didn't believe Aqua could survive an attack of that level.

All he wanted to do right now was rip off Aqua's skirt and spank her hard.

Damn it, my happy journey in this other world was just getting started when she betrayed me!? Reborn as a NEET in Japan?

That's fucking infuriating!

Without Aqua's resurrection, Eris certainly wouldn't be able to defy the rules of Heaven and return herself, since her body would probably be charred beyond recognition.

Eris, seeing Shi Yu's bloodshot eyes, was so frightened that she took two steps back.

"Um, are you talking about Aqua-senpai? She's not dead yet, she's crying over your corpses."

Shi Yu, Hui Hui, and Darkness: "???"

Eris explained to the three of them:

"That's right, Aqua-senpai has a natural purification ability, right? When she entered the tar zone, she had already purified a certain area of ​​the tar beneath her feet into ordinary soil. So, the explosion and fire didn't affect her. Plus, with her own healing magic, she's still alive..."

Eris then waved his hand, and cracks appeared in the sky above the black space.

Aqua's voice came from the crack:

"Waaaaah~! Shi Yu, Darkness, Hui Hui! You died so tragically! Ugh~! It stinks! Waaaaah~ Please don't die, I was wrong, ugh~!"