I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 382, 1.25, 5: The Rabbit Duke's Crazy Tea Party
It was Shui Qi's turn to roll the dice again. After getting a 6, he chose to land on the blue lucky square.

[Recovers one-quarter of HP each turn. (4 turns remaining)]

Shui Qimo has a useless special attribute. He wasn't injured, so healing him is a waste. He's definitely not suited for this kind of luck-based grid. He should just keep making money.

As he was thinking this, he turned around and his elbow accidentally brushed against the person next to him.

The girl next to her stumbled slightly as she was pulled along, and it took her a while to regain her balance.

Their eyes met, and the girl blushed slightly, turning her head away shyly so she wouldn't look at him again.

"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" Shui Qi smiled gently, a faint smile curving her lips.

The girl has short, flaxen hair, with one side slightly tucked behind her ear, revealing her beautiful, fair, and slightly rosy ear. A loose white plaid shirt gives her a casual look, subtly revealing her sexy collarbone, making her look very attractive.

"Yes, do you plan to compensate me?" She mustered her courage and looked at Shui Qi again, speaking earnestly, though her flushed and burning ears betrayed her true emotions.

Shui Qi looked at her with a half-smile, her reflection etched in his long, narrow blue eyes. He chuckled softly and asked again in a gentle tone, "How do you want me to compensate you?"

No matter the situation, Shui Qi is always good at passing the buck to others, even if he is the one who started the conversation.

The girl was stunned, as if she were dumbfounded. She thought Shui Qi wouldn't pay attention to her, but he suddenly asked her a question, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer him. She just felt that this man was so charming and handsome, and she wanted to pounce on him.

"...I didn't expect you to say that, just kidding." She swallowed hard to hide her lewd thoughts, and said to him with a smile, "You recognize me, thank you."

Shui Qi chuckled softly, her voice possessing a sexy magnetism and a hint of pleasure.

"May I ask your name, Miss?" Shui Qi asked with a light smile.

"Forsythia." She reached out and scratched her burning cheek, pretending not to care.

"Forsythia? Prophecy, guidance, eternity, I wonder which one it means to you, Miss?" His long, narrow blue eyes held a deep gaze as he stared intently at the forsythia, a gentle smile on his face that gave off a warm and approachable feeling.

Lianqiao said softly, "Eternity."

"What do you mean?" Shui Qi asked again.

"Because forsythia has a long flowering period and its fragrant aroma is extremely popular, it represents people's expectation that beautiful things can last forever. It is also suitable to give to your loved one, implying that your feelings for them will never change." As Lian Qiao spoke, a gentle smile appeared on her face.

"I see." Shui Qi chuckled, her tone gentle, yet tinged with a hint of coldness. "But I believe there is absolutely nothing in this world that is eternally unchanging. Such expectations are nothing but self-deception. No matter how strong a relationship is, it can be easily destroyed by the slightest setback."

Lian Qiao stared blankly at Shui Qi, her brows furrowing involuntarily. She couldn't help but mutter, "What happened to make her have such negative thoughts..."

“Lianqiao shouldn’t be here,” Shui Qi chuckled softly as she spoke slowly.

It's unclear whether they're talking about people, flowers, or some other incomprehensible language.

She stared intently at Shui Qi's retreating figure, a sense of loss washing over her. For a moment, she desperately wanted to understand him, to truly understand him, and then to heal all his wounds. She longed to say, "I came for you," but ultimately, she couldn't bring herself to utter those words.

To the other person, they were probably just a nobody passing through their life, and asking their name was merely a matter of politeness. She shouldn't overthink it...

Her cool, silver eyes watched the scene unfold, then she turned to say something to Sher, who only replied in a low voice.

"What are you talking about?" Shui Qi turned to look at Mu Yegui and asked.

"Why doesn't anyone approach me?" Mu Yegui asked softly, looking at Shui Qi.

Shui Qi's lips twitched slightly. Why were her points of contention always so strange? Was this the legendary inhuman way of thinking?

A sharp, piercing sound rang out; it was unclear what player had triggered what kind of grid to produce such a sound.

Shui Qi frowned, looking thoughtfully at her health bar which had lost 15 points. Did this kind of sound attack cause everyone who heard it to lose health? That was a bit too domineering.

"The grid has changed." Mu Yegui said slowly as he saw the grid in front of him change in an instant.

Originally, there were no death squares or counting squares in the hall, but now they have appeared, and 16 squares centered on the counting square are all circled in red, which seems to indicate that the area within the red circle is the affected range of the counting square.

The death square disappeared three seconds after it appeared, turning into an ordinary gray square.

Shui Qi stroked her smooth chin and said, "It's definitely not that the death grid disappeared, but that it was hidden as a normal grid. In this large area of ​​normal grids, no one will keep staring at this area. Once their attention is diverted, they will immediately forget the location of the death grid, and stepping on it will trigger an immediate death."

There is only one way to avoid the Death Grid: stay away from its approximate area and never get close to it.

If you choose to go to the left or right corridor, it's fine, but if you choose to go up the middle staircase, you are very likely to step on a death tile, because the death tile is located towards the center.

As for the counting grid, there is clearly a '7' on that grid. It's unclear whether the countdown starts from '7' or if '7' has already been stepped on.

If it's the former, then the current counting grid is actually quite safe, but if it's the latter, then it's dangerous, since no one knows how many times the event will be triggered.

Compared to stepping on '7', Shuiqi prefers a countdown, triggering a random event after reaching '0'. This makes the triggering mechanism clear and easy to avoid.

The problem is that if someone steps on a counting square, it will unlock a special route, forcing them to walk along a designated path. After all, a 16-square area is already quite large; if a route is further restricted, it would take three rounds to consistently roll a '6'.

Thinking about it that way, three hours doesn't seem like enough time to get to the back garden.

Monopoly is already a time-consuming game, and with special rules added, it will likely take even longer.

In other words, this Monopoly game is a setup designed to delay players, with the aim of trapping them in the instance without their knowledge, and then eliminating all players trapped in the instance at once.

(End of this chapter)