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

Chapter 669, Section 2.5, Chapter 11: The House of Silk and the Dollhouse

A flash of white light appeared outside the glass window, followed by a deafening roar.

Joan sat behind the counter, gently stroking the doll in her hands. Lightning flashed through the glass window, illuminating him and making his horrifying face, covered in white powder, appear even paler and bloodless.

He turned his head slightly to look at the dark sky outside the window and sighed, "It's going to rain... It looks like the ground will be slippery for a long time. I wonder how long this downpour will last."

He slowly stood up, walked to the door, opened it slightly, and changed the side of the 'Open for Business' sign hanging at the door.

The sound of the doorbell was completely drowned out by the deafening thunder, leaving only the "Temporarily Closed" wooden sign on the door still swaying.

Just as Qiong closed the door and turned around, he saw Mu Yegui and the others appear in the store, and he was slightly taken aback.

“‘Red Rose’ spider,” Mu Yegui said, pointing to the spider in the palm-sized cage in Fei’s hand.

Fei placed it on the table and then took a few steps back.

Ling Tong casually took out a needle and placed it next to the cage.

"Why did you bring it along?" Joan asked casually as she walked past them and behind the counter.

"You didn't specify whether you wanted silk or a spider, so to avoid trouble, I brought it here directly. At least if you want silk, it can spit it out on the spot, and if you want a spider, it's here too." This was to prevent the situation from happening where she brought silk but Joan wanted a spider instead.

Joan: "..." He's starting to hate veteran players.

Joan coughed slightly and said, “You’ve done a great job. Now that we have the thread, I need its last eye. I was sewing its eye in the workshop on the eighth floor when I left the dollhouse, so I think its last eye is in my workshop on the eighth floor. Please help me find it.”

With her cool, silver eyes fixed on Qiong, Mu Yegui said softly, "The third task."

“Of course,” Joan said with a light laugh.

If the same task is heard by many players, it will be automatically counted as a shared task. If the group is still together when the task is submitted, it will be settled as a team by default, thus avoiding the possibility of infighting.

Of course, the previous task is different for everyone. Mu Yegui's task was somewhat ambiguous and did not clearly specify whether it was the 'Red Rose' spider or its spider silk. However, submitting a live 'Red Rose' spider was considered as completing the task, because it could spin silk on the spot.

Ling Tong's task was to find a needle that could be used for sewing, while Fei's task was to find a small cage the size of a palm.

All three completed the second task at the same time, so when Joan mentioned the third task, the rules automatically determined that the three had shared the task.

Some quest items are unique; if submitted to someone else doing the same quest, the quest will automatically fail. Therefore, to reduce the difficulty, if players with the same quest item are present at the same time when submitting the quest item, they are considered teammates and the quest is automatically completed.

This judgment method greatly reduces the probability of players killing each other.

At that time, Miss Lily instructed Xin Bai to go to Mr. Xiong in front of Mu Yegui, Ling Tong, and Fei. It seemed that only one person was designated, but in fact, four people were involved in the mission. Only the one who carried out the mission was decided. However, the events that occurred during the mission were experienced by all four people at the same time.

For example, when looking for Mr. Bear, the event "Hide and Seek with Mr. Bear" will be triggered. All four people will face this event, but only the designated person can catch Mr. Bear. The others can only watch or provide information about Mr. Bear's whereabouts.

It seems easy, but it actually increases the difficulty, because it is much more difficult for one person to search than for four people to search together.

For example, Mr. Bear is in area C. C finds him, but A is the one assigned to find him. C must notify A to come and catch Mr. Bear. During this time, C cannot stop Mr. Bear from doing anything, including escaping. By the time A arrives, Mr. Bear is long gone.

However, if no one is designated, C can catch Mr. Bear himself the moment he finds him, instead of having to notify A. A flash of light as bright as day, followed by a deafening roar of thunder that echoed across the entire town of Doll Town.

"Wait a minute," Joan said suddenly, watching the three figures disappear from sight.

Mu Yegui paused slightly and turned to look at Qiong.

"On rainy days, the open ground becomes extremely slippery." Especially in the Spider Mother area, even normal walking becomes particularly difficult.

"Thank you." Mu Yegui thanked Qiong and then left.

Ling Tong pondered Qiong's reminder and said, "The dungeon environment is completely different on rainy days and sunny days. Especially the open-air floor, the friction is probably less than that of an ice surface."

"Will you slip while walking?"

Ling Tong nodded and said, "According to the numbers, the wet floor should have an additional debuff, such as a 100% increase in slipperiness, a 180% decrease in friction, and a 90% chance of slipping when walking. This is a dungeon mechanic issue, and even wearing non-slip shoes won't help unless there are items that ignore the floor effect or you can float in the air."

"Did you and Daolin research these common settings for dungeons before?" Mu Yegui looked up at Ling Tong and asked.

The so-called universal settings refer to the same default settings regardless of whether you are in a dungeon or which dungeon you are in. For example, the outdoor floor becomes particularly slippery on rainy days, which is one of the universal settings.

"Daolin, Mingjin, and I studied it together, and we figured out most of the general settings, including the unique title mechanism for the dungeon owner." Ling Tong stroked the beauty mark at the corner of her eye, seemingly lost in thought.

"The title system for the dungeon master should be similar to that of the crown prince title, right?" Mu Yegui said slowly, recalling the information he had learned from Jealousy.

“Residents of ‘Paradise’ can have multiple titles, but can only wear one at a time. Only a lord can wear two titles simultaneously. Each title has only one effect, or skill, or ability, much like ordinary items, some passive and some active. The dungeon owner possesses exclusive titles, just like a crown prince has exclusive titles—unique. In short, the laws of this world are special, a complete embodiment of online games.”

"In other words, this is a completely independent world, or rather, another world, which is why it is called 'Paradise'. Therefore, players have the opportunity to be reborn as 'NPCs' and live again after they die."

At this point, Mu Yegui fell silent.

After a long silence, she finally spoke in a low voice, "The passage to the outside world must be opened..."

The dimness of the corridor concealed the girl's cool, silver vertical pupils, dispelling the indifference in her eyes, leaving only an elegant and unhurried smile.

The dungeon difficulty has increased by 10 points.

The main issue is that if the difficulty isn't increased, fighting the Spider Mother won't be challenging enough. It won't be thrilling or exciting at all. If it's defeated in a minute, wouldn't the Spider Mother, as a major boss, lose face? Although Mu Yegui can indeed defeat the Spider Mother in an instant.

The Spider Queen is very strong. Other players usually suffer a total wipeout when they encounter her. Even Xin Bai complained that the Spider Queen's silk was too tough, which shows how strong she is.

It should be considered the strongest non-humanoid dungeon boss so far. Its combat mechanics are terrifying, and the Spider Mother's combat mechanics will be explained later.

The increased difficulty here is also to prevent Mu Yegui from having too much of an advantage (I cut Mu Yegui's standing position), cough cough, pretend you didn't see that I didn't say anything.

In short, I can't let Mu Yegui defeat the Spider Mother in one move; that wouldn't be exciting enough, and it wouldn't be worth watching (so I directly disabled Mu Yegui's combat ability; if he can't stand up, he can't fight, haha). Therefore, increasing the difficulty of the dungeon is necessary.

Slippery ground = no foothold = unable to stand = prohibited from moving
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(End of this chapter)