Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 102 Not Afraid of Snakes
"I asked Todd where the passage to the second level of the dungeon was, and he said there was a teleportation platform in the north and south directions."

Yuanqiao held the mirror and was quite satisfied with the unfamiliar yet ordinary face.

"It's possible that he knows we're going to the second level of the underground city, and the teleportation station that's close to the central street isn't very safe."

Yuan Qiao: "Hahahaha, Gao Leyu, do you really have to transform into a girl? It's too cringeworthy."

Shiliu was very enthusiastic about the transformation. She transformed into a burly, rough man with thick, bushy eyebrows and a very honest and simple smile.

"Your little sister is so cute. Interested in going to the next street to clean up the polluted monster?"

Shi Liu was making a teasing gesture, and Gao Leyu, feeling shy, squirmed slightly. His large eyes blinked, his eyelashes long and curled, and he said affectedly:
"Oh dear~ Brother~ What are you doing? I'm so shy~ I want to go with this short-haired lady."

Short-haired Anmuya: ...

This scene is truly an eyesore.

"Are you two really going to go out looking like this?"

Pomegranate: Hmm!

Gao Leyu: Hmm!
Yuanqiao covered her face.

She had changed to a more ordinary appearance, with features similar to those of the locals: brown braids, some freckles on her face, and a small floral headscarf.

Anmuya also transformed from a beautiful woman with long black hair into one with short brown hair. The difference in appearance after the transformation was quite large. Her facial features were not particularly outstanding, and she was not memorable.

Shi Liu and Gao Leyu played and laughed all the way, which dispelled the little bit of pressure in Yuan Qiao's heart.

They are now heading south, and the teleportation platform is said to be in a wedding chapel.

Once we find the teleportation platform, we'll try to contact Captain Huo and the others to get more people to come and go to the next level together.

Based on their intuition from doing quests, they definitely need to go to the lower levels of this instance.

We didn't encounter any other special people or things along the way, and only cleared out 5 or 6 waves of polluted monsters.

These monsters are all level one or two, so they are relatively easy to clear out.

"Each level of the dungeon has its own teleportation platform, so how come these monsters are divided into ranks and occupy territories? Isn't it said that after being corrupted, they lose their minds and only have the instinct to destroy and spread the corruption?"

Gao Leyu started a casual conversation.

Pomegranate: "Perhaps the higher-level pollution monsters are not monsters, but intelligent beings that command the lower levels to do bad things."

Yuanqiao: "..."

That seems to be the case. I wonder how many high-level intelligent beings "He" controls. It seems that hosts with "primordial black energy" can maintain their sanity.

Yuanqiao: "I estimate that the lower floors are quite dangerous."

Gao Leyu recalled the information he had previously obtained from a guard.

"The second and third levels are extremely dangerous; they can no longer be considered underground cities. They have basically become monster lairs, where all sorts of corrupted ordinary monsters breed. I've heard that there are even fifth-tier monsters on the fourth and fifth levels."

"Then why don't they give up on the first level of the dungeon?" Yuanqiao asked, puzzled.

Anmuya: "Each level of the dungeon is independent. As long as the teleportation platform is sealed, the corrupted monsters will be prevented from escaping. They may have a reason for not allowing Sashara City to be abandoned, and they may be hiding some secrets."

I had already noticed some unreasonable designs by looking at the dungeon map.

"Ok?"

Just then, the bell hanging on the clothes swayed slightly, making a "ding-ding" sound.

This bell was originally left by Captain Huo to Anmuya and her team as a tool to signal for help in case of danger.

Does the ringing of this bell mean the captain and his team are in danger?

Anmuya looked at the three of them, took the bell off her clothes, and it jingled silently after being removed from her clothes.

Gao Leyu took the bell and sensed which direction it was supposed to guide him. They had used similar items before on missions, so once they determined the direction, they sped off.

The bell's sensing range is within 20 kilometers, which isn't very far, but since there's no means of transportation, it would take a while to get there on foot. "I have a flying vehicle."

Yuanqiao took out the cloud-shaped flying machine, which was originally powered by an energy battery. Now that he had some extra, he took out an energy stone the size of a bead and installed it into the flying machine.

They expanded the cloud, sat on it, and sped up the flight.

Based on the frequency with which Yuanqiao uses his aircraft, this small, low-grade energy stone could last for a year and a half.

It took only fifteen minutes to cover twenty kilometers.

It wasn't that the cloud-shaped flying vehicle was slow; rather, it took so long to clear out the polluted monsters that disturbed a group of birds along the way.

We've arrived near the location indicated by the bell, but the place is very quiet; it's a large courtyard.

After landing, the group observed their surroundings.

This place is a bit like the outskirts of the city, with detached houses and yards where you can grow plants.

There were no special devices or anything like that in the courtyard. There were traces of animals trampling on it, but that was normal. Apart from the central area, the other buildings in the dungeon had been abandoned, and you could encounter corrupted monsters everywhere.

It all depends on luck; some places are teeming with monsters, while others only have one or two active in that area.

The four men assumed fighting stances and entered the three-story building from the courtyard.

Just as they arrived at the entrance, a snake darted out from the flower bed next to them. Yuanqiao calmly took out his lightsaber and chopped it into several pieces.

She used to be afraid of snakes, but after being touched by that huge python several times, her fear of snakes has lessened considerably.

The door was open, and Gao Leyu and Shiliu entered side by side, looking around at the layout inside.

"Was this ransacked by bandits? It's so clean!"

Gao Leyu wandered around for a while.

The house was empty, but the flowerbeds in the yard showed that someone had lived there.

Pomegranate: "Isn't Captain Huo here?"

Gao Leyu: "This bell may be cheap, but it's really useful for finding people. It guided us here, so the captain should be nearby."

"Look for special rooms and passageways."

Anmuya made the suggestion.

The underground city is not the conventional kind where houses are built underground; instead, it has various passages and somewhat illogical connections between spaces.

Just like last time, the door of the clock tower connected to a third-tier monster's lair. I don't know how the guard captain will deal with that place, but it's not their business.

"Why isn't there a staircase leading to the second and third floors?"

I searched both inside and outside Yuanqiao's courtyard, but there was no way upstairs.

Somewhat strange.

Shiliu took out the cloud flying device and said she wanted to go with her, so the two of them flew from the yard to the second-floor balcony.

"Ay Ya I gi!"

I was just thinking that I wasn't afraid of snakes.

The balcony was covered with snakes of all sizes, which made Yuanqiao and Shiliu dizzy with fear.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Gao Leyu ran out of the house and asked the two people sitting in the aircraft.

Yuanqiao's arms were covered in goosebumps as he pointed to the balcony and said:
"There are snakes everywhere here!"

(End of this chapter)