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

Chapter 86 Accepting Dungeon Quests

Yuanqiao had previously complained to Anmuya that a girl named Hua Xinyan had forcibly taken an ice machine blueprint using a prop for no reason, and she didn't have a good impression of Hua Xinyan either.

Chen Haoxiang was stunned for a moment, then took a big bite and caught the fruit.

"It's delicious, hehe, thank you, Sister An."

Shi Liu glanced at the big, clumsy guy, then ignored him.

If it weren't for Hua Xinyan inexplicably harming someone first, who would want to remember her?

She has a precognitive talent and always tries to get attention. Others don't know that she needs popularity to unlock the precognitive scenes; they just think she likes to show off, pretends to be innocent but can't hold back her expressions.

But now is not the right time to deal with her; let her run wild for a few days.

After waiting for more than twenty minutes, the person who went to gather information returned.

Yuanqiao: "So, any leads?"

Huo Zhixing looked solemn, his tightly furrowed brows looking as if they could trap a fly.

Jiang Yiyi relayed what she had just found out to everyone:
“We asked many passersby, but they were all unwilling to communicate, especially when they saw that we were from out of town, they advised us to leave.”

After the three men's inquiries yielded no results, Gao Leyu had a sudden inspiration and bribed a haggard-looking middle-aged man with money to finally get a chance to communicate.

Jiang Yiyi has a multilingual ability, so she can converse with the locals.

The middle-aged man, his face weathered and tinged with sadness, said:
"Sashara City is divided into an inner city and an outer city. The inner city is an underground city right here. A month ago, a monster army invaded the inner city. One of the high-ranking elders in the city was a traitor, so the inner city was quickly destroyed."

“My son also died in the inner city, and all our property was taken over by monsters. We can’t go back. The survivors were settled in the outer city.”

Jiang Yiyi: "Uncle, if the inner city has been occupied by corrupted monsters, isn't it very dangerous for the outer city, which is so close by? Why are the survivors being placed here?"

"With the city lord here, a fifth-level expert, the passage is sealed by him, and with the outer city's protective array, they can't get here," the old man replied.

"Uncle, do you know how to get to the dungeon? Now that the city lord has sealed it, is it no longer possible to go?"

Upon hearing this, the uncle said that the inner city was still accessible, as there was an entrance passage on the next street.

Once inside the inner city, there's no way out; only the city's guards will summon warriors to clear out the corrupted monsters.

Huo Zhixing understood through the translator silk scarf and said, "Going to the underground city is no problem, but this mission to rescue the deputy city lord... Yiyi, you should ask him what the deputy city lord's situation is."

"What! The deputy city lord is in the inner city? How did you find out? Did the guards issue a new notice?"

The man was very agitated and incredulous, his face filled with indignation, yet also tinged with helplessness.

He murmured, "The deputy city lord is also a fifth-tier early-stage expert, yet he was captured by those corrupted monsters..."

"How strong must the corrupted monsters that have taken over the inner city be? Captain, are you sure the system didn't send us to our deaths with this mission?"

Huo Zhixing ignored Gao Leyu, who was making an exaggerated expression.

His expression gradually turned serious. After hearing the news about the deputy city lord, the uncle was unwilling to talk to them any longer and left in a hurry.

The three of them rushed back to inform everyone of this news.

After listening, everyone looked at Captain Huo to see what he would do.

Since they were already here, they couldn't just turn back because it was dangerous, and none of them were the type to back down easily.

"That uncle said that the city lord and the deputy city lord are both fifth-level experts. If they can cause the entire inner city to fall, how powerful must those corrupted monsters be? With our strength, can we even save the deputy city lord?"

"I really don't want to spoil the fun, but it's the truth," Jiang Yiyi complained, her face contorted with a frown.

Hua Xinyan didn't quite understand the concept of the fifth rank. She had never heard of the distinction between ranks, so she turned to ask Chen Haoxiang.

Their team had entered several dungeons where they cleared monsters, so they knew more or less how to distinguish strength levels.

After listening to Chen Haoxiang's explanation, her face turned pale. She timidly said, "I basically have no combat power, so I guess I won't go to the dungeon."

Shi Liu interrupted her, amused:

"You have special talents and skills that are crucial to our team, so how can you not go? We have to go, everyone go together."

Yuanqiao chimed in, "Yes, yes, if this dungeon mission is completed thanks to your efforts, I won't hold a grudge against you."

Weird.

Shi Liu and Yuan Qiao exchanged a knowing glance.

Hua Xinyan pursed her lips and didn't answer. She didn't believe it and looked at Captain Huo pitifully.

She didn't want to go and die.

Huo Zhixing hesitated. She did seem too weak and might even be a hindrance, but the ability to foresee things was indeed a great help to the mission.

Gao Leyu: "Let's go, we're a team now. Hua Xinyan specifically criticized us, how could we back down before we even started? Come on, come on, that uncle said there's a passage to the underground city on the next street, let's look for it."

After saying that, he put his arm around Captain Huo's shoulder and urged him to hurry up, as the mission was urgent.

Huo Zhixing pretended not to see Hua Xinyan's soft, hesitant expression and followed Gao Leyu's lead to turn right onto another street.

Yuanqiao, along with Anmuya and Shiliu, speculated about the strength of the corrupted monsters in the dungeon.

Pomegranate: "I've only just begun cultivating my spiritual power, at the early stage of the first tier. There might be more than one fifth-tier monster in the dungeon, no wonder the system's second mission requires me to survive for 7 days."

"We can't beat them, but if we try our best to survive, we still have a chance to teleport away on the seventh day," An Muya said, keeping the conversation lively.

She is usually quiet, but she will almost always speak when chatting with Yuanqiao.

Yuanqiao: "In other words, as long as we complete task 1, we should be able to survive for 7 days without any problems."

But rescuing the deputy city lord is extremely difficult.

The entrance to the dungeon is easy to find. There is a very obvious archway on the street. After entering, there is a staircase leading down. It is quite wide and can accommodate five people walking side by side.

The top of the staircase is inlaid with sunstone, so it is very bright.

After walking down for a few minutes, they came to a platform where they were stopped by soldiers in armor.

Jiang Yiyi stepped forward to communicate.

"Hello, we want to go to the inner city to clean up the polluted monsters."

The squad leader of the guard team protecting the barrier looked at the group in surprise. They were so weak, yet they had volunteered to clear the monsters. He was somewhat moved.

They replied, "Thank you very much for your love and care for Sashara City. However, your strength is too low. The monsters in the inner city are very dangerous, and you would easily perish if you went there."

He shook his head and advised them to go back.

Huo Zhixing smiled somewhat awkwardly; he had tried his best to bring the most capable people in the district into his team.

But the task still needs to be done.

Jiang Yiyi and Gao Leyu eventually moved the team leader with their superb acting skills, and were allowed to enter the barrier.

They also gave them several defensive shields, and watched them pass through the barrier with a heavy heart, before continuing their descent.

"I almost cried while acting out the scene. I love Sasara City, ah, I love it so much, I want to protect it! Even if I can only do my bit~"

Jiang Yiyi: "Alright, the squad leader can't see us anymore, stop acting crazy."

(End of this chapter)