T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 118, Section 117: Marching into the 9th Floor

It was nearly midnight when the group returned to the hotel.

The delicious food and desserts really filled them up for their first meal in Guangzhou.

The prison guard helped book a total of 3 guest rooms.

Jiang Heyi and Zhong Zemo shared a double room.

The four original bodies enjoy a private double room.

Orange Tea, Blanket, and French Fries stayed in a more upscale suite.

French Fries didn't plan to stay overnight; she rented a place in Guangzhou by herself.

However, the bed was too welcoming, and even the orange tea seemed to want me to stay.

"The suite is big enough that everyone can stay together, so we don't need to wait for the pigeons to arrive the next day."

Realizing that he had indeed skipped quite a bit today, the original-flavor fries were impressed by this impeccable statement.

Even the prison guard who wanted to go home simply packed his clothes and ran back to squeeze into a double room with the four original bodies.

Two days later, when the Stars of Proof was launched again, Jiang Heyi immediately checked the update and maintenance announcement.

"Fixed the data corruption bug."

"New set recipes and new blessing attributes are now available."

"Add more ways to obtain some items."

"The variety of monsters has been increased."

what?
Is this supposed to be called a maintenance notice?

Such hasty wording.

Thinking about it, it's not so strange that it's a testament to the stars.

After all, it's a game that has only had one bug and underwent maintenance once in the month since it was launched.

After the fierce battle with the black cat, the Reality/Virtual Boundary still holds two records that make it the undisputed leader in the Chinese server.

The highest level in the Chinese version of the game: Original French Fries (Level 18)
Guilds with five or more members have the highest average level.

Original French Fries: Level 18

Cyber ​​Potato: Level 17 (also ranked second in the Chinese server)

Flavored Orange Tea: Level 16 (same level as a few players in the Chinese server)

Prison Guard Appraisal Expert: Level 15

Quadruple Primitives: Level 15

All of humanity taking to the skies: Level 15

Bed: Level 14

Although the level element is easily overlooked by players during gameplay, many are still curious about what can be unlocked by reaching the current game's maximum level of 20.

Jiang Heyi patted the seabird's head in the upper right corner of the panel. Its beak seemed to be connected to a bottomless pit, gurgling out a large amount of purple materials.

One person receives 30 purple materials and 3 free uses of the Starry Sky Gem.

For ordinary players, this is tantamount to making a fortune.

"Wow, wow, wow!" Mint's exclamation intensified. "It's been so many days! So you guys went monster hunting!"

"I thought you guys were abandoning such a good secret base and leaving me here to guard it all by myself."

For Jiang Heyi and his group, it was only a short two days, but they had so much fun in real life that they felt the time flew by.

But for mint, it might be a bit tough?
Wait, that's not right...

During game maintenance, can Mint feel the passage of time?

Logically, maintenance should be equivalent to putting the entire game world on pause.

Although Mint's wording seemed a bit strange, no one took it to heart and instead gave her a hug as usual.

Since it was impossible for everyone to bring her along when playing in real life, Zhong Zemo cooked her a sumptuous meal after logging in.

Mint, who was initially overjoyed, gradually became uneasy as more and more dishes were cooked and filled the table.

"Fa, what happened?"

The scene of the last meal was terrifying. Mint quickly imagined many scenes and became increasingly uneasy.

It had to be the jailer. He sauntered down to the table and said, "Hey, you're being suspicious after I give you a good meal? Why don't you just eat? I'll eat first."

The prison guard, who was reincarnated from a starving ghost, flaunted the food that was supposed to be given to Mint. Now it was Mint's turn to get angry, and she immediately went to the table to snatch the food from the prison guard.

Now there are two starving ghosts at the table.

After enjoying a delicious meal with Mint, the strategy is reopened, and the boundary between reality and illusion points to the 9th floor of the underground temple.

The 8th floor hasn't changed much; the ruins left from the battle are still there, and the minerals are smoldering.

The jailer tried to pick them up, but found that all the minerals were in a reactive state and could not be picked up.

After resting, the Slime King was in better condition, but his strength was not as great as when they first met on the fourth floor.

If a player on the fourth floor is furious and wants revenge, they should do it here; their chances of winning are undoubtedly the highest.

King Slime warned, "The 10th floor is our great library of knowledge. The higher-ups of Eternal Night would never allow fanatical believers to destroy the scriptures. Therefore, I guess they must have sent these believers to the mining area, and left them on the 9th floor."

The 9th floor of the Underground Temple of the Clarity, [Trial Arena]

The 9th floor is where the Clarity Realm practitioners daily compete and hone their skills. To facilitate the use of those who are skilled in combat techniques, the entire 9th floor is equipped with comprehensive facilities, including residences, surrounding the arena.

“Residential?” Zhong Zemo asked, puzzled. “Shouldn’t your residential area be on the fourth or fifth floor?” The Slime King explained, “This involves a concept that has gradually become mainstream among the Clarities over the past thirty years. We call it the [Clarity Land].

The Temple of the Clarity was established 700 years ago, and its earliest founders were several sages who had reached the pinnacle in their respective fields.

Their original intention was to preserve a spark of peace in a chaotic world and to save as much knowledge and historical fragments as possible that might be lost.

As time went by, the Clarity People gradually developed their own beliefs, acquired their own totems, and... fictional gods.

Guided by a fictional deity and laid the foundation by sages, the enlightened ones throughout history have been selected from various parts of the continent, possessing unwavering minds and pure hearts.

Perhaps most of them lack talent and ability, but their devotion is beyond question.

The sages took into full account the destructive power of the periodic magical tides, and the painstaking construction results continue to benefit the Clear Ones to this day, serving as the warmest and most solid haven in the face of merciless natural disasters.

For a long time, the Clarity Ones only used the temple as a refuge.

That devout faith is merely a gateway to a void-like pure land within the hearts of those who practice asceticism.

However, history rolls ever onward, and those who steer the course of history do not have only one idea.

The idea of ​​"clear soil" came to mind spontaneously.

They advocated creating their own ideal world within the underground temple where the Clarities reside.

A paradise for the pure-hearted.

In this concept, the Clarity needs to be three times larger, expanding into a large amount of underground space on top of already achieving internal self-sufficiency.

The clear and pure should not only be a repository of information on preserved historical records and lost documents, but also the most impregnable fortress of civilization on this continent.

Because two generations of leaders held the same idea, the "Clear Land" project was being implemented with great fanfare.

Outside the twelve levels of the Temple of the Clarity, there are also pastures, farms, and a new monastery.

These areas all extend from the 9th floor.

These things were not marked in Alna's fragmented memories for Jiang Heyi; he could only see a very small area of ​​the arena.

The Slime King was not proficient in mental magic and could not help complete the map, so Jiang Heyi could only make the directional marks herself based on her description.

"If you see anyone from the Church of Eternal Night on the ninth floor..." King Slime's voice was icy, "Don't leave a single one alive!"

The plain fries nodded vigorously.

Of course, she can't stay. She's aiming for level 20, the maximum level. Every single member of the Eternal Night Church is a training fodder.

The Slime King used elemental power to clear away the collapsed rubble on the passage to the ninth floor.

She was already panting heavily after using just this little bit of strength.

"It's alright, you can go... Damage to the elemental core would be a catastrophe for other races, but for us," the Slime King smiled, "we can recover with rest."

This is one of the few instances where the world itself shows favoritism towards the slime race.

After walking for an unknown amount of time down the winding passage, the group finally saw an exit blocked by rubble, with only a few gaps allowing light to pass through.

Without the Slime King's help, they had to do it themselves.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?"

Seeing that Mint had pulled out the enhanced version of the elemental incendiary bomb from under the covers, Zhong Zemo quickly stopped her. Jiang Heyi and Original Fries broke out in a cold sweat when they saw this.

The woman in bed was puzzled: "Clearing obstacles by hand is too much trouble. Why not just blast a hole in it?"

When my brain is working well under the covers, it works really well; when it's not, it's really scary.

"Take a look at the walls around you."

Jiang Heyi released a bright sphere of light, illuminating the battered cylindrical passage.

Cut marks, blast marks, dents in the floor and walls, and dusty ceilings in the passageways.

One can imagine that the people from the Church of Eternal Night who were teleported to the ninth level engaged in a fierce battle with the Clarities.

The result of the fierce battle was that the passage had become extremely unstable.

The blanket suddenly realized... If this weren't in a game, those two explosive attacks from him would have wiped out the entire team!
"so what should I do now?"

"Those who know magic, use magic to move carefully. Those who don't..." Zhong Zemo temporarily took off his thick armor, "Let's move bricks."

Orange Tea used a spirit summoning spell to summon many tiny wind spirits. They were like hardworking bees, either carrying bricks together or hovering around Zhong Zemo and the others, offering blessings.

Even though this sped up the process, the civil engineering worker's brick-moving experience card at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds took nearly 4 hours to barely clear an opening large enough for half a person to pass through.

That's enough; a cup of orange tea will do the trick.

One person passed through and established coordinates in the outside world. Even if the passage collapses now, they can still teleport into the 9th floor.

Actually, after two hours of moving bricks, Jiang Heyi's intuition told him that there might be a better and more suitable way to get to the 9th floor, instead of just stubbornly moving bricks like this.

But seeing everyone else moving things so enthusiastically... he gave up thinking about it.

Just treat it as a brick-moving and obstacle-clearing simulator.

"I feel like I'll be laughed at by players who discover better strategies soon," Jiang Heyi thought.

"I never imagined that one day I would experience the daily life of a civil engineering senior in a game..."

Orange Tea, putting her own words into action, also joined in the bricklaying. Now, she lies panting on the ground, not wanting to move an inch.

It's even more tiring than slaying monsters and fighting people.

"Wake up. If this were a normal day for civil engineering students, they would never be carrying buckets and running away," Zhong Zemo joked.

　Don't worry, there will still be two updates today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)