The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

Jiang Chen was in a great mood after signing yet another indenture.

Lilith, on the other hand, glared at Jiang Chen with displeasure. "As expected of a heartless bastard, no wonder his body has turned so dark!"

"What did you say?"

"N-nothing... I just wanted to ask what we should do next?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen pondered for a moment.

"Your family members should be on the fiftieth floor of the Dragon Cave underground city right now."

"That is, the area that the Nightmare Clan has already explored."

"Then it will probably be quite difficult to reach the 60th floor, but as you said, we can sneak in when the guardian is not around."

"While it's difficult for the entire clan to sneak to the next level under the guardian's nose, it's quite easy for an individual, especially one with exceptional strength and the aid of special items."

"Therefore, he won't have been on this floor for very long."

Upon hearing this, Lilith nodded frantically, "Yes, that's it!"

"So Jiang Chen, shouldn't we plan ahead and rearrange the traps?"

Jiang Chen shook his head at this, "I'll think about what to eat tonight first, and then get a good night's sleep. I'm exhausted. There's been so much going on these past two days, I really need to rest."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen prepared to leave.

"well?"

"No, not Jiang Chen!"

The next moment, Jiang Chen was desperately pulled back by Lilith.

"Jiang Chen, you can't do this! We just signed a contract, you can't just abandon me!!"

"You're talking nonsense. How could I not care about you?"

"You haven't told me what to do next... Anyway, you can't leave until you explain yourself clearly!"

Hearing this, Jiang Chen stopped helplessly. "Lilith, let me tell you, when you encounter a problem, you need to use your brain, not your claws, understand?"

Jiang Chen sighed as he spoke.

"Hey, you charging salty fish, come here!"

Under Lilith's bewildered gaze, the attacking salted fish hopped over eagerly.

"Another nasty pata who's got a grudge against me!" Seeing the attacking salted fish, Lilith's already bad mood worsened.

"What's up, Boss?" Salty Fish, who had just arrived, looked at Jiang Chen expectantly.

"There's a mission you need to lead a few brothers to complete."

Upon hearing this, the salted fish's eyes lit up. "I'd go through fire and water for you, leader!"

Seeing this, Jiang Chen glanced at Lilith, who was still clinging to him, and said, "Give me your necklace."

Although Lilith was somewhat puzzled, she did as instructed.

Jiang Chen then handed the necklace to Xianyu, saying, "Wrap this thing up tightly with magic tree bark, take a few brothers to the Skeleton Clan's Rebirth Spring, and then throw it in there."

Demon Bark is a special plant-type monster discovered by players. It is a black, bare tree that lives year-round in the Reincarnation Spring, serving as a backdrop.

Although this tree doesn't have much offensive power, it has one unique characteristic: its bark can resist the erosion of the Rebirth Spring.

The containers that players use to hold the Fountain of Rebirth are made by peeling the bark off this tree.

Hearing what Jiang Chen said, the attacking salted fish nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, boss, leave it to me, I'll definitely get it done!"

And so Lilith just stood there dumbfounded, watching the salted fish leave happily.

"That's it?" Lilith was somewhat stunned.

"Hmm? What else do you want?" Jiang Chen continued, "Don't worry, it's very safe. Although the Skeleton Clan at the Spring of Rebirth doesn't really care, that's because most of the monsters that go there are just a source of manpower for the Skeleton Clan."

"But if you encounter a powerful monster that can threaten the Spring of Rebirth, let me tell you this: go over there and don't make a sound."

"If anyone who comes to kill you dares to enter the Skeleton Clan's territory and approach the Spring of Rebirth, I'm telling you, they're guaranteed to die."

Hearing what Jiang Chen said, Lilith stared at him blankly.

"This...this means a hundred sets of mithril armor are gone?"

Jiang Chen blinked her innocent-looking big eyes and asked, "Yes, is there any other question?"

"No...you...I...that pat..." Lilith stammered.

"So when you encounter a problem, you need to use your brain."

"No! Absolutely not! I absolutely refuse to accept a hundred sets of mithril armor like this!!!"

It's obvious that Lilith doesn't want to face reality.

However, it was clear that Jiang Chen was too lazy to pay attention to her and left on his own, leaving Lilith behind with a look of utter despair.

Just kidding, the contract's already signed, I don't care if you accept it or not.

........

After the ruthless Jiang Chen left, only Lilith remained by the cold pool.

No, to be precise, it should be Lilith, and a haystack that she somehow found and piled up in a patter shape.

"I'll beat you to death, you wicked bastard!"

"Waaah, my one hundred sets of mithril armor..."

...

"What is she doing?" The amateur welder, who had just entered the game, asked in confusion from a distance.

"Never mind her, this NPC always has this habit of being easily startled. Okay, let's stop looking at her and go to the Spring of Rebirth to do the quest." With that, Attacking Salty Fish led Amateur Welder and two other players away.

The amateur welder naturally became the chief engineer of their Mirage Tank.

Previously, Xianyu had spent a lot of money to buy the blueprints from him.

During the development process, he also provided technical guidance to Saltyfish and his team outside the game.

However, this is still inconvenient.

Now that amateur welders are involved in the game, the situation is completely different.

Especially the guidance from the amateur welder during this period made Xianyu realize that this was a talented person.

Naturally, I should cultivate a good relationship with him, because he might be able to help me in the future.

So for this mission worth 3 magic coins, Salty Fish brought along the amateur welder as well.

The purpose, of course, is to build closer relationships.

"Oh, right, welder, I forgot to ask what your relationship is with those two guys over there?"

The other two had been hanging out with the amateur welder, and Salty guessed they knew each other, so he did them a favor and brought them along as well.

"These two are my brothers in real life."

"Actually, we used to be in the same club and liked to play together. But later, due to some issues, the club couldn't be disbanded."

"Even after the disbandment, we kept in touch often and discussed other things. Recently, I saw that this game was in open beta, so I decided to join in and play it together."

Upon hearing this, the attacking salted fish nodded.

"That's good. Since we all know each other, we can look out for each other in the game."

"By the way, what club were you guys in before? Why did you suddenly disband?" Attacking Salty Fish asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, the amateur welder was also very indignant.

"It would have been better if you hadn't brought this up, but now that you have, I'm angry."

"Let me tell you about this, and you can be our judge."

The advancing salted fish nodded.

"Our club is called the 'Older Single Men' Club,' which makes me curious. Our neighbor is the 'Older Single Women' Club,' so why do they ignore the 'Older Single Women' Club' and instead tell us 'Older Single Men' Club' members to go back to their own homes?"

"They're all just a bunch of single men and women hanging out together, why are they being treated differently!"

Older single men?

The attacking salted fish was greatly shocked, and he seemed to be able to guess why the group had been disbanded.