The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

At this moment, Lilith seemed to realize why she was being manipulated by those despicable Pata.

I was just too kind!

But why?

Lilith finally understood why she was so easily ostracized in her family.

My ideas really don't align with those of the rest of my family.

However, while Lilith was still questioning her existence, the players had already gathered together.

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"Brothers, did you hear the NPCs' conversation just now?"

"I heard that? Wow, there are so many good things on the 59th floor."

"Although there are many good things on the 59th floor, it will be very difficult for us to get our hands on them. After all, we know too little about the Guardians right now."

Currently, the only information players know is that the guardian of their floor leading to the 59th floor is a fire demon.

There are two ways to get through this layer: the first is to sneak in quietly and leave before the fire demon notices, but the probability of this is very low and it is practically impossible without special magical items.

The second method is to defeat the Flame Demon.

"The first method is to send a small group of brothers to the 59th floor to scout it out."

"If we want most of our brothers to get to that level, there's only one way: defeat the Flame Demon."

"But the Balrog's strength is probably no weaker than the succubus we encountered before."

"Even though we've all evolved now, if we were to actually fight, our chances of winning wouldn't be very high."

This is what frustrates the players.

Defeating the Balrog is fundamentally different from defeating other monsters.

To put it bluntly, the effort and the reward are not proportional.

In previous battles, players defeated enemies and occupied territories, so the resources there belonged to them. But fighting this guardian will not bring any benefits whatsoever.

Based on what those guys just told us, the players know very well that there's basically nothing there, just a Balrog guarding the place, and you can't get any materials or anything.

However, just as everyone was still discussing, the attacking salted fish ran over.

"Great news, guys, holy crap!"

"What's got you so excited?"

"Remains, do you remember the place where we captured the Death Knight before? There's a ruin over there."

"A few of our brothers searched over there and found a huge stone gate. We tried all sorts of magic, but we couldn't break it. Then we even brought our mechs over, but we still couldn't smash the gate."

Hearing what the salted fish said, everyone was delighted.

"Wow, if what you're saying is true, then there must be something good over there?"

"Is there even a need to say that? It's so well sealed, and there's no good treasure inside. Who would believe it if word got out?"

"What are you waiting for, brothers? Let's go take a look. Just because one person can't break it doesn't mean 10 or 100 people can't. Let's take it slow and eventually we'll smash the gate down."

The more they talked, the more excited they became.

However, as they talked, some players soon realized something was wrong.

"Wait a minute... damn it, you bunch of bastards are up to no good! I was wondering what I'd overlooked."

"It turns out it's just you bunch of old fogies."

"They're numb. They've definitely been staying there the whole time, sneaking around trying to open the entrance to the ruins, but they just couldn't open it, so they came over to tell us."

"You people are really going too far. You always try to hog the good stuff, and only when you can't get it do you come looking for others."

Salty Fish paid no attention to what the others were saying.

"As the saying goes, 'People die for wealth, birds die for food.' When there's something good, people will definitely think of themselves first. Besides, that's the situation now. Are you going or not?"

Faced with the salted fish's question, everyone fell silent; it was clear they were definitely going.

Although it felt a bit tense, the players still flocked towards that direction.

Before long, the players had completely surrounded the familiar, massive stone gate.

Players brought almost everything they could, and even researched several high-explosive bombs just in case.

"Brothers, let's get moving!"

"I want to see what good stuff is inside."

As soon as the words were spoken, the players launched a barrage of attacks at the massive stone gate. The next moment, mysterious runes appeared in front of the stone gate.

Players' own magic skills and the various skills of the mechs were easily blocked.

What surprised the players the most was that even when they used abyss magic, it still had no effect.

"Wait, is this thing really that hard?"

There's no reason for it.

"Do you think this door might have some special mechanism, like a world boss with a very thick health bar?"

"That's also a possibility."

"In that case, brothers, let's keep attacking and try again. Call over all the players who haven't come over yet."

"Since we're exploring ruins, everyone should do their part. It's impossible for us to be here trying to destroy this thing while others are elsewhere collecting resources to develop themselves."

And so, while discussing feasible solutions, the group continued to recruit more people.

However, compared to them, a player with the ID "Beipai" gathered with five other players not far from the ruins.

"Wow, bro, I never expected we could do our old thing in a game."

At that moment, a player next to the Northern faction couldn't help but say something.

The Northern School nodded in agreement.

"Back in the day, we brothers were quite famous in the tomb raiding world."

"But later, when the crackdown became stricter, no one dared to do it anymore, and they all switched to doing legitimate business."

He spoke of the Northern School with a tone full of reminiscence.

"But boss, I don't think the tomb raiding in this game is connected to reality."

Upon hearing this, the Northern faction was very confident, "Why can't we make contact? As the saying goes, if you understand one thing, you understand everything. Since this game is all about realism, then the structure of the tomb should be the same as in reality."

"If we follow the established methods, there will be absolutely no problem."

"But boss, this game's setting seems to lean towards the West. Will our Western-style approach even work?"

Hearing this, the Northern School also began to ponder.

"Hey, you know what, this thing is actually a problem."

However, the Northern School quickly came up with a solution.

"Traditional methods definitely won't work, after all, there's still a gap between Western things and ours, but there's one thing that's completely the same."

"What is it?"

"Testing the waters!" the Northern School said, as they found a stone from somewhere.

"When a rock falls, we dig there. This method works without any problems; it's all based on luck."

"And my luck will definitely not be bad, so this time the advantage is on our side."

As he spoke, the Northern School threw the stone high into the air.

The stone landed with a crisp sound.

The group immediately rushed to the spot where the stone had fallen.

"This is it, guys, let's dig!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bei Pai and his underlings immediately got to work.

Originally, the Northern faction also wanted to follow the main force and smash the stone gate directly, but after fighting for a while, they found that it was ineffective.

Feeling that there was no point in continuing to delay, they decided to go out on their own and find a job.

.......

The main force was naturally unaware of the Northern faction's operations; they had already been busy here for almost an hour or two.

I tried all sorts of methods, not limited to using magic, planting bombs, etc., I thought of everything I could think of, but it was still no use.

"I just don't understand why this thing is so hard to open?"

"How much longer do we have to keep attacking? The magic circle on top doesn't seem to be weakening at all."

"There's no reason for this. The supply of magic should be limited; it's impossible for it to last this long."

For a time, players were discussing this matter extensively.

While trying to open the gate, the players were also busy exploring the surrounding area. They later determined that the place must have been built by the people on the ground.

Because many of the sculptures near the gate of the ruins, or the things recorded on some unknown murals, are things that only human empires on earth would use.

This made the players even more excited.

The fact that those people from the human empire didn't bother with these things in their own homes, but instead came here to create this kind of ruin, is enough to show that what's inside is no ordinary thing.

This naturally strengthened the players' resolve to open the gates of the ruins.

"So what should we do? Given our current situation, I reckon it will be quite difficult to open this door."

"I've tried everything, but nothing works at all. I have no idea what it's made of."

"The materials are secondary; the most crucial thing is the magic array on top. Without destroying this thing, we can never cause any real damage to the gate."

However, just when everyone was at a loss.

With a watermelon knife on his head, he brought Moses over.

It has to be said that having a watermelon knife on one's head is quite a clever idea. Since one cannot solve the problem on their own, they simply call in outside help.

Of course, in order to persuade Moses to come and help, he paid a considerable price, even with a watermelon knife on his head.

"Brothers, let me make this clear: everyone has to pay the 100 gold coin appearance fee."

At this moment, Moses, who had arrived beside the stone gate, stood with a watermelon knife on his head and addressed the crowd.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem."

"Since everyone's paying, whatever good stuff we find inside is ours to keep."

Thus, the group discussed the matter while waiting for Moses to take action.

Moses was very disdainful of the stone gate before him.

"As expected of the weak Pata, a mere few magic circles have stumped you."

"Now watch closely, I'll show you the power of Lord Moses!"

As he spoke, Moses extended his claws and, in the next instant, swiftly reached for the door.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, cracks appeared on the magic circle.

"Holy crap!"

"Is it that amazing?"

"This is simply incredible! It can destroy this magic circle like this with just one claw."

As they talked, the players were also discussing it animatedly.

Hearing the discussion among the Pata, Moses was somewhat disdainful.

"You bunch of ignorant bums, what do you know?"

"The magic circle set up here is a special kind of magic circle."

As he spoke, Moses stared intently at the magic circle as if trying to decipher something.

"However, I must say, this magic circle is quite interesting."

"This magic circle has extremely high resistance to magical damage. Basically, if you want to break through this magic circle with magic, let me tell you this: even if you are all legendary mages, it is impossible."

"The only way to break this magic circle is to use the ultimate power, but only our dragon race possesses such power."

As he spoke, Moses' tone was filled with pride.

Naturally, players also know how to support them.

"Moses is awesome!"

"As expected of the strongest dragon."

"You're amazing, Lord Moses."

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Moses was very pleased to hear the praise from the players.

Then came a few more claw strikes, accompanied by a huge roar, followed by a sound like shattering glass.

Once everything had calmed down, Moses roughly forced open a gap in the massive stone gate.

"That's it."

So, amidst the compliments of the players, Moses left.

"Finally, we got rid of that stupid dragon."

"Damn it, he actually wanted to go in and take a look just now. If I hadn't said that this stupid dragon is a great dragon and disdains these trash, I would have let him in."

"No problem, this stupid dragon is easy to deal with."

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At this moment, the Death Knight and the Dark Elf, upon hearing the players' conversation, couldn't help but inwardly complain.

These people change their tune so quickly.

Just now, they were showering that dragon with compliments.

They changed their tune in the blink of an eye.

Of course, they were also very curious about what was inside this site.

However, they also knew very well that whatever they had, it was out of their reach.

After the cave was opened, the players flocked into the ruins.

Similar to the exterior, the entire site is constructed from special stones.

"Holy crap, they're using the same stone as the main gate inside."

"Alright, brothers, stop talking and get moving. Find everything in the ruins and move it all out."

As they talked, the group of players began to move.

First, there's the special stone used to create the ruins.

Players discovered that not only the main gate, but also the surrounding walls were engraved with similar magic circles on the stones.

Although it cannot be destroyed, players are well aware that this stone is likely a valuable item, as its strength alone is quite high.

"I have a feeling that this stone might be worth some money with the NPCs."

"That's right, we'll send a few over first and ask about the situation."

"The most important thing now is to explore and see what treasures are hidden inside."

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