Online game: Only I can see the hidden information

Rumbling--

A flash of white light appeared, and Ye Bai appeared in a tunnel. As soon as he landed, the ground began to shake.

In the dimly lit tunnel, rocks kept falling, kicking up clouds of dust.

The rough, masculine voice roared.

"Run!"

"The mine has collapsed!!"

Another landslide and rockfall occurred, completely blocking Ye Bai's retreat.

The sound of a woman sobbing came from behind Ye Bai.

"Save my husband, cough cough... He went deep into the mine to earn money to buy me medicine... Waaaaah..."

The choked sobs echoed in the tunnel, particularly eerie, sending chills down one's spine.

"Accept the quest [Medusa's Request]?"

[Mission Objective]: Bring Medusa's husband or his belongings back to [location unclear].

[Task Reward]: After submitting the task, the level rating will be automatically calculated.

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"receive."

Only after accepting the mission can Ye Bai move forward in the tunnel and begin his challenge.

"Thank you, kind person."

The crying behind the pile of stones stopped, and a gust of cold wind blew past Ye Bai's head, leaving him alone in the entire tunnel.

"This level design even has a backstory, that's interesting."

There's a reason why Eternal Tower was initially viewed as an online game.

Levels three through six are like traditional RPG games, where a quest is given within a familiar background story to increase player enjoyment and motivation.

Ye Bai looked ahead and did not act rashly.

With 6 hours and the help of the [Eye of Insight], passing the level is a sure thing.

However, how to achieve a 100% success rate is the question Ye Bai needs to consider!

[How to achieve 100% exploration progress: First reach 99% exploration progress, then gain the remaining 1%]

That's well said, it's as good as saying nothing at all.

"That was a good tip, but don't give that kind of tip next time."

Ye Bai surveyed his surroundings, trying to gather more information.

This is an abandoned mine, rumored to be haunted by man-eating monsters. Miners who tried to fight them off all turned to dust.

You are currently in the first position.

[By moving straight ahead, you can harvest 100L of pure drinking water.]

To your left front, a giant lizard is guarding the campfire. It's friendly and won't attack you.

To communicate with it, you'd need either to know the complex and cumbersome lizard language, or to happen to possess the SSS-level talent, Eye of Insight.

[Right front, damn it, it's so dark, there's nothing there.]

Three choices were presented to Ye Bai, and the last option was eliminated.

"Pure water is of little use to me, but based on my experience with RPG games, this kind of item usually has an effect later on."

Otherwise, there would be no reason to leave 100L of purified water on Ye Bai's path.

"If you only need water, you can try water magic."

Ye Bai himself is not a water mage, but he carries relevant spell scrolls with him.

"Water Polo!"

Ye Bai tore open a scroll, and a water ball floated in his palm before finally falling.

The water began to evaporate and disappear immediately upon contact with Ye Bai's skin!

[Rules of the Pit: Water cannot be created using magic for washing or drinking!]

There are even special rules!

In this way, the value of 100L of purified water increases dramatically!

"But the lizard can communicate, so there must be some special clues on it..."

Compared to water, lizards are much rarer!

If it were anyone else choosing, they would definitely choose purified water without hesitation!

Oh, Ye Bai forgot that they had no choice but to guess.

Ah, the troubles of happiness.

"Choose the lizard."

Ye Bai had a bold idea in his mind that he wanted to try.

Just because you can only move forward within the squares and cannot move left or right doesn't mean the lizard can't move left or right.

If the lizard can help him fetch water, Ye Bai will not only gain a clue, but also get the water!

Only children make choices; I want them all!

Ye Bai walked towards the tunnel to the left and proceeded to the next square.

Second section.

In the empty pit, the campfire crackled and popped, and a huge lizard was resting near the fire.

Upon seeing Ye Bai's arrival, it merely raised its eyes briefly before turning its head away, no longer paying attention.

"As expected, it won't attack me; it's a neutral NPC or creature."

"We need to communicate with it in lizard language and see if we can gather any clues!"

When Ye Bai saw the characters in the Lizard Language, his face immediately fell.

Sorry, I forgot you don't speak lizard language either.

[Swept to Pinyin pronunciation mode]

Following the prompts from the subtitles, Ye Bai began to speak:

"Wabi Babu?"

What the heck?! Is that lizard language?!

I've long suspected that Dave from Plants vs. Zombies is actually a lizard man!

"Wabi Babu!!"

The lizard suddenly stood up from the ground, looking at Ye Bai with eager eyes. It was the first time in countless years that it had encountered a being that could communicate with it!

"Aba aba..."

Ye Bai communicated with the giant lizard using lizard language, and then used the [Eye of Insight] to translate what the giant lizard said.

Ye Bai quickly understood what the lizard was trying to convey.

"Run! Tell me to run!"

"There's a petrifying monster out there; she's beyond my ability to defeat."

Really? I don't believe it! Ye Bai looked at his 30th floor, ready to unleash its power, and felt there was nothing to be afraid of.

In the description of the giant lizard, the term "petrifying monster" appears repeatedly.

Even its left hind leg had turned to stone, making it move extremely slowly.

"she"?

This is the first time Ye Bai has heard of this!

Is she a female monster?

If you're going to talk about this, then I'm not sleepy anymore.

Ye Bai looked at the giant lizard's hind legs and asked,

"Is there any way to treat this injury?"

Ye Bai obtained a lot of information from the giant lizard and tried to help it.

Giant Lizard: "Once the monster dies, all petrification will cease; there's no other way."

Its intelligence wasn't high; it kept repeating the same few sentences, telling Ye Bai to run away quickly.

"Alright, I'll expose her later, that'll be revenge for you."

Then, Ye Bai expressed his desire for the other party to help him fetch water.

"There's water in the pit next to us?!"

Even without Ye Bai's reminder, the giant lizard burrowed into the ground to fetch water.

"You bet right!"

Ye Bai obtained clues from the giant lizard and retrieved the pure water with its help, killing two birds with one stone.

When the giant lizard returned, the water in the tank was only half full, about 50 liters.

"I'm so thirsty..."

The giant lizard explained, "Drinking water can alleviate the pain of petrification and slow down its spread."

Water is the source of life.

"Shall I leave you some more?"

Since the water was retrieved by the other party, it wouldn't be right for Ye Bai to take it all.

The giant lizard shook its head. "I've already drunk enough water for the next 100 years."

Good heavens! Ye Bai exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

"Alright, little lizard, I'm off now. See you later."

With 50L of water, Ye Bai bid farewell to the giant lizard and set off again for the second square.

If you go straight ahead, you will encounter a pointless battle.

【Left front....】

With the help of the Eye of Insight, combined with Ye Bai's many years of experience in RPG games, he was able to achieve his goal.

Ye Bai can find the optimal solution for almost every square!

The exploration level is also increasing rapidly.

1%...5%...10%!

Ye Bai passed through nine squares in a row and was preparing to move on to the eleventh square when something unexpected appeared in front of him:

A message board?!

[Message Board: A message board is placed every ten squares to provide valuable information for those who come after.]

Leave a message here so that all travelers passing by can see it. Each message board only allows one message submission.

The third floor of the Eternal Tower is a dungeon that is essentially a solo dungeon, but the message board allows players to chat across servers, which is one of the unique features of these floors and is very popular among players.

Ye Bai opened the message board and discovered that there was even a "like" function for leaving messages!

Comments with many likes will be displayed at the top for more people to see.

The first thing that caught Ye Bai's eye was actually a message from the strongest expert!

NO.1 [Nightmare]: 'First, leave your name'

Likes: 10,486,145,710

Yes, this is a nightmare.

Unreliable places are always extremely unreliable.

Ye Bai looked down from above.

NO.2 [No Trace]: 'Is 100% exploration difficult?'

Likes: 10,486,145,710

Ye Bai nodded, thinking to himself:

"It is indeed difficult, because you haven't reached that level either."

Before Ye Bai, the highest exploration rate for humans was only 99%!

You can only leave a message here once, and you cannot edit or delete it.

"What a social disaster for the strongest! They made all those promises, but ultimately failed to deliver..."

Ye Bai browsed through two pages of comments and summarized some patterns.

In the beginning, players tend to occupy the first comment and post irrelevant content.

After all, the first ten blocks are not difficult and there is nothing particularly noteworthy.

Later players even used this place as a confession wall and a place to vent their frustrations.

【XXX I love you】

[I hope no one will notice if I secretly eat a piece of shit!]

[One like for a day of self-help!]

[Supporting every dream, sending you soaring!]

【...】

"It's quite interesting; it feels a bit like a game."

Ye Bai pondered, preparing to write something on the message board.

Since we're already here, it would be embarrassing not to write anything.

"Once this is written in, it will display a permanent ID."

"Write something sophisticated, even if it's just being deliberately mysterious, otherwise I'll be the one who gets burned in the future!"

Having learned from the experience of "Traceless," Ye Bai felt that he needed to be careful when leaving comments.

Otherwise, my comment will be posted here and I'll be publicly shamed and condemned to eternal damnation.

After thinking for a moment,

Ye Bai opened the message board, his expression serious, and wrote a line.

[Shura: "Water is the source of life."]

"Done, job done."

Ye Bai closed the message board and continued his journey to the Eternal Tower.

On the message board, the appearance of Shura's name immediately caused a storm!

"The Asura is on the third floor of the Eternal Tower!"

He left a message that read, "Water is the source of life!"

"This is Shura calling on everyone to protect the environment and cherish water..."

"Upstairs, the War King just used [Great Watering Spell], and there's plenty of water already! Wake up!"

"....."

Regardless, these six short words instantly dominated the top headlines on major platforms, maintaining their popularity!