This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"???" The mustache man's eyes were bewildered, and he was increasingly puzzled. "You won't let us go? Why do you say that?"

"Salvo! Stop asking!"

Wattol pulled his mustache and said sternly:

"Don't forget, we are bounty hunters. We are only responsible for completing the tasks assigned by our employers! We never ask why! Have you even forgotten this?!"

The mustache Salvo finally woke up from his dream.

"…Sorry, sorry, I shouldn't have asked."

"Watol is right. You are just here to make money. There is no need to get involved in this matter." Ye Yiyi sighed slightly and asked again:

"I remember that the Earth Mother Cult's reward is calculated based on the number of sclerotia, right?"

"Yes, 3500 Cui Yuan each."

"3500? How much is that?" Ye Yiyi looked at Bai Yu in confusion.

"...The reward for my last commission was to help the zoo recover a giant tiger from the Southland that had escaped. The reward was 1300 Cui Yuan..." The female knight's voice was very low, and she sounded unhappy.

"So it's a lot?" Ye Yiyi still didn't understand.

He could kill the giant tiger of the South Land before he even left the Novice Village. For the female knight, wouldn't that be easy?

Wator then realized that this Michaela was from the Empire and didn't know the prices here, so he quickly added.

"3500 Cui Yuan converted into Imperial Banknotes is probably less than 20 Yuan. Lord Bai Yu's commission of 1300 Cui Yuan is already a lot."

"Less than 20?" Ye Yiyi frowned. "Is the imperial banknote so valuable?"

"That's the imperial banknote, which is much more valuable than the Cuiyuan of our Cuilengbai United States." Wattol answered a little depressed.

This magician is truly a wealthy man...

In other words, all the people in the empire are rich!

"Although the hotel I stayed in was not as good as the high-end hotels in the Saint Pegasus area, it was of a high standard. The price was 130 yuan per night." The female knight added silently.

Ye Yiyi sorted it out for a while and felt dizzy.

It’s so annoying. Just spend money and be happy. Why should I care how much money I spent?

In short, he only needed to know that the City Hall and the Earth Mother Cult were asking a very high price for the sclerotia.

No wonder these bounty hunters all come to the underground ruins to do such deadly work.

"I understand. Anyway, I'll keep the sclerotia here for now. You can return it when you get out. I won't give you any less money. As for other things, don't worry about it."

"We understand." Wattol and his group nodded repeatedly.

Lord Baiyu's terrifying skills that frightened him, and the inexplicable meaning revealed in Lord Michaela's words, made him realize that something was amiss.

But as long as he can get the money, he can pretend that he knows nothing.

This is also one of the highest moral codes of bounty hunters.

"That's it, let's go and continue our journey."

"it is good."

Led by Wator, Ye Yiyi and Bai Yu continued to walk up the stairs, passing by various wooden houses such as the "convenience store", "chess and card room", and "observation deck" that had turned into places where fungal corpse cores were parasitic.

Ye Yiyi now has six large immortal mushrooms with cores in his hand.

Less than an hour had passed since they entered the winding corridor.

"We've cleared all the corpse cores from this tentacle of the Tongtian Tree. We can now move deeper into the tentacles."

In front of the highest platform, Tovar wiped the sweat from his temples and spoke to Ye Yiyi who was looking into the distance.

"But the tentacles might be a little dangerous. Would you and Lord Baiyu like to take a break?"

"Danger?"

Bai Yu was currently looking at the slightly worn hammer and axe in his hand. Upon hearing this, he raised his head with an inexplicable tone.

"What kind of danger?"

"It's a large fungal zombie. It looks like a large human-shaped mushroom. Its strength is terrifying. It can shatter an iron shield with one punch!"

"What one-punch mushroom..." Ye Yiyi couldn't help but complain.

"Oh?"

Bai Yu showed an interested look when he heard this, and couldn't help but rub his hands.

"That's perfect. The zombies here aren't very resistant to attack. They're like chopping wood stakes. It's not even a warm-up. It would be nice to have something a little more challenging."

"Uh……"

Wattol's eyes were dull, and then he sighed slightly, and a bitterness and sadness suddenly rose in his heart.

Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows, keenly aware of Wator's emotions.

"Why? Have you ever suffered from those giant mushrooms?"

"Ah."

He nodded, his tone somewhat depressed.

"The giant zombie is a formidable foe. Even in its weakened state, it can kill a fully-armed bounty hunter with a single punch.

"Humans are no different from fragile glass in front of them. Many people in my previous team accidentally died at their hands."

"is it a lot?"

"a lot of."

Wattol sighed slightly.

"And the giant zombie is just one of the powerful enemies I've seen. Sometimes, some powerful enemies that only appear in deeper and higher places will also appear on the periphery.

"...At our current rate, we might run into them soon."

"Is this the truth behind what Vinar said about the team being wiped out seven out of ten dives?" Ye Yiyi seemed to be thinking about something.

"Yes, I used to explore directly from the center of the vine veins because the buildings there were denser and there were more corpse cores. Sometimes I could collect two or three corpse cores from one building.

"But the risk is always proportional to the reward." Wattol was depressed. "Once we encounter a strong enemy... In short, it's me who harmed them."

"So, you'll start exploring from this tentacle closest to the door?"

"That's right. Although the harvest is less than the first few times, it's safer."

"Then why did you dive so hard?"

Ye Yiyi asked in confusion.

"Although I'm not quite sure about the value of Cui Yuan, but an income of twenty or thirty thousand at a time should be enough for you to spend for a long time, right?"

"Although twenty or thirty thousand is a lot, when divided among dozens of people and equipment, there won't be much left."

"What do you mean?"

"Because if I die during the exploration, Wattol will take good care of my family." Salvo, who had a small mustache and was listening quietly at the side, suddenly spoke up.

"Me too."

"And I."

His remaining two spear teammates answered in unison.

Bai Yu looked at this scene, and his eyes changed slightly.

"Family..." Ye Yiyi murmured to herself.

"That's right, that's why even though I'm 'notorious', there are still people willing to go diving with me."

Wattol looked at the three teammates beside him and gave them a slight fist bump.

"So that's it..." Ye Yiyi finally understood.

No wonder when Vinal slandered Wattol, his companions were so angry that they wanted to teach him a lesson.

If it weren't for trust, who would be willing to stand up for him sincerely?

…………

After a short rest, everyone continued on their journey.

After walking along the wooden corridor bridge built in the air to a vine vein deeper in the mountain, and then taking the circular staircase to the other side of the vine vein, Ye Yiyi's scene suddenly became clear.

On the huge vines that are intertwined with each other, there is a dense network formed by countless aerial bridges, and the many buildings that are perched on the vines, which constitute the tentacles group mentioned by Wator and the winding corridors mentioned by Baiyu.

Ye Yiyi looked up and saw that the huge building on top of the rock layer, emitting endless flames, was located at the highest point of this corridor.

But just as he looked up, a dark green light suddenly lit up at the bottom of the building.

"Ok?"

Ye Yiyi frowned slightly, and then heard Wator's panicked cry.

"Mister Michaela! For some reason, the zombies' listless state has suddenly been lifted!

"Fungal zombies! They're starting to riot!"

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"Riot? How could there be a riot?"

"Lord Bai Yu! I don't know either! This has never happened before. Logically speaking, midnight is the time when zombies are at their weakest. There's no reason for them to riot!"

The voices of Bai Yu and Wator's discussion came to his ears, and the green light hanging high above the rock wall dimmed until it disappeared.

Ye Yiyi withdrew his gaze and looked at the winding corridor in front of him.

“Wahhhhhhhh!!”

Sharp howls came one after another from all directions, and the originally silent corridor was filled with all kinds of chaotic sounds, as if it had turned into a vegetable market.

Above those ancient buildings, Ye Yiyi saw a large number of zombies in different forms emerging.

There is a giant mushroom man that is three meters tall and as strong as a wall.

There is also a mushroom gorilla with arms as thick as boulders and an appearance similar to a gorilla, but its head is a big red mushroom.

Ye Yiyi even saw a giant centipede that was more than ten meters long and had a green wooden body covered with mushrooms.

The thing waved its densely packed limbs that looked like dead branches, crawling back and forth on the vines, and finally disappeared behind a building.

And the mushroom people they killed before were just an insignificant type of them.

Originally they were all in a motionless and listless state, but after the riot, they were as if awakened from their sleep, and began to move around vigorously with full of energy.

If you say this has nothing to do with Green Light, Ye Yiyi would never believe it.

That green light should be the reason for the fungal zombie riot.

But if you look into the reasons, he...

No one comes to this damn place, so where did the green light come from?

"Don't worry, things are not that bad yet."

Ye Yiyi could only speak to calm down Wator and the others.

These bounty hunters had never seen such a scene before and were panicked for a moment.

"Mister Michaela! Sir Baiyu! What should we do?"

"You can go back the same way and wait in front of the gate we came from." Bai Yu weighed the hammer and axe in his hand and said calmly.

"If a fight really breaks out, we may not be able to take care of you."

"You still want to move forward?"

When Watto heard them being told to flee, he was stunned.

Although it is true that both of you are very strong, a rioting zombie and a listless zombie are two different concepts!

Why do we choose to come when the zombies are weak? Isn't it to avoid danger?

"We have reasons to move forward." Bai Yu replied.

The female knight turned her head and looked at Wator seriously through the round lenses.