Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

A thorough search of all the rooms on the second floor would obviously take more than four hours. Note that we say "thoroughly," meaning eliminating all possible details from the inside out. It would require even more physical and mental effort than a full-scale cleaning.

Therefore, they chose to search the four blocks covered by the straight-line connection between the elevators, ensuring that the retreat and forward routes were unobstructed, while also searching for any possible "exits".

The first three rooms yielded virtually nothing. Both the exit and the monster's lair were completely empty, which was disheartening. Fang Jin even began to doubt her own judgment.

...until the last room of the first block.

"Excuse me... Oh!"

Zhou Tongtong kicked open the iron door of the fourth room. The three-centimeter-thick steel plate trembled continuously, and under the stunned gazes of the people behind her, the surface of the steel door dented and wrinkled like paper.

This was their chosen method of entry; after all, if the lair of flesh-and-blood monsters lay behind the door, then there was little difference between being cautious and being openly aggressive.

It's all about rushing into an encirclement and dying. Being overly cautious might even slow you down. If you don't even have time to escape, that kind of death would be too humiliating.

On the contrary, forcibly breaking down the door can create a shock effect inside and create a gap in reaction time. If there happens to be an employee hiding behind the door ambushing Ms. Zhou... then one can only pray that he dies quickly.

"...Another rest room, not even a ghost in sight."

Zhou Tongtong exclaimed dejectedly, "Putting everything else aside for now, at least there are no staff members in the so-called field department. She couldn't have overlooked the reactions of living beings in a confined space."

"Look on the bright side... at least it wasn't all for naught."

Lu Chen walked into the room with a smile, and together with the others, he picked through the clutter on the table and quickly picked out what he wanted.

...A thick, black tome that surpasses Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

[Equipment Name: One Hundred Ways to Commit Suicide]

Equipment Quality: Average

[Features: It feels as light as a piece of paper in your hand, but when you hit someone on the head... its true weight will be revealed.]

[Note: Don't ask about the author's fate... After all, if he were still alive, where would the book's credibility be?]

This is the second piece of equipment they've acquired. The first one was found by Xu Rou, who, with her unconventional thinking, directly removed an LCD panel. After the system identified it, it turned out to be a piece of equipment.

This is much more valuable than consumables. After half an hour of thorough searching, they found a total of five consumables and two pieces of equipment, among which this book was the best in terms of both quality and craftsmanship.

Only two people came up empty-handed: Fang Jin and Jin Fugui. Whether it was bad luck or the system was targeting them, the areas they chose could only be described as desolate.

"Oh dear, not so lucky, huh? Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, right? Want to borrow mine?"

Xu Rou walked over with a slightly mischievous look, pinched the LCD screen and showed it off to her face. Although the quality of this equipment was only dilapidated, its actual characteristics were very sharp.

[Equipment Name: Don't Poke My Face!]

[Equipment Quality: Ruined]

【Characteristic: Passive type. The wearer will gain the ability to sense an impending touch or impact three seconds in advance. The equipment will be destroyed after being triggered three times.】

[Equipment Requirements: At least 60% of the surface area must be in close contact with the skin]

[Note: Predictive perception and screen switching... If you can't even do these, what kind of job are you doing?]

If this is a long-lasting characteristic, it wouldn't be surprising for Fang Jin that the equipment quality of the LCD panel reaches the spiritual evaluation level. In a high-pressure environment, three seconds of danger perception can accomplish a great deal.

Moreover, they are currently in this dungeon environment, where danger lurks in the shadows and the monsters could appear at any moment, making this piece of equipment extremely important.

but……

"You'd better save yourself."

Fang Jin pushed the LCD screen and pressed it against Xu Rou's face until her face was deformed. Then, she flicked Xu Rou's forehead in annoyance, and the latter stumbled and leaned back.

To be honest, he was quite envious of these things. All the gains from the first three dungeons were locked by the system, and Fang Jin hadn't enjoyed any benefits from the equipment or consumables yet.

Moreover... the previous gains are basically gone. Repairing his body, which was damaged by the furnace, has left him with a huge debt of evolution points. Even if the panel is unlocked later, he'll probably have to use those equipment to pay off the debt.

Therefore, it was only natural for Fang Jin to have the idea of ​​robbing everyone present... at least he was so sure of it, and his restless little hand had already reached out...

As for why they ultimately gave up, the reason is exactly what it sounds like.

Because Xu Rou needs this thing to "save her life" right now.

……

Without warning, the lights flickered.

And it wasn't just a problem with the circuits in a single room, but the entire second floor! The lights in the corridor and even inside the rooms were flickering at an extremely high frequency, making my vision blurry with static and gray spots!

Everyone instinctively covered their eyes, then desperately peeked out through their fingers. Despite their previous cheerful conversation, they were on high alert and immediately went into a state of combat readiness!

"There's a shadow at the end of the corridor! It barely has a human outline, but most of its torso is deformed and mutated; it's presumably a vampire!"

Jin Fugui shouted loudly. He was closest to the window and stared out with his big, round eyes. He was immediately terrified and broke out in a cold sweat!

"The number...the number is enormous, it looks like a dense mass of bloodstains from here...wait, why can I see heads all of them? They seem to be moving incredibly fast!"

Like a filthy red tide filling the corridor, swarms of lumps of flesh grew from the very front, transforming into waves that surged forward relentlessly! That point of red expanded rapidly at a terrifying pace!

And it wasn't just the sheer number that was terrifying; the individuals that made up the wave... those flesh-and-blood monsters transformed from the staff! Each one probably surpassed the "predecessors" they had faced in the toy box!

Its form is solid and almost tangible, and the blocks on the surface have a blood-jade-like luster. The interlocking teeth and bones flow with scarlet corrosive liquid, which splashes and melts into metal holes on the walls and the ground!

"...What the hell is this? A vampire parade?!"

Lu Chen cursed angrily, then slammed his thigh hard, expelling the tremor from his bones and joints in this way! But the sense of absurdity in his heart increased dramatically.

"These monsters aren't hiding inside the room as traps; they roam outside and only return en masse at a specific time... to crowd us who are hiding inside?"

"Damn, they really are 'field agents'! Turns out, we're the treasure they've been searching for!"