Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

She dug out the corresponding second-level resources and stuffed them into her teammate's backpack. She also taught her how to find NPCs to make second-level equipment, wrote a list of what needed to be made, and then sent her away.

It’s not that I want to hide the secret, it’s simply because it’s much more efficient to split up.

As for herself, she went to the ruins guarded by guards, which was still a place that the players had not set foot on.

The burning smell and the unpleasant magic still lingered over the ruins in the form of fog.

But Yu Man was well prepared this time - she opened the enchanted backpack and took out the nightmare snake corpse from it.

Although it has not been processed, it is still a fourth-level material and a regional elite, and its weight is sufficient.

But——the nightmare snake on the ground moved.

"what?"

It's not that he was resurrected, but that he was affected by magic.

It does not mean that they just hand out the materials. Instead, they attract the materials and hope that the latter will take the initiative to join in.

It seems... the copy formed by this thing will be very difficult to deal with.

"bring it on."

Yu Man kicked the nightmare snake's corpse and stopped restraining it.

Its stiff body—crawled forward, crawled forward.

After a few seconds, it came into contact with the restless magic.

At that moment—all the magic power found its home, sweeping and rolling in like an impending landslide.

The snake's corpse gradually turned black, but it was much slower and did not decay quickly.

But it moved uncontrollably—it crawled into the air as if there was a path there.

It's twisted, it's illogical.

The lifeless body clung to the air, its body stretched straight.

But soon, it changed its path.

When it absorbed all the magic power, the snake corpse crawled to its destination.

It bit its own tail, forming a strange circle with its torn belly as the dome.

Accompanied by dark clouds and unbearable noise.

The crack in the belly suddenly poured out magical power.

Like a waterfall, the black evil power fell to the ground, filling the entire circle formed by the snake corpse.

Dark Vessel: Reflection of the Old World

A line of text appeared in front of Yu Man.

She was a beat late before she finally realized that this was actually a hidden task assigned to her by the system.

Suddenly, an evil aura emanated from her pocket, which had not yet been closed.

She immediately examined it—it was a snake organ. Yu Man had previously found something when she cut open the snake's belly... but now it had taken on the same aura and transformed into a related item... So, it was a quest item.

"The ancient summoning ritual has not been completed, even though fighting spirit, lives, betrayal, and punishment have been sacrificed.

But now, the door was unexpectedly formed before ▇▇▇ discovered it.

Its passage is extremely fragile, and there is no telling whether it will be a one-way trip or it will never reach anywhere.

It represents a wish that has been fulfilled.

"In other words, this is indeed the dungeon passage..." Yu Man muttered to himself and walked forward quickly.

To investigate a dungeon, one must start from the entrance. This is common sense that only he knows in the old world.

013 · 4.4

Stepping on the rubble and crushing the charcoal-black wood chips.

Yu Man walked lightly among the ruins and arrived at the entrance of the dungeon.

The corpse of the snake he had hunted himself was coiled into a circle in the shape of a snake biting its own tail.

It hung in the air, not touching the ground, with only a chaotic, mirror-like magic leading to nowhere.

"Let me take a look—hmm?"

There were a few lines of magical words engraved on the snake's corpse.

Yu Man carefully observed the appearance of the text.

Even last week, the guilds dedicated to studying the Old World language, or the ultimate research guilds focused on plot development, couldn't recognize this magical text. But after playing countless dungeons, players memorized the text's appearance and gradually understood its meaning.

"...Difficulty...Huh?!"

After understanding the meaning of the first line of magic text, Yu Man was shocked and almost lost his balance.

Logically speaking, this can be made with fourth-order materials, and no matter how outrageous it is, the difference won't be too big.

However, it is the fourth level of the Rainbow Grade.

The most difficult level in the same class, commonly known as .4 difficulty.

This .4 level of difficulty is very rare, as it is equivalent to adding four to the original level.

That is equivalent to the difficulty level of level eight - according to the old players in the first round, it is a difficulty level of 4.4.

"...What the hell? A dungeon like this can appear in the main city? I've never heard of it. Don't mess with me, 'Aurora String'. I just want to open a shop in the city and do some small business."

Yu Man was a little depressed.

Those wild monsters that can be seen everywhere do not add any additional difficulty. The level of the monsters is determined by the difficulty of the map.

For example, in the hunting grounds for novices around the main city, the wild monsters are generally level two, and the small bosses of a group of wild monsters have a difficulty of 2.1.

In addition, the snake corpses that Yu Man hunted in the illegal forest belonged to the regional elite and had a difficulty of 4.2.

The regional bosses in illegal areas, such as the one that Yu Man solo-cleared at the start of the server, are of rare difficulty level .3. Normally, they are already very difficult to deal with and require a high-quality team to handle.

Yu Man hadn't played many copies of the .4 difficulty level like the one in front of her in the first week, but without exception, each one was extremely special, leaving a deep impression on her and even greatly advancing her understanding of the world.

But it also means: "I can't win." Yu Man said with a sad face.

Alas, although she was depressed, she still went to read the second line of magic text.

"……Um?"

It's an even rarer dungeon entry: "Only three souls can pass through."

In other words, either one person attacks three times, or three people attack once. This is a copy that will disappear when there are three people.

"Oh... a guaranteed minimum." She was extremely experienced and immediately understood the intention.

It's not that bad. As long as we use up the copy times, whether we clear it or not, the evil magic accumulated here will be used up and the pollution problem can be solved.

As long as you go in and out three times, the copy will disappear, and you can buy a clean piece of land and open a shop happily.

However—that was a coward’s way through.

Yu Man just wanted to clear it in one go and see what was hidden at the end of this extremely rare main city copy.

"Brother, have you prepared your equipment? Do you want to play the game?" Yu Man immediately called his buddy.

"Alas." Jiandui Lulu replied slowly, "I did it, but I feel guilty towards my brother."

"What's the matter."

"My husband called me to sleep, brother, I can't disobey him."

After a long silence, Yu Man could only type: "?"

Yu Man felt that his brain was burning fiercely.

No way, my previous intuition, my experience, my trials, all my understanding of Jiandui Luluo, were all wrong?

Could it be that she wasn't really her, but a legitimate brother? And, of family-age? Wait, was his character, so beautiful and realistic, modeled after his daughter?

A brainstorming session was going on madly in Yu Man's head.

Yu Man felt that her mood was a little strange, as if she had been cheated and unhappy. All kinds of strange emotions mixed together.

Her fingers were calm, "Brother, are you being henpecked? Or are you trying to set a good example for your daughter?"

But Jiandui Lulu was silent for a long time.

It took about three minutes before he sent a reply.

"?"

"?" Yu Man also responded.

"...???" Jiandui Lulu continued to ask questions, "Brother, what's with henpecked husbands and daughters?"

"Aren't you talking about your family?"

"Yes, I have a household robot at home that has full control over my life."

“……???” Yu Man felt like her computer had crashed.

Jiandui Lulu replied slowly, apparently out of habit, having switched to "brother" mode while typing.

"How should I introduce it to you? If I say 'my robot', that would be disrespectful of robots' rights and deny their existence. It's truly half my family. If I say its name, you wouldn't know it, brother. So after much deliberation, I can only say 'my one'."

Yu Man remained silent, feeling increasingly strange inside.

Jiandui Lulu continued, "I promise to wake up at 6:30 tomorrow, grind my specializations as fast as I can, and wait for you to log in. Then we can play dungeons together... But I'm so excited today, I'll struggle to sleep in bed all night..."

She divided the following words into small segments.

"so."

The light messages from friends tickled Yu Man's heart.

"I'm not in good shape tomorrow."

"It will be very bad."

It was as if her face, full of apology and expectation, emerged——

"Please don't dislike me."

Yu Man sat on the ruins, looking across a row of withered trees at the bustling main city.

She couldn't suppress the strange feeling in her heart, and was a beat late, finally conveying the important information before the other party went offline.

"The headset for this game has a sleep mode."

"……What's the meaning?"

"Haven't you read the manual and official website? It helps you sleep, and then, like a lucid dream, connects your consciousness to the game. As long as you set your sleep schedule, you can travel this world without worries."

"?"

"!" Yu Man replied with a smile.

“!?!?!?”

Yu Man laughed happily: "The quality of sleep will be very high and it won't affect your rest, so..." But she stopped.

I almost told her, "So last week, this product, which improves sleep quality, was sold like crazy around the world."

But no matter what, sleeping time is the time most players are online.

Experience an eight-hour dream journey in a dream, and then return to reality and live a full and energetic life.

This is how most people play, and it's the best way.

"Then brother, wait for me. I'll log off, finish my work as fast as I can, and get into bed... Then, we'll meet in my dreams."

"Ah."

After the chat, Jiandui Lulu went offline.

No matter what game it is, the notification that a friend has logged off, or the sight of their name grayed out, always gives people a sense of farewell. But Yu Man felt a subtle sense of happiness because of what she called "seeing her in a dream."