This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 1232 - 551: Dancing in the Minefield

The Soul Lamp God generously provided the "Mirage Energy Season Strategy Guide," which Mu You promptly shared with the group chat.

The detailed mechanics of the game were a relief to everyone; as the saying goes, it’s the unknown that’s truly frightening. Even the most complex and dangerous rules become less threatening once they are deciphered.

"So, does that mean the abandoned city scenes we’re seeing now are real, just located somewhere else?" Son of Heaven asked.

"Yes," Mu You replied. "That’s why I suggest we set out immediately to find the real ruins. If we can find and light the Soul-inducing Lamp, even if we fail and die this time, we can teleport here anytime in the future without going through the lakebed again."

"Okay."

"No problem..."

Everyone agreed and quickly divided tasks in the group chat.

After waiting a while in the game for everyone’s characters to wake up, they dispersed according to the original plan and started searching for clues to the ancient city in various directions.

Mu You, the provider of the strategy guide, was the last to wake up, something he hadn’t expected.

According to the Lamp God, each time one fell asleep in the Mirage Energy, it would take 2-8 hours to wake up normally. If one took Nightmare Powder and got attacked, they could wake up at any time, but if the sleep was less than the minimum two hours, they would quickly fall asleep again upon waking.

Comparing the two powders, Nightmare Powder was slightly better, because it gave a chance to wake up earlier. Dream Powder might be safe, but one could only sleep until naturally waking up; with bad luck, one might sleep for seven or eight hours at a time, losing a third of the day.

This time, Mu You was quite unlucky, having slept a full seven and a half hours before his character finally woke up, by which time the others who were still alive had already been exploring for half a day.

But there was a silver lining: Before he woke up, someone had already found ground that looked like it might be part of the ancient city.

"It’s in the southwest direction, feels like a man-made flat road..." Jiu You left the message.

The others, upon seeing the message, immediately adjusted their search directions and began moving southwest.

"Hey, I think I’ve passed through a wetland! Let me feel around..." Blue Beard suddenly messaged.

"Ha ha, found them, insect eggs! They haven’t hatched yet!"

"Awesome, they’re really illuminating the surroundings! I can finally see the real scene!" Blue Beard seemed quite excited. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

"Quick, tell us, what does the real scene actually look like?" someone curiously asked.

"It’s wasteland, looks like marshy ground... with lots of crooked-neck trees..."

"Hold on, the light orb went out, wait for me to grab a few more insect eggs and take another look..."

Blue Beard’s messages stopped abruptly.

More than ten minutes passed before he popped up again.

"Darn it! Seems like I blundered into a beetle nest, lots of beetles chasing us..."

"These beetles fight dirty, moving in groups of hundreds..."

"It’s over, my men are all dead..."

"What about you?" someone asked, concerned.

"I relied on Divine Skin to force my way out, but these creatures are still doggedly pursuing me. Once my Divine Skin’s time is up, I’ll surely die..."

Blue Beard, foreseeing his impending death, threw caution to the wind: "Guys, I guess I’ll be leaving first, but the twenty or so insect eggs we hardly found can’t go to waste. I’ve thrown them under a Snail Stone Carving. If anyone comes this way, you can look for them nearby..."

After saying this, Blue Beard continued to flee for a few more minutes, only to be overwhelmed by the swarm of beetles and met his fate.

The others were tempted to pick up the eggs, but regretfully, everyone was too far apart and had already walked a long distance away. To run to another direction just for a few eggs was not worth the effort. With the same amount of time, maybe they could have found the wetland by continuing their search.

So no one took action, which turned out to be to Mu You’s advantage.

Mu You had just woken up and immediately headed towards Blue Beard’s location.

[...You have arrived at a place that seems to be a wetland, the ground is sticky and riddled with puddles...]

[You activated ’Unnoticed,’ making your presence extremely faint...]

[...You found a Snail Stone Carving and searched around. Soon, under the sculpture, you discovered some soft, pasty, slippery spheres...]

[You obtained ’Dream-Breaking Insect Eggs’ *24...]

It was much smoother than expected. Soon after arriving, Mu You happened upon Blue Beard’s place of death and took his legacy.

Mu You immediately crushed one of the eggs to try it.

[You destroyed an insect egg. The life within passed away, and the remaining fluid solidified into a glowing orb, illuminating the space several meters around you.]

[You are currently in the middle of a damp mud field, desolate all around, without a hint of greenery, with a few crooked-neck trees growing a few meters away...]

[Suddenly, you hear shrill screams behind you. Turning back, you see two beetles about a meter tall appear behind you. Their mouthparts open and close, showing sharp teeth and tongue covered with barbs...]

[One of the beetles shrieks and lunges at you, while the other heads off towards the distance, emitting a sharp screech from its mouth...]

[You dodge the beetle’s lunge and start to run frantically...]

[At the same time, one of the insect eggs in your hand happens to hatch, and a beetle with sharp fangs emerges, pouncing towards your face...]

[You are bitten by the beetle, poisoned, and your HP sharply decreases...]