Chapter 235: Misty Mountain Villa Invitation Letter
“Did you enter with an incomplete team? Your combat power must be very high, right?”
The young man wearing a black short sleeve shirt spoke in surprise, the probing look in his eyes well concealed, so anyone who saw him would think he was cheerful and without wits.
“Me?” Lightning Mage King pointed at himself in confusion.
The five people opposite paused in their expressions, suddenly unable to respond.
“Isn’t this instance a non-combat type?” Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy spoke up. “We really couldn’t find anyone, and this was the only instance we could enter together.”
What she said was all the truth, so Yu Jiang and the others also had particularly sincere expressions.
A true combat instance means: you can only fight through it hard, with no other way to clear instance.
There haven’t been many encountered so far; strictly speaking, only the Blizzard night that Pure Love Cockroach and Holding a Cleaver and the others went to before counts.
Shi Xu has also been to this kind of single-player instance, and Yu Jiang purely treats every instance as a combat instance and fights through it hard.
Combat instances reward stats, or professional achievement, skill upgrade, and such; for players outside the top 100 on the combat power ranking, the risk is very high.
As for other types of instances, as long as your own stats meet the standard, even if your combat ability is a bit lacking, you can clear instance; it’s just a matter of fault tolerance—many people who want to take a chance choose this kind of instance.
The other team looked at them half-believingly; even though the RV looked broken, it was still an RV—how could they fully trust stranger players based on just a couple of sentences.
But they really didn’t seem like they were lying, and they didn’t look too smart either. The No. 2 girl was wearing a short sleeve shirt patched together like a patchwork quilt, with the most eye-catching being the northern floral fabric on it.
No idea where she got those clothes from—what proper survivor wears such an eye-catching outfit into an instance? Red and green clashing worse than dog shit.
The people from the other team exchanged a glance—unintelligent loners are great; if there’s any danger later, let them test it first.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy lowered her head to look at the equipment on her body—outsiders don’t understand the aesthetics of wandering artists.
Isn’t this good? If they knew this outfit had combat buffs, they’d be envious too!
In the parking plaza, everyone sat on old folding chairs, casually gnawing on a couple of steamed buns to pad their stomachs. It wasn’t even 6 PM yet, but the sky here had already turned deep blue.
A layer of thin mist seemed to drift in the forest, making the view hazy, with a bit of that eerie yet beautiful feeling from old movies.
At 5:55, the prompt sound and public screen popped up.
[Instance is about to begin, please prepare.
Instance name: Mist Manor
Number of people: 9/10
Difficulty: Three-star slightly above
Instance time: 36 hours.
On the road fleeing for your lives, famished, you receive an invitation letter for a lavish banquet—how tempting.
Please escape the manor before the instance ends. Please remember your identity.
Tip: All monsters in the instance can only take true damage from specific weapons. If you can find them, your clear instance probability will greatly increase.]
The countdown ended, Yu Jiang’s vision went black, and when she opened her eyes again, she was surrounded by a dark and eerie forest. Black branches extended toward the sky, the moonlight was dim, and the sound of branches shaking came into her ears from time to time.
Next to her were two cars that looked very broken, with the rear windshield shattered and even patched with plastic cloth.
The car had obviously broken down, and there was just a road ahead. Yu Jiang took out the invitation letter given to them by the instance.
It said: Warm and comfortable here, with ample food and fine wine. We look forward to your arrival.
“Damn, couldn’t they just send us near the manor? Why make us walk ourselves and give us a broken car—what’s the point?” The No. 6 player said irritably.
Yu Jiang quietly put away the crowbar—it couldn’t be recycled; this was for the system to show them.
She guessed it was because the banquet time hadn’t arrived yet, so having them walk over would let them experience the instance atmosphere just right.
This place looked like a medieval village from bygone days, already dilapidated. The various facilities could be politely called rustic, or bluntly called rundown.
The road wasn’t easy to walk either, full of pits and bumps, with stones and soil that hurt the feet.
Walking forward, they didn’t see any figures. The desolate forest at night had a scary atmosphere, but with so many people, they didn’t feel there was any problem.
Half an hour later, the group saw an ancient stone bridge with a slight arch and no fences on both sides.
The water below wasn’t deep, but the current was a bit fast. The sound of rushing water under the deep blue sky made the medieval ancient village seem even more silent.
Directly ahead, the shadow of an intricate building could vaguely be seen—that was the manor they were heading to.
This feeling—How to describe it: gorgeous, poignant, and dark.
“The water here is running water and looks pretty clean—should be safe, right?” The No. 7 player said excitedly.
“A small bucket of clean water isn’t cheap on the trading platform. Let’s fill up more; we can sell it for a good price!”
Yu Jiang looked at him—the young man had potential. If this water was safe, it really would work.
He acted immediately, biting a flashlight in his mouth, finding a place to go down, and filling empty mineral water bottles.
However, the next second, he was completely dumbfounded.
Yu Jiang calmly took out rope and a water bucket; Shi Xu helped her pull it up.
Light screen scan: One bucket of water. Drinking it won’t kill you, but it might turn you into a squirting warrior. The water quality is average; boiling it and drinking long-term will cause hair loss and affect health.
It could be used in emergencies, which was already pretty good. It’s rare to find such clean running water on the road. The rivers in the rainforest are all muddy yellow with leeches and various parasites—water that only causes hair loss with long-term drinking
Yu Jiang immediately hauled out three Purified Water Buckets and a Funnel again. With teammates helping, they filled the Water Buckets in a few minutes and knocked off work.
The other team watched in stunned silence. Who brings a Funnel into an Instance, and so many Water Buckets?
“Why did you bring these things?” Number 5 asked.
“The Instance is called Manor, so the chance of water sources inside is high. We were just trying our luck, but there really were some.” Yu Jiang replied.
The other side looked annoyed. Why hadn’t they thought of that! They had Rope, but no such large Water Buckets.
“Were you from Area 002 before, or Area 009?” Number 6 asked casually.
Their strength was unknown for now, but they were really good at gathering Supplies. Compared to the other three areas, these two had richer Supplies and higher overall Wealth Value.
“Area 002. What about you?” Yu Jiang had no intention of quibbling with them on this question.
“We’re 006.” Number 6 answered without thinking.
Yu Jiang acknowledged it but didn’t take it seriously. At this moment, her peripheral vision casually caught the warm yellow light ahead.
“Is there someone there?” Yu Jiang exchanged glances with several teammates and decided to go check it out.
Low stone houses in the village, with light shining from the open wooden Window, very conspicuous in the Darkness.
Seeing them head over first, the other team feared missing any important Clue and had to stop fetching water to follow.
Only when they got close did they see it was a Handicraft Shop, mainly decorated with raw wood, giving a fairy tale world feel. This was the Service Area inside the Instance.
The Boss was an NPC, and the Things sold inside were marked with Crystal Coins prices, ridiculously expensive.
The normal Clear Instance Difficulty was a bit above Three-star~ The Difficulty to beat through the Instance would be higher, and the Server First Kill that time was when the protagonist’s team beat through it~
