19: Doomsday Dungeon - The Last Spark (Part 1)

Sister Wang: "Xiao Tang, this is the infected serum we just obtained. With this, you won't have to worry about getting Infected. We have Old Niu's Shelter here, so we don't need it. It's yours."

Tang Ping was pleasantly surprised and quickly replied: "Thank you, Sister Wang!"

Raising his physique to 30 or his Talent to Level 3 was an unknown future event. Obtaining the infected serum undoubtedly reduced the risks significantly.

Sister Wang: "This is my ID. Add me."

"Okay."

Soon, a trade request came, for any item.

Tang Ping didn't take it for free: "This is a Potato Mine. It's very powerful and can blast through concrete walls. Sister Wang, be careful when you use it."

Sister Wang: "There are such strange things? Okay, I understand."

Tang Ping took out the infected serum, looked at the system description, immediately felt at ease, and quickly consumed it.

It was like drinking slightly sweet and fishy water, and he felt nothing after drinking it.

However, Tang Ping wouldn't be foolish enough to go find an Infected to test it out.

He headed towards Four Seasons Lake, on the eastern outskirts of Jiangcheng, where a dungeon was about to appear, and it was a unique dungeon, so the rewards were sure to be astonishing.

Nearing three in the afternoon, Tang Ping finally arrived at his destination.

Four Seasons Lake wasn't large; one could see across it at a glance. Because the surrounding area was a scenic spot, there weren't many people to begin with. After the Doomsday Game descended, most people had also left, so there were very few Infected here.

Tang Ping found a scenic viewing tower and simply waited there.

As time slowly passed, at five in the afternoon, a black vortex suddenly appeared by the lake!

It was the unique dungeon.

Tang Ping's eyes glowed with fervor as he quickly arrived beside the dungeon's black hole.

The entrance resembled a black hole, about ten feet high. As players approached, a line of text could be clearly seen above it.

【Player dungeon (Unique): The Last Spark

Duration: Four Days】

He stepped into the dungeon without hesitation.

After a dizzying sensation, he found himself in a room.

With him were surprisingly four foreigners.

Clearly, this unique dungeon didn't have just one entrance; these people must have come in from other entrances.

The five people eyed each other warily.

Tang Ping held a Tang Blade and also leaned against a corner of the wall.

Among the other four, the young man in a black assault jacket was from a northern country, holding a two-inch-wide long sword.

There was also a Sakurako from Yamato Country, wearing a kimono, greeting everyone with 'konnichiwa, konnichiwa'.

The remaining two were a blonde, blue-eyed woman and a burly man with reddish-brown hair.

Tang Ping glanced around and was quickly drawn by a line of text that appeared before his eyes.

【Main Quest: Successfully escort the infected serum stock solution to Safety Zone No. 9.

Quest Reward: Unknown】

Indeed, Tang Ping thought to himself, just as he had discovered from his future searches, this dungeon was about delivering the infected serum stock solution.

But besides the main quest, he also knew about a hidden quest, which was to protect a young soldier in this team.

This soldier was not simple; he was not actually a soldier, but a student of the professor who developed the infected serum, and he even participated in the research of the infected serum!

Moreover, although this student was only in his twenties, he had already inherited most of the professor's skills.

Compared to the infected serum, this soldier with a hidden identity was the true person to be escorted.

So Tang Ping knew that what he needed to do was to safely escort this soldier to Safety Zone No. 9 every time he completed the main quest.

The door to the room opened, and a doctor in a white coat walked in.

"You must be the chosen ones for this serum escort mission. This mission is to deliver the serum stock solution to Safety Zone No. 9. To prevent the loss of these precious serum stock solutions, each of you will carry one portion, and a team of soldiers will escort you..."

After the doctor in the white coat finished explaining, he finally said: "Alright, time is short, you should depart now."

The five people each received a backpack, which contained the infected serum stock solution.

Except for the 'konnichiwa' Yamato Country girl, everyone else was very cautious with each other.

Tang Ping also had no intention of deep communication; he just wanted to clear the dungeon as quickly as possible and get what he wanted.

It was said that after clearing the dungeon, there would be a guaranteed reward of many attribute stones and shelter trait scrolls.

Coming out of the room, Tang Ping found that the world inside this dungeon was remarkably similar to the world a hundred years later.

The sky was covered by a thick gray haze, and a gray sun emitted an eerie light.

The land was barren, and from time to time, a black wind swept across the Wasteland, making the grayish-white vegetation look as if it had been cut by a sharp blade, becoming tattered and broken.

Gripping the blade in his hand, Tang Ping followed the fully armed team of thirty soldiers.

They began to trek through the Wasteland, heading towards Safety Zone No. 9, a hundred miles away!

The other four were clearly seeing such a scene for the first time and were momentarily stunned.

They probably didn't know yet that such a scene would soon appear on Blue Star as well. The moment the golden sunlight disappeared, the old world would completely vanish, becoming history, never to return.

This journey was not peaceful.

There were many Infected and even Pollution Beasts along the way. Although players could choose to abandon the dungeon and leave when encountering danger, the rewards would be pitifully small, perhaps only some ordinary food and water as a consolation prize.

The five players from different regions maintained a certain distance from each other. Although their languages were different, they had a temporary dungeon group chat.

Sakurako: "Hello everyone, my name is Sakurako. I have the A-Rank Talent Charm. We can help each other. I guess the rewards for clearing this dungeon must be very generous because when I just entered, I used an information scroll that said this is a unique dungeon that will never appear again, and each person can only enter once. So, to ensure we clear it, why don't we introduce ourselves?"

Kylie: "My name is Kylie. I have the A-Rank Talent Light of Judgment."

BASF: "My name is BASF. I have the B-Rank Talent Black Wind."

Jess: "My name is Jess. I have the B-Rank Talent Heavy Rock."

Tang Ping also replied: "My name is Tang Ping. I have the E-rank Talent Weak Fire."

After Tang Ping replied, everyone looked at him with strange expressions. Among a group of players with A-Rank or B-Rank Talents, an E-rank Talent was indeed a bit conspicuous.

Sakurako: "Then let's help each other and support each other. I believe we can definitely clear the dungeon!"

This Sakurako looked at everyone else, but specifically overlooked Tang Ping.

Tang Ping seemed to be directly ignored. Of course, he didn't pay attention to it, as he had no intention of joining a group anyway.

Moreover, there were some things along the way, and it would be convenient for him to leave alone when the time came.