Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

Chapter 23 Reservoir

"..."

This was unforgivable in Jin Fugui's eyes.

The procession enveloped him within the ranks, the flowing flesh and organs caressing his hands and feet, and a passing tongue inadvertently tore off a strip of greasy white flesh from his body.

Jin Fugui's body was no longer plump; some parts were still swollen like balls, while others had been gnawed through, exposing bones and internal organs. The pain caused clusters of blue veins to bulge around his eyes.

The vampire's legacy still flowed within his body, and the mixed scents made it impossible for his fellow vampires around him to identify Jin Fugui. They simply took a few bites like sharks, tasting the sweet and sour flavors.

At this moment, the senior's senses had been completely stripped away due to the great distance, and Fugui's will was gradually digested in the flow, finally allowing his ears to be quiet again.

But it's clear... Jin Fugui can't turn back now. His distorted perception, coupled with the seed of murderous intent that has already sprouted, means he will continue this game in the way his predecessors ideally would.

"I can hold on for another five minutes at most."

Five minutes later, the blood tide would threaten his major organs, joints, spine, and even brain. Jin Fugui had to leave the parade before that happened.

...and to achieve the greatest possible results.

……

When Fang Jin and his three companions rushed to the elevator leading to the third floor, the scene that greeted them almost made them curse out loud.

This place is completely different from the previous two floors. It is spacious and large, and the cylindrical enclosed space appears inexplicably in the company, with their path abruptly cut off in mid-air.

The walls on both sides are solid concrete, and a ring of searchlights flashes back and forth on the ceiling, but the projected light spots can only illuminate a very small area, leaving most of the courtyard shrouded in darkness.

Looking further down, there were vast swirling eddies, with white waves crashing against the abyss-like water below, the buzzing sound of the tide echoing in my ears, and the air filled with shredded water droplets and white mist.

"Waaah—"

The elevator shaft... had turned into a huge reservoir, and they were located in a small opening in the reservoir wall, their faces burning from the light, but one step forward was a cold and turbulent cliff.

"...Let's start over."

Zhou Tongtong said without a trace of a smile, while Lu Chen's brows furrowed so deeply they almost broke. If desperately trying to escape the parade would only lead to a dead end, he would rather just disappear in the conference room.

"Everyone... everyone calm down, there's still a way."

Xu Rou spoke quickly, pointing behind the broken bridge where they were... There was a row of steel bars, or more precisely, steel bars with both ends bent and embedded into the wall.

The ladders, arranged one by one, eventually led to a small black hole leading to an upper level, at the same height as the searchlights overhead.

Under normal circumstances, this challenge would be easy even for a child, but for Fang Jin and her team, who were already exhausted, climbing up still posed a considerable risk.

not to mention……

"What's the point of climbing up there?"

Lu Chen almost blurted out those words involuntarily… He even paused for a moment, then let out a bitter laugh as if utterly exhausted, only able to grip the railing to support himself.

"No, I'm fine... I'll go up first, at least to get out of the area affected by the protest."

In fact, even now, Lu Chen has given up hope of clearing the dungeon. Even if he racks his brains and flips through his notebooks, he still can't understand what kind of Tier 1 dungeon would be this difficult.

Don't be fooled by the system's provision of 24 hours for survival, which is more than enough for escape-type dungeons... but how does it actually turn out?

The activity time on each floor cannot be too long. There will inevitably be mandatory events that force them to move to the next floor, and the difficulty of both the mechanics and the monsters will double each time!

The time was far too "plenty," because they wouldn't even survive until the time limit expired, even though they had only used half of their escape time.

The second layer of the blood and flesh parade was already difficult to withstand. If the difficulty of the third layer doubled again, and with his physical strength and means already limited... Lu Chen couldn't imagine how to survive.

"..."

After lifting Xu Rou up, Fang Jin grabbed the bottom steel bar. His body, which was slightly heavy, was now on the wall, and his lowered gaze also revealed his contemplation.

His spirits remained high, but he couldn't help but share Lu Chen's question: if the time limit in this instance was just a smokescreen, and there was only a chance of survival for the first twelve hours...

The only way to leave is to find the exit hidden three levels underground, on the ground. Any time left is spent mocking and torturing the losers...

"That's impossible, it's too difficult."

Even for a stowaway like him, the system never listed any problems that would surely lead to certain death. No matter how difficult the previous three instances were, there was always a glimmer of hope under any circumstances.

Now, after their failure to seize the exit, they seem to be stuck in a "bottleneck" situation. Going up offers little hope of survival, while going back means certain death. Even Fang Jin has never encountered such a situation before.

"And it's so strange. If I were the only one here, it would make sense for the dungeon to be this difficult. But there are five new players here."

"Not a stowaway, and with absolutely no prior dungeon experience or abilities, to put such a novice in the final assessment for stowaways... Is the system just trying to kill them off? Why?"

Where exactly is the "exit"?

...Could it really be that we have to kill each other?

Hanging on the first-level steel ladder with one hand, Fang Jin couldn't help but whisper, even having a question similar to Jin Fugui's... But the price of showing off was immediately paid in the next moment.

He was unexpectedly hit head-on by the sweeping wave, his mouth filled with a large amount of icy water, the taste of which was heavy with the stench of rust and decay, and there was also...

"..."

"...A severed finger?"

He suddenly turned his head and looked down, only to see that the water that was originally one-third of the way up the elevator shaft had somehow spread upwards, and the path they had come from was completely submerged!

The water itself gradually turned red and quickly deepened, with various organs and limbs floating inside. It was simply... simply like a "parade" magnified countless times!

Why is this happening?!

Why... you'll understand once you see it. Fang Jin had already discovered before climbing the cloud ladder that there were many portal-like holes on the surface of the walls above and below the water.

As the lights in the sky begin to flicker, crimson torrents will immediately gush forth from some of the holes! They will merge into the water, into the spiral, and become a tiny part of the million-strong procession of flesh and blood!

They are all second-level vampires... This is the inevitable base camp for all field agents!