Chapter 204: The Risks of Overtime

There was still an elevator in this world leading to the other floors.

"Go!"

"Hurry up!"

"Hurry!"

Almost impatiently, Mo Xian pressed the elevator button.

Ding!

The elevator doors opened, and the four of them rushed inside, hurriedly pressing the button to close the doors.

"Hurry!"

"Hurry!"

"Where? Where should we go?"

"Tell me quickly!"

Mo Xian turned toward Liang Lingxue.

She was staring at the elevator panel, her pupils trembling.

Now, all six floors were lit up.

And above every floor—

The word DANGER was flashing.

"Tell me!"

"Hurry!"

"Which floor is the safest?"

Liang Lingxue’s trembling finger moved repeatedly across the flashing floor numbers.

Mo Xian was panicking.

He had originally thought this dungeon would be easy to clear.

With Liang Lingxue and Yan Cheng on his team, it should have been almost like cheating.

As for Wen Lan, he had never really cared about her.

The Fat Team’s original members consisted of Captain Mo Xian, Vice Captain Mo Han, Liang Lingxue, Yan Cheng, and Taishan.

They had once been an extremely powerful first-line team.

Yet now—

They looked as though they were about to collapse.

"Captain..."

"Every floor..."

"Every floor is unsafe."

"It’s all danger."

Liang Lingxue’s lips trembled.

Mo Xian’s pupils widened.

"Impossible."

"How can every floor be dangerous?"

"The first floor is just the company lobby."

"The second floor is only the physical examination room."

"Those are dangerous too?"

"That... that’s in the normal world."

"Who knows what those places have become in this world?"

"Damn!"

"Damn it!"

Just as Mo Xian complained, Yan Cheng beside him made muffled sounds.

Blood marks resembling spiderwebs had appeared across the back of his head.

He no longer dared to activate his ability.

He hurriedly stopped using Word Spirit.

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

"Captain..."

"Captain, hurry!"

"Don’t hesitate!"

"Press the elevator button!"

"Press it!"

"I’ve stopped Word Spirit."

"Those two guys will be here soon!"

Boom!

Before Yan Cheng could finish speaking, the elevator suddenly shook.

Four curved tusks pierced through the elevator doors and stabbed into the elevator.

"Fall back!"

Mo Xian shouted.

The four of them immediately pressed themselves against the walls.

The tusks narrowly missed them.

"Quick!"

"Press the elevator button!"

"Wait until their tusks retract."

"I can still hold them off one more time."

"Captain!"

"Hurry!"

"Choose!"

Yan Cheng covered the back of his head and looked at the captain he trusted most.

No matter how Mo Xian had performed during this instance, Yan Cheng had followed him through countless dungeons.

He still trusted him.

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

"Let’s go to the sixth floor."

"The staff break area should be fine."

"It shouldn’t be a big problem."

"Hahaha!"

At that moment, the four tusks slowly retracted from the elevator doors.

Yan Cheng gritted his teeth and spoke again.

"I say..."

"Do not act while the tusks are still outside."

"The room—"

A strange sound passed through the four holes left by the tusks.

Through those holes, they could see two black, spiked wild boars curled up outside the elevator, their bodies poised to strike.

Ding!

Fortunately, Mo Xian decisively pressed the button for the sixth floor.

The elevator slowly began ascending.

Clang.

Clang.

As the elevator completely left the third floor, Yan Cheng collapsed against the wall.

Blood filled his mouth.

The wounds on his body showed no sign of healing.

"Captain..."

"Captain, it’s fine."

"After tonight, your talent will cool down."

"We can still get out."

"It’s fine."

"I believe in you, Captain."

Yan Cheng clutched the back of his head, looking as though he had narrowly escaped death.

But Mo Xian only stared at him.

His eyes flickered.

For a brief moment—

Perhaps he regretted it.

He regretted overusing his talent against Shen Yu.

That confrontation had brought disaster upon the entire team.

"Ferocious."

"Ferocious."

"Ferocious."

Liang Lingxue said nothing.

Her eyes remained fixed vigilantly on the surroundings.

Ding!

Suddenly—

The fourth-floor button lit up.

The elevator stopped.

Someone had forcibly stopped the elevator on the fourth floor.

Great Danger!

Great Danger!

Great Danger!

A terrifying red omen appeared above everyone’s heads.

"Ah!"

"Captain!"

"Great danger!"

"Great danger!"

"The elevator is stopping on the fourth floor!"

"What?"

With a sudden scream—

Ding!

The elevator stopped.

The doors slowly opened.

"It’s over."

"It’s over."

Hoo...

Hoo...

Cold wind blew through the four holes in the elevator doors.

Everyone stared at the dark world outside.

A heavy, lifeless pressure settled over their hearts.

What else could they do?

What else could they do?

Mo Xian instinctively looked toward Yan Cheng.

Yan Cheng was sitting in the corner, covering his mouth and shaking his head.

"Captain..."

"Captain, if you use the ability again..."

"I’ll die."

"I’ll die."

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"Wen Lan!"

"It’s this time, and you’re still hiding it!"

Mo Xian turned toward Wen Lan with a look of hope.

But she merely leaned against the wall and shrugged.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"You’re the captain."

"The reason you’re the captain is because you’re responsible for the safety of the team, right?"

"If you hadn’t targeted Shen Yu, would things have reached this point?"

"My talent is useless."

"Let’s all wait to die together."

Wen Lan’s attitude was completely indifferent.

Mo Xian’s face turned cold.

He was about to confront her—

Ding!

The elevator doors suddenly opened completely.

Outside the fourth floor—

There was a pigsty.

Yes.

A pigsty.

Old wooden fences enclosed several pig pens.

Inside were wild pigs with long black hair.

Some were as small as piglets.

Others were as large as tigers and wolves.

The ground was covered in filthy pig dung, and the stench was overwhelming.

But those weren’t the most horrifying things.

What truly terrified them was what filled the feeding troughs.

It wasn’t feed.

It was fresh, red, bloody meat.

The pigs were eating meat.

"Hah..."

"Hahahaha!"

Strange growls rose from the darkness.

More than a dozen tiger-sized black, spiked wild boars stood directly in front of the elevator.

Under their black fur, pairs of red eyes stared at Mo Xian and the others.

"Meat."

"Meat."

"Fresh meat."

Drip.

Drip.

Saliva dripped from their mouths.

Their eyes narrowed.

One of the boars slowly stood upright like a human.

Its thick lips split into a terrifying grin.

"Meat."

Thud!

A black, spiked wild boar charged directly into the elevator.

"It’s over."

---

The Fat Team was in complete chaos.

Mo Xian’s heart sank.

Liang Lingxue screamed and closed her eyes.

Yan Cheng stared ahead in disbelief.

"Damn..."

"Is this it already?"

The live-stream comments exploded.

> "What’s happening to the Fat Team?"

> "Are they here just to make us laugh?"

> "If anyone is to blame, it’s Mo Xian."

> "He overused his power fighting Shen Yu."

> "Now that they’re in trouble, the dungeon is going to kill them instead."

> "We said dungeons come first and personal grudges second."

> "Now look at them."

> "No need for Shen Yu to deal with them. The dungeon itself is going to kill them."

The barrage descended into chaos.

No one noticed that Wen Lan, who had been standing quietly in the corner, slowly took out a dagger.

She moved behind Yan Cheng.

At this dangerous moment—

She was thinking about killing her own teammate.

---

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"I’m the leader of the Fat Team!"

"I’m someone who almost made it into the national team!"

"How could I fall here?"

"How could I fall here?"

Time Leap!

The moment Mo Xian forcibly activated his ability, a violent cramp tore through his abdomen.

His chest visibly swelled.

Countless worm-like blood vessels bulged beneath his skin and rushed toward his heart.

This was an extreme release of his ability.

He was already approaching death.

If he wasn’t careful and the pressure from his ability reached his heart—

He would instantly die.

But he had no other choice.

Among the four of them, Wen Lan looked completely indifferent, like a dead pig that wasn’t afraid of boiling water.

Liang Lingxue had no combat ability.

Yan Cheng was already on the verge of death.

If Mo Xian didn’t step forward now—

The entire team would be wiped out.

His heart pounded as his vision changed.

A future scene appeared before him.

More than a dozen black, spiked wild boars rushed into the elevator.

Liang Lingxue was instantly pierced by their spikes, becoming like a human kebab.

Yan Cheng used his final ability.

His head exploded.

Mo Xian was kneeling in the corner.

A tusk pierced through his neck.

And only—

Wen Lan stood calmly in the corner, completely unharmed.

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

The veins in Mo Xian’s chest swelled even more.

He raised his middle finger to activate his ability again.

Blood spilled from his mouth.

"Ugh!"

"Damn it, bitch!"

"You dare to deceive me?"

"Everyone!"

"Everyone, hide behind Wen Lan!"

"Quick!"

After Mo Xian gave the order, Yan Cheng was the first to grab Wen Lan’s leg and crawl toward her.

Then—

Thud!

Wen Lan suddenly kicked him hard in the chest.

The already injured Yan Cheng stumbled backward.

Whoosh!

His body collided with the black, spiked wild boars rushing into the elevator.

Thud!

Dozens of tusks instantly pierced through Yan Cheng’s chest.

His pupils widened.

Several wild boars lifted him into the air with their tusks.

His body hung there, blood splattering throughout the elevator.

"You..."

"You..."

Confusion.

Disbelief.

He couldn’t understand.

Yan Cheng’s mouth opened wide.

His chest was riddled with holes.

"Damn it!"

"Wen Lan!"

"What the hell are you trying to do?"

"You..."

"You bitch!"

Seeing Yan Cheng die like this, Mo Xian and Liang Lingxue’s faces turned pale.

Their lips trembled uncontrollably.

They stared at Wen Lan with bloodshot eyes.

"What the hell?"

"Is there an internal fight within the team now?"

"It’s over."

"This is a double blow!"

"Both inside and outside the team!"

"They really aren’t going to make it, are they?"

"I don’t remember Wen Lan."

"Has she even appeared before?"

"Actually, if she’s sacrificing one person to save the others, the rest might still have a chance to leave the elevator."

The barrage erupted into chaos.

Meanwhile, Wen Lan remained completely calm.

She looked at the black, spiked wild boars blocking the elevator.

Yan Cheng’s corpse was still hanging from their tusks.

A faint smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"I say..."

"No creature can move except me."

Then she repeated herself.

"I said..."

"No creature except me can move."

A bizarre scene unfolded.

After Wen Lan spoke—

The already dying Yan Cheng suddenly closed his eyes.

Then he followed her words.

"Puff."

"Puff."

"Puff."

The moment the sentence was spoken, the blood vessels in Yan Cheng’s face immediately exploded.

His body, already riddled with holes, fell from the wild boars’ tusks.

Buzz!

The power of Word Spirit activated.

Except for Wen Lan—

Everyone else seemed to have been struck by an invisible curse.

They froze in place.

Unable to move.

Wen Lan glanced at Liang Lingxue and Mo Xian.

Both were furious.

Both were terrified.

She stepped forward and kicked aside the black, spiked wild boars that could no longer move.

Then she pressed the elevator’s close button.

Ding!

The elevator doors slowly closed.

The elevator began moving upward again.

Clang.

Clang.

The heavy machinery rumbled.

Liang Lingxue and Mo Xian collapsed onto the floor.

They stared at Yan Cheng’s body.

Blood still covered the holes in his corpse.

His body twitched faintly.

"You..."

"What exactly did you do?"

"Did you copy his talent?"

"If that’s the case..."

"Why didn’t you step forward earlier?"

"You beast!"

"You bitch!"

Mo Xian could no longer hold himself back.

He began cursing at Wen Lan.

Wen Lan merely looked at him coldly.

A mocking smile appeared on her face.

"Since when can someone who doesn’t care about the team criticize me?"

"I saved you because you’re still useful."