Chapter 315 - 80: An Unknown Inside Story

While being carried along by the Slime Puppet, Duan Fei took the opportunity to inspect its body and found a common, minor bug.

With the ultimate Profession effect of an Alchemist, he could understand the characteristics of these super-large Slimes at a glance.

The person who made these things must have been a genius. She had a profound understanding of the Slime’s devour ability and could even give them specific traits, enabling advanced tactics like these Slime Puppets.

Unfortunately, this genius made a fundamental mistake, which caused the Slime Puppets to misinterpret commands—in fact, they understood them as the complete opposite.

’Doesn’t this person even test their creations?’

’You really can’t cut corners on some things.’

Therefore, Duan Fei could only "tearfully" correct this error, adding a voice recognition system to make the Slime Puppet truly his own.

With the Slime Puppet, the rest of the journey became much easier.

The massive puppet carried the group of players forward, continuing its mad dash. Compared to this large puppet, the previous super-large Slimes were now easy to deal with, shattering to pieces with a single stomp.

Before long, a dark stairway appeared before them.

Just as Duan Fei thought they could soon enter the rest area and proceed to the sixteenth floor, something unexpected happened again.

The pixel-censored Alchemist appeared before them once more, and next to her was an even more enormous Slime Puppet.

She clutched her chest, which was throbbing with pain from her broken ribs, and shouted at the Slime Puppet before her, "As long as I’m here, you won’t reach the sixteenth floor! My little darling, attack!"

Having his own Slime Puppet fling him over, Duan Fei landed gracefully on the opponent’s puppet. The ultimate Alchemist Talent activated, allowing him to instantly learn the puppet’s control code and modify it to become his own in a split second.

He then casually grabbed the dumbfounded Alchemist, looked at her, and said with a smile, "So, ma’am, any last words?"

"...How did you do that?"

Duan Fei had the puppet knock the foolish woman unconscious. He then ordered the Slime Puppet to stand guard outside while the group entered the exit of the fifteenth floor, arriving at the rest area.

There was a rest area every three floors in the Dungeon. From now on, even if they died on a lower floor, they could respawn directly here on their next entry, avoiding the need to retread the upper levels of the Dungeon.

Each rest area had its own unique characteristics. This one resembled an empty factory floor.

The place was almost completely empty, with only a bright Magic Lamp overhead casting its glow.

Because the entrance was too narrow, Duan Fei had to leave the two Slime Puppets to stand guard outside. He then turned his attention to their newly captured Alchemist.

Jinghong took out some clothes and draped them over her. The other players, except for Duan Fei, headed into the sixteenth floor to begin scouting.

Having activated the rest area on the fifteenth floor, a great deal of pressure was lifted from their shoulders. They could now use their ability to respawn to explore the next floor freely.

Meanwhile, the behind-the-scenes team for Eight Desolates began to organize the recorded footage, formulate a strategy, and consider how to best utilize Duan Fei’s two Slime Puppets to transport other players here as quickly as possible.

Through their prior coordination, Duan Fei and the others had already established a solid plan, which they continuously refined through several joint efforts until it became a standard procedure.

By the time the Alchemist woke up, new players had already been brought over by the Slime Puppets and had begun exploring the sixteenth floor.

Clutching the clothes around her, the Alchemist stared in horror at Jinghong and cried out, "How could..."

"Calm down," Duan Fei said from the side. "I know you probably can’t accept the fact that you’ve been defeated, but..."

"How can there be such a beautiful Slime! I didn’t notice before, but you’re just too cute! Are you interested in coming with me to... look at goldfish? I promise I’ll be very gentle."

Staring at the Alchemist, who was acting like a total creep, Duan Fei was at a loss for words.

’As an Alchemist and one of the Four Heavenly Kings, aren’t your kinks a little weird?’

"Um..."

Duan Fei was about to speak again, but the glasses-wearing woman immediately cut in, "It’s fine, do whatever you want! Tie me up and humiliate me! I’m an expert at captivity play."

Narrowing his eyes at the fanatical Alchemist, Duan Fei decided he needed to find some time to check if this stupid game was really rated 15+.

’Otherwise, why are there always so many perverts!’

Jinghong, who was being hugged so tightly she felt her body go numb, said helplessly, "I’m a girl..."

"What do Slimes care about gender! Oh, I can’t take it, even the way you talk is too cute! Want some candy?"

"Um..."

"I’ll agree! I’ll agree to anything you say! I’ll even betray the Demon King if you ask! As long as you let me stay with you, I’ll do anything."

Jinghong felt disgusted being clung to like this.

But what disgusted her even more was that the woman’s Character Card had suddenly appeared.

"Name: Falan

Rarity: Purple

Profession: Alchemist

Skills: Bio-Modification (Master), Bio-Research (Master), Puppet Modification (Master), Puppet Research (Master)..."

The conditions for activating a Character Card were widely debated, but one common theory was that you needed to have a high enough favorability level with the person and complete a task for them.

The thought of getting a Character Card from this woman without having done anything made her feel even more grossed out.

Shoving the woman away, Jinghong fought back her disgust and said to Duan Fei, "You interrogate her. I’ll use her Character Card to unlock the permissions for this area so more players can get in."

"Got it. Go ahead."

"Be careful with that pervert. Don’t let her take advantage of you! Boys need to protect themselves, too, understand?"

"Don’t worry. Go on."

Watching Jinghong leave, Falan looked like she was about to cry.

But then, she started giggling. "Oh, so we’re doing some idle play? What an advanced technique."

"You’re a pervert!"

"I’m not a pervert. I’m just an Alchemist who is hopelessly addicted to Slimes."

"That’s the definition of a pervert!"

"Alright, just ask your questions. Let me hurry up and betray the Demon King so I can go after my Slime."

Seeing her attitude change in an instant, Duan Fei suddenly felt that perhaps it would have been better to just crush her earlier.

Composing himself, Duan Fei asked, "I do have a few questions. Are you human?"

"Nope," Falan said candidly. "We Four Heavenly Kings were all created by the Demon King. It might be easier for you to think of us as Apostles."

"Apostles?"

"Mhm... It means the Demon King controls our lives. Everything we are belongs to him. If the Demon King commands us to die, we must die. We have to obey his every order."

"Then why are you betraying the Demon King?"

"Because that’s what the Demon King wants, too."

Looking at Falan’s completely nonchalant expression, Duan Fei sensed that there was definitely more to this dungeon than he knew.