After crawling over the giant crocodile's body, Laughing Soul and Xiao Tan continued to move forward. Since they had already traversed this path before, when they moved forward again, they subconsciously picked up their pace. Several minutes later, the two passed the place where they first encountered the monster.
After walking for a while, the two of them suddenly opened up. This gradually widened tunnel finally connected to a very spacious cave. The ceiling and floor of the cave had stalactites. Under the shine of the light, the crystals glowed with different colors and shapes. It was quite a sight to behold. Due to the rugged and uneven stone walls, it was impossible to see the whole picture of the cave at a glance.
"Let's split up … to see if there are any tunnels that lead to other places," Laughing Soul said.
Xiao Tan nodded and pointed to his side. "Then I'll go that way." Then he walked away.
They both had lighting devices, and the cave had good sound transmission. As long as they did not run into a fork, they did not need to worry about being separated. Therefore, Laughing Soul did not waste time and quickly moved in another direction.
Unfortunately, Laughing Soul was not that lucky. The path that she took soon reached a dead end. After crossing a patch of potholes, a relatively large pool appeared before her. The size was similar to the one that she had fallen into earlier. However, the ceiling of this cave was sealed, and the walls that surrounded the pool on three sides announced that this was a dead end.
She turned back and soon reached the place where she had parted with Xiao Tan. Then she headed in the direction that Xiao Tan had taken. It did not take long for them to see the light and Xiao Tan's elongated shadow behind a rock before them.
Xiao Tan heard her approaching footsteps and poked his head out from the corner. "Did you find anything over there?"
"There's no path," Laughing Soul answered and then asked, "What about you? What are you standing there for? "
"I think I found a door," Xiao Tan replied.
"Oh?" As Laughing Soul spoke, she reached Xiao Tan's side. She also saw the so-called 'door'.
It was an octagonal sphere. The surface of the sphere had a metallic texture, and it was larger than a fridge. It blocked the entrance of a tunnel. On the side of the device that faced them, there was a piece of metal in the middle. The color was obviously different. When touched, a game menu would appear before the player's eyes. With just one look, it was obvious that this was purely a game design, and it had nothing to do with the scenario.
"Is this a puzzle?" Laughing Soul asked.
"Use your hand to touch that spot." Xiao Tan pointed at the metal with a different color.
Laughing Soul looked at him and took one step forward. She used her finger to touch the spot that Xiao Tan was pointing at.. "Soul … this kind of puzzle …" When she saw the puzzle, she instantly put on a relaxed expression, and her tone. Her tone was filled with pride.
"Ah … This is the kind of question," Xiao Tan answered.
"You are just standing there to solve this?" Laughing Soul asked.
. "Yes, but now that you're here to talk to me, I've forgotten everything that I've been thinking about," Xiao Tan replied.
"The answer is seventy-five," Laughing Soul said as she used her finger to trace out the two numbers on the metal.
The next second, the surface of the metal sphere turned into the same color as the metal. Then, like a flower bud, it slowly opened from the top. Pieces of metal folded and lined up on the sides of the tunnel and on the ground, unlocking the path before them.
Furthermore, there was a piece of equipment hidden in the middle of the sphere, and it was displayed before their eyes.
Xiao Tan gasped in shock. "How did you calculate so fast?"
"It's nothing." Laughing Soul lifted her head to look at him. "Even the questions that I play for fun are harder than this."
The puzzle earlier was actually a nine-by-nine Sudoku question. Furthermore, the question had given a large number of numbers, so it was relatively easy. The game menu did not require the player to fill up all the empty boxes. It only required the player to solve a few specific numbers and then find the sum.
Even a third-grade primary school student would be able to solve this problem, but without the help of pen and paper or other recording tools, it might take a little more time.
To put it bluntly, this was a puzzle that tested one's short-term memory, mental arithmetic, and logical deduction. It did not require additional thinking, and that was Laughing Soul's strongest suit.
"Your usual pastime is so scary … Are you a mathematician?" Xiao Tan said.
"I'm a liberal arts major," Laughing Soul said. "Other than that … how can there be such a young mathematician? I just graduated in two months."
"Is that so … Why do I feel like you're the science genius type?" Xiao Tan grumbled. "That's surprising.
Laughing Soul scoffed. "I think you're the one who doesn't look like a medical student. You're as cowardly as a mouse."
Xiao Tan smiled and did not explain anything. He walked forward and looked at the equipment inside the metal body. "You can pick this up. What if it's bound to you after you pick it up?"
"It's obvious that I won't be able to use this. If it's really bound, I'll probably sell it at the shop," Laughing Soul replied. "You're the one who picked it up." She was not wrong because the item on the ground looked like a pair of boxing gloves. If a marksmanship specialization player wore it, they would not even be able to pull the trigger, so there was no point in having it.
Hearing that, Xiao Tan walked over to pick it up.
Item Name: Vending Machine Basher
Item Type: Weapon
[Quality: Excellent]
Offense Points: Slightly Weak
Element: None
[Special Effect: 1% chance to cast "Hammerer's Persistence"]
[Equip Requirement: Level 25 or above, Fighting C or General Ability C]
Remark: Have you ever had your coins swallowed by a vending machine? If you do, then you should know that a light pat or a few random punches are futile. Only a single hit can make that damned machine work as usual.
PS: Yes, I once had an ogre spit out its kidney.
After Xiao Tan read it, he passed it to Laughing Soul so that she could read its attributes. "Thankfully, it's not bound. This weapon doesn't suit me at all. Furthermore, I'll need to level up eight more times before I can equip it."
"This pair of boxing gloves will be very powerful if used by a speed-type player," Laughing Soul suggested after reading the attributes. Laughing Soul looked at the item and suggested, "If you plan to auction it, you can set the price higher."
"Hmm … I'll think about that after the scenario is over." Xiao Tan accepted the item and placed it inside his inventory.
Then they moved out again. They entered the unlocked junction and moved down a new stone tunnel.
After a few steps, Laughing Soul was suddenly reminded of something. She opened her mouth to ask, "By the way, since you don't lack Game Coins, why don't you give the equipment to the leader? That will be equivalent to giving him six digits worth of Game Coins. "
"Brother Jue will definitely not accept it." Xiao Tan did not even turn his head. "Be it in real life or in the game, if you give him money directly or indirectly, he will not accept it."
"Ah … The twisted pride of men …" Laughing Soul said with a drawl.
"You can't say that. This is not just a matter of who has hurt whose pride." Xiao Tan denied Laughing Soul's words seriously. "Two friends with a huge difference in economic conditions, if they want to maintain their friendship, the bottom line is to not have frequent and unequal interactions in the area of money. Or else, as time goes on, the basic trust and equality between the two will be lost. "
Laughing Soul looked at him and was silent for a few seconds. Then she smiled. "You sound like you're from a rich family, aren't you?"
"Er …" Xiao Tan hesitated before replying, "I suppose so …"
"That's right. It's nothing embarrassing. Are you afraid to admit that your family is rich?" Laughing Soul said.
Xiao Tan did have his concerns. Since he was young, other than the problem of friends that he mentioned earlier, there was another problem. Another problem that troubled him was … His previous girlfriends either came for the money, or their attitudes changed after they found out that his family was rich. And Xiao Tan was the kind of person who, after being cheated, would still think that the other party had a conscience. If not for his two friends, Feng Bujue and Master Bao, who had been protecting him in the dark, Wang Tanzhi would have been the same as a spendthrift.
Xiao Tan turned around to explain. "Haha … Actually, it's not that bad. It's not as …" Before he finished, he was interrupted.
"Don't worry." Laughing Soul was treating Xiao Tan like a pet. She stood on her tiptoes and patted him on the head. "Even if I know your family is super rich, my attitude toward you will not change." The sadist in her eyes was exposed. "Because my family is definitely richer than yours, so in my eyes, you are just a poor man."
"Where does that confidence come from? Is your father the richest man in the world?" Xiao Tan thought, but he did not say that out loud. He only replied, "Hmm … This is the first time I've been called a poor man, but for some reason, it feels good …"
"That's what it means to be cheap," Laughing Soul said. The reason her words were not blocked was probably because the system agreed with her point of view.
As the two chatted, they came to a junction in front of the tunnel.
From the intersection, the three paths had no distinguishing features, and it was impossible for there to be any road signs or anything like that to indicate the situation ahead.
"Which way?" Laughing Soul asked.
"Hmm? That should be my line, right? "Xiao Tan replied." Haven't you always been the one making the decision? "
"For such a clueless choice, I'll leave it to you to make a guess," Laughing Soul replied.
If Feng Bujue was there, he would have made the same choice because those who had interacted with Xiao Tan for some time would have realized that the man was a good person …
"Hmm … then …" Xiao Tan looked around with the miner's hat on his head and finally said, "I'll take the middle."
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