1008 The Stone Box
The difficulty of a mid-tier game world was several times higher than that of a low-tier game world, so it was best not to fight if they could settle things through negotiations.
The players also felt that they would not gain any advantage if they attacked. Thus, they followed Wei Tao’s instructions and followed the commander-level beast in front with their guns.
The deeper they went, the denser the stone forest became.
After moving forward for another ten minutes, the commander-level beast stopped.
There was a stone pillar standing tall in the middle of the stone forest.
Fang Heng squinted his eyes and looked carefully. The top of the stone pillar was about 10 meters from the ground, and there was a stone box on it.
The box looked extremely old and seemed to have been left there for a long time. There was a thick layer of dust on it.
The cave-dwelling beasts seemed to be extremely afraid of the stone box, hiding far away in a circle, not daring to get close.
The commander-level beast pointed the white bone spear in its hand at the box on the stone pillar, then took a few steps closer to the players. It raised the spear again and pointed it at Tang Mingyue, making a gurgling sound.
Everyone turned to look at Tang Mingyue.
“Me?” Tang Mingyue was confused.
What did this mean? Why was she suddenly chosen?
She couldn’t understand what the monster was saying and showed a puzzled expression.
Fang Heng thought for a while and then nodded, “Well, maybe there’s something in the box and it wants you to open it?”
Tang Mingyue’s gut told her that something was wrong the moment she laid eyes on the box from a distance. She was extremely unwilling to go, “It’s so strange. Why doesn’t it open the box itself? Why did it choose me?”
“Maybe you have something special about you? Or do you have any special skills?”
“Why don’t we go over and take a look? Maybe we’ll trigger some mission?”
“That’s not very appropriate. There might be a problem with the box. It’s very dangerous.”
Everyone started to discuss.
Mikhael looked around at the cave-dwelling beasts and said, “It seems like they won’t let us go easily. We can either take action or…”
Tang Mingyue looked at Fang Heng, ” Fang Heng, what do you think? ”
Everyone shifted their gaze to Fang Heng.
Fang Heng couldn’t sense what was in the box either as it was too far away. However, he could faintly feel that the box seemed to be a little dangerous.
“I think since we’re already here, why don’t we take a look?”
Tang Mingyue’s face showed hesitance, “Huh…”
“Hmm, I’ll go. My HP is higher, so it’s safer for me to go anyway,” Fang Heng nodded.
He had the Undead effect and the ability to teleport, so his life-preservation ability was considered very strong.
Though, it wasn’t completely safe.
The current situation was quite peculiar. If he was infected by some curse or nightmare, he would die no matter how much HP he had.
Therefore, it was better to use the Blood Shadow skill and create a blood shadow clone to open the box to ensure 100% safety.
Fang Heng had already made a plan in his mind.
What if there was something good in the box?
In the game, danger often hid opportunities.
However, Fang Heng didn’t expect that as soon as he took a step forward, the commander-level beast in front suddenly raised its bone spear and stabbed him.
“Whoosh!” The bone spear streaked through the air and the commander-level beast’s eyes glowed with ferocity as it let out a low growl.
The meaning was obvious.
Don’t get close, this was just a warning.
“Looks like it won’t work.”
Fang Heng and the monster were in a stalemate for a moment. He could only take two steps back.
Everyone shifted their gaze to Tang Mingyue.
The commander-level beast had its eyes on Tang Mingyue, and no one could stop it.
“Alright, I’ll go,” Tang Mingyue felt helpless.
When she came, she had been quite certain that the passing rate of this trial mission was not high. She forced herself to come because she was moved by Wei Tao’s “sincere offer”.
“If I die, you’ll have to pay more,” As Tang Mingyue spoke, she gave Wei Tao a look.
“Naturally,” Wei Tao knew Tang Mingyue’s thoughts and nodded, “Be careful. If you don’t die, you’ll be paid even more.”
“It’s a deal!” Tang Mingyue’s eyes brightened up, and she suddenly felt more motivated.
The treatment Tang Mingyue received was completely different from Fang Heng. Seeing her walk toward the stone pillar, the commander-level beast did not stop her. Instead, it stepped aside and made way for her.
Tang Mingyue looked up at the top of the stone pillar, took a deep breath, and jumped.
In mid-air, her body was nimble and vigorous. The tips of her feet stepped lightly along the gap between the protruding stone pillars as a leverage point, and she climbed to the top of the stone pillar in a few steps.
At the top of the stone pillar was a platform with a radius of more than one meter. The stone box was in the middle of the platform, and there were many broken stones scattered around it.
Tang Mingyue observed the box and felt an inexplicable sense of danger and uneasiness.
“Hu…” Tang Mingyue blew at the box, blowing away the thick layer of dust on it.
It was now or never!
Tang Mingyue boosted herself in her heart. She activated the Hardening skill to increase her defense ability and slowly reached out her hand to touch the stone box.
The stone was extremely cold to the touch.
Nothing unexpected happened.
Tang Mingyue grew a little braver and tried to lift the lid.
It was so heavy!
So much so that she actually couldn’t lift it!
Tang Mingyue had already entered the intermediate game stage, and all of her basic game skills had been maxed out. Her strength was among the top among ordinary mid-tier players, but she still found the stone lid extremely heavy.
As such, she could only use both hands to forcefully move the stone lid forward to open a hole. Then, she lowered her head and looked inside the box.
Eh? Nothing? How could it be empty?
Tang Mingyue was stunned for a moment.
She was incredulous and wondered if she had seen wrong. She immediately took out the flashlight from her bag and looked inside the stone box.
There was nothing!
While Tang Mingyue was still confused, she suddenly felt the stone pillar under her feet tremble slightly.
The frequency of the shaking increased, and the entire stone pillar began to shake violently.
Below, Wei Tao realized that the situation was not good and shouted, “Ming Yue! It’s dangerous, get whatever is inside and come back!”
Tang Mingyue thought to herself, “What should I take? It’s empty!”
Just as she was about to turn around and shout, the entire cave began to shake violently.
The monsters that had gathered around the players all felt some kind of fear. They curled up on the ground, their hands in front of their bodies in a praying position while they made strange sounds with their mouths.
Fine gravel kept falling from the top of the cave.
It can’t be…
She had to run first!
Tang Mingyue felt the vibration under her feet getting increasingly violent. She raised her eyebrows and immediately leaped forward.
“Boom!”
Tang Mingyue had just landed on the ground when a deafening explosion sounded behind her.
The central stone pillar collapsed before everyone’s eyes.
The monsters that were curled up in the surroundings looked terrified at this time. They kept making gurgling sounds as they quickly got up and fled in all directions. In the blink of an eye, they had disappeared without a trace.
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine, but there’s nothing in the box.”
Tang Mingyue was dumbfounded.
What was going on? Could it be that the stone box was a trap?
