Chapter 167: Road Puzzle
As the narrator's voice faded, new coordinates appeared.
Li Xiang headed towards another Village.
Along the way, the surrounding environment was eerie, with twisted trees and extremely dim light.
There were many dead leaves on the ground. Stepping on them produced the sound of their veins snapping, which was particularly harsh and frightening in the extremely quiet environment.
"This game... the environment is really realistic!!!"
After exclaiming, Li Xiang summoned his Crimson Flame Steed, mounted it directly, and quickly charged towards his destination.
The Crimson Flame Steed was very fast, several times faster than an ordinary horse.
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Outside the dungeon.
Qing Shui Ya appeared, a smile playing on her lips as she looked at the dungeon progress of 38%.
A moment later, screenshots and posts about the progress of the 'Lost Village' dungeon appeared on the Wu Shuang City forum.
'Level 45 Dungeon 'Lost Village', Qu Ming is currently clearing it!!!'
As soon as this post appeared, it instantly attracted the attention of a large number of players.
A simple title, with two explosive points!!!
One is a level 45 dungeon.
At the current stage, level 45 dungeons are the top-tier dungeons, which can only be attempted by level 45 players.
Qu Ming is the only player in the entire World who has reached level 45 at this stage!!!
And in the post, the four characters "Qu Ming" were also highlighted.
Therefore, as soon as the post appeared, it instantly caused a sensation.
When it was confirmed that it was indeed a screenshot of a level 45 dungeon's progress, and the poster was Qing Shui Ya, who had been certified by the Gods Guild, the number of comments soared.
Wu Shuang City now has tens of millions of players.
The post was quickly reposted and soon reached forums in other City.
And with rapid dissemination, it basically spread across the entire World forum within a few minutes.
Major forces were all closely watching the post, waiting for updates.
No force, especially foreign forces, wanted Li Xiang to clear the dungeon.
Level 45 dungeons, at the current stage, no force is qualified to attempt them.
Only Li Xiang is qualified to attempt them.
This in itself is an absolute suppression.
If he clears it, the gap will be even greater...
Moreover...
Li Xiang is attempting the difficult difficulty dungeon!!!
The gap... is even larger...
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Inside the dungeon.
Li Xiang didn't know that the outside world was already going crazy about him clearing the dungeon.
After riding for more than ten minutes, he still hadn't reached the coordinate point.
Li Xiang was bewildered.
The distance between the two coordinates was not too far.
But not having arrived yet was clearly problematic.
Li Xiang dismounted from the Crimson Flame Steed.
The Crimson Flame Steed snorted flames from its nostrils, looking around uneasily.
Li Xiang gently patted its back, "Is there anything unusual?"
As a Black Iron quality Crimson Flame Steed, it possessed considerable intelligence and could understand Li Xiang's words, nodding its head.
Without speaking, Li Xiang's gaze swept around.
If Monsters appeared, Li Xiang wasn't afraid.
With his attributes, a mere level 45 dungeon couldn't hold him back.
However, this unknown situation was quite uncomfortable...
Li Xiang attempted to walk forward.
After more than ten minutes, he was back at the starting point.
"Strange..."
Visually, he was walking a straight path, and the scenery on both sides looked different as he walked, but as he kept walking, he would find that the scenery started to repeat.
Continue forward.
This time, Li Xiang paid extra attention to the surrounding scenery, even making marks.
Seven minutes later, Li Xiang arrived at the intersection of the new and old scenery.
Upon reaching here, Li Xiang looked at the scenery on both sides of the intersection before him.
After observing carefully for a moment, Li Xiang saw the mark he had made!!!
"It's the path I've already walked..."
Looking back, it was new scenery...
This meant walking forward was walking backward!!!
And backward...
Li Xiang carefully examined.
He didn't know when, but there had been subtle differences in the scenery behind him.
And the biggest difference was that the mark he had made had disappeared...
Therefore!!!
Li Xiang immediately turned around!!!
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Outside, Qing Shui Ya watched the dungeon progress fluctuate between 40% and 44%.
It would be 40% one moment and 45% the next, and she fell silent.
She knew that Li Xiang had likely encountered some situation in the dungeon that caused the progress to jump back and forth!!!
And on the forum, no new updates had appeared for a while, and everyone was @ing the members certified by the Gods Guild.
The Gods Guild members who were @ed were also confused.
The President is clearing the dungeon, the President is awesome.
But they were just foot soldiers, how could they know the President's movements!!!
Outsiders didn't know, but those within the Gods Guild were very clear.
Qing Shui Ya, who posted the thread, was the top person in the Gods Guild besides the President Qu Ming and Vice President Liu Yunfeng.
It was not within their authority to inquire.
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Here, Liu Yunfeng saw the widely circulated post on the forum and immediately messaged Qing Shui Ya.
"Qingshui, what's the situation now?"
Qing Shui Ya glanced at the progress list again, "It's jumping back and forth, the President might have encountered trouble..."
Liu Yunfeng immediately rushed towards the dungeon.
A few minutes later, Qing Shui Ya, who had been closely watching the dungeon progress, suddenly saw it move.
From jumping back and forth, it became 50%!!!
Qing Shui Ya's tense nerves immediately relaxed.
Then she saw the progress bar start to soar.
55%...
60%...
Qing Shui Ya knew that Li Xiang had overcome the difficulty and was once again rapidly clearing the dungeon.
She immediately took a screenshot and updated the progress on the forum.
As soon as the progress was updated.
It immediately attracted a large number of onlookers and reposts.
At this moment, a large number of players around the world were paying attention.
This was the last dungeon before entering a City.
Clearing this dungeon meant that dungeons below level 50 were basically monopolized by Li Xiang alone.
Other forces that wanted to compete with the Gods Guild in terms of dungeons would have to wait until level 50 and reach a City.
This was absolute dominance!!!
And this was also the strategic significance of this level 45 dungeon!!!
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Inside the dungeon.
After breaking free from the predicament, Li Xiang rode his Crimson Flame Steed at full speed.
Soon, he saw the second Village.
Unlike the first abandoned Village, this Village was shrouded in a large amount of black mist just from looking at it from the outside.
At this moment, the narrator appeared again.
【Young man, you have stepped into an extremely dangerous place. This Village is filled with man-eating corpses. They love the scent of living people the most... You must be fully prepared before stepping into it!】
As this narration appeared, the black mist rising from the distant Village surged even more.
Li Xiang took a deep breath.
"Giddy up!!!"