On this quiet afternoon.
Tide Town was once again stirred into a frenzy by a newly released Dungeon.
For no other reason than that this new Dungeon originated from Great Xia Nevernight City, it immediately drew the attention of countless Adventurers upon its release.
Most importantly, this Dungeon required no admission fee.
It was another free Dungeon.
The Adventurers of Tide Town were a bit dazed by the sudden influx of happiness; it was simply too good to be true, with free Dungeons appearing so frequently.
Liar Tavern, with only 120 slots, couldn't satisfy the demands of the entire Tide Town.
But this time.
Lord Chen’s purely free Dungeon had a whopping 600 slots, five times the number.
Chen Yu also converted the newly acquired territory entirely into Steel Fortress, bringing it directly online.
This made many Adventurers who had been struggling to get in line cheer out loud.
“Awesome!”
“This is truly awesome.”
“Lord Chen is simply an angel sent by the gods to save us from suffering!”
“What angel? Is an angel even worthy?”
“That’s right.”
Countless Adventurers surged towards the Great Xia Nevernight City interface.
Currently, this interface displayed three Dungeons.
Happy Chess and Cards.
Resident Evil.
And the newly released Steel Fortress.
Careful Adventurers quickly understood the gameplay of Steel Fortress.
“Beach landing, capture the fortress?”
“It’s a war-themed game, could it also be a grand world?”
“All Adventurers appear in the trenches below Steel Fortress, charging towards Steel Fortress, killing the final Boss to achieve victory.”
“It sounds like a relatively ordinary stage-clearing game.”
“But 600 people charging simultaneously, the scene must be spectacular, just thinking about it makes me a little excited.”
“The key is that it’s free, it doesn’t even cost happy coins.”
After watching the game introduction.
The Adventurers exclaimed in admiration, praising Lord Chen’s generosity in the public chat.
At this moment, someone else noticed a section in the game rules about happy coins rewards.
“Kill a white-named monster, reward 1 happy coin.”
“Kill a green-named monster, reward 100 happy coins.”
“Kill a blue-named monster, reward 500 happy coins.”
“Look at the very bottom one, kill a purple-named monster, reward ten thousand happy coins.”
“Holy crap!”
“Ten thousand, that’s ten thousand.”
“Our entire day’s worth of attempts can only exchange for 2,500 happy coins, but here, killing one purple-named monster gives ten thousand.”
“Is Lord Chen crazy? Did he write it wrong? Maybe we have to pay Lord Chen ten thousand happy coins for killing a purple-named monster.”
“Hahahahaha, what the person upstairs said makes a lot of sense.”
Playing a Dungeon and getting paid for it.
This was a situation that had never occurred in Adventurer World for hundreds of years.
It had always been the Dungeon Lords trying every possible way to fleece them; this time, however, not only could they play the Dungeon for free, but they could also earn happy coins.
happy coins could be taken back and exchanged for real currency.
A sure win, no losses!
This was truly outrageous.
Upon receiving this news.
The merchants who had hoarded happy coins immediately panicked.
Fearing a massive release of happy coins, they quickly began to dump their happy coins.
This caused the market to fall into chaos for a time.
The value of happy coins plummeted rapidly, from 1:2 to 1:1.5.
However.
This trend reversed instantly after half an hour, climbing back to around 1:1.8.
Because Adventurers suddenly discovered.
This money.
It was really hard to earn.
Inside Steel Fortress.
Bai Xiaobai and his best friends, after their queue at Liar Tavern reached over 1000, couldn't sit still any longer.
So they came to Steel Fortress.
Upon entering.
He saw countless Adventurers, just like him, appearing in the trenches below Steel Fortress.
He took a quick glance and saw there were over 300 of them.
Standing in the trench, as far as the eye could see, there were dense crowds of people, squeezed into this narrow passage.
This scene deeply shocked him.
Because even in the Resident Evil grand world, you couldn't see more than 300 people at once.
Such a grand scene.
Currently, it could only appear in Happy Chess and Cards, but that was an entertainment Dungeon, different in nature.
In front of the trench.
Even more Adventurers were charging one after another towards the Steel Fortress above.
In their hands.
They were all holding...
Hmm?
Bai Xiaobai stared at the small wooden stick in his hand in disbelief, momentarily stunned.
Wait!
What’s going on?
I thought it was a hot weapon technology era like Resident Evil!
Is it a cold weapon instead?
This...
Never mind.
Cold weapons are fine, as long as our enemies also use cold weapons, then there’s no difference.
Anyway, that’s how we used to fight.
Bai Xiaobai looked forward indifferently, but when the first batch of Adventurers rushed to the base of Steel Fortress, gunshots immediately rang out.
Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang...
Dada dada...
The sounds of pistols and submachine guns continuously erupted from behind the cover on top of the fortress.
Looking closely.
He only saw dozens of firearms appearing at the openings of Steel Fortress, frantically spraying bullets at the Adventurers below.
A sniper rifle, from who knows where, fired a shot that blew off the head of Bai Xiaobai’s best friend.
Terrified, he quickly crouched down.
“Holy crap!”
“What is this situation?”
Bai Xiaobai looked at the wooden stick in his hand again, suddenly finding it somewhat comical.
No, is Lord Chen serious?
How are we supposed to fight this?
Fighting a hail of bullets with a wooden stick, isn’t that just sending ourselves to our deaths?
Before they even reached Steel Fortress, 100 of the 600 Adventurers had already been headshotted.
Another 200 were crippled in their legs, feet, and torsos, and then mowed down by the gunfire.
The scene was incredibly bloody and brutal.
Were they here to play and enjoy themselves?
They were here to be played with!
To be enjoyed, weren’t they?
This trench was very narrow, unable to accommodate too many people.
While Bai Xiaobai was still in a daze.
The newly surging Adventurers from behind pushed him out of the trench, exposing him to the view of Steel Fortress.
This scared Bai Xiaobai, who quickly found cover and hid behind it.
But as soon as he hid, a bullet accurately struck him in the forehead.
Instantly killing him.
Game Over!
Bullets rained down from the sky like raindrops, relentlessly harvesting the lives of countless Adventurers.
In just half an hour, over 1000 people had already fallen.
And they hadn't even touched the gates of Steel Fortress, all falling on that charging path.
From ancient times to the present, Adventurers had always felt that they were the protagonists in Dungeons, and everything revolved around them.
Even if a Dungeon was difficult and couldn't be cleared, it didn't negate the fact that they were the protagonists.
But the result was.
Under this Steel Fortress, their perception was completely shattered.
Protagonists?
What a joke!
Even the small monsters usually mowed down weren't as worthless as their lives.
They were not being treated as humans at all, but rather as ants to be wantonly slaughtered by the terrifying Steel Fortress.