Chapter 268 – Cat Dad's Dungeon is Horrifying
= USA, Florida =
Kane stared at the computer screen while he typed. When he finished typing, he leaned back on the gaming chair and sighed.
Kane's in-ga na was Explorer. Just now, he posted a thread in the official forum and social dia, telling everybody about the experience in Xiaomao's dungeon.
He didn't expect a good response since he did what he could to contribute. As Explorer was no longer with the Claymore Guild, he had nothing to do with the event anymore.
"I'm done with this event. Y'all can have fun in the backrooms and die! You can't fight entities!"
Kane closed his eyes and thought of the terrifying experience in the dungeon, especially when the army of mannequins overran Marcus's troops.
DING
DING
Within a minute, the thread's view count sharply rose, and replies followed. Most of the comnts ca from players of other servers.
[Pic or it didn't happen.]
[Co to server two and join our events. Server 3 is a joke.]
[World Three is for noobs. Backrooms? Go back to creepy-pasta, nerd!]
There were a lot of mockery and insults, but Kane didn't mind. He made his point, and it should at least help the players that hadn't arrived at the dungeon yet.
After 10 minutes, replies from a Spartan Guild mber appeared. The person also posted a clip, in which he had recorded the entire experience on the B1 floor.
[OP didn't lie. It happened. My guild's elites were wiped out in minutes. If you don't believe , check my clip. That stupid roaming boss's abilities are just too ridiculous.]
After the clip showed up, the comnts shifted into supporting Kane's info. More people, who died in the dungeon, also posted their videos, screenshots, and their stories.
[I got into the dungeon with my friends from Claymore Guild. I don't know what happened to OP, but he left my guild. Anyway, we got separated from the main team, and we couldn't go back to the surface. The path that we ca from was gone. We tried to find the exit, but we ran into a group of level-100 mannequins. Our stranded team didn't even have a healer or a tank. We died obviously, but I got so pics of those damn mannequins.]
[My team got stranded in the middle of a Minecraft maze or so sort. There were floating blocks everywhere, and we had to jump from one floating platform to another. There were also level-300 war maidens chasing us, and they had wings. We got kicked out of the platforms and died.]
[You people are lucky. When we entered the underground floor, my friends were all gone, and I was left alone. I got through the Level-0 section and found a room with many sliders. See my clips. There were hints on top of the slider holes – Ho, Exit, Fun, Death, Life, and many more. Of course, I picked ho, and it sent to a dark void or so sort. I got suffocated to death, obviously. The slide was fun, though.]
[^I found the sliders too, but I picked question mark one. The slider dropped on a floating platform with only one way to leave. But at the end of the path, I heard a terrifying scream of a monster and I got panicked. I looked down and saw a doodle of a smiley face and the instruction "Jump". Of course, I jumped, and… freefalling into the void and died from the lack of oxygen.]
[^^Sounds like a certain clip from the backrooms YouTube. Any proof?]
[^^^There you go… My gaplay. See the attached file.]
[^^^^OMG! How could you?!]
The comnts kept going, and viewers continued to increase. After an hour, the thread was pinned by the moderator.
Kane couldn't stop reading the comnts. He was proud of what he did.
"There you go. I contributed sothing!"
"Yeah, you did. You did a lot."
"Thanks, bro…"
Kane paused and gulped. He just rembered that he had moved out from his parent's ho, and he lived alone. He turned around and looked at the mysterious person behind him.
He was a withered old man who looked like he could die from a slight touch. He sat on Kane's bed, smiling at him.
"W-Who are you?! How did you get in here?!"
The old man extended his hand for a handshake, "The na is Solomon. I'm the current ga developer of Pangu Online 2 that you've been playing."
"Bruh, what? But how did you get in?"
Seeing that the old man had no weapon, Kane was partly relieved. Still, he grabbed a pistol under his computer table and pointed at the old man.
"I don't know how you get here, but please get out."
Solomon laughed and snapped his fingers. The Glock instantly turned to ash.
Kane widened his eyes in shock and took a step back. His butt hit the edge of the computer table, and he fell to the ground.
"Relax, child. I'm here to give you a reward for such a contribution."
Solomon snickered and gave Kane a thick book with a leather cover. The front of the book had no title.
Kane reluctantly received it and frowned, "What's this for? A death note?"
"I wish I had that power. Hahaha! Just read a few pages, and you will understand."
"…"
Kane raised his brows and opened the book. As soon as the book was opened, a light shot out from the first page and entered Kane's forehead.
DING
Kane suddenly heard a ga system notification bell. Then, sothing in him changed.
A system panel appeared in front of him, showing him his status. In addition, the system warned him about the looming danger.
"…"
Kane looked at the ssages in shock. He pointed at it and looked at Solomon.
The old man gently smiled, "You like it?"
"Can you see what I'm seeing?"
"Yes, I can."
"What is happening here?!"
Solomon stood up and put on his hat. He lifted his cane and slowly walked out of Kane's room, "I've given you the reward. Treasure it, young man. I'll be seeing you a lot in the future."
WHOOSH
Solomon faded and vanished right in front of Kane. The latter stared at the door in a daze, unable to comprehend what he had just witnessed.
FWOOSH
A business card fell from the book. The edge of the card poked Kane's hand, snapping him back to reality. He looked at his hand and found the business card.
"Solomon King? King Solomon?!"
Kane gulped and thought of Solomon's legends. He wondered if that old man was the real deal.
However, the surprise wasn't over. Kane suddenly received a new notification ssage.
DING
"…"
All the fear and confusion earlier vanished like smoke. Kane's eyes reddened as he stared at the promising job offer. A few minutes later, he browsed the ga's website to find what the synchro was.
He read everything about the recent major update announcent, which involved superhuman and synchronization rates.
"I can beco a superhuman by playing the ga? WTF?!"
Despite the complaints, he couldn't stop smiling. He regretted that he didn't read the announcent when it appeared as he was too busy watching backrooms videos and playing the ga.
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= Slave Dungeon, B7 Floor, Boss Room =
A row of seats was arranged in front of the huge monitor, which displayed the live streams of the B1 floor.
Cookie, Ifrit, Undine, Nymph, Taotie, and Mimir enjoyed eating snacks while cheering for the mannequins. They laughed when players fell into a trap or reacted to the mannequin hoard.
The highlight belonged to Gata, who singlehandedly hunted down stranded players on the B1 floor and pushed them to the traps. She even caught Explorer and gave it to Torrent.
Torrent imdiately threw Explorer's body into the chemical pit, and he died on the spot. As for the flesh, it lted, leaving only white bones.
Taotie rubbed his chin while he looked at the completed bone. He suddenly had an inspiration.
"Is there any creature that has the power to steal bones from others with just a look?"
Mimir frowned, "If that even exists, it might have been classed as a calamity race."
The immortals nodded. They imagined a monster, who could debone everybody by looking into their eyes. It was too powerful.
owow overheard it. He suddenly laughed, "Great idea, munya! Let experint with sothing. I'll make another creature!"
The immortals sweated profusely. They stood up and waved their hands, stopping owow from creating the blasphemous creature.
"Don't do it, senior! It's too much! We might not be able to control it!"
"STOP! NO MORE SICKENING MOB, PLEASE!"
"I was just kidding, senior! Don't make it!"
owow sounded disappointed, "Why? It was such a good idea. A monster that can steal bones with eye contact or look is so good and creative!"
"What if it accidentally steals our bones, senior?"
"…"
owow paused to think of the worst-case scenario. He suddenly had goosebumps about how he and the immortals might accidentally die because of their creations.
Because of the unanimous rejection, owow canceled the project. However, he believed that the new race might be useful in the dungeon.
owow thought of the Party Girls. Then, he revisited the B1 factory and secretly created another dangerous being to be the guardian of the B3 floor, who would manage the newborn party girls.
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