The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle Chapter 21 21: Entering the Team Instance

Xu Linqiu sat in his place, but his gaze was observing others.

Old Tomato was socially anxious, but once the topic shifted to gas, he would open up like a floodgate, detailing strategies and insights with extre clarity, showcasing his innate sharp intuition.

He had cleared the Difficult Dungeon twice, with a highest score of 88.

Jun Mowen, unpretentious in speech, interacted with others sincerely and wasn't aloof; he just preferred silence—a player driven by intellect.

He had completed Nightmare mode once, scoring 79.

As for this Night Watcher... Xu Linqiu gave him a glance, and the latter, while chatting with others, stealthily flashed a peace sign at him. No mistake...this guy was actually an internal mber of the Investigation Bureau, now reluctantly under his command.

Why reluctantly?

Because this fellow was backed by significant figures within the Investigation Bureau, and after the public beta of Abyssal Paradise, he was assigned to his team.

Additionally, this fellow wasn't just leveraging connections; his talent was truly exceptional, having cleared the Difficult Dungeon three tis with an average score of 81.

The ga's rating system actually encompassed many aspects—combat power, luck, understanding of the world, completion of tasks, and so forth—complex yet comprehensive.

And these three, they were the promising newcors he was currently focusing on.

As for...the other two who had unusual encounters with the supernatural.

Xu Linqiu turned towards a girl in a connected hat and Su Qi; he could understand why one would sleep throughout—after all, the girl was plagued by anomalies, and sleep deprivation was normal.

He twitched the corners of his mouth slightly.

But damn, the other ate from start to finish.

Were you reincarnated from a starving ghost?

Su Qi, seemingly aware, looked up and locked eyes with him, offering a slight smile.

"..."

Xu Linqiu helplessly withdrew his gaze, having been outfoxed when he first t this guy. He admitted...he was better suited for combat, unable to handle this fellow.

And a particularly strange point.

He was unable to find Su Qi's Dungeon clear records and rating—this was the first ti such a situation had occurred...it seed Su Qi's data was disrupted, needing ti to recover.

"Could it be that...a bug occurred?"

Yet Xu Linqiu found it far-fetched: "Forget it, this isn't a real ga."

"I'll check later using higher authority from the teacher."

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The offline eting thus hastily concluded, and after everyone added each other as friends, they were eager to leave early.

In the early public beta phase, everyone was desperate to level up sooner, expand their advantage, and pass the club's assessnt to beco official mbers.

Su Qi also took a cab ho, and upon entering his community, he spotted a white cat with distinct features.

The cat looked unique, prompting Su Qi to take a few extra glances.

For its forehead fur had been cleanly shaved.

And upon his appearance, it fixed him with a dark, unblinking stare.

"It shouldn't be the sa one from before; this one's clearly fatter, but the owner of this cat has so interesting ideas, giving it such a hairstyle."

Mumbling to himself, Su Qi walked past the cat. The white cat scratched its claws fiercely and growled lowly, yet did not dare to pounce.

Once back, Su Qi lay down in the ga pod.

[Neural connection in progress]

[Connection successful]

[Welco Player Su Buxian to the ga]

Su Qi didn't imdiately start matchmaking but went straight to the draw.

The prize box, after shaking back and forth, burst open with a bang.

Inside, instead of a sphere of light, was a piece of equipnt.

[Na: Dark Wind Boots]

[Type: Equipnt]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Cost: 100 Physical Strength Points]

[Function: After activation, it will enter a five-minute Stealth State (In darkness, all movent and noise are reduced by 90%, movent speed is increased by 30%, movent speed and Body Movent Attribute are the sa, with a maximum bonus of 50)]

[Note: On nights when the moon is black and winds are high, murder leaves no trace]

"It seems pretty good, my taphysical lottery theory has been proven once again."

Su Qi equipped it directly, but he didn't set it to show; his character's clothing remained his usual outfit.

After all, many equipnt styles are quite flashy, and mixing them randomly could result in an unknown style, but when activating its function, it would briefly display a phantom for one second to indicate it was working.

[Player Su Buxian, Level 7]

[Matching for team Difficult Dungeon in progress]

[Team Dungeon confird, number of players: six]

This ti, the lights in the personal login space didn't flicker, and from the doorway, vast expanses of darkness surged in like tide water, yet silently.

Then, it engulfed the room along with Su Qi.

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[Since it's the first ti entering a team dungeon, this mode will provide a common main mission for each player, and will evaluate and reward based on individual completion degrees]

[Note: Any act of killing a team mber will result in a ban of the main mission, and no related rewards or experience can be obtained]

After a brief trance, Su Qi felt as if he had fallen from the high sky to the ground.

His first thought was:

"I didn't hear that voice this ti."

Then, he sniffed:

"Unpleasant sll."

Su Qi slled a foul stench of blood and decay.

He slowly opened his eyes.

He was now on an abandoned bus, and the source of the foul and bloody odor was a uniford corpse in the aisle, which had been dead for so ti, judging by the dense swarm of flies around it.

And on this bus.

There were five other living people, all of whom had also opened their eyes and whose nicknas appeared above their heads, indicating they were players in this team dungeon.

However.

Su Qi paused slightly: "Two classmates, we et again."

A youth in a duckbill cap and another slightly shy-looking young man were sitting across the aisle, although both had slightly changed their faces, the IDs above their heads exposed their identities.

[Dark Guardian] and [An Old Tomato]

Both were level 7, and upon seeing Su Qi, they also paused: "Su Buxian?"

"It looks like you guys are duo-queuing."

"Yes," Dark Guardian replied, sowhat surprised, "Brother Tomato and I added each other as ga friends after getting ho, planning to duo-queue, and we didn't expect to see your nickna as soon as we entered, what a coincidence."

Su Qi: "It really is a coincidence, and it seems it's not just the two of you duo-queuing—don't the two in the back have sothing to say?"

The two in the back were also duo-queuing.

One nad [Ah Qie], and the other nad [Ah Ti]

[Ah Qie] paused briefly: "Then let introduce myself, my na is Ah Qie, level 6."

He pointed to the man with a buzz cut beside him: "This is my son."

The buzz-cut man glared: "Back off, I'm your father, forget about bringing you food this afternoon."

"Wrong, dad."

Oh.

Su Qi understood, these two were clearly roommates.

"Your dorm room can fit gaming pods?" asked Old Tomato curiously.

"Yeah, we live in graduate dorms, there's quite a bit of space."

As they chatted,

A voice rang out, calm yet sowhat profound,

"Although I don't want to interrupt, haven't you noticed what's going on outside the bus?"