NOVEL NEXT Chapter 120: Survival Is Victory
"Song Qingyun..."
Zhou Yingting's gaze swept over the newcomers, looking toward the back of these newcomers.
Song Qingyun might be cooperative.
However, it seems Song Qingyun has brought someone along?
Zhou Yingting's eyes passed over the newcomers and also noticed Song Qingyun a step behind.
Judging by Song Qingyun's demeanor, it seems he has already agreed to team up with a few newcomers.
Seeing this, Zhou Yingting couldn't help but shake his head. Teaming up with Song Qingyun is not a problem, but Song Qingyun has brought too many newcomers.
With so many newcomers, it's not quite suitable to work together.
After all, he doesn't know if bringing more people onto the train would have any impact.
From his judgment, adding one more person could expand six more entries. Such benefits surely come with corresponding drawbacks.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yingting glanced at the nearby train, preparing to select one.
This train looks somewhat strange, with one engine and one carriage, and the engine and carriage are connected, appearing extremely old.
"Zhou Yingting, you came in too?"
As Zhou Yingting was observing the trains before him, suddenly, a voice arose beside him.
Zhou Yingting turned his head and saw Song Qingyun walking over.
Originally coming over to select a train, Song Qingyun now noticed Zhou Yingting.
When he saw Zhou Yingting, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and he was about to say something when he suddenly froze upon seeing the entry above Zhou Yingting's head.
How long has it been, and Zhou Yingting has conjured such an entry?
"Hmm, quite a coincidence."
Zhou Yingting turned back at these words, glancing at the people Song Qingyun brought. His gaze paused slightly, "Are you bringing newcomers?"
"Sigh, newcomers brought in from outside."
Upon hearing, Song Qingyun glanced at the teenage boy beside him and sighed, "His father lost everything due to gambling in recent years and jumped off a building, and his mother is bedridden at stage four of pneumoconiosis and won't live long, according to the doctors."
"This kid found me somehow and asked to join the dungeon with me, hoping to find a way to treat his mother."
"According to the hospital, even if the money is gathered for a lung transplant, living a few more years isn't guaranteed."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yingting glanced at the boy, "How old are you?"
"19..."
The teenager in front responded somewhat anxiously.
Zhou Yingting assessed the boy, noting his overly washed-out clothes and long hair that had seemingly not been cut in some time.
His figure is small and skinny, appearing malnourished.
"Want to form a team?"
Song Qingyun glanced at the boy beside him, then at Zhou Yingting, and asked.
Zhou Yingting isn't like him; if he wants to refuse, there's naturally no issue.
He promised to bring the boy in partially due to the entries and partially out of sympathy.
The boy left school early to work hard, but the money earned working couldn't possibly cover the medical expenses.
Listening to these words, Zhou Yingting glanced at the boy, thought for a moment, then slowly nodded, "Alright, let's team up."
Zhou Yingting looked over the task, noting there's no mention of an extra reward for winning solo.
Considering this, teaming up with two more people isn't necessarily bad.
"Tha-thank you!"
Seeing Zhou Yingting agree to team up, the teenager quickly thanked him.
"What's your name?"
Zhou Yingting asked casually while heading towards the train.
"Lin Wenjue..."
There's no particular difference among the trains; picking one at random is fine.
Once the three boarded, a countdown appeared before them, indicating the dungeon would begin in half a minute.
Simultaneously, a countdown lit up before others as well.
If people haven't chosen teammates by the end, they'll be directly transported onto the train and go through the challenge solo.
"A friend of mine learned about this entry dungeon before; he chose to enter it because his daughter was sick."
Seeing the dungeon hadn't started, Zhou Yingting began chatting with Song Qingyun.
Song Qingyun silent for a moment, then sighed, "There's quite a lot of this; when illness leaves you with no alternatives, it's better to risk entering the entry dungeon."
"Unfortunately, many of the entry dungeons are extremely dangerous and very hard to navigate, so it's not like you can get rewards just for entering."
He glanced at Lin Wenjue beside him, "You're lucky, meeting me and him."
"The entry dungeons are quite perilous, and many dungeons can wipe out entire teams. But the person before you has cleared several dungeons!"
Song Qingyun didn't actually know how many dungeons Zhou Yingting had cleared, but he remembered Zhou Yingting clearing a dungeon as a newcomer during his first time.
Next is the Horror Dungeon he entered, which Zhou Yingting also cleared.
If I'm not mistaken, Zhou Yingting got the entry above his head from clearing the dungeon.
This means that in just one month, Zhou Yingting should have cleared the dungeon three times, which definitely counts as a master!
After hearing this, Lin Wenjue was stunned for a moment, then quickly wanted to thank Zhou Yingting again.
"No need, I agreed to team up because you're trying to save your mother. Teaming up is one thing, but I can't guarantee we'll clear it. Save your thanks for now."
Lin Wenjue heard this, moved his lips, then silently nodded and sat back down.
At this moment, Zhou Yingting also steered the conversation back on topic, "You said this dungeon is a speed challenge. What kind of situation might we encounter inside? What resources do we need to gather?"
"I'm not sure yet. It's my first time participating in such a dungeon."
Song Qingyun shook his head, and as soon as he finished speaking, a beam of light shone in front of them.
When the three could see the scene in front of them clearly again, their surroundings had already turned into a desolate highway.
Looking ahead, the long stretch of highway seemed endless, filled with desolation.
"We can set off now."
Song Qingyun surveyed the surroundings briefly and soon noticed the dashboard on the train moving.
Seeing this, Zhou Yingting immediately started the train, which began to slowly move forward, but the speed was somewhat disappointing.
Upon closer inspection of the dashboard, he discovered that it displayed a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
At this speed, Zhou Yingting could run faster than the train himself.
"What's your newbie buff?"
Looking at this speed, Zhou Yingting felt a bit disappointed and turned to ask Lin Wenjue.
"The attribute panel says my three-dimensional Attributes are temporarily boosted to 30 points."
Tier Three?
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yingting nodded, "Why don't you two get off and push the train? I guess there might be something down the road that can increase the speed."
"But this initial speed is a bit too slow."
With their three-dimensional Attributes, getting off to push the train should boost the speed a bit.
Upon hearing this, Song Qingyun hesitated not at all and jumped off the train directly.
Seeing Song Qingyun jump off, Lin Wenjue also followed suit.
He didn't know why Song Qingyun trusted Zhou Yingting so much, but since Song Qingyun jumped, he was willing to trust Zhou Yingting too.
Both had strong Attributes, so jumping off at this speed wasn't an issue for them.
However, once they jumped off, Zhou Yingting's train left them in the dust, speeding quickly down the highway.
Seeing this scene, the two were momentarily stunned.
Very soon, the train that went afar stopped and waited for them up ahead.
Seeing this, the two quickly ran over, as Zhou Yingting poked his head out, looking back at them.
"This train is odd, seems with more people onboard, it reduces speed by 10 kilometers. When you two got off, the speed increased to 50 kilometers."
Zhou Yingting had guessed there must be some restrictions here when teaming was suggested.
Now he sees it, there are really restrictions.
One person's weight reducing speed by 10 kilometers, with ten people, this train wouldn't budge.
"Look, there are two more carriages behind the train!"
At this moment, Song Qingyun also discovered something: there were two more carriages attached to the back of the train.
Originally, the train had only one carriage, now there were two more, clearly because of having two teammates.
Seeing this, Zhou Yingting frowned.
"I get it now, why the task said entering the top ten alive counts as winning. It's to prevent people from accelerating by jumping off and letting the train get into the top ten."
"That way, you enjoy the benefits of teaming up without bearing the burden it brings."
Looking at the speed of the train ahead, Zhou Yingting felt a bit thoughtful.
No idea if other teams know this; if they do, speculation would start.
"Hey..."
Listening to Zhou Yingting, Lin Wenjue hesitated nearby.
"How about I jump off? As long as you clear the dungeon and give me some rewards, I'm fine with it!"
Lin Wenjue gritted his teeth and said.
If a team of three can't win, he might as well jump off. As long as they win and compensate him, that would be good.
At least he'd gain something, better than all three losing together.
"This kid."
Listening to Lin Wenjue, Zhou Yingting and Song Qingyun exchanged looks and couldn't help but smile wryly.
The dungeon just started, and this guy was already planning to sacrifice himself?