76: Quit while you're ahead, just take the wooden box!

“Xiao Ai, you go get those five on the left,” the Long-Legged Woman instructed calmly.

“Yes, Big Sister,” the little girl nodded, her massive metal hook already poised.

“Su Mo, then what about us? Are we going to snatch them from them?” Xiao Wu asked, a little displeased.

“Snatch? Why snatch?” Su Mo chuckled, “Snatching from them is too much of a waste of time.”

He pointed to the three wooden crates closest to them and told Xiao Wu, “Just bring those three back, and we’ll leave after we get them.”

“Ah? Only three?” Xiao Wu was a bit confused, “I’m very fast, I can even snatch the ones on their side!”

“No need.” Su Mo shook his head, “Listen to me.”

...“Alright.” Although she didn't understand why Su Mo was doing this, Xiao Wu still nodded obediently.

The next second, her figure flashed and she rushed out!

On the other side, the Long-Legged Woman and the little girl also acted simultaneously.

The Long-Legged Woman was very fast, specifically targeting isolated Cave Lizards, her dagger flashing up and down, every move deadly.

Meanwhile, the little girl named Xiao Ai stood still, her metal hook precisely sweeping away the obstructing lizards one by one, clearing a path for the Long-Legged Woman to the wooden crates.

Their coordination was perfect.

But their speed was still too slow compared to Xiao Wu.

Just as they were painstakingly clearing away seven or eight lizards around the first wooden crate, Xiao Wu had already returned to the elevator, carrying three huge wooden crates.

She didn't even attack the lizards.

Those LV4 Cave Lizards couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes in the face of her terrifying speed.

She was like a pink whirlwind, scooping up three boxes, and then she was back.

The entire process was smooth and fluid, so fast it was dazzling.

“Big Sister, they... are so fast!”

Xiao Ai looked at the empty spaces where the three crates had been, and even her usually expressionless little face showed surprise.

The Long-Legged Woman’s expression also turned a little grim.

She considered her own speed to be top-tier among players of the same level.

But compared to that pink-haired woman, it was like the tortoise and the hare.

“Let’s go.”

Su Mo directly pressed the close door button.

Clang!

The elevator door closed.

Then he took out three energy cores from his storage space and threw them into the large metal mouth above his head.

The elevator ascended again.

Outside the stone chamber.

The Long-Legged Woman and the little girl stared blankly at the closed, then completely vanished, elevator door, somewhat unable to react for a moment.

They just... left?

Grabbed three crates, and then left?

They didn't even want the monster corpses on the ground, or the scattered materials?

“Big Sister, what are they... doing?” Xiao Ai tilted her head, full of confusion.

...The Long-Legged Woman also fell silent.

She really couldn't understand what the other party's move meant.

Did they really only lack the energy cores in those few crates?

Or... could that seemingly unremarkable man actually be the scion of some great family, bringing a powerful “bodyguard” to experience life in the game?

So he didn't care about these low-level materials and resources at all, he just wanted to reach higher floors as quickly as possible to see more interesting sights?

This guess seemed to be the only plausible explanation.

“Hmph, just a spoiled brat.”

In her opinion, Su Mo's behavior was a terrible waste!

Every resource in this dungeon was crucial.

Even the lowest-level monster corpses, after decomposition, could yield some useful materials.

Yet, the other party didn't even bother to look at them.

What else could he be but a rich man's foolish son?

“Xiao Ai, let's hurry, get all the remaining crates, and then clear out all these lizards. Not a single material can be missed!”

“Yes, Big Sister!”

...Inside the elevator.

“Su Mo, why didn’t we wait for them to leave before snatching them? That way we could have gotten all ten crates.” Xiao Wu still couldn’t figure it out.

“No need.” Su Mo explained while opening the crates, “Our goal is to reach higher floors as quickly as possible; wasting time with them on these low levels isn’t worth it.”

“Besides, haven't you noticed? The drop rate in this dungeon seems to be a bit off.”

Su Mo opened the third crate, looking at the solitary energy core and one upgrade material inside, and frowned.

“Only this much stuff from three crates, not even a shadow of equipment or a skill book. It's too different from how I was treated in the beginner dungeon.”

“Beginner dungeon?” Xiao Wu asked curiously, “What’s that?”

“It’s where I first joined the game,” Su Mo said casually, “There, I’d open any crate and get excellent equipment, epic skill books, so much I couldn’t even hold them all.”

“Wow! That good!” Xiao Wu’s eyes sparkled, “Then next time, let’s go play in that beginner dungeon, okay?”

“Uh... that dungeon might be gone already.” Su Mo coughed twice.

“In short, the focus of this dungeon shouldn’t be on these small monsters and ordinary wooden crates. The really good stuff must be on higher levels, or on those special BOSSes.”

As Su Mo spoke, he fed the thirty plus ten newly opened upgrade materials to the elevator.

Ding! Your elevator has been upgraded to LV6!

Space expanded to 100 square meters, movement speed increased by 20%

The elevator's space expanded again.

This time, besides the sofa and bar, a separate bathroom with a shower was added!

Just then, the elevator also arrived at the fourth floor.

As soon as the door opened, Su Mo chuckled.

The elevator entrance on the fourth floor was completely empty.

In the distance, the Bald Strong Man and Bewitching Woman combination were locked in a fierce battle with a large group of LV5 Berserk Boars.

Clearly, they had also chosen to skip floors, but had bad luck, jumping directly to an odd-numbered floor and colliding with the Long-Legged Woman's team.

They probably found nothing on the third floor, which is why they came to the fourth.

“Go, get three crates, and we’ll continue.”

Su Mo said to Xiao Wu, then, right in front of the man and woman, he had Xiao Wu openly take the three wooden crates closest to them.

Once Xiao Wu returned to the elevator, Su Mo directly closed the door, fed it four energy cores, and headed straight for the fifth floor.

“Damn it! It’s them again!”

The Bald Strong Man watched the instantly vanishing elevator, cursing angrily.

“That pink-haired girl is too fast! We can’t stop her!” The Bewitching Woman also looked annoyed.

“Forget about them!” The Bald Strong Man gritted his teeth, “These people definitely have a problem! From now on, we’ll take the even-numbered floors. I refuse to believe we’ll still run into them!”

“Alright!”