144: Chapter 144 Dundun's Unusual Behavior

After eating and drinking their fill, the four women immediately got to work. For them, it was merely a matter of passing through; it presented no difficulty at all.

"We must stay sharp and be careful!" Gu Na suddenly reminded them seriously.

As they moved further away from the City Ruins and deeper into the black desert, there was no longer any so-called way back.

If they weren't careful, they really could die.

"Sister Na, you can rest completely assured!" Tao Mumu had that much confidence.

Tao Shuishui also suddenly spoke up to remind them. "Who knows when this will end if we keep going like this. Let's conserve our stamina as much as possible!"

Huh? She, who was usually so careless, was being unusually serious today? And she even noticed such a small detail?

"Hey now! Shuishui, you've changed." Even Gu Na was quite surprised.

Tao Shuishui: "People change, don't they?"

"Alright, alright, let's all focus. We can talk about things after we get through here!" Chu Yaoyao, fearing something unexpected might happen, felt compelled to end their conversation.

As expected, no accidents occurred. After the four of them successfully passed through the Black Iron Cavalry, they all froze in place.

"This... there won't be any danger, right?" Tao Shuishui stammered.

At that moment, Erha suddenly started barking fiercely, glaring viciously straight ahead.

"Be careful, there's danger ahead!" After saying this, Chu Yaoyao cautiously and slowly walked to the front.

Gu Na, Tao Mumu, and Tao Shuishui followed closely behind. However, it was abnormally quiet ahead, with no sign of any figures at all.

Awoo! Awoo! Awoo!

As for Erha, it kept barking incessantly, showing no intention of stopping.

"How strange... Regardless, we just need to be careful." Tao Mumu also couldn't afford to overthink it.

There was already no way back. Even if a mountain of blades or a sea of fire lay ahead, they had to charge through.

On the other side.

"It's really strange. The ones appearing behind us can be killed instantly so easily. Something just doesn't feel right." Mu Cheng finally couldn't hold back from saying.

Along the way, they had encountered no less than a hundred or so Golden Iron Cavalry.

Yue Chan also expressed helplessness and retorted, "So what if it feels off? Could there possibly still be a way back?"

"True. We can only take it one step at a time." Mu Cheng couldn't think of a better plan either.

Dun Dun wasn't making a fuss, and no new hidden prompts had appeared. This made Mu Cheng's heart hang even heavier.

But this was the only option available...

About an hour later.

"Wait... could it be a Mystic Talisman Array? It's been so long, yet it's still like this." Yue Chan suddenly stopped walking.

Although the monsters that appeared were different, the further they went... it felt like there was no end in sight.

Mu Cheng: "It's not a Mystic Talisman Array. I've tested it. These monsters are real."

He was quite certain about this. The essence of a Mystic Talisman Array is to make people lose their way; it shouldn't produce monsters like this.

Although the monsters weren't very strong, they were real. That fact alone ruled out the possibility of a Mystic Talisman Array.

"Then we can only continue." Apart from that, Yue Chan couldn't think of a better method.

Mu Cheng, of course, had no objections either. "Mhm, mhm. Besides, I'm afraid all thousand participants are probably in the same situation!"

"Hard to say. The high-tech bracelet is unusable now." Yue Chan had just finished speaking.

Suddenly, the high-tech bracelet reacted, and a huge black-faced monster appeared in the sky.

It was very, very large, with an extremely evil smile, and a voice came from it.

"Welcome to the Ancient Battlefield. The real death game will officially begin in 12 hours."

This voice spread throughout the entire world. At the same time, as the earth trembled, a massive Ancient City materialized ahead out of thin air.

A huge digital screen also appeared.

It displayed: Ancient Battlefield opening in 11 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds. All players, please proceed to the Ancient City as soon as possible.

"Is this a terrain map? And that black face... it feels quite familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before." Mu Cheng studied the high-tech bracelet, saying somewhat dejectedly.

"Still can't contact the others. I don't know how they're doing now."

"Reaching the Ancient City shouldn't be a big problem for them. We should worry about ourselves first!" Yue Chan, on the other hand, wasn't worried at all.

Mu Cheng: "If they're together, I'm not worried. But if they're separated... reaching the Ancient City would be quite precarious."

"You're the one who brought them out. Don't you believe in your own capabilities?" Yue Chan retorted.

"That's... quite precarious." The moment Mu Cheng remembered how careless Tao Shuishui always was, he naturally couldn't feel at ease.

But worrying now was useless. He had no choice but to believe they could definitely make it.

"Right, forget it, forget it... let's head to the Ancient City as quickly as possible!" Yue Chan also thought of Tao Shuishui.

However, there was nothing she could do to help at the moment. Besides, they were already here; regretting it now was pointless.

It was better to choose to believe she could definitely do it.

On the other side.

"Doesn't this feel a bit like killing monsters to loot equipment?" Tao Shuishui suddenly spoke up.

After Chu Yaoyao finished off the last Black Giant Rat, she said, "It does seem a bit like it... and weapons aren't a 100% drop."

"It is somewhat similar to a game! But if it were really a game, it shouldn't be just weapons. There should also be experience to level up, equipment, skill books, and so on, right?" Gu Na didn't quite see it that way.

She hadn't seen a pig run, but she had eaten pork. Although she didn't like playing games, she was quite knowledgeable about them.

Tao Mumu thought for a moment and said, "Wait... if you think about these monsters in the context of our world, it really could be understood as a game."

Dropping weapons, dropping star-glow crystals, plus the Transcendent Martial Arts and high-tech items sold by the Trader—wasn't this just like a game?

"You could say that. Except, star-glow crystals don't need to be obtained by killing zombies anymore; they can be mined directly." Gu Na had to admit.

But back when Global Survival first descended, calling it a game wouldn't have been wrong at all.

To get stronger, you had to kill zombies; to survive... you had to search for resources.

"No, no... I think it's just that the game's progression has accelerated." Tao Mumu also voiced her opinion.

What she said had some basis. It hadn't even been three months, and ninth-tier powerhouses had already appeared.

Putting that in game terms, it would be equivalent to a max-level character...

"Regardless, let's hurry to the Ancient City first!" Although Chu Yaoyao felt there was some truth to it, there was no time to dwell on this now.

"Mhm, mhm. Let's get to the Ancient City quickly and meet up with Brother Cheng first!" Gu Na also didn't want to waste time pondering this issue.

On the other side.

"Dun Dun! Dun Dun!"

Dun Dun suddenly began acting strangely, running here and there, and even digging in the sand.

If it weren't a panda cub, it would probably have been mistaken for wrecking the house.