The three were trapped in the confined recliners.
Sword White Clothes narrowed his eyes slightly, "I didn't expect it to be a Nightmare-level dungeon, this is going to be somewhat troublesome."
This time, they were only aiming to change their class; completing the dungeon was not their ultimate goal, and they couldn't force an exit, otherwise they wouldn't be able to re-enter the match for a short period.
"I just want to ask..."
Su Qi was even a bit curious, "Is it much different from the ordinary level?"
"Of course, there's a huge difference. Nightmare level is full of team-wiping, lethal crises everywhere, with an extremely low survival rate. Whereas with Ordinary difficulty, no matter the struggle, you can at least ensure a 70% chance of survival," Cheng Feng glanced at Su Qi with a puzzled look, "You... you haven't been matched to a Nightmare before, have you? Otherwise, you wouldn't be asking such a question?"
He hadn't experienced the Ordinary mode, just curious.
Sword White Clothes glanced around and said softly, "The probability of being matched to a Nightmare level... varies with the combined strength of the players in the match, which means there is at least one powerful player among the other team."
Even though they couldn't check the rankings after entering the dungeon, as the leader of the Sword Flower Club, he had collected information on other powerful players' IDs.
Cheng Feng... didn't ring any bells.
And there was no need to mention Su Buxian.
However, Cheng Feng wasn't very happy, checking the IDs of the others while saying, "Hey, you two in duo queue, do I not count as a powerhouse? I'm at least ranked 5213, do you know how valuable it is to be in the top ten thousand?"
Sword White Clothes looked calmly around the room; it seemed they couldn't do anything at the moment and could only wait for the story to unfold. However, since the other person brought it up.
He said lightly, "I'm 67."
Cheng Feng's eyes widened, "???"
A big shot! A true big shot!
Cheng Feng's pupils constricted as he stared at the ID, muttering to himself, "No wonder, I thought I've seen this ID before!"
He swallowed and turned to Su Buxian, his eyelids twitching, since this person was in a duo queue: "Then you..."
Su Qi smiled and said, "It looks like both of you are not as good as me, my number is bigger than both of yours."
Sword White Clothes: "..."
Cheng Feng paused for a moment, then realizing it, his pupils dilated, "Doesn't that mean your rank is even lower?"
"Impressive my ass, what's there to be proud of!"
Watching Cheng Feng, who got caught up in the rhythm and was slightly agitated, and Su Buxian who had a faint smile on his face, Sword White Clothes fell into a brief silence.
...Leaving aside the fact that this is a Nightmare-level dungeon, even if it was just a difficult dungeon... all players would be on full alert, with a serious demeanor, allowing no room for negligence.
And now they even managed to strike up a conversation.
Sword White Clothes opened his mouth slightly, pulling the rhythm back, "Both of you, let's discuss your thoughts first."
Cheng Feng looked around and hesitated, "Currently, we don't know what exactly the situation is, and there are quite a few restrictions on us, with an unknown number of enemies. It's best not to startle the snake and lie low, waiting for the right moment."
A cautious player, not bad...
Sword White Clothes had been through a Nightmare once and had received strategies and experience from Paradise, so he knew that for Nightmare levels, it was about staying steady. Until gathering intelligence and information, one generally ought not to act rashly.
"Su Buxian, what do you think?"
Sword White Clothes was a team leader and was skilled at listening to the opinions of his teammates, allowing each person to demonstrate their worth while he steered things in the right direction.
But Su Qi shook his head:
"I don't think that'll work."
Su Qi said softly, "Just lying down will only waste our youth, we should strive and struggle..."
This was off on a tangent!
"Also..." Su Qi looked towards the door, "The most important thing is, whether we lie down or not, at the moment we are still marking time, making no progress. It'd be better to take the initiative to attack, perhaps we can change the current situation."
Take the initiative to attack?
Sword White Clothes went into a deep thought.
As the 67th ranked player and the current leader of the Sword Flower Club, he was not only powerful but also had astute judgement in strategy and situation.
He understood Su Qi's implication immediately.
He had to make some noise intentionally to attract the attention of people outside the room, only then could he obtain information to change the current situation.
Sword White Clothes spoke softly, "Since that's the case, I agree with your idea. We should take a more aggressive approach, but it's best to avoid provoking hostility when drawing them in. Initiate communication with them..."
"There's no need for that..."
Su Qi's voice made Sword White Clothes freeze slightly.
And in the next moment.
He was rendered speechless.
Because with a snap, Su Qi had broken free from the restraint and sat up straight.
Cheng Feng's eyes widened:
"How on earth did you do that? Isn't that thing supposed to tighten more as you struggle?"
He struggled frantically but was weak and powerless… utterly unable to break free.
"It requires a bit of finesse – shifting bones, pushing against the restraint, then adjusting the body's angle, along with a bit of the Bone Shrinking Skill... that's how you get out."
"Just pretend it's real."
Su Qi's body hadn't been bound too tightly by the metal ring, and since he had woken up early, the weakening BUFF from the injection dissipated quickly. He stood up and also released the two from their restraints.
Sword White Clothes and Cheng Feng regained some color in their faces but still felt a bit drained. Most importantly, they couldn't remove the metal rings from their wrists; their restrictions remained.
"These things are dangerous; they have a five-digit code. If entered incorrectly, they seem to explode immediately," Cheng Feng said with some alarm.
"Indeed, these things are just like a time bomb…" Sword White Clothes also sensed the fatal danger, "Our primary goal is to find the code and unlock it…"
Su Qi removed the metal ring from his wrist.
The two of them fell silent at this scene.
Are these things really that easy to open?
"Don't just stand there."
Su Qi looked at his now-unlocked… Equipment and Skill. To him, who possessed x-ray cheats, the code was the simplest thing.
He glanced outside: "Time to prepare an escape."
The moment Su Qi unlocked the metal ring, the entire room flashed red, and a loud alarm suddenly resounded!
"Why don't you unlock ours too?" Cheng Feng hastily said.
"Hold on, step back."
Su Qi hurled the metal ring in his hand towards the door!
There was a massive explosion! The door was blown open!
And Su Qi instantly grabbed the two, surging forward.
Sword White Clothes seemed to be in a daze. He had never been pulled along before, and his intuition told him that this didn't seem like the correct course of action... Everything was heading towards an unpredictable outcome.
A large number of people in yellow protective suits seemed to emerge from the dim corridor behind them, each holding some kind of weapon: "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Three Mutants have, for unknown reasons, broken free from their restraints and left the room!"
"Don't let them escape this level at all costs!"
And at the same time.
In a room next to the corridor, three other players were tightly bound to reclining chairs.
Someone deep in thought said, "It seems like something has escaped?"
"It appears that we must enact our plan."
Their eyes followed the hurried stream of people in yellow protective suits: "... The other three players are likely trapped like us, but if they are smart enough, they should also take advantage of this chaos to do something."