It was past four in the morning, everyone was drowsy, and they could only rely on chatting to fight off sleepiness.

Yinglong took a break, scrolling through her friend list. Many of the accounts that had added her before had gone gray, but in her enemy list (characters who fought in kill mode would automatically be added to this list), Beiya’s name was still lit up.

He was already level 22.

Were newbies these days so abnormal?

Twenty minutes later, they finally passed through the river’s grass area, gaining a few drops.

A green garment that increased defense, agility, and intelligence, a green water grass ribbon, and a headband that increased agility.

Since neither of the two soldiers were suitable, the headband was given to Gongzi Lihen, the garment was supposed to be given to the pharmacist Linglong, as she contributed more, and the ribbon was not needed by her, so it was given to Wanrenmi.

But Wanrenmi said: [I already have a ribbon, it’s not much different]

She posted her equipment’s stats, which were indeed a few points higher than the dungeon drops.

[Team] Wanrendi: Does the pharmacist want the ribbon?

Whenever they entered a dungeon, equipment distribution was always the most dramatic moment. Wanrendi wanted Yinglong to say she wanted it so that he wouldn’t be breaking his word, but Yinglong wasn’t a shy girl, she pretended not to understand.

[Team] Pharmacist Linglong: I don’t need it for now

The team fell silent, everyone sat by the river recovering health and mana, their expressionless models also revealed a sense of undercurrent.

Ding-dong, Yinglong put down her coffee cup, Wanrendi sent her a private message.

Wanrendi whispered to you: Little Mi wants the clothes, can you take the ribbon? You don’t have one anyway

You whispered to Wanrendi: I’ll pick the doctor’s equipment dropped by the boss first

Wanrendi whispered to you: Okay

You whispered to [Wanrenmi]: If I give you the clothes, I’ll pick the doctor’s equipment dropped by the boss first, deal?

Wanrenmi whispered to you: Okay

She then said in the team: [I can take it too]

Wanrendi then distributed the two pieces of equipment and sent a friend request.

Yinglong accepted.

With their health and mana fully restored, everyone headed towards the second boss, a huge jellyfish.

It was indeed a magic damage monster, and the soldiers’ magic defense was very poor before they learned advanced skills. The jellyfish spat out a water arrow, and Wanrendi lost half a bar of health, and the two doctors had a hard time stabilizing her health, constantly exceeding the threat level.

Wanrenmi had learned her lesson now, she only used Hemostasis and Bone Setting, leaving the big healing to the pharmacist Linglong.

This led to her constantly exceeding the threat level whenever she used [Acupuncture], and magic damage was usually long-range, even kiting (a tactic of hitting while running) was difficult, she could only run in circles frantically, while also keeping an eye on her own health.

However, her equipment was the worst in the entire team, her health dropped very quickly, and the Hemostasis recovery was a drop in the bucket compared to the damage she took.

[Team] Gongzi Lihen: The clothes should have been given to the pharmacist

Yinglong: What a truth-teller.

Then, she died.

The four teammates died with her.

Everyone logged out of the dungeon and came back in to continue, it was already five o’clock, the east was turning white.

[Team] Gongzi Lihen: Do you still want to fight?

[Team] Pharmacist Linglong: I’ll switch to the ribbon, let Wanrenmi tank, her equipment is better than mine

Equipment dropped from normal dungeons was bound after distribution and could not be traded, so whoever got it had to use it.

[Team] Wanrenmi: Okay

After switching roles, Wanrenmi’s health dropped less than hers, but her healing skills were good, her monster-dodging skills were weak, she was probably a pure healer before, and didn’t need to move around frequently.

However, the boss had a water bomb ultimate move at 70% health, a large number of water balls would appear on the ground and move towards players, if they didn’t dodge in time they would be trapped. The water balls exploded and dealt area damage, killing everyone in the blast.

The second time, the party wiped.

The third time they ran back to the party, the atmosphere was a bit strange.

[Team] Wanrendi: It’s like this when you’re opening up a dungeon, you’ll get experience after dying a few times, no one has cleared this dungeon yet, we have a good chance of getting the first clear

[Team] Gongzi Lihen: You can’t tank, the healer can’t tank either, how do you fight?

[Team] Wanrenjie: Our equipment is pretty good, it must be a problem with the tactics

[Team] Wanrenmi: What do you want, I took the wrong equipment?

[Team] Gongzi Lihen: I can’t help it if you think that way

Seeing the tension rising, Yinglong quickly called a halt, arguing was pointless, they could go to sleep sooner if they finished the dungeon.

[Team] Pharmacist Linglong: I’ll kite, I saw a place where we can cheese it, let’s try again

[Team] Wanrendi: Okay

Yinglong directed her character to stand in a corner: [Wanrenmi and Lihen stand here, the water bombs won’t overlap when they explode, you can tank a wave, Wanrenjie and Wanrendi can only dodge on your own]

She finished her last sip of coffee: [Let’s go]

The jellyfish monster mainly used magic, don’t ask why there was magic in the Warring States Period, the game setting has gods too, this was an era before the heavens were closed off, humans and gods could communicate directly, so naturally, everything could cultivate into a demon.

To get back to the point, the jellyfish boss’s skills were simple, when its health dropped to 95%, 85%, 75%, etc., it would fire a powerful water arrow, targeting the quarter area where the aggro was, anyone standing behind the MT would be pierced by the arrow, losing health rapidly, they had to dodge it.

At 90%, 70%, 50%, 30%, and 10%, water bombs would appear all over the place, requiring parkour.

Both skills were easy to dodge, the hardest part was when the jellyfish grabbed the main tank, inflicting “Paralysis” and “Poison” effects, Wanrendi’s magic defense was too low, he would die within 3 seconds without healing, if he died, even if Wanrenjie took over the aggro, losing one person meant less damage, they still wouldn’t be able to pass.

The best way was for the healer to heal him in time, take over the boss’s aggro within his 10 seconds of paralysis, and resist the damage and poison of the tentacles, ensuring everyone survived.

Just like the first time, the pharmacist Linglong cast a large heal, the aggro immediately shifted, blue tentacles surged towards her madly, her movements were slow, she was losing blood rapidly. But this time, Yinglong didn’t rush to heal herself, she used her light skill to circle around a protruding stalactite.

This operation sounded simple, but it actually had a high threshold, it required jumping, light skill, jumping into a double jump, while sliding the mouse to change the perspective, repeating the above steps when landing, in order to drive the character to fly up and down around the stalactite.

The tentacles wrapped around the hanging stone, it took at least 10 seconds from the time they grabbed the target to the time they untied.

[Team] Pharmacist Linglong: DPS!

The female doctor shouted while landing, frantically outputting damage to the boss.

The jellyfish had no weapons, its tentacles were its biggest damage, this was a 10-second window, the players worked together, instantly taking away 1/5th of its health.

Wanrendi’s negative status was lifted, Wanrenmi stabilized his health, and he took back the aggro.

Yinglong hid in the corner, starting to heal herself, occasionally dealing damage.

It was 80% before, there was one more at 40%, she dodged it the same way.

Seeing the boss’s health bar getting lower and lower, victory was in sight, the teammates finally got their spirits up, dodging when they should, attacking when they should, no one slacked off.

Approaching 10%, the aggro went out of control, locking onto Gongzi Lihen.

He weighed his options and chose to charge into the open area and be killed by the water bomb explosion, the aggro returned to Wanrendi.

Wanrenmi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly hid in the corner to slowly heal herself.

The four of them fought, the speed was a little slower, luckily the boss didn’t have any more surprises.

0.01%, the jellyfish spoke: [You think this is the end? You’re too naive! The cave master will avenge me -]

The next moment, the system announced.

[System] Hard work pays off, Wanrendi led Pharmacist Linglong, Wanrenjie, Gongzi Lihen, and Wanrenmi to clear the dungeon [Water Cave Horror (Normal)] for the first time, congratulations to them all!

Early in the morning, there were few people in the game, only a few scattered praises and criticisms in the area.

Everyone didn’t pay attention, they were focused on the loot.

The jellyfish, worthy of being a big boss, dropped a few good items.

A blue shoulder pad that could resist water damage.

A green earring that increased intelligence.

A pair of silk shoes that increased agility and defense.

A blue jellyfish venom sac.

Yinglong finally perked up.

[Team] Pharmacist Linglong: Venom sac

She worked hard to clear the dungeon, all for this blue weapon.

[Jellyfish Venom Sac]: A poison weapon made from the venom gland of a jellyfish, poison skills have 10% increased power, all attacks inflict water poison damage, HP + 100, Intelligence + 5, Agility + 3, has a chance to inflict “Paralysis” effect, rendering enemies immobile.

Below level 30, this was the best poison weapon for doctors, usually dropped in the [Water Cave Horror] hard mode at level 25, but maybe because they were the first to clear it, it generously appeared in the normal mode.

Good luck, this night’s worth it.

Wanrendi readily distributed the venom sac to Yinglong, Gongzi Lihen took the silk shoes, Wanrenmi took the earrings, Wanrenjie took the sword from the previous round, and the shoulder pad went to Wanrendi, everyone got something.

The previous friction seemed to disappear, everyone was happy.

Yinglong reminded them: [Don’t forget to take the first clear chest]

First clear dungeons had extra rewards, one mysterious chest for each person, shining on the ground.

She was the first to touch it.

As expected.

[Beautiful Pearl Clam]: A clam shell left in the water monster cave, worth a fortune, can be sold to NPCs for a small amount of gold and silver, or given to the village head of Xiahe Village.

[Team] Wanrendi: [Beautiful Pearl Clam] It seems to be a trigger item for a new plot

[Team] Wanrenjie: I remember the boss said everything wasn’t over, maybe it’s the pre-plot for the hard mode

[Team] Gongzi Lihen: Are you talking about the level 25 dungeon?

[Team] Pharmacist Linglong: Let’s talk about it tomorrow, I’m logging off, good night ^_^

They sent her several friend requests, she accepted them all and closed the game to go to sleep.