From these few sentences, Sun Mingde already realized that these guys were probably not very reliable.
So he quickly contacted Ma Lingzhi again, asking him to go and ask Xu Gaoyuan what was going on inside.
Xu Gaoyuan replied, “Vice-President, I am trying my best to complete the task you assigned. You can rest assured… Oh, I won’t say more. There are too many people here, Vice-President. I have to go now, so I’ll hang up!”
After that, there was no more news…
Ma Lingzhi and Sun Mingde were utterly bewildered.
No, these guys all seemed very busy, but why was this number still rising?
What on earth were you busy with!
At this moment, all the connections of the current Vice-President and the Vice-President before him were stagnant, unable to bring out any more news from inside.
They only knew that they were all very busy.
And they only knew that the score of the Duel was still rapidly increasing: 3360 to 10224.
It had only been a short time, and it had already exceeded ten thousand.
Watching the rapidly rising score, despair gradually appeared in Sun Mingde’s eyes.
The messages sent to the Adventurers in Tidal Town were like a stone sinking into the sea, without any news.
After operating for a long time, his side’s score had not increased at all.
When the score exceeded ten thousand, everyone in Baiye City knew that they had probably lost this ‘Dungeon Duel’ completely, with no possibility of a miracle.
Everyone could only watch the score rise, powerless…
Finally, the score was fixed at: 3360 to 16625.
This ‘Dungeon Duel’ finally came to an end.
Xu Gaoyuan withdrew from the Land of Emptiness, his eyes unfocused, staring blankly at the ceiling.
It seemed he was savoring the aftertaste of the excitement.
Bang!
Just then, the door was suddenly kicked open.
Ma Lingzhi walked in with a grim face, came before Xu Gaoyuan, and said with a frown, “What on earth happened? Why did the score reach such an outrageous number? What on earth did you do in there…”
Seeing Ma Lingzhi, Xu Gaoyuan immediately put on another face.
He beat his chest and stomped his feet, saying, “Vice-President, you didn’t see the situation at that time. It was truly a sea of people! I tried my best to appeal to them, but they just wouldn’t listen to me…”
Saying that, Xu Gaoyuan also pointed to his forehead, “Vice-President, look, this is what they hit me with. These little brats are really ruthless…”
Ma Lingzhi looked at him suspiciously, “Getting beaten in the Land of Emptiness will also affect the Adventurer World?”
“…Isn’t that so?” Xu Gaoyuan said somewhat guiltily, “Mainly, it caused a great impact on my mind, which then affected my body.”
“Old Xu, you didn’t go and play too, did you?” Vice President Qi said with a sneer, “According to this score, 3500 people, with all their attempts combined, would be 17500. In the end, only 875 points were left. You should know that this is a Battle Royale Dungeon. It’s normal for some people to successfully escape. If you say you didn’t play, I find that a bit hard to believe!”
“You, you’re talking nonsense…”
Xu Gaoyuan said with a straight face, “I swear to you, I haven’t contributed a single soul crystal to the other side, not one. If I did, I’d drop dead here today and let the Supreme God take my soul.”
Cases of sudden death while playing Dungeons were not unheard of, and everyone generally believed that it was because their souls were taken by the Supreme God.
Therefore, this was considered a relatively harsh oath in the Adventurer World.
One would not easily swear it…
What Xu Gaoyuan said was actually true; he indeed had not contributed a single soul crystal, because he won every round and obtained the immortal mask.
So, strictly speaking, this statement was flawless.
Hearing that he had sworn such an oath, Ma Lingzhi and the others found it hard to say anything.
When asked what the Dungeon inside was like, Xu Gaoyuan absolutely refused to mention it, insisting that he just went in and withdrew, never actually playing.
Sun Mingde asked the Adventurers he contacted, and received the same response.
Looking at the score of 16625.
When asked, they all said they hadn’t played, and were all loyal to Baiye City.
Good heavens.
They were all among the missing 875.
None of them played.
At most, they only contributed the initial one time…
So who contributed these 16625 points?
Were they possessed by ghosts!
Ma Lingzhi was also helpless, but when this matter started, he had already said that all glory belonged to Old Lord Sun and had nothing to do with him.
So at this moment, he was quite relaxed.
He was even secretly happy inside…
It was still the same phrase: anyway, it couldn’t get much worse. Tidal Town was currently at full population, so even if they lost, the population wouldn’t transfer over.
What was done before was just superficial work.
Otherwise, Ma Lingzhi would have noticed something was wrong with Xu Gaoyuan’s full-of-holes words long ago.
Therefore, he only investigated this matter superficially, and then it just passed.
In the frenzy of this ‘Dungeon Duel’, the most miserable, of course, was the instigator, Sun Mingde.
It was said that this Old Lord Sun was called by his Old Lord and severely criticized for three days and three nights, returning with injuries on his face.
It was even said that Old Lord Sun endured torment for a long time, even committing suicide several times during that period, but due to the Adventurer’s immortal nature, he resurrected.
The reason for this… was precisely because this incident caused huge losses to his territory.
Dungeon Lords from other territories took the opportunity to make trouble and hold their territory accountable.
They took this opportunity to suppress the Fighting World.
Even other old-brand Dungeons suffered suppression because of this.
And all this anger was ultimately borne by Sun Mingde…
By the time Sun Mingde returned to Hua Zixuan’s territory, looking exhausted, it was already three days later.
Originally, he wanted to persuade his young master not to be discouraged.
They failed this time, but they could fight again another day…
However, Sun Mingde found that Hua Zixuan did not seem to be discouraged at all.
Instead, he looked excited.
“Young Master, what is this?” Sun Mingde’s eyes showed confusion.
Hua Zixuan, however, said excitedly, “Sun Shu, can you help me find him?”
“Him?”
“Yes, him…” Hua Zixuan’s eyes seemed to sparkle, “Sun Shu, I’ve figured it out. I want to find him and become his disciple! Even if I have to pay any price, it will be worth it…”
“…For the Young Master to have such realization, this beating I took was not in vain…”
Sun Mingde said, his face streaming with tears.
