Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 49 Rate Problems
Option two is 9.1%, option three is 22.7%, and option four is 68.2%.

……

【Option [-]】

[Mage's Hand Lv.1]: Can move objects within 5 meters within 2 kg.

……

"I'll take this, thank you."

Zheng Zhuo chose [Mage Hand Lv.1].

After leaving the bazaar, he returned to the oasis to try out this new magic.After filling the Mage Hand and releasing it, a transparent, levitating hand appears nearby, allowing for simple grasping, pulling, striking, and more.

"The grip strength is very weak... and the distance is limited. Will upgrading increase the attributes of these two aspects?" Zheng Zhuo thought, "However, this is a very general skill."

……

[There are still 68 days until the world is destroyed]

the next day.9 am.

Zhuang Yusheng dragged two big bags and arrived at the tavern within the specified time.It was still early, and there were sporadic drunks at the door who had been drinking all night.The landlady with the pointy ears was slapping them with the handle of her broom to get them out of the way of the gate.

Zhuang Yusheng looked around.He didn't see Zheng Zhuo's figure.

"Could it be that he ran away? I drank too much that day and talked nonsense, so I didn't dare to come after sobering up..."

"Yo."

Someone tapped his ankle.Zhuang Yusheng turned his head.I saw Zheng Zhuo sitting by the corner.

"...you slept here all night?"

"No. I found an empty shed nearby. But the sleeping experience is not too different from here."

"Your style occasionally makes people feel kind..."

Zhuang Yusheng lowered his shoulders.

After all, you have done this kind of thing in [Small World].

Zheng Zhuo thought and stood up.

"Let's go."

……

[Blue Dragon's Lair] The dungeon is not far from the town, nor is it close.Starting from the edge of the oasis, it takes three days and three nights in the desert to arrive.

For Zheng Zhuo, who was going down the dungeon for the first time, it was really a challenge to walk for such a long time in the sky filled with yellow sand.However, Zhuang Yusheng said that it was very rare for a level 60 dungeon to be located so close to a town.

"That's at least an ancient blue dragon." Zhuang Yusheng said, "If it enters an attack state, the cone-shaped lightning it emits can directly hit the town from its lair."

Zheng Zhuo seems to know why the world will be destroyed in the end.

The two walked forward on the yellow sand.Zhuang Yusheng walked in front with a compass in his hand, and Zheng Zhuo walked behind.He used [Mage's Hand] to carry some luggage, which slightly relieved the fatigue of the journey.

Zhuang Yusheng also saw Zheng Zhuo's [Quick Cast] ability at this time.He was shocked, and at the same time, began to become convinced.

"This way at least we can bring back something from the first floor. This trip is not a loss," he said.

During the day, the two wrapped up the sand-proof tarpaulins and struggled forward. At night, those tarpaulins were turned into tents so that they could sleep in the sandstorm.

It's not a good experience.Zheng Zhuo's physical strength declined rapidly due to the harsh driving environment.

And Zhuang Yusheng was not much better.

……

three days later.

[There are still 65 days until the world is destroyed]

At last the foot of the bare, towering mountain appeared before my eyes.At the foot of the mountain, there is a cave as deep as a devil's mouth.

Zheng Zhuo and Zhuang Yusheng fell into the cave wearily.They couldn't move a step.

The two were speechless for a long time.Zheng Zhuo lay on the ground, he realized that this cave was very different from the caves in [Small Town World] and [Ocean World].The dark cave is dry, without any damp water vapor, and there is no rotten smell.

After a while, there was a rustling sound.

Zhuang Yusheng stood up.

"well."

He dusted himself off.

"Here we are. We can go back."

"Back to..."

Zheng Zhuo froze for a moment.But soon, he realized what the other party was going to do.

He thought of the opponent's ability: [Space Target].A skill that has no level, just like his [Appraisal] and [Quick Cast].

Zhuang Yusheng opened his backpack.Food and water have been eaten, but it is still heavy in there.

From it he took out a large chisel and a huge hammer.

When, when, when.

He began to knock on the rock wall at the entrance, slowly carving strange shapes on the side of the rock wall.The figure looks like several different runes overlapped together, and the structure is very sophisticated.

How did he remember this graphic?

Under Zheng Zhuo's astonishment, Zhuang Yusheng carved slowly for about a quarter of an hour.He finally finished the whole structure and looked back.

He realized that Zheng Zhuo was staring at the pattern.

"Didn't your 'eyes' explain it clearly to you this time?" Zhuang Yusheng said, "This is the ability I have given everything to get, [Space Mark]. I can move back and forth between the two positions engraved with this pattern. I I also use this ability to reach the deepest point—compared to other teams that have to consider returning, I have countless times, and I can slowly wait for the monsters to leave before sneaking in."

Zhuang Yusheng asked Zheng Zhuo to press his hand on the figure.He drove the chisel into the center of the figure.

The field of view rotates again.When Zheng Zhuo came to his senses, they had already returned to an empty house in the town.

……

"Too much physical exertion!" Zhuang Yusheng pushed away the wooden board with the same pattern that he placed in the middle of the room, fell on the bed, and said, "We are resting in the town, and we will go exploring tomorrow—fortunately, the one I rented earlier The house has not been rented out."

Zheng Zhuo sat cross-legged on the ground.

"65 days left...?"

He is confirming the number of days.

"That's what you said... the world will be destroyed within 70 days?"

Zhuang Yusheng raised his hand on the bed.

"15 days for the first floor, 20 days for the second floor, 20 days for the third floor, and we will leave as soon as we enter the fourth floor. I have doubled the time for each floor. I can only say: try to hope that there is time."

Otherwise, you will end up with the world!
Zhuang Yusheng laughed out loud, but Zheng Zhuo knew it was true.

……

[There are still 64 days until the world is destroyed]

They stayed in Zhuang Yusheng's rented house for one night. On the second day, the two brought new dry food and teleported to the entrance of [Blue Dragon's Nest] again.This time, they lit the torches and moved on.

The sounds of mice and bats began to gradually sound, and Zheng Zhuo gradually came into contact with these creatures that looked similar to reality but were several times larger in size.

Zheng Zhuo made some attempts not far from the entrance.He first used [Appraisal] to confirm their status, and then used [Fireball] to attack.

Both rats and bats are Lv.1.The attack methods are [bite] and [impact]. [Fireball Lv.1] can kill one with one shot.But if it is surrounded, the situation is not so easy to say.

"I used dynamite the last time I came. The dynamite collapsed many roads. Now, the path and the location of the beast's nest have changed, and the route has to be re-planned. It may take more time."

After walking around in a circle, Zhuang Yusheng said.

time……

Zheng Zhuo began to think, and after a few hours after entering, he more or less figured out some rules of the dungeon.

There may be remnants of other adventurers scattered around.After defeating the monster, he used [Appraisal] to confirm himself, and found that the progress bar was increasing under the occupation, presumably he was improving the occupation level.

So, can we infer the best way to explore from this?

……

【problem】

[How should the exploration of the first layer be carried out? 】

[Option [-]]: Explore normally
Time-consuming: 8 days

Effect: no danger, get treasure
[Option [-]]: Explore separately
Time-consuming: 4 days

Effect: small-scale danger, gain treasure
[Option [-]]: Do not explore, walk through the beast nest along the hole pierced by the explosives last time

Time-consuming: 2 days

Effect: Large-scale danger, occupation level improvement
[Option [-]]: Use explosives again
Time-consuming: 1 days

Effect: Large-scale danger, open the entrance to the path of the lower passage

……

(*Treasures are scrolls/equipments/armors. As the occupation level increases, one small characteristic will be obtained: such as certain resistances, etc.)
　After [Option 1], [Option 1], [Option [-]] and [Option [-]], you can leave a message in the form of [this chapter says]. A message under [-] id counts as [-] vote.

　　票数统计截至至2022/11/26日晚20：00.
　　Finally, please recommend tickets~
　　


(End of this chapter)