Chapter 6 I Copy Copy Copy

When Steeran opened her eyes, she saw the familiar ceiling.

Damn, it's the Resurrection House!

"Hissss... How did I die..."

The big-bearded priest next to her shook his head, dropped a line, "Your companions are waiting outside, don't forget to pay the resurrection fee," and then he left.

Steeran barely got out of bed, and memories of before her death surfaced in her mind.

At that time, when the Molten Furnace Knight saw her drinking a potion, he charged at her maniacally, truly giving her a fright, and inadvertently, she received a huge gash across her abdomen.

Thankfully, a hundred years ago in the Elf Forest, she was a well-known athletic representative, which kept her from dying on the spot.

After fighting for several rounds and finally finding a chance to escape, just as she was about to run away—

A creature that looked like a Slime stepped on her shadow!

[Steeran is attempting to escape!]

[A wild Indeedee appeared!]

[The wild Indeedee used its trait: Shadow Stepping, stepping on Steeran's shadow!]

[Steeran's escape failed!]

Indeedee, a Patience Pokemon, with the trait Shadow Stepping, prevents its opponents from escaping by stepping on their shadow.

[Each unit of spiritual power required: 17]

[Health: C, Strength: F-, Intelligence: D, Endurance: E, Speed: E-, Overall Combat Power: E]

Then, Steeran got caught up to and bisected by the Molten Furnace Knight.

"What in the world was that weird creature!"

Steeran was gritting her teeth in frustration, she had never seen a creature like the Indeedee before, nor had she heard of any "magic" that could interrupt an escape by stepping on a shadow.

"And that brown knight, using combat skills and magic spells I've never seen before, and those mysterious patterns on his armor, where did he come from?"

She furrowed her brows deeply.

Elf Forest, the kingdom established by Elves, home to the Elf Book Library renowned for its records of thousands of years; anything ancient can be found in it.

She had once perused all existing or lost magic, considering herself somewhat of a magic expert.

And those "magic spells," like "transforming the mouth into a frog-like vocal sac to spew fire" or "suddenly having a golden dragon-like tail appear behind him," she had never seen!

And this greatly sparked her desire to explore!

Steeran got off the bed, pushed the door, and faced two girls of varying height.

One girl, slightly shorter but with a noble air, cried out angrily: "I'm so angry, Fili, when I get home I must post a bounty, whoever can clear Sain Dungeon first, I will give them ten thousand gold coins!"

The girl called Fili chuckled: "Glad you agree to go home, ten thousand gold coins, that can attract top-tier adventurers,"

Who are these young ladies out experiencing life?

Heiniss's simple clothing did not fool Steeran's eyes, she just glanced twice and stopped paying attention.

Walking into the lobby, her companions already sitting on the bench waved to her.

Silver Rank adventurer, Upper Tier Sword Shield Warrior Huynh, a bulky muscular guy.

Copper Rank adventurer, Mid-tier Elemental Magician Ellie, a clear and pure student, just graduated from the Mage Academy.

Copper Rank adventurer, Mid-tier Shadow Walker Danya, top-notch at lock picking but occasionally unreliable.

Steeran walked up to her companions and spoke with clenched fists: "Let's go, continue challenging the dungeon!"

"Wait," Huynh suddenly waved his hand, saying:

"The City Lord of this town hopes we can take his commission, do you want to check it out?"

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"Ha-ha, Pokemon are so much fun!"

Gong Qiying repeatedly watched Steeran's combat recordings, especially the terrifying expression when Indeedee blocked her retreat.

It was just too delicious!

"Pika Pika," the Pikachu in his arms called out twice, curling up into a ball and sleeping in his embrace.

"I can only use Pokemon with weak strength right now, I can only resort to playing tricks with their traits, but it doesn't have to be Pokemon,"

There are many types of Monsters he can use; summoning Indeedee was just coincidentally useful due to its trait.

"Boom... Boom..."

The distant sound of a bell came, and the Dungeon had finally reached its resting time.

Adventurers still in the area were forcibly expelled by an irresistible force, the ferocious Monsters stood still like they were stupefied, motionless, mechanisms stopped, and all flames died out—the Dungeon instantly returned to silence.

Gong Qiying spread out the notes he had taken today and opened the Dungeon Micro Model, ready to improve the incomplete areas.

"The death rate on the upper layer is forty-seven percent, seventeen percent on the mid-tier, and thirty-six percent on the lower tier, hmm... The lowest death rate in the mid-tier, is it because many were teleported to the lower tier by teleportation traps and never actually reached the mid-tier?"

But besides that, he indeed spent the least effort on the mid-tier.

A village built over a pool of poison? Very distinctive!

An underground mine full of traps? Very distinctive!

A dense forest and monsters hiding among the bushes?

Boring.

So how to make the mid-tier more distinctive became his goal.

[Sain Dungeon, Remaining spiritual power: 3655, Spiritual power required for daily operation: 210]

Because he summoned a Molten Furnace Knight, the spiritual power needed for daily operation doubled.

This spiritual power is used for automatically reviving Monsters, repairing damaged buildings, resetting traps, etc., with each Monster revival requiring one-tenth of their manufacturing cost, which at first glance seems quite cheap.

But for some reason, even if they're not dead, they still consume this spiritual power, which baffles Gong Qiying.

"So for cost-effectiveness, should I still try to send Monsters to their deaths?"

Let's not think about this first; the current goal is to refine the traps.

Gong Qiying opened [Available Buildings], chose [Sick Village], [Fran Fort], [Big Tree Hole], [Celia Crystal Tunnel], and other buildings to inspect their micro models.

There were so many usable buildings that his eyes were dazzled.

The buildings currently available are made from "ordinary materials," such as fortresses built from solid boulders and fences made from regular wood.

Those "special material" buildings, he had unlocked few of them, and most had to wait until his authority was upgraded.

What is special material?

For example, the Forging Stones produced in Celia Crystal Tunnel and minerals only found in the Elden Ring count as buildings with special materials.

Anything this world doesn't have, or things imbued with Magic Power, all belong to special materials, and require much more spiritual power than ordinary materials.

Gong Qiying could spend spiritual power to transplant these buildings forcefully into his Dungeon, but the downside to this method is quite apparent.

Because these maps are designed for the Undead who don't have knees.

And the adventurers he faces... not only can they jump, but they can also fly, turning demolition into an art.

Therefore, Gong Qiying decided to plagiarize!

He would plagiarize the design ideas of these maps, plagiarize their general layout, plagiarize the distribution of their enemies!

But those designs not conforming to reality, all had to be altered!

[Available Buildings] is very user-friendly, allowing Gong Qiying to dismantle and use individual features from a map, from a small torch, a table, to large cliffs, suspension bridges, and buildings.

After a series of combinations, the spiritual power spent was even less than directly copying the maps.

Plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize, I am the world's greatest plagiarizer!

Gong Qiying's eyes emitted a red glow, the Pikachu in his arms trembled slightly.