Chapter 30-Waiting For You? A Complete Waste Of Time!

Beyond the border lies the territory of magical creatures.

Cell phone signals cannot reach this area.

Only the communication receivers set up by the StarNet Trading Post can receive signals.

This was also why Li Yao had no frustration about being woken up.

No one would spend a fortune calling the landline in a trading post room over something trivial.

"What is it? Speak slowly."

Li Yao said calmly.

However, on the other end of the line, Qin Yue could not slow down at all.

"A dungeon—it's a Primal Dungeon!"

"Half an hour ago, a Primal Dungeon was discovered on the southern city border!"

Hearing this, Li Yao's eyes narrowed.

A Primal Dungeon, as the name suggests, is an unexplored dungeon.

These dungeons are extremely dangerous.

Escape scrolls cannot be used. Once inside, there is no way out—only completion.

Moreover, the difficulty level is completely random. No one can predict what will happen inside.

What troubled governments the most was that if a Primal Dungeon was triggered and couldn't be suppressed in time,

the dungeon vortex would shatter, and the magical creatures inside would grow exponentially stronger, breaking through the seal.

The number of creatures escaping would be immeasurable.

Most human settlements that have fallen were destroyed because of failed Primal Dungeon raids.

As a result, whenever a Primal Dungeon is discovered, local authorities immediately contact the Federation to gather top-tier professionals of the appropriate level for an emergency raid.

Li Yao paused for a moment before asking, "What level is the dungeon?"

"Level 20. Entry requirement: Level 10 to 25."

"There are a lot of people here now, but no one has gone in yet. Li Shaoye, do you want to come?"

"Of course."

There was no way Li Yao would refuse.

Risk equals reward.

This principle applied anywhere on Blue Star.

"Haha! I knew it!"

"Then hurry downstairs! As soon as I heard the news, I sent Uncle Wu to StarNet to pick you up."

Qin Yue's voice was full of excitement, but Li Yao felt the need to remind her.

"Qin Yue, Primal Dungeons aren't like Goblin Nests. Their difficulty is unpredictable.

There's no way I can take you—"

"Oh, come on!"

Before Li Yao could finish, Qin Yue interrupted anxiously.

"I have enough self-awareness, alright? Just get downstairs. Uncle Wu is already there. I'm waiting for you over here.

"Alright."

Li Yao hung up the phone and hurried downstairs.

Soon, he saw Uncle Wu and got into the car, heading toward the southern city.

"Li Shaoye, these are from Madam Li."

Madam Li—Guo Ning—an A-rank support-class professional, a Level 59 Songstress.

She was also Li Yao's biological mother.

"She and President Li are not in Jiangzhou right now. They asked me to pass these to you."

In the car, Li Yao took what Uncle Wu handed him.

Just like when he brought Qin Yue into the dungeon, Uncle Wu had given him several bottles of percentage-based recovery potions.

"Thanks."

In his memory, his parents had always taken a hands-off approach to raising him.

They rarely interfered with his decisions.

Of course, that didn't mean they didn't care.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have poured all the resources they had fought for throughout their lives into him.

Giving him these potions was simply their way of letting him make his own decisions.

As for whether Li Yao was qualified to participate in the Primal Dungeon raid—

Neither Qin Yue, Uncle Wu, Li Yang, Guo Ning, nor even Li Yao himself had any doubts about it.

Li Yao was no longer just some disregarded summoner.

A summoner who could solo a Nightmare-level dungeon was an extreme rarity in the entire Dragon Nation.

Thirty minutes later.

Li Yao and Uncle Wu passed through the southern city border checkpoint and arrived at the Primal Dungeon entrance.

Just as Qin Yue had said, the place was packed with people.

Even Federal troops were stationed here.

Several well-known figures had also shown up.

"Hello! Hello!"

"Li Shaoye! Over here!"

Just from the voice alone, Li Yao knew who it was.

He walked in that direction.

At the same time, Qin Yue's loud greeting made everyone aware of his arrival.

Instantly, murmurs broke out.

"Holy crap! Li Yao is here too?"

"Who's Li Yao?"

"You must be from the southern city, right? You don't even know Li Yao? He's the summoner who soloed a Nightmare-level dungeon yesterday!"

"Soloed Nightmare-level? And he's a summoner? Do I look like I'd believe you, or are you going to tell me you're Qin Shi Huang?"

"Idiot! Go check the StarNet forums yourself!"

A wave of astonishment spread.

Even those unfamiliar with Li Yao had Jiangzhou professionals eagerly explaining who he was.

A sense of pride as Jiangzhou professionals filled them.

Besides—

If this Primal Dungeon raid failed, the first place to suffer would be the surrounding cities.

Countless magical creatures would break through, and the Federation's reinforcements would take time to arrive.

By then, the southern city would become hell on earth.

Li Yao's arrival was like a shot of adrenaline, easing their fear of the dungeon.

Li Yao walked up to Qin Yue.

Beside her stood two middle-aged men.

Li Yao recognized one of them.

Jiangzhou's mayor, City Lord Xue Renyi.

As soon as Xue Renyi saw Li Yao, he casually slung an arm around his shoulders.

"You're finally here! I've been hearing your name so much these past few days that my ears are about to grow calluses!"

"Senior."

Li Yao nodded in acknowledgment.

"Come, let me introduce you. This is the mayor of the southern city, Luo Yu. You can call him Senior Luo."

"City Lord Xue, since he's here, let's get straight to the point."

Luo Yu's expression was serious. He sized up Li Yao before speaking.

"Li Yao, right? Xue Renyi thinks highly of you. You cleared a Nightmare-level dungeon, so I'll admit you have some skill."

"But this Primal Dungeon is critical. Whether you can join the first-wave raid isn't up to me. It's not even up to Xue Renyi."

"You're only Level 17. Technically, you don't meet the Federation's regulations for Primal Dungeon expeditions…"

Li Yao wasn't interested in hearing any more of this. He cut him off.

"Then who decides?"

As the mayor, Luo Yu naturally had to prioritize the city's safety—Li Yao understood that.

But he wasn't going to accept some vague regulations as an excuse to sideline him.

On the way here, Li Yao had researched past Primal Dungeon raids.

Because time was of the essence, Primal Dungeons were usually raided in two waves.

The first wave consisted of local top-tier professionals or A-rank or higher professionals of the appropriate level who volunteered.

Only if the first wave failed would the second wave, led by the Federation, step in.

Under normal circumstances, soloing a Nightmare dungeon meant he was absolutely qualified to join any raid.

Even in the second wave, he had more than enough credentials to get in.

Yet, Luo Yu was hesitating and even trying to brush him off with vague rules.

That could only mean one thing.

There were already professionals stronger than him on-site.

Before Luo Yu could answer, a mocking voice came from afar.

"I can decide that."

A group of five approached, walking leisurely toward Li Yao.

"I was wondering if the guy who unlocked Hell difficulty would actually be impressive."

"Turns out, you're just an A-rank professional?"

"They had me wait for you. But now that I see you, it was a complete waste of time!"