Chapter 49 Making Money from Money and More Money! (4/5)_1
Seeing Chen Mo display a golden-grade weapon, Su Tianxin was beginning to acknowledge his combat power. However, she still asked, "What about armor? Did your parents leave you any?"
Speaking of armor, Chen Mo didn’t have much to show at the moment, but he chuckled and said, "Yes, they left some; it’s enough."
"That’s good. If you have good enough equipment to support you, then you can try this five-star dungeon. But you must promise me that you will prioritize your safety, try to stick to crowded areas, and don’t recklessly rush to compete with others!"
In these exam dungeons, many related rankings were updated simultaneously, and many rewards within the dungeons were tied to these rankings.
Once rankings appeared, it was very easy for people to get overly competitive. Many who hadn’t intended to take risks would feel their competitive spirit inevitably ignite upon seeing their rankings continuously surpassed. Ultimately, they would act impulsively, attempting things beyond their capabilities, and by then, it would be too late for regrets.
Although Su Tianxin thought Chen Mo seemed quite stable, she couldn’t guarantee he wouldn’t do something reckless, so she stressed this point repeatedly. In dungeons of such five-star difficulty, let alone two-star professionals, even four and five-star professionals could die if they were careless for a moment. The level of danger was evident.
Su Tianxin advised Chen Mo to stick to crowded areas primarily because people could be treacherous. Many people participated in each dungeon, and everyone was a competitor. Some individuals, lacking real ability but harboring ill intent, might not be able to surpass others in the rankings and would thus resort to eliminating those ahead of them. Every year, incidents of candidates being secretly assassinated were reported globally. These were only the incidents witnessed and reported; the number of unreported cases remained unknown. This was also why the death rate in exam dungeons was so high.
However, even the stated threat of punishment for harming others within the dungeon proved ineffective. Many people gambled on not getting caught, and such incidents continued unabated. After all, once one left the safe zone, any place could become a lawless land. Without the restriction of rules, the dark side of human nature could easily be infinitely magnified. If someone lacked self-control, they were liable to commit heinous acts.
This wasn’t limited to exams; in the wilderness, mutual killings frequently occurred over competition for BOSSES, spoils, and the like. There were too many such incidents to manage or control. The only thing the Academy Alliance could do was strictly enforce discipline within the safe zones, to at least safeguard the most critical living space for Earth’s future generations.