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13 Contribution
Upon hearing Alice's words, everyone's expression turned extremely serious.
Because they didn't encounter any danger on the first day, these people almost forgot that this was a three-star difficulty dungeon.
Seeing everyone's grim expressions, Alice quickly said, "Of course, this is just my estimate and may not be accurate. The actual time may be much better than I expected."
Park Guk-chang stroked his chin and pondered for a moment before saying, "No matter what, we absolutely cannot waste any more time. Moreover, it's too hot during the day, and the moisture evaporates too quickly. I suggest that starting tomorrow, we adjust our schedule, try to rest during midday, and then take action in the evening."
"I agree!" Kia raised his hand in agreement.
He was a high-ranking priest who lived a life of luxury and had no sense of thrift. He drank a lot of water that day.
If we continue at this pace and travel during the day, it definitely won't be enough.
It's better at night; it's cold then, so I don't feel like drinking water.
"I have no objection. Like I said, I'm just a pretty face. I'll listen to you all and try not to cause you any trouble!" Scarlett immediately declared, still adopting a submissive stance.
But Qin Mian noticed that although Scarlett kept saying she was just a pretty face, she hadn't fallen behind after walking all day, and there was no sign of fatigue on her face.
This shows that this woman is not as simple as she appears on the surface.
Even Park Guk-chang, who came from a detective background, has excellent physical strength.
As for Yamamoto Ichiro, Andreev, Alice, and others, their professions are all related to physical strength, so it's understandable that they are full of energy.
The only one that looked somewhat disheveled was Kia.
This guy was incredibly arrogant at first, but now he takes every opportunity to sit on the ground and rest; he's completely lost his arrogance.
Everyone expressed their agreement with Park Guk-chang's statement.
Alice said, "In that case, it's getting late. I suggest we rest here and set off again before dawn tomorrow. We'll walk until noon, then find a place to rest..."
"Yes, let's do it that way!" Andreev nodded.
Immediately, everyone set up camp and rested on the spot.
With nothing else to do, Qin Mian decided to take a closer look at the prompts for this instance to see if he had overlooked any key information.
Upon opening the dungeon interface, a new data point was discovered: Current Dungeon Contribution.
Currently, his "current contribution to the instance is 48%", which means that so far in the story, he has made 48% of the contribution, while everyone else combined only has 52% of the contribution.
There are further prompts: (Special rewards will be given for first-time individual contributions reaching 50%, 60%, and 70%.)
This excited Qin Mian.
Clearly, he discovered the problem with the map and led everyone to the ancient riverbed, which was his greatest contribution.
"I wonder what these special rewards will be? But they must be very important. It seems I need to change my strategy. I can't keep hiding my strength and playing dumb forever. I need to show my strength when the time comes and try to break through the 50% mark as soon as possible. Another skill or item might greatly enhance my strength."
It wasn't just Qin Mian who discovered it; it seems that others also noticed it when they had some free time.
Scarlett was the first to sit up, her brow furrowed slightly as she asked the others, "Um, have you all noticed this current instance contribution level?"
Alice sat up and nodded. "Yes, I've appeared too."
The others also got up one after another.
Qin Mian carefully observed the changes in everyone's expressions, trying to glean some clues from them.
In his view, the current contribution to the instance should only be available to those eight classes. As for the ghost, it is unclear what role it plays in the instance. Perhaps it doesn't have this progress yet, or it could be some other progress. Hearing this word for the first time might be surprising or shocking.
The fact that Scarlett was the first to ask this question suggests that she is not a ghost; otherwise, she would never have dared to ask it so rashly.
Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that she is doing the opposite.
However, after looking around, he was somewhat disappointed and didn't find anything unusual.
Scarlett looked somewhat dejected and quickly asked, "My contribution is only 6%, what are yours?"
"6%?" Qin Mian's eyes were strange; this contribution rate was far too low.
Of course, he couldn't be sure that Scarlett was telling the truth; she might have deliberately given a very low number to mislead them.
However, Scarlett doesn't seem to have done much along the way; her only contribution was probably agreeing with what others said.
Alice said, "I have to be 12%."
"Me too, it's 12%," Andreev added.
"It seems that both of our contributions are in interpreting the map," Alice analyzed.
Kia burst out laughing, "Hahaha, I'd have to be 15%."
Clearly, he was very proud of this number.
Park Guk-chang frowned and snorted, "Hmph, 8%."
"Damn it, how come it's only 6%?" Yamamoto Ichiro gritted his teeth, looking very dissatisfied.
Ah Kuku said coolly, "I'm 6%."
Scarlett quickly added the numbers together, "That's 65%!"
She then looked at Qin Mian, "Qin Mian, how many of you are there? You discovered the problem with the map and those three poplar trees, they must be very tall, right?"
Everyone turned to look at Qin Mian.
Qin Mian felt a strange sensation in his heart.
His contribution was 48%, while the combined contribution of these people reached 65%, which is over 100%, not to mention the two other people.
Although those two haven't appeared yet, they certainly haven't been idle. As long as they're not ghosts, they must have made some contributions.
This means that someone here is lying.
As for who lied, it's impossible to determine at the moment, but one thing is certain: there must be a culprit among them, and a culprit doesn't have the current instance contribution metric.
He recalled the contribution values of these people and quickly realized whose value was wrong.
Ah Ku Ku.
Although AkuKu and Scarlett seem to have made no significant contributions, it was AkuKu who found the river channel first.
Logically speaking, shouldn't this count as a contribution? It should be higher than Scarlett Johansson and Ichiro Yamamoto's contribution, right?
However, this is just Qin Mian's guess, and it may not be accurate.
However, he still temporarily labeled Ah Ku Ku as a "ghost," thinking that he should be more wary of Ah Ku Ku.
"Ah, I did contribute a little too much, 25%." Qin Mian wasn't stupid enough to tell the truth. Besides, if others knew that his contribution was 48%, which was just a little short of the reward, it would probably be detrimental to him.
But if you say it too low, it will arouse suspicion from others.
The number 25 is neither high nor low; for others, it's a good opportunity to perform well and catch up.
"Damn it!" Park Guochang muttered under his breath upon hearing Qin Mian's contribution level, seemingly feeling that he was not even as good as a fat college student, which made him very dissatisfied.
"Wow, so many!" Scarlett exclaimed enviously. "Looks like Qin Mian, you're going to be the first to get the reward."
"Yes, I'm so envious!" Alice added.
Yamamoto Ichiro suddenly said, "Only 25%? We cracked the secrets of this map, found three poplar trees along the way, and led us here. This should be the most important part of the current dungeon's storyline, right? How come we only got this much?"
He looked like he felt it wasn't worth it to help Qin Mian.
However, upon hearing this, everyone else fell silent and fell into deep thought.
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