Chapter 211: Extra- Hell’s Red Envelope Team (Part 2)
Translated by Karai of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Editor: Addis
The players who had come to the livestream to check out the strategies for the “red envelope group” were stunned when they heard about the 5000 gold red envelope. They had never heard of such a way of distributing red envelopes before, and their hands even trembled slightly upon hearing about it.
“Is there such a thing as giving out 5000 gold?”
“I’ve seen red envelope groups where 20 gold was already considered excessive, but this one is giving out 5000 gold? So this is the ‘Global’ of the big shots?”
“Damn, I also want to hone my skills just to grab some red envelopes!”
“If you’re joining the big shot group for the red envelope, are you sure you’re not just there to give out the red envelopes yourself?”
“5000 gold, oo is really bold to say that.”
“Just take a look at how many people in this team are on the wealth rankings. 5000 gold might not even be enough to buy a single material for a big shot’s gear.”
Meanwhile, the big shots in the hell-level difficulty group, upon hearing about the red envelopes, didn’t express any objection. Instead, they started confidently talking tough. Before they faced the tenth level, they had watched videos of other teams clearing it. The tenth level boss wasn’t as fierce as the earlier bosses, and there was a skill warning before it attacked. With enough skill, avoiding the attacks shouldn’t be much of a problem. The most important thing was that the boss would only stay in the room for 8 seconds, and if they survived those 8 seconds, the difficulty would be easy for them.
“Come on, who’s afraid of who?”
“5000 gold? That’s great, no thrill if it’s not challenging enough.”
“Damn, 5k red envelope? Doesn’t that mean we’re gonna make a fortune?”
“If you have the guts, make it 1 gold. 5k gold? Are you looking down on me?”
“5000 is just right. I’m afraid you guys will lose and end up without even your underwear.”
“Dammit.”
“Did you bring enough gold? Don’t end up bankrupt after giving out red envelopes.”
CloudTraveller said, “Red envelopes aren’t bad, but be careful if you make mistakes. I’ll give a signal, and if you think the red envelope is okay, just click confirm.”
Soon, confirmation popped up in the team chat, and a group of competitive people clicked confirm faster than anyone else.
Momo said, “If there are no issues, should I open the stone door? One thousand, right?”
“Five thousand, five thousand! Why are you raising the price? Wait, let me count the money. One thousand, ChatMasterWu, you shouted so loudly, you’ll pay one thousand.”
ScarletFruit fiddled with the gold in his inventory, “5000 gold at a time? You guys are really wasteful.”
After counting the money, he clicked confirm. “We can send red envelopes to 20 people, right? We can grab them too, right?”
Watermelon said, “How can you say that? Last time, you grabbed 7500 out of the 10,000 gold red envelope.”
ScarletFruit chuckled, “A good man doesn’t talk about past glory, I’m afraid of sending red envelopes too.”
Apple said, “What are you afraid of, you’re wearing a lucky set. Assassin doesn’t even carry fear, you won’t die even if your lucky healing stream kills everyone.”
Watermelon said, “Speak properly, why should I be afraid?”
ChatMasterWu said, “Yeah, why should we assassins be afraid? Our health bars are thin, but our skills are good.”
Watermelon said, “I’m not like ChatMasterWu.”
He spoke disdainfully, “He dies, I won’t.”
ChatMasterWu remained silent.
Soon, all 20 team members clicked confirm, and the red envelope stream began. The dungeon on the tenth floor began in front of confused live stream viewers. Without any warning, once the leader Momo confirmed, the dungeon was opened, and in the blink of an eye, 20 people were scattered into different rooms.
There were different ways to clear the rooms—whether through solving puzzles, fighting monsters, or completing tasks. Clearing one room would unlock a passage to another room. The 20 players were scattered across 40 rooms, and the boss could freely move between them, killing players. To succeed, they had to quickly solve the room puzzles and gather together to attack the boss. Otherwise, the longer the delay, the more deaths there would be, leading to the inevitable failure of the team.
“After entering the rooms, be careful. The boss will likely target the fragile players first. The skill sequence will be messed up, so focus on staying alive,” Momo warned. “Be patient with the traps, kill the small monsters immediately, and prioritize the rooms on the left.”
Everyone in the team acknowledged the instructions.
“Ants, dare to cause chaos in my treasure vault?”
Just as the team entered the rooms, the voice of the boss, the master of the treasure vault, echoed in their ears. The next second, a handsome young man in stylish attire appeared in the viewers’ line of sight. The audience hadn’t even recovered from the life-and-death tension of the 5000 gold red envelope game. Within four seconds, the livestreamer’s perspective —ClearWindIsHere’s— suddenly went black and white.
The team members inside the dungeon reacted with shock, and the viewers in the livestream chat were equally stunned.
“You were so confident, and now you show us this?”
“So embarrassing, you got slapped in the face, and it hasn’t even been five minutes.”
ClearWindIsHere waved his hand dramatically, saying, “Wishing you wealth and prosperity, good luck!”
The red envelope had barely been sent for 2 seconds before it was snatched up cleanly by the team.
ClearWind was taken aback. “What the heck, are you all even trying to clear the dungeon? Why are you grabbing the red envelope so quickly?”
ZenSlasher replied, “It’s alright, not as fast as your death.”
Apple added, “You’re really bad at this.”
ChatMasterWu said, “And you still dare to call yourself an assassin?”
Watermelon commented, “So bad.”
ScarletFruit sarcastically said, “Thanks, boss. Hope you die again.”
“Damn, if you’re so capable, why don’t you come and do it?” ClearWind lay on the floor, feeling aggrieved. “This boss is ridiculous—no skill warning, just appears and kills people. If you’re so great, why don’t you try it? Don’t believe me, but the next one could be you.”
ae said, “If you’re bad, just admit it.”
Player ae died.
Player ae waved their hand dramatically, saying, “Wishing you wealth and prosperity, good luck.”
Not long after…
Player Stir-fried Cantaloupe died.
Player Stir-fried Cantaloupe waved their hand dramatically, saying, “Wishing you wealth and prosperity, good luck.”
ChatMasterWu said, “No matter how we heal, everyone still dies.”
Cantaloupe responded, “Why is it that when we heal, we can’t send red envelopes?”
BrokenOracle said, “I feel like you’re all really enjoying sending those red envelopes.”
ScarletFruit added, “The boss is generous. Boss, please continue.”
The livestream audience responded with laughter.
The SSS-class difficulty was not overrated. Other teams had some time to react when facing the dungeon rooms, as the boss would give a warning before attacking, and it would only stay in the room for 8 seconds.
But at the SSS-class difficulty, the boss cut out any attack warning motions. As soon as the boss appeared in the dungeon room, it started killing. Killing was bad enough, but the time it stayed in the room was extended by 2 seconds, and its attack power was not as weak as the forum had claimed. For a fragile mage like ae, a couple of careless hits from the boss were enough to take them out.
“Is the SSS difficulty really this high?”
“I feel like the next two days are going to be tough.”
“If they can clear it, that would be a huge win for the newbies. The 10-star challenge at SSS-class difficulty is probably the highest level in Celestial Horizon right now.”
But this difficulty was not easy. First of all, the tenth level was random, offering no techniques or strategies. Finding the healer relied on luck. The livestreamer team only had six healers, and unless you were in your own dungeon room, it was a gamble whether you’d find a healer in the next room. Otherwise, you would face a boss finishing move every 10 seconds. If you got unlucky and the boss targeted you, your survival skills wouldn’t even have enough time to cool down.
“Can this be managed by the commander?”
The commander could help at most, but in a dungeon where every second counted, it all depended on individual strength. The team had an average S rating, so their ability to clear the dungeons was solid. The real difficulty lay in surviving the boss’s ten-second onslaught.
It was as if, without a healer, fragile professions had to survive for 10 seconds under the boss’s attacks, relying solely on the player’s own reflexes. The game’s system itself offered no additional help. The viewers in the livestream chat were stunned by the difficulty. With the boss’s attack power, only tough warriors, array masters, and healers had a high chance of surviving; for the other damage dealers, every ten seconds could be a trip to the afterlife.
However, despite the grim situation, there was a sense of irreverence in the team. With no techniques, it was all about relying on personal skill. Besides surviving through skill, there was also the option of making money by relying on skill.
ClearWind: “Why did I only grab 3 gold? This doesn’t feel right.”
Watermelon: “That’s because you’re bad. I got 600 gold.”
ScarletFruit, overjoyed: “Fuck, 3000 gold, thanks boss!”
ChatMasterWu: “How did you grab 3000 gold? Did you use a cheat?”
apple: “Is the system messed up? With lucky gear, even grabbing red envelopes can be lucky? This is outrageous. Lucky builds are completely out of balance. Our magical swordsman’s skills got nerfed, and this is just wrong.”
Bitter Melon saw everyone bickering over a few gold pieces and advised, “It’s just 3000 gold. I’ll send another one, and you guys can fight over it.”
Someone in the group: “Why are you giving out red envelopes?”
HaiTang: “Bitter Melon, you can’t do that. They only send out red envelopes when they die. You haven’t died yet, so you don’t need to give one.”
CloudTraveller: “Sending red envelopes for others would break the game rules.”
Bitter Melon: “…”
Momo: “I only have 66 gold.”
UnchainedWanderer: “It’s okay, there’s always the next one.”
The boss was spot on, and the red envelope effects poured down. The group worked fervently to break through the dungeon, and their enthusiasm for grabbing red envelopes grew even stronger.
The viewers:
“I’m reporting them.”
“I woke up early to watch you fight the tenth level, not to watch elementary schoolers argue.”
ClearWind: “I’ll give you two more gold, please don’t die. I don’t want to see the black-and-white screen anymore.”
“Are these people here to clear the dungeon, or just to send red envelopes?”
“Why does grabbing a red envelope always have to come with such a sob story?”
“Can we take this more seriously? How many red envelopes have we sent already?”
The livestream chat was having a serious discussion on how to clear the SSS-class regional difficulty 10-star challenge, while the big shots were arguing about how to grab the most red envelopes while also battling in the dungeon. They were sending red envelopes without hesitation but arguing fiercely over a few gold pieces. Meanwhile, Bitter Melon, who was trying to help by sending red envelopes, was repeatedly stopped by teammates citing the need to avoid breaking the game rules.
Player ChatMasterWu waved his hand dramatically, “Wishing you prosperity, good luck, and great fortune.”
Player CatMeow:
The excitement from sending red envelopes led to the entire team dying in turn. With the accumulated death count exceeding ten, the boss’s rage level went beyond the limit, and they couldn’t continue to fight.
“Two more deaths, and prepare to escape,” Momo said. “Run to the ninth level, there’s an option to reset the dungeon at the stone gate.”
In the end, the only survivors were HealsFor25000, ScarletFruit14, BitterMelonMixedWithMilk, CloudTraveller, and Watermelon. The fastest player, Watermelon, swiftly ran to the ninth level reset point, reaching it just before the others were killed by the boss. As soon as Watermelon reset the dungeon, everyone revived instantly.
ChatMasterWu: “Wait, why didn’t it reset for Watermelon?”
Having just completed the team task, Watermelon sneered and said, “What do you mean? Are you underestimating me?”
Team WhatAHugeWatermelon: Wind Blade, Wind Scale Armor
“See my gear now?” Watermelon proudly showed off the series of pink lucky bonus attributes and said, “You’ve been wearing lucky gear for a year, and you still can’t be this lucky.”
“Exactly, the harder you work, the luckier you get.” ScarletFruit added, “If you don’t want to work hard, I can even customize some for you.”
ChatMasterWu: “…”
The livestream chat: “…”
“Can they really run an ad like this?”
SSS-class wasn’t easy, and the team had reset the dungeon several times over two days. The viewers watched as the big shots died and came back to life, sending red envelopes all the while. But as the deaths piled up, the team found survival tactics, and they didn’t die as suddenly as before. Still, the number of times they survived wasn’t as high as the number of times they died.
“Just keep watching the red envelope spam.”
“It’s kind of interesting. I wonder how many they’ll send in the next two days.”
For two straight days, they continued to send red envelopes.
Just as the viewers thought the big shots might spam red envelopes until the event ended, they heard the leader Momp speak up, “The dungeon rooms do not repeat or reset randomly. The strategy guides on the forum didn’t cover everything.”
HaiTang: “The forum’s walkthrough videos still rely on luck. Here, the difficulty of the dungeon rooms is increased, so the forum’s methods might not work as well.”
CloudTraveller said, “There are 10 monster rooms and 8 trap rooms. I haven’t tried the others yet. The difficulty varies.”
UnchainedWanderer replied, “I have more here. 12 monster rooms and 13 trap rooms.”
BrokenOracle asked, “Have you all finished trying?”
“We haven’t finished, but the same type of room can repeat, and the variations are huge. It’s essentially the system’s random library, and there’s no way to solve it,” oo said. “The difficulty of SSS is just too high. The room difficulties vary. The forum’s claim about repeat types is wrong. Now, we’ll have to rely on our proficiency with trap types and our dungeon-clearing speed.”
BrokenOracle responded, “We can only try to regroup quickly, but time is the challenge.”
Someone in the team remarked, “I was just online as the commander.”
Another player said, “I thought the conversation was strange earlier, turns out they were trying the rooms.”
“What? They had a conversation? I was just listening to who was grabbing what red envelope,” another player commented.
The forum said the rooms didn’t repeat. The big shots probably wanted to test if they could figure out the solutions to the main rooms and then have their teammates use skills to clear the rooms and regroup. But the problem was that the rooms didn’t repeat and the difficulty was random. This meant that it was up to each player’s ability to handle the challenge. But even with enough individual skill, time was still a factor.
Clearing the rooms quickly was possible—40 rooms, so they could regroup in pairs in no time.
But time was the more crucial factor. The boss’s kill ability was very strong, and once a player died, they couldn’t be revived. This left the remaining players at a higher risk of being targeted. The more players died, the less time they had to clear the rooms. If they reached 10 deaths, they would have to start over.
The problem under such a system was how to maximize the time available to clear the rooms.
“Boss eats strong controls,” Momo said. “Use control to delay time.”
Apple’s voice trembled. “We control?”
Momo replied, “You can try. There are many professions that can control, both mages and assassins.”
“What is this team doing?” one player thought. “One second I thought control might work, and the next I realized this team is definitely not normal.”
Every time Momo spoke, it made my heart skip a beat.
Apple said, “The mages who do control are fragile. If we can control it, we’re doomed too.”
ChatMasterWu added, “You’re making things difficult for us assassins.”
Watermelon corrected, “Can we not drag all assassins into this? I’m not the same as before, okay?”
Momo asked, “Then you control.”
Watermelon hesitated. “Can I not?”
Naturally, the commander didn’t want the fragile ones to take on the control role, so oo reluctantly revised, “Then let the tankier ones control.”
The tankiest players were naturally Bitter Melon and CloudTraveller. But out of the 20 players, they had to wait for others to die first before they could select Bitter Melon and CloudTraveller.
I doubted they would wait for Bitter Melon.
It was fine; the more people who died, the higher the chances of selecting Bitter Melon.
One after another, players died, but it still wasn’t Bitter Melon’s turn.
I wondered, could they really pick Bitter Melon?
They should, right?
Finally, after 9 people had died, the boss selected the tankiest player, Bitter Melon. The entire livestream audience eagerly watched as Bitter Melon slowly went through some operations and managed to survive for a full minute under the boss’s attacks before finally falling, giving everyone a glimpse of hope for completing the SSS-class challenge.
After watching Bitter Melon, who had been sending out so many red envelopes, they finally had a chance to send one themselves. “Alright, I’m sending the red envelopes. 5000 gold, 20 of them, right?”
Momo said, “You don’t need to send it.”
Bitter Melon replied, “Ah, I died, huh?”
CloudTraveller added, “You died testing the skill, it doesn’t count.”
Bitter Melon stopped sending the red envelopes, sounding a bit disappointed, “Ah, okay then.”
Everyone else: “…”
ScarletFruit said, “Give Bitter Melon a chance, he’s had a rare opportunity to send a red envelope, let him do it.”
