On the coast full of gravel and shells, besides Wang Zhifan and his two companions, there were fifteen other players, both male and female, seemingly covering various professions judging by their weapons and equipment.

As the players who descended into the dungeon slowly recovered from their daze, the objective of this dungeon appeared before them:

[Dungeon Objective: Find the Forbidden Fruit Island located deep in the ocean and pick at least one forbidden fruit from the island.]

"Everyone, report your level and profession. I'm Lv21, Gunner."

"Assassin, Lv20."

"Warrior, Lv22."

...

As one person started, all eighteen players began to introduce themselves, estimating the rough difficulty level of this dungeon.

"You two both report Level 20."

It wasn't the first time Wang Zhifan encountered a dungeon level far higher than his, so he remained quite calm and lowered his voice to remind Chen Ming and the other two beside him to report a fake level.

Chen Ming and Chen Can both nodded slightly at him, clearly understanding the purpose of doing so without needing further explanation.

Meanwhile, at this initial stage of the dungeon, while the players began their discussions, what others didn't know was that Wang Zhifan saw a few special notification messages:

[Detected that you are a VIP player, initializing your dungeon identity...]

[Your dungeon identity is set as: Tycoon.]

[Tycoon: You possess one million units of high-value local universal currency at the start of the dungeon.]

[One million Jinlan Coins have been stored in your personal space, and these currencies will not occupy the volume of your personal space.]

[Note: These currencies are only usable within this dungeon and will not be synchronized out when you leave.]

"I get a million right off the bat? This VIP player identity seems pretty decent."

After reading these notifications triggered by his newly acquired VIP player status, Wang Zhifan immediately used his thoughts to open his personal space to check. Sure enough, there were a bunch of small, intricately-carved gold coins, both new and old, appearing in his personal space. Although he was seeing this currency type for the first time, the notifications had already informed him that they were undoubtedly valuable in this dungeon world.

"Everyone! It seems this dungeon requires us to venture deep into the ocean to complete! Does anyone have a ship-type item?"

While Wang Zhifan was absorbed in the charm of the gold coins, a middle-aged man among the eighteen players on the beach spoke up loudly. By this time, everyone had reported their professions and levels, mostly around Level 20, so the discussion had moved on to how exactly to complete this dungeon.

"Who would have a ship? You're dreaming!"

"This dungeon must want us to take an NPC's ship."

"I don't have a ship, but I do have a fine-layer boat, but it's no different from marching to your death if you take it into the ocean."

"I feel like the hint for this dungeon is unclear. Maybe the island we need to find is not on the sea but under it!"

"Haha, even if we had a ship, what then? Is there anyone here who can sail it?"

...

For a moment, the players conversed back and forth, indicating that they had no ship, and even if they did, they couldn't operate it.

"Fan, there are some shadows in the distance that might be buildings! It should be an NPC gathering place!"

Chen Ming, dressed in high-end casual wear, did not join in the chatter around him. Instead, he observed the surroundings and noticed some man-made structures faintly visible in certain directions away from the current coast.

"Hmm, we'll go check it out later."

Wang Zhifan glanced at the distant shadows, then turned his attention back to the other players around him.

Next to him, Chen Can, participating in a dungeon for the first time, appeared quite composed. He displayed no signs of nervousness, holding a black pistol loosely in his right hand and silently observing the surroundings.

"Everyone! Please be quiet! We won't get anywhere if we keep arguing like this! I propose that we unite and form a team to tackle this dungeon together!"

The middle-aged player who previously asked if anyone had a ship spoke up again, seemingly wanting to end the chaotic and unorganized discussion.

"Form a team? Then who will be the team leader? You're not suggesting you should be, are you?"

A tall male player replied with a slightly challenging tone. Standing on either side of him were several other players, who seemed to rally around him, suggesting he could be the leader of a player group.

"Whoever has the ability to lead everyone through the dungeon can be the leader. I believe no one has any objections to that?"

The middle-aged man replied without arrogance or impatience to the tall male, then turned to look at the other players around him.

But after looking around, he received no verbal support, instead provoking an astonishing statement from a male player with shaggy long hair and an unkempt beard, giving off an "artistic" vibe:

"Clear it? Why do we have to clear it? There's no time limit on this dungeon's objective. Can't we just live here forever? As long as we don't look for that island, we can live freely forever! We never have to do these stupid dungeons again!"

The unkempt man said, raising his arms, visibly agitated.

For a moment, all the players around him fell silent. After several seconds, someone finally mocked him:

"Haha, do you think you can just refuse to do the task and the dungeon won't force you? I just want to say don't be too naive."

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