Surviving Underground: Super Prompting System - Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Survival Underground Begins

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Interesting little ants, are you ready for this exciting little game?”

Joseph, who was dizzy, muttered in a low voice, “Damn it, it’s that bastard who’s playing such a damn joke on me.”

When he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by a completely enclosed earth-like space. Through the weak light, Joseph found that there was not even a rock in the space of only three meters apart from himself and a shovel. It was extremely desolate.

Just as Joseph felt a wave of panic, the voice from before sounded again, “Little ants, as a kind person, I’ll give you a small gift. The rules of the game are written on the wall in front of you. Only by familiarizing yourself with the rules will you have a chance to live longer!”

“Oh, the words on the wall can only exist for one minute!”

Without much time to think, Joseph quickly searched the wall. Just as the voice said, there were clearly written rules of the game on the wall.

Survival game rules:

1. Pick up the shovel next to you and dig hard. There might be a treasure buried under your feet that you cannot believe!

2. Arm yourself with all the resources you can, because there are some cute little things around you!

3. Try to explore this world full of fog. You may find something completely different!

4. Do not be too happy when you meet your own kind. Sometimes, they are more dangerous than the devil!

5. Finally, I have prepared a small gift for each of you. After all, the game should look like a game!

Just as the minute passed, the words on the wall slowly disappeared in front of Joseph. The moment they disappeared, they suddenly turned into a puff of smoke and wrapped around his wrist.

Damn it!

What the hell was This? Where the hell were the priests and exorcists? Hurry up and save poor Joseph from this damn devil.

Looking at the smoke that turned into a strange tattoo, Joseph could not help but greet all the female relatives of Satan.

In this enclosed, terrifying environment, such a strange thing happened and overturned his worldview. How could he calm down?

“Damn it, one day, I’ll rip your head off and stuff it into the toilet!”

Scratching his hair in frustration, Joseph lowered his head and studied it seriously. The totem on his wrist looked like a wing.

When he was sleeping at home, he was sent to such a godforsaken place. However, Joseph had no other choice. Life was like rape. He might as well lie down and enjoy it since he could not refuse.

Only by living could he have a chance to take revenge on that damn guy.

His finger gently touched the totem, and a virtual screen instantly appeared in front of Joseph.

Chat room?

Portable base?

Trade?

The chat room was still understandable, but what was a portable base?

Could it be that it could create a base for me out of thin air like the Red Alert? Was this not too ridiculous?

He casually clicked on the chat room option, and a series of words instantly appeared in front of Joseph.

“Can someone help me call 911? I’m so scared. I want to go home. I don’t want to be alone in this scary place!”

“Isn’t this a prank reality show? Why do I hear the roar of a wild beast beside me? Someone save me!”

“Save you? Even if you’re the president, you also can’t save yourself. Just wait for your death. Without food and clean water, we won’t be able to live for more than a few days!”

“By the way, aren’t you guys going to listen to the rules of the game and pick up the shovel to dig?”

…

The comments kept flashing across the virtual screen in front of him as Joseph was in deep thought.

It was obvious that he was not the only unlucky person who had been fooled by Satan. Although this game was repulsive, it was very fair. There was a rusty shovel in the unknown environment, so they undoubtedly placed all the people who participated in the survival game on the same starting line.

Although every individual’s physical fitness was different, this did not affect Joseph’s anticipation for the game.

He had no choice, so he could only actively participate in it. Perhaps he would really be able to discover a completely different world.

Joseph began to think silently with the shovel in his hand. The clues that were provided were extremely little. Other than the rules left behind by the hateful voice, the rest needed to be explored by himself.

However, he was sure that if he wanted to live, he could definitely not just sit and wait for death. However, he had to be careful in the process of digging. He never believed that things were that simple.

Not only could materials be dug out, but there were also definitely dangers that he was not aware of.

Thinking of this, Joseph held the shovel and began to explore the surroundings. It was not until half an hour later that he chose a corner and used the shovel to dig hard.

A pile of scorched black soil piled up beside him.  There was not even a piece of gravel to be seen. Let alone a damned treasure chest.

This discovery immediately made Joseph moody. Not only did this meant that he had wasted his efforts, but this also meant that all the materials except for soil could only be obtained by opening a treasure chest.

This undoubtedly made the pressure of survival terrifying.

Wiping the sweat off his face, Joseph was a little discouraged and stuck the spade to the side. He did not expect that there would be a muffled sound of a collision.

This was completely different from the sound made when digging the soil. Joseph, who was hungry and thirsty, immediately became excited.

“Oh my God, you finally remembered to save your poor believer?”

Joseph praised excitedly while quickly digging. In just a minute, he found an old wooden treasure chest in the pile of soil.

There was a very weird and abstract letter carved on the treasure chest.

F!!!

Joseph, who was about to rush forward to open the treasure chest, suddenly thought of something. He suddenly took a step back and opened the treasure chest with a shovel at a safe distance of one meter.

The moment the shovel touched the treasure chest, a flame suddenly ignited around the treasure chest, even though it was only for a short second.

However, when he thought of his reckless behavior just now, Joseph immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

It would be fine if this was a special case, but if someone else encountered the same situation as him, then it would definitely be an even worse situation.

In the absence of medical facilities, even clean water was a scarce resource. A burn could take a person’s life.

Thinking of this, Joseph quickly opened the chat room. Sure enough, many people had been burned by the flames and were seeking help in the chat room.

After a moment of silence, Joseph quietly stared at the treasure chest in front of him and kept thinking.

Were there really materials inside the treasure chest?

Could there be an unknown danger?