Lin Sanjiu climbed up a few slopes between high-rise buildings and entered a narrow, winding alley. The pedestrians and shops disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if they were snowflakes that had suddenly melted into water.
Lin Sanjiu gradually moved further and further away from the strange, never-changing human world that seemed to be always busy. As the voices died down, the surroundings slowly quietened down. It was dawn, and the air was still thick with mist. Lin Sanjiu could only hear the clear footsteps of Faun. Thud, thud, thud. Faun's footsteps traveled into her ears.
"How much further do we have to go?"
As she walked, she couldn't help asking. At the same time, her gaze lingered on Faun's back for a moment.
On the back of Faun's robe, there was a mermaid with open arms and a smile on his face.
"Another five minutes," Faun replied with a muffled voice because he was wrapped in his robe. "You will soon reach the territory of our stronghold."
This was the longest sentence Lin Sanjiu had ever heard from him.
The "we" he mentioned was naturally referring to the "Smiling Mermaid", the largest organization in the Cyber District. If Lin Sanjiu opened the map, she would realize that she was gradually approaching the black area that was marked as a no-trespass zone.
When she thought about how the map stall owner had been so secretive when she asked about the largest organization in the area, she couldn't help feeling a little worried.
However, just like a hired laborer who couldn't raise any opinions to the contractor, Lin Sanjiu followed behind Faun silently. As she walked, she pondered about the danger of this "job".
When she asked Faun what kind of job did he do, Lin Sanjiu did not expect Faun to give such a straightforward answer, "Do you want to enter the Pocket Dimension?"
"Why do I want to enter the Pocket Dimension?"
Lin Sanjiu was immediately filled with doubts.
However, even after following Faun for a while, Lin Sanjiu still couldn't find an answer to this question. Faun seemed to be a man of few words. Along the way, no matter how many times she asked him, he would only reply with a few words that he had heard countless times. If he hadn't mentioned that the reward would be 80 large crystals when they were at the basement level 1, Lin Sanjiu would probably not have followed him. He was afraid that Lin Sanjiu would not follow him.
Now, she could be considered a skilled and daring person. Under the temptation of the red crystals, she immediately decided to follow the faun.
The symbol of the smiling mermaid, as the two gradually went deeper. There were more and more signs on the walls of the buildings, at the corners, and on all kinds of signs. All of these signs indicated that Lin Sanjiu was approaching the hinterland of this faction.
When she saw a sentry tower in the distance and the undulating black city wall behind the sentry tower, the Faun turned and led her in the opposite direction.
Where were they going?
"Old Goat, over here!"
Before she could ask a single question, she was suddenly awakened from the silent darkness. Lin Sanjiu was startled. She looked up and saw a head peeking out from the corner on her right. "Yo, you found someone this time?"
— She had finally seen something stranger than the Faun.
The Faun gestured for her to follow him. Faun walked up to him calmly and only responded with a soft "Hmm."
"I say, your personality is really … One is one. You have improved from before," the person sighed. Then, he looked at Lin Sanjiu from head to toe and nodded, "She is tall and has a fierce appearance. She should be fine. But this pair of wings is really strange! "
…
Even though it was indeed unusual to have wings on one's back, Lin Sanjiu felt very indignant when the person in front of her said that.
This was because the person's attire was normal, but there was a large blue and white porcelain vase around his neck.
As most of the person's face was covered by the round porcelain vase, only a pair of eyes could be seen under his unkempt black hair. In addition, his voice was strange to begin with, and it was buzzing inside the vase. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell if the person was a man or a woman even after staring at him for a long time.
It seemed. The blue and white porcelain vase did not affect the person's agility at all. He turned around and led the two of them into a small path. As they followed the winding path, they somehow arrived at a vast open space.
There were already four or five people in the clearing. They were dressed differently, but they did not have the symbol of the smiling mermaid on them, and they did not dress like the residents of the Twelve Worlds Centrum. From the looks of it, they should be hired workers like Lin Sanjiu.
"Well, excuse me," she said, catching up with him. He asked the blue and white porcelain vase, "What exactly is this so-called dungeon?"
The two black eyes of the blue and white porcelain bottle immediately widened. It glanced back and forth between Faun and Lin Sanjiu. "You still don't know? You dare to follow us without knowing anything? Old Goat, didn't you say anything? "
Faun raised his hand and scratched his head. His action was rather obvious. Lin Sanjiu finally realized that he might be shy. "What?" Lin Sanjiu asked. "What?
"Forget it … Come with me, you'll know in a while." A long sigh came from the blue and white porcelain vase, bringing her to an open space.
After waiting for a while, a few more members of the smiling mermaid brought more people over. Lin Sanjiu did a quick count and found that there were almost forty people gathered in the clearing. Seeing that most of the people had arrived, the blue and white porcelain vase walked to the front and raised his voice to greet the small group of posthumans, "Hello everyone!"
Everyone's attention was immediately focused on him.
"I believe everyone knows the reason why we gathered everyone here today." The blue and white porcelain vase paused and glanced at Lin Sanjiu before continuing, "In the territory of the smiling mermaid, there are three different types of dungeons with different scales … One of them is very unstable and is in a period of change. Regardless of its size or its content, it is constantly changing. And it is your destination this time. "
"In this dungeon, other than exploring its area of effect and the way it affects people, we also need to record down the rules and content of the dungeon. As a dungeon that is in a period of change, we need to know all the details about it in time to prevent any accidental damage."
"I believe some of you already know the rules, but let me repeat it to you again. There are 36 people in the arena. After a round of competition, we will eliminate half of them. The remaining 18 will face a trial of attrition warfare – those who can endure five rounds will be allowed to enter the instance dungeon after a short rest. "
"All the rewards you get from the dungeon will belong to you. After you submit the information about the dungeon, our organization will give you an additional 80 big crystals as a reward."
"If any of you want to quit, please let us know in advance. No? Alright, then please get ready. The competition will begin in a moment! "(To be continued.)
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