In another room.
Wen Shichun was asking in the team channel: [I've started streaming. Will it affect you?]
Seeing the message, Shen Jing was the first to reply: [Of course not. It's fine. Streaming can actually be beneficial for players. Although most viewers might just be there... to watch the excitement, if you're lucky, you might encounter bigshots in the comments who offer guidance and help players clear dungeons.]
There would also be some players who combined theory with experience to analyze and discuss in the comments.
However, many key pieces of information might be blocked by the dungeon's mechanisms.
Finally, Shen Jing added: [Don't get too distracted by the comments. Be careful in everything you do.]
Wen Shichun looked at the patient explanation in the chat box.
—Guiding through the instance via bullet comments.
He hadn't considered that possibility before. Right now, he just wanted an item, even if only a little.
The system: [...]
After the other teammates also confirmed they had no issues,
Wen Shichun felt reassured.
Following that, Chang Zhao tentatively asked: [Should we spin the wheel now?]
Seeing this message, Wen Shichun hesitated for a moment: [It's already nighttime. Wouldn't entering an instance at this time risk the external support violating the rules?]
The ghost butler had required them to remain quiet between 7 PM and 5 AM the next day, which coincided exactly with the nighttime period within the instance.
It was now already a quarter past seven.
The point when the time flow returned to normal had been precisely at seven.
Seeing Wen Shichun's message, Chang Zhao explained in the channel: [Don't worry, Xiao Shi. Once external support is confirmed, they have a thirty-minute preparation period before entering. Also, external supporters have a one-hour game protection function upon entering the instance. During that first hour, the incoming support won't trigger any dangers from within the copy.]
Shen Jing added: [That's right. So usually, those who enter use that first hour of protection to figure out the clearance method and help those inside clear the instance quickly... However, that's assuming we can roll an A-rank external supporter.]
Mentioning this, Shen Jing felt somewhat troubled again. Players below A-rank entering their instance likely wouldn't significantly change their current situation.
Finally, Shen Jing asked: [Who among you will spin?]
Currently, above the wheel, Xun Yi, Chang Zhao, and Wen Shichun had contributed equal points, all three possessing the right to spin.
Also, Shen Jing asked another question: [Which rank range should we close off?]
This was a problem.
After all, players below B-rank entering this instance would practically be delivering themselves to their deaths. During their earlier discussion in the channel, they had agreed that if they rolled a low-rank player, they would just forget it and not let anyone else come in to die.
But realistically, given their current situation, even if a B-rank player of the same tier as them entered, the help would still be limited. Otherwise, this whole group of B-rank players wouldn't be hiding in their rooms, helpless.
The group hesitated a little. If the wheel landed on a player below B-rank, they still had the authority to let those unlucky ones go. But if the selected outsider fell into the B or A rank range, players from those tiers would be forced to enter the instance.
...
Inside the room, Wen Shichun patiently waited for his teammates' decision.
The system spoke up at this moment: [You want to block the B-rank tier. Why didn't you say so?]
These B-rank players currently showed a definite tendency to follow his host's lead unquestionably. If Wen Shichun suggested it, they would certainly consider it.
"They'll choose it," Wen Shichun replied calmly, his expression unchanged.
What they needed now was an A-rank player capable of dealing with A-rank ghosts. A B-rank player entering the instance would only end up in the same predicament they were currently in.
The system snorted: [You certainly trust their character.]
But then... the system furrowed its non-existent brow.
It was preoccupied with another matter.
—The item its host wanted was practically useless.
A mere warning talisman, yet it was selling for 5,000 points in the store. It wasn't even something that could provide actual protection against ghost attacks. Who had put this thing up for sale in the panel store? The system hadn't paid attention before. Weren't these things just designed to scam timid newbies like its host?
...
Completely unaware of what his system was thinking, Wen Shichun was currently looking at his steadily rising point count.
—His expression softened considerably.
Meanwhile, in the live stream, because the wheel beneath the upgraded instance corresponding to the broadcast had lit up, the comments scrolling across the top of the screen started moving even faster:
[The wheel lit up! They have enough points to call for backup! They gathered enough points!]
[They're going to spin it! They're going to spin it!]
[But what did the host mean by that last sentence?]
['They'll choose it'?]
[What are they going to choose? Xiao Shi, explain a bit more clearly. (Donation Points +10)]
...
Amidst the clamor, everyone then saw the blue section representing the B-rank zone on the upgrade instance's roulette wheel dim.
And then, connecting it with Wen Shichun's earlier, cryptic statement, "They'll choose it." The referent of that sentence suddenly became clear.
[...]
[...]
[Oh???]
[What are the people inside this instance doing?]
[Am I seeing things? The B-rank zone on the roulette wheel got closed off???]
[The bros inside the instance are pretty bold, huh.]
[No... are they stupid? Even if they didn't ban the E-rank zone, they could have banned the S-rank, right? That way they'd at least be guaranteed some outside help?]
[Are they really that confident they have the fifty-percent luck to land on A-rank help? Lol, I feel bad for my Xiao Shi, saddled with these idiot teammates. Buying talismans won't even save you now.]
[True, should've banned S-rank. I've never seen an S-rank big shot step into an upgrade instance to lend a hand anyway.]
[Yeah, S-ranks are like dragons—you see the head but never the tail (touching wood).]
[Don't talk nonsense! Our District 10 big shot just sponsored Xiao Shi!]
[Wait... so... Xiao Shi's meaning earlier was... he knew his teammates would close the B-rank zone???]
***
District 10, the same villa.
"The people in this instance are kind of interesting."
After the B-rank zone on the roulette wheel was closed off, Gu Heng spoke while enlarging his interface projection, taking a careful look at the little host's bedroom.
"I hope they can transfer to an A-level external aid, I hope they can transfer to an A-level external aid." Xiao Qi clasped his hands together, murmuring a prayer, and finally said, "Transfer to me!"
But it quickly earned him ruthless mockery.
"What would you even do if you went in?" Gu Heng, who spoke, glanced at Xiao Qi. "Do you have ghost-catching skills, or the clairvoyance to see the murderer?"
Xiao Qi, who had just luckily passed the A-level assessment, shrank back at these words and said uncertainly, "Well... I'm lucky? I could bring them good fortune? And external aids get a one-hour protection period after entering, right? I could just go in and find the murderer right away!"
Not a bad idea!
"Forget it, Xiao Xiao." Xie Huai from the couch opposite also laughed. "Didn't you see? Their team was originally heading to the District 2 for a dungeon, but they made an unscheduled stop in the District 5."
Ge Baiyuan listened to their conversation, his brow furrowing slightly. "You mean that train car was interfered with by the District 5, causing the unscheduled stop?"
"Someone up there keeps breaking the rules lately," Gu Heng said casually, but his gaze fell on the streamer's level. "There's an E-rank player in the dungeon again."
Last time, there was a major incident in a District 2 dungeon, and it also involved an E-rank player. And now this train car was also supposed to go to the District 2.
The District 2...
Why have there been so many incidents lately?
While Gu Heng was still speaking, Xiao Qi beside him had a sudden inspiration. "Then I'll share some of my luck with them! If the transfer lands on an S-rank—Brother Gu, Brother Xie—" Xiao Qi looked at the two as he spoke, "You guys go in and help, okay? This Xiao E is from our District 10."
"You brat, do you think we can just go in whenever we want?" Xie Huai retorted irritably. This kid had just tricked him into sending 500 points to that E-rank. "There are so many S-rank players. How big do you think the odds are of landing on someone you know? And why are you only thinking of making your Brother Gu and me work? Isn't Baiyuan an S-rank too?"
Xiao Qi grinned at the words, trying to gloss it over, and mentioned in passing, "Brother Xie, don't try to fool me. There aren't that many S-rank players."
"About that District 2 dungeon from before... did that S-rank black card really get picked up by the newcomer who survived?" From another couch, Ge Baiyuan chimed in at the right moment.
"Whether it was picked up or not is unknown, but it is known that at least three individuals from the upper ranks violated the rules to enter that dungeon," Gu Heng replied, his dark eyes lifting to glance in Ge Baiyuan's direction. "Three District Enforcers were punished by the Laws... They're probably still locked up, not out yet."
"Is it really that serious?" Ge Baiyuan frowned.
"Originally, it wasn't," Gu Heng replied, also somewhat puzzled. "The strange part is that those few actually got into a fight inside the instance. The situation must have been pretty bad because the enforcers from District 2 caught them."
"They essentially disregarded the laws they themselves established."
"Acting recklessly despite the crackdown," Xiao Qi chimed in.
Ge Baiyuan was also confused. "Even though S-rank black cards are precious—is it really worth those people, one after another, putting aside their status to fight over it?"
"Do they really lack one more card?" Ge Baiyuan couldn't help feeling exasperated.
Gu Heng didn't understand either.
What kind of card could it be? In the end, that full-dimensional notification was cut off by an external force before it could be announced.
"Don't try to guess the thoughts of the Enforcers," Xie Huai said cheerfully from the side. "Anyway, if they violate the rules and get caught, the law will punish them all the same."
Perhaps even more severely.
These lawbreakers.
It's good that they're locked up!
Let them stay locked up for a few more days.
To prevent them from leading by bad example and having their subordinates follow suit.
That's what Xie Huai thought.
Xiao Qi nodded in agreement, then turned to look at Gu Heng beside him, pleading earnestly, "Brother Gu, teach me how to pass the Enforcer assessment!"
He wanted to take the Enforcer exam this year too!
"Figure it out on your own," Gu Heng raised a hand to refuse, showing no regard for their cousinly bond. Then, his tone shifted as he looked at Xie Huai and Ge Baiyuan across from him. "Speaking of which, why did Brother Yan stand us up today?"
"Not sure," Xie Huai flipped through his game panel, also finding it odd. "Where has the boss gone?"
Come to think of it, it had been a while since they last saw the boss.
The key point was, didn't they agree on this team-building checkers game a month ago?
Why isn't he replying to messages anymore now?
Where is he?
After noticing this strange situation, the few people in the room exchanged glances.
As for where Yan Li actually went, that's the question...
So, is our mc , that e-rank survivor from the district 2, and did toes people foght cuz of him? did he forget , he did ig- and and what that card? is it about him?? and IG BOSS YAN IS THE ON WITH THE MC ??
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