Author: ThisIsBanana

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Nie Feng watched the passerby walking back and forth outside with his drooping eyes, not oblivious to the people observing them. Then he curled the corners of his mouth.

“These people, they should either check us out openly or just do it secretly. Walking around like this, countless back and forth, without turning their eyes when they pass by, what can they see actually?”

Wen Lang just returned to the dining table from the window, he took a sip of beer, and said with a smile, “These people probably want to see what our spirit weapon looks like, and then want to ‘kneel and lick’.”

The corners of Lou Fan’s eyes twitched and he saw Wen Lang downing the beer like water. He took a side glance at Jiang Dong and curved the corner of his mouth, “Wen Lang, are you trying to get yourself drunk? Jiang Dong should take care of you later.”

“Who wants him to take care of me? Besides, I’m good at drinking.”

“Oh, your drinking is good, huh? Well then, drink more.” Lou Fan stretched his words and winked at Jiang Dong, who looked nonchalant but had been staring at Wen Lang.

The thickness of Jiang Dong’s face is comparable to the city wall, and he is not embarrassed at all. Instead, after receiving Lou Fan’s pointed gaze, he said with a calm expression, “I will take good care of him.”

The time is already 10.00 pm. After Jiang Dong said that, he put down the beer in his hand, got up, and walked to Wen Lang’s side. Wen Lang’s eyes are already hazy so he lifted him up and put him on his shoulders. After excusing themselves to everyone, Jiang Dong took Wen Lang upstairs.

Chen Shuyang sipped the juice and sighed, “Ah Lang and Dr. Jiang are getting friendlier to each other now, they used to bicker like cats and dogs.”

Lou Fan laughed, “Aiya, I have to think about what to put in that extra room.”

Hearing that, Chen Shuyang puzzledly tilted his head and asked, “Why is there an extra room? Isn’t there no extra room now?”

Lou Fan only smiled and didn’t say anything. Nie Feng bent his index finger and tapped Shuyang’s head, “Silly.”

Chen Shuyang touched his head aggrievedly, with a blank expression on his face, “What the hell are you talking about?!”

Suddenly hit in the head, Lou Fan turned his head and glared at Qin Tan angrily.

Qin Tan shook the water from his hand and handed Lou Fan a bowl of milk custard dessert, “Don’t teach bad things to children!”

Lou Fan silently disdained himself twice. That’s right, he shouldn’t teach bad things to children. Children don’t know anything yet, they only have studies in their hearts!

After eating the dessert, Lou Fan got to take a shower. Nie Feng took the initiative to stand up and take Chen Shuyang away with him. Lou Fan felt that it made him feel a little blush inexplicably like he is going to do something embarrassing soon. However, after he took a shower and fantasized about 10,000-character of OOXX in the bathroom, he still didn’t see Qin Tan. After he came out, he went to the bedroom and found Qin Tan lying on the bed in his home clothes; fallen asleep.

Well, pushing through the maze these days, Qin Tan should be quite tired ba.

A small table lamp is turned on by the bed, and the orange light illuminated Qin Tan’s face, softening his sharp facial lines. Sitting down beside Qin Tan gently, Lou Fan watched him sleeping and then carefully covered his own mouth to chuckle. This person, he looked quite gentle when asleep, but then when he is ‘exercising’ on the bed…

Lou Fan reached out and poked Qin Tan’s face lightly. After that, he leaned down and pressed their lips together. He silently said good night before turning off the small lamp.

…

“Scram!”

“Walk slower, urgh, don’t take such a big step.”

“Hiss……”

Lou Fan was leaning against the door with a glass of milk as he watched Qin Tan making omelets. He vaguely heard the voice of someone talking, and a smile appeared on his lips as he could guess who was coming. Seeing the 2 people entering the door, Lou Fan swept his eyes up and down both men and said with a smile, “Why don’t you guys sleep for a while longer? That’s very early of you.”

The weather is fine today and the sun is already high.

Wen Lang’s face turned red. Like a child who did something wrong, he didn’t dare to look at Lou Fan and could only give Jiang Dong a vicious glare. Seeing that he is about to sit down, Jiang Dong immediately ran to get a cushion and put it on the chair causing Wen Lang to glare at him again.

Lou Fan clicked his tongue twice. He could only sigh in his heart and didn’t dare to say it. He is afraid that Wen Lang would die of shame if he said it out loud. Right now, Wen Lang’s face is redder than an apple, the heat on his face might even cook an egg.

At this moment, Chen Shuyang came into the hall and saw Wen Lang sitting there. He slapped Wen Lang on the shoulder and said, “Ah Lang, you drank too much yesterday. It was Dr. Jiang who took care of you yo. You must thank him nicely.”

Wen Lang felt a throbbing pain in ‘that place’. His whole body stiffened and he broke out in a cold sweat. Hearing what Chen Shuyang said, he sneered and squeezed a sentence out of his teeth, word by word, “I. Fcking. Thank. Him!”

Nie Feng, who was following closely behind, sighed and flick his finger on Chen Shuyang’s head, “Stupid, don’t talk nonsense.”

Chen Shuyang covered his head and protested with a look of grievance, “Why do you always say I’m stupid? Which part did I say any nonsense?!”

Lou Fan: “Because you’re stupid to start with.”

…

Upon walking out the door, Lou Fan felt that the people walking back and forth on the road all turned their attention to them. It is the first time he got stared at like this outside of competitions (back in the real world) and he touched his nose helplessly.

Lou Fan has been to Tong Fei’s house so many times, but this time it feels different. He usually feels relaxed and happy when he arrived, but this time, there is a tense atmosphere in the air. He can see the girls training hard everywhere, all with sweat all over their faces.

“Come here, just sit down.” Tong Fei said lightly. Seeing Lou Fan looking around, the corner of her mouth twitched and she said, “Do you think everyone is very hardworking? I forced them to train every day. At the very least, they can run faster than others.”

Her last words are barely audible.

In the past, they always prepared refreshments and fruits when Lou Fan and his team came, but this time, Tong Fei threw them a can of beverage instead of tea.

Lou Fan opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Tong Fei said, “I looked for you guys to exchange information. Also, there is a place I want to take you to. It just so happens that you are all qualified to enter.”

Sitting on the single sofa with a cold expression, Tong Fei continued, “In my previous mission, only me and Jiang Rou came back. There are 14 people in the mission world but only we survived. If it wasn’t for the spell you gave me, I’m afraid it would be a complete annihilation for that mission world. It was a supernatural world. At first, we thought it is just a mission of normal difficulty, but then we found out that the difficulty has more than doubled compared to the normal mission, and we had no power to defend against it at all. Jiang Rou and I upgraded our spirit weapon successively. And with this, when the train arrived, we have to drag ourselves up into the compartment. I have 2 hands left while Jiang Rou only has one. But everyone else…”

Tong Fei closed her eyes, too choked to speak. Lou Fan and the others didn’t bother her. Just by hearing about it, they couldn’t imagine how tragic it was. 5 minutes later, Tong Fei opened her eyes again, but there is only ice in her eyes.

“I don’t know why the intermediate team knew that we had amulets in our hands but they snatched away what I gave to my team members. I’m not sure how they managed to do it, but it must not be a legit way.” Her team members are not that stupid (to give away life-saving items to other people).

Everyone on Lou Fan’s team changed to a solemn expression, they didn’t expect that someone would actually make a sneaky move like that.

Tong Fei said viciously, “I have already some leads. If I find out which organization they are from, I will not be soft-hearted. They better pray they won’t bump into me.” She paused and sighed, “My topic is stretched too far. What I want to say actually is that the difficulty of the mission worlds has increased so you guys must be careful.”

Regarding this matter, everyone on the team has discussed it before. Lou Fan said, “Our task is definitely not as simple as the transitional mission as you mentioned previously. I got lucky and felt that the task is not difficult for me but Wen Lang and the others think that the level of difficulty is not easy.”

The difficulty of transitional missions has also increased? Tong Fei’s beautiful brows knitted into a knot. She didn’t know what to say for some time and her lips felt so dry. She thought about the situation of several people, and still asked the question, “Except for you and Qin Tan, how come everyone also upgraded their spirit weapons?”

Tong Fei only saw their spirit weapon when they got out of the car, but then she realized that the 6people were off to do a transitional mission. Among Lou Fan’s team, 3 of them are still at Level 5, while the other 3 are at Level 6. Logically speaking, the mission world shouldn’t be difficult, as she also has experienced it before. But for the other 4 to upgrade their spirit weapons at the same time, even in more dangerous spiritual worlds, there is not such a high upgrading percentage. She asked Zhuo Lan before but Zhuo Lan didn’t know much about it. She only said that she almost couldn’t come out in the last test, concealing the content of the test.

Hence, Lou Fan asked the 4 members to talk about their own situations. It’s actually quite simple, the 4 people traveled through a maze in their respective ‘dreams’. To not get lost in it, they must have their own beliefs. Just like when one practices kung fu, they must maintain their initial belief and intention to make a breakthrough. The rationale is the same here. The 4 people accepted the test against their hearts, and stand by their beliefs, so they woke up from the ‘dream’.

“Their situation is actually somewhat similar to the time I upgraded mine. I got enlightened by the Master’s chanting and realized my beliefs, while they found their beliefs in their own dreams. To be honest, their situation is more difficult and dangerous than mine.” Lou Fan said. He had a feeling that there’s a fleeting thought within his reach. “I always feel that regarding the upgrade of the spirit weapon, although it is related to one’s personal strength, what’s more important is the heart.”

Tong Fei listened carefully to what Lou Fan said and showed a thoughtful expression. Then she started talking about another topic.

“In my previous mission, I saw a very strange picture.” Tong Fei said.

Lou Fan’s heart jumped and he looked at Tong Fei sharply. Tong Fei continued, “It’s a very weird picture. There is a bundle of light in the high place, dazzling like the sun. Below is a group of people who are fighting. Some of them are holding a bundle of an orange-colored item in their hands, which looked kind of like a…spirit weapon.”

Lou Fan’s eyes widened, and he could barely stand up.

“I think.” Tong Fei said word by word, “I saw myself.”

Lou Fan stood up, feeling cold sweat oozing from his forehead. The painting he had seen flashed in his mind, and then the picture in his ‘dream’, as if he saw that kind face enveloped in the light again. His brain suddenly felt like a needle is stabbing in his head.

“I also saw a similar picture.”

Lou Fan’s neck almost stiffened and he turned to Qin Tan who just said that.

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“It’s the last day already? Why isn’t Wen Lang awake yet?!”

Chen Shuyang was gobbling up food when he heard that today is the last day of their task. He couldn’t be bothered with eating anymore and immediately ran to check Wen Lang’s breathing. Then, he squatted beside Wen Lang and began to mutter.

“Wen Lang, why are you so stupid? You are stupider than me! Wake up quickly. You can’t take my position as the No.1 stupidest member on the team. If you are still not waking up, I will push this position to you. If you don’t speak, it means you agree with this…”

Lou Fan interrupted Shuyang helplessly, “Shuyang, come and eat first. Wen Lang will wake up in a while.”

Chen Shuyang lowered his head and no one couldn’t see his expression clearly. After a long time, he raised his head. His eyes are a little red as he said, “Brother Lou, Ah Lang must be able to wake up, right?” His voice is very low. When he is looking at Lou Fan’s eyes, a little light flashed in his own.

Lou Fan looked at Shuyang and stayed silent for a long time. Then he affirmed, “It’s definitely possible. After you finished eating, go to his ear and nag him, he will wake up soon.”

Chen Shuyang gave a heavy nod and started eating again. After he finished eating, he downed a bottle of water. Wiping his mouth, he started nagging in Wen Lang’s ear.

Nie Feng leaned against the edge of a pillar, with one leg propped up. Staring at Chen Shuyang with drooping eyes, he silently muttered a word, “Silly.”

A hand suddenly covered Chen Shuyang’s mouth and the owner of the hand said, “Are you a duck? I can even hear you quacking in my dreams.”

Wen Lang’s tone is impatient, but his eyes are sparkling. He put down the hand covering Chen Shuyang’s mouth and pulled out the poker in his pocket, it got upgraded too. Chen Shuyang looked at Wen Lang like a large dog with bright eyes, and his mouth wide open to reveal 2 rows of white teeth.

“Ah Lang, you finally woke up! Why are you so stupid? You only woke up now.”

Lou Fan walked over with a smile, “Shuyang, all thanks to you for waking Wen Lang up.”

Wen Lang: …

Qin Tan stood up, also with a smile on his face, “Alright now, it’s great that you managed to wake up. Wen Lang, eat something first. After that, we’re going to look for the exit.”

Probably because their luck is used up, they can’t find an exit after looking for a long time, and everyone is puzzled. It stands to reason that this level should be a Pass (because they woke up from the white world). Even if there are 2 people on the other team who did not pass it, everyone here passed it. Why is there no clue at all now, can it really be impossible to get out?

As they are wondering what to do, the clock struck 12.00 pm.

The dome roof above their head suddenly made clicking sounds. Everyone looked up and saw that the dome is opening up to both sides. Strong sunlight shone in from the outside, forming a strange angle in the middle. Then, everyone saw a door appears on the wall. They immediately became happy, it turned out that this is the exit.

Lou Fan opened the door and walked out. The scene outside the door is a completely different place, no longer the old abandoned amusement park. He turned his head and looked at the exit. The mission world this time is very different from the previous one. He had a feeling that the reason is an important key point. Of course, this time their team had gained too much.

The familiar train whistle sounded, and apart from the 7 of them, no one else can be seen[1].

Wen Lang sighed, “This is the first time for them to be an intermediate team, but both the Level 1 team and the newcomer team are almost obliterated. It’s a bit embarrassing!” Only Zhuo Lan survived apart from their team so it is no different from total team destruction.

Glancing at his spirit weapon, Wen Lang felt even more depressed. A team of 6 intermediate-level spirit weapons, people won’t believe it even if they say it out. They only need to lead a junior team and a newcomer team but the teams ended up completely wiped out. People might say that they sent the juniors and newcomers to their death, but Heaven can be their witness, they really did their best to protect them.

Zhuo Lan got into the train compartment alone. Looking at the empty carriage, she sighed.

In the other train compartment, except Qin Tan and Lou Fan, everyone else is observing their spirit weapon, but Qin Tan frowned and thought for a moment. He said solemnly, “Upon returning to Lazuli, try to put away your spirit weapons. The 4 of you, try to hide your spirit weapons as much as possible, and try not to be seen by others.”

The members who got cue-ed raised their heads in unison. Lou Fan also smiled bitterly, “We have just been promoted to the intermediate team but our spirit weapon got upgraded to intermediate level right away. If we say it out, ill-intentioned people might notice it. It’s not that we can’t beat them, but let’s avoid trouble.”

There are so many organizations in Lazuli. Although they can fight, they can’t go against a big crowd. Lou Fan and Qin Tan are both people who prefer lesser hassles.

The scissors in Nie Feng’s hands have changed back to its original size, and they are being turned around at his fingertips. Nie Feng casually said, “It’s not possible to keep it under wraps for long so it’s better to show other people if you have the strength to flaunt it. In Lazuli, spirit weapon is a symbol of strength, more convincing than the level of rank. If you don’t want to be harassed, you just have to speak with your strength. There may also be unexpected gains.”

Hearing that, Qin Tan looked at Nie Feng with burning eyes, and Nie Feng returned the gaze without fear. His eyes are so frank that people won’t think he said it casually or with a purpose.

Lou Fan thought about what Nie Feng said, it actually made sense. Before this, they agreed that only being low-key can prevent others from snooping. In fact, this is a misunderstanding in itself. The world they currently live in is actually very simple, that is, to speak with strength. Whether it’s a spirit weapon, luck, or fighting strength, it’s all part of strength. The stronger the strength, the less the people in Lazuli would dare to look down on them. Instead, they will treat them with caution and wariness. Lou Fan patted his head and suddenly realized, “Nie Feng is right. We have the strength so why should we hide and tuck like a thief? Shouldn’t we flaunt it and let others ‘kneel and lick’[2] us?”

Everyone: …

This way of thinking is changing too fast, we can’t keep up!

Qin Tan seemed to agree with this statement and said with a smile, “Lou Fan is right, everyone can do whatever you want. Shuyang can also sell his spells publicly. Nie Feng’s reminder is right. This kind of weapon we have is useless when hidden. The benefits are better when they are known to the public.”

Chen Shuyang turned to look at Nie Feng with admiration in his eyes, “Nie Feng, you are amazing. Why are you so smart?”

Nie Feng looked down at Chen Shuyang for a few seconds before reaching out to rub his hair, “Stupid.”

Chen Shuyang chuckled a few times and scratched his head, “I’m just a little stupid.”

Wen Lang: “…”

Can you talk properly? A top student saying that he is stupid, what on Earth is wrong with you guys?

Jiang Dong’s eyes wandered on the 2 people with the light of gossip in his eyes, and a penetrative ‘aunty smile’ hung on the corner of his mouth. Sure enough, nothing can escape his all-seeing eyes!

Since they have decided on the plan, the team swaggered down the compartment when the train arrived at the station. Wen Lang and Jiang Dong’s spirit weapons are spinning around at their fingertips, Chen Shuyang is holding his spirit book, while Nie Feng made the scissors bigger and carried it on his shoulders.

Lou Fan doesn’t know if he should laugh or cry. Although they decided not to be low-key anymore, they don’t need to be so high-profile either!

Wen Lang winked at Lou Fan, “Our goal is to make them ‘kneel and lick’.”

Lou Fan has the urge to cover his face. He shouldn’t get too excited and say the word kneeling and licking, but he can’t stop it now.

As soon as he got off the train, Lou Fan saw Tong Fei waiting in the station. He immediately smiled, waved his hand, and shouted, “Sister Tong Fei!”

Tong Fei looked like the same Tong Fei he knew, but Lou Fan noticed the change in her for the first time. The bright and beautiful women in the past have now become restrained and calm. Seeing them, her eyes only flickered and returned to calm again. The corners of her mouth just twitched, not laughing like she used to and coming over and giving him a hug.

Tong Fei came over and looked at the team. She raised a faint smile and said, “You guys sure have gained a lot from this trip.”

They are indeed high-profile and flamboyant but Lou Fan was observing Tong Fei’s expression so he didn’t pay too much attention to the sensation caused by his team. People who came to pick up people, or people who have just come down from their train are watching them, especially when they see that their spirit weapons looked different. Recently, there is more information about intermediate spirit weapons in Lazuli, so with a glance, they can guess that Lou Fan’s team has intermediate spirit weapons. Immediately, countless envious and jealous gazes came from all directions. It’s like hungry wolves, with a faint green light in their eyes, but also with a hint of timidity.

“Sister Tong Fei, in your last mission…” Lou Fan hesitated, wondering if he should ask.

Tong Fei turned her head to look around and said, “Go back first, I’ll talk more about it tomorrow. And I have something to tell you guys as well.”

Lou Fan replied with an acknowledgment and turned his head to look at Zhuo Lan. He immediately introduced, “This is Zhuo Lan, the newcomer this time, and the only one who survived. I think she should be very suitable for your organization.”

Zhuo Lan looked at Tong Fei nervously. She is rubbing her fingers unconsciously and her palms are sweating slightly. Tong Fei looked her up and down, and she also looked up at Tong Fei.

Tong Fei asked Lou Fan, “Your mission is very difficult this time? Why there’s only 1 survivor left?”

Lou Fan helplessly replied, “I should say that the mission this time is very strange. There are a lot of surprises in the first part, and then the latter is a test of individuals. We can’t help much.”

Tong Fei nodded and looked at Zhuo Lan, “Then, you come with me. I’ll take you to register first, and then we will go to my place so you can see if you want to join me.”

Zhuo Lan immediately cheered up, nodding swiftly and saying yes.

Lou Fan and his party separated from the two and they walked back to their residence.

By the time they arrived at their residence, word had spread all over Lazuli that everyone on Qin Tan’s team had an intermediate-level spirit weapon. When the people from several major organizations heard about it, they couldn’t believe it. They thought that the person who obtained the information just saw it wrongly. After receiving a confirmed answer, they looked surprised. They have never heard of such a powerful team in Lazuli before, why did it suddenly appear? Even if there is 1 person with an intermediate spirit weapon in a team, the team will be recruited by their organizations, let alone all 6 members in a team. What a terrifying power this is.

The most important thing is that the premise of upgrading one’s spirit weapon is they need to improve their physique first. Not to mention how lucky one needs to be to get this opportunity, it is practically impossible for a team of 6 people to get this opportunity. After the physique is improved, then it is a matter of upgrading the spirit weapon. This does not mean that one can upgrade their weapon anytime they wanted to upgrade. The correct combination of time, place, and people is indispensable.

So, it brings them back to this question – what kind of team is this? Why are there no rumors at all? It’s too scary to appear so suddenly. Who dares to recruit 6 holders of intermediate spirit weapons? Even their organization relies on the fact that they have 2 or 3 intermediate-level spirit weapon passengers to recruit other people to join them. Who has the ability to recruit this group of god-like characters?

When several larger organizations thought about this point, they also felt relieved at the same time. If their organization could not recruit this team, other organizations could not have this opportunity too so it won’t cause any disputes for a while. However, there are significantly more people around the team’s residence after that.

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[1] Meaning, the other 3 who ran the other way previously didn’t survive.

[2] It probably meant ‘to give the utmost respect’ but it’s not funny as what the author intended.

According to Zhuo Lan’s 10 years of gaming experience[1], this level should be they let the jumping frog chase them down, leading them to the big boss eventually. After killing the big boss, they can clear the level.

“Of course, this conjecture is according to my experience. I can’t guarantee that it’s correct, I’m just throwing out an idea to consider.”

Qin Tan: “Then we should let ourselves be chased by the jumping frog before we can find the big boss?”

Zhuo Lan crossed her hands, “If my assumption is correct.”

Lou Fan frowned. Letting the jumping frog chase after them? gags It’s so disgusting.

Qin Tan nodded, “Then we’ll decide it that way. We should clear this level earlier, so we don’t have to stay on this floor.” Thinking of the frog’s entrails scattered on the ground after he killed it, Qin Tan’s face also turned a little pale.

However, it is still early. Since the group had enough rest, they simply started walking around randomly. Lou Fan patted Furball and asked Furball to find the frogs. Furball stretched out its small paws and spread out in front of Lou Fan.

Lou Fan: …

Holy crap, Furball has gained intelligence huh?! It even took the initiative to ask for food!

Feeling helpless, Lou Fan bared his teeth at Furball and took out 10 butter beans. He said, “After you found the frog, I will give more to you. Right now, there is only this much.”

Fortunately, Furball is very easy to satisfy. After taking the butter beans, it stuffed them into its mouth. Then it jumped to the ground and started running forward.

[Ding dong! The chase mode will start in 10 minutes. The charming jumping frog will be waiting to meet you…]

When the pleasant mechanical sound rang again, it hasn’t had time to say the rest, the group had already seen a huge jumping frog with a height of 3 stories under Furball’s lead. Compared with the previous small frogs they met, this frog looks like a big boss at first glance, looking obviously uglier[2]. The ugliness of a jumping frog is fully expanded by this frog, causing Lou Fan to silently take a few steps back. The mechanical sound disappeared silently, and the giant jumping frog looked down at a group of ant-like people, croaking with excitement.

Wen Lang: “Shit, that’s disgusting!”

Chen Shuyang: “This is the first time I have seen such a repulsive frog. I will never want to eat any types of frogs again.”

Nie Feng yawned, “But bullfrog’s meat is quite tender.”

Lou Fan couldn’t take it anymore and shouted, “Make this a swift fight!” The trembling in his voice is almost uncontrollable.

Furball rushed out when it heard the order. With such a big frog, Lou Fan is afraid that Furball might not be able to handle it, so he is ready to help with his arrows. The arrow is notched on the bow, but before Lou Fan could shoot, the snow-white dumpling can be seen circling quickly around the boss. After a dizzying moment, the huge frog seemed to be skinned by a sharp knife. Pieces of frog skin fell from the body, followed by pieces of frog meat. And so, the whole frog got dismembered by Furball.

“Furball, how can you be more disgusting than Qin Tan?!” Lou Fan yelled.

Qin Tan: “…”

Furball blinked: It’s my fault again?

A door appeared behind the dismembered giant frog, which turned out it got blocked by the frog’s huge body. The group carefully bypassed the horrific minced meat on the ground. Qin Tan is about to open the door when Wen Lang stopped him.

“Urm, Brother Qin, just let Brother Lou do this. This kind of trivial matter should be left for Brother Lou to do. Hehe.”

Qin Tan: … Then he silently let go of the door handle.

Lou Fan looked at the 2 people with an inexplicable expression, not knowing what riddles are they talking about. But he took the initiative to step forward and pushed the door open.

A long staircase appeared before them, with dim wall lamps on either side. The stairs are revolving type, and the group walked down for more than an hour before finally reaching the end. The sudden strong light caused everyone to block their eyes uncomfortably. When they opened their eyes after getting used to the light, they realized that they have arrived at a large dome building. It is somewhat like a European dome building, with a mural painted on the top and surrounded by surrounding 8 pillars.

“Is this inside the maze too?”

The surrounding area is extremely empty. Except for the 8 pillars, there is nothing else to see.

Qin Tan reminded, “Everyone, don’t be careless.”

10 minutes later, nothing happened.

“What the hell is this place?” Wen Lang said irritably and kicked a pillar.

Jiang Dong glared at Wen Lang and scolded, “So anxious to seek death? Don’t touch anything randomly. Else, you won’t even know how you died.”

Yesterday, this man is still affectionate to him. How come he is so mean to him today? Wen Lang looked at Jiang Dong aggrievedly.

Jiang Dong rubbed Wen Lang’s head helplessly. As patiently as he could, like he is comforting a child, he said, “It’s not your first time going on a mission, you can’t be so reckless.”

Wen Lang pouted and nodded reluctantly.

After walking around the domed building, carefully looking at every possible place where something could happen, the group of people found nothing so they simply sat down to rest.

Lou Fan raised his head and stared at the mural above his head. As he is staring at it, he felt like his consciousness is gradually turning blurry. His consciousness seems to be immersed in warm water. It is as if he is not himself, but also himself at the same time. He couldn’t move and could only follow the ups and downs of the water flow. Not sure how long it took, but his body felt soft and powerless. Then, as if he had been washed to the shore, his consciousness became clearer. Slowly, he opened his eyes and he can see the surrounding clearly.

This is a pure white and blank world. There is nothing to see, like being surrounded by the fog and one can’t see very far. Feeling a little confused, he tried to think about something but soon he found that he had forgotten who he is and where he is supposed to be. He could only walk forward unconsciously, keep walking, and walk for a long, long time. But he didn’t feel tired, as if his senses aren’t registering.

“Lou Fan…”

He turned his head and looked around. Who is it? Who is calling what?

“Lou Fan…”

Is the voice calling him? His name is Lou Fan?

That’s right! His name is Lou Fan, so where did he come from?

A huge white wall appeared in front of Lou Fan. There are 2 ancient characters inscribed on the wall. After staring at it for a long time, the words appeared in Lou Fan’s mind – 琉璃(Lazuli).

Lazuli, what is that place?

Stretching out his hand, Lou Fan touched the white wall lightly. The moment he touched it, a wave of ripples spread out, forming a door enough for a person to pass through. Without hesitation, he stepped in and walked passed the door. Scene after scene flashed in front of him, like a movie. After Lou Fan passed through the 5th one, a painting appeared in front of him. Inside the painting, a huge figure is enveloped in white light, and in front of the figure is a group of people as small as ants. A small group of people stood among them, holding something red in their hands. Lou Fan stared blankly at the white figure. Suddenly, he seemed to be able to see the person in it clearer. She smiled at him. The smile is kind and gentle, and it seemed to carry infinite compassion, which astonished his heart.

Lou Fan came back to his sense and he looked around him. The pure white world has disappeared and he is still sitting by the pillar beside Qin Tan. Qin Tan’s eyes are closed and his expression looked like he is struggling internally. All the members around him are also the same with their eyes closed, their expressions dazed. Lou Fan pursed his lips. This level’s checkpoint should be a personal maze for everyone. They can’t rely on others to help them and can only rely on themself. Lou Fan looked at his team members worriedly. When he turned around, he saw Qin Tan open his eyes and looked at him.

Seeing Lou Fan looking over, Qin Tan smiled at him. His face is still a little pale, but Lou Fan looked at his Tang sword and felt that there’s something different about it. Thinking of that, Lou Fan raised his bow and clenched it hard. He only felt a little unusual, but he didn’t know what is different.

Qin Tan also felt that his Tang sword is a little different than usual. He picked it up and took a closer look, but couldn’t tell why it is different.

“Qin Tan, I feel that this checkpoint is a fortunate encounter for us.” Lou Fan said slowly, looking at his other team members with fiery eyes.

Hearing that, Qin Tan showed a shocked expression. Then, as if he understood what Lou Fan is talking about, he slowly replied, “I hope they can persevere.”

“En, even if they missed the opportunity this time, it’s fine as long as they could wake up smoothly.”

Lou Fan raised his watch and glanced at it. The next moment, his eyes widened abruptly, “Qin Tan, there are only 3 days left.”

He just closed his eyes and 2 days are gone. Right now, Lou Fan is a little anxious as he is afraid the rest of the members won’t be able to keep up with the time.

…

2 days later, Lou Fan could only practice fighting with Qin Tan to while the time away, occasionally playing with Furball. He also spent some time observing everyone’s situation. Unfortunately, nothing could be seen from their faces.

That night, Zhuo Lan opened her eyes. There is a hint of joy in her eyes when she saw Lou Fan. Lou Fan greeted her with a smile, only to think that the look in her eyes is different now.

“Why do I feel so hungry?” Zhuo Lan asked with a frown, clutching her protesting stomach.

Lou Fan laughed, “It’s been 4 days, of course you get hungry.”

“4 days?” Zhuo Lan said incredulously, “Didn’t people say humans will die if they don’t drink water for 3 days?”

Lou Fan: “That’s under normal circumstances. But from the moment you came to this world, you are no longer a normal person.”

Hearing that, Zhuo Lan is stunned for a moment. Then she chuckled, not knowing whether it is self-deprecating or something else, “That’s right…” Before Zhuo Lan could finish her sentence, her eyes caught sight of the 2 people lying on the ground. Then she looked at Lou Fan and asked hesitantly, “They, could it be…”

Lou Fan nodded without saying anything. When the 2 people fell to the ground from their sitting pose, he and Qin Tan went over to check and found that they are no longer breathing. Therefore, he is even more worried about his own team members. Lou Fan had to check for their breathing many times every day, afraid that they would leave soundlessly.

Zhuo Lan stared blankly at the 2 people and her expression changed a few times. In her heart, she is glad that she persevered with the little faith and gritted teeth. Otherwise, she will stay in this world forever. How she wished it is a dream, but the feeling of realness made her understand that this is definitely not a dream.

In the early hours of the night, Jiang Dong and Nie Feng’s spirit weapons shone bright orange at the same time. Lou Fan immediately got up from the ground and walked over excitedly. Soon, the two woke up one after another 10 minutes later. They both felt a little unreal when they saw the spirit weapon with an orange glow in their hands.

Lou Fan patted his 2 team members on the shoulders and said, “Good job, you guys finally woke up. Right now, we just have to wait for these 2.”

Jiang Dong looked at Wen Lang with a worried look, and Lou Fan comforted, “It will be fine, you have to trust him. Shuyang will also make it.”

Jiang Dong looked at Lou Fan fixedly. Seeing his firm eyes with a soft smile, somehow, Jiang Dong felt relieved.

Nie Feng’s eyes swept across Chen Shuyang and stopped for a while on the spiritual book in his arms. Unoticeably pressing down his lower lip, he raised his water bottle to drink some water.

At 6.00 am, with 12 hours left before their deadline for completing the task, Lou Fan crouched between Wen Lang and Chen Shuyang. He turned his head left and right, staring intently at the members. When he put his finger under Chen Shuyang’s nose again, he realized that his breathing is normal as usual. Lou Fan sighed, why doesn’t he wake up?!

“Brother Lou, what are you doing?”

Chen Shuyang’s voice seemed to ring loudly beside his ears. Lou Fan turned his head sharply and saw Chen Shuyang staring at him blankly, followed by a rumbling sound in his(CSY) stomach.

“I’m very hungry.”

Lou Fan looked up and down at Chen Shuyang’s body. When he saw Chen Shuyang’s spirit book, he became speechless. Even the upgrade of his spirit weapon is raised so silently. Ain’t that a little too low-key?

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[1] Banana: Hmm, I think the author should let other people give this info (albeit unuseful) rather than Zhuo Lan. It doesn’t fit her image as a strict higher management staff.

[2] Banana: This is the reason why I said the above info is unuseful, because they found the Boss already :v felt like it’s just filler for the word count.

Inside the rolling transparent bubble ball, everyone is knocked into a daze, not knowing where they are taken to. When the transparent ball finally broke, they fell to the ground miserably.

“Ouch!” “Damn!” “Frick!”

A bunch of scolding could be heard, and the group of people stood up while rubbing their buttocks. Then, they keep rubbing the place where they got hit during the tumble.

“We’ve changed places.” Nie Feng suddenly said to attract everyone’s attention. He didn’t care about the pain in his body and began to look around.

It’s like entering the basement floor after clearing the first round in the Super Mario game. The light in the place where they are is very dark, which is very different from the bright maze before. There are high black walls all around. The only thing in common is they are still in the maze passages.

The sensory stimulation of light on humans is very obvious when it changes. When they got here, everyone immediately became nervous, even holding their weapons tightly.

“Tsk, I have a bad feeling.” Lou Fan tutted.

As soon as Lou Fan said that, his team immediately looked at him. Lou Fan only spread his hands and said, “I feel like we are going to need fighting force, so Shuyang and I will depend on you guys.”

Wen Lang snorted, “What kind of bad premonition is that if you only need fighting force? It’s those stuff that needs luck that will make people bald, okay?”

Qin Tan glanced around and confirmed that there is no danger at the moment. So, he said, “Let’s eat something to replenish our strength first. Also, those who are wounded, go and apply medicine.”

As the only woman in the group, Zhuo Lan is rubbing her knees silently at the moment. She is in great pain, and it must have been blue and purple all over her body. However, she just rubbed the sore spot, trying to reduce the pain. Suddenly, a bottle of medicine appeared in her sight, and she knew it is medicine for wounds. Looking up, Zhuo Lan saw Lou Fan squatting down with the medicine. He is looking face to face with her and she pursed her lips.

“This medicine is not bad, the wound doesn’t hurt anymore when you apply on it.” Lou Fan said, “I’ll block the sight for you, you can apply it yourself.”

Zhuo Lan bit her lower lip and said softly, “Thanks.”

Lou Fan squatted with his back turned and spread his coat, just managing to block Zhuo Lan who is sitting on the ground. Lou Fan said softly, “I have a good friend with temperament very similar to yours. She has gone to do her mission, and I don’t know if she will return smoothly. When I see you, I think of her.”

Zhuo Lan smiled and replied, “You must have a good relationship.”

Lou Fan also nodded, “It’s good, she’s just like a big sister. Although she has a bad temper, she’s actually a good person. When we go back, I’ll introduce you to her, and you can join her organization.”

Zhuo Lan uttered a sound of acknowledgment. Different from when she first came into this world, the thorns all over her body seemed to have been removed, and she became humble.

After resting for a while, everyone packed up and is ready to move on. The wounds on their body have been smeared with the medicine, which is very effective.

[Ding dong!]

A mechanical sound rang out, startling everyone.

[Ding dong! Congratulations to the players for passing the 3rd level. Welcome to the basement floor maze. The chase mode will be launched in 10 minutes, and the charming jumping frog will be waiting to meet you. Note that players can get a 5-minute rest time by killing a jumping frog. The chase mode will be activated for 1 hour. The more rest time you get, the longer you can delay the chase mode from being turned on.]

This time, the mission world even gave them a hint.

“Frck, how do we get through this level? Is there any checkpoint left?” Wen Lang yelled.

Lou Fan frowned, “Jumping frogs, it doesn’t sound like a good thing to hear.” He hates this kind of sticky stuff the most.

Qin Tan calmly said, “Let’s take it one step at a time. This layer is different from the above, maybe er will encounter something, don’t worry.”

10 minutes passed quickly, and everyone are still standing there, waiting to see what the jumping frog looked like. With a ‘croak’, everyone saw its true appearance. It is a giant frog[1], but it looks so ugly. Its skin is darker than that of a toad, and there are lumps all over its body. It has the size of a small car but it seems to move quickly. Within a few jumps, it has arrived in front of them.

Lou Fan is disgusted, and Zhuo Lan’s face turned pale.

“Go go go, it’s disgusting.”

Unfortunately, before they could leave, the jumping frog stuck out a tongue and hit Nie Feng. The heavy force is mixed with disgusting saliva, making all the liquid splash over Nie Feng’s body. The tongue hit him like a whip and it hurt so much that he bared his teeth.

Obviously, it was still so far away just now. Why it can come over so fast? Now, they have to face the frog no matter what.

Seeing that Nie Feng is entangled, Lou Fan immediately took some arrows and shot. 3 arrows flashed and happened to hit the lump on the jumping frog. With a ‘pshh’, the lump burst, and a foul-smelling black liquid flowed out.

“Blergh!” Lou Fan is even more disgusted.

Chen Shuyang held the long spear and poked it at the jumping frog. Probably due to its rough and thick skin, the tip of the spear sank under the skin. The jumping frog immediately flicked its tongue.

Seeing the tongue is about to hit Chen Shuyang, Qin Tan swept forward with his Tang sword. The orange-yellow blade slashed across the long tongue, just like cutting tofu. The long tongue is cut into half, and the one that fell on the ground is still twitching. Qin Tan swung his long sword and slashed at the jumping frog. The jumping frog made a ‘croak’ and pounced at Qin Tan. Qin Tan also rushed towards the frog quickly, and the edge of his sword swept across its belly.

BLEARGH! Lou Fan almost vomited out at the sight of viscera all over the place. It’s really repulsive.

A snow-white cloud emerged from Lou Fan’s pocket, staring at him with its curious little eyes. The snowball tilted its head as if it doesn’t understand what happened to its master. Lou Fan paused, and an idea popped into his head. Then, he hugged the fur ball and kissed it. Lou Fan didn’t turn around and just shouted to the back, “Quick, quick, let’s find the next frog. I have a good idea.”

Wen Lang immediately opened his mouth and laughed, “Ah, is my Brother Lou going to do something extraordinary again?”

Lou Fan really disliked this jumping frog so he replied, “There’s no other way. Who made these frogs so nauseating.” Otherwise, he would not have done this.

There was no need for the group to look for the frogs. Soon, the second jumping frog appeared not far away. When it saw them, Lou Fan felt that its bulging eyes are flashing with green light and that ‘croak’ contained a feeling of infinite excitement.

“Go! Brother Lou!” Wen Lang shouted.

Lou Fan’s eyes are throwing daggers at Wen Lang to shut up. Next, he said a few words to the fur ball, and it nodded slightly.

A flash of lightning-fast white figure rushed towards the oncoming jumping frog, like a small cannonball. It rushed into the jumping frog’s opened mouth. The next moment, the jumping frog that was still excited just now fell to the ground heavily and stopped moving.

Furball flew back, and immediately wanted to run up to Lou Fan’s shoulder but got stopped by Lou Fan. Lou Fan held Furball in front of his eyes and stared all over it carefully. After that, he sniffed Furball carefully to make sure that there is nothing strange on it or exuding a strange smell. Only then did he reluctantly let Furball stand back on his shoulders.

Before the people behind him could come back to their senses, Lou Fan already raised his arms and shouted, “Let’s go! The chase mode is on, let’s look for the frogs!”

Everyone: …

Black lines [-_-ll] can no longer be used to express the complexity of their hearts. Is it really okay to cheat freely like this?

Lou Fan is very happy that he doesn’t have to come into close contact with such foul things again. There is nothing nicer than that. He can’t wait to kiss Furball again, but, en… the way Furball killed the frogs… Lou Fan really can’t bear to drop that kiss. Thinking like this, he took out a handful of butter beans and fed them to Furball with a smile.

Qin Tan curved his lips behind Lou Fan, feeling a little helpless.

Nie Feng is very curious about the fur ball on Lou Fan’s shoulder. He originally thought it is just a small pet. Although he had seen only this pet in Lazuli, he didn’t expect it to be so powerful. He was hit by the tongue of the leaping frog before so he knows how painful it is.

Zhuo Lan feels a little confused now. She remembers that when she was chatting with the Level 1 team before, she heard that the missions in each world are very scary. But according to what she encountered so far, apart from getting exhausted from the Guard Patrol, she does not feel very horrible. Or rather, did the Level 1 team exaggerate the difficulty? She is a little confused now.

A group of people walked slowly in the maze, carefully checking for checkpoints. The oncoming jumping frogs are all killed by Furball, so they had no chance to take action themselves. Also, Furball moves faster than anyone else, because Lou Fan would give it a big handful of butter beans every time it killed a frog.

Furball: Butter beans are the best.

After an hour.

[Ding dong! Calculating the number of jumping frogs killed…]

5 minutes later.

[Calculating…]

Lou Fan had a feeling that he could hear the mechanical voice saying the words with imperceptible gnashing of teeth.

[Ding dong! According to the calculation, a total of 378 jumping frogs were killed and 31.5 hours of rest time were obtained…]

Lou Fan sighed, “Ah, finally I don’t have to see such disgusting things anymore. Why don’t they come more? It would be better if I didn’t have to see them at all until the end of this level.”

Everyone thought about it and felt that what Lou Fan said is very reasonable.

Without the jumping frogs coming to attack them, the group is more leisurely and relaxed. Their goal is very clear, that is, to find the checkpoint and clear it. However, they have been searching for a few hours and have not seen any checkpoints.

“Take a break to replenish your strength and eat something,” Qin Tan said.

After walking for a long time, everyone is really tired. They didn’t sleep much at all. Now that they had enough time, the group couldn’t help but relax. As soon as they sat down, they feel like they can’t open their eyelids. After closing their eyes for a while, a slight snoring sound could be heard.

Lou Fan rubbed his eyes, feeling a little tired too. Qin Tan sat beside him and patted his own shoulder for Lou Fan to lean against.

“Go to sleep, I’ll keep watch.”

Lou Fan took Furball out and said to Qin Tan, “You sleep too. Let Furball stand guard, you haven’t slept much before.”

Qin Tan is quite an alert person, so with Furball helping out, they are relatively safe. He nodded and closed his eyes, resting against Lou Fan’s head.

…

Hearing someone talking, Lou Fan woke up and saw that Zhuo Lan is writing on a piece of paper while Chen Shuyang stood beside her and watched. The rest of the people also woke up gradually. Lou Fan looked at the time, he actually slept for 6 hours.

Chen Shuyang walked over happily and said with a smile, “Brother Lou, we have a new idea. It is Zhuo Lan who thought of it, and I think it should be alright.”

Lou Fan stood up, rubbing his hair, and asked, “What new ideas?”

Zhuo Lan showed her first smile after arriving here, “I think this level is a bit like a game.”

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[1] Banana: I will keep the word Frog instead of Toad here because that’s why the author wrote, despite the appearance are described like a toad. I guess author just combined both attributes and named it as a jumping frog.

Zhuo Lan took a deep breath but felt that she had never been so tired in her life. She already doesn’t know how to move her hands and feet and is completely powerless. Just now, she could only mechanically run with the group. At this moment, she looked back and saw that except for the 6 members of the intermediate team, there are only 3 of them left. The rest of the junior and newcomer team is nowhere to be seen.

“The other 3 people…” Zhuo Lan hesitated and asked timidly. She already has the answer in her heart, but she can’t believe it.

“If they run fast enough, then they are probably resting somewhere. If they are unlucky…” Wen Lang’s voice lightly sounded in Zhuo Lan’s ear, as if it is spoken from a long distance.

At the same time, Zhuo Lan fell down to the ground with a THUMP and lay motionless, startling everyone. Jiang Dong checked immediately and waved his hand, “She’s okay. She is just too tired and a little dehydrated.”

Qin Tan nodded, “Then, let’s rest for a while. There is still more than 3 hours before the Guard Patrol started again, so hurry up and rest.”

It’s fine if Zhuo Lan is okay. They wouldn’t want to carry someone on their back while running in this maze. But it would be a bit unkind to leave her behind.

Lou Fan glanced at his watch. Before he knew it, the current time is already early morning. Thinking that he would have to work hard in 4 hours, the most important thing right now is to rest. From the moment they entered the maze, they have been moving non-stop like a spinning top, even people made of iron can’t stand the intensity. Thinking that there are still a few days to go through this cycle, Lou Fan felt that he had to speed up.

Though Lou Fan said to rest, his tense nerves couldn’t relax, so he simply started a discussion with everyone. “What do you think is the most important thing about this mission world?”

After a few seconds of silence, the other 5 said in unison, “Clear the levels.”

Lou Fan praised his team’s tacit understanding and nodded with a chuckle, “I also think so, the biggest point of this mission should be clearing the levels. We passed the 2nd level and started the Guard Patrol mode. But now what I’m worried about is, that if we cleared this level later, other modes will be opened. However, all of this is based on general level clearing knowledge. Once we clear more levels, it means we are getting closer to the exit. Of course, this is my current guess.”

Lou Fan’s guess made sense.

“That is to say, we need to find checkpoints to clear the levels as soon as possible,” Jiang Dong said.

Speaking of which, he and Wen Lang both shivered.

Lou Fan nodded, “While dodging the guards, we have to look for checkpoints. I think the previous 2 levels are actually easy to pass, right?”

As soon as Lou Fan said these words, he saw Qin Tan’s face darken while Wen Lang and Jiang Dong’s expression is indescribable beyond words.

Qin Tan squeezed his eyebrows, “It shouldn’t be difficult with you here.”

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong: The difficulty is, facing those without you.

The corridor is quiet. After everyone casually ate something to pad their stomach, they closed their eyes and rested, holding their weapons in their arms.

When Lou Fan wakes up, he is lying on Qin Tan’s lap. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Qin Tan with his eyes closed and his chin[1] is a little blue/green. He stretched out his hand to touch it, but the man opened his eyes and looked down at him.

“Awake?” Qin Tan rubbed Lou Fan’s head.

Lou Fan sat up and looked around, inexplicably feeling a little strange. Chen Shuyang is sleeping soundly against Nie Feng’s shoulders. What is stranger is that Wen Lang and Jiang Dong are sleeping sweetly with their heads touching, the atmosphere is very harmonious.

“What happened to these two people while I was away?” Lou Fan asked Qin Tan in a low voice, with a gossipy expression on his face.

Qin Tan has a smile in his eyes as he replied, “Probably just opening up to each other?”

“Huh?” Lou Fan is stunned, “That explosive? What the hell did you guys encounter?”

As soon as Lou Fan asked the question, Qin Tan stopped talking and randomly shifted his gaze elsewhere, not meeting Lou Fan’s eyes. And at this moment, the others also woke up.

Zhuo Lan rubbed her head and sat up, only to feel pain in her head. When she touched it, there is a sore bump.

Lou Fan stood up and clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention. He glanced at the time on his watch, and said quickly, “The time is almost up, the patrol mode will be turned on immediately. Everyone, get ready.”

“Zhuo Lan, are you okay?”

Suddenly being called, Zhuo Lan is stunned for a moment. She nodded and said, “It’s fine, I can do it.” She pursed her lips and said, “Thank you, everyone.”

[Ding dong! Now the Guard Patrol mode has started. The guard patrol time limit is 1 hour, and the location is random. Please hurry up and escape. Be careful, don’t get caught by the guards, otherwise, there will only be a dead end yo!]

A nightmarish voice sounded, and everyone sighed involuntarily. Just as they are about to run, Lou Fan suddenly stopped everyone.

“Wait a minute. Let’s run after the guards appeared. Running around randomly will only waste our energy.”

Everyone: It makes sense, so why did they take the initiative to show up in front of the guards before this?

10 minutes later, a guard appeared in the distance. This time, there is no need to say anything and everyone tacitly ran away. But they already learned their lesson. This time, the remaining 2 people from the Level 1 team and Zhuo Lan followed the group closely, afraid to go the wrong way. Song Ye has separated with them from the 1st Guard Patrol, and they don’t know how he is right now. They can only pray that he is still alive.

When running through an intersection, Qin Tan paused, “There’s a checkpoint there.”

There is a guard in the back and a checkpoint in the front. If they missed this checkpoint, they don’t know if they can return to it later. This is really a dilemma.

There are still 5 minutes left so Lou Fan gritted his teeth and said, “Go, we’ll go to the checkpoint. If the guard arrived, let’s try to last for 5 minutes.” After he finished speaking, he took the lead and rushed into the checkpoint area. The few people behind him didn’t say a word, they all followed and ran after him.

Zhuo Lan thinks this group of people is crazy. Didn’t they hear that being caught by the guards means death? Now, they are rushing in like this, the checkpoint area is a dead end! She roared in her heart, but she didn’t dare to run away by herself, so she could only follow the group to the checkpoint.

The guard at the back obviously saw them and followed them all the way. But when the group is about to prepare for a fight, the guard magically stopped at the entrance of the checkpoint area, as if not seeing them. It wandered there for a while and then turned around to leave.

The whole group saw the joy in each other’s eyes. It turned out that the guards could not enter the checkpoint area!

Lou Fan pondered for a moment, “So that’s the case. That is to say, the checkpoint area is a ‘way of life’. Once we found the location of a checkpoint, we can avoid confronting the guards, which is much easier.”

However, as soon as Lou Fan turned his head, he saw something on the wall and stood there dumbfounded – what is this pile of weird stuff?

There are a bunch of tubular things piled up in pieces on the wall. There are 6 valves in the front, and 6 colors of red, yellow, blue, green, orange, and purple in the back. Lou Fan stared at it for a long time, but he doesn’t understand what it is.

[Banana: Here’s the example of the game – https://i.imgur.com/kl5XvAa.png ]

“I know this.” Wen Lang said with a grin, “It’s a pipe connecting game. Just that this one looked a bit complicated, and… I don’t know which color to choose.”

Jiang Dong rubbed his brows and sighed, “Why do we have to choose again.”

Chen Shuyang frowned and stared at it for a long time, then said aloud, “I know how to match the pipes, but which valve should I choose to match which color? Or are there requirements for both the valve and the color?”

Oh, that’s a real question there.

The people who were standing beside Chen Shuyang suddenly took a step back. But Chen Shuyang only looked at them eagerly, waiting for their answer.

Lou Fan: “Why do you all step back? Let’s think about it together.”

Wen Lang shrugged, “Brother Lou, don’t make it hard for us. How can we think of anything out of this? You should just KO everything in seconds with your luck!”

Qin Tan, Jiang Dong, and Nie Feng nodded in agreement.

Lou Fan scratched his head, messing his hair, “How to KO this? You tell me how to KO it?”

“Overwhelm everything with your luck. You can do it, Brother Lou!” Wen Lang made a cheering gesture.

I C.A.N.N.O.T ——Lou Fan rolled his eyes, frowning at the mess.

There is no hint of what is on the wall at all. Lou Fan thought for a while, and said to Chen Shuyang, “Let’s connect one and see what happens first.”

“Okay.” Chen Shuyang agreed and started rolling up his sleeves, “Which valve and color?” He then chose the 2nd valve and the purple counterpart.

The tube on the wall cannot be taken off. It can only turn in place, and be connected to other pipes by turning. Soon, Chen Shuyang connected the 2nd valve to purple. He stood up straight and stared at the wall. The other people behind them are also very nervous. 10 minutes later, nothing happened. Everyone is relieved and at the same time, their nervousness is raised again.

Chen Shuyang: “It seems that we need to connect all valves together.”

Lou Fan walked around, rubbing his chin in thought, without a clue.

No one else could help, Wen Lang bumped Jiang Dong with his shoulder and asked, “Hey, what’s your favorite color?”

Jiang Dong glanced at Wen Lang and replied with a raised tone at the end, “Yellow, color[2].”

Wen Lang: …how come it sounds weird?

PA! Lou Fan clapped his hands and shouted excitedly, “I see!”

Qin Tan: “What?”

“Come on, tell me your favorite color.”

Lou Fan took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. After filling it, the result is:

Qin Tan – blue
Lou Fan – green
Chen Shuyang – purple
Wen Lang – red
Jiang Dong – yellow
Nie Feng – purple

He handed the paper to Chen Shuyang, “Just follow this order[3].”

Wen Lang: “Brother Lou, your decisions are as flashy as ever. No one will ever think like this except you!”

Lou Fan helplessly replied, “I can’t do anything either. I don’t have any hints, so we’ll just do whatever we can.”

Chen Shuyang arranged the order in the list without comments. Lou Fan stared at the pile of pipes with his chin up. Suddenly, he recalled the painting he saw before. He remembered in a trance that among the group of people standing below the figure, there seems to have these colors too. But Lou Fan shook his head, it might be just an illusion. It can’t be that coincidental.

This pipe puzzle is really a bit complicated. Chen Shuyang has to turn a few times at a time and stand far away to observe for a while. The rest of the people couldn’t help, it gave them a headache from just looking at it. Hence, everyone could only try not to make noise to disturb Chen Shuyang.

With a click, as the last tubular pipe is connected, the valve spewed liquid, and the transparent water pipes are filled with colorful liquids, which looked kind of nice for a while.

The group of people gathered in front of the puzzle, and a huge bubble suddenly appeared and wrapped them in it. Then, they saw a large amount of water pouring out from all directions, and the bubble they are in is carried by the current as it began to roll and float.

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[1] Not sure if the author really meant to write chin or it’s a typo?

[2] Jiang Dong said 黄色 which yellow is a slang for nsfw stuff. The last word 色 is also can mean nsfw stuff ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[3] If anyone noticed the ranking, you are correct. It’s the ranking of when the members joined the team.

When Qin Tan and his party arrived in the room with a huge picture frame, 2 hours had passed. Ignoring the fragments on the ground, Wen Lang walked to a door with a flower pattern drawn on it and pushed the door open without any hesitation.

Jiang Dong responded very quickly and shoved Wen Lang aside. At that moment, Wen Lang saw countless flowers with sharp teeth rushing out of the door. Qin Tan decisively swung the Tang sword in his hand and quickly cut off the flower that is pouncing at him with a wide opened mouth. The flower fell to the ground, and the wound dripped bright red ‘juice’.

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong immediately took out their weapons

Others are not so lucky. They couldn’t dodge in time and get bitten on the neck by the big mouth of the man-eating flower. Next, the petals bulged, and the person got sucked into the flower. The flowers that managed to devour prey seemed to be satisfied. Moving its cheek-like petals, they quickly retreated behind the door.

A few minutes later, the other man-eating flowers seemed to have received some instructions. Seemingly dissatisfied, they still returned to the door without hesitation. The door with the flower painted closed with a bang as if something so terrible had never appeared before.

Qin Tan looked around with a sullen face. Both the Level 1 team and the newcomer team lost a member each. Then, of the remaining 3 survivors, one of them lost an arm. The other 2 got lucky and only suffered minor injuries.

[Banana: Apologies for breaking immersion here. Just want to provide an update of the currently surviving people in case anyone wants to know. Also, Song Ye (the temporary leader of the junior team was not mentioned anywhere so far so I’m not sure if he is one of the people who fell into the trap previously)]

Team 1 (from 8 ppl to 6 ppl now)
Qin Tan
Wen Lang
Jiang Dong
1x Level 1 team (1 just died from the man-eating flower)
2x newcomers (1 just died from the man-eating flower)

Team 2 (still 6 ppl)
Lou Fan
Chen Shuyang
Nie Feng
2x Level 1 team
1 newcomer (Zhuo Lan)

“Treat your injury.” Qin Tan gave some medicine to the wounded people.

Jiang Dong helped the newcomer to bandage his wounded arm as he gro.a.ned in pain. The wounds that had been treated with medicine quickly stopped bleeding, and Jiang Dong wrapped them up with a layer of bandages.

Wen Lang bowed his head and stood aside. He was a little reckless just now, opening a door without even being prepared. He glanced up at the 3 remaining doors, hesitating.

After Jiang Dong finished with the bandages, he put away his things and walked to Wen Lang’s side. Then he said in a low voice, “I’ll open the door, you stay away.”

Wen Lang frowned at Jiang Dong and retorted, “With your luck, a monster might come out and we’ll be finished.”

“Even if a monster appears, I will be blocking in the front so get out of the way.”

Wen Lang pulled Jiang Dong, not giving an inch, “I refused.”

Jiang Dong stroked his hair irritably and grabbed Wen Lang. The two of them looked at each other face to face, their noses almost touching. Jiang Dong stared into Wen Lang’s eyes. Gritting his teeth, he said to Wen Lang, “I said I’ll go, I don’t want you to get hurt.”

Wen Lang stared at Jiang Dong. He could even feel the hand grabbing him shaking slightly. Wen Lang sighed. His palm touched Jiang Dong’s arm, and he said softly but firmly, “We will do this together. You will choose a door, and I’ll by your side.”

A steady stream of heat is transferred from Wen Lang’s hand to him. Jiang Dong looked at Wen Lang’s firm eyes, and there is an indescribable light shining inside. He smiled helplessly and pulled Wen Lang’s hand down. He gave it a squeeze before letting go.

“Okay, we’ll do this together, but you have to stand behind me.”

Wen Lang wanted to say more, but Jiang Dong stopped him.

Qin Tan made the wounded stand farther away, before walking to stand behind his 2 team members. Jiang Dong glanced at the remaining door and walked to the door with the bird pattern. Wen Lang couldn’t help but raised his hand to touch Jiang Dong’s arm. Jiang Dong didn’t even look back as he patted Wen Lang’s hand comfortingly. Then, he pushed Wen Lang away and moved his body to block in front of him. Jiang Don took a deep breath and pressed the door slightly harder, the door opened silently, Jiang Dong held his weapon tightly and held his breath. However, 10 seconds later, everything is calm as usual. Then he heard a voice.

…

Chen Shuyang took some time to sort out all the fragments, and with his excellent memory, he quickly filtered the patterns in his mind. One has to say that Chen Shuyang is indeed a figure of academic dominance; being calm and organized.

Half an hour later, Lou Fan stood under the huge puzzle and looked at the painting with admiration.

On the far right side of the painting, a tall figure surrounded by white light stood there. Lou Fan can’t see his face clearly, but he can feel the divine aura emanating from the figure. The figure is painted with his left hand in a downward gesture. On his right shoulder, there is a huge bird. Its species can’t be identified, but its eyes are sharp. It looked like an eagle but even more ferocious. At the feet of the figure, a group of people is crawling on the ground. There is a small group of people standing in the middle. They are looking up at the figure, holding a mass of red things in their hands.

As Lou Fan looked at it, an absurd feeling arose in his heart as if he is inside the painting itself, looking up at the tall and vague figure in front of him. But he had a feeling that the figure is looking down at the group of people below with a kind and solemn gaze. There’s even a little expectation and hint of hope inside.

“I know which door to choose!”

Chen Shuyang shouted, pulling Lou Fan’s thoughts back in an instant as if his soul had returned to its original place. When Lou Fan looked at the painting again, the scenery just now has disappeared. The jigsaw that Shuyang completed is clearly a landscape painting with shining dots in it. When one looked at it with concentration, it can be seen as a simple pattern of the bird.

Chen Shuyang jumped up happily to push the door with a bird pattern but is pulled back by Nie Feng. Chen Shuyang looked at him puzzledly, with a question in his eyes.

Lou Fan angrily stepped forward and smacked Chen Shuyang on the head, “So reckless. If it’s not correct, wouldn’t you just send yourself at death’s door?”

Chen Shuyang said aggrieved, “It’s definitely right, I can’t be wrong.”

Hearing the reply, Lou Fan felt helpless, not sure if to laugh or cry. What can he say to such a serious and confident top student?

Nie Feng pulled Chen Shuyang aside and walked up to the door. After he opened the door, everything around is calm.

Chen Shuyang exclaimed, “See! I already said it is correct.”

“Alright, alright, you are the best.” Before Lou Fan could finish speaking, he heard an excited voice calling him.

“Brother Lou!” Wen Lang shouted, “Brother Lou, I finally see you!”

This tone is like meeting a savior, with impatient and infinite grievances.

Lou Fan subconsciously looked for Qin Tan’s figure. When he saw Qin Tan coming out of the door opposite, he is stunned for a moment. Then he burst out laughing so hard that he couldn’t straighten his back.

“Hahaha……”

Chen Shuyang puzzledly looked at his other team members with splashes of colors on their faces, “What’s wrong with you guys?” Such a sorry state.

Wen Lang exaggeratedly sighed, “Without Brother Lou, I can’t live anymore. It’s too sad to say it so let’s not talk about it. It’s finally a victory reunion!”

Both teams walked out of the door and into the corridor. Before Lou Fan could speak to Qin Tan, a familiar and cheerful mechanical voice sounded in the air:

[Ding dong! Congratulations to the players for passing the 2nd level. Right now, we will immediately start the Guard Patrol mode. The guard’s patrol time limit is 1 hour. The location is random, so please hurry up and escape. Be careful and don’t get caught by the guards, otherwise, there will only be a dead end yo!]

Its voice is pleasant and cheerful as if the result of getting caught is not death but some great reward.

Black lines above everyone’s head [-_-ll], but there is no time to think too much. 3 long sirens sounded in the air. Lou Fan did not doubt the words of the mechanical voice at all. He shouted for everyone to run. Immediately after, he took the lead and ran in a direction. No one knows what that ‘Guard’ looks like, but it doesn’t sound easy to mess with. However, his luck must have run out because when Lou Fan turned a corner at a T-junction, a soldier-like guard covered in silver armor spawned in the area. The word ‘turn around’ is still stuck in Lou Fan’s throat and the guard had already rushed over. It moves mechanically but is not dull at all. Rather, it is very flexible. It is holding a long spear in its hand, which is emitting a cold glint.

Lou Fan stopped on his track and stepped back. Qin Tan, who is behind him, is already facing the guard with his Tang sword held up. The iron weapon collided with a ‘BANG’, and Jiang Dong, Wen Lang, and Nie Feng immediately swarmed forward. Chen Shuyang wanted to go up with his long spear as well but got pulled by Lou Fan. Lou Fan turned his head and said, “Everyone, go back to the previous junction. You have to immediately escape when you see the guards.”

The junior team and the newcomers immediately turned around and ran. They don’t know where to go but turn to whichever path they saw.

Lou Fan pulled out some cross arrows from the quiver at his waist and shot 3 arrows at the guard. However, the omnipotent cross arrows are like an egg hitting a stone. When they hit the guard, they simply fell to the ground, not even causing a scratch on the guard. Lou Fan’s expression changed. Looking at the guard who is only feeling tickled from the 4 people’s attacks, he said decisively, “Stop fighting and take the opportunity to run. You can’t be caught.”

Chen Shuyang hurriedly yelled, “Try using the immobilizing amulet!”

Wen Lang pulled back and got an amulet out. Then he sticks it on the guard, and the guard is immobilized! The four immediately pulled away and ran. 5 seconds later, the heavy footsteps of the guards sounded again.

This immobilizing amulet can only last 5 seconds!

The 6 people ran together, and Qin Tan said, “Don’t separate, run together.”

Wen Lang immediately nodded with understanding. They must not separate, promise him!

Lou Fan nodded, it would be best if the six of them stayed together, so that they won’t have to worry about the others.

However, in their hasty escape, the 6 people from the junior team and the newcomer team, are now left with only 3 running ahead of them. No one knows where the other 3 people have run off to.

After running through a few forks, the guard behind him had been thrown off so the group stopped to take a breath and rest. But before their breathing could turn stable, the familiar heavy footsteps sounded from another direction so everyone immediately started running again.

After an hour.

[Ding dong! The Guard Patrol mode is turned off, see you again in 4 hours yo!]

The alarm is lifted, and several people immediately collapsed to the ground without caring about their image. Their eyes are closed and their faces are pale as if they are terribly sick. Only the rapid ups and downs of their chests indicated that they are still alive, and their hearts are beating strongly.

“Have we really entered just a maze? Who said this mission is a transitional mission, which is easy, and not difficult at all?!” Wen Lang gritted his teeth, “It’ll be fine if we just be careful?! Man, … I felt… like dying.”

As the last 2 words are spoken, Jiang Dong covered Wen Lang’s mouth and said, “Children’s words carry no harm (idiom), don’t talk nonsense.”

Wen Lang: Frck your ‘Children’s words carry no harm’, who are you scolding?!

However, Wen Lang could only glare at Jiang Dong. For some reason, he didn’t dare to refute, and he subconsciously spat twice (to undo the words he said).

Lou Fan propped himself and sat up. His eyes looked back and forth between Wen Lang and Jiang Dong and finally smiled with a motherly look on his face. Wen Lang rubbed his arms, only feeling Lou Fan being creepy while Jiang Dong grinned at Lou Fan, showing a knowing look.

Tsk, Lou Fan felt like he has underestimated Jiang Dong’s mensao-ness!

Lou Fan stop bothering with them and turned to look at Qin Tan, scanning up and down. Before he could see enough, he got hugged by Qin Tan.

“Stop looking.”

Lou Fan buried his head in Qin Tan’s chest. Qin Tan’s voice sounded muffled in his ears, tickling his heart. His fingers unconsciously pressed on Qin Tan’s thigh. Immediately, someone grabbed his unruly hand.

“Are your skin feeling itchy, hmm?” (Do you want to get spanked?)

Lou Fan’s face twitched. Does he know what kind of situation is this? Still talking nonsense!

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Lou Fan is sure that they had only crossed 1 intersection, which is a crossroads. But the intersection in front of him is a T-junction, which means if his memory is not wrong, then this maze is very problematic.

Seeing that both Lou Fan and Chen Shuyang looked stunned, then hearing Lou Fan make a sigh, Zhuo Lan couldn’t help asking, “What’s wrong? Why are we not moving? What are you sighing at?”

“I knew that this maze won’t be that simple.” Lou Fan said softly as if talking to himself. Then he answered, “If I’m not mistaken, this maze is constantly changing. We passed a crossroad before but now it’s a T-junction, which means we can only rely on luck. Whatever marks we left previously will disappear.”

Hearing that, Zhuo Lan is stunned, as if she didn’t understand what Lou Fan was saying. The scene of the 3 people falling into a trap on the ground is still flashing in front of her eyes. Their terrible screams echoed in her ears, and her worldview seemed to have collapsed. Now she heard Lou Fan say this, she just feels like the world is spinning.

Does that mean they can’t get out?

The Level 1 team member beside Zhuo Lan supported her body that is about to slide down and she grabbed the person’s arm tightly as if she had grabbed onto a life-saving straw.

“What are you thinking so much about? Just keep walking.” A lazy voice sounded. Nie Feng had a hint of impatience in his eyes and didn’t even look at Zhuo Lan as he added, “Let’s go ahead first. If we encounter anything, we’ll just have to fight.”

This is a violent person as well, Lou Fan smiled. Then he turned to look at Chen Shuyang, “Shuyang, which way do you think we should go?”

Chen Shuyang touched his head, feeling a little distressed, “Brother Lou, if it’s just talking about theories, I can do it. But if the decision depends on luck, then you should do it.”

Since Lou Fan doesn’t have a clue for the time being, he simply walked to the left junction. Chen Shuyang followed behind with Nie Feng next to him. Then, the 2 members of the Level 1 team supported Zhuo Lan and they followed Lou Fan too.

Zhuo Lan’s heart skipped a beat, and immediately muster the strength to keep up, fearing that she would be in danger if she is slow.

Half an hour later, Lou Fan and his party of 6 walked to a dead end. At the end of the road is a very wide house-like room with 3 treasure chest-like boxes inside.

“What is this, picking a treasure chest?” One of the Level 1 team members asked.

At the same time, Qin Tan and the others also encountered the same situation, with 3 treasure chests in front of them.

[Ding dong! Welcome to the “Charming Treasure Chest” game session.

Choose the treasure chest you want the most! You will get a key if you choose the right one, and there will be a small penalty for the wrong one! The time limit is 5 minutes, please choose carefully.

Countdown begins!]

A pleasant and cheerful mechanical sound suddenly appeared. After the voice finished talking, a pale red countdown appeared in the air. It appeared out of nowhere, like a projection in mid-air.

Everyone turned to look at Lou Fan. Lou Fan glanced at the 3 boxes and asked, “Who among you would like to try?”

The Level 1 team members immediately shook their heads like a rattle. Chen Shuyang also shook his hand to reject. Nie Feng stayed silent lazily and it doesn’t look like he will say anything. Lou Fan moved his gaze to Zhuo Lan, and Zhuo Lan froze when she met his gaze.

Lou Fan asked encouragingly, “Would you like to try it?”

Zhuo Lan’s eyes turned as she started thinking. Her hand on the side of her leg made a fist, and her lips moved, but in the end, she shook her head.

“Since you guys don’t want to do it, I can only do the honors.” Lou Fan said, walking forward to the 3 boxes, with his hand on his chin. His gaze moved back and forth as if considering which one to open.

On the other hand, Qin Tan and the others encountered the same situation. Qin Tan glanced at the people behind but they all stepped back, even Wen Lang and Jiang Dong took a step back. Qin Tan directly picked someone by name, “Wen Lang, come here.”

Wen Lang waved his hand violently, “No no no, Brother Qin. I’m afraid, you should just do it! No matter what you opened up, we are okay with it!”

“You are okay with it?” Qin Tan turned to look at everyone, “You guys too?”

6 heads nodded like chickens pecking at rice[1].

Qin Tan took a deep breath, alright then. If the others don’t have any problem with it, he has no issue. Even he is afraid of himself, but if the guys aren’t afraid, it wouldn’t be a problem.

“Well then, I’ll open the box?” Qin Tan confirmed again.

“Open it, open it!”

Qin Tan walked to the box on the far left and stood still. He instructed everyone to be careful, took a deep breath, and stretched out his hand to open the box. The box is empty and Qin Tan is stunned for a moment. The next moment, there seemed to be a sound by his ear, the sound of something breaking the air.

“Dodge!” Qin Tan shouted sharply and swiftly dodged, dodging a round bead shot from the wall. The bead fell to the ground and burst with a bang. Next, a thick black liquid flowed out.

Everyone scrambled to dodge but some beads managed to touch their clothes. Like a punctured balloon flowing out of liquid, a hole instantly appeared on the clothing, and the edge is charred.

Hiss!

The group of people did not dare to be careless and fled to the walkway outside. 5 minutes later, when no more beads are shot, everyone walked in cautiously.

“Frck, that was horrible!”

…

Lou Fan walked to the box on the far left, and without hesitation, he stretched out his hand to open the box. The golden beams of light that he expected did not appear. Instead, a small and ordinary key appeared at the bottom of the box. He bent over to pick it up, and the outline of a door suddenly appeared on the wall next to the box, as if it is being painted on the wall

“My luck is not bad.” Lou Fan turned around and smiled at everyone.

Zhuo Lan asked in a low voice, “It’s that simple? Then anyone could have opened it. Don’t tell me that there’s a key in every box?”

Nie Feng looked at Zhuo Lan lazily, his eyes full of suspicion, “Are you really a top-management executive? I kind of doubt your IQ. How about you try to open a box then?”

Zhuo Lan’s face flushed red, and she wanted to refute but didn’t dare to speak out. The large scissors on Nie Feng’s shoulders shone with cold light, and she could only give him a quiet glare.

Lou Fan walked to the door and put the key in the keyhole. He is about to turn it when he turned around and said, “Everyone, get your weapons ready. Run if you feel that there’s something wrong, don’t simply stand there stupidly. I’m going to open the door now.”

Lou Fan put his ear against the door and listened carefully, but there is no sound. Taking a deep breath, he turned the handle and yanked the door open.

Nothing extraordinary is happening at all!

Lou Fan stuck his head out. He can see that there is a path outside the door, and the left and right sides are empty as usual. This is a bit out of line with Lazuli’s way of doing things.

In the empty corridor, there are only the footsteps of a few people for a while, which made people feel a little irritable and hopeless, not knowing where they would end up. Lou Fan couldn’t help chatting with Chen Shuyang to waste away the time. Soon, their group came to an end again. In the empty room at the end, there is a huge picture frame on the middle wall, and there are many fragments on the ground. Except for the picture frame in the middle, there are 2 doors on both left and right walls. Each door has a picture on it, but there is no lock on it.

Chen Shuyang became excited and said, “It should be a puzzle, in which we will choose a door according to the information in the puzzle.” After finishing speaking, he put his backpack on the ground and began to sort out the fragments on the ground.

Lou Fan isn’t too interested in puzzles and went to look at each door. There are 4 patterns which are flowers, birds, fish, and insects and they are painted on the doors (1 picture per door) in very simple strokes. There is nothing special about them. He turned to see that the rest of the people are standing by the side watching Chen Shuyang sort out the fragments. So he said, “Those who know about jigsaw puzzles, help out to sort the pieces. Shuyang, let them know what kind of help you need. As for me, I won’t join in the fun.”

Nie Feng walked over to Chen Shuyang and sat down, watching curiously as Chen Shuyang sorted out the pieces and placed them on the ground. There are patterns on them, but Nie Feng couldn’t tell what they are. In his view, it seemed that every piece looked the same. He has no idea where to start.

Lou Fan leaned on the side seemingly casually, but he is actually holding the bow tightly in his hand and looked around slowly with vigilance in his eyes. In his heart, he is wondering if anything happened to Qin Tan and the others? Lou Fan is a little worried, but thinking that the man is always calm, Lou Fan felt that there must be no problem.

…

The people who escaped the poisonous beads returned to the middle of the room again, staring at the remaining 2 boxes. There is still a 1/2 chance, so they should be able to choose the right one this time, right? Everyone turned their attention to Qin Tan.

Qin Tan walked up to the box in the middle with a sullen face. Everyone became nervous and secretly gathered up their strength. If something went wrong, they will immediately turn around and run away.

Qin Tan clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and stretched out his hand—

Countless balls shot out from all directions, and everyone is standing in the center. When the ball touched another ball next to it, it exploded immediately, spraying colorful liquid. On the other hand, the sprayed liquid would also cause other balls to break when it hits them. For a moment, colorful liquid poured down like heavy rain, drenching the crowd to the bone. To everyone’s relief, this liquid is not poisonous. Some immediately wanted to hide away, but there are too many balls and the blasting speed is fast. Halfway through the escape, no balls are being shot anymore.

Wen Lang took out a towel to wipe his body in disgust, but he couldn’t wipe it off at all. He turned around and saw Jiang Dong’s colorful face, and burst out laughing.

“The meaning of the word ‘五颜六色’ (colorful), I think I have a deeper understanding of it now.” Wen Lang showed a deep expression, but couldn’t hold it and burst out laughing.

Jiang Dong glanced at Wen Lang, and made no secret of his contempt, “Do you even know how to write the word ‘五彩缤纷’ (colorful)? Look in the mirror yourself.”

Wen Lang ignored Jiang Dong and turned to look at Qin Tan in front of him. Their team leader’s body can also be summed up in these 2 phrases. He moves fast, but his body is inevitably stained with liquid-like paint. His face looked better than theirs, but some paint still managed to get there. Then looking at the others, it is like a large-scale paint spillage scene. A word can be used to describe their group – embarrassing!

Wen Lang sighed, “I wonder if something happened to Brother Lou and Shuyang as well?”

Jiang Dong snorted and said with certainty, “With Lou Fan here, what do you think?” One doesn’t need to think about it, and it definitely won’t be as embarrassing as they are.

Wen Lang sighed again, “I miss Furball.”

How pitiful it sounds.

Jiang Dong let Wen Lang wallow in self-pity and left him there. Seeing Qin Tan walking to the last box, he also followed. There is a key in the box,  and a door immediately appeared on the wall. There is a keyhole on the top that matches the key. Qin Tan opened the door, and after confirming that there is no danger, he let out a sigh of relief. He suddenly misses Lou Fan. Staying with him, he had never been in this kind of sorry state at all.

A group of people behind him are still trying to wipe off the paint. He knocked on the door and signaled, “Let’s go, don’t waste your time. We’ve been delayed here for 5 hours.”

The grumbling people reluctantly shut their mouths and followed the group out. Qin Tan took a step behind and stopped Wen Lang and Jiang Dong, “I’ll leave the front to you two in a while, and I’ll be in charge of vigilance.”

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[1] Qin Tan’s side have 8 people so I’m not sure why Author said 6 heads.

After getting out of the train, Wen Lang took out a small megaphone and shouted to the newcomer’s train compartment, “Those with the black leaflet, yes, you guys. Get off the train and follow me. Now, go through the faregate. Come, come, there is not much time, follow me!” The loudspeaker emits an electric sound, so when Wen Lang said the instructions, it gave people a feeling that he is a tour guide who is leading the visitors to a scenic spot. To be honest, they felt like denying that they know him.

The junior team inside the compartment beside is led down by a tall man who looked like the team leader. Qin Tan walked out of the platform first, followed by the junior team. After going out of the station, the junior team’s leader walked up to Qin Tan to say hello.

Lou Fan ignored the people and started to observe the situation around him. This is an amusement park that seems to have been abandoned for a long time. The small carousel not far away is rusted and its original appearance cannot be seen anymore. The iron fence surrounding the amusement facilities is broken into pieces and thrown to the ground in a mess. All in all, it’s a small, deserted amusement park in the middle of nowhere.

In the middle of the park, there is a railway track that the original track cannot be seen clearly due to being unused for a long time. The train they were riding seemed to be integrated with this park. After everyone left the station, it drove away along this track.

Turning around, they can see a huge building that is out of tune with the style here in front of them. It is about 3 or 4 stories high, and on the top door there are 2 big characters with colorful lights: 迷宫 (Maze). 2 wooden doors are wide open, and the one on the right has a sign that read ‘Entrance’.

“Where the hell is this place?” An indifferent female voice asked. A woman is looking at everyone with suspicious eyes, “Who are you? What are you guys planning to do here?”

The woman has delicate makeup on her face and is wearing a beige professional suit. She looks capable and calm, she should be a senior white-collar worker.

Wen Lang put away the megaphone and walked over to the newcomers, starting to recite the basic knowledge he had memorized early in the morning. It doesn’t matter if the newcomers believe it or not, it’s not his business anymore after he finished talking. They couldn’t blame him if they courted death themselves. After the series of explanations, Wen Lang clapped his hands and concluded, “That’s it. It’s up to you to believe it or not. If you believe it, just follow us and don’t talk nonsense. If you don’t believe it, then just stay where you are and don’t make trouble. We won’t help if you get beaten up from that.”

The intermediate team consists of 6 people, the junior team consists of 5 people, and the newcomer team consists of 6 people.

When Lou Fan walked over to Qin Tan’s side, Qin Tan had just finished talking with the team leader of the junior team. The junior team this time is a Level 1 team. Adding the people from the newcomer team, he felt that this task should not be too difficult.

The newcomers stood on the spot, looking apprehensive. The woman who took the lead strode over, her high heels striding steadily on the dirt-covered ground. At first glance, she can see the leaders standing together. Hence, she walked over and nodded slightly to them. Her voice cold as she said, “My name is Zhuo Lan, what are we going to do now?”

Qin Tan frowned and replied, “My name is Qin Tan, the team leader of the intermediate team. All of you wait here first and keep quiet.”

Hearing that, Zhuo Lan frowned in dissatisfaction. She is about to speak again, but got stopped by Wen Lang, “I say, this young lady, our team leader is busy now. Can you put away the momentum of a company’s top management staff and stay obedient? And you guys?” He raised his eyebrows and pointed at himself, “… are under my supervision.”

Zhuo Lan didn’t even look at Wen Lang. She remained standing beside Qin Tan, her presence could not be ignored.

Qin Tan turned his head to look at Lou Fan and introduced, “This is the temporary team leader of the junior team, Song Ye.”

Lou Fan nodded as a greeting. Then he raised his chin in the direction of the maze and said, “That’s our mission this time. I have looked around, but it is just a dilapidated amusement park, nothing of value.”

“What is the junior team’s mission?” Lou Fan asked.

Song Ye pursed his lips, “Go through the maze.”

Lou Fan is surprised for a moment before asking, “Don’t tell me the newcomer team also has the same mission?”

Wen Lang nodded, “It’s the same.”

Isn’t the task a bit too easy this time? The task content of the 3 teams is the same, which is almost never heard of. This caused the intermediate team to feel a little confused.

“Shuyang,” Lou Fan called out to Chen Shuyang. Still staring at the huge maze in front of him, he instructed, “analyze the location first and envision what’s inside. Wen Lang and, uh, Zhuo Lan? You guys take out the food from the backpack and divide them among the team.”

Anticipating the situation in the maze, Qin Tan’s team brought the food for the newcomer team as well. Although it is just compressed food, it’s still a bit cumbersome, so they simply divide the food out and let them carry their own food.

Zhuo Lan’s job has always been instructing others. Except for the general manager of the company, no one can instruct her to do things. Right now, being instructed by a fair-skinned young man with a naive temperament, she suddenly felt an uncomfortable tightness in her chest. She is about to refute when that gaze lightly brushed over her. Her words stuck in her throat, and she couldn’t say anything.

Wen Lang called the newcomer team to come over, everyone picked up a simple backpack and he distributed food to them.

On the other side, Chen Shuyang and Lou Fan analyzed the situation of the maze. According to experience, there are only 2 situations that they might encounter in the maze. One is trap type (hidden traps) and the other is pursuit type (by NPC). Anyway, the probability of encountering a supernatural situation is very small.

“Then, if the 2 situations appear together, what’s the solution?” Qin Tan’s voice sounded above the heads of the two who are squatting on the ground.

Lou Fan looked up at Qin Tan and helplessly answered, “Then, we can only depend on our luck to survive.”

“Alright then, that’s about it.” Lou Fan stood up on his knees and patted the dirt on his trouser legs. Throwing the backpack over his shoulders, he said, “It’s the first time that there’s a time restriction[1], so let’s go in early.”

The time is now 7.00 am on 20th February, and the group of people is standing at the entrance of the maze.

Song Ye is followed by 4 team members of Level 1. They are all randomly picked to form a team. As the temporarily selected team leader, his job is basically conveying the instructions from the intermediate team. He had too little experience, so being obedient is the right way. He heard it just now that all teams, even the newcomer team, have the same mission which is going through the maze. Everyone has to enter the maze and can only go back to Lazuli after exiting the maze. Staying where they are right now will only be a dead end.

Zhuo Lan’s expression is dark, but she couldn’t find anything wrong with the situation. People distributed food to them and didn’t ask them to charge forward. It’s just that she is not allowed to participate in the leadership. She doesn’t understand the situation at all, so it makes sense that she is not qualified to lead. But she just felt uncomfortable all over her body. This feeling of being out of control is horrible and it made her feel very insecure. All she did was accept a flyer and slept on the high-speed train. How can she arrive at such an inexplicable place?

“The miss over there, I advise you to take off your high heels. If you twist your feet while running, it will be fatal.” Wen Lang turned his head to remind the woman kindly.

When Zhuo Lan came back to her senses, she realized that he was advising her. She looked down at her feet, it was a pair of stilettos with 10 centimeters heels. Needless to say what would happen if she twisted her feet. Zhuo Lan took off her shoes and stepped on the ground with her bare feet. Then she rolled up her wide-leg pants and tied a knot.

Standing at the front, Qin Tan said loudly, “We are going in now. Everyone be careful, you are responsible for your own safety. If you don’t obey our instructions, you are on your own.”

…

The maze is literally what it’s called – a maze, there are many forks in the path. There is a tip on how to get through a maze on the Internet. When you encounter a fork in the road, turn left, and then turn left at the next fork. Every time you encounter a fork, turn in the same direction. When you encounter a dead-end, return to the fork and go to the next fork. If you keep walking like this, you will definitely find an exit.

Lou Fan doesn’t know if this tip is true or not. Anyway, Chen Shuyang said so, so they will be following this plan. There is no other way after all.

Upon entering the maze, they can see that there is a long alley, with high walls on both sides. The walls are smooth, and it is almost impossible to climb up. They walked along the path and came across the first fork in the road.

It is a crossroads.

The maze is very big, and the road inside is very wide. Everyone will inevitably crowd together. The intersection is normal, with bare walls and empty roads. Qin Tan took the lead and turned left first. Lou Fan stared in the other 2 directions for a few seconds, and he didn’t recover until Chen Shuyang patted him.

“Brother Lou, what’s wrong?” Chen Shuyang followed Lou Fan’s gaze but saw nothing there.

Lou Fan shook his head. Seeing Wen Lang walking in front with newcomers following behind, and the Level 1 team also crowded together, Lou Fan stepped up to follow, “Let’s go, follow the people in front.”

Nie Feng walked slowly at the end of the crowd, with his hands on the back of his head, as if he is as leisurely as taking a walk after dinner.

After walking for about 10 minutes, Furball came out from Lou Fan’s pocket and chirped. Lou Fan thought it is asking for food and is about to say something when he heard a small sound by his ear. Before he could say ‘be careful’, the path at a meter ahead suddenly sank.

It’s a trap!

Lou Fan’s figure flashed, and he immediately grabbed the person in front of him who is about to fall.

“Help!”

“AHH!”

3 screams sounded one after another, followed by a long echo. The rest of the people who were caught by other people, all had lingering fears and scrambled to stay away from that trap.

“Brother Lou, are you guys all right? What should we do now?” Wen Lang pulled away the person in front of him and looked at Lou Fan who is standing on the opposite side. Then, he turned to Qin Tan, “Brother Qin, it’s too far away to get to the other side.”

The trap was only 2 or 3 meters wide at the beginning. But at this moment, it is 5 or 6 meters away, it is impossible to jump to the other side.

“Let’s go forward separately, remember to pay attention to safety.” Lou Fan said helplessly. Looking at the 3 team members on the opposite side, he is a little worried.

Qin Tan worriedly said, “Be vigilant, maybe we will meet you guys again later.”

On the opposite, there are Qin Tan, Wen Lang, and Jiang Dong. There are also 2 people from the Level 1 team and 3 people from the newcomer team (8 ppl in total).

On this side, there are Lou Fan, Chen Shuyang, and Nie Feng. Then, there are Zhuo Lan from the newcomer team and 2 people from the Level 1 team (6 ppl in total).

Knowing that Shuyang is on his side makes Lou Fan more relieved. Qin Tan’s hands are black (unlucky), and Wen Lang and Jiang Dong’s hands are not too white either, which is a bit worrying.

Wen Lang also reminded with a worried look, “Brother Lou and Shuyang, you two be careful. We will look for you when we find a way.”

“Alright now, you should take care of yourself instead. Don’t you know how much you weigh (in terms of strength)?” Jiang Dong rolled his eyes at Wen Lang. On the opposite side, there’s a lucky king who had an explosive strength, and a walking encyclopedia. Their side here is the ones who should be worried.

Wen Lang: “You look down on me?”

“Oh, I even look down on myself.”

Wen Lang: …I had a feeling that something is wrong but don’t know what.

Lou Fan walked back to the previous fork with the group. This time, he is more cautious. Furball called out before, he is now sure that it is actually cautioning him of dangers. At this moment, Furball is standing on his shoulder. Shrinking into a ball, it looked like a decorative adornment on his shoulders.

When they came to a fork in the road, Lou Fan stopped walking. He stared at the fork in the road, with a bit of seriousness in his eyes.

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After sleeping for half a month, Furball is very affectionate to everyone. It rubbed itself in everyone’s arms before returning to Lou Fan. Squatting on the edge of the plate in front of Lou Fan, Furball began to feast.

After eating the hot pot, Lou Fan slumped on the sofa, rubbing his bulging belly. He felt more comfortable eating at home. There are no annoying people here so his appetite is much better.

Jiang Dong and Wen Lang helped to clean up Nie Feng’s room which is next to Chen Shuyang’s. After dinner, Nie Feng went to his room. The rest also cleaned up and returned to their rooms.

After everything is cleaned up, only Lou Fan and Qin Tan are left downstairs. Seeing Lou Fan lying on the sofa and didn’t want to move, Qin Tan helplessly walked over. Leaning close to Lou Fan, Qin Tan lowered his head and bit Lou Fan’s lips.

Feeling the pain, Lou Fan let out a whimper. Next, Furball rushed over to block between the two and started a staring match with Qin Tan.

“Pfft.” Lou Fan laughed, and rubbed Furball’s head, which felt so good, “Furball is good. He bullied me so you have to help me.”

Furball chirped twice and glared at Qin Tan aggressively, with a feeling of ‘If you want to bully my master, step over my dead body first’. Lou Fan twisted his body wickedly, and the place where the two were touching suddenly became tight.

The sensation caused Lou Fan to suppress the low breath in his throat, while Qin Tan took a deep breath. His eyes suddenly darkened, and one could even see the desire flashing inside.

“Acting up now? That place doesn’t hurt anymore?” The man asked in a suppressed voice.

However, there is a ball of fur blocking in front of him. No matter how one looked at the scene, there is no sense of threat. Lou Fan sneered, “Only you are allowed to be a tease? Not possible!” Anyone can be one, depending on who can do better.

Looking at the smug man under him, Qin Tan picked the furball up and flung it away. With a PA, Furball got thrown far away. After rolling twice on the ground, it stood up in confusion. Next, Furball bared its teeth and wants to jump back, only to find out that it got locked in the living room. Furball chirped twice outside but no one responded so it can only lie down on the sofa by itself, staring at the door.

The touch of fingers lingers on his firm back, making his back muscles turn tenser. Qin Tan let go of the lips he was biting. His voice is so low that he could spit fire, “You don’t want to get up anymore tomorrow?”

Lou Fan looked at Qin Tan defiantly and pecked him on the mouth, “Who said I can’t get up tomorrow? Have you never heard a saying before – There’s no over-plowed fields, only exhausted cows?”

Qin Tan squinted. This person is very arrogant today, could it be because of drinking? Next time, it’s better to make him drink a little more.

Strong arms wrapped around the man and they threw themselves on the bed. Clothes have long since been discarded and their exposed skin sticks to each other. Qin Tan slid his fingers to the edge of Lou Fan’s lower abdomen. With a flick, the clasp opens easily. Lou Fan is fully exposed to the air and the coldness made him shiver. In the next second, he is engulfed by the man again.

Hot sensation invaded and the intense pleasure made Lou Fan arched his body to accommodate; his toes slightly curled up. The violent impact made the leaked gr.o.a.n shatter into pieces. Lou Fan hugged the man’s neck tightly, gasping like a choking fish. He could only feel like he is currently bobbing up and down, about to be overwhelmed by the huge waves.

Qin Tan held Lou Fan tightly, fiercely thrusting in and out. It was like huge fireworks exploded in Lou Fan’s mind but Qin Tan bit his lips, suppressing the gro.a.n.s in his throat. Then, the man covered on top of him, kissing his lips lightly.

Lou Fan felt like he got turned over and over again. His entire body is powerless, and it felt like he is about to be torn apart. Maybe there’s only a broken body left for tomorrow.

“The field is damaged by over-plowing?”

Lou Fan: You still have the frcking spirit to joke around.

The eyes glaring at Qin Tan looked like they are fluttering like a soft wink, very seductive. Qin Tan couldn’t hold back and bit down again.

With a pain in his chest, Lou Fan growled, “Qin Tan, are you a dog?”

“Yes, you only find out today? I’m a dog.” After Qin Tan said that, he stuck out his tongue and licked Lou Fan’s nips lightly.

Lou Fan froze all over, and a shudder ran from his tailbone to the back of his head: …

Qin Tan, where is your face (dignity)? I don’t want to date a dog.

…

Wen Lang heard Qin Tan humming in the kitchen early in the morning. He walked over with a weird look and asked, “Brother Qin, why are you so happy?”

Qin Tan: “Ploughing the land makes me happy.”

Lou Fan who just came out while rubbing his waist: …

…

Lou Fan is sitting on the sofa with a can of Coke, waiting for Tong Fei to come down. There is still a little discomfort in the waist. As he rubbed it, he pulled a soft pad to put it under his buttocks.

Tong Fei arrived with a grin. Big waves of hair draped over her shoulders, and she sat across from Lou Fan while looking at her newly painted nails. Her gaze is very blatant as she glanced up and down Lou Fan’s waist, “What happened? Your conjoined twins didn’t come with you?”

Lou Fan: “No, he’s kneeling on the washboard at home.”

“Pfft.” Tong Fei couldn’t help laughing out and then changed the subject. She asked, “So, tell me why you asked to see me today?”

Lou Fan put down the Coke. He took out 2 sets of spells, a total of 8 amulets, and handed them to Tong Fei. “Tomorrow, you are going to enter your next mission world. Consider this a gift given by our team, take it.”

Tong Fei raised her eyebrows as she reached out to take it. Then, her expression changed immediately. She heard from Qi Haichao yesterday that the bazaar registration office obtained a few amulets, but they got intercepted by the senior management of the registration office before they could get listed on the electronic board. Also, the asking price was not expensive. She remembered hearing Qi Haichao say that he didn’t know which idiot was selling it but it was really stupid to sell a few amulets at such a low price. So stupid.

Tong Fei touched the amulets, which are made with ordinary paper. The spell on it was drawn with a black-inked pen, which is completely different from the ordinary amulet she knew. But it looked exactly as Qi Haichao described, and the seller guarantees that it will work.

Tong Fei looked up at Lou Fan and asked hesitantly, “You give me so much of such an important thing? You are also the people who put it up to sell in the bazaar yesterday?”

Lou Fan didn’t expect that Tong Fei would know about it and nodded, “It’s ours. I can’t tell you how we got it, but I promise it works.”

“Of course I believe you.” Tong Fei waved her hand, hesitant to return the amulets. Since Lou Fan gave it to her, it means he still has some in hand so she added, “Then, I will thank you first.”

Lou Fan laughed, “It’s nothing, but don’t tell anyone else.”

The meaning in his words is too clear. Tong Fei looked at Lou Fan and said seriously, “You don’t like Qi Haichao. Why?”

“It doesn’t matter if we like him or not.” Lou Fan said, “It’s just that I instinctively don’t like him. Sister Tong Fei, you should also be a bit more vigilant.”

After explaining to Tong Fei about the effect and usage of the spell, Lou Fan has completed what he came to do. He still have to go back to training, so he told Tong Fei that they will come to send her off tomorrow, then got up and left.

Tong Fei pinched the amulets in her hand, feeling a little emotional for a while.

Jiang Rou came out of the kitchen with some fruits in her hand. She didn’t see Lou Fan and only saw her captain sitting silently on the sofa, holding a few strange amulets in her hand.

“Sister Fei, what is this?”

Tong Fei handed the amulets to Jiang Rou, “These amulets are given by Lou Fan.”

Hearing that, Jiang Rou widened her eyes. She touched it carefully, and blurted out, “Brother Lou, they are so nice. They even gave us such an important thing, unlike that someone…”

Jiang Rou stopped herself and looked at Tong Fei carefully. Her eyes shifted, and she made an excuse to slip away.

Tong Fei giggled to herself. That’s right, friends can think about her so much, but what about men? Heh.

The next day, at 11.30 am, Lou Fan’s team of 6 people stood on the platform to send Tong Fei off. Tong Fei’s team also has a total of 6 people this time, and everything is well prepared. The team of 6 women[1] is carrying big bags and their expressions are very calm.

“Sister Tong Fei, you all be careful. Pay attention to safety, and we will wait for your return.”

Tong Fei smiled, “Don’t worry, I will come back safely.”

The train slowly entered the station and Tong Fei took a deep breath. She waved and brought her teammates into the train, never looking back.

…

Selling spells, recruiting a new member Nie Feng, and Furball waking up have become the most important things for their team upon returning to Lazuli this time. Because there are too few points in the hand, their team has to sell more amulets even though it is conspicuous. Before this, the amulets are not too eye-catching so nothing happens when they sold it. But now, they can only sell them secretly.

All the transactions regarding the amulets are done by Jiang Dong to the bazaar registry. Because he requested confidentiality, It didn’t cause any waves. After selling 3 sets, the team thinks they should stop selling temporarily to avoid attracting attention. Although they don’t know who the buyer is, the buyers already know who they are.

Nie Feng started training with the rest of the team the next day. His skills are good, but he was a wild rogue. It could be seen from his moves that he has been to many fights before. Qin Tan made a training plan for Nie Feng according to his characteristics. Nie Feng politely said thank you, and then trained strictly according to the plan. He also worked very hard.

The team is actively preparing for their next task, trying to adjust their state to the best, and everyone is working hard. Lou Fan originally planned to exchange a set of weapons for Nie Feng, but Nie Feng didn’t want it, saying that his scissors is easy to use and he didn’t need more. Finally, at Qin Tan’s insistence, he exchanged a dagger and equipped it on himself.

Jiang Dong learned the lesson from the previous mission this time. After Lou Fan authorized the funds, the medical supplies are well prepared. The quantity is not much but expensive, and all aspects were considered.

…

Wen Lang is the first to find out that something is wrong. While eating today, he looked out a few times before saying to everyone, “Do you feel that more people are walking around recently? I counted, there are 10 people walking past from outside this morning alone. This was impossible in the past, as I can count the people I see in a day with just 1 hand.”

Lou Fan sighed, “It seems that this is caused by the sale of amulets. Forget it, those who want to come will always come. We’ll just let them see. We are all so handsome here, it’s a pity not to show them.”

Since no one has taken actual action, the team doesn’t plan to care. It’s not like they can prevent others from passing by their door. It’s illogical.

The leisure time always passes quickly, and their next task information arrives as usual.

Task content: Going through the maze and getting on the train on time at 6.00 pm on 29th February. Please get on the train on time at 6.00 am on 20th February.

Task time limit: From 6.00 am on 20th February to 6.00 pm on 29th February.

Team information: Lou Fan Level 5, Chen Shuyang Level 5, Jiang Dong Level 5, Qin Tan Level 6, Wen Lang Level 6, Nie Feng Level 6.

Everyone in the team stared at the words ‘Going through the maze’. The content of this task is too simple, and it could only be preliminarily judged that their task is a maze. Hence, the things that could be prepared in advance are very limited.

Tong Fei’s mission this time lasted for half a month. Hence, until Lou Fan and the others set foot on the train for their mission, they still didn’t see Tong Fei. In his heart, Lou Fan is sweating nervously for Tong Fei and is very worried. There is still 1 day before the deadline for her return. Lou Fan didn’t know if she…

As an intermediate team, Qin Tan’s team arranged for Wen Lang to impart basic knowledge to the newcomers. This is Lazuli’s practice (for the intermediate team). Wen Lang also made preparations in advance, trying to explain everything in the shortest time and in the most concise words, without wasting time.

Of course, if there are really disobedient people, they can only use force.

A day later, Tong Fei and Jiang Rou got off the train. There are only 2 of them left in the 3 carriages[2]. Their bodies are intact, not lacking any parts, but their eyes are cold and ruthless, with a trace of bloodthirstiness. The spirit weapon they held in their hands emitted a faint orange light.

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[1] It was not mentioned before who are in Tong Fei’s new team after she announced that she will be creating a all-female team so they are probably random females that are not introduced in the novel.

[2] Meaning, everyone in the junior team and newcomer team are dead.

With Qi Haichao’s arrival, everyone immediately entered the normal eating routine. All of them are engrossed in eating, not even sparing time to drink wine. Qi Haichao still had a decent smile on his face, and occasionally said a few words. Until everyone slowed down their eating, he still kept the same smile.

“I heard Xiao Fei say that half of your team members is Level 5 while the other half is Level 6.” Qi Haichao said, his voice warm and clear.

“Yes.” Qin Tan responded.

Qi Haichao smiled, “I have some information to tell you. Not sure if you knew it before.”

Lou Fan instantly became interested, “Tell me about it.”

Qi Haichao smiled again, and Lou Fan shivered all over. He has this feeling that Qi Haichao’s smile is so penetrating that he felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

“Generally in Lazuli, passengers of the same level will form a team by default. If there is a difference in level, then Lazuli’s preference is to divide the task world according to the highest level team member. That is to say, if Level 5 and 6 members go together, then the difficulty will be set according to the Level 6 team members. Hence, passengers with lower levels will suffer, this is a default rule.”

Seeing Lou Fan nod, Qi Haichao added, “So, your next mission should be the Level 6 mission.”

Lou Fan had this guess before. Every time he would wonder why his team’s mission is so unusual. Apparently, it’s because Qin Tan and Wen Lang are a level higher than them.

Qi Haichao is still smiling, Except for Lou Fan’s face that looked fine, the rest of the people are expressionless. The more he smiled, the more he felt embarrassed. Slowly his face began to stiffen.

“Cough, your next mission should be the Level 6 mission. The Level 6 mission is the threshold to become the intermediate team. According to the common arrangement, it should be a very simple world because you just need to lead the Level 1 team and the newcomer team. As long as you are careful, it will be fine. Consider this a transitional mission world.”

Lou Fan propped his chin and nodded as he listened. In Qi Haichao’s eyes, Lou Fan looked like he is eager to learn, which stroke Qi Haichao’s ego. He thought to himself that although these two people are both intermediate-level spirit weapons holders, they seemed to be inexperienced. Maybe they are just lucky. Aren’t they still need to be taught by an experienced person like him now?

Tong Fei is about to speak, she wanted to tell Qi Haichao that this junior team is very unusual, but she saw Qin Tan shaking his head slightly at her, and she paused. Turning to look at Qi Haichao who is still talking, she pursed her mouth and stayed silent.

Lou Fan yawned and heard Qi Haichao say in a very kind voice, “Both of you have intermediate-level spirit weapons, they must be very powerful. Xiao Fei is about to start her next mission and I’m very worried about her. I have told her about my experience, but it doesn’t seem to be of any use.”

“Oh, we just have pure luck.” Lou Fan turned to look at Tong Fei and winked, “I told Sister Tong Fei just now that we are lucky and managed to randomly bump into the right direction. We are just a junior team and don’t understand anything so your experience is very useful to us.”

A stool slid across the ground, making a harsh rubbing sound. Qin Tan stood up, straightened his clothes, and said in a low voice, “We’ll go back first, everyone is tired.”

Lou Fan nodded and stood up, “Sister Tong Fei, we’ll go back first and not disturb you guys enjoying your time together.”

Tong Fei smiled and watched as they supported Chen Shuyang up and walked out. Seeing that Qi Haichao is going out too, she smiled and said, “I’ll just send them off myself.”

“Won’t that be impolite…” Before Qi Haichao could finish speaking, Tong Fei had already followed the group out and didn’t respond to him at all. His smiling face suddenly collapsed and his expression is heavy. His eyes are fixed on the backs of the group of people with a deep gaze.

Outside of the house, Lou Fan turned his head and saw that Qi Haichao hadn’t followed. He said to Tong Fei, “Sister Tong Fei, I’ll come to see you tomorrow. Um, I have something to do now so I’ll go back for today.”

Tong Fei nodded, understanding what Lou Fan meant.

Nie Feng silently nodded to Tong Fei as a greeting and stepped up to keep up with the people in front of him. This is his new team now.

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong walked in front while supporting Chen Shuyang, and Lou Fan and Qin Tan walked behind. Suddenly remembering that they have a new person joining the team today, Lou Fan tugged Qin Tan’s shirt, motioning him to look back.

Qin Tan turned his head and saw Nie Feng walking slowly behind them, his demeanor lazy and indifferent.

“Nie Feng, where do you live?” Qin Tan asked.

Nie Feng is stunned by the question for a moment. He thought about it and seemed to have a headache. Then he said, “I have forgotten where. I sleep in the store.”

In the store?!

Lou Fan remembered the so-called store is a shed that was built to keep out the wind and rain at best. That place could also be called a home? Isn’t this person a bit too big-hearted?

“Team leader, how do you arrange the new team member? You can’t let such a poor teammate sleep on the street, right?”

Qin Tan thought for a moment. Downstairs, except for him and Lou Fan’s room, other rooms have been converted into recreation rooms. The place where Chen Shuyang lived in the past has turned into training rooms. Then, the 3 rooms upstairs are fully occupied. The only room left is a utility room. It’s just that the space is too small, only can fit a single bed.

“I can accept anywhere, even the sofa.” Nie Feng’s lazy voice sounded.

Qin Tan made a decision and said, “Then, we’ll clear the utility room and put a single bed for you.”

It’s good to meet a teammate who is not picky. See, a decision can be made in just a few minutes.

It is only after 6.00 pm when they returned to the residence. Because of Qi Haichao’s arrival, everyone hadn’t eaten much afterward. Now that they have returned to their residence, they all feel a little hungry.

Not long after Chen Shuyang is brought back, he sobered up at the moment. He rubbed his head and sat on the sofa, looking at Nie Feng with a confused expression.

“Aren’t you the barber? Why are you here?”

Nie Feng sat lazily next to Chen Shuyang. Looking at the cow lick hair on the top of his head, Nie Feng’s hands felt itchy again.

At this moment, Wen Lang came out of the kitchen with a glass of water. When he saw Chen Shuyang is awake, he exaggeratedly exclaimed, “I’m not trying to criticize you, Shuyang. But your alcohol tolerance is no different than none. A glass is enough to make you drunk and you start talking nonsense after that.”

Seeing Nie Feng, who is sitting beside him, Wen Lang recalled that Chen Shuyang was sleeping on the sofa when they accepted the new member. Hence, he introduced him, “This is Nie Feng, a new member of our team.”

The new member Nie Feng gave Chen Shuyang a lazy look. Chen Shuyang make a sound of acknowledgment and said, “Hello, my name is Chen Shuyang”.

They didn’t have enough of the hot pot earlier and didn’t want to think too much about what to make. So, Qin Tan simply brought out a pot of hot pot. Jiang Dong helped to wash and cut the vegetables. Lou Fan stuck his head out and saw 2 people sitting on the sofa. He has never been soft-hearted when using free labor so he gave orders right away.

“Nie Feng, come and help set the table. Wen Lang, go get the drink out. Shuyang, wash your face and sober up. You will have a non-alcoholic drink later. Hurry up, everyone. Get up and get ready to eat.” After that, he clapped his hands and continued to help in the kitchen.

Chen Shuyang responded and got up obediently. He went to the bathroom to wash his face.

On the other hand, Nie Feng is stunned, as if he didn’t understand what Lou Fan said to him. After a while, he slowly got up and walked towards the kitchen with his long legs.

6 people sat at the long dining table that is full of food, with more meat and fewer vegetables. Lou Fan held up an open bottle of beer and got up.

“Cheers, let’s welcome Nie Feng to the team. We have added a new member to our big family.”

Chen Shuyang’s hand is a little itchy and he wanted to sneak a beer over, but the person next to him stuffed a bottle of Coke into his hand. He turned to look and the man looked down. He looked like he is not fully awake, holding a bottle of beer in his hand. Chen Shuyang stood up. Being much shorter than Nie Feng suddenly makes him a little dissatisfied with his height.

“Cheers!”

Nie Feng didn’t talk much, most of the time is Lou Fan and the others talking while Chen Shuyang spoke up occasionally. Nie Feng narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved to a smile that he didn’t even notice. It had been a long time since he felt such a happy team atmosphere.

“By the way, Nie Feng, what is your spirit weapon?” Wen Lang asked curiously.

Nie Feng took out a pair of scissors from his pocket. It is the one that cut their hair. He stood up and swung forward with the scissors in his hand. It instantly turned into a pair of scissors that is more than 1 meter long. The smooth surface glinted with cold lights, and the blade looked extremely sharp. Nie Feng rested the scissors on his shoulders with one hand, his appearance seemed domineering and powerful.

“My god! That is so frcking handsome!” Wen Lang almost jumped up, staring with envy.

This weapon is awesome! Lou Fan gave a thumbs up and asked, “Nie Feng, have you improved your physique?”

The scissors flipped in Nie Feng’s hand and became smaller again. Putting it into his pocket, he shook his head and sat down, “I was in randomly assigned teams previously, so no.”

Lou Fan turned his head to look at Qin Tan, Qin Tan gave him a faint nod. He got up and walked to his room. When he came out again a few minutes later, he is smiling and holding the snow furball in his hand.

“Guys, see who is this.”

Everyone turned to look at the snow furball in Lou Fan’s hand. Next, Furball opened its mung bean-sized eyes and chirped twice. Then, it swooped and pounced at Chen Shuyang.

Chen Shuyang exclaimed in surprise, “Furball, you are awake!”

Furball has been sleeping for almost half a month and now it finally woke up. On the other hand, their team welcomed a new member. Overall, everything is going fine.

Lou Fan smiled and handed the Longjing grass to Nie Feng. Nie Feng shifted his surprised gaze from the furball and looked at the grass in front of him with doubts.

“This is Longjing Grass, which has a certain role in improving physical fitness. As a new team member introduced by Sister Tong Fei, we fully trust you. Everyone in our team has improved their physical fitness. As a member of our team, you can’t hold us back. So, you should set some time to eat this directly. As for the upgrade of your spirit weapon, we certainly hope you can do it as soon as possible.”

The surprise in Nie Feng’s eyes is even greater. If he remembered correctly, in all the teams he joined before, although they are called a team, everyone basically does things for their own interests. So, it is impossible to anyone to give away this kind of thing to others.

Seeing Nie Feng’s hesitation, Lou Fan put down the Longjing grass in front of him and sat back in his seat. Then he said slowly, “Of course, while we trust you, I also hope you can trust us. After all, we want to go on missions together. Our goal is the same, which is to return to the original world, right?”

It’s not that Nie Feng distrusts this Longjing grass, he was just caught off-guard by this team’s unexpected actions. Not saying anything, he picked up the Longjing grass and put it in his mouth without hesitation. Next, he chewed it twice and swallowed everything. A warm feeling rose in his lower abdomen, then the feeling flowed to his limbs and bones. After that, it disappeared.

Furball tilted its head at the stranger and chirped twice—who is this man?

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