The moment the sound rang out, Zhong Mu shuddered in fright, then froze on the spot, slowly turning his head to look at Yin Xiu.
"Brother Xiu...did you hear the dungeon update just now?"
Yin Xiu nodded silently.
Rules Town has always been the general term used by all players to refer to this resting place. Each player's town has a unique number, while 35-dimensional town is where Yin Xiu and his group are located.
Putting aside the fact that the seamless transition between dungeons is annoying and goes against the usual player progression, the name of the dungeon, 35-Dimensional Town, which is a complete copy of Yin Xiu's residence, is hard not to annoy Yin Xiu.
Either this is a completely new instance that imitates the town of 35 Planes, or... the entire town of 35 Planes has been placed into the instance and made into a new instance.
Yin Xiu could at least breathe a sigh of relief with the former, since it was only directed at him personally, but the latter was terrifying.
This is equivalent to the entire town of 35 planes being thrown into a completely new dungeon without any strategy guides. Whether they are new players or veteran players, everyone is facing this new dungeon without any strategy guides.
Yin Xiu frowned, and could only pray that it was a new instance.
But the foreground prompt that followed shattered the possibility of Yin Xiu's conjecture.
[You are a player who has just offered a sacrifice to the god you revere. You killed the sacrifice, opened the gate imprisoning the god, and returned to your most familiar town, the town of 35th plane. This town, too, has been offered to the god and is no longer a safe place for you to rest.]
[In order to meet the god as soon as possible, you must explore this familiar yet strange place, kill more sacrifices, and then meet it.]
[No one can escape this area; you will either perish together or be reborn together.]
[Rules for this instance: None.]
[Completion condition: Find the origin of all the anomalies.]
After the announcement, Yin Xiu stood silently in place. This was the worst possible outcome. The entire 35-dimensional town had become a dungeon, and this would be the place where all the dungeon players would be watching the live stream.
"Brother Xiu... does the report about offering sacrifices refer to... the doctor from the previous instance? What does it mean to open the gate imprisoning the gods?" Zhong Mu's face turned pale after hearing the report, filled with worry. "The town is so quiet, should we go look for the others?"
The entire town is now eerily quiet, making it easy for him to assume the worst.
"I'm not too sure either. Let's go find someone else first." Yin Xiu nodded and took a step forward. Suddenly, a row of blue characters emitting a faint glow appeared on the wall next to him.
(I bet you're really curious about what happened.)
Yin Xiu stared silently at the line of words. He was very familiar with this color of font. In the rule list written by Ye Tianxuan in the Rule Town, there was a line of blue text like this under each rule. It was written by Lady Ye.
(We won't disrupt the player's normal progression, leaving the instance and returning to town. And right now, you haven't disrupted the progression; you've returned to your town, haven't you?)
Yin Xiu frowned and remained silent. Yes, he had returned to the town, but the entire town had become a dungeon. In order to seamlessly connect to the dungeon, Lady Ye still had a plan.
(That mental hospital, just as you guessed, was indeed a separate altar, and the doctor you killed was a sacrifice used to open the door that imprisoned him.)
(Of course, the doctor's role is merely to open the door; more sacrifices are needed to satisfy it, and your entire town in Plane 35 is the best sacrifice.)
(And you, who personally offer the sacrifice, will become a believer who faces the gods, the person who is assimilated the fastest. Can you feel the changes in your own body?)
Yin Xiu could sense the smile in Ye Niangniang's words, a sinister and terrifying smile that seemed to be preparing a huge trap, and watching Yin Xiu wander around in it made her feel happy.
Yin Xiu ignored her silently, lifted his foot and walked forward, and another line of words appeared on the wall next to him.
(With each death in the town, your mutation intensifies, and soon you will be able to see the thing you most desire.)
(Yin Xiu, should you be happy or sad?)
The blue lettering gradually disappeared on the wall. Yin Xiu wasn't sure if Lady Ye could see him now, but the anger in his heart burned silently.
The most threatening and troublesome enemy is someone who has observed him for six years and is opposing him.
Because Lady Ye understands him.
Yin Xiu took a deep breath. None of that mattered now. Finding the other players was the most important thing. Every time one player died, the change in his situation would increase. This meant that Lady Ye must have prepared monsters in the town that could kill the players. The current quietness gave him a bad feeling.
The two walked a few steps forward and spotted a figure in the dark alley ahead.
Because it was too dark, they couldn't see who the other person was, so they could only cautiously ask, "Who are you?"
The other person flinched, then looked in their direction, "Huh? What are you doing here?"
It's the sound from 408.
Logically, after the previous instance ended, 408 should have left the instance directly. They weren't close to begin with, and as soon as the instance ended, they went their separate ways. Zhong Mu didn't even notice where he went afterward. Logically, he should have gone to another instance to do what he wanted, but instead, he appeared here.
"I was just about to ask you something, what are you doing here?" Zhong Mu stepped forward and took a closer look. It really was 408. Clearly, he had no idea he was here.
"I really don't know. I left through a strange passage, and I never expected to end up here." 408 approached the two, his confusion even more pronounced than Yin Xiu and Zhong Mu's. "Where is this?"
Zhong Mu sighed helplessly, "Outside the dungeon, in the town where players rest."
408 paused, looking bewildered. "How did a dungeon monster like me end up in town? Dungeon monsters can't leave the dungeon, can they?"
He scratched his head, lost in a strange and bewildered state.
After a moment of silence, Yin Xiu slowly said, "Since Lady Ye said that it's not a normal instance but an altar, the only exit is probably the one connecting to the town. It's possible that Ling Feng couldn't get back to his town normally and ended up here too."
A group of people fell silent.
"What about Li Mo and Ya Ya?"
"I'm not so sure about the two of them, but if this place becomes a dungeon," Yin Xiu said, taking out a coin that had turned back into an item from his pocket, "Ya Ya should be able to come too."