Chapter 581 Two Years?! (1/2)
GOR Chapter 581 Two Years?!
“If it is as difficult as you said, I suggest we not make contact with the two monster-like existences that you mentioned,” said Chen Xiaolian with a frown. “This is just an instance dungeon. Although everyone here is not lacking in courage, there is no need to kick our legs at what we know to be a block of iron.”
“That is right, just follow the system’s instructions and collect the quest items. No Players would appear to disrupt us or compete against us, so we should be able to quickly finish it.” Nagase Komi nodded.
Phoenix said coolly, “I don’t mind. However… … not having to risk our lives is not a bad thing. After all, each of us has only one life each.”
Tian Lie looked at them and saw that all of them were in agreement. He smiled wryly and said, “Normally, I would agree. It would also seem that everyone here is in agreement. However… … this instance dungeon is not that simple.”
After saying that, Tian Lie pulled out an item and placed it in front of everyone.
It was a metal fragment. It was different from the fragment that Chen Xiaolian discovered. It was slightly curved.
“This is?”
“The fragment of a bell, one of the quest items,” said Tian Lie. “We found it on the fourth floor.”
“This one is mine.” Sawakita Mitsuo put a thigh bone forward.
Seeing the item caused Lin Leyan to jump in fright. Soo Soo, who was beside her, thoughtfully reached for Lin Leyan’s hand and said in a whisper, “Sister, don’t be afraid.”
All the participants there where characters who’d had to brave through a mountain of blades and the sea of flames. A thigh bone was nothing in their eyes.
“I also found something.” Chen Xiaolian pulled out the sword fragment and several of the severed nails. “So, there are four in total here. Meaning, we have four out of the five items needed to complete the quest.”
“Right, four out of five items are found. By finding another one, we will be able to complete the quest and leave this instance dungeon. This castle is not that big anyway. If we can’t find it, we can just upend the whole place. Surely, we would be able to find it then.”
Phoenix had said.
Tian Lie listened to Phoenix quietly before shaking his head.
“I am sorry, that thing you mentioned would never happen.” Tian Lie smiled bitterly and continued, “If I am not mistaken, this castle only has four of the items. The fifth one is definitely not here.”
“… … why?”
“Because of the BUG that everyone can now see.” Tian Lie sighed.
Chen Xiaolian’s face flickered as his mind raced.
Tian Lie then continued, “Time has stopped… … no, I believe you all have seen through this as well. It is not that time has stopped, rather, it has been slowed down! It is now 3,600 times slower.”
“And?”
“To be able to do something like this, causing a BUG to occur in the system, forcibly disrupting the instance dungeon’s rules that the system put in place… only the two old monsters could do something like this. The two old monsters hid here and changed the time for their own convenience. You can think of it as the equivalent of… … eternal life,” said Tian Lie coolly. “How terrifying must they be to be able to accomplish something like this? Let us not go to how they did this first. The issue now is, we have already searched through this castle a few times. Forget the quest items… … did any of you encounter the two monsters?”
Clearly, they had not.
“In other words, the two monsters are not residing in this castle at all. Maybe they possess extraordinary powers and could shrug off the area restraint imposed by the instance dungeon, allowing them to leave this castle. Maybe they had artificially expanded this instance dungeon’s area.” Tian Lie then sighed. “Of course, that is just a guess. However, there is one thing that I know for certain.”
Chen Xiaolian’s tone was serious as he asked, “What?”
“In order to slow down time and cause a BUG to appear in this instance dungeon, a premise is required. This instance dungeon cannot be refreshed. The core rules of the system cannot be violated. Once the refresh process is over, any BUGs would disappear. At present, it would seem that they have created a small BUG in this instance dungeon. As long as this instance dungeon does not undergo the refresh process, time would remain this slow forever. Once it is refreshed, this BUG will disappear – that would be counter to their intentions.”
After saying that, Tian Lie turned to face Chen Xiaolian. “What do you think is the best method to prevent this instance dungeon from undergoing a refresh process?”
Chen Xiaolian replied immediately, “It is very simple, the best method is to not complete it!”
Tian Lie snapped his fingers. “Correct.”
After a pause, Tian Lie continued, “However, this is an instance dungeon after all. Since that is the case, participants would definitely be sent in to try and complete the quest. Once the quest gets completed, wouldn’t everything go to waste? Chen Xiaolian, if you are that superhuman existence, what would you do?”
Chen Xiaolian thought about it. “There is no way I would let the instance dungeon undergo refresh repeatedly and go re-create the time-slowing BUG again and again. What expert would have the mood to repeat something like this so many times? In order to make it final, the best way is… …” His eyes suddenly lit up and his face turned ugly to behold. “I understand now.”
“What is it?” Frowning, Nagase Komi asked.
Phoenix, who was listening to them from the side, also gave a faint sigh. “… … if that is the case, we would have no chance anymore.”
“You figured it out as well?” The frown on Nagase Komi’s face deepened and she said, “Hey! I say, can you people stop with the riddles? Think about those who are not as smart as you, will you?”
“Assume there is a jigsaw puzzle with a total of five jigsaw pieces. If you want to make it so the jigsaw puzzle can never be completed, what is the best way to go about it?” asked Chen Xiaolian with a wry smile. “The best method is to first take away one of the jigsaw pieces! After that, the remaining four pieces can never be used to complete the jigsaw puzzle! Never!”