This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 1233 - 551 Raving in the Minefield_2

"Retract."

"Time rewound, and you preemptively took out the insect eggs that were about to hatch, tossing them behind you..."

These things could only produce useful items in their egg form, once hatched into insects they would become useless, and yet, it was impossible to tell just from their appearance when they would hatch—they could do so at any moment in one’s hand.

What was more crucial, these things would immediately call for help upon emerging, and it wouldn’t take long for a large swarm to gather. No wonder Blue Beard and the others had encountered disaster just a moment ago.

At this moment, Mu You’s situation was still relatively good; he started to flee before the beetles could swarm and should have no trouble escaping.

"...You left the damp area behind, and the dense mass of beetles gave up the chase..."

"...You entered a broad, flat road. As far as the eye could see, there were no obstacles, and there were clear signs of man-made construction..."

Mu You had not left the wetland long when he smoothly arrived at the place Jiu You had mentioned.

And at this moment, others had already delved deep into this area. From their feedback, it did seem to be the abandoned ancient city they had seen in the Illusion before.

Moreover, from the time they entered, the Star Level of the surrounding monsters had soared dramatically, and some had already encountered monsters of five or six Star Levels or higher.

Some initially harbored the idea of picking up leftovers, hoping to come across some high Star Level monsters ’sleepwalking’, unable to defend themselves and thus killing them without getting hurt.

Unfortunately, after ransacking for a moment, everyone soon realized that high Star Level creatures were very clever, and there was virtually no chance of them not waking up if unimpressed by the Nightmare Powder, either they would awaken on impact or they were protected by a petrification layer.

Several hours passed with not a single true freeloading opportunity occurring; instead, the casualties on the pioneering team’s side were heavy.

"I’m dead, you guys keep going!" Twelve hours into the pioneering effort, Jiu You suddenly posted in the group chat.

"Jiu You is gone too? So now, is it just the Son of Heaven and the Ghost Captain left?"

"Seems like it..."

"This is too tragic, we had over nine hundred people in the operation, all elites..."

"Well, it’s pioneering after all, and we happened to hit a natural disaster, lasting this long isn’t bad..."

...

Everyone just smiled wryly, full of confidence before they came, thinking they could last a week with no problems. They hadn’t expected the situation to be so dire on the other side, almost everyone dead on the first day.

"Son of Heaven, Ghost Captain, it’s all up to you now..." Someone encouraged.

No sooner had these words fallen did the Son of Heaven send a message: "Hmm... it seems my journey ends here too..."

"Ah, this..."

The crowd was speechless. Whose jinx had worked so quickly, another gone as soon as it was said.

Now only the Ghost Captain was left on his own.

"Come on, boss..."

"Hold on..."

"We’re counting on you..."

So everyone turned their words of encouragement toward Mu You.

Mu You felt immense pressure. His longevity compared to others was due to two things, one was picking up what others left behind, with roads mostly cleared by everyone else, his path was relatively safe.

Secondly, he relied on the Vampire’s recovery and his ability to lower his presence, greatly enhancing his survivability.

Even then, he dared not guarantee anything; pioneering in such unfamiliar territories was indeed too hazardous.

Next, Mu You cautiously maneuvered his character, exploring within the ruins of the city. He fell asleep once again due to an excess of Mirage Energy, but this time Mu You promptly took the Nightmare Powder and was awakened three hours later by a lesser monster’s awakening, continuing his exploration.

So, with intermittent pioneering efforts, time in the blink of an eye had come to the second day.

It wasn’t until the morning of the second day that a prompt finally came in the game.

"Under the illumination of the Dream-breaking Fluorescence, you see the scenery of pavilions and towers ahead, strikingly familiar, almost identical to the scene you witnessed when you first came here..."

Mu You’s eyes brightened. He had found the Soul-inducing Lamp at the very beginning, just taking a few steps before encountering the floating Soul Lamps. Now, he finally saw the initial mirage, indicating that the Soul-inducing Lamp was very likely nearby.

"You killed a new beetle egg and started searching nearby with the help of the orb’s fluorescence..."

"Soon, you suddenly see a familiar Green Lamp flickering by a water hole not far ahead, exactly the Soul-inducing Lamp!"

"You’re about to rush forward, but then you notice the ground around you is covered with pure white bones, which from their shape, seem to be extremely similar to human skeletons..."

"Oh?"

Mu You raised an eyebrow. Could these be the bones of the Fool’s Ancestors?

If so, why were there so many Fools dead near the Soul-inducing Lamp? There was a significant problem here...

"You carefully examined the skeletons along the way and found nothing unusual..."

"You arrive below the Soul-inducing Lamp. Do you wish to light the Soul Lamp?"

"Yes."

"You have lit the Soul Lamp. From now on, should you die nearby, you may choose to resurrect under this Soul-inducing Lamp. Should there be multiple Soul Lamps within a close range, you may choose to resurrect at any one of them. Between Soul-inducing Lamps within a certain range, you can Teleport to one another (by standing still under a Soul-inducing Lamp for over ten minutes)."

By lighting the second Soul Lamp, he had activated the added functionality of teleportation transfer. Even if he died and returned to the entrance area, he could always transfer back to this location.

"Just as you light the Soul-inducing Lamp, you see two Star Spirit Language characters carved on the Green Stone underneath the lamp, now almost illegible due to the erosion of time."

"You scrutinize the characters, and only then do you realize, belatedly, that the two characters actually read: ’Run!’"

"Run?"

Mu You frowned. There indeed was a problem with this place.