The smoke exhaled by Yan Nan gradually thickened, covering his entire body, and his figure slowly disappeared.

"I knew I couldn't get along with you. I'm going down to deal with the trouble. Keep an eye on the Weirdness Index. Call me if it fluctuates."

"Okay."

Yan Nan's figure slowly vanished, while the ancient-robed man's long hair moved without any wind, slowly growing longer, grabbing toward the lower floors like octopus tentacles, moving between the high-rise buildings.

Tonight, many people died.

Because the Weirdness Index had steadily risen to a critical point.

Those who were unlucky and still lingered in the game, once they fell, their fate would be synchronized death in reality!

In just this one night, who knows how many people will die in this city!

This was the result of their urgent intervention to suppress the Weirdness Index and fix the loopholes; otherwise, the consequences would be even more severe!

But with so many deaths, it was inevitable that it would attract attention.

As expected, these few days, I'm afraid the small talk among the people will be rampant.

Chaos is coming!

But now, the agreed-upon date is still far away...

"I must guard this city!"

A flash of brilliance flickered in the eyes of the ancient-robed man.

Another world, or rather… the game.

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Its influence is determined by the Weirdness Index.

The higher the Weirdness Index, the more the influence in the game will permeate into reality.

The lower the Weirdness Index, the more the influence in the game will only cause slight feedback, or even no feedback at all.

Their shift tonight, fixing the loopholes and suppressing the Weirdness Index, was equivalent to indirectly saving countless players who had died in the game.

Without them, the death feedback from the game would have manifested synchronously in reality, and then... this city would have been in chaos!

In a sense, these two can be said to be heroes protecting humanity.

But the ancient-robed man didn't think so. He felt that the [United Hands Society] to which he belonged was the hero of mankind!

Individual power is ultimately limited. Alliances and teams are the future of humanity.

He had already climbed high enough in the [United Hands Society], so he already knew some secrets.

"As long as we guard until that date, the [Cheater] will awaken and save this world!"

…

In the game.

"Tail, don't be afraid, it's me!"

The person who walked out of the darkness was none other than Fang Yue.

His face was a little pale, and his shoulder was bleeding, but in his left hand, he was tightly grabbing a wriggling black shadow!

"I caught it, your shadow. But the Shadow Devouring Ghoul (Shiying Gui) ate their shadows. Now they…"

Fang Yue's voice suddenly stopped.

Because he had already seen the two people lying dead on the ground.

Tail gave a wry smile. "They... are already dead."

"But we are still alive."

Fang Yue came to Tail's side, grabbed Tail with one hand, controlled the black shadow with the other, and then forced the black shadow onto Tail.

But in reality, the moment the two touched, the black shadow seemed to be sucked away by something, struggling, wriggling, and being pulled back into Tail's body, flowing like water to her feet.

Her shadow is back!

That complete and familiar feeling gave Tail an unspeakable sense of security.

"Brother Ye!!"

Tail tightly grabbed Fang Yue's hand. The latter just smiled slightly, then quickly showed a solemn expression.

"Let's get out of here quickly. That thing is coming after us!"

After collecting Liao Moran and Hai Ming's fluorescent beads and that special small cloth bag, Fang Yue quickly evacuated with Tail, heading straight for the original bronze room.

Just a few minutes after Fang Yue and Tail left, a five-clawed dragon-shaped black shadow came to the corpses of Hai Ming and Liao Moran.

It sniffed the corpses, opened its mouth and swallowed them, then discerned the direction and chased after Fang Yue's escape route.

…

"What?! The exit is in the bronze room! And the key item is the fluorescent beads in our hands!"

Tail exclaimed in surprise as she listened to Fang Yue's words.

"That's right! After I separated from you, I explored the remaining rooms. It turns out that the dark room we entered before is called the Shadow Feeding Room (Siying Shi), which is specially used to strip shadows and store them as feed."

"And the room closest to the Shadow Feeding Room is where the Shadow Devouring Ghoul rests! I disturbed it when I entered the room and fled to another room, which was a simple study. There was a mural in the study, recording the layout of the Desolate Ghoul Ruins! I only then learned about the relationship between the fluorescent beads and the bronze room!"

"Later, the Shadow Devouring Ghoul chased after me, and I fled again, but it pursued relentlessly."

"In the battle, it drove [Shadows] to attack me. I recognized your shadow and, after paying some price, I caught it. But before I could rescue Hai Ming and Liao Moran's shadows, their shadows had already been swallowed by the Shadow Devouring Ghoul."

Only then did Tail understand how Fang Yue's shoulder wound came about.

"Is that Shadow Devouring Ghoul very powerful? You're not its match either?"

"You've seen my recovery ability, right? Look at the wound on my shoulder now. Is there any sign of it healing?"

Tail looked carefully, and the wound on Fang Yue's shoulder was bloody and showed no signs of healing.

"Are you… are you okay?"

"It's just a small injury. Let's get out of here first before we talk about anything else!"

This was not a small injury, but Fang Yue really couldn't do anything about it.

An injury that even the Night Breathing Technique couldn't handle, what was the use of him worrying about it?

He could only return to Ink Village later and let Divine Doctor An or Ni Dongmei see if they had any tricks.

The two ran very fast, and the bronze room ahead was already close at hand.

Without any hesitation, the two rushed into the bronze room.

"What then! Where should the fluorescent beads be placed to open the door to go out?" Tail asked as she ran.

"Bottom of the lake!" Fang Yue said concisely, suddenly his eyelids twitched, and he suddenly turned his head to look back.

He saw a huge black shadow had already rushed to the door of the bronze room, glanced at the two of them, and rushed in.

"Tail!"

"What?"

"Jump!!"

Gripping Tail's hand tightly, Fang Yue leaped up with her.

With a plop, they jumped into the bottom of the lake.

"Roar!!"

The Shadow Devouring Ghoul behind them let out a deafening roar.

In the midst of the sonic boom, the lake water actually separated to both sides! Directly exposing the bottom of the lake!

Fang Yue and the others, who were still diving, lost the buoyancy of the lake water and fell vertically downwards.

Fang Yue steadied himself and landed steadily. The Shadow Devouring Ghoul behind him had already rushed over.

"Tail! Take the fluorescent beads and shine them in the middle of the lake bottom. There are four grooves that can only be found with [fluorescent beads]. Put the fluorescent beads on them, and the exit will open!"

"Okay!"

Tail subconsciously caught them, then suddenly froze for a moment: "What about you?"

"I'll hold it back!"

Fang Yue grinned hideously and rushed towards the Shadow Devouring Ghoul.

"Eat my Fiery Fist!!"

The Fiery Heart Sutra burned up, and the Force Control Value and Force Dissipation Value skyrocketed.