I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 247, page 1.17, 24: A Night of Madness
"Sometimes I really hate your damn rationality," Mu Yin muttered through gritted teeth.

"What?" Mu Yegui paused slightly, puzzled.

Did you suddenly receive some kind of stimulus?
Why would he say that?

"There's nothing..." Mu Yin said dejectedly, feeling like he was talking to a brick wall. He knew Mu Yegui would never understand his feelings. Even if he told her directly, she wouldn't understand; it would only annoy him. He might as well just let things take their course.

He didn't see anything wrong with being frank about one's feelings, it just depended on who the other person was. For example, with Mu Yegui, discussing theoretical knowledge was fine, but discussing feelings wouldn't work; it would only make things more complicated.

A blank look flashed across her cool, silver eyes; she had no idea what Mu Yin was trying to say with his seemingly random sentences.

Seven children carrying balloons ran past me, laughing and jumping.

Mu Yegui stood still and looked back at their backs. She hadn't seen the children's faces. Her eyesight couldn't be wrong, so the only explanation was that these children didn't have faces.

So why did they appear?
The lights on the advertising sign next to me flickered six times and then went out, as if they had broken down.

Mu Yegui suddenly turned around to look at the advertising sign, but because the lights were off, he had no idea what was originally written on it.

The sky was filled with twinkling stars, and the streets were brightly lit, giving no sense of darkness whatsoever. Yet, apart from her, there was not a single person in sight; everything had vanished.

Players who should have been in this area have also completely disappeared.

The leaderboard was still displayed on the screen in the air.

[Leaderboard]

[Rank 1: Water Chi - Gold Coins (7), Silver Coins (42), Bronze Coins (6)]

[2th ​​Place: Flying - Gold Coins (6), Silver Coins (87), Bronze Coins (1)]

[3nd Place: Ling Tong - Gold Coins (6), Silver Coins (72), Bronze Coins (7)]

[4st Place: Mu Yegui - Gold Coins (6), Silver Coins (0), Bronze Coins (0)]

[5rd Place: Mu Yin - Gold Coins (5), Silver Coins (1), Copper Coins (7)]

[6th Place: Daolin - Gold Coins (4), Silver Coins (4), Copper Coins (9)]

[7th Place: Gold and Silver - Gold Coins (2), Silver Coins (29), Bronze Coins (0)]

[8th Place: Rosanna - Gold Coins (2), Silver Coins (25), Bronze Coins (3)]

[9th Place: Yuna - Gold Coins (2), Silver Coins (10), Bronze Coins (4)]

[10th Place: Camille - Gold Coins (2), Silver Coins (1), Bronze Coins (7)]

【…】

Koya and Fernana dropped out of the top ten, mainly because they were distracted by the clown. The amount of coins they had collected remained unchanged, and the number on the leaderboard was still the same as before they encountered the clown.

"Did Shui Qi collect them that quickly?" Mu Yin asked in confusion.

"With more people, it's naturally faster to collect them." After all, he is the vice president of the Strategist Association. In organizations with many members, the priority is usually to ensure the survival of those with sufficient strength before collecting the others.

However, it's hard to say whether there will be any disputes when it comes to survival.

"Instead of getting hung up on Shui Qi, we should pay attention to our surroundings first." Mu Yegui scanned the surroundings, her soft, childlike voice still devoid of emotion but carrying a hint of vigilance.

"Isn't this break time? Surely no one would break the rules and do something like that." No matter how you look at it, that kind of thing is impossible; that guy would be courting death.

Mu Yegui nodded, it was unclear whether he agreed with Mu Yin or not. He stopped paying attention to his surroundings and headed straight for the commercial street.

"Although I say this, this atmosphere really makes me uncomfortable," Mu Yin said in a low voice, giving off a particularly oppressive and dangerous feeling, as if something was lurking around, waiting for its chance to strike. The faceless child who had just run past seemed to be saying something as well.

A tricycle full of colorful balloons was parked by a streetlamp not far away. A gentleman dressed in a performance suit, top hat, and with his face covered in white paint so that his features were obscured, was bending down and handing the balloons to the five children surrounding him, who were not afraid of him at all.

As Mu Yegui approached, he couldn't see the children's faces; it was as if their bangs were covering their glasses—it was all pitch black.

She paused slightly, standing nearby, quietly watching the gentleman hand the balloons to the children.

The children happily ran off with their balloons in hand, while the gentleman, holding the strings of four balloons, waved to their retreating figures.

Suddenly, he turned his gaze to her.

A gentle breeze swept across the street, bringing with it silence and tranquility.

The gentleman handed a white balloon to Mu Yegui. His face was obscured by white paint, but he seemed to be smiling. His attitude was very friendly and kind, and there was not a trace of danger in him.

The three braids on the side of her face swayed slightly in the wind. Mu Yegui scratched her long, misty gray curly hair, which was a little messy from the wind.

Her cool, silver eyes were fixed on the gentleman, deep and calm, like an ancient pool that could not be disturbed by the slightest ripple and could not reflect any figure.

He held up the white balloon, still in the gesture of handing it to Mu Yegui, without making any move to move an inch.

Mu Yegui took a step forward, seemingly wanting to take the white balloon from his hand, but just as he took that step, a gust of wind blew the white balloon into the air.

In the end, all we could do was watch helplessly as it soared higher and higher into the dark night sky, until it disappeared completely, seemingly swallowed by the darkness.

The gentleman has only three balloons left: red, yellow, and blue.

He looked up at the last remaining balloon in his hand and remained silent, exuding an aura of loneliness and unease.

Even though there were countless colorful balloons hanging on the tricycle behind him, he seemed to ignore them, focusing only on the last three balloons in his hand.

A loud 'pop' sound followed, as if something exploded.

The yellow balloon suddenly burst, and the string abruptly drooped down, hanging with fragments of the balloon.

He had only two balloons left in his hand, one red and one blue.

"Could I have another balloon?" Mu Yegui asked.

The gentleman shook his head and remained silent, seemingly quite resistant.

Although I couldn't see his expression clearly, I could sense that in addition to loneliness and unease, there was also a restless feeling swirling around him.

It was as if they foresaw something was about to happen.

A figure walked towards them from afar, dressed in a white dress, looking gentle and elegant.

With a hint of a smile in her crystal-clear amethyst eyes, she walked up to the gentleman and said softly in an extremely gentle voice, "Could I have a balloon?"

The gentleman hesitated for a moment before handing the red balloon to Fernana.

He only had one balloon left in his hand.

Do you remember that advertisement about the magician that Ye Gui saw before?

Counting down from 21 to 1, the magician will definitely appear.

Each chapter contains a countdown, and we've counted down to 1 now.

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(End of this chapter)