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

Chapter 287, 1.21-4: The Girl Imprisoned in the Tower
[Mission 1: Completely rescue the girl imprisoned in the tower]

[Task Two: Fulfill all the girl's requests]

[Mission 3: Protect the girl from being killed]

[Task 4: Prioritize others' dungeon runs]

[Instance Level: Crown Prince (Gathering Instance)]

[Instance duration: 29 days (countdown)]

[Restrictions on announcing game rules:]

[I. The instance map covers the entire Kingdom of Wonders, and players have the right to freely explore the instance.]

[II. Complete all tasks. Failure to complete any task constitutes a failure to complete the instance. There is no prescribed order of completion.]

[III. Due to the girl's special identity, players may encounter multiple enemies. Please be aware.]

[IV. Please complete the dungeon walkthrough within 30 days. The dungeon will automatically disappear after the deadline.]

[5. The library can provide limited clues.]

Synopsis: In the deepest recesses of that lawless, dark land lies an unfathomable power that draws all who seek it. Imprisoned within a dilapidated tower is a pitiful, innocent girl. The inhabitants of darkness stir, seemingly plotting something…

The darkness of the Mysterious Kingdom, never before revealed to the world, will be laid bare before everyone at this moment.

Good? Evil? Light? Darkness?
Or...

Human nature is unpredictable.

"Hmm... I've always felt there's a lot of nonsense here. It seems like it's saying everything, but actually it's saying nothing at all. All these rules are just empty words." Mingxi paused, then added, "Can you please stop using things that everyone already knows as nonsense?"

“Because different instances have different rules, we have to explain it all over again. If we don’t explain it, it means that the rule doesn’t exist. And although it seems like the instance doesn’t say anything, it actually contains a lot of information. It’s like it’s given all the information it can.” Ming Jin patted Ming Xi on the back and said.

"Huh?" Mingxi was slightly taken aback.

Ming Jin casually took out a grape-flavored lollipop, peeled off the wrapper to reveal the purple candy, put it in his mouth, and said, "First rule: This copy is only available in the Kingdom of the Unbelievable."

In other words, that tower only exists in the Kingdom of the Unbelievable and not in the other five kingdoms, which at least puts our minds at ease.

Article 2: The fact that no order of completion is specified means that some tasks can be completed ahead of schedule, and tasks that have already been completed are considered to not exist, meaning that they do not need to be followed.

While this may seem to lower the difficulty of completion, it actually misleads players into a trap. They need to think more carefully about which tasks to complete first, because if some tasks are completed first, then other tasks may become impossible to complete.

The third point tells us there are several enemy factions. Based on the three locations indicated in the previous dungeon opening hints, we can guess that besides our storyline, there are two other factions, and then there are the Dark Inhabitants mentioned in the synopsis.

To be on the safe side, besides us, there are three other storylines. Since it's not specified whether these three storylines involve players, there's a possibility that they could involve NPCs, or even dungeon bosses.

Combining point two and task four, this also tells us that there can be conflicting tasks between players, and we must be constantly vigilant to prevent them from completing them. We need to anticipate and deduce their tasks based on their behavior, actions, and body language to eliminate any possibility of them happening. There's also a hidden element that we should be aware of: conflict and combat can occur, and people may die if necessary. This rule implicitly means that no specific behavior is restricted; anything is allowed, including killing other players.

The fact that the girl has a special identity means that she may have other uses, perhaps related to our mission one, mission two, incredible power, or the Crown Prince's artifacts.

Article 4: 30-day time limit. In addition to stating the duration of the instance, it also tells us that we must complete the instance within 30 days. According to the countdown, we have 29 days left. This is calculated from the start time, not from when we accept the quest.

No matter when we start, the end time will not change.

I suspect that incredible power might also be related to this countdown, or perhaps to the girl, since she was imprisoned.

Although I don't know what the environment is like, it must be very bad. Under these circumstances, 30 days is already a miracle.

Article 5: It tells us that the tower is called the Dark Tower, and the library has documents that provide us with a clue, although it is not complete, but it is still much better than us wandering around aimlessly like headless flies in space.

Because the clues are limited, we need to discern their authenticity ourselves. A trap is set here, easily leading players to believe that the information obtained from the library is absolutely correct. Once this mindset takes hold, they will be completely drawn in and ultimately meet their demise.

Since it's only part of the information, we still need to find the rest ourselves. We might need to find the second half based on the first half we found in the library.

Finally, here's the synopsis. It clearly states that it's related to the Dark Dwellers, so these Dark Dwellers must be NPCs, meaning they drive the entire storyline of the instance. If we're looking for the girl, then finding the Dark Dwellers might be easier than finding the girl herself.

From a conspiracy theory perspective, this instance might cause other changes in the Kingdom of the Unbelievable, otherwise it wouldn't have been a 30-day gathering instance with no limit on the number of participants.

The dungeon level is only for the Crown Prince, meaning that the first time it opens may be the only time it opens; once you miss it, it will never open again.

The above are all my own subjective inferences; I'm not entirely sure what the truth is, at least that's what I think right now.

Mingxi rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "I thought the task rules were only a little over a hundred words long, how did you figure out it was over a thousand words?"

"Isn't analyzing hidden clues a basic lesson? It's a pity the rules are too vague, and I still haven't been able to finalize many of my points," Ming Jin said with a mouthful of candy, sounding annoyed.

After mixing Dionysus's drink, he told them how to enter the instance. They arrived at the church and met a priest, who told them that his adopted daughter had gone out with her childhood sweetheart and never returned, and he hoped they could bring her back.

After they heard these words and nodded in agreement, the rules of this instance suddenly appeared.

For a moment, Gemini almost thought they hadn't arrived in an independent world of the fifth dimension, but in a holographic online game, and felt a strange sense of unreality.

"So, can we head to the library now? I don't want to chat under this broken streetlamp." Mingxi rolled her eyes at Mingjin, pointed to the flickering streetlamp above her head, and said slowly, "I suspect it'll explode in a second and throw shards of glass all over my head."

Teacher Mingjin provides online teaching.

Have you learned the correct way to solve the problem of duplicates?

Once you've mastered it, it's equivalent to understanding a quarter of the content of the dungeon.

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(End of this chapter)