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

Chapter 552, page 2.1-65: The Crown: The Treasure of a Lost Dynasty
Under the dim sky, a few soldiers stood on the massive city wall, looking exhausted but determined to hold their ground.

"Speaking of which, we should be arriving soon." Dao Lin looked up at the sky, yawned sleepily, and said slowly.

"If it was a forced breach, it should have already left the temple and is on its way." Bertias nodded, glanced down at the barren land below the city wall, and said in a low voice.

Tonight is the time agreed upon with Shui Qi, and also the last time. If Mu Yegui and the others do not arrive in time, the city will be occupied by the undead army, and all life will be lost.

"Do you want them to come?" Dao Lin suddenly asked.

Bertias was silent for a few seconds before saying, "I hope they come for humanitarian reasons, but if we're considering the mission's outcome, it's better if they don't come."

“But you are not human,” Dao Lin said calmly.

Bertias chuckled softly, "So my answer is actually the latter, but if it really comes, I won't do anything extra, since the difficulty is about the same anyway."

He jumped off the railing and walked up to Dao Lin, looking up at the arena in the distance, and said, "Speaking of which... this seems to be the place where I first entered the instance, the arena there."

Dao Lin's lips twitched slightly. "You mean there's a hidden teleportation array here that allows us to leave?"

"Yes, but I left in such a hurry that I didn't have time to look for where it was." Bertias nodded, his expression serious. How could he have forgotten such an important matter?

"Mu Yegui previously tested the teleportation array in the capital and proved that it is actually a one-time use array; once used, it disappears. Therefore, this teleportation array must be protected and kept away from others. If it is accidentally triggered, it will be wasted." Although only players can trigger the teleportation effect.

This teleportation array can only be used when they attend the Crown Prince's meeting, and that will only take a few months. We need to get everything arranged quickly, even though it's almost done.

"You watch over here, I'll go find the teleportation array," Bertias said casually as he jumped down from the high city wall, amidst the soldiers' shocked expressions.

Dao Lin yawned lazily, the drowsiness that hadn't returned in a long time coming back, and he even felt a strange sense of longing. Ever since he slept through the second half of his first playthrough, he had felt refreshed and energetic when he woke up again, without the slightest bit of fatigue.

At that time, he thought the aftereffects had probably disappeared. Now that he feels them again, it means the aftereffects have returned, and he will probably return to his previous state.

It's actually quite troublesome, especially when you have to muster your energy to endure wave after wave of fatigue. It's torture. Sometimes I just want to ignore everything and close my eyes and fall asleep without a care in the world.

"So sleepy..." Dao Lin murmured, his eyelids drooping.

"If you're sleepy, go to sleep." Dao Lin was startled when he suddenly heard that familiar, soft, childlike voice. He looked up instinctively and saw Mu Yegui standing on the city wall not far from him.

“You should all go and rest for a while, it’s about to start,” Dao Lin said, shaking his head.

“Only you are human.” Mu Yegui stared intently at Dao Lin and said slowly.

Dao Lin: "..." So he's the only one who needs to rest, right?

"Be careful, there's a teleportation array here with an unknown location. Don't accidentally trigger it," Dao Lin warned.

"It will take more than ten seconds to officially start after stepping on it; I counted before," Mu Yegui said.

"Is your ten seconds the same speed as the ten seconds I understand?" Dao Lin looked at Mu Ye Gui suspiciously and asked.

“Ten seconds is slow,” Mu Yegui said thoughtfully. Hearing this, Dao Lin was relieved. Samuro’s speed was terrifying, so even a second was considered slow by them. If Mu Yegui said it was slow, it meant it was the ten seconds he was thinking of; if she said it was fast, it meant it would start immediately upon standing on it!
Of course, this slowness only applies to Samuro. For ordinary people, ten seconds is just the speed of picking up a glass of water from the table, taking a sip, and putting it down again; it passes by very quickly.

Mu Yegui raised his hand and summoned a Nightmare Book, flipping through it casually before finally stopping at a certain corner of the book.

"How many did you get?" Daolin asked.

"Five items for the Crown Prince." Not all of them are hers. One belongs to Noyce, one to Shui Qi, one to Mu Yin, and the remaining two are hers.

“I brought out Shui Qi’s [Transformation Stone],” Mu Yegui said softly.

"Didn't they say it could only be used by the person in question?" Daolin asked, puzzled.

“My royal privileges are quite special, so the rule that it can only be used by the individual does not include me. I can use it freely.” Mu Yegui said, stroking the black cover of the Nightmare Book with one hand.

A hint of pity suddenly appeared in her icy blue eyes. Shui Qi, if you don't come out soon, the Crown Prince prop will be taken over by the 'Mountain King'. Although this prop was originally unwanted by her and was only taken by Shui Qi, she felt a little sorry for Shui Qi.

Before Dao Lin could say anything, they heard a cold, crackling sound of bones grinding together. In the distance, countless bones emerged from the desolate land, forming hands that stretched out from the ground, followed by the entire skeleton.

Under the dim moonlight, the scene appeared extremely terrifying and horrifying.

"It's best not to use these items unless absolutely necessary. After all, they belong to this world, and overuse might lead to things you can't accept." Perhaps it will even accelerate assimilation...

"Ye Gui, the skeletons can't be killed." Noyce said, frowning as he watched the skeletons that had been scattered and then reformed, while observing the disappearing skeleton cores.

These are not skeletons acting independently, but an army, and they are even controlled by someone. Only by eliminating the leader can the skeletons' attack be stopped at its source.

"It seems we have to get rid of the leader first," Mu Ye said, his eyes narrowing, his meaning cryptic.

"You should still remember that Shui Qi is an ally, right?" Dao Lin's lips twitched slightly as he reminded him. He was afraid that Mu Ye Gui had forgotten this and then dealt with Shui Qi.

“With the leader gone, the energy supply for these skeletons that can’t act independently will also disappear. There’s a teleportation array here, and the Crown Prince’s meeting is just two or three days away. Let’s take this opportunity to leave. The meeting won’t last more than three days anyway, and at most six months will have passed here. Besides… you don’t seem unprepared for what’s to come.”

“Found it, it’s right behind a tree on the city wall,” Bertias shouted.

So Mu Yegui jumped off the city wall and ran toward the figure behind the densely packed skeletons in the distance.

Shui Qi was holding his cane, deep in thought, when he felt a gust of wind and was suddenly lifted by the back of his collar and carried away.

Before they could even react, they were thrown onto the teleportation array. Turning their heads to see several familiar faces, they disappeared in a flash before their eyes, without even having a chance to say a word.

Shui Qi: "..." It was so sudden.

We'll make it all up to you then.

Now we move on to the Crown Prince meeting. All the Crown Princes are present.

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(End of this chapter)