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

Chapter 57, Section 1.4: The Fog Tracking Battle

"So, tell me, why do you think that way?" Dao Lin chuckled, his icy blue eyes reflecting the steaming hot cocoa, and asked.

“The map has changed. We can’t keep going around in circles. We’re not playing hide-and-seek in one place. We need to keep moving towards our destination and playing hide-and-seek along the way.” Mu Yin curled his lip, snatched the hot cocoa from Dao Lin’s hand and drank it down in one gulp, then smiled at him provocatively.

Dao Lin looked at the empty cup in his hand, a hint of helplessness flashing in his icy blue eyes. This guy is really childish. Does he think he would get angry with him over a cup of hot cocoa?

"Daolin, why did it end so suddenly today?" Jingyan suddenly said to the two of them.

"Because of the hidden rules of hide-and-seek, none of you have ever played hide-and-seek?" Dao Lin turned and glanced at Jing Yan, asking in return.

Everyone shook their heads in unison; they really had never played it before.

“You bunch of people who never had a childhood,” Dao Lin sighed softly.

Shomar thought to himself, "You don't even have any memories, so where did you get your childhood from?"

Dao Lin pointed to Mu Yin beside him and said, "Mu Yin told me."

Everyone suddenly realized: "Oh, I see..."

Mu Yin: "..." Don't try to shift the blame, he didn't say anything! Really! I bet my integrity! He absolutely didn't say anything!

"If there were no reverse rules in hide-and-seek, wouldn't it be too disadvantageous for the human side? That's why there's a hidden rule: if someone in the human team catches the ghost before it can reach them, the human team wins and the game ends early." Of course, these were just Dao Lin's guesses; what he confirmed was what happened just now.

It was actually a very risky move; without this hidden rule, Daolin would have been eliminated on the spot. However, Daolin didn't think the rules would be that harsh, so he bet that the hidden rule would definitely be triggered.

Then he won the bet, the game ended early, and it turned out that Daolin was very lucky.

Of course, this isn't the only hidden rule. The game lasts for eight hours, and ending the hide-and-seek game early doesn't mean the game ends early.

When they ended the game early, they still had half an hour of game time left, which gave them half an hour to find a shelter. In other words, whenever the game ended early within eight hours, the remaining time was all safe time.

Conversely, if the eight hours are over, they will lose time to find shelter, and everyone will perish.

This is a reverse thinking that's easy to understand: if there were no hidden rules, where would they get the time to return to the relief house?
The rules clearly state that players must stay in the relief house during non-game hours and cannot go outside, because staying outside at that time is equivalent to death, and there is no way they will have time to enter the relief house.

The only thing we have is game time.

"I have a question." Mu Yin raised her little hand, looking obedient and well-behaved.

"Speak," Daolin glanced at him and said.

Mu Yin rested his chin on his hand and looked at them with a grin, asking, "Is this the Kingdom of Sin? How come the dungeons are even more brain-teasing than the Kingdom of Truth?"

Everyone fell silent, probably because they had a Daolin who loved to use his brain; he could turn any dungeon into a high-IQ battle...

“Nothing needs to be thought-provoking if there are no dungeons, unless you’re mentally challenged.” Daolin got up, placed the cup on the table, and then sat back down on the sofa.

Dao Lin swept his icy blue eyes over the group and asked, "Aren't you all going to rest? You all have so much stamina?"

Once Dao Lin reminded them, everyone realized the fatigue from the intense exercise that had lasted for seven and a half days, and they all sat down to rest.

night.

Mu Yin stretched and walked to the stove, when he suddenly noticed a person standing at the corner of the stairs.

His dark golden vertical pupils looked at him through the dim light, a hint of doubt in them. Why was the person who should be sleeping awake?

Dao Lin glanced down at Mu Yin, then turned and walked up the stairs to the second floor.

Mu Yin followed along with the others, puzzled, and saw someone drawing a map on a dimly lit candle on a table in the empty attic.

"Wasn't the map just drawn?" Mu Yin asked, showing no shame at disturbing others. Dao Lin had asked him to come up, so why shouldn't he be allowed to speak?

"It's finished, but that's a simplified version. What I'm drawing now is the detailed version." The map on the table even clearly marks where the shallow ditches are.

“Now I know why you’re so tired. How can you not be tired if you stay up all night every day?” Mu Yin picked up the map on the table, glanced at it casually, and said, “There’s always more to do, and you don’t need to do so much for them.”

Dao Lin took the map from Mu Yin and continued drawing. "If you're comfortable enjoying protection, then do as much as you can."

Mu Yin stretched out his hand in front of him, forcefully squeezed in and sat on the map. His dark golden vertical pupils looked down at Dao Lin with a smile, and he said teasingly, "But it seems that I'm the one protecting you now? So what do you want to do for me if you can?"

Dao Lin suddenly fell silent and said nothing, his icy blue eyes fixed on the map beneath Mu Yin's buttocks.

"What do you mean by answering with silence?" Mu Yin frowned and said with displeasure when Dao Lin did not answer.

"I'm thinking about how to answer without hurting your feelings," Dao Lin said quietly, glancing at him.

Mu Yin: "..." So you really were thinking about how to refuse? He was just joking.

"Think about it briefly? What are you planning to do tomorrow?" Mu Yin winked at Dao Lin and asked with a grin.

"Is your eye twitching? It's a pity I don't have the tools, otherwise I could check which nerve is malfunctioning." Dao Lin reached out and flipped Mu Yin's eyelids, took a careful look, and then let go.

"Are you a doctor?" Mu Yin innocently touched his nose, letting Dao Lin touch him all over, and asked.

Dao Lin paused for a moment, then shook his head, his icy blue eyes flashing with confusion, and slowly said, "No... it's just that I vaguely feel like I should know a lot... I instinctively act when I encounter things, as if I was born with it."

“Then…” Mu Yin leaned forward, gently lifting Dao Lin’s fair chin with his fingertips, his dark golden vertical pupils quietly gazing into those clear, ice-blue eyes.

The two stared at each other in silence, neither blinking.

A few minutes later.

"Aren't your eyes sore?" Mu Yin asked.

"Aren't you jealous?" Dao Lin asked back.

"How could I possibly blink before you blink?" Mu Yin said with a grin. He looked like a human, but that didn't mean his body structure was exactly the same as a human's. In essence, he didn't need to blink to protect his eyes; it was just that Mu Yegui liked to imitate humans.

"Childish devil." Daolin cursed.

"You suddenly started competing with me, didn't you?" Mu Yin suddenly leaned forward. Dao Lin was startled by Mu Yin's sudden approach and took a step back, but also blinked.

"See? You lost." Mu Yin chuckled softly, his tone filled with pleasure.

Dao Lin: "..."

(End of this chapter)