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

Chapter 589 2.1 The Crown Prince's Meeting (18) (Copy)
"It seems there won't be as much trouble today as yesterday," Ji Rong said with a light laugh, her beautiful peach blossom eyes looking at the princes present.

"Let's finish this quickly, I have other things to do." Shui Qi glanced at Ji Rong and said with a cold face.

"In a bad mood?" Ji Rong raised an eyebrow slightly and teased, "Did you lose?"

Shui Qi narrowed her long, narrow blue eyes, her gaze filled with only indifference and aloofness, completely different from the Shui Qi of yesterday. "I don't think I have an obligation to tell you the result, President of Dawn."

"Didn't you have hot cocoa this morning? Is that why you're in a bad mood?" Horus sighed and asked.

Shui Qi gave a low hum, indicating that she did not want to pay attention to Horus.

"Oh no, Shui Qi has ruined her own image. Do you still remember that you are a treacherous and cunning villain?" Ming Jin shouted at Shui Qi in a pretentious manner.

"I don't want to talk right now. You guys chat. I'm a little sleepy. I'm going to take a nap." Shui Qi yawned, then took out a pair of earplugs and an eye mask in front of everyone and put them on.

The equipment was complete, and it didn't seem like a spur-of-the-moment decision at all.

"Why isn't Urias here today?" Daolin asked curiously, glancing at Mu Yegui who only had one Jafar with him.

"I have urgent business to attend to, so I'll be leaving now." It seems that something big has happened that requires Jealousy to handle. Not only that, but he also has to write an official document and submit it to the capital for review before it can be issued.

The Royal City is the power center of the six kingdoms. All documents and other laws must be reviewed by the Royal City before they can be implemented. The review work in the Royal City is carried out by the arrogant Duke Sher, who is the acting king.

Not all applications are approved. At least the Sinful Kingdom's application to replace its walls with new, more durable materials has been rejected more than a dozen times. Sher's reasoning is that instead of thinking about replacing the walls with ones that are less prone to damage, it's better to address the root cause of the damage, such as preventing the enraged lords Zhu Yan from fighting.

"Based on the information I've gathered, there are currently two gathering instances that clearly indicate the presence of the real gems. I've sent people in to investigate more than once, but no one has returned; they've all died," Horus said slowly, casually slamming the documents in his hand onto the table.

"The Magician instance and the Puppet Master instance?" Ji Rong raised an eyebrow, surprised.

Dao Lin continued, "To be precise, it's the two dungeons: 'The Magic Adventure Revealed in Real Time' and 'The House of Silk and the Dollhouse.' The former is run by a magician, while the latter is run by a puppeteer. After the second playthrough, there's a new dungeon leaderboard that ranks the dungeon difficulty in real time."

He took out a piece of paper and pressed it on the table a few times, and then everyone had an identical list in front of them.

[Dungeon Ranking (Top 10 only, ranked from hardest to easiest) [Updated in real time]]

[First Place: [The Three-Colored Mirror Maze]]

[Second Place: *[Crown: The Treasure of the Lost Dynasty] Holy Son Lanlos, Issa, Liyan (↓)]

[Third Place: *[The House of Silk and the Dollhouse] Puppet Master Joan, Miss Lily (↑)]

[Fourth Place: *[Real-Time Revealed Magic Adventure] Magician A (↑)]

[Fifth Place: [The Mystery of the Dark Castle] White Knight Gafar, Linya, High Priest Dionysus (↓)] [Sixth Place: *[The Rabbit Duke's Golden Carrot] Rabbit Duke Mayas (↓)]

[Seventh Place: [The Disappearing Third Passenger on Mugen Train] (↓)]

[8th Place: High Priest Dionysus, Zyra (↓)]

[Ninth Place: [The Headless Horseman Mystery in the Steampunk City] Ristarte (↑)]

[10th Place: [Guess who I am?] Nuya, Lan (↓)]

"The dungeon difficulty ranking is based on the dungeon's inherent difficulty and the number of player deaths in real time. The top two are purely ranked based on the dungeon's inherent difficulty, because no one knows where the entrance is, nor have they obtained any accurate information. However, according to Noyce's report, the entrance to [Crown] is now known," Ji Rong nodded to Noyce and said.

"So, the one that no one really knows about is the [Three-Colored Mirror Palace]. It's like a dark horse that suddenly appeared on the leaderboard one day and jumped straight to number one, and then it never fell off again."

No one has been able to find its entrance; it always disappears suddenly while you're walking around, and then no one ever comes out again. Similar disappearances have been reported in all six kingdoms, except for the capital city. Preliminary assessment suggests that it doesn't exist in the capital city and may be a mobile instance.

Since no names appear on the leaderboard, it's likely an unclaimed instance without any bosses, so be extra careful. It's best to carry an escape rope with you when venturing out, so you can get out immediately if anything happens.

However, the escape rope cannot be used more than three times in the same instance; otherwise, you will be blacklisted. Once blacklisted, the instance will automatically refuse you entry, unilaterally blocking access for you.

"You seem quite familiar with this place," Shui Qi suddenly retorted sarcastically.

"Because I'm the idiot who got blacklisted for using the escape rope three times in the [Silk House] dungeon." Ji Rong glanced at Shui Qi, who was 'sleeping,' with her beautiful peach blossom eyes and said.

Cunxi said, "Actually, I think it worked quite well. At least I survived. I almost died three times. I won't touch this instance, Dawn, again."

Ji Rong paused for a moment, then said, "We're currently working on the second dungeon, so we won't go into detail. Just skip it. The third one is the Puppeteer's [Silk House]. It's not available in the first playthrough; it only becomes available in the second. It incorporates the puppet elements from the Secret Mansion, and I can only summarize it with these words: horror, darkness, puppets, spiders, puppets, trypophobia, maze, and antidote."

To be precise, some spiders are venomous, so you'll need to bring your own antidote. The room is very dark, so bring your own light to avoid being ambushed. The puppet and spider silk combine to form a golem, which will always reassemble no matter how you fight it. There are spiders and spider silk everywhere, large and small; it's almost enough to trigger trypophobia.

The Silk House is like a spider doll museum built into a maze, with all sorts of dead ends, and you can even see all kinds of bizarre, weird and scary dolls that suddenly appear behind you or attack you.

Being chased by the puppets is the easiest part; you also have to be careful not to be attacked by poisonous spiders hiding in the dark, which are usually too dark to see indoors.

Fire cannot be used; most spider silk is impervious to water and fire. Using fire would be more likely to burn you than kill the spider. Spider silk can control players; while it cannot control their minds, it can control their bodies, causing them to kill each other. Many spider silk threads are impossible to cut and require special tools.

Some spider silk is corrosive and impossible to avoid. I've encountered at least eight or nine different kinds of spiders just from what I've seen. If you want a guide, you can ask me for it.

(End of this chapter)