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

Chapter 721, Section 2.7-8: La Soméshmiri Ruins: Treasure

As Noyce descended from the pyramid, he watched as the three people who were supposed to be heading towards the hotel suddenly turned around and walked in another direction.

"Aren't we going back to the hotel?" Noyce called out to them quickly.

“I never said I was going back to the hotel.” Dao Lin said slowly, his icy blue eyes holding a hint of a smile.

"Since we're already out here, we might as well see everything we should and shouldn't see. Who knows if we'll get a second chance?" Shui Qi glanced at Noyce and said indifferently.

"We need to investigate that body," Mu Yegui added kindly, seeing that Noyce was becoming increasingly confused.

Noyce: "..." I'm so sorry, it's his fault for not being in sync.

The matter of the corpse had actually been mentioned by Mu Yegui and the others after they found Shui Qi. Although it wasn't explicitly stated later, all three of them, except for Noyce, had decided to investigate after climbing the pyramid, which is why they were so coordinated after coming down.

Her cool, silver eyes were fixed on the huge blue moon hanging halfway in the sky, and she suddenly murmured, "This night seems a little too long."

Shui Qi said thoughtfully, "Speaking of which... I haven't seen the moon move at all today. It was here before we climbed the pyramids, and it's still here now. I thought it was because the moon was too big to make its movement obvious."

Daolin took out a gold pocket watch from his white coat, glanced at it, and then solemnly displayed the watch face to everyone, slowly saying, "No, actually time has stopped."

"But...when exactly did it stop..." Noyce asked in a low voice.

A hush fell over the area; no one spoke.

A huge blue moon hung high in the sky, emitting a soft light. The road, dimly illuminated, was silent and still, with no other living beings present.

Suddenly a faint breeze blew by.

Her cold, silver eyes narrowed slightly. She gently raised her hand, and her sharp nails pierced the neck of the unidentified creature that had suddenly attacked her. Blood spurted out and splattered on the ground.

Mu Yegui casually tossed away the unidentified creature in her hand. Crimson blood dripped down her slender, fair fingers, but her expression remained calm and undisturbed, as if nothing had happened.

The heavy object landed, and the three realized they had almost been attacked.

Dao Lin took a white handkerchief out of his pocket and handed it to Mu Ye Gui.

Noyce watched in silence as the unidentified creature gradually disintegrated into fragments of light and disappeared.

Shui Qi's smile vanished. He looked at the unidentified creature on the ground with a grim expression and whispered, "What is this thing?"

"It is probably a creature called 'Barest'. Legend has it that it is a descendant of 'Rebas', the mount of the god of time in the Lasomethamian civilization. Because the god of time suddenly fell, the mount Rebas was left unattended. During its mating season, it conceived a strange creature with a griffin that could stop time, which was called 'Barest'."

"Who?" Noyce asked warily.

A handsome man slowly emerged from the shadows. He chuckled and said to the crowd, "Oh, sorry, sorry, I startled you. I've been investigating 'Barrest,' but I didn't expect it to escape so suddenly. I hope you weren't hurt."

His long, narrow blue eyes swept over everyone before finally settling on Mu Yegui. He smiled again and said, "You all don't seem to be in any trouble. I was just overthinking it."

Mu Yegui looked up at him and said softly in a gentle voice, "You were the one who was watching us all day, weren't you?"

"Huh? We've been spotted? I'm really sorry, I thought I hid it well." He ruffled his fluffy, slightly curly hair and said in a deep voice, "After all, no matter how you look at it, you seem like a well-prepared team. It's hard not to notice. Besides me, quite a few other people have noticed. You're also from the Players Association?"

"Guess?" Shui Qi said with a grin.

"If you don't have one, why don't you join our Devouring Void? Although it's still a small association and we don't have a crown prince yet, that's only temporary. We'll expand soon, and joining now will make you a veteran." He completely ignored Shui Qi's words and spoke to Mu Yegui.

"I'm always the one poaching others, I never thought I'd be the one poaching people right in front of me." Shui Qi pointed at Dao Lin with a sullen face and said, "This one is for you, but that one is not."

Dao Lin glanced at Shui Qi but didn't say anything, clearly not wanting to cause any further trouble.

"Oh, so she's already taken. Sorry, I was too presumptuous." He blinked his blue eyes, annoyed.

"I have a question." Mu Yegui took two steps forward and approached the man, asking softly, "Why are you wearing a shirt but also tying an apron around your waist and a triangular scarf on your head?"

The man suddenly fell silent, and after a long while, he said through gritted teeth, "Because I just finished cleaning for some bastard."

Shui Qi looked at the man with sympathy after hearing this. He sounded like he had a story to tell, and it seemed like he had been exploited by Horus.

"'Barrest' is an extremely fast creature. Because it is a descendant of 'Rebas,' its mixed bloodline makes it unable to control its power, thus giving it the characteristic of disrupting time. Whenever it appears, it causes time anomalies, and it likes to hunt and prey at night. Am I right?" Daolin looked at the man and said slowly.

The man exclaimed in surprise, "You know a lot, but 'Ballest' only disrupts time within a certain space and has no effect on living things. Logically speaking, it should have perished along with the Lasomethminian civilization long ago, but it's still active, which is really a headache."

“I guess… you’re planning to search for other ‘Barests’?” He chuckled as he looked at the crowd. “After all, time hasn’t turned, which means there are other ‘Barests’. It shouldn’t be hard for you crown princes to come to that conclusion, right?”

"So?" Shui Qi raised an eyebrow and asked.

Neither admitting nor denying, Shui Qi knew that the man already knew the answer he wanted, because he could tell at a glance that they were both intelligence gatherers.

From the moment we spoke until now, the man's words seemed mostly nonsense, but they were actually all tests. He told almost nothing of the truth, and even the information about 'Barest' could not be confirmed as true.

The man chuckled softly, "You won't find it, because of 'Barrest'..."

"It can become invisible," Dao Lin said calmly.

"What? Well, it's because we have a know-it-all here. I feel like an idiot for coming here to remind you." He sighed and said helplessly, "Well then, have a safe trip. I'm going to continue cleaning."

He turned and took a few steps, then seemed to remember something and turned back to them, saying, "If you need any combat assistance, you can come to us. We live in room 8306. Of course, the premise is that we share progress and information, after all... we can't just let you get things for free."

This man's name will appear later; he's a new character.

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(End of this chapter)