Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

"A level one sealed artifact," Lin Tong said seriously.

"A level one sealed artifact!" Chen Mu exclaimed.

"A level one sealed artifact?" Qi Xie asked in confusion.

"Me, rough?!"

Chen Mu suddenly turned around and looked at the young man standing behind him.

When did you arrive?

I didn't even realize it!

Faced with the sudden appearance of the young man, coupled with Chen Mu's subconscious movement to move away, Lin Tong thought he had encountered an enemy attack. He instantly took a stance, took a step forward, and his right hand flashed with silver light, transforming into a mithril dagger in his palm, which he thrust towards Qi Xie's face.

when--!

The slender, sharp sword tip stopped less than ten centimeters in front of Qi Xie, held between two slender, white fingers. Despite its extremely smooth blade, it couldn't advance an inch.

"What?"

Lin Tong was startled.

"Why do you chuunibyou teenagers all love using swords?"

Qi Xie didn't even blink. He glanced at the silver rapier between his fingers, then tightened his grip and twirled it.

Amidst a teeth-grinding 'crunch' sound.

The special material, which was both hard and quite malleable, was rolled into a bow in Qi Xie's hand, as easily as if it were a piece of rope.

Lin Tong's eyelids twitched, his mouth slightly agape, and for a moment he forgot to back away.

"Child, I have a question for you."

Qi Xie released the section of the sword and smiled as he looked at Lin Tong:

"What's the name of the Level 1 sealed artifact that thing that was stolen from you could form?"

His question was quite direct, and his intention was obvious.

"this……"

Lin Tong swallowed hard and looked at Chen Mu beside him.

Chen Mu looked at Qi Xie with a complicated expression.

He wasn't sure when the other person had arrived.

However, having this guy around in times of crisis does indeed evoke both fear and a strange sense of security.

"Speak."

Chen Mu said softly, with a hint of resignation:

"You've already seen how formidable he is. At least this guy has principles; he only robs money, not necessarily harms... he doesn't always kill..."

"...No, the more I hear this, the less confident I feel..."

Lin Tong looked at Qi Xie.

Qi Xie stood with his hands in his pockets, watching him quietly.

Gritting his teeth, Lin Tong still answered:

"Angkor said it seems to be one-third of a sealed artifact called 'Night Wanderer.' We found it after receiving a special quest hint at an amusement park. It came from a giant flesh and blood monster that had fused with dozens of people. We went through a lot of trouble to lure it onto the tracks and have the restarted roller coaster smash it to pieces."

Right.

Qi Xie nodded to himself, then looked at Lin Tong with some surprise and asked in confusion:

"You two are pretty impressive! You can even handle special missions?"

He and Chen Mu spent the night at the mall and knew all too well how disgusting these special missions were.

If it weren't for him, Chen Mu would have died there.

Upon hearing Qi Xie's voice, Lin Tong seemed somewhat dejected and whispered:

"Strictly speaking, we actually got a lucky break. A four-person team of travelers took on the quest first, and after inflicting considerable damage on the monster, they were all wiped out. We just happened to be assigned to it, but even so, we almost died there..."

Chen Mu opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, and fell silent.

Qi Xie pondered for a moment, then opened the system panel and looked at the small text prompt in the corner.

Current time: 9:45:32

Current number of survivors: 96

In just one night, more than a third of the travelers died.

Qi Xie was 80-90% certain that most of these people did not escape by finding the so-called evacuation point, but died from dangerous food, mutated plants, or various strange things hidden in the city and the darkness of night.

Of course, the first day was the day with the highest mortality rate because the situation was unclear.

Those who survived the first night have gathered enough intelligence, so the mortality rate should drop significantly afterward...

This is on the premise that there are no more terrifying or deadly changes within the instance.

Qi Xie had no hope for this.

With that eerie darkness here, he wouldn't be surprised if some monsters or demons appeared next.

However, the eerie creatures that can be hunted freely without restrictions should be limited to the danger level and will not exceed the range indicated by the system.

"We need to hurry. If we can gather that Level 1 sealed artifact quickly before the situation gets more dangerous, things will be much easier."

Qi Xie looked at Lin Tong:

"Which direction did the people who stole your things go?"

"have no idea……"

Lin Tong looked ashamed.

"We originally wanted to give chase, but we were attacked by that faceless monster and lost track of it."

"Tsk..."

Qi Xie frowned slightly:

"Do you have any other clues about this [Night Wanderer]?"

Judging from the current situation, this thing is about a third of its original size. The piece he has, plus the one that Lin Tong and the others had theirs stolen, will probably leave him with only one piece.

Of course, if this thing were to reveal an even smaller unit when there was only one-third left, like some shopping apps do, then Qi Xie would have no choice but to offer a friendly greeting to the designer's family tree.

"I have no idea."

Lin Tong shook his head.

Just as Qi Xie showed a look of disappointment, he suddenly changed the subject:

"However, Angkor should know."

He turned to look at the unconscious, refined-looking man:

"After we successfully defeated the flesh monster at the amusement park, Angkor seemed to have discovered something and changed our course, saying that we were going to avoid the potential dangers."

I'm not sure if this is related to that "Night Wanderer" thing, but what Angkor mentioned is related to that flesh giant, and that giant contained a "Night Wanderer" component.

"This could be a clue."

Qi Xie nodded, acknowledging Lin Tong's guess.

"However, the problem now is that Angkor's soul has been damaged and he has fallen into a coma."

Lin Tong smiled bitterly:

"This level of injury, occurring at the soul level, is irreversible and cannot heal on its own. If a 'doctor' with special skills cannot be found, Wu Ge may not be able to wake up."

This "doctor" is clearly not an ordinary doctor, but rather refers to a practitioner with special treatment methods.

Qi Xie glanced at Lin Tong silently.

Lin Tong lowered his head, feeling a little uneasy and guilty.

He specifically brought up this situation because he hoped that Qi Xie could help them and save Lao Wu.

After all, given Qi Xie's demonstrated strength, their only remaining value, besides being cannon fodder, is this elusive clue.

I'll do my best.

Qi Xie didn't seem to care.

Furthermore, he wanted to use Chen Mu's abilities and also planned to take away the [Nightwalker] fragments that originally belonged to their team.

I'll lend a hand as a way of making amends and comforting my dwindling conscience.

Of course, he doesn't consider himself a good person.

The followers of evil gods don't need to find a high-sounding excuse for their exploitation and robbery, like in novels, to have a double standard.

If you steal something, you steal it. What's this talk about the survival of the fittest? It's just taking away someone's opportunity.

He's a follower of an evil god, how can you expect him to have high moral character and conscience?

It's just a pitiful, weak, and helpless mass of tentacled polymers. What could it possibly be wrong with?

All it does is cautiously kill people every day, and then it leaves on its own after killing them.

Forcing people to be civilized and polite is just bullying honest people.

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