The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

When the light came on and his vision stabilized again, he was once again standing on the top of that tall building.

Ash City was still in daylight, without the thick fog, and the outlines of the defensive towers were clearly visible in the distance.

But he didn't act immediately. He first opened the map to confirm the location of the entrance to the secret realm... deep within the area of ​​strange creatures, it required traversing three streets and an open area.

According to previously obtained intelligence, the secret realm requires at least three different entrances to be activated simultaneously to open.

He couldn't have accomplished this alone.

He had considered exploring the outer area himself first and looting all the available resources before calling for reinforcements, but the opening of the secret realm itself was a hurdle he couldn't overcome.

After figuring it out, he opened his communicator and sent a message to Lin Yuwei: "There's a secret realm. Interested?"

Lin Yuwei replied quickly: "You're never looking for me for anything good. This secret realm isn't going to ask me to pay some price again, is it?"

"This is considered a union benefit."

"Hmph, guild perks? Not everyone in the guild gets to go. I thought I was the only one invited."

Su Mu didn't explain, and sent another invitation to Lin Xiaohe. The reply was even faster, just one word: "Okay."

When the three met up, Lin Yuwei glanced between Su Mu and Lin Xiaohe, then asked, "Aren't we going to invite Chen Jun?"

Su Mu thought for a moment, then shook his head: "His current level isn't high enough, and his career path is more suited to support roles in daily life. In situations where splitting up is necessary, he'd likely just get bogged down."

Lin Yuwei didn't say anything more.

She glanced down at her inventory and said, "I'll go back to the cable car first, put my things down, and then come back."

Lin Xiaohe nodded as well.

A few minutes later, the two reappeared; Lin Yuwei was not with the silver-spotted leopard cub. Su

Mu glanced at her, and Lin Yuwei noticed his gaze. Her tone held a hint of helplessness: "I wonder if pets can be resurrected in dungeons. If they die, I'll have nowhere to turn."

She paused for a moment, then added, "Besides, it's too dangerous to go with you."

......

The path to the secret realm was much quieter than expected.

It was indeed safer during the day than at night. The eerie creatures that swarmed in the darkness seemed to have vanished into thin air by the sunlight, leaving hardly a trace.

Su Mu remained vigilant throughout the journey, but did not encounter a single enemy.

The three walked through three streets and an open area, finally stopping outside a peach grove.

The peach orchard is larger than it appears on the map.

The branches are gnarled and twisted, and the leaves have an abnormal dark red color, as if they have grown here for many years and experienced countless seasons.

The map shows the route in great detail... which tree to turn left in front of, which bush to turn right behind...

Su Mu walked ahead following the markings, with the two women behind him.

After passing through the peach grove, a hidden cave entrance appeared behind a rock wall covered with vines.

The entrance was small, just enough for one person to pass through sideways, but once inside, the space suddenly opened up.

The air inside the cave was dry and stuffy, carrying the dusty smell unique to enclosed spaces.

There was originally only one road, with traces of tool chiseling on the rock walls on both sides, indicating that it was very old.

Su Mu walked ahead, and when his gaze swept across the dust on the ground, he noticed some unusual traces... footprints, more than one pair, but spanning a long period of time.

The earliest ones were almost completely covered in dust, but the edges of some sets of footprints were still clear, and judging from the wear, they were probably left in the last few days.

Without a doubt, this was clearly left by Proscius.

After walking about a few dozen meters further, corpses began to appear on both sides of the passage.

The corpses lay scattered haphazardly beside the rock face, in various positions...

Some leaned against the wall, some lay on the ground, and some remained in a crawling posture.

They were dressed in uniform gray uniforms, simple in style, with most of the fabric already rotten.

Su Mu crouched down to examine a corpse. The system indicated its level was between five and six, but the degree of decomposition was clearly beyond what one would expect from a normal death...

The muscles were shriveled and blackened, with exposed bones, as if they had been dried out for a long time.

He roughly judged that these zombies were only at level two or three in actual combat before they died, and the bloodstains on their bodies were not dry enough to indicate that they had just died.

But he noticed that the cut at the edge of the wound was still fresh, with marks indicating it had been cleanly severed by a sharp instrument. The bloodstains were clearly recent.

Su Mu stood up and continued walking forward along the passage.

The map marks the location of a hidden compartment, located in the middle of the passage behind a rock wall that looks no different from the other walls.

When he reached that spot, the rock wall had already been pried open, and the hidden compartment was empty, with only a fine layer of dust at the bottom. Proshu had already taken everything inside.

He didn't know which of the three things he had obtained from Proshu was inside, but he could at least confirm that Proshu had indeed been here and had taken something with him.

As you continue forward, the passage begins to widen.

After walking for about ten more minutes, a spacious hall appeared in front of us.

The hall was about half the size of a football field, and there were thirty or forty corpses scattered on the ground, all wearing the same gray uniforms as the previous ones.

Su Mu glanced at their levels... level nine to ten, but their bodies were as decayed as the previous ones, shriveled and blackened, with exposed bones.

The actual attributes displayed by the system are only around level six or seven.

On the floor of the hall, he noticed some different marks... wandering footprints, repetitive back-and-forth routes, and marks left by pausing in one spot for a long time.

Those marks were different from the clean and neat footprints before; they carried obvious hesitation and probing, as if someone had stood in a certain spot for a long time before choosing to give up.

Su Mu looked up and saw three entrances to the passageway opposite the hall.

Each entrance is marked with a different symbol. Although I can't understand their meaning, they are clearly marked on the map... You must pass through all three paths at the same time to open the final gate.

He did not hesitate.

He summoned a spear from the void and walked toward the nearest zombie.

The zombies were slow-moving and had a narrow attack range, posing almost no threat to him.

Lin Yuwei and Lin Xiaohe also found their own spots and began cleaning.