As for what was happening on the front lines and in the outside world, Bai Zhi, at the very center of it all, naturally knew nothing.
And because of that, he had no idea just how enormous a mess a certain Little Cocoon had caused in order to save her own life...
"Uh... are we really going in?"
Looking at the pitch-black doorway before them, Chronicler wore a look of outright resistance.
After Instant sniped the Monopoly Man with a single shot, they had smoothly arrived at the tip of the pyramid's lowest level. Before they could even figure out how to get inside, the door silently opened on its own, as if welcoming them in.
"What else would we do? Did you think we came here for sightseeing?"
Curling his lip, Bai Zhi withdrew his gaze from Instant and was the first to step into the dark doorway ahead.
He was somewhat concerned about the aura he had sensed earlier, but after staring at Instant for five or six minutes without noticing anything, he could only put the matter aside for now.
When he finally sensed the other's gaze move away from him, Instant let out a deep sigh of relief.
—Honestly, being stared at like that made him feel a lot of pressure.
[Welcome to the special competitive map ▪ Time Sand. This map is only open to the first twenty teams or individuals to arrive. Teams may have no more than five members.]
[When entering this map alone, the difficulty will decrease. When entering as a group, the difficulty will increase according to the specific number of team members.]
[Current number of registered teams or individuals: 3/20]
"...A special competitive map?"
Looking at the prompt that appeared before him, Bai Zhi, with one foot already