After taking one last look at the sea outside, which had turned pitch-black again, Mu Qiansè cautiously drew all the curtains shut.
—According to the organizers, they would enter the second layer of the sea tonight.
Nearly three hundred people had been eliminated when they entered the first layer of the sea before. Who knew how many more would be eliminated this time?
"...I hope we don't run into something as hellish as yesterday's again."
Letting out a small breath, Mu Qiansè wrapped herself completely in the quilt, leaving only her little face exposed, and sat on the bed with her back against the wall.
That Moving Corpse from yesterday had scared her half to death. Especially when it was revealed at the end that the thing had actually been a mosquito—she had really felt the urge to draw her blade and start chopping people...
"Mm... It's fine even if we fail the test, right? Theoretically speaking, we've already made quite a lot this time..."
Still uneasy, Mu Qiansè tucked in the corners of the quilt again and muttered softly.
To keep themselves from having money with nowhere to spend it, they had spent nearly all their chips earlier, aside from a dozen or so Legendary Chips kept in reserve, buying a whole pile of good stuff in one go.
Honestly, if the time and place had been appropriate, Dead Zero could even have attempted to break through the Myth Threshold right there... Hm?
Raising her head, Mu Qiansè looked at the slip of paper that had formed from the Void ahead of her before slowly drifting down in front of her.
Unlike yesterday's note, today's was an eerie purplish-red, with something faintly visible flowing back and forth across its surface.
Forcibly suppressing the inexplicable fear rising in her heart,