The Truth of the World

Although they didn't know where the Dominator were in the other regions, the remaining Five Dominators in this region were actually quite easy to find.

After the restrictions were lifted, it wouldn't be difficult for Ink-Stained Crystal, with her strength, to deal with the five Dominator who had just returned.

Even so, Bai Zhi was taken aback by the other party's efficiency. In just over an hour, she Precision located the other Five Dominators, eliminated them all, and retrieved the Racial Core...

Although Bai Zhi was confident that he could do it, he didn't believe he could complete this lightning operation within an hour without any intelligence.

Bai Zhi was astonished by the other party's efficiency, and similarly, Ink-Stained Crystal was astonished by his gains this time.

"Such a detailed map and related intelligence... you killed that Fuzi?"

Looking up from the astonishingly detailed map before her, Ink-Stained Crystal raised her head and looked at Bai Zhi with a flicker in her eyes.

"Why would he possibly give you something like this?"

"You've been here before, for a Mandatory Quest assigned by the system, right?"

Instead of answering the other person's question, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly and asked them a question in return.

"I've always found it strange that after you gained the authority of the Dominator, you still had a blank expression when you saw that bizarre and wonderful world... I originally thought you had congenital facial paralysis, but now it seems that you were actually mentally prepared?"

"... That's right."

She gave him a deep look, seemingly unsurprised that her situation had been seen through, Ink-Stained Crystal.

"I am a member of the Player Organization [National Beauty Heavenly Fragrance]. About half a month ago, I was on a Mandatory Quest here. There were four of Teammate in total, and only Two Survived."

"Is it also Exploration Type Mission?"

Instead of asking pointless questions like why the other party, knowing all this beforehand, didn't choose to disclose the information earlier, Bai Zhi frowned slightly and asked the other party.

"That's right, exactly the same as this time. The system gave us unknown conditions, except that back then our mission was to prevent the final victor from being born among the Dominator."

As if understanding what Bai Zhi wanted to ask, Ink-Stained Crystal nodded and took the initiative to speak.

"There were Nine Dominators in this area. At the time, I and four other Teammate were in place of the other Five Dominators, which is why I was able to eliminate the unsettling elements in this area in such a short time."

Does the Dominator intelligence?

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi asked another question.

So far, apart from the actual forms of those Dominator floating in the sky, he has not seen any other Dominator.

"No, they are all machines with predetermined programs and rules. Even the storage locations for Racial Core are fixed, just like those Zombie that acted aimlessly according to predetermined logic before."

Perhaps because Bai Zhi now possesses far more information than she knew, at least dozens of times more, she has nothing to hide now that everything has been laid bare.

"We successfully stalled for Seven Days, allowing the world to continue operating on its original trajectory. The reward for the mission was those Racial Core."

As she spoke, her figure suddenly became ethereal, and in a moment she completely disappeared into the air along with the book.

"Each Racial Core is equivalent to an Enchanted Item without any side effects. Those races possess all sorts of Bizarre Abilities: Curse, space manipulation, time manipulation, distance manipulation, poison, death, invisibility, Petrification... and so on. My two Teammate who died were killed by attacks from those Bizarre Abilities."

The figure that had disappeared reappeared in the air, and Ink-Stained Crystal continued to speak.

"One of them kept expanding and was eventually blown to pieces. The other aged rapidly, turning into an old man in just one day, and eventually died of old age. I originally intended to give a subtle hint after this, but I didn't expect you to actually obtain this thing..."

Looking at the map on the table, although her expression remained largely unchanged, there was a clear hint of undisguised amazement in Ink-Stained Crystal's words.

"With the top-secret information provided on this map, we have no need to wait for the Dominator in other regions to settle their differences. We can launch a lightning strike and nip the danger in the bud, minimizing the risk to a minimum."

"Yeah..."

With his brows still tightly furrowed, Bai Zhi seemed lost in thought.

"It's true, Racial Core can be Enhancement. Once those Dominators plunder more Racial Core, their abilities will become even more terrifying."

Seeing the expression on Bai Zhi's face, Ink-Stained Crystal frowned slightly and continued speaking.

"Epic Level is a hurdle. Once the Racial Core Quality by those Dominators evolve to Epic Level, we will have no chance of winning. But with this map, we can completely..."

That's not what I'm thinking about.

Bai Zhi looked up and glanced at the other person.

"You've been to this world before to complete missions, and other Player have been before you. But after so many rounds, all the conditions given by the system remain unknown... What exactly is hidden in this world on the verge of destruction?"

"These things... don't seem to have anything to do with each other, do they?"

After listening for a while, OriginDeficit finally spoke up, carefully considering his words.

"After all, everything about this world is already quite clear, including its origins and sources, so it shouldn't be that... complicated?"

"Perhaps so. Maybe I'm overthinking it, or maybe the truth about this world has never truly been explored..."

Bai Zhi reached out and gently pressed his forehead.

"To be honest, I don't want to be so paranoid. After all, the conditions for victory are now fully laid out before us, and we will complete this mission with the best possible results... Hmm, do you have anything to say?"

Bai Zhi turned to look at Young Feather, who was groping around and trying to raise his hand.

"Feel free to speak your mind, no matter how far-fetched it may seem. Who knows, it might be a direction you're heading in?"

"... What I really wanted to say was that the hot pot is ready, you can come and eat now."

Young Feather covered his face, feeling deeply ashamed.

Bai Zhi: "..."

"Alright, let's eat first."

In the midst of an awkward silence, OriginDeficit broke the stillness with a smile.

"I found all of these in the nearby shops..."

The next moment, before he could finish his sentence, the sky suddenly darkened.

It was as if God had turned off the lights, and the whole world went completely dark in an instant.

Night falls.