March-shi, West Pavilion Gardener, Dead Zero, World's End Singer, and Fireworks of Romance.
These were the teammates Bai Zhi had prepared for this Final Instance. However, the System Prompt stating that all entering Players would appear at random locations within the Dungeon had disrupted his plans from the very beginning.
Even by the most optimistic estimate, he would have to reach the central area before he could gather his teammates.
But Bai Zhi could do nothing about that. He could only take things one step at a time.
Qingyi's current condition was still relatively optimistic. At the very least, she had not fallen into the same unconscious slumber as before. However, that was only temporary. So long as the issue with the Shadow World remained unresolved, danger would always lurk within her.
It wasn't as if Bai Zhi hadn't secretly tried some foolish temporary measures, such as planting [Flower Curse] in the Shadow World to increase the number of Anomalies within it. But in a world that had already completely died, even an Anomaly like [Flower Curse], which was not picky about its growing conditions or spread, refused to take root.
—To truly solve the problem, he still had to focus on the Shadow World itself.
Bai Zhi did not know how many days he would be gone this time, nor did he know when the changes occurring in Qingyi would relapse after his departure. But in the end, there was only one thing he could do now.
—Clear the Dungeon as quickly as possible, then return in the shortest time possible.
"How about it? Shall the four of us meet in the central area?"
At the underground platform of the S-rank Highest-Tier Station, standing far off at the edge of the Players waiting for the train, March-shi was the