Yuan Wuwei's remarks were somewhat of a jolt to Li Taisheng and Long Qi. They left the rest of the Dream Game feeling much duller, making it hard for them to immerse themselves in it.
Perhaps it was precisely because of that mood that their attempt to approach Hundred Peaks Monarch for research met an untimely end.
Maybe because there were no Extraordinary Species accompanying them this time, and because they had entered at night, they finally saw that Hundred Peaks Monarch's extraordinary Aberrant Nest was no gold or silver mine for people to excavate at will.
Danger after danger assailed them along the way. Before they had even entered the Activation Zone, Songkan and Yuan Wuwei, those two weaklings, had been killed back to the city. Only Long Qi, Li Taisheng, and Liu Chengzai remained, their spirits inevitably dampened.
They pressed on to the Long Tail River Supply Point with little more than a why-not attitude, only to encounter another bout of Hundred Peaks Monarch's unrest. The Aberrant Species around Three Peaks Top staged a miniature Black Flood, battering the Supply Point's defenses full of holes.
The three of them were utterly exhausted, while the Magnetized Puppet was still causing trouble from the shadows.
Finally unable to endure it any longer, the three came up with a plan. They counter-killed the Magnetized Puppet and the reinforcements it had summoned, vented their frustration, then charged Three Peaks Top together. After properly experiencing the thrill of death, they used it to return quickly to the respawn point and end that night's session.
Inside Heart Degree Yoga, Long Qi opened his eyes.
He first checked the time. It was still Friday night, August 16th, a little past ten. Then he checked the reminder interface on his wristband, where there were no Prompt