Near noon, exactly 10 o'clock.
Inside an inn, Luo Xixi opened her eyes and brought up the game panel to check her status.
"Almost..."
"This torturous Grotesque Town stage is finally over."
She got to her feet. Having successfully hunted an [Devil] waiter last night, she had obtained a ticket to clear the stage according to the rules of Jackal and Farmer.
When she opened the game panel, an option to enter a 10th-tier dungeon had appeared—
Luo Xixi herself could hardly believe it. Of the only three 10th-tier dungeon tickets, she had actually obtained the second one!
Though it was all thanks to that "Phantom"...
She was puzzled too. She did not know that person at all, so why did it always feel as though he was deliberately helping her?
She shook her head, too lazy to dwell on it. Just as she was about to touch the panel, a voice came from behind her—
"Miss Luo, are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Luo Xixi froze for a moment and turned around.
Ji Yan was somehow seated in a chair beneath the window, calmly looking at Luo Xixi.
"How did you get in?"
"Through the window."
"..."
Facing this uninvited guest, Luo Xixi fell silent for a moment before asking, "What do you want?"
Ji Yan guessed what Luo Xixi was thinking. Crossing one leg over the other, he said, "Don't worry, I'm not here to collect on any favor."
"Just a reminder."
"A reminder?"
Luo Xixi's eyes flickered. Thinking of Ji Yan's previous cooperation with Doctor Long, she immediately saw through it. "You mean this ticket to a 10th-tier dungeon is fake?"
Ji Yan merely smiled without answering.
Luo Xixi furrowed her delicate brows. "But these are game rules set by the Audience."
"The rules can't