Twelve o'clock sharp.
The tranquility of the town was shattered by the sound of bells.
All the resident NPCs carried on with their business as though they had heard nothing. Only the players felt their hearts skip, their bodies jolting with a shiver.
They stared in astonishment, thinking they had imagined it.
Why were bells ringing in broad daylight?
Only Ji Yan, who knew the inside story, understood that the game was about to hold an exam.
He opened the game panel. Sure enough, a new game had appeared, along with a designated location—
"Before 12:30, all remaining players must proceed to the town's central square."
Ji Yan turned to Kong Yi. The latter had taken off his waiter's uniform and was wiping his hands as he said, "Let's go see what strange and bizarre gameplay you came up with through your interaction with the Audience."
Xue had received the prompt as well.
Her delicate brows furrowed. "A Tarot Card game during the day?"
"And all players are being forced to participate?"
For her, a servant of The Moon, moving beneath the blazing sun was practically equivalent to losing half the game right from the start!
Doctor Long, who had been focusing on gathering information about The Fool, also received the notification panel.
He narrowed his eyes. "Is it coming?"
"I'd like to see just how you, The Fool, managed to hide so flawlessly without revealing the slightest crack..."
His eyes narrowed further.
What Doctor Long wanted now was not merely to clear the game and reach the 10th-tier Dungeon. He also wanted to catch The Fool before anyone else and maximize the rewards...
There was not a single resident NPC in the town center's large square. Everyone entering it was a player.
Ji Yan and Kong Yi had