"Sure enough, my luck was as consistent as ever. I hit the jackpot with the very first [Door]."
Ji Yan gave a couple of bitter chuckles, though he was already used to it.
[Blood Shadow Wedding Dress] said, "No. [Time Eerie Slaves] with 'Four Winds' masks only appear when the main quest is involved."
"You haven't gotten involved in the main quest at all. There's no way one should appear..."
"Unless someone is secretly manipulating these main quest NPCs to target you."
Ji Yan rubbed a finger over the patterns on the [East Wind] mask and said, "I'm not involved in the main quest, but that doesn't mean 'my future self' isn't..."
"As his Blood Sis, shouldn't you know?"
[Blood Shadow Wedding Dress]: "..."
"Still, I wouldn't be surprised even if someone were targeting me."
"My goal is to meet 'my future self.' There must be plenty of unknown interests at stake here."
"There must be other players in this dungeon, or other unknown eerie beings, stirring up trouble to get in my way. That's hardly surprising..."
Ji Yan sneered. "The more they try to stop me, the more curious I get. Just how many secrets does 'my future self,' trapped behind [Nine Myriad]'s [Door], hold?"
[Blood Shadow Wedding Dress] hesitated, then ultimately remained silent.
Just then, the Game Panel popped up—
"Congratulations, Player! You have successfully hunted down a [Time Eerie Slave] and obtained a mask leading to the next [Door]." "The [Door] this mask can lead to is—[Eight of Characters]."
Closing the panel, Ji Yan headed back the way he had come.
Long Yuan lay on the floor, clutching his bloody face. He dared not meet Ji Yan's eyes, but his heart brimmed with venomous resentment.
To him, the [East Wind] mask was his own personal