The order was passed down, but no response came for a long while.
[Time Eerie] sensed that something was wrong. Soon, the [Time Eerie Slave] from the [Door] of the [Eerie School of the End] responded...
"Can't find it."
[Time Eerie] paused. "What do you mean, can't find it?"
"It's just... gone."
[Time Eerie Slave]: "We traced Player Liu Congming, the one who picked up the [Cursed Grudge Brush], and discovered... it was taken from him!"
[Time Eerie] was already in a foul mood. Now, even the [Cursed Grudge Brush] it had forced Ji Yan to abandon had vanished. Its fury surged to its peak. "That was a Dungeon you modified!"
"What could possibly steal an eerie item right under your noses without leaving a single trace?!"
After another long silence, the [Time Eerie Slave] replied, "We searched the Dungeon's historical traces and found that sixty minutes ago, a Player played a game with Liu Congming and won the [Cursed Grudge Brush] through gambling."
"That Player's codename was... Tianma."
[Time Eerie]: "..."
It recalled what Tianma had said—he had already completed Order's punishment task. That meant he had entered the [Time Dungeon] long ago...
The reason he had yet to appear now had an answer.
[Time Eerie]'s plan B was simple, and stubbornly straightforward: use the current corpse of "Future Ji Yan" and the [Cursed Grudge Brush] to have the [Mummified Eerie] conduct a verification review.
The [Cursed Grudge Brush] would pass the initial review and open a crack in the [Door], allowing it to force its way in.
Of course, the price would be the judgment of the "main storyline's core Order." But after scheming and waiting for so long, it was unwilling to miss this chance again. So long as it was not reduced to ashes, it was