Tianma looked serious, his fingers resting on his chin and his eyes glinting behind his lenses. He continued, "There's only one simple, practical way."
"Force our way out."
"Force our way?"
Ji Yan paused and studied Tianma's expression, realizing the guy wasn't joking.
"Isn't that a little reckless?"
Tianma said calmly, "You've seen what that [Time Eerie] can do. Once its eerie ability affects you, any method you use will be hampered."
"Besides, I have a feeling it's not the only one waiting for us outside anymore."
"There are other eeries wearing [Red Center] masks."
"You've already gone through the [Door] and retrieved what that Ji Yan left behind. That [Time Eerie] can no longer control the situation."
"Next, it'll bring in other eeries wearing [Red Center] masks and do everything it can to stop us from unlocking the main quest!"
"Know why?"
Ji Yan answered calmly, "Because once we enter the 'main quest,' the [authority] those main quest NPCs possess will be restricted."
"And if we clear the main quest, they're all finished."
Tianma nodded. "Once we break out, we need to enter a [Door] as quickly as possible..."
Ji Yan said, "A [Door] with no number, only a 'Whiteboard.'"
"Entering that [Door] will unlock the main quest."
"And we've both already met the condition for opening it, because the 'Whiteboard' door requires us to obtain an eerie item of [rarest] quality."
Seeing that he didn't even need to explain, Tianma raised his eyebrows. "How do you know everything?"
"Did that umbrella-bone remnant soul tell you?"
Ji Yan shook his head with a faint smile. "Your eyes."
Tianma froze, the corner of his mouth twitching. "[Omniscient Understanding]!"
A few seconds later, Tianma put on a pair of sunglasses. "Almost forgot about that. You're practically a walking, flesh-and-blood information system