The moment Tianma and Jiu Ye saw Caesar, both narrowed their eyes.
"Old Caesar, how did you end up like this?"
"You were so full of spirit back then. Now you're just a head, neither human nor ghost. What a sorry sight."
Neither felt any sympathy at the state of their former teammate. Their casual remarks carried undisguised mockery.
As people capable of entering tier-10 dungeons, what grotesque sights hadn't they seen?
Caesar had no body. Or rather, all the flesh in the carriage was his body.
Every movement of his head set all that flesh writhing and the blood vessels flowing...
"Seeing you two bastards in one piece has made me feel, for the first time, just how unfair this is."
Caesar spoke hoarsely. "We all failed the main quest. Why was my punishment so extreme?"
Jiu Ye said calmly, "What are you talking about? Can't you see I'm missing an arm?"
"And that Ji fellow even had his account deleted."
Tianma adjusted his glasses and said quietly, "The punishments were all equally severe."
"They just took different forms."
"You weren't capable enough to withstand the punishment, and now you're blaming us?"
"If I remember correctly, your main quest penalty was just to drive the train around different dungeons, 'picking up passengers.' Once enough people cleared it, the shackles imposed by the judgment would come off. It shouldn't have been difficult."
Caesar rasped, "Not difficult..."
"Then why was I the one trapped inside this 000 [Door]?"
"This [Door] contains the mechanism for activating the main quest. Do you really think... it would be that simple?"
Of the two spectators on the sidelines, Ji Yan listened while pondering something. Kong Yi, meanwhile, yawned, his mind filled with nothing but blank question marks at their conversation...
Jiu Ye asked, "So what