Quenching the Pawn, Meet the Player Quickly

The scene before them looked like a battered steel giant, covered in wounds, that had fallen upon a decaying wasteland.

The blood moon and wasteland interwove, while the collision of eeriness and cyberpunk assaulted the eyes with a bizarre sense of dissonance.

"Roaming God... Forbidden Ruin?"

Ji Yan could not describe what he was seeing. Xu Xin's voice pulled him back to his senses.

"So this Tier 8 dungeon is another city?"

Memories of [Eternal Night Sin City] once again surfaced clearly in his mind.

"A city?"

Kong Yi smiled meaningfully. "Be bolder with your imagination. This dungeon is far bigger than you think."

Ji Yan pondered it, seeming to understand something.

"If I remember correctly, Miss Xu, you told me before that Kong Laoliu couldn't enter Nightmare Fall Eerie Town. So what was that about?"

"I actually want to ask, Miss Xu, how many of your words were true?"

"I even think your surname isn't Xu."

Xu Xin raised her delicate hand, and as if performing a magic trick, produced a lady's cigarette between two fingers.

"Before he played the Eerie Lord of Deception, I didn't know he would come in either."

"Originally, I intended to handle the heart-ripping myself."

Ji Yan's mouth twitched. "You really wanted to do it twice?"

The tobacco glowed red. As nicotine slid down her throat, briefly numbing and relaxing her nerves, Xu Xin spoke flatly. "According to the rules of Forbidden Ruin dungeons, other [Chess Players] cannot interfere with my [Chess Pieces] without my permission."

"For this guy to interfere means only one thing..."

Xu Xin looked at Kong Yi with faint irritation. "All of this guy's [Chess Pieces] have been 'captured.'"

"So, a [Chess Player] with no pieces left can only rely on someone else's [Chess Pieces] to find another way to