Creak—
As the sharp sound of the door opening rang out, a faint gust lifted the hems of their clothes.
Staring at the white light beyond the door, they both narrowed their eyes slightly and spoke in unison. "After you."
"..."
Kong Yi said, "There's no need to be this polite at a time like this, is there?"
Ji Yan said, "I'm mainly afraid you'll stab me in the back."
Kong Yi replied helplessly, "The [Roaming God Forbidden Ruin] Dungeon is already over. Why the hell would I stab you?"
Ji Yan's eyes seemed to say: Between the two of us, we don't even have enough credibility to borrow a power bank.
In the end, both afraid of being screwed over by the other, they chose to step through the door at the same time...
Dazzling light washed over their faces. Like a classic scene from a time-travel drama, they lost their vision and felt as though their entire bodies were in free fall.
Then, they sank into a long sleep.
"Mmgh..."
As the "final reward" was claimed, several players lay sprawled across another dimension of empty white space formed by the matching channel.
When the second hand on a clock hanging from the ceiling ticked to twelve, the players all woke from their dazed stupor at the same time.
They were none other than Qian Duoduo, Luo Xixi, Hao Xiao, Tong Tong, and Zuo Yang.
Holding his throbbing head, Qian Duoduo looked at the others and sucked in a cold breath. "What's going on? Where are we?"
"Based on my final outcome in the Final Battlefield... this can only be the Abandoned Dungeon."
Hao Xiao rubbed his head as he recalled his final memory: he had been devoured by District 5 [Nightmare] and eliminated.
"I remember now too!