In the elevator ascending upward, Ji Yan and Li Qingzhi wiped the bloodstains from their bodies.
Li Qingzhi let out a long breath and could not help saying, "We were only a few seconds away from failing."
"Did it have to be that close?"
Ji Yan said, "As long as his memories had not fully recovered, he would retain That Eerie's 'immortality' setting. The initiative was not in our hands."
Li Qingzhi was puzzled. "Didn't they say that other Players couldn't enter [Tianfangye Group]?"
Ji Yan said, "Players who accepted the Main Quest gained the 'Challenger' tag. That was their pass to enter."
"It's just that these players from the Main Quest are in the same faction as [Phone Eerie]!"
Ji Yan opened the game panel, narrowing his eyes.
"The Main Quest's progress bar has advanced by one-third..."
"That means we don't actually have to clear every floor one by one. We only need to pass three stages to reach the top floor directly."
"This is how the Tianfangye Group side quest works. Players originally had the option of choosing which floor stage to enter, but Fang Yao used [Authority] to choose for us."
Ji Yan stared at the floor number displayed on the elevator screen. "In other words, two more stages and we'll reach the top floor..."
Li Qingzhi said nothing. He took out the [Eerie Tear Hourglass] again and checked the "life status" of his sister, Li Xia.
It was still flowing, but very slowly.
Sixty minutes had passed, yet only 5% had been lost.
Even so, Li Qingzhi's brows drew tightly together.
Li Xiao had once told him that if even a single hair on his sister's head was harmed, he would atone with his life.
That 5% of health was equivalent to the amount of blood