In the eerie corridor covered in black slime and monsters, "Silver Fist"—or rather, Feng Tong—looked at his colleague before him. His voice sounded somewhat flustered from behind the metal helmet.
"Haha, what do you mean, Feng Tong?"
Lin Yu, who had known the answer all along, looked at him, his voice growing firm.
"You're Feng Tong—you're actually a hero!"
Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Feng Tong, who had always been rather forthright by nature, stopped pretending and spoke with some helplessness.
"Sorry for the trouble, but keep this a secret for me... Anyway, let's get out of here first, Shen Qi—this is really dangerous."
As Feng Tong spoke, Lin Yu looked at him.
"Do you know why this place was invaded by the 'virus' and even issued a 'level-three alert'? This is the 'Hero Training Center.' No matter how you look at it, something like this is far too strange!"
As a researcher, Shen Qi knew some of the inside story regarding the so-called "virus invasion"—at the very least, he knew that these "viruses" were often monsters from other worlds, creatures that truly existed.
So...
It was hardly strange for Shen Qi to have doubts.
After all, the "Hero Training Center" usually housed large numbers of "apprentices" who were not far removed from becoming "heroes." Although they had not fused with their own authorities, they had spent years adventuring, training, and studying in various small worlds. These veteran "apprentices" often possessed remarkable abilities of their own.
In a sense, these "apprentices" of the Gray Domain were much like "players"—except they had no way to obtain [Items].
Moreover...
Aside from the "apprentices," there might even be genuine "heroes" stationed here.
Although the "Hero Training Center" could not exactly be called a military camp in the entire Mirror