Hearing Liu Rumian's words, Chen Lin knew she still had her eye on his golden scenario.
He asked in return, "What, has something gone wrong with the golden scenario your sect controls? Haven't you been exploring it all these years? You still don't have enough Golden Nightmare Coins?"
"Ah!"
Liu Rumian sighed.
"You're right, Brother Chen. It really is difficult to obtain any more Golden Nightmare Coins from that scenario. But nothing has gone wrong. Without a Golden Road Guide, we can't expand the area we explore, and we've already unearthed almost everything in the portion that doesn't require one."
"Oh?"
Chen Lin was somewhat surprised.
"Even your Six Mysteries Sect doesn't have a Golden Road Guide?"
The Six Mysteries Sect was an enormous power and surely controlled a wealth of Nightmare Realm resources. If even a force like that had no Golden Road Guide, then these guides were far scarcer than he had imagined.
Liu Rumian sighed. "We used to have one, a Golden Level Two Road Guide at that, but it was lost while exploring another scenario."
"That really is a pity."
Chen Lin felt sorry for her as well.
A Golden Road Guide was already a strategic resource. Losing one was a tremendous loss.
But that was how Nightmare Realm exploration worked.
Unforeseen changes could arise at any moment, and strength had little bearing on them. He imagined all the major powers found it an endless headache.
After a moment's consideration, Chen Lin said, "The golden scenario I control is a chessboard scenario. Once you enter, you have to win a game of chess to leave, and you receive one Golden Nightmare Coin as a reward."
He paused, then explained, "But winning doesn't count as completing the departure mission. The next time you enter, you still have