To avoid accidentally entering the same door under the new rules and eliminating one another, as Ye Bingxin had warned, the four ultimately decided to search for doors some distance apart. They exchanged contact information and checked in with one another every so often.
Jiang Zifeng was the first to enter a Dungeon. He went silent just half an hour after the four split up.
"He really went in already? That's some incredible luck," Liang Shuang said, hardly able to believe it. There were people in Card City who had wandered around for half a month without managing to enter a Dungeon.
"Where are you opening doors?" Ye Bingxin sent in a voice message. "I found a place where you can pay to open every door once."
"He's lucky. I'm waiting in line at the square," Xu Huo replied.
It was true that doors were everywhere in Card City, but not every door could be opened at will. Restaurants wouldn't let customers open and close their doors over and over, and using a restroom door felt a little undignified. Places like Thrilling Ball Fort, meanwhile, were too expensive. So an industry had sprung up: businesses and ordinary people alike could offer their doors for sale, and even the government had set up special doors in the square. Pay, and you could open one.
It was an exceptionally cheap option, too.
"I rented a room from someone," Liang Shuang said. "I plan to stay there until I enter a Dungeon."
Everyone had their own approach. When they entered a Dungeon was entirely a matter of luck.
Xu Huo was the second to enter a Dungeon.
The third time he paid to pass through Gate No. 1 in the square, he vanished from where he stood and instantly appeared in a circular