There were no windows inside the Castle. Its lofty ceiling, intricately carved decorations, ancient unlit candelabras, and gems embedded along the baseboards... Everything made the space feel oppressive. After a while, it was hard not to feel as though you were struggling to breathe.
Of course, there was plenty of air inside the Castle. But neither the rooms nor the corridors had any passage leading outside.
The man with the long ponytail was called Lian Hanshan. While traveling with him, Xu Huo ran into several more Players. They had all been inexplicably trapped inside the Castle because they'd been caught by the Space Ray and hadn't escaped in time.
A middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties had been chattering nonstop ever since they first met. "If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't have stayed behind to join the fun. They said we might get to see Lawrence Li, but instead I saw that loathsome Suitcase Man first. And now look at us—we might even lose our lives!"
"Why am I so unlucky? If only I'd entered the game a second earlier."
"By the way, is Lawrence Li really still in District 017? Maybe the Suitcase Man set this trap to lure Players in."
"So many Super Players, and he's the only one who isn't human. He must want to turn me into a puppet. I'm so unlucky. I'm trapped in a Dungeon with nowhere to run. We'll just have to wait for the Suitcase Man to finish off everyone outside, then come in and get us..."
After discovering that their Tickets couldn't get them out, most of the Players were on edge, A-class Players included. The middle-aged woman wasn't wrong, but the more she emphasized it, the more uneasy they felt. After all, a powerful person who