"What do you mean by that?" one of the players snapped, glaring at Xu Huo.
"Am I wrong?" Xu Huo asked, his expression unchanged. He reiterated, "Didn't you also join forces after entering the dungeon? What makes you so sure the missing people were as honest as you think?"
Bian Lu stopped several of his companions from losing their tempers. "Brother Xu, even if you don't trust us, there's no need to resort to these kinds of tricks. To be honest, we might not make it out of this dungeon alone. Who knows who'll be the next to disappear?"
"Forget it. Since we can't see eye to eye, let's part ways here."
With that, he left with his companions without looking back.
"Why deliberately provoke them?" Chi Xian asked. "It'd be good to have someone show us around."
"They came to fish for information about the dungeon," Xu Huo said. "This is a dungeon related to dreams. As absurd as that might sound, every sentence in a dungeon's background introduction matters."
It was possible that a hidden clue lay in any one of those sentences. It might be something as simple as a word or phrase that wouldn't attract attention at first glance, but could only be connected to the bigger picture once they'd learned enough about the dungeon.
Anyone who had become a High-level Player would have accumulated some experience, even if they weren't very clever. With no clues to go on, no one would dare assume the game's background introduction was useless, let alone dismiss it outright.
"I thought so too. They talked around the issue without ever getting to the point. Falling asleep here isn't exactly strange; it happens outside the dungeon too." Chi Xian thought he had a point. After a pause, he looked at Xu