What, I Can Steal It?
Whatever the reason, escaping the Restricted Zone by following the Night Tour procession was definitely not an option. There was no other way to end the Dungeon early except to have the rescuing Players keep bringing people out of the Restricted Zone, thereby reducing casualties.
Fortunately, the Players in the Dungeon instance hadn't tried to force their way through the barrier and escape elsewhere. At a time like this, most of them showed remarkable character and admirable moral restraint.
A turning point came on the fourth day in the Restricted Zone. After the A-class players from District 001 who had entered the Restricted Zone joined forces to destroy three Night Tour processions that were about to form, there were fewer head coverings abducting people across the Dungeon instance. The Restricted Zone stopped expanding, and the number of Night Tours expected to appear in eight cities dropped sharply. District 001 had found an effective way to delay the Dungeon. At least under these circumstances, casualties would no longer keep rising. And with too few Night Tour processions, the Dungeon could no longer kill and abduct high-level players with the same force as before. With fewer powerful players falling, the growth of the Night Tour processions was also put into slow motion.
This gave every Dungeon instance room to catch its breath. With the Restricted Zone no longer expanding, some citizens had already begun returning to normal life. After all, as long as they stayed away from the Restricted Zone, there were ways to defend themselves against the head coverings flying around.
One had to marvel at District 001's ability to recover. In the face of such a massive crisis, even ordinary citizens had managed to steady themselves so quickly.
"We can't go out anyway. We have