In the end, they concluded that players might have appeared in District 009 much earlier. The most prominent example was the Shang family descendant who had rebuilt Museum City. Otherwise, it was hard to explain how he had an alibi as airtight as if he had been in two places at once.
So many people had gone missing, but no bodies had been found, even though videos clearly showed them dying. Since people or corpses had been frequently taken to and from a particular place, the scholars believed the videos had actually been filmed in the hotel, but in a space invisible from the outside.
Since the Shang family descendant could come and go, it was entirely possible that this was an independent pocket space. Spaces this stable were uncommon; perhaps it could become a Dungeon of its own. That was right—the District 009 government already knew the secret that players could become Dungeon owners. If they could obtain a Dungeon, it would be far more valuable than a high-level item.
But they had failed by the time District 009 had fully merged with the game world. More people gave up along the way. Especially after the game world had fully opened, this place, which had proven so difficult to conquer, became more trouble than it was worth. Only a few people kept at it.
So many people had died before them, and Teacher Pan and the others had come well prepared. At the very least, they had to make sure they could get back alive even if they found nothing. Unfortunately, they hadn't expected that coming in with Tickets would be useless, too.
According to Teacher Pan's latest diary, they had cleared the Dungeon as soon as they came in with their Tickets. After they were trapped in the