The Gap Between People-How Could It Be This Huge?
As soon as Xiao Fan's team entered the secret realm, the light circle at the entrance began to flash.
This means that another team has left the dungeon.
The group, which was originally preparing to leave, turned back.
Which team has come out?
Five seconds later, a dozen disheveled figures appeared at the entrance to the secret realm.
The two team captains immediately recognized the team that had emerged.
"It's the Invincible Squad."
The Invincible Squad is one of the strongest teams among all the raiding teams. They are also one of the few fixed 20-person teams that do not need to compete with other teams to enter the dungeon.
However, the Invincible Squad is in a very sorry state now, with several members missing.
They collapsed to the ground, their faces showing both pain and relief at surviving the ordeal.
The two captains were curious about what had happened.
Just as the captain in black was about to step forward to ask, a member of the Invincible Squad suddenly stood up, pointed at the captain, Invincible Under Heaven.
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! If you hadn't ordered us not to leave the secret realm, Big Cat and the other two wouldn't have died inside. You're the one who killed them."
"Xiao Wu, calm down!" Several Invincible members quickly pulled the collapsing teammate back, their voices low as they tried to persuade him, clearly indicating that they agreed with Xiao Wu's words.
"What?! Three members of the Invincible Squad have died!"
In this situation, the two captains exchanged a glance and dared not go forward to ask any more questions.
The white halo at the entrance to the secret realm kept flashing.
Within moments, more than a dozen teams had left the secret realm, some even worse off than the Invincible Squad.
In the end, the Judge Young Master led his team out of the secret realm.
"Why are you out here too?"
A team leader stepped forward, and Judge Young Master, as a professional commander, selflessly shared his method for pulling mobs. The teams that came to explore the area all respected him greatly.
The Judge Young Master shook his head helplessly.
"The difficulty of the 20-player dungeon is indeed high. Even the ordinary dungeons are this complicated. It seems difficult to clear this dungeon."
Hearing what the Judge Young Master said, the surrounding group felt a sense of relief, even as they felt melancholy.
The sad thing is that despite their hard work, they still couldn't achieve the first clear of the dungeon.
They were relaxed because even a genius commander like the Judge Young Master couldn't pass the level, so their failure was normal and they didn't need to be ridiculed.
"If even you leading the team couldn't clear the secret realm, then I imagine that unless it's the official team or the Grand Commander of the Shen Sect, no one else can clear it."
As the Judge Young Master was, after all, a commander of the secret realm, the people around him still offered him a few polite compliments.
But the Judge Young Master shook his head. "Even if the official forces and the Shen Sect can clear this secret realm, they'll still have to rely on sheer strength."
As for the others...
The Judge Young Master gazed into the distance, seemingly reminiscing about something.
"It's likely that only one person in the entire game can complete this secret realm through command alone."
At this moment, the Judge Young Master had to admit that a genius is a genius.
Xiao Fan can lead a thousand- Dungeon, even an epic-level Dungeon like <Ghost Domain>, and clear it in one go.
He couldn't even clear a 20-player dungeon with his team, and he didn't even defeat the first boss.
This was even after he had followed Xiao Fan's team and learned from them.
How can the differences between people be so great?
"Have all the teams that went in come out yet? If it's too difficult, let's retreat for now and come back to explore this dungeon after the game event ends."
The teams that had been clearing the land over the past two days had become familiar with each other, and upon hearing what the Judge Young Master said, everyone looked around.
"The troops have all come out; we can retreat now."
"Hmm." The judge nodded and was about to leave when a voice suddenly came.
There's another team inside the secret realm.
"There's one more?"
Upon hearing this sound, everyone looked around to see which team they had overlooked.
"Stop counting, that team arrived today and just entered the secret realm."
The black-clad captain who spoke was ignored by Qin Muyu, who simply wanted to vent.
"It's a team of experienced players leading newbies. I think half of the team members are players who just came from the Novice Zone and don't even have a single decent piece of equipment."
"The players who led them looked pretty good; I wonder if they can beat the game."
"Oh, and there was another player who installed Mechanical Legs; they looked pretty cool."
The Judge Young Master frowned more and more as he listened.
"Nonsense! Even high-level players struggle to clear this dungeon, let alone newbies. They'd probably die without even knowing why. Why aren't you here trying to persuade them?"
"Why didn't we try to stop her? We thought that girl was very pretty, and we tried to persuade her for a long time. She promised us she wouldn't go into the secret realm, but she turned around and went in right away."
"That's right." The other captain nodded in agreement.
"How beautiful is she?" The Judge Young Master's eyes lit up, and his old habit of wanting to fall in love suddenly kicked in again.
"Uh." The captain in black didn't expect the Judge Young Master to ask this.
She's even prettier than Yun Zhongyao!
Yun Zhongyao? That's the player known as the number one beauty in the game!
Someone even prettier than her? Just how pretty must she be? I've never heard of her before.
"Judging by his young age, he must have just left the Novice Zone," the captain in black added.
"I see."
The Judge Young Master understood immediately, and his interest grew even stronger.
Back in the day, he was a heartthrob and a favorite among women in the Frostfire Gathering Point. If he hadn't met Xiao Fan, he might have already dated every beautiful female player in the gathering area.
Ah, how I miss that dashing, debonair version of myself!
"Since we're all here to explore the land, let's wait for this team and leave together. With their strength, they should be out soon."
"There's a Beast Zone nearby; we can go there to level up first."
Upon hearing what the Judge Young Master said, some teams found an excuse to leave, while a few teams, curious about the cool Mechanical Legs, chose to stay.
Since the team wouldn't be staying inside for long anyway, they went to the nearby Beast Zone to level up while waiting.
Inside the secret realm, Xiao Fan first glanced at his surroundings.
In the pitch-black valley, a lone crescent moon hung on the mountaintop, barely illuminating the surroundings.
Ahead of them was a road, flanked by oddly shaped trees.
This environment perfectly matches the style of the Ghost Domain version—gloomy and eerie.
The surroundings were quiet, but the quieter it was, the more it amplified the fear in one's heart.
However, seeing their companions all around, most of their fear was instantly dispelled.
"This is called <Brave New World>?"
Everyone couldn't help but complain.
Does this have anything to do with the word "beautiful" at all?
"Jiu Chen, look behind us."
Qin Muyu's voice came from behind, trembling almost imperceptibly.
Xiao Fan turned around and found that the area not far behind them was shrouded in Black Fog.
The inhabitants of Blue Star have an almost instinctive fear of the Black Fog, after all, it marks the beginning of their planet's ordeal.
Xiao Fan lowered his eyes. Was this Black Fog part of the secret realm's scenery, or some mechanism within the process?
But... none of that matters.