Facing Austin's expectant gaze, Lu Li cleared his throat and got straight to the point.
"We're trapped."
Sun Minjie and Gao Suozhi's hearts sank, as though they had just heard the worst possible news.
Austin, meanwhile, looked utterly unconcerned and even had the leisure to play along.
"So?"
Lu Li glanced at this Oglin Orc whose grasp of Earth's pop culture was perhaps a little too solid, then replied flatly.
"There are three options."
"The first is to stay where we are, share our coordinates, and send out a distress call." Lu Li raised one finger and explained calmly.
"Either call for help from the Overlord Army, or from Ilya in the Extreme Domain."
"In short, there is strength in numbers. There should be a chance they can get us out."
"The second option is that I have several Rule Realm Entry Tickets. Using them will allow us to enter a Casino." Lu Li raised a second finger, while his other hand retrieved several Entry Tickets from his Space Ring.
"As long as we follow the rules inside and don't deliberately get ourselves killed, we won't die. It's quite safe."
"However, since this Rule Realm was born from a realm that revived on Earth, after you use the Entry Tickets and leave the Casino, you won't be sent to a safe location. You'll only return here."
"Strictly speaking, only Gao Suozhi and I can escape safely."
"So in the end, it would still be the two of us figuring something out, or calling someone to rescue you."
"The third option is to move forward." Lu Li raised a third finger, his expression turning grave.
"I believe that cocoon-like thing is the reason we've been going in circles."
"Since it doesn't want to let us leave, we might as well head