A Gamer's Personal Opinion (4)

After Tian Lan obediently scanned the code, Shadow B took out a Black Face and placed it in front of everyone, saying, "Our shop also undertakes interdimensional summoning projects. As long as you possess our specially made Shadow Mask, you can summon 20,000 of our brothers in most worlds, as long as you can afford the price. Earth used to be within our business scope, but unfortunately, after the BOSS became too powerful, Earth has been excluded."

"Hey honey, how about buying a Shadow Mask? With this mask, you'll have 20,000 brothers to play with!" Shadow B said with a grin, "Summon me later, and I can give you a 1% discount."

"We'll talk about that later. I want to know what we should do if we want to leave the Shadow Kingdom?" Tian Lan's question startled the players. Was it really a good idea to just say that they wanted to escape?

"Oh, you're afraid of being conscripted by Snake Girl, aren't you? Of course we have that information, but the price is another story!" Shadow B said with a shrewd businessman's look, "I can plan an escape route for you. Don't worry, I'm a man of principle, I won't inform Snake Girl."

After swiping the card, Tian Lan declared bankruptcy, and Shadow B began planning his escape route. "If you want to get out, you first need to understand how you got in here."

"The Shadow Kingdom manifests externally as a massive black planet, but this world exists within the planet itself. However, it exists independently as a world, meaning that even if you fly into the sky, you won't see the planet's inner walls; you'll only see endless clouds of shadow, which could very well be directly absorbed into Shadow Magic."

"So if you want to escape, you must go to this place where space is weak. Only then can you break through the barrier, get to the real interior of the planet, and leave through the passage." Shadow B, dressed in a business suit, stood in front of a small blackboard, holding chalk, and carefully drew the shape of a planet.

"And this weak point in space is right here." Shadow B pointed to the center of the planet. "That is, the top of the central black tower on your map."

The thirty-odd people listened with a twitch at the corner of their mouths. If it's on the map, then why did you draw it? But Shadow B continued without the slightest embarrassment, "As you all know, the Shadow Kingdom is expanding rapidly. Right now, this place is only the size of a city. I estimate that in a few years, it will become the size of a continent, and in its mature state, it should be the size of a planet."

"It's precisely because of this expansion that this world still has loopholes. Don't you think it's more like the Dark Kingdom than the Shadow Kingdom right now?" Shadow B began to speak eloquently, "The central tower is the center point for the Shadow Kingdom's further development. The space there is very weak because it hasn't been developed yet, so the defenses aren't strong. As long as you pilot your spaceships and rush inside, you can safely reach the planet's interior. As for the exit from the planet, it's constantly changing, so you'll have to find it yourselves."

"Alright then, would you gentlemen like anything else?" Shadow B's eyes gleamed with greed.

Tian Lan then purchased the Shadow Mask through a loan and installment payment plan, and was also given a free copy of Shadow B's poolside photo collection. As she left the Some Shop, she heard Shadow B making a phone call.

"Hello, is this the Snake Woman from 110? Huang Jun asked me to pass on a message. Hey, hey, don't hang up! This isn't harassment, it's just that a group of humans asked me for advice on how to escape the Shadow Kingdom. Yes, yes, the one with the thick eyebrows and big eyes. He even insisted on buying my poolside photo album."

Tian Lan looked at the Shadow B Pool Photo Collection in her hand, her fingers tightened, and she resisted the urge to tear it to shreds. She quickened her pace, attracted the attention of the big eyes, and began to wander around the city.

Finally, they returned to the reception room and found the individual accommodation area. Several players checked Tian Lan's room and, after confirming that there were no surveillance cameras, the man in the suit used a prop card to shield the barrier.

Several players started a heated discussion. However, Tian Lan, who inherited the show-off personality of a certain washing machine detective, was a bit over the top today, so she became the temporary captain of this player team.

After introducing themselves, Tian Lan introduced herself as a detective, Alienation Path with three skills, while the man in the suit was codenamed An Jing, Inner Demon Path with three skills. A girl wearing glasses was called Moose, an Implant Path with three skills, a short-haired girl called Xiao Lan, Alienation Path with two skills, and the last one called himself Salted Fish, Implant Path with two skills.

Most of the other people's skills are attack, defense, or escape. The An Jing in the suit has the skill of Reconnaissance. In fact, Tian Lan, whose main job is as a detective, also has Reconnaissance skills, but not against people, but against environmental clues.

"Then why ask about the escape route so directly today? Some of the people on the Christopher will choose to stay in the Shadow Kingdom, right?" An Jing asked, biting her finger.

"Do you even have a clue whether we can escape without the Snake Clan's knowledge? You can tell from the murals that the shopkeeper actually shares the same faith in the Shadow Lord as the people of the Shadow Kingdom. It's already beyond my expectations that you've obtained that information."

"You mean that so-called passage is fake?" Xiao Lan asked, frowning. The snake people's strength, combined with those eyes, was overwhelming for them, yet they hadn't even found a way to escape.

"I do think it's true. Didn't we go check it out today? The defenses there seemed loose but were actually tight. There were at least seven or eight snake people guarding it in secret. So let's have some faith in that shopkeeper's integrity, even though he doesn't have much of that stuff," Tian Lan said.

"This is troublesome. Because of that person's notification, the defenses of the central tower may become even stronger. With our strength, it's basically impossible for us to force our way in," An Jing said, biting her nails and frowning.

"Getting into the central tower isn't too difficult; we can use a feint. Our biggest problem now is finding the spaceship." Tian Lan squinted as she pointed out another challenge. "I asked the captain, and they said their spaceship landed on the outskirts of the Shadow Kingdom. We'll need their help to escape."

"I asked the shop manager in detail. Exit passages appear intermittently inside the planet, but the environment inside is completely unsuitable for human survival. Without a spaceship, if we rush in, we probably wouldn't even last a few seconds."

"So we need to send someone out secretly to fly the spaceship, and also try to distract the guards at the central tower." The Moose nodded and said, "Sneaking out to the countryside isn't a problem for me, but unfortunately I don't know how to fly a spaceship."

"Then learn it!" Tian Lan smiled. He knew the game wouldn't leave this problem unsolvable. "I'll go persuade Captain Christopher later. You should make the most of these next couple of days and learn the basics."

Not long after, Tian Lan knocked on the captain's door with a smile on her face.