Although they had found a way to clear the stone cave, none of the guild squad felt the slightest bit happy.
Who hadn't done something bad before?
Was that something they could just casually say out loud? At worst, they could lose their heads; at best, they would lose face. How were they supposed to keep getting by in the underworld afterward?
Little Round's expression suddenly darkened. She was the one least willing to look back on the past.
Although the clearance rule was outrageous, at least there was no danger to their lives. And if everyone played together, it could even be fun. Mm, the deeply scheming All Under Heaven Returns to Fire, the taciturn Zhao Chenghuang, the seemingly sweet and adorable but actually calculating Sun Miaomiao, Red Chicken Bro representing Elder Sauce Burst, and Xiahou Aotian, who was clearly a Scholar yet astonishingly thick-skinned. Zhang Yuanqing swept his gaze over his teammates, and an idea suddenly surfaced in his mind.
All Under Heaven Returns to Fire hurriedly said, "Xiahou Aotian, come back first. I have a suggestion."
Xiahou Aotian stopped where he was. He had already endured one round; as long as he did not continue forward, he would not be attacked.
"What is it?" the protagonist Xiahou asked.
"If confessing is enough to clear the stone cave, there's no need for us to go in together. You can take Little Red Riding Hood while the rest of us hide inside it," All Under Heaven Returns to Fire said. "No one will hear what you say, and we can avoid confessing too, preventing our privacy from being exposed."
He stressed the word "privacy," hoping this airheaded teammate who fancied himself the protagonist would realize that he was, ultimately, only human—different from the protagonists full of positive energy in