Darkness faded from before his eyes, and his vision cleared. Wen Nan glanced around and realized he was in an apartment.
The apartment was small, about sixty or seventy square meters, with three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
Judging by its minimalist decor, this probably wasn't a residence but some company's dormitory.
Besides Wen Nan, there were five other players in the living room. They had all been transported into this map at almost the same time.
Wen Nan immediately spotted the most conspicuous of the five: the guy with yellow hair. "Huang Yan?"
Huang Yan was overjoyed to see Wen Nan. "President! What a coincidence. You got assigned to this instance too?"
As he spoke, Huang Yan cheerfully walked over to Wen Nan. He was just about to exchange a few pleasantries when game prompts began appearing on the light screen overhead. The six people in the room immediately stopped what they were doing and looked up.
[Congratulations, contestants, on successfully passing the trial, and welcome!]
[This is a beginner-level instance. Difficulty: LV.5.]
The moment the second prompt scrolled into view, a wave of gasps swept through the room. Everyone except Wen Nan looked grim.
"What is it?"
Wen Nan looked at Huang Yan.
Huang Yan leaned close to Wen Nan's ear and whispered, "President, you don't know? In this game, LV.1 to LV.5 are all beginner-level instances..."
All six players were newbies who had just come out of the Trial Zone, so of course they'd only be assigned to beginner-level instances. But getting assigned to the highest-difficulty beginner map on their very first instance was definitely a little unnerving.
Wen Nan, though, didn't think it was a big deal. It was a romance game, after all. A challenge was what made it fun.
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