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The Devil's Cage
The blinding light and the sensation of weightlessness gradually faded away.
When Qin Ran's vision returned, he found himself back in his room in the Underground Game.
The room before him was still covered in dust and thick with cobwebs.
Gunfire and explosions rang out continuously by his ears.
Clearly, the guild war between Steam City and Steel Chariot was still ongoing.
Then, lines of text appeared across Qin Ran's retina—
[First Instance: The Incompetent Great Detective] [Instance Type: Free] [Instance Difficulty: Low] [Main Quest: Find Artilly Hunter or her corpse within one month.] [Quest Completion: 100% (Received basic rating: F)] [Side Quest 1: The Female Corpse at the Police Station!] [Quest Completion: 100% (F→E)] [Side Quest 2: Shuberk's Madness!] [Quest Completion: 100% (E→D)] [Side Quest 3: The Watcher!] [Quest Completion: 100% (D→C)] [Combat Performance: Highly active (Rating increased: C→B)] [Exploration Performance: Average (No increase)] [Special Evaluation 1: Greatly reduced the time required to complete the main quest (Rating increased: B→A)] [Special Evaluation 2: Killed Count Wayne (Rating increased: A→S)] [Special Evaluation 3: Killed Giant Crocodile Pulus (Rating increased: S→SS) (Reputation gained: 1)] [Title Obtained: Crocodile Slayer (While wearing this title, attack effects against reptiles such as lizards and crocodiles +5%, with a small chance of inflicting intimidation.)] [Player's Final Rating: SS!] [Calculating player's rewards from first instance...] [Final results for player's Beginner Instance rewards are as follows...] [Points: 8000; Skill Points: 5; Gold Skill Points: 1; Gold Attribute Points: 1] [Player is in Severe Wound Status. Heal? Yes/No]
"Yes!"
Qin Ran gave an affirmative answer.
[Player has no special injuries. No Points required. Healing begins...]
A jade-green light appeared around Qin Ran's body. Bathed in that light, his health rapidly recovered.
When the jade-green light vanished, Qin Ran's weakness was completely gone.
Everything returned to
End of Chapter