A bloodcurdling scream rang out behind her.
Huh?
Huhhh?
After a moment of shock, Meng Le tremulously looked behind her and discovered that the female Vengeful Spirit was being scorched, her entire body engulfed in roaring flames.
Those flames were unlike ordinary fire. They gave off a chill.
Then the "Gong Yan" monster that had rushed over at the commotion was sliced in half from a distance by a silver dagger.
The sight left Meng Le even more astonished.
When Ju Lei helped her up, Meng Le still struggled to recover her senses.
She watched the vampire boy retrieve his silver dagger, his expression blank. It seemed he was the one who had just dealt with those two monsters.
Meng Le could not help admiring him. Che Quan really was an expert.
But... Xia Lan was nowhere to be seen.
Alarmed, Meng Le asked Ju Lei quietly, "Have you seen Lanlan?"
Ju Lei's expression instantly grew heavy with guilt. "She's gone. I couldn't hold on to her."
"Why? Didn't she still have nine chances to use 'save and retry'? What did you run into?"
Ju Lei shook his head. As he helped her back to the camp, he said gravely, "I think we all misunderstood what 'save and retry' meant. It misled us."
Meng Le froze, clearly not expecting Ju Lei to bring this up first.
She listened quietly as he spoke.
"We should have realized it when Xia Lan triggered her personal multiple-choice question. Why did a personal question appear? It wasn't because the instance gave everyone a different fate. It was because... whoever felt conflicted would trigger their own personal question."
Afraid Meng Le would not understand, Ju Lei explained, "What does that mean...? It means that being torn over a decision is what gives rise to a