Instances did not open one at a time. Several ran simultaneously, and while Wei Yanchi was tackling the S-rank instance Happy Apartment, multiple A-rank instances were also underway.
The one the Twelfth Team was tackling this time was an A-rank instance called the Aquarium. It should not have been difficult for the three of them, yet it had managed the rare feat of trapping them all.
Lin Darong and Li Yang covered their mouths and noses, curled up in a corner of a dark storeroom, trying to make themselves as inconspicuous as possible.
A twisted humanoid monster lingered outside the storeroom door, cackling shrilly. Just as the door was about to open, screams from other players rang out in the distance. The humanoid monster's attention shifted, and it vanished from the doorway in an instant.
Li Yang pressed a hand against his pounding heart. "I never saw this coming. Is this really the difficulty of a fucking A-rank instance?"
Lin Darong shook her head and complained in all seriousness, "The Instance System definitely raised this instance's difficulty behind our backs without telling us. Once I get out, I'm filing a complaint."
In the A-rank instance Aquarium, their task was to ensure that the marine animal show in three days went smoothly.
That was an impossible task, so Lin Darong reinterpreted it: the instance wanted them to survive the marine animal show in three days.
This really was not a task any human could complete.
Mournful cries echoed through the Aquarium. The water here was filthy and murky, filled with clumps of unidentified green algae and drifting rubbish. The skeletal remains of marine creatures bobbed within it.
This was an aquarium that had long since been abandoned.
No creatures lived here, and there were no staff.
It was lined with blue