The door opened!
The door opened!!!
The players were instantly ecstatic.
They hadn't expected to be so lucky-to actually find the right key before midnight!
The player closest to the door couldn't even wait for Bo Yi to pull the key out. He shoved Bo Yi away from the lock and pushed the sanatorium's door open.
The night wind rushed into their faces, carrying the exceptionally fresh air from outside the sanatorium. The other players followed that player, scrambling to squeeze through the open doorway. By then, they had no thought to spare for the person most responsible for opening the door. All they wanted was to rush out of this sealed sanatorium in those final few seconds.
Even when Bo Yi staggered from the shove, they hastily moved aside, afraid that if he bumped into them, he would slow their escape.
Indignant, Ran Yan reached out to steady Bo Yi. But before her hand could touch him, he straightened up on his own.
He hadn't let her touch him at all.
Ran Yan paid no attention to that little incident, though. She was busy protesting on his behalf. "What's wrong with these people?!"
These Veteran Players had certainly been an "eye-opener" for Ran Yan. She had thought they were merely bad at clearing Instances, nowhere near Bo Yi's level. Yet in this single hour, she had watched them fight over the fruits of Bo Yi's labor, do nothing but mock one another and shift the blame when something went wrong, and waste time on pointless arguments while not one of them was willing to step forward, take responsibility, and try clearing the Instance-opening the door-again...
Now Bo Yi had turned the situation around, opening the door before midnight and saving everyone present. And what had they done? Ever since