"As long as... as long as you meet just a few tiny requirements, you can all kindle the flame of hope in Fog City!"
Su Bai stood quietly in the darkness, listening to the Administrator's strange, formulaic voice. He was not at all surprised to enter the Nightmare World at this moment. After all, in this life, his first game had been the Route 444 Last Bus, and then he had voluntarily entered Happiness Residential Complex, the setting of his second game. Since then, Su Bai had never entered the Nightmare World in the normal way.
The incident at the Lorimas Grand Hotel had been a commission Su Bai accepted privately, one that seemed, at first glance, to offer no rewards. And the temporary nightmare space he had experienced last night, created by overlapping worlds, had nothing to do with the nightmare game at all.
So, by a rough count, it really was time for Su Bai to enter the Nightmare World for his third game.
But... Fog City?
Su Bai vaguely remembered hearing about this city somewhere, but his memories were hazy. He might need some time to recall the clues about "Fog City" buried in his mind.
If the game background and clear conditions the Administrator had just described were not too misleading, Fog City should be a modern city, with electricity and various forms of transportation at the very least. But the eerie, thick fog trapped everyone in the city, and leaving Fog City required lighting ten Eternal Lamps.
Although the Administrator had sounded like a tour guide preparing to show the players around Fog City, even ordinary players could have picked up on the potential dangers in that account.
For example, this game's setting was an entire city-a modern city that could remain self-sufficient and functional