After the octopus's corpse gradually disappeared into the deep "black hole," he was shocked to see row after row of teeth slowly closing...
Boom!
Chen Lun burst out of the water without looking back. Black wings appeared behind him, and with one powerful beat, he shot into the sky and vanished from the spot.
What the hell was that... scared me half to death!
He silently grumbled.
Beneath such a tiny pool, there was actually something countless times larger than the octopus monster!
With something that terrifying around, he would rather not stay in this "Wonderland"!
The next second, Chen Lun visualized the "lakeside cabin," and his entire body disappeared from the air.
He sat up on the cabin's bed, glanced around at the simple furnishings, and smiled faintly. This was his second time returning from "Wonderland," and the experience felt pretty good.
Chen Lun got out of bed, quickly walked outside, and returned to the statue beside the lake.
He reached out to touch the statue's base and sensed the Sanity stored inside. There was currently over 70.
This was what the players had contributed through their three resurrections. Even after deducting the cost of "opening the dungeon" for them, this much remained.
Smiling, Chen Lun sat on the statue's base, then turned his attention to the battered wooden chest at his feet.
"Now that I've got the Transcendent characteristic, it's time to open the chest..."
While observing through the lake earlier, he had seen Polaris at a loss over what to do with it, but Chen Lun happened to have a way to deal with it.
He took the tiny toothpick out of the Blood-Poem Ring.
[D-Rank Mysterious Object-Rusty Toothpick (single-use consumable)]
"Time to open it!"
Chen Lun inserted the toothpick into the battered wooden chest's