"Strange..."
Lin Yuan muttered to himself. He felt that Air Force Bro had been doing quite well before, apart from his rather large appetite.
He shouldn't have died along the way.
Perhaps something else had happened, or he simply hadn't wanted to come to this lighthouse?
Lin Yuan shook his head, gathered his thoughts, and looked for other figures.
Unfortunately, he didn't see a single familiar face.
"The Consortium's 'Manager,' the Black Blood Society's 'Dafu,' and the Adventurer Group's 'Spotlight' aren't here."
"There don't seem to be any people from the other major organizations, either."
The members of those organizations generally had very distinctive styles of dress, making them easy to recognize.
From what Wind-Ear had said earlier, the major organizations' members in Lin Yuan's Instance had been acting together at Research Institute 3154's call.
He had thought this was limited to a single Instance.
Now, could the organizations across all four Instances be acting together?
For 3154 to pull off something this big, it really did deserve its standing even among the organizations.
But what exactly were they doing?
Meanwhile, as Lin Yuan fell into thought, Rock Bear was chatting away with his old friend Crazy Tiger.
"Rock Bear, you're late this time. Out of the four Instances, yours took the longest to clear!"
"Well, our Instance was an Academy. We were supposed to take even longer, all the way until the final Academy Entrance Exam."
"Hahahaha! Then how did you finish early?"
"We found a hidden area and killed the hidden boss."
"Oh? You killed it?"
"How could I? You have no idea how vicious that hidden boss was!"
Rock Bear brought Crazy Tiger over to Lin Yuan and introduced him solemnly:
"Here, let me introduce you. This is Zero, an absolute powerhouse who soloed the hidden boss!"