Lin Yuan soon reached the center of the hall and collected a "Fire Seed" from the brazier.
The Fire Seed looked like a flaming acorn, but its flames did not burn anyone.
"Let's go pick a spot."
Lin Yuan put the Fire Seed away and led everyone to one side of the hall.
Many teleportation Magic Arrays were inscribed here, and in front of each array was a small sand table depicting the terrain of the corresponding teleportation destination.
What was remarkable was that these sand tables depicted not only the terrain, but also perfectly reproduced the thick fog shrouding certain areas.
The fog varied in shade, ranging from pure white to light gray, then dark gray, and finally pure black.
It seemed to be very important information.
The research institute's intelligence only covered the Instance's rules and made no mention of details such as terrain.
What this fog represented and what it did were things Lin Yuan would have to explore himself after entering the Instance.
After observing for a moment, Lin Yuan noticed a pattern to the distribution of these fog zones.
Quite a few small points on the sand tables were marked with flags, representing the "Spawn Points" where players might be teleported.
The areas around these Spawn Points were mostly covered in lighter-colored fog.
The farther from the Spawn Points, the darker the fog became.
The darkest, black fog zones were located in extremely remote places, far from every Spawn Point.
It seemed deliberately designed to prevent players from exploring these dark fog zones at the start.
The system just mentioned other ways to earn points. They could very well be related to these fog zones.
Lin Yuan pondered:
*The darker fog zones look like they should be more difficult areas, and they should yield more