During the seven days of sleep, Chi Ting’s body perfectly digested all the fatigue.
He had just woken up, but he could still feel what was happening in the outside world during his drowsy period. Due to this, he could actually understand Lou Yueren’s resentment to some extent.
Due to the intermittent rubbing, Chi Ting’s breathing became increasingly heavy. The strange feeling was particularly clear, but his hands were tied to the head of the bed by shadows, and he couldn’t move.
From this angle, he couldn’t see Lou Yueren’s extremely bad expression at the moment. He exchanged the last important information, and his eyelids drooped slightly. His voice was already tense to the extreme. “By the way, is this the play mode you like?”
“What mode? It shouldn’t be considered so.” Lou Yueren had completely undressed Chi Ting and licked his teeth with a chuckle. Even though he said this, his brow was filled with unconcealable joy. “Why do you ask? Don’t you… want to continue like this?”
The sudden stop was like a spring of water being completely blocked. Chi Ting let out a small groan and exhaled slowly. “…C-Continue.”
Lou Yueren leaned over with satisfaction and gently kissed Chi Ting’s ear. He smiled slightly before he very gently turned Chi Ting over and pressed him against the wall. “Then let’s continue talking about the ultimate instance.”
The bewitching voice fell gently into his ears. In response, he found that Chi Ting’s breathing was no longer steady at all.
The moment they were pressed close together, the two of them groaned dully almost at the same time.
The empty and dim hotel room was instantly filled with a charming atmosphere.
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Chi Ting found that he had underestimated Lou Yueren before. It wasn’t until the end of this discussion that he realized clearly for the first time that he could be such a b*stard.
Even the long-term intimate contact couldn’t satisfy this guy. Then after entering the battle, the two of them continued another in-depth discussion. In a sense, the scene after taking a shower made Chi Ting look more embarrassed than when he left the instance.
Chi Ting turned around and saw Lou Yueren wiping his hair with a towel hanging around his neck. He suddenly smiled when he met this gaze and leaned over to kiss Chi Ting again. However, Chi Ting stretched out his hand and pushed him away. “It isn’t enough yet?”
“How can it be enough?” Lou Yueren was amused when he heard this. He turned around, looked out the window, and sighed. “Oh, it is dawn again.”
Chi Ting: “……”
Yes, again.
It was still daytime outside when he woke up. Now, after a whole night, the morning light appeared outside again.
“It is 7 o’clock.” Chi Ting glanced at the time and said, “Let’s go. It is time to talk to others about the things we discussed before.”
There was no movement when these words came out.
Chi Ting asked curiously, “What’s wrong? Are there any more questions?”
“No questions.” Lou Yueren’s expression was very complicated for a moment. “Do you remember everything we talked about before?”
“Of course.”
The corners of Lou Yueren’s mouth twitched before he sighed slowly. “Now, even I am somewhat doubtful whether I can do it or not.”
“Huh?” Chi Ting obviously didn’t quite understand where Lou Yueren’s sudden frustration came from.
“Forget it, it is nothing.” Lou Yueren bought a set of casual clothes from the points mall. He put them on, stepped forward, put an army around Chi Ting’s shoulder, and walked out. “Let’s go find them.”
Once the two of them went out, the rest of the Dawn team, except for Song Xuefeng, were gathering downstairs to have breakfast.
Seeing the two people coming out of the elevator, Hua Qianmei waved to them naturally. “Are you finally rested? Captain, come and try this breakfast. It is very good.”
Chi Ting glanced at the two chairs that had been pulled out for them. Vaguely, he felt as if Hua Qianmei had more to say.
But he walked over and sat down without thinking much.
He picked up a bun and took a bite. He looked back at Lou Yueren and said, “How about it? Do you want me to tell them, or should I say it?”
Lou Yueren volunteered. “Let me do it.”
After a full hour of presentation, everyone in Dawn fell into a long silence after hearing the comprehensive conclusion.
Lou Yueren glanced at Lu Nanling’s face and leaned back in his chair leisurely. “Come on, Little Brother Lu. If you find any problems, you can ask me at any time.”
The moment he finished speaking, the others looked over.
Under such eyes, Lu Nanling looked up. He thought deeply for a long time and asked sincerely, “Is this what you discussed in the room?”
Lou Yueren’s expression was rarely subtle for a moment. “……”
Such a reaction had already given Lu Nanling the answer. He looked at Lou Yueren and Chi Ting beside him. For a moment, he seemed to not know how to express himself. Finally, he slowly gave a thumbs up.
Hua Qianmei couldn’t hold back. “Pfft—!”
Lou Yueren: “……”
Why did he feel like he had inadvertently lost his extremely important dignity?
Chi Ting was listening to this conversation nearby. Originally, he didn’t think much about it, but at this moment, he slowly blinked and finally understood.
He was almost unable to hold back his laughter, but he cleared his throat at the right time and said, “So, Xiao Lu, do you have any questions or anything else to add?”
“I think I have understood the situation.” Lu Nanling instantly regained his usual calm and rational state. “There are probably two speculations now. One is that Qi Xiu has always been Designer No 7. He appeared in our world with this identity and became your first partner, Captain. There is another possibility. It is that No 7 occupied Qi Xiu’s identity in Doomsday Defense Tower and deliberately approached us. But no matter which one it is, one thing is certain. It is that our world has been broken into many pieces and made into various instances. This matter is definitely related to No 7. So entering the ultimate instance will be the only way for us to get the real answer.”
“That is about right.” Chi Ting nodded. “These are just speculations, but I personally prefer the possibility that Qi Xiu is No 7. I even suspect that our world becoming the final apocalypse is inseparable from him.”
Hua Qianmei sneered when she heard it. “If it really has something to do with him, I will use the scythe in my hand to cut off his dog head!”
Ji Xingque hesitated before saying, “In any case, we can only know after entering the ultimate instance, right?”
“Almost.” Chi Ting looked around slowly. “So, what I want to ask now is what you mean. I checked when I went downstairs just now. Both Joker cards have been sent to my mailbox. I just need to buy the remaining cards, and we can enter the ultimate instance at any time. However, this instance is completely different from the previous ones. No one is sure what will happen. If…”
Ji Xingque slapped the table and stood up. “Captain, you don’t want to abandon us and go alone, do you? That won’t do. We are Dawn’s people in life and Dawn’s ghosts in death!”
Chi Ting: “……”
He chuckled. “What I mean is that if you want to rest for a while, the points you earned in the last two instances are enough to redeem a long period of safe time. I can agree to a short vacation before entering the instance.”
Lou Yueren said in a teasing tone, “I already said that I don’t know what will happen. There is strength in numbers. Of course, if we can bring disaster to one person then we can bring disaster to the next one. How can I let you go? What are you thinking?”
JI Xingque exclaimed, “…You guys made me excited for nothing!”
Hua Qianmei slowly took a sip of hot milk. “Why do you need to ask us when to enter the instance? We have all rested enough while you were sleeping. Captain, look at my current state of mind with fair skin and a beautiful face. Even if you go to the street and call 100 people over, they won’t be my opponent. So, it mainly depends on you. You just woke up, right? We can set off when you are fully prepared.”
As she spoke, she pointed at Lou Yueren next to her in a somewhat strange manner. “But why do you say that you don’t know what will happen? Brother Ren, didn’t you go to the instance before?”
Lou Yueren said slowly, “It is because I have been to the instance before that I don’t know what happened.”
Hua Qianmei paused while drinking milk. “Hmm?”
Lou Yueren met her gaze and gave her a half-smile. “You should understand the feeling of dreaming.”
The description of the ultimate instance seemed a bit vague coming from Lou Yueren’s mouth. However, Chi Ting had once entered his memory and knew the feeling very well.
Yes, it was like a dream.
It seemed like they had experienced many bizarre things, but he remembered nothing when he woke up from the dream. All that remained in his memory was what happened after he woke up.
It was just unknown.
He had experienced it personally, but everything was still unknown.
The internal meeting ended with Hua Qianmei cursing.
Lou Yueren’s words only made the existence of this ultimate instance more mysterious, but no one backed down. They finally decided to start the challenge of this ultimate instance a week later.
In the next few days, several teams came to the hotel one after another. They finally met Chi Ting as they wished.
After learning about the Dawn team’s subsequent plans, they were all very willing to help. Due to the assistance of these top players, the collection of regular cards required to enter the instance was very smooth.
Before setting off, the Dawn team spent the most peaceful and tranquil days they had experienced since arriving in the unlimited world.
Finally, the day to enter the instance had arrived.
Several teams received the news in advance and came together to see them off.
The ultimate instance had become the thing the world outside was most concerned about. No one expected that the Dawn team, whom they expected to become the ‘savior’, would choose to set out in such a low-key and simple manner. This way, these teams became the only witnesses when entering the instance.
Among these people, this was the second time He Yuanqing had experienced such a scene.
Looking at Lou Yueren, who was about to enter the ultimate instance again, his expression was inevitably a bit complicated. “Do you really not need other people to join you?”
The two Joker cards awarded in this celebration weren’t the only rewards. A set of big and small Joker cards had appeared before, but they weren’t put together after falling into the hands of different teams. This time, after He Yuanqing’s lobbying, the Dawn team just had to give the word, and they would be willing to take out these two cards and provide them to another team to enter the ultimate instance together.
However, Chi Ting refused without hesitation. “No need. The ultimate instance is obviously not a group instance. Even if another team goes in together, it is estimated that we won’t be in the same space. There is no need at all. Instead of going in at the same time, why don’t you stay and wait to see”? In case we fail, at least there is another chance to challenge it again.”
Ji Xingque was speechless after hearing this. “Captain, can’t you look forward to something good?”
Seeing Chi Ting’s firm attitude, He Yuanqing finally nodded. “Then you should be careful.”
Lang Xuelin stood under the streetlight holding a folding fan. It was only at this time that he asked, “But let’s not talk about this. Are you sure you want to enter the instance like this? Recently, the player forums have been discussing the ultimate instance. There are more than 20 posts speculating when you will enter. But what happened… you just found a remote place to enter the instance quietly like this?”
The place where the group was at the moment was deep in the alley not far from the hotel where the Dawn team was staying. It was sparsely populated.
The scene of these teams meeting together was shocking enough, but to be honest, it was indeed too cold compared to entering the ultimate instance.
Chi Ting was the only one who didn’t mind at all. “It is noisy when there are too many people.”
Then he checked with the others, “How is it? Are you all ready? If you are, we will set off.”
The others quickly checked their own panel data. “Ready.”
Chi Ting smiled and waved to the teams that came to see him off. “Then we’ll be leaving.”
After a moment of silence, the players from each team slowly raised their hands and shook them with indescribable expressions on their faces.
Before coming, they all thought that the scene of the team entering the ultimate instance would be extremely solemn. Why did it now feel like a group outing for the Dawn team?
Just like that, there was no sense of solemnness at all?
Chi Ting obviously didn’t hear the complaints from the players. He opened the card slot interface and placed all the collected cards one by one in their corresponding positions.
The last two Joker cards were put in.
At the same moment when the last Joker card was inserted, a virtual panel popped up.
[Congratulations to the players for obtaining the qualification to experience the ultimate instance!]
[Excuse me, are you sure that you want to enter the instance?]
[Yes or no.]
The panel looked exactly the same as the confirmation interface before entering a normal instance. If there was any difference, it was that it looked even more crude and simple.
Chi Ting’s gaze lingered on it for a moment, and made a choice.
The next second, the sound of dense electric currents suddenly poured into his mind. This caused his brow to twist violently. Then, as he lost his vision, he was deeply drawn into the familiar feeling of weightlessness.
Words that kept flashing due to instability appeared in his mind.
[Chi Ting, welcome to the instance: Nightmare City.]
[Type: ???]
[The current number of survivors in the instance: ???/???.]
[The game is being imported.]
[The rules… huh?]
[Hehe, are there any rules here?]
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