PFRG: Chapter 88

As the Ark Laboratory instance was completely closed, a screen somewhere also went dark.

Due to the rows of screens floating densely around it, the screen in the middle wasn’t eye-catching. However, as new black screens appeared one after another, it quickly caught the girl’s attention.

“It looks like something happened to No 4.”

The slightly condescending tone revealed a deep-seated indifference.

The girl who was speaking wore a neat black Lolita dress. The veil hanging from her hat covered her face from the side.

Her attitude was more of amused sarcasm than regret. “I remember he said before that he was going to fix the bug in the instances, right? Now, all the instances designed by him are closed. That’s great. I’ve been patient with those boring games he designed for a long time.”

At this point, a brilliant smile appeared on her face, which made people feel very delicate at first glance. “I said that sooner or later, this guy will die of his own stupidity. After waiting for so long, this day has finally come. I really want to know who solved him. I want the system to send them more rewards.”

A chuckle came from the side. “No 3, your malice toward No 4 is too obvious. Please restrain yourself a bit. Since the creation of this new world, you have been targeting him everywhere. I remember that you are all children adopted by No 1. Why can’t you love each other?”

The girl called ‘No 3’ turned around and looked up, seemingly disagreeing with these words. “We might both be Butler’s children, but please don’t compare the excellent me with that idiot No 4. When we were still in the original world, his mind was only on flattering Butler. My blind father fell for it and never wanted to look at me. I have said long ago that the identity of a designer requires a threshold. No 4, an uneducated and unskilled relative, ended up like this. I can only say that it is due to Butler’s excessive and blind doting.”

The other man smiled and nodded slowly. “I agree with this. Being a designer is a very sacred profession. The simple and crude games designed by No 4 are indeed out of tune with other instances. So he was ruined in the Ark Laboratory this time? I remember the rules he designed for this instance? It seems that karma has come back to him.”

No 3’s expression eased a bit after being acknowledged. The girl lowered her eyes slightly with a noble and arrogant look. She said with a playful expression, “I remember that this instance was given to him by you, right? No 4 ‘s death this time can be said to be related to you, don’t you think so, No 7?”

The man sitting on the bench was tall and slender. His right hand supported his chin in a very natural posture and there was a faint smile in his eyes. “How can you say something that will easily make No 1 angry at me? It was obviously because No 4 couldn’t collect a suitable instance design that I was so kind as to transfer the Ark Laboratory to him. This was completely out of good intentions.”

His unhurried tone easily gave people the illusion that he had a good temper. However, No 3 had known him for a long time and obviously didn’t buy it at all. “Is that so?”

No 7 let out a low ‘ah’. “Of course, part of it is that I wanted to escape. It is easy to get sad when seeing Jael like this all the time.”

No 3 just sneered at these crocodile tears.

She glanced at the man’s self-satisfied expression before returning her gaze to the screen.

A row of neatly arranged operating panels appeared in front of her. She started checking them quickly in the blink of an eye.

The jumping codes gradually gathered into a vast ocean. No 7 praised her generously. “You are worthy of being the genius girl with the highest IQ among us.”

No 3 ignored him. The changing screen in front of her seemed to be reflected in her eyes. In an instant, countless characters passed through the depths of her dark eyes.

The operation paused for a while, and No 3 showed a hint of surprise. “This is…”

She turned around and looked directly at the man on the bench. “It has been a while since I checked. I just discovered that in addition to the instances designed by No 4 being shut down one after another, several other instances have failed to resume operation and have been returned to the instance library to await repair confirmation.”

“It seems that my instances are among them as well?” No 7 understood instantly and asked gently.

No 3 nodded. “The Love Apartment instance. If I remember correctly, that seems to be what you used to…”

After a brief silence, a different emotion appeared in No 7’s eyes. He laughed softly, “He actually left by himself so soon? It seems that my self-proclaimed perfect arrangement has been completely slapped in the face.”

He slowly blinked when he saw that No 3 was still looking at him. “Why? Judging from your expression, was No 4’s death this time also his doing?”

“Since that idiot No 4 closed his live broadcast permission in advance, even I can’t retrieve the video records inside the instance. However, from the exported clearance data, there is indeed a very familiar name,” No 3 said while resuming the operation with her hands. She watched the virtual screen unfold in front of her and continued to explain, “In addition, several people here overlap with the other two closed instances.”

No 7 had already seen the clearance list in front of him. He slowly leaned back in his chair and laughed. “I didn’t expect to see such a nostalgic name here. But this makes sense. If it is him, he really has the ability to close these instances.”

With a slight movement of his fingers, the virtual screen in front of him turned into a scattered halo and flickered over his face. “It is really interesting. How did these two people get together?”

Such unclear muttering made No 3 frown slightly. “Do you know someone here?”

“Of course, I know them. It can be said that I am very familiar with them.” No 7 smiled silently. “Among them is my most difficult artwork.”

He briefly looked at the ever-changing screen and said nothing else.

He slowly stood up and left this endless space under No 3’s gaze.

At this time, the three people who refreshed at the exit of the 13th World’s instances had completed the burial of Jael’s remains.

Yue Ren’s eyes were fixed on the burning incense sticks in front of the mount. He hesitated for a few seconds before finally giving a reminder, “It seems that this item in the mall isn’t used like this.”

If he wasn’t mistaken, the smoke rising from these incense sticks was a signal that wouldn’t disappear for three years.

Of course, this was the effect of using it in the instance. It was unknown whether the duration would be greatly reduced after using it in the safe zone but at least it could allow Professor Jael to enjoy the incense for a long time.

“It’s okay. Don’t worry about the details.” Chi Ting was as calm as ever. After bowing three times, the solemn look on his face instantly changed to its usual expression.

Fortunately, Yue Ren helped Chi Ting in time at the end of the instance so he didn’t fall into the endless darkness caused by 100% alienation. After returning to the safe zone, he had a headache for a long time before he recovered. But this showed how dangerous the situation was. Fortunately, as introduced in the instance rules before, the alienation situation that occurred inside would be completely cleared after the instance ended. He confirmed it and found that he had indeed returned to his original human content level.

He finished dealing with Jael’s funeral and still asked Yue Ren one more question out of concern. “Is your condition normal now?”

Yue Ren replied, “Probably.”

What did this mean?

Chi Ting couldn’t help looking at the man again.

In fact, he originally wanted to ask if there was still that strange urge to kiss him. However, he stopped once the words reached his lips. He vaguely felt that he couldn’t say this out loud.

At this moment, a new message arrived and caught his attention.

Chi Ting quickly finished checking. “The instance settlement is finally here. According to the contribution points, your achievement points should be enough, right Yue Ren?”

As a major laggard in achievement points and a key subject of observation, Yue Ren repeatedly nodded after being named. ‘That’s enough. Now I am ranked 952nd.”

Ji Xingque was shocked when he heard this. “How many times was the reward? Your ranking climbed so fast!”

Chi Ting glanced at his panel. “Is it fast? I’m already at 867.”

Ji Xingque said, “…Old Song’s idea of lying down really isn’t advisable! In the blink of an eye, I am directly at the bottom!”

Chi Ting was amused when he heard this. He patted Ji Xingque’s shoulder and comforted him. “It doesn’t matter. Even if you aren’t at the bottom now, you will be caught up by us sooner or later. Just relax.”

Ji Xingque was speechless. “Captain, can you listen to your advice and stop comforting others?”

Chi Ting looked at Yue Ren with a puzzled look on his face. “Is there something wrong with my words?”

Yue Ren smiled in an unabashed manner. “There is no problem at all.”

“……” Ji Xingque looked here and there. Finally, he chose very rationally not to argue with the two of them and directly changed to a naive and bright tone. “Captain, what should we do next? Rest first or go directly to the Sanctuary?”

Chi Ting made the decision without any hesitation. “In any case, there is a hotel there as well. Let’s go to the Sanctuary first.”

Ji Xingque suddenly became happy again. “Okay! Maybe Old Song is already waiting there. It is just in time to meet him!”

Chi Ting also knew this was somewhat disappointing, but after enduring it for a while, he still asked, “Are you sure that Old Song will be there waiting for us when we arrive in the Sanctuary based on Old Song’s personality?”

In one sentence, Ji Xingque’s excited expression seamlessly turned to unconvinced. “Surely he will…”

After a pause, his tone changed to questioning. “Right?”

Yue Ren snorted and said in a low voice, “Let’s go. Whether he is waiting or not, you will know when we get there.”

Chi Ting looked around and asked one last question before leaving. “Which way?”

A brief silence fell around them. Then Ji Xingque took the initiative to pay for a complete map of the 13th World.

Regarding the fact that no one in the team knew the way, the conclusion was that points should be spent!

Ji Xingque led the way in front. Chi Ting also logged into the forum to confirm the way to enter the Sanctuary.

Roughly, it could be said to be very simple. They just had to enter the top 1,000 in the rankings and they could directly reach it through the central teleportation point in each small world.

Since they had just come out of an instance, the three of them didn’t forget to buy some food from a roadside stall to fill their stomachs.

It always seemed quite comfortable to eat and drink along the way. What Chi Ting didn’t know was that someone had been waiting for his arrival long ago.

To some extent, he was even more nervous than the person himself.

Inside the base of the Seven Seas team, the other team members were confused about the captain’s decision to postpone the next recruitment.

After all, there were only five players left in their team, one of whom was a substitute. Contacting and selecting new players to join was undoubtedly a crucial matter at the moment.

Qiu Ji could naturally feel the anxiety of his teammates, but at this moment, he had no time to care so much.

After coming out of the instance, he wanted to check Chi Ting’s situation again. However, after clicking in, he found that for some unknown reason, he couldn’t see any new live broadcast content. This made him wonder if he had encountered some trouble.

This was until just now when he looked through the newly updated player list of the Sanctuary and saw the familiar name again in the 800s.

He knew it was only a matter of time before the players of this new world entered the Sanctuary, but this speed was a bit too shocking.

Since entering the 13th World, they probably hadn’t experienced five instances, right? This meant that the achievement points in each instance were undoubtedly astonishingly high. Those who could achieve this average income were undoubtedly comparable to the top players at the top of the leaderboard.

This result made Qiu Ji more confident in his judgment.

There was no doubt that this player called Chi Ting would become famous in the Sanctuary sooner or later.

He felt that the chances were very slim now, but Qiu Ji still hoped to send out an invitation as soon as possible while no players were paying attention to him.

After all, the competition was relatively small now. What if he could really invite the person to his Seven Seas team while other teams hadn’t reacted?

“He should be coming soon…” Qiu Ji stared at the system notification panel without blinking. He felt that every second was like a year. This was until the system broadcast finally popped up.

The first server-wide notification from the 13th World!

The same content instantly appeared on the screens of all the squares in the Sanctuary and the 13th World.

[Sanctuary Announcement: Congratulations to the 13th World players Chi Ting, Yue Ren, and Ji Xingque for officially entering the Sanctuary!]

Such an announcement suddenly fell into people’s eyes, causing players passing by the squares to stop and take a look.

All the players outside the instances in the Sanctuary and the 13th World saw the news.

Once people realized the specific meaning of the content, various regions became excited.

F*k, wasn’t this the new area that opened not long ago? And people had already come here?

These three were the first players from the 13th World to enter the Sanctuary!!!

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