Chapter 1598: Chapter 1598: Dungeon Venue
It’s not surprising that people add their subjective perceptions when describing sothing, just like the resident of Tan-skinned City who claid to see colorful light upon entering the “Midsumr Night” space—a detail that none of the others who claid to have seen the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy” described.
So, this colorful light may be his own fantasy, or perhaps it was just what he happened to see when he entered the white fog; it doesn’t hold general significance.
However, from his description, the “Midsumr Night” space seems to be a place with a very high death rate.
According to the experience of a person who successfully saw the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy” and ca back to life, the number of people who enter the “Midsumr Night” space from both Tan-skinned City and nearby island cities isn’t small. It’s at least similar to the situation Xu Huo is seeing now, with around twenty people in this area including players and ordinary people.
But in the end, very few people co out alive. Besides the person who successfully found the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy”, none of the other suspected entrants of the “Midsumr Night” space ca out alive.
Additionally, Tan-skinned City’s residents don’t know that the people on Stone dicine Island also routinely fall asleep.
Of course, this isn’t surprising. Zone 013’s land is scattered, separated by ocean, and lacking proper ans for crossing the sea, communication is difficult. The people of the Suffocating Rainforest Station haven’t even heard of the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy”.
However, this also shows that the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy” instance either moves within a small area or has an extrely high death rate, with not a single chosen person from so islands surviving.
Whatever the case may be, the strange thing is that while so players have survived and exited, none have disclosed information about the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy”.
“How are you?” Xu Huo asked Chi Xian.
Chi Xian spread his hands, “There are so many types of fungi, visible and invisible. There are at least several thousand to tens of thousands of types. It’s practically impossible to screen them out. The fungi in this space should be brought in from outside, and just based on a rough glance, they differ greatly from those on Stone dicine Island.”
The two of them knew that investigating from the perspective of fungi was just a gamble. It would be great if they hit the jackpot, but if not, so be it.
“Let’s have a walk around the instance before it gets dark,” Xu Huo said, indicating they should at least understand what the city in the white fog world was like.
The fog was thick, and the air was humid. After walking a short distance, a layer of mist ford on their protective suits. With limited visibility, they couldn’t see very far. Although players occasionally passed by, they kept their distance for now, and no conflicts occurred.
Besides determining the actual size and components of the dungeon venue, the traces of daily life left in the buildings were also worth examining closely.
Xu Huo found a city map inside a room on a high floor.
“Aside from the person who actively approached us just now, other players are avoiding encounters,” Chi Xian’s expression was slightly grave, “The unintentional sleep seems true.”
Xu Huo said while looking at the map, “This situation is consistent with Stone dicine Island. It may be an instance ford under the influence of the island’s factors.”
Chi Xian also found so written materials, “This dungeon space doesn’t have much intersection with Zone 013.”
It might even be active, more suitable to call it a random instance. If it was affected by Stone dicine Island, it should be stable there unless the instance later absorbed the island’s fungi during a leveling up. This may establish a certain link between the two, but it’s not much of a connection.
“Sleeping is just a minor issue; mysterious disappearances need more attention,” Xu Huo said.
“Weren’t you skeptical of Bian Lu and the others? Why are you certain the mysterious disappearances aren’t fabricated by them?” Chi Xian asked with curiosity.
“In this matter, they shouldn’t be lying. Regardless of reality, they definitely believe it’s mysterious disappearances,” Xu Huo didn’t finish his thought. When he proposed another possibility, those players weren’t shaken in their conviction, indicating they had substantive evidence proving those people were ‘missing’ and not ‘quietly leaving.’
Given that this instance itself is unstable, it might be an incomplete Chaotic Space.
Chaotic Space… Xu Huo didn’t know much about it.
The city in the dungeon is laid out in an elongated shape, known as ‘Star City’ due to its extraordinarily good air quality and being suitable for stargazing in sumr. The city’s construction was based on the trajectory of the sumr’s stellar river, which seems to be the only connection to the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy.”
Although the city is nad ‘Star City’, it’s purely out of preference. Other buildings or cultural elents don’t showcase any special treatnt of stars—in simple terms, it’s seasonal, like celebrating a festival at a certain ti and forgetting about it afterward. It holds no additional significance or symbolism.
“I thought the Midsumr Night’s Galaxy was so kind of luminescent fungus,” Chi Xian was slightly disappointed.
The people who saw the “Midsumr Night’s Galaxy” seed to be in a near-death state, and the things they subjectively believed they saw at that mont might not be true. Yet, everyone who survived ntioned seeing ‘vast starlight’. Combined with the possibility that the sleep was caused by so kind of fungus, mistaking a cluster of glowing fungi for the ‘galaxy’ when nearing death could be quite reasonable.
“This possibility can’t be ruled out,” Xu Huo said, “Currently, this space is shrouded in heavy fog, and the stars are not visible.”
The two followed the map, and even with the aid of props, it took them half a day to traverse the city from one end to the other, reaching the city’s edge and unable to go further.
During this ti, they specifically searched for an observatory, but even through the telescope, they saw only a white fog—the dungeon venue is just this city.
Night fell.
“It’s still fine during the day. Once it gets dark, I start to feel like sleeping,” Chi Xian still wore a smile, but his gaze turned somber. With a player’s endurance, they could go several days without sleep. After resting so well at the Suffocating Rainforest Station, how could they feel drowsy after just one day?
This wasn’t even the main concern. The real issue was that they were wearing protective suits, indicating that the filters specifically designed to screen out toxic fungi in the suits weren’t providing complete protection.
Not knowing if it was too late, both entered a venue prop, and switched their protective suits for gear equipped with oxygen devices.
“In hindsight, knowing I’d have to spend this money eventually, I should have bought it from the start,” Chi Xian was a bit pained because the in-ga protective gear equipped with oxygen devices is considered high-precision and is particularly expensive.
“If it doesn’t work, it’s a waste,”
“Maybe the key to clearing this instance is sleeping,” Xu Huo said, “Not only players saw the ‘Midsumr Night’s Galaxy’, a simple sleep could reveal your heart’s deepest desires, returning fully satisfied might be possible.”
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