Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 792: Chapter 349: Peace Envoy and Steam Phantom

There are still ten days until the World Dungeon begins.

Ever since the existence of the World Dungeon was presented before all players, it has become the hottest topic among players in the Desolate Realm, without exception.

Especially with the nearly tacit reaction from the Four Major Organizations, ninety-five percent of the posts on the player forums revolve around the World Dungeon.

Today is the day the monster newcomer Peace mentioned.

In Peace’s ”Each Issue’s Hotspot” program, the method to enter the eligibility dungeon was explained in detail. Players need any attribute over 70 points, or any two attributes over 50 points, to trigger the minimum criteria for the eligibility dungeon.

But still, many players remain skeptical, wanting to try their luck today.

Even if they truly can’t trigger the eligibility dungeon, coming in to watch the excitement is good enough.

Almost eighty percent of the Desolate Realm players entered the Abyssal Game at this time, while the remaining twenty percent stayed out, fearing the atmosphere might make them impulsively rush to their deaths.

Many players entered the Abyssal Game hours in advance, preparing to witness the opening of the eligibility dungeon.

With three hours remaining until midnight, the players who entered early noticed that the Crimson Courtyard began to change.

The Public Zone, Trading Zone, Rankings Zone, and other areas where players often gather started to rise a thin mist.

After the mist appeared, every player entering the Crimson Courtyard was prompted with a message.

”Welcome to the Mist Plaza.”

Looking at the prompt before them and the mist pervading the city, players then remembered that the area of the Crimson Courtyard in the Desolate Realm is called Mist Plaza.

Some perceptive players climbed to the top of the clock tower in the Public Zone to look down below.

For a long time, the Crimson Courtyard of the Desolate Realm resembled an ancient city blending Eastern and Western styles, and the edges of the city were blocked by a layer of pure white barrier, unable to leave.

Following the prompt, players call this the public zone, while some refer to it as the main city according to online game terminology, or simply call it the Crimson Courtyard.

At this moment, they discovered that the barrier surrounding the city had dispersed.

The first thing they saw was the myriad secret spaces adjacent to the barrier.

Among them were power spaces of the Four Major Organizations, as well as various personal secret spaces, turns out these spaces weren’t on separate planes but were adjacent to the public zone, only blocked by a barrier, invisible under normal circumstances.

Looking past these secret spaces, further out, one could see expansive, unexplored city regions.

Turns out the Crimson Courtyard of the Desolate Realm is called Mist Plaza, it wasn’t just misleading, it’s just that the region they are in only occupies one corner of the plaza.

Only when the World Dungeon is about to open does it reveal its true face.

They approached the newly appeared city areas, attempting to enter, only to find that the original barrier just became transparent rather than completely disappearing.

As the time hit midnight, some players naturally passed through the barrier, while others were blocked from advancing into the city.

The screening to see if players met the criteria for triggering the eligibility dungeon was done at that moment; only those qualified could enter the true Mist Plaza.

Among these players were Wu Chang and several Management Bureau members.

As for the changes in Mist Plaza, Wu Chang had already anticipated them.

After all, he had already witnessed the Realm of Reason before, where private spaces and safe zones existed on the same plane, there was no reason for the Desolate Realm to be any different.

Moreover, compared to the vast Realm of Reason, the Crimson Courtyard of the Desolate Realm was pitifully small, having hidden areas was within reasonable expectation.

Unfortunately, he had been in the Abyssal Game for too short a time to explore much, otherwise some of these unexplored regions must be related to certain hidden quests.

Wu Chang was about to follow the Management Bureau members to enter the plaza area when Erin’s voice suddenly sounded in his mind, telling him that He Yun was looking for him.

He separated from the Management Bureau members, opened the large Divine Kingdom, entered the Hymn Company plane, appearing in the chairman’s office on the top floor.

It had been a while since they last met, but He Yun appeared much more haggard, the always disciplined her showed clear fatigue, dark circles visible around her eyes.

Seeing Wu Chang’s arrival, He Yun’s face broke into a smile, saying:

”Previously when lying in the operating room, you told me that today you would enter an important dungeon, hoping I could repair the Dawn Hammer in advance, seems like I’ve caught up.”

Erin slightly furrowed her brows, examining Wu Chang, wondering why Wu Chang would talk about this topic with a patient who just had surgery.

Her intuition told her there’s something amiss here.

Sweat seeped from Wu Chang’s forehead; He Yun must be doing this deliberately, so he quickly changed the subject, saying:

”The Dawn Hammer is merely convenient to use, it’s not that urgent, your health is what’s important.”

He Yun squinted her eyes, using a mystifying tone:

”If it’s just repairing a handgun, certainly doesn’t require this much effort from me.”

Wu Chang suddenly recalled something, his breath became heavy, ”Could it be?”

He Yun’s face showed a proud smile, she gestured for Wu Chang to follow her.

Wu Chang and Erin followed He Yun to the secret laboratory on the 100th floor of the Hymn Building, after He Yun completed the Spiritual Ability Activation Surgery, Wu Chang had the All-Knowing Crystal grant her access permissions.

At this moment, in the center of the 100th-floor laboratory, a red cloth covered a large object.

Just looking at its size, Wu Chang’s heartbeat couldn’t help but accelerate.

He Yun smiled and said, ”What are you waiting for, go and see for yourself, this is custom-made just for you.”