"Is that so?" Xia Ling didn't believe it. "What's the matter?"

"A dungeon is about to appear," Gu Chi said.

"Hmm?" This answer caught Xia Ling off guard.

She logged in and checked, but there was no announcement?

"You want to deceive me and change the topic?" she asked.

"See for yourself."

Gu Chi logged into the game and added Xia Ling as a friend.

Ling Mao had cursed before, "This game is rubbish. They can't even get the friend function right. It will shut down sooner or later!"

That sentence was still in Gu Chi's chat records.

But in reality, the friend system in Pure Land was quite well-developed. It had features like Moments, voice chat, video chat, and money transfer, which were all available on social media apps. Of course, it also included the screenshot function.

Explaining it would be too troublesome, so Gu Chi took a screenshot of the system message and sent it to Xia Ling.

Usually, the announcement for a dungeon appearance would only be made 12-24 hours in advance, and it would only be a small-scale regional announcement. It was strange that Xia Ling received it.

Yunhai City was very far from Baishi Town. Without the "eye's prediction," this message wouldn't have reached Baishi Town, even if it crossed two provinces.

But that wasn't the main point. The main point was that it was two days in advance.

In fact, this was considered a true advance notice.

Because according to the normal process, when the announcement was made, the area where the dungeon would appear would start to be affected.

This effect was called "game projection," also known as the prelude to the appearance.

For example, the prelude to the appearance of Illusory Dreams of Huangliang was sleepiness and easy dreaming.

Regardless of the difficulty, the game projection of any dungeon could potentially cause casualties. It's just that the characteristics of Illusory Dreams of Huangliang were relatively unique, so Baishi Town didn't have any major problems. If it were another violent-type dungeon, the outcome might have been completely different.

And once the dungeon officially appeared, it was highly likely to cause devastating damage to the relevant area. Take Sword Rising in Northern Rivers as an example. Even without changing the world, any Transcendent Realm cultivator could cause a huge disaster.

The rewards for S-level dungeons were indeed very good. The fewer players participating, the higher the probability of obtaining a high score, and the more rewards one could get. But Gu Chi felt that he couldn't take advantage of this.

"Can you contact the player guild in Yunhai City?" Gu Chi asked.

"I can." Xia Ling, as an experienced player, still had some connections. She asked Gu Chi, "Do you want me to inform them?"

Gu Chi nodded. "With two days, more people can rush over, and the impact of the game projection can be minimized."

"Okay!" Xia Ling opened her friend list and found a female player named "Nightingale." She sent the screenshot and added a few words.

Seeing the decisive manner of the girl, Gu Chi's heart moved, and he asked, "You also agree with what I'm doing, right?"

"Of course," Xia Ling said. "What's a little reward compared to human lives?"

Gu Chi sighed. "That's great."

Xia Ling closed the game interface and asked, "What's so great?"

Gu Chi blinked. "It's great to like someone who is just like you."

Like? Why suddenly mention this... Xia Ling's cheeks turned slightly red as she agreed, "I think so too."

Gu Chi blinked again. "So you're not angry anymore?"

Xia Ling was taken aback and immediately put on a serious face. "I'm still angry."

Gu Chi pretended to be helpless. "Then what should we do? Should I let you kiss me as compensation?"

"What?" Xia Ling asked.

"If we're going to kiss, it should be you kissing me, right?"

"No problem."

Gu Chi immediately kissed the girl on the cheek, and a faint fragrance entered his nose as he lowered his head.

It smells so good.

The warm and soft lips touched his cheek, and Xia Ling was stunned.

She hesitantly touched her own face. This guy...

Did he really kiss her?!

Before, they had only held hands and occasionally hugged. But this time, Gu Chi actually used his mouth!

And it happened in a crowded place like the train station!

Xia Ling's already slightly flushed face instantly became hot. But she was not someone who would easily be taken advantage of. She protested on the spot, "Gu Chi, how dare you take advantage of me in public!"

Gu Chi innocently said, "You asked me to kiss you."

"I don't care. I want to take back the advantage!"

Without any hesitation, Xia Ling reached out and hooked her arms around Gu Chi's neck, stood on her tiptoes, and pecked him on the cheek.

A passerby who happened to be passing by said, "..."

He looked at the half-eaten meat bun in his hand, his expression numb, and threw it into the trash can.

Gu Chi felt happy in his heart but remained indifferent on the surface. "Now we're even, right?"

"Dream on." Xia Ling blushed and said, "You bullied me, so I'm going to tell Xia Leng."

As she said that, she picked up her phone, which was covered in a rabbit case, and sent a message to Xia Leng right in front of Gu Chi.

Xia Ling: "Sister, I'm sorry. Gu Chi kissed me without warning, and I couldn't defend myself. Wuu wuu wuu..."

Gu Chi: "???"

Xia Leng: "?"

The next second, Gu Chi's phone vibrated twice in his pocket.

Xia Leng: "/Smile."

Gu Chi: "..."

Xia Leng: "/Smile/Smile."

Gu Chi: "..."

Xia Leng: "Do I need to say more?"

Gu Chi: "..."

No need.

With an expressionless face, Gu Chi brought the phone to his mouth, pressed the voice message button, and said, "Mua."

He released it and sent it.

It took a while before Xia Leng replied, "This isn't over."

Gu Chi: "..."

Xia Leng didn't reply anymore. She listened to the voice message twice, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of her lips. She picked up her book and continued reading.

Gu Chi glanced at Xia Ling with an indifferent expression.

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Now it was Xia Ling's turn to pretend to be innocent. "Who asked you to bully me?"

Gu Chi didn't answer.

Seemingly not very happy with the girl's teasing behavior, he was actually relieved in his heart.

"When should we go to Yunhai?" Xia Ling had completely forgotten her original purpose for coming to find Gu Chi.

Gu Chi thought for a moment and said, "Tonight."

Xia Ling was slightly surprised. "So urgent?"

Gu Chi checked the flight tickets while saying, "I'm afraid time will skip."The advent notice was a prophecy of the "Eye", and the "Eye" seemed to be able to control time. With these two things combined, Gu Chi thought it would be better to take precautions.

There was also a logic to it - if the "Eye" could predict what was about to happen in the real world, did that mean the "Eye" itself was also in the real world?

...

Meanwhile, in Yunhai City.

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Upon receiving Xia Ling's message, Nightingale immediately went to the manager's office and informed Flying Egret.

Every city's offline player guild had their own "instance evaluators", who specialized in analyzing the difficulty of the advent instances and providing strategy suggestions.

The instance evaluator of the Red Tower Guild was White-Faced Owl, while the instance evaluator of the Yunyan Guild was Flying Egret.

"A to S?" Flying Egret, sitting in the boss chair, turned pale at the sight of these two letters. "You go and notify the official people first, we may need to evacuate the crowd this time."

"Okay." Nightingale immediately went to do it.

Flying Egret did not doubt the authenticity of the message, after all, Pure Land couldn't Photoshop.

There were all kinds of functional items in the game, and it was not unusual to be able to know in advance the information of the instance invasion.

What was unusual was A→S.

It represented that the advent instance was supposed to be A-level, but for some reason, it changed from A to S during the game.

Such instances were often more difficult to solve than the general S-level, and were known as S+.

Otherwise, why would Flying Egret look so upset?

You never know what stupid things those dumb players will do in the instance.

Just like when he was a newbie, he accidentally broke the key to the secret room, and the instance difficulty instantly changed from B to Ω.

And then there was no more.

But this did not affect Flying Egret's desire to curse.

Even a dumbass can be scolded for being a dumbass.

In any case, the difficulty of this offline instance may far exceed the past.

The good news was that they knew about this situation two days in advance and had enough time to gather people.

Two days later, the guild leader and others should have finished their instances and returned. As long as they cleared the field in advance, there wouldn't be too much problem.

Flying Egret was quite confident in his own guild.

Until he woke up from the heat the next day and saw the date.

Year 4399, November 7th... Friday!

It jumped from Tuesday to Friday again!

Theoretically, the timelines of the real world and the game world were independent of each other. The instance that was supposed to fail in three days should still fail in three days. But the system announcement appeared right in front of him.

【Game "Demon Flame Curse Book Gallery" failed, about to descend into reality】

【Difficulty: A→S】

【Descent location: Yunhai City】

【Descent signs: High temperature, flammable】

【Descent countdown: 11:58:22】

"Damn it!" Flying Egret cursed, kicked off the blanket and rolled out of bed. He rushed out of the door in just a vest, while calling Nightingale: "Notify everyone, immediately return to the club for a meeting!"

The efficiency of the Yunyan Guild was very high. In just half an hour, they had gathered a lot of information about the instance, and most of the members in the city had arrived at the meeting room.

But the number of people was not enough.

Out of more than a hundred people, excluding the newbies and those who were not good at fighting, there were only about eighty who could fight.

The key was the lack of a powerful veteran player.

Although there was still some time, the guild leader and others might be able to return by night, but they had to be prepared for the possibility that the guild leader might not return.

At the chairman's seat, Flying Egret scanned the crowd, his gaze finally landing on a man.

Among the players present, he was the most powerful.

He didn't have many game sessions, but he had good talent and was worth cultivating.

Most importantly, Flying Egret remembered that he had a big treasure, the kind that could absorb power and kill people in seconds. From the information they had gathered so far, this treasure was very suitable for the "Demon Flame Curse Book Gallery" type of instance with small monsters and a BOSS.

So Flying Egret called out: "Li Tianque."

Li Tianque: "Hmm?"

Flying Egret: "If the guild leader and others don't come back, you'll be the team leader tonight."

Upon hearing this, Li Tianque immediately nodded solemnly. Before he could say "okay", Flying Egret added: "At that time, take out your treasure and try to kill the BOSS in one go, and end the battle as soon as possible."

Li Tianque: "......"

The solemnity on his face suddenly turned into sadness.

A certain man's name popped up in his mind. He didn't have a treasure anymore...

...