All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

After talking with the two senior natives, Wang Zhifan activated the time stop at the right time to explore the information in their minds to determine how much they had concealed from him.

It turned out that what these two people said was basically true. In their opinion, no one knew the reason why darkness was coming.

But there is a consensus that there may be a key item or monster somewhere in this world. Once this item is destroyed or a monster is killed, the dark world will definitely end. This is a unilateral hope of the locals.

Wang Zhifan felt that things were getting tricky. He had expected the NPC to give him important clues, but what he got was just a rough inference that he could imagine himself, which really disappointed him.

However, there is one thing that NPCs can do for a living, and that is that they have lived in the dark world for so many years and have accumulated the experience of generations before them. They are more familiar with the locations of the most dangerous monsters or special places in this world, and can thus narrow the scope of exploration.

At this time, Wang Zhifan released the time stop. The two NPCs in front of him had no idea that he had already explored their thoughts clearly. Instead, they invited him to help explore the secrets of the darkness and go to a special place together. They also said that they were hunting the fire man in preparation for going there.

I only heard the fat warrior Lao Liu say:

"Brother Wang, since we all share the same ideals, let's do great things together!
You should have heard of the Black Mountain Monster, right? That thing is huge and ferocious, and it spews out black air all year round. My predecessors suspected that the coming of darkness was related to it!

Even if it wasn't caused by it, we can get some treasures by killing it. I wonder if Brother Wang is willing to challenge it with us?

By then, if everyone comes, including Brother Wang, you will have twelve people. With so many people, you will definitely be able to take down the Black Mountain Monster!
Especially Master Guo's Ice Blue Fire, which is most suitable for dealing with large monsters. At that time, we only need to hold the giant monster back and wait for it to burn to death..."

"Black Mountain Giant Monster? I have heard of it, so count me in as one."

After listening to this, Wang Zhifan thought for a moment and agreed, acting like a local.

In fact, he knew about the Black Mountain Monster not long ago, when he was exploring information from the minds of the two natives in front of him. The Black Mountain Monster was considered a relatively recognized suspect by the locals.

On the other side, the long-haired middle-aged swordsman was also pleased to see Wang Zhifan's agreement. He looked cold, but in fact he was quite enthusiastic and was very happy to have a strong support for the upcoming plan.

Wang Zhifan then chatted with them for a few more words, and then they dispersed and agreed to meet up at the Black Mountain Monster when the time came, hoping to defeat it in one battle.

After leaving the magma sea secret realm one after another, Wang Zhifan rushed to the direction where Master Guo had left earlier. He planned to get some more information from this guy.

The reason why Master Guo deserves his special treatment is that Wang Zhifan discovered a secret after entering the secret realm, and inferred that this Master Guo is very extraordinary.

It’s not that Master Guo’s power is so strong, but his perception tells him that Master Guo is most likely not a real human being, but an alien disguised as a human!

Master Guo left in a hurry after obtaining the heart of the fire man and gave Wang Zhifan a bad look. It was not because of his personality.

The fundamental reason was that as an alien, she was very surprised by the appearance of Wang Zhifan, especially the extraordinary strength shown by Wang Zhifan, which made her feel dangerous.

That's why she fled directly after achieving her goal, deliberately leaving an unfriendly impression on Wang Zhifan in order to prevent Wang Zhifan from approaching her.

But Wang Zhifan had already discovered her problem and specifically left her for last to deal with separately, using the method of delayed attack to weaken her guard. Now was the time to reap the rewards.

"Bless the Holy Grail, lock the location of this Master Guo for me, and let me see what she is doing."

With the guidance of professional props, Wang Zhifan was not worried about not finding anyone. He entered a stealth state, passed through the dark land, and reached the tracking location in less than half an hour.

From the outside, this place looked like a run-down neighborhood occupied by many monsters that lived in the darkness. A powerful being in the eyes of others was actually hiding in such a place.

"If my previous judgment is correct, the identity of this woman may be a clue. If it's wrong, then it's wrong..."

With an uncertain mind, Wang Zhifan used space movement to sneak into the underground of a dilapidated neighborhood where various monsters roamed, and approached the location of Master Guo, whom he had not seen for a long time.

He found that Master Guo was currently meditating in a simply decorated cave underground, refining the fire man core she had just obtained. She looked relatively normal, except for her ears and tail.

Yes, the image of Master Guo, who was practicing quietly alone at this time, was different from when she was in the lava sea. She had grown a pair of furry ears from her pure human appearance, and had six furry tails behind her, making her look more like a fox.

"This... my speculation is correct. She is indeed not a human, at least not a pure human. She is probably a special bloodline of this world, or a different species that has cultivated into a human. No wonder she has special fire power... Lao Liu and the others were deceived by her and thought she was a human."

When he was doubtful, Wang Zhifan used the power of the law of time to stop everything around him, quietly invaded Master Guo's mind, and explored her relevant information. It didn't take long for him to understand the basic situation.

The truth is, Master Guo is indeed not a human. She is a fox demon who has cultivated successfully and can transform into a human form before darkness falls. She has lived until now after darkness fell and has become even stronger. She has also found a development direction that suits her and cultivated the ice-blue demon fire.

From her, Wang Zhifan learned that darkness descended upon this world about 210 years ago, not as long ago as he had learned from other humans.

As for the reason why darkness is coming, this fox demon lady is also not clear. Although she is not a real human, her goal of cooperating with humans to explore the coming of darkness is the same, and she has no special ulterior motives.

"So I'm overthinking? She can only explain that the NPC composition of this world is a bit complicated, and can't provide any clues for clearing the dungeon... We still have to go fight that Black Mountain Giant Monster. I hope there will be some surprises among the NPCs that meet up with us."

After finding out the situation, Wang Zhifan lifted the time stop and quietly evacuated without interfering with Master Guo's refining of the fire man's heart, and Master Guo did not notice anything unusual.

So far, in this copy, Wang Zhifan has not encountered any particularly powerful existence, including monsters and NPCs, none of which can threaten him, making him feel like he has power but nowhere to use it.

Even worse was that this dungeon was not a regular pure combat type, and the goal of passing the level only required him to find out the secret of the coming of darkness, and did not require him to kill any BOSS, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.

It can be said that Wang Zhifan vaguely felt that he might have chosen an unsuitable copy. The so-called high difficulty might be more difficult in the puzzle-solving level, which made him, a combat player, a little confused. He clearly did not encounter any obstacles, but he felt that there were obstacles everywhere. Later, Wang Zhifan was not idle. According to the information he obtained from the minds of the three senior NPCs, he planned to solve some suspicious targets alone to see if he could find some clues to pass the level.

He simply ignored the Black Mountain Giant Monster, one of his targets, and instead looked for others that were farther away so as not to interfere with the NPCs' action plans.

At this moment, he crossed the space and came to a secret place in the wilderness.

This secret place is quite special. It is open and looks like a well, a bottomless well, which is called the Magic Well by the natives.

Some indigenous people once discovered that a large number of monsters were drilling out of the well, so some people suspected the origin of the well and inferred that its nature was not simple.

However, no NPC that entered the well to explore has ever come out, causing those who are well-informed to regard this place as a highly dangerous forbidden area, and almost no one will take the initiative to approach the well.

Wang Zhifan naturally didn't believe it. He had never met any powerful characters in this world, so he came here first to see the situation and sent a clone to take a look in the well.

At this moment, standing next to the so-called magic well, Wang Zhifan concentrated his perception and conducted a preliminary exploration of the interior of the magic well.

He discovered that the well really had no bottom. Although it was only a thousand meters deep physically, there was a space vortex at the bottom that led to nowhere.

"All those NPCs who came to investigate never came back. I guess it was caused by this space vortex. It is impossible for the NPCs to resist the attraction of the space vortex. Once they enter, they will be shattered to pieces. There is absolutely no hope of survival... But my power is most suitable for entering such a place, so can I break in directly?"

After thinking about it, Wang Zhifan decided to play it safe and activate the power of the Ring of Destiny to explore what he might encounter after entering the space vortex.

Then, lines of fate spread out densely before his eyes, showing quite different results.

There are stories in which he entered a vortex and came to a void space but gained nothing, entered different spaces and encountered various monsters, found a treasure house and made a fortune, entered a tomb and awakened the tomb owner, and arrived at a mysterious inn as a guest.

The contents of these fate lines indicate a conclusion, that is, the space vortex at the bottom of the magic well is a random portal, and the results of entering it can be good or bad, all depending on luck.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you can enter safely, otherwise you will be torn to pieces by the space vortex and die. This is the origin of the Magic Well's notoriety.

Wang Zhifan was a little surprised by this discovery. It was hard for him to understand why such a thing existed in this world. It was like a malicious joke played by some existence. It was clearly meant to give people hope, but ended up killing them out of the blue.

"I feel like the clue might be here. Different fate lines have different results, but one of them leads to an inn... Hehe, can I meet someone in this inn who knows the secrets of this world? I can't help but think in this direction."

Wang Zhifan, who had this idea, decisively used the power of the Ring of Destiny to lock his own destiny, ensuring that he would arrive at the very mysterious inn after entering the magic well.

After a little preparation, he jumped into the well and began his journey. Needless to say, he soon passed through the space vortex and came to a mysterious place.

I saw a piece of land of a hundred acres floating in the void. There were forests, water and dim sky on the land. An unnamed inn was located beside a small river beside the woods. The door of the inn was open and noisy voices could be heard from inside.

When Wang Zhifan appeared outside the inn, a waiter wearing a gray cloth cap and gray cloth clothes, with a white cloth towel on his shoulders, ran out enthusiastically and smiled at him:
"Sir, please come in! The guests in the store have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Wang Zhifan smiled back and followed him to the door of the inn while saying:
"Your store is really exquisite. You opened it in such a strange place. Aren't you afraid that others won't find it?"

The waiter nodded nonchalantly and replied:

"Sir, you are right. Our inn is indeed hard to find, but once you find it, you will be reluctant to leave. Our wine and food are incomparable to anywhere else..."

Listening to his boasting, Wang Zhifan walked into the door of the inn and saw that the decoration inside was classical and elegant, with a total of seven tables for guests.

There were as many as four or as few as one guest at each table, all of them were chatting and laughing while eating and drinking. They paid little attention to his coming in, at most glancing at him out of the corner of their eyes, which was inconsistent with their statement that they had been waiting for a long time.

The waiter led him to a table in the middle and asked him what he wanted to eat, saying that they could provide any kind of food or wine as long as it was available in the world.

But Wang Zhifan didn't come here to eat and drink. He immediately cleared his throat and said:

"You can choose what to eat and drink. I can eat them all... But I want you to find someone who knows the secret of the coming of darkness from the outside world. I wonder if you can find this person and bring him to me?"

As Wang Zhifan finished speaking, the guests around him, who had originally not paid attention to his arrival, all turned their heads and focused their eyes on him. They stopped drinking and talking, and the scene looked quite strange.

But Wang Zhifan didn't care. He looked at the waiter in front of him, saw the faint black aura emanating from him, and the panic and fear that flashed across his face, then he forced a smile and replied:
"Sir... who can know what's going on outside... our master finally left that damn place and built an inn here. You'd better not ask about this kind of thing, otherwise the master will be unhappy..."

Wang Zhifan shook his head slightly when he heard this, interrupted him and said:
"Don't worry, your master won't mind. The price I can pay will definitely satisfy him."

The waiter wanted to persuade him, but suddenly his face changed and he spoke to Wang Zhifan coldly in another voice:
"My dear customer, you are so arrogant... Can you really provide me with what I want? Ordinary treasures cannot satisfy me!"

Obviously, the person who spoke at this time had become the owner of this nameless inn, not the waiter in front of him.

"Of course, if you can tell me what I want to know."

Wang Zhifan still answered confidently. (End of this chapter)