I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 83, Section 1.6, Chapter 4: Drawing the Ghost Card

Sixteen block soldiers appeared, but were quickly eliminated.

Mu Yegui drew the 8 of diamonds, but the card-playing event was not triggered, and the number in his palm changed from 4 to 5.

"My luck is terrible." Ling Tong caught the empty magazine that Shu Ming threw to him. The 26 club soldiers that appeared meant that he had drawn the King of Clubs, but unfortunately there was still no play. The number in his palm changed from 8 to 9.

Mu Yegui stroked the [Constant Ring] on his left index finger and suddenly said, "Feilu, I want to request a re-evaluation of the rules. Since it's an elimination tournament and running around is tiring, I'd like to sit down and draw cards. Besides, multiple rounds of elimination tournaments don't seem to conform to the rules."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shu Ming turned his gaze to Mu Yegui. He squinted and smiled slightly, his expression carrying a hint of scrutiny and wariness. He had never revealed any information about the elimination rounds to Mu Yegui, although he had only discovered it a few days ago.

"Advanced dungeon: Lias's Voyage, tells the story of a young man named Lias who travels to six countries on the Francis cruise ship but is stranded on a deserted island by bandits, and eventually survives after many hardships." Mu Yegui took out a handful of dazzling gems from his pocket and said slowly.

"The advanced dungeon's prerequisite trigger mechanism requires possessing the item to activate the prerequisite, but a boss capable of hosting or opening the dungeon must be present. This boss cannot be in any dungeon, but unfortunately, the wealthy merchant was pulled into a dungeon by you and cannot host it, so he thought of spreading rumors about the exhibition to attract some bosses who can host it to replace him." This was actually what the wealthy merchant said in desperation after Fish realized he had been tricked, but unfortunately, he was still killed by the displeased Fish.

"As the first discoverer after Detective Flaro was attacked, I wasn't pulled into the instance. There are only two possibilities: one, this isn't an instance; two, the instance has already started. But unfortunately, the first one is impossible, because in this game kingdom, every event is an instance, so the answer can only be the second one." At that time, Mu Yegui was really puzzled, so he kept a little watchful eye on things.

“There are three ways to leave the instance: First, deceive the instance with a perfect lie; second, use the correct strategy; third, break through by brute force, kill the most important BOSS in the instance, and the instance will naturally end.” Mu Yegui paused and said, “Since I met you, you have been testing and even tempting me to kill the wealthy merchant. You were injured because you wanted to kill the wealthy merchant yourself, but someone beat you to it, so you had to turn around and run away.”

"The puzzle box, the red wine rose cake, etc., are all prerequisite items, because the red wine rose cake symbolizes blood, and the jewels in the cake are actually treasures stained with blood. The robbers will be enslaved by greed because of the exhibition, and then kill everyone on the ship. Isn't the answer to this puzzle box 'greed'? So-called greedy nature."

"High-level dungeons are fixed because each high-level dungeon has a master, also known as the big boss. And before entering a high-level dungeon, you must accept a prerequisite quest or complete an elimination round dungeon, because some players who do not meet the rules must be eliminated."

Placing gold nuggets in the bathroom symbolizes flooding the Jinshan Temple.

The ship, laden with treasure, was capsized by the waves and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea.

In fact, Mu Yegui's guess was correct. In that instance, Shu Ming wanted to lure out the person behind the mechanism box. At that time, Shu Ming probably didn't know about the elimination round. She just felt there was a conspiracy, but Mu Yegui didn't know exactly how she found out. Anyway, she only found out from Fei Xiu that she had unknowingly entered the elimination round. So, she combined the clues she had obtained and deduced the above.

Fish also told her about that advanced dungeon, but the plot summary is more detailed than what she said above, so it's not really a spoiler.

The wealthy businessman was a subordinate of the owner of this high-level instance and also the boss in charge of the elimination rounds. Unfortunately, he was defeated by Fisch, so Fisch was temporarily put in place as the temporary boss. However, the rule here is that Fisch cannot kill anyone, which is why he has not appeared as usual.

Even so, he still likes to deceive people with the questions, only this time he's deceiving the rules instead of the players.

[Rules being reset...]

Reset successful!

Welcome to the special instance 'Draw the Joker'! I'm your good friend, Phyllis.

[Participants: Mu Yegui, Ling Tong, Shu Ming, Fei Xiu.]

[Restriction: The game cannot end until the Joker is drawn.]

【The mission rules are now announced:】

[I. The cards are drawn in a clockwise direction, in the following order: Mu Yegui, Ling Tong, Shu Ming, Fei Xiu, and so on.] [II. The player with the last remaining Joker card is eliminated.]

【III. Hidden Card Face】

[IV. When the corresponding card is drawn, the pair is automatically played.]

Mu Yegui sat down first, and in front of her were 5 cards with only the backs of the cards. Ling Tong had 9 cards in front of her, Shu Ming had 4 cards in front of him, and 7 cards were left empty, as Fei Xiu was not present.

Now it was Shu Ming's turn to draw a card. The empty cards were automatically shuffled, and Shu Ming randomly drew a card that was the Ace of Spades.

The so-called "effect" is that a spade soldier and a club soldier fight each other in a tiny form, and finally perish together.

Mu Yegui: "..." Suddenly, he felt that Fish's rules were more interesting.

The cards in front of her were automatically shuffled, and then one card was removed from the remaining five. Eight diamond soldiers and eight spade soldiers appeared before everyone, all perishing together.

"This rule is so boring," Mu Yegui muttered to himself, drawing a card from the nine cards in front of Ling Tong—the Ace of Hearts.

The Ace of Hearts and the Ace of Diamonds cancel each other out.

"It's true that I have a grudge against wealthy businessmen, but it doesn't conflict with my plans," Shu Ming suddenly said as Ling Tong drew a card from in front of him.

The 3 of Clubs still cancels out the 3 of Spades.

"I wonder who will be eliminated from the knockout stage first?" Mu Yegui glanced at Shu Ming, who drew a card—the 6 of Clubs, triggering a card-playing event where 6 Diamond Soldiers and 6 Club Soldiers cancel each other out.

"Isn't it me?" Shu Ming said slowly, looking at the last card in his hand.

Mu Yegui had one card drawn from him; the King of Spades and the Darkened King disappeared.

Mu Yegui drew a four of hearts from Ling Tong without triggering the card-playing rule, leaving him with three cards.

Ling Tong took the last card, the Dark Queen, from Shu Ming, which canceled out the Queen of Hearts.

Shu Ming, having lost all his cards, disappeared, and at that moment, the figure of a man slowly appeared in the previously empty spot.

Mu Yegui has 3 cards, Ling Tong has 5 cards, and Fei Xiu has 3 cards.

"Guess where the Joker is?" Fish chuckled softly, his azure eyes fixed on Mu Yegui, who remained expressionless.

Ling Tong: "..."

Who do you think has the Joker?

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(End of this chapter)