The Mysterious Dungeon: A Survival Guide to the Twelve Talismans

"It's been almost eighteen hours since 3 p.m. yesterday, why haven't we received a single task?"

Zhou An slammed his fist on the desk.

"Quiet, this is my office." Minister An Fei, dressed in a sharp suit and holding a steaming hot Bloodsource Latte, spoke with unusual calmness.

"I only have one question: why aren't you assigning us any missions?" Zhou An stared directly at An Fei.

"Your strength is too weak, and you have few low-end pollution sources."

“You are not strong enough to eliminate higher-level sources of pollution,” An Fei replied calmly, taking a sip of his coffee.

"Insufficient strength? What kind of strength would be enough?" Zhou An asked coldly.

An Fei glanced at Zhou An and Song Yu, and slowly shook his head: "You're only at the second level. You need to be at least at the fourth level."

"Fourth rank? Then let's see what rank I am." As Zhou An finished speaking, a fiery explosion burst forth from his palm.

The sweltering heat permeated the office.

An Fei, who had been calm, suddenly turned sharp.

But he quickly returned to normal and said, "Although I don't know how you acquired such skills."

"But even if your technique reaches level five, how many times can you use it?"

"Furthermore, your strength is too weak. Once you are corrupted, the rate of deterioration will only be faster."

Zhou An didn't speak, but with a thought, two clones emerged from his body.

They immediately understood and simultaneously began to generate explosive charges in their palms.

The office felt even hotter.

Song Yu couldn't help but start sweating.

“With our methods, we can release it dozens of times without any problem. Besides, the source of pollution from the Dark Heart Pavilion has already reached the fifth level.” Zhou An said in a deep voice.

At this moment, An Fei's eyes changed.

"A clone? No, it seems to be an individual, with power originating from the same source, but divided into three parts, and the quantity has not decreased."

"Interesting, human, your ability is very interesting."

"Since you want to take on higher-level missions, fine, I'll grant you permission now."

"However, you must remember that if you fail to complete the elimination mission, you will only have one fate: to be wiped out by our Yin-Yang Affairs Bureau."

As soon as An Fei finished speaking, he took out his phone and started operating it.

About a minute later, An Fei put down his phone: "Okay, the authorization has been modified. Check your phone for the details. You can leave now."

"Ding-dong, ding-dong!!~~!!"

Zhou An's phone kept ringing.

He took it out and saw that it was a message from the dedicated app.

Your privileges have been upgraded, and you can now accept higher-level missions.

Then came a series of densely packed tasks.

These tasks are constantly being reorganized, with new tasks constantly emerging, but some tasks also disappear quickly.

The longest mission will only worsen after seven days, and the shortest will take half an hour.

“You are still intern Ghost Sealing Masters. These tasks require Ghost Sealing Masters to accept. I will temporarily upgrade your permission.”

"If you can complete three of these tasks, I will make an exception and allow you to be promoted ahead of schedule and become true Ghost Sealing Masters."

"At that time, you will become the first human demon sealers in history."

"Demon-sealing masters have real privileges and rewards for completing tasks, which interns don't have."

An Fei put down his coffee and looked at Zhou An indifferently.

"Hmm," Zhou An responded, then turned and left the office.

"Brother An, these missions... these missions are terrifying." Song Yu glanced at the missions and shuddered.

Zhou An remained silent, also reviewing the tasks.

These tasks are indeed terrifying.

These tasks are not only more diverse, but the task information is also more clearly defined.

For example, this one.

[A source of pollution has been detected at cemetery No. 444 in Guozifen, Huangcheng District. Please go there within two hours to remove the source of pollution.]

[Note: The husband of the owner of grave 444 is a sixth-level Evil Spirit. It is recommended that a sixth-level or higher Ghost Sealing Master accept this task.]

……

[A source of contamination has been detected in Villa No. 18 in the Blood Rain District's Undead Villa area. Please go and remove the source of contamination within one hour.]

[Note: This villa is inhabited by ten fifth-tier anomalies. The source of pollution is jointly owned by them. It is recommended that only Ghost Sealing Masters capable of overwhelming fifth-tier beings or sixth-tier Ghost Sealing Masters go there.]

These tasks involve guards; to eliminate these sources of pollution, you have to fight those guards.

"We don't accept missions above the sixth rank, and we can easily handle missions at the fifth rank and below." Zhou An accepted the mission from the Villa of the Dead without any hesitation.

"Brother An, is this really true? There are ten level five strange beings here." Song Yu asked cautiously.

"You're just lying there like a corpse, why are you asking so many questions? Come on." Zhou An took out a rice ball.

The two places are about 40 kilometers apart, but thankfully there's no traffic jam right now.

In just half an hour, the rice ball arrived at the Villa of the Dead.

However, looking at this heavily guarded villa area, he feared it wouldn't be so easy to get in.

"Brother An, why did you stop?" Song Yu asked, his face full of doubt.

"Didn't you see the main gate was tightly closed, and there were several security guards watching us?"

"What's there to be afraid of? We're from the Yin-Yang Affairs Bureau. We'll just show them our IDs and they'll let us in right away."

Zhou An shook his head: "It's different. This is a high-level mission now. I reckon we'll be throwing our work permits in as soon as we get inside."

"If the people at Villa No. 18 find out right away and then run away with the source of pollution, that would be too much trouble."

"Then what should we do?" Song Yu looked at Zhou An.

"You stay here, I'll sneak in by myself." Zhou An put the rice balls away.

"Okay." Song Yu nodded without saying anything.

Zhou An immediately took out a stone hat and put it on. Then, in front of these powerful security guards, he swaggered into the villa area.

Zhou An arrived at Villa No. 18 very quickly.

It has to be said that even in the villa area, there is still that eerie feeling.

Or perhaps, this gloomy decorating style is popular here.

When Zhou An entered, he saw ten strange creatures of various shapes surrounding the living room on the first floor.

They all knelt on the ground, their foreheads touching the floor.

At the very center of their ten mysteries lies a female ghost.

The female ghost was extremely beautiful, and had a curvaceous figure.

However, the woman's expression was very stiff, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a ghost doll.

The doll's skin was covered with black lines.

The source of pollution is this strange doll.

There are ten black lines at the feet of the eerie doll, connecting these ten strange things.

An inexplicable aura lingered around them.

As you can see, none of these ten anomalies have been contaminated.

Zhou An didn't know what was going on, but it didn't matter. Anyway, once the horse talisman was activated, it was done.

Zhou An immediately stepped over the strange object and went directly into the encirclement.

The ten strange creatures did not react at all, remaining kneeling on the ground, muttering something under their breath.

Zhou An reached out and pressed his hand on the strange doll.

【The Cursed Doll】: A corrupted, resurrected cursed doll. Using it will give you an ultimate sublime experience, but be careful as it may control your sanity.

Note: Once completely polluted, it will transform into a sixth-order demon.

Before Zhou An could finish checking the attributes, he felt a very comfortable and irresistible feeling being transmitted through his palm to his mind.

The mere touch was enough to give Zhou An this feeling, which was truly irresistible.

In the next instant, Zhou An activated the horse talisman.

Instantly, the source of pollution on the strange doll disappeared.

The intense tactile sensation had vanished, replaced by a feeling that was about ten times weaker.

【Strange Doll】: Adult dolls from a strange world, made of special silicone material.

Effect: A three-tiered item with three different appearance changes and three different voices. Using the Doll will give you a unique experience.

The strange doll was immediately exposed and revealed to its original form.

The evil spirit put away the container: "There are no longer any sources of pollution in the area. Cleanup complete!"

"You are given a one-hour break, but you can continue to accept missions."

"Done, that's a wrap." Zhou An immediately withdrew his hand, stepped over the strange figure, and walked out of the encirclement.

At that moment, the sensation on the ten strange beings vanished instantly, and they all stood up, staring blankly at the strange doll in the center.

"What happened? Why did the effect disappear?"

"Could it be completely polluted? Something's not right, something's really not right."

"Damn it, what's going on? How come the source of pollution is gone?"

"Ah~~~No!"

"Oh no, could it be the Yin-Yang Affairs Agency? That's impossible. We specifically rented this villa area. Even if a ghost-sealing master comes, we can retreat immediately."

"My weird doll, waaaaah, my weird doll is gone..."

The entire villa was suddenly filled with these eerie wails and roars.

……

Zhou An arrived outside the villa area and met up with Song Yu.

"Brother An, you're amazing! You've got it all figured out again!" Song Yu looked at Zhou An excitedly.

"Stop talking nonsense and keep looking for missions."

"Don't touch the level 6 tasks, look for level 5 and below tasks first." Zhou An took out his phone and started searching through the task list.

Song Yu readily agreed, and then quickly went looking for a task.

However, there are too few level 5 missions, or rather, they disappear instantly as soon as they appear.

Clearly, the other ghost sealers also knew to pick up easy tasks.

After all, once a source of pollution spreads, it's no joke.

Half an hour later, Zhou An and Song Yu looked at the task list with pained expressions.

Half an hour has passed, and they still haven't managed to grab one. Those guys are too fast.

"Brother An, what should we do? We can't possibly steal anything." Song Yu realized that they had already gotten away with the previous mission.

"Accept the quest for the Fruit Gravesite." Zhou An accepted the quest for the Fruit Gravesite without any expression.

"Huh? Brother An, that's a level six monster. Although you're very skilled, you're no match for a level six monster, are you?" Song Yu was taken aback.

"What's the panic? I have my own methods. Besides, it's too much trouble to bring you along. Take a taxi back to Wumian Yunqi!" Bi Xin said, and immediately hailed a taxi for Song Yu.

“It’s alright, I’ll stay with Brother An.” Song Yu shook her head repeatedly.

But Zhou An paid no attention to Song Yu.