Relax, I'm not some troublemaker from a role-playing game.

After clearing out a large number of players, Bai Xi naturally left the scene and headed to the next instance with Jiang Lingyi and the others.

Currently, there are a total of 400 players remaining in the Black Forest.

As Bai Xi walked along the road, she also leveled up her character.

With the increasing number of spells available, especially the addition of the useful Summon Lightning spell, Bai Xi simply allocated all of his growth dice to MP. After all, as long as he had enough willpower to use the Icarus, his tankiness would likely be unmatched even by investigators specializing in building tankiness.

This time, 5 points of health and 4 points of magic were added, bringing Bai Xi's stats to 47 HP and 35 MP.

In addition, there are new skill effects...

[Level 8 Reward: Descendant. You possess unimaginable time affinity; most time-related effects cannot affect you, and your anchoring effect level surpasses most time-influenced abilities.]

Looking at this new skill, Bai Xi scratched his head, feeling a little confused.

However, he soon chose to stop thinking about it.

My main focus right now is the full upgrade of the "Last Chief" path, and the rewards for those upgrades... are just a drop in the ocean.

More than these things, Bai Xi was concerned about what kind of rewards she would receive at level 10.

A certain intuition told Bai Xi that once he reached level 10, he might unlock some incredibly powerful abilities.

Or perhaps... it's the ability to reveal the worldview behind this activity.

Bai Xi had always been quite curious about all of this.

Before they knew it, night had fallen on the first day of the event. Bai Xi and the others had also arrived at the second instance of the Black Forest.

Bai Xi looked up at the copy in front of him and was momentarily surprised.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Then, he asked sincerely, "What's this 'Undead Tea Party'? There's no notice or anything at the entrance, what's the point of this instance?"

Who knows?

Jiang Lingyi shrugged, then stepped forward, pushed open the door, and prepared to enter: "But why worry so much? Why not just go in and take a look?"

"That makes sense."

Bai Xi nodded in agreement, then followed Jiang Lingyi into the room, where he once again stared at the black-robed figure before him.

"What the hell, it's you again? You damn KP, are you obsessed with role-playing?"

Then, Bai Xi couldn't help but speak first, but Jiang Lingyi stopped him, signaling him not to act for the time being.

"...It doesn't seem to be her."

After a moment, Jiang Lingyi spoke softly, causing Bai Xi to be startled once again.

It wasn't that dog KP?

So he opened his eyes wide and looked carefully at the person in front of him, only to find that there did seem to be some differences.

For example, the guy in front of me looks much more serious... He didn't make a move in the face of Bai Xi's words.

Moreover, its shape also looks somewhat illusory.

"Wait, there are more people..."

Suddenly, the wooden figure spoke in a somewhat eerie tone, and Bai Xi turned around sharply to look at it, where she saw a kneeling figure next to the wooden figure.

It remained like a phantom, yet made no move, only its dry lips moving as it uttered difficult words:

"Ah... I beg for your mercy... O gods... I beg for your mercy on behalf of the forsaken people..."

Then, suddenly, Bai Xi felt a buzzing sound in her brain.

In an instant, the kneeling figures on the ground split in two, and the voice also split in two once more.

Then, it was divided into four, then into eight, until the entire small house was filled...

Until Bai Xi felt a sound that was almost like surround sound in his ears:

"Ah, ah... I beg for your mercy... O gods... I beg for your mercy as a forsaken people... Please grant us, those abandoned by the Mythical Disposal Bureau, your salvation..."

"We are willing to give our whole heart and soul for this, for everything we have..."

It's so noisy.

Bai Xi covered his ears, grimacing, and thought to himself before turning back to Jiang Lingyi and shouting, "Can you handle these monsters?"

"That won't work. It can't reach either magical or physical damage."

Jiang Lingyi shook her head and said softly, "They don't seem to exist here."

"And it needs to become ethereal? How sinister?"

Bai Xi couldn't help but sigh, gazing at those phantoms, and suddenly spoke up:

"Hey, speaking of which, don't you think they look a bit like those people in the Ktugia district of Sunset City...?"

Jiang Lingyi was taken aback at first, then looked down at the group of walking corpses and nodded:

"Now that you mention it, it does seem similar, and there must be some connection between them."

"However, the specifics are unclear and further investigation is needed..."

As Jiang Lingyi spoke, she frowned once again, pondering the same question as Bai Xi.

These are minor issues. The real problem is, what exactly are the conditions for clearing this dungeon?

Bai Xi drew his multicolored blade, imbued it with a magic enchantment, and was about to try it again when he heard the words of the black-robed figure before him:

"...Don't try again."

The figure in black robes spoke in a compassionate female voice. For some reason, Bai Xi felt as if she had heard that voice somewhere before.

"Who are you?"

He glanced sideways at the figure in black robes and asked this question. The figure in black robes was silent for a moment, then said:

"My name... is no longer important... you may call me Prometheus."

Her voice was incredibly solemn, as precise and methodical as an AI. Bai Xi paused for a moment, then suddenly asked:

"People from the Mythology Handling Bureau?"

"...That is indeed the case."

Prometheus bowed his head and said, "This is the last Prometheus."

"That's quite a coincidence."

Bai Xi said casually, "I happen to be the successor to the last chief, you see, we're of the same generation, how about you go easy on me and let this go?"

Then, Bai Xi seemed to hear a soft laugh from [Prometheus]. She then slightly raised her head, looked at the phantoms that were still calling out, and sighed deeply.

"How pitiful... No matter how long you stay here, you'll still look the same."

As she spoke, she bent down and knelt down with the people: "We need to take responsibility for the suffering you have brought upon us..."

What is all this about?

For a moment, Bai Xi was completely baffled. But the next moment, [Prometheus] raised his head:

"This is a tea party, and leaving a tea party is exceptionally easy."

She said softly, "For you, it's just a question, like the usual chatter at any tea party..."

As she spoke, she didn't look Bai Xi in the eye, but calmly posed a question:

What do you think of these people?