A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

After Zhou An regained consciousness, he found himself in a strange old house.

"Huh? Uncle, you're back?" Li Shengsheng exclaimed in surprise.

"Sheng Sheng, where is this?" Zhou An stepped out of Li Sheng Sheng's body.

He looked around and found that it was pitch black all around, with only a little light coming from the window.

The surroundings were filled with a chilling atmosphere.

"Uncle, this is a place governed by rules. This is an abandoned old house that suddenly appeared in the city center."

"I've been wandering around here for half an hour, but I haven't seen anything strange."

"And quite a few people came in at the time, but after they came in, I was the only one left," Li Shengsheng said.

“You have some tricks up your sleeve, but not many. Why don’t you use the Anywhere Door to go directly out?” Zhou An asked.

“That’s a portal, it’s not worth using it like that.” Li Shengsheng shook her head.

Clearly, they felt it wasn't worth it and were thinking about whether they could get out or find the key point.

"You silly girl, there are as many Anywhere Doors as you want, why are you talking about whether it's worth it or not?"

Zhou An said irritably.

Upon hearing this, Li Shengsheng stuck out her tongue, not daring to refute.

"You stay here, I'll go check it out." As soon as Zhou An finished speaking, his figure vanished.

With the Rabbit Talisman activated, Zhou An ran through the entire mansion in just one minute.

"This mansion is really big. I've explored the whole place. I've found something amiss. Let's go."

As soon as Zhou An finished speaking, without waiting for Li Shengsheng's reply, he grabbed her and left.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou An and Li Shengsheng appeared in the backyard.

The courtyard is open-air, with a full moon in the sky and moonlight falling down.

None of that matters. What matters is that there is a well in the center of the courtyard.

"What's wrong with this well?" Li Shengsheng asked, looking puzzled as she approached the well.

“I heard some noises inside. Let’s go down and take a look.” Zhou An directly possessed Li Shengsheng.

“Okay.” Li Shengsheng nodded and jumped down.

Li Shengsheng can only equip three talismans. Currently, she is equipped with the Dragon Talisman, the Dog Talisman, and the Horse Talisman.

It doesn't have the extreme speed of the Rabbit Talisman, but there's no need to worry about safety.

Li Shengsheng fell into the well, but the next second, she actually fell out of the well again.

No, that's not right. It should be said that it was ejected from inside the wellhead.

It began to fall downwards after flying only a few meters out of the well opening.

Li Shengsheng reacted quickly and landed steadily in the courtyard.

"Strange, how did we get back?" Li Shengsheng's expression immediately turned serious.

“It’s not that we’ve returned, it’s that we’ve entered another dimension.” Zhou An stepped out of Li Shengsheng’s body.

“Look at the footprints on the ground. They’re smaller than mine but bigger than yours. They’re the footprints of a third person,” Zhou An said, pointing to a row of footprints in the courtyard.

"That's true. So if we go out of the well, will we be able to return to the previous place, or go to another dimension?" Li Shengsheng asked.

"Why not give it a try?" Zhou An thought, having no qualms about it anyway.

Li Shengsheng nodded and jumped down.

However, Li Shengsheng soon fell to the bottom of the well.

“Uncle, I’ve reached the bottom. It seems to be only ten meters deep. There’s nothing down there.” Li Shengsheng’s voice came from below.

Before Zhou An could reply, Li Shengsheng jumped up from the bottom of the well.

"It seems that some key point needs to be triggered," Zhou An pondered, stroking his chin.

"Have you tried to destroy the mansion by attacking it?" Zhou An asked Li Shengsheng.

“I tried it, but it didn’t work. All the buildings remained undamaged.” Li Shengsheng shook her head.

"Let's try again. Before, it was a fifth-tier attack, but now it can reach the seventh tier," Zhou An said.

Upon hearing this, Li Shengsheng nodded. Clearly, after Zhou An's return, the power of her talismans had also been strengthened.

The next instant, Li Shengsheng raised her hand, and a ball of blazing fireball instantly appeared.

In the blink of an eye, the fireball slammed into the sliding wooden door in front of them.

"Boom!" A deafening roar resounded.

Intense flames and shockwaves spread in all directions.

Once the flames died down, there was no damage whatsoever to the wooden door.

"Ahhh!" A scream came from inside the house.

Zhou An's pupils contracted slightly.

The figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

When they reappeared, they were carrying a dying person in their hands.

Zhou An recognized him; it was He Yuqiang, Zhou An's college roommate.

It was clear that He Yuqiang was inside the house at the time, and was directly affected by Li Shengsheng's dragon talisman.

Fortunately, Zhou An had the Horse Talisman, otherwise the powerful young He Yu might have been killed here.

Zhou An immediately activated the horse talisman to heal all its injuries.

"Brother An? Captain Sheng Sheng? Brother An, you're back? What just happened? I was almost killed by the explosion." He Yuqiang jolted back to his senses and frantically groped his body.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that all his injuries had healed.

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to see if I could damage this house, I didn't expect you to be inside," Li Shengsheng apologized.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine."

"By the way, how did you end up here? When I came in, there was only one person left. I wandered around the room for a long time but couldn't find anyone else, and I didn't encounter any danger."

He Yuqiang spoke up.

“We came here from the well in the yard, but it seems we can’t get out.” Li Shengsheng pointed to the well.

"A well?" He Yuqiang also looked over.

He had previously seen the well in the yard through the doors and windows.

However, he was timid and dared not go out, fearing that there were strange things in the well.

"I have a guess. You guys wait here for a moment." As soon as Zhou An finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot.

Zhou An reappeared about a minute later.

“Let’s go down the well and see.” Zhou An took the lead and jumped down into the well.

Seeing this, Li Shengsheng and He Yuqiang immediately jumped down as well.

This time, instead of reaching the bottom of the well, it sprayed out directly from the wellhead, just like the first time.

"It seems my guess was correct; we should have arrived at the third level of space," Zhou An said slowly, looking around.

"What exactly is going on?" He Yuqiang was still completely bewildered.

Li Shengsheng had a guess, and she said, "Does it mean that after searching the entire interior of the mansion, the well passage will be opened?"

“That’s right. You’re worried about the danger, so the search is slow, and there are some places you don’t dare to go.”

"So they would be trapped in the mansion, but I'm different. My ability allows me to search the entire mansion in a minute."

"You all wait here, I'll see who's in this house." As soon as Zhou An finished speaking, his figure disappeared again.

When I returned, it was also one minute.

Moreover, Zhou An did not return alone; he brought a woman with him.

Zhou An vaguely remembered this woman; she was one of the people he had beckoned in.

Her name seems to be Huang Meijuan.

"Sheng Sheng, how many people were there when you came in?" Zhou An asked Li Sheng Sheng.

“There are eighteen of us who came in,” Li Shengsheng quickly replied.

"Eighteen people? It seems we'll have to traverse eighteen spatial realms."

"Then let's not delay any longer, let's finish this quickly." Zhou An jumped directly into the well.

Li Shengsheng and He Yuqiang naturally jumped without any hesitation.

Huang Meijuan hesitated, but seeing that the three of them had entered, she dared not linger there any longer.

A few seconds later, Zhou An and his group of four appeared in the fourth level of space.

Zhou An followed the same method and quickly made his way through the mansion in one minute, bringing back another member of the Bureau of Mysteries.

About ten or twenty minutes later, Zhou An brought the eighteenth person from the eighteenth level back to the courtyard.

Looking at the crowded courtyard, Zhou An said, "I didn't expect that none of the eighteen people would be in any trouble."

"Yes, I searched the courtyard for a long time but didn't encounter any danger."

"I'm afraid of the dark, so I huddled in a corner and didn't dare to move. If the captain hadn't brought me out, I'm afraid I would have starved to death inside."

The group immediately started talking all at once.

They all shared the same fate: a dark, large courtyard.

It was completely empty and there was no danger whatsoever.

Some people have jumped over the well, but they can only reach the bottom and cannot travel to other dimensions.

They didn't have Zhou An's guts or speed to search the entire mansion.

"Let's go and see what the next level is like. I'll lead the way, Sheng Sheng will bring up the rear, and you guys follow. Hurry up."