A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

"I...I don't know how this happened." Liu He's face was full of anxiety.

“Now we’ve confirmed that Liu He is the one with the problem, but it would be best to find out exactly where the problem lies.” Zhou An looked Liu He up and down.

“We are all human beings and we all have abilities, so why can the monsters only track down Liu He?”

"Is there something we haven't discovered?" Luo Xue asked, puzzled.

“Because among the four of us, there is definitely one who is unusual.” Zhou An stroked his chin and pondered.

"I've figured it out. All three of our monster families are dead."

“Only Liu He’s monster parents are still alive. Do you think it’s possible that Liu He’s parents have a special ability to track the people they raised?” Luo Qing analyzed.

Zhou An was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "That's possible."

"Liu He, do you have photos of your parents?"

"Yes...yes!" Liu He quickly searched for his phone.

"Um, the photos are all on my phone..." Liu He scratched his head.

The phone was thrown away long ago, precisely to prevent them from locating the phone.

“Hey, Brother An, you’re so fast, why don’t you just come to my house? I have a family photo, the location is…” Liu He quickly told him the location of his house.

"Okay, I got it. You stay here." Zhou An nodded, then immediately soared into the sky and disappeared.

About ten minutes later, Zhou An returned.

"Is this it?" Zhou An tossed the family photo to Liu He.

“Yes, it’s them.” Liu He nodded repeatedly.

"Luo Qing, it seems you guessed right."

“I found your parents among those monsters I was tracking,” Zhou An said slowly.

"Just as I thought, we should kill them so these monsters can no longer track us accurately." Luo Qing said, looking very confident.

“I’ve already killed them. Now go to your aunt’s house to rest and see if they continue to track us down.”

Zhou An immediately led everyone back to Luo Qing's aunt's house.

This rest lasted until the early hours of the morning.

As it turned out, this was indeed the case; by killing Liu He's parents, the monsters could no longer pinpoint their location.

“Let’s go. Let’s go check out the government departments tonight and see if we can find any useful information.” Zhou An slowly got up from the sofa.

The four of them immediately took advantage of the night and disappeared into the sky.

When they reappeared, the four of them were already in the government archives.

With Zhou An's abilities and speed, finding the archives would be a piece of cake.

The room was pitch black; you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

The four of them quietly began searching through the documents.

Zhou An transformed their eyes into the pupils of an owl, enabling them to see in the dark.

This allowed them to see clearly even in the dark.

They searched through a lot of materials and files, but all of them were relatively normal cases.

There is absolutely no flaw in it.

"Brother An, I feel like some of this information is fake."

"Most of them are missing persons cases, homicides, dismemberment cases, and crimes of passion."

"How come there are so many murders in our city?" At this moment, Luo Qing realized that something was wrong.

“These should all be normal case files. There might be a secret room, or they might be stored on a computer,” Zhou An said in a deep voice.

"You can continue searching, or you can check on the computer."

"Let me see if there are any closed areas, secret rooms or something." As soon as Zhou An finished speaking, he turned into a mouse.

Mice are quite adept at finding vulnerabilities.

Soon, following the scent, they found a small hole about the width of a finger.

Even a mouse couldn't squeeze in, but Zhou An remained calm. With a gentle bump, he broke open the hole.

A short while later, Zhou An appeared in a basement.

He transformed back into human form and looked around.

We discovered that there were also many files placed here.

He picked up a document and glanced at it; his pupils contracted sharply.

These documents actually contained records of where the victims of those murders went and who ate them.

Wow, this record is quite detailed.

But it was still no use. He wanted to find out exactly what this place was, and why the monsters and humans had this kind of relationship.

Zhou An quickly found a document.

After reading it, Zhou An frowned.

"Livestock Farm No. 110? Humans are livestock?"

"Are there countless farms in cities like this?" Zhou An suddenly felt a profound sense of despair among humanity.

They are raised and nurtured from childhood until they reach a certain age, when they are considered mature, and then they are eaten by monsters or transported away.

"Wait... if it's transported out, does that mean this city is just a breeding farm, a fake world?"

Zhou An picked up the document and left the basement.

He handed the document to the three people to review.

"A livestock farm...we...we're all livestock?"

"No, that's impossible. Did monsters invade our planet and then capture humans to be used as livestock?"

"It's over. We humans are just livestock."

The three men's faces visibly fell into a state of dejection.

"What's the panic? At worst, I'll just slaughter my way through the monster world and rebuild a human city with the rest of humanity," Zhou An shouted at the crowd.

"Yes, yes, yes, my brother An is invincible."

“Sniper bullets can’t penetrate my brother An, and I have the ability to restart, so he definitely won’t die.” Liu He nodded repeatedly, as if he had grasped a lifeline.

"That's right, Brother An is incredibly strong. Hundreds or even thousands of monsters, along with firearms, couldn't kill him."

"Brother An also has super speed, he runs incredibly fast. Even if he dies by accident, Liu He can restart and avoid death." Luo Qing suddenly felt confident.

"The most urgent thing is to try to leave the city and see if this world is really an illusion," Luo Xue said at this moment.

“Okay, let’s go then.” Zhou An nodded, and then led the three of them toward the city’s edge.

……

Deep in the mountains.

Zhou An frowned as he looked at the wall that stretched for who knows how many miles ahead.

“It seems our guess was right; this world might be an illusion,” Luo Qing said slowly.

"Let's go, I'll fly you over there, you'll see once you get out."

Without further ado, Zhou An led the group to fly over from above.

"No...no, we'll die, we'll all die!" At this moment, Liu He suddenly shouted, veins bulging on his forehead, looking extremely frightening.

"You restarted it again?" Luo Qing looked at Liu He with some surprise.

"Huh? Will I die if I fly over there? How will I die?" Zhou An asked Liu He.

"I don't know. When we were flying over, the power lines on the wall suddenly turned red, and then I lost consciousness."

"When you wake up again, it will be restarted." Liu He said, shaking his head.

"You guys are really too fragile. I'll go check it out myself." Zhou An shook his head, then transformed into a hawk and took flight.

When people approached within ten meters of the wall, the devices on the wall suddenly emitted a red light.

A strange power spread out.

However, Zhou An was completely unaffected.

As soon as Zhou An reached the area above the wall, a terrifying arc of electricity erupted instantly.

Zhou An was still unharmed and successfully passed through the wall.

When Zhou An arrived outside the wall, he hovered in mid-air.

The once bright sky suddenly became extremely dark.

The sun also hangs high in the sky, but it emits a blood-red glow.

The surrounding vegetation was completely withered, appearing black and blood-red.

This is like the end of the world; it's nothing compared to what's inside the walls.

"Sure enough, the world inside the city is an illusion; the outside world is the real world."

Zhou An glanced around, then turned and went back inside the walled compound.

"He's back! Brother An's back!" Liu He quickly asked, "Brother An, what's the situation outside?"

Zhou An immediately recounted what he had seen outside.

"This...this is impossible. Could it be that we are already humans who survived the apocalypse?"

"So, this livestock farm was built at a great cost?"

All three of them were trying to calm themselves down.

Chapter 188 Despair and Desolation, Humanity?