A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

【Rule Item Blind Box】: After use, you can randomly obtain one rule-related item.

【Rule Skill Blind Box】: After use, you can randomly obtain a rule-based skill card.

[Inventory Upgrade Ticket]: When used, the current inventory slots are doubled, and the number of inventory slots gained with each upgrade is multiplied by 2.

【The Crazy Train Conductor】: A Tier 1 human becomes the train conductor of a Tier 8 vehicle, and has 70% of the authority of a Tier 8 vehicle. Your actions have been recognized by the rules.

Effects: Wearing this title grants comprehensive driving proficiency and increases all attributes by two points. When driving a vehicle, all attributes are doubled, dynamic vision is enhanced, brain processing speed is increased, and madness attribute is doubled.

Zhou An was overjoyed as he looked at the series of rewards.

Rules-based blind boxes are now standard.

A-level rating earns one rule blind box, while S-level rating earns one rule item and one rule skill blind box.

He was most satisfied with the inventory upgrade voucher and the title: Crazy Train Conductor.

These are all real enhancements.

The former allows Zhou An to double his inventory, and the inventory he gains with each level up also doubles, allowing him to store more items.

Needless to say, Zhou An could pilot anything from airplanes and cannons to anything else.

Zhou An immediately used the inventory upgrade voucher.

The original 29 inventory slots suddenly became 58, and two more inventory slots are gained with each level up.

Zhou An then opened the rule skill blind box and the rule item blind box directly.

[Obtain the rule item: Gourmet's Tablecloth]

[The Gourmet's Tablecloth]: This is a tablecloth that gourmets love.

Effect: A rule-based item. After unfolding the tablecloth, insert Soul Coins/RMB, and food will randomly appear.

Note: The types of food you get depend on how much money you put in. Of course, you can also choose not to put in any money and still get free food.

[Gain the rule skill: You are blind]

【You're blind】: A rule-based skill. Your mouth is blessed; whoever you call out to will go blind.

Effect: If you shout "You are blind" at the target, the target will be blinded for three seconds. The duration depends on the strength of both parties.

"Looks like I won't have to worry about food anymore," Zhou An chuckled.

……

Before we knew it, it was time to let everyone go home for the afternoon.

Li Shengsheng packed her schoolbag and went straight home.

Evening self-study? No, she's not going. She has special privileges; she doesn't have to attend evening self-study.

As soon as she got home, Li Shengsheng fed the big cat some food.

Then she looked at Zhou An expectantly: "Uncle, hurry up, bring out the food tablecloth you mentioned."

Zhou An smiled, cleared the table, and then laid the food tablecloth on it.

Li Shengsheng stepped forward, grabbed the tablecloth, checked the attributes, and her eyes lit up immediately.

Li Shengsheng didn't waste any money; she simply used the food tablecloth to summon free food.

Before long, some simple home-style stir-fries appeared in front of me.

"Wow, it really is free! This way we can save on food expenses from now on!" Li Shengsheng looked at Zhou An excitedly.

"Try it and see how it tastes." Zhou An didn't disrupt the atmosphere and sat down at the table.

This food tablecloth even automatically replenishes bowls and chopsticks.

"Delicious, delicious, even better than what you get in restaurants." Li Shengsheng nodded repeatedly after taking her first bite.

"Eat more if you like it. We'll go out tonight," Zhou An said.

"Go out? What are you going out for?" Li Shengsheng asked curiously.

“Bring an official here. I need some information about the supernatural world or dungeons. My understanding is still too limited,” Zhou An said in a deep voice.

“Okay, okay, no problem.” Li Shengsheng agreed immediately.

The two finished eating a whole table of food, and without them even having to clean up, the bowls and chopsticks simply disappeared.

"Let's go, let's stake out that official we killed yesterday." Zhou An directly possessed Li Shengsheng's body.

"Weren't they already killed? Can we still stake out them?" Li Shengsheng asked doubtfully.

He only saw Zhou An's malevolent spirit kill Mu Zhong, but he didn't see the evil spirit that was killed in his place.

"Have you forgotten? Spirit Pacters can be sacrificed in place of others. Once this guy comes back, he'll definitely only be able to stay on Commercial Crossroads."

“All we know is that he’s an official; other officials are hard to find,” Zhou An said.

Li Shengsheng nodded: "That's right, let's go then."

Li Shengsheng immediately went out, arrived at the nearest subway station, and headed towards Wuyi Square.

……

Meanwhile, in a basement somewhere.

An Yufei flipped through the information on Mu Zhong and the evil spirit, feeling a headache coming on.

Yesterday, Twilight Bell was killed, and the evil spirit was killed in its place and entered the instance.

The authorities managed to suppress the news of the evil spirit's death, but the subsequent arrangements were giving An Yufei a major headache.

Chapter 78: We finally met some official personnel.

The Spirit Contractor of Twilight Bell was killed in his place. When Twilight Bell returns, the authorities will send a Spirit Contractor to sign a contract with him.

Mu Zhong is still the official in charge of the May 1st Square area.

Looking at the playback on the monitor, An Yufei saw that it was Zhou An who had made the move.

There's definitely no need for Song Yu to make contact with Zhou An now, since he previously mentioned wanting to.

Because once Mu Zhong returns from the dungeon, he will definitely kill Zhou An.

As the rule-based artifact possessing the supernatural monitoring device, Mu Zhong would inevitably come to him to inquire about Zhou An's location.

An Yufei knew where Zhou An was; it was in the XX resettlement community.

They even learned that Zhou An had signed a contract with a high school student.

An Yufei is currently unaware of Li Shengsheng's identity.

Because whenever Zhou An and Li Shengsheng appeared outside together, Li Shengsheng would always wear a stone hat, which meant that she would never be noticed.

The only reason he was certain he had signed a contract with a high school student was simple: Zhou An had appeared at Changsha No. 1 High School.

If he spends a little time investigating all the high school students in the neighborhood, he can find out who the Spirit Contract holder is.

What's troubling him now is that if Mu Zhong tries to kill Zhou An, the authorities will help Mu Zhong kill Zhou An.

Once Zhou An dies, the Spirit Pactee will die in his place.

"Song Yu, Song Yu, why haven't you come back yet?" It's been several days, and Song Yu still hasn't returned, which makes An Yufei very uneasy.

Almost immediately, An Yufei shuddered.

He could feel his power increasing again.

Song Yu has returned.

"Why are you looking so worried? Have you encountered some difficulties?" Song Yu's figure stepped out from An Yufei's body.

"You're finally back. That guy Mu Zhong was killed by Zhou An." An Yufei directly revealed information that greatly surprised Song Yu.

"Huh? Are you sure? Zhou An hasn't been a player for very long, right? He's only at the first tier at most."

“And Mu Zhong is already LV39, the strongest one in the entire Changsha,” Song Yu said in surprise.

"See for yourself." An Yufei directly pulled up the video recording of Zhou An's evil spirit killing Mu Zhong.

After reading it, Song Yu frowned: "Zhou An was unaffected by Mu Zhong's attack, so it seems he has a powerful defensive item."

“You’re right, this is indeed a problem. How about this, we’ll ignore everything, and you can ignore Mu Zhong when he tries to contact you.”

"Are you sure? What if Mu Zhong tries to bribe us?" An Yufei didn't really want to get involved because it was too much trouble.

"Let's see what price he's willing to offer. If it meets our expectations, we'll tell him Zhou An's location," Song Yu said after a moment's thought.

“Okay.” An Yufei nodded.

……

The sculpture garden on the 7th floor of the IFC.

Wearing a stone hat, Li Shengsheng sat atop the sculpture, listlessly watching the bustling crossroads below.

"I'm so bored. Are we going to have to stay here all night?" Li Shengsheng wanted to go home and sleep.

At first, I was very excited to be here.

But after two hours, the excitement faded, and all that remained was boredom.

"What time is it now?" Zhou An asked.

Li Shengsheng took out her phone and glanced at it: "It's ten o'clock now."

"Let's wait another fifty minutes. If it doesn't arrive, I'll take the last subway home."

"Yeah, but if this guy dies in the dungeon, then we've waited for nothing," Li Shengsheng added.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Zhou An couldn't find any other officials, so he had to resort to this clumsy method.

As time passed, it came to 10:50.

"It's almost time, let's go, otherwise we'll miss the subway and you'll have to take a taxi back," Zhou An said.

"Mm," Li Shengsheng responded, and stood up from the sculpture.

Although it was already 11 o'clock, the intersection below was still crowded with people, and the flow of people did not decrease at all because of 11 o'clock.

"There are so many people," Li Shengsheng remarked.