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Seeing this, Jinna sighed and murmured, "May the Lord guide his way."

She made the sign of the cross on her chest.

"...Are you praying for him or cursing him?" Mercury retorted.

“Both,” Jinna said. “If he is still alive, he will guide us to life; if he is dead, he will guide us to heaven.”

Mercury: "..."

"Let's go to the school gate first."

Fan Xiao said, "People can be saved, but it's not appropriate to rush into the enemy's headquarters before we figure out the truth about this school."

"For this, we need intelligence from other players."

In this situation, even he wouldn't dare to act recklessly.

Fan Qiqi was indeed very strong, but she couldn't last long, only two minutes.

Before figuring out what kinds of monsters there are and what their abilities are, acting rashly could easily lead to disaster.

After all, who knows if they'll be able to come back after going to the enemy's headquarters?

If not, then you'll have to stay there for four days before you can clear customs and leave.

Four days... there's too much uncertainty.

“Perfect timing,” he continued, “we need to go to the school gate to verify if we can enter and exit the school normally.”

"That probably won't work, will it?" Jinna said. "If we could get out so easily, wouldn't we be able to meet mission condition two immediately and clear the game?"

“I have to go and see it.”

Mercury said, "Let's go, it's getting dark, the other teams have probably already reached the gate before us."

Chapter 165 The Adorable Yet Hateful Rabbit Prince

Five minutes later, Fan Xiao and his three companions arrived at the school gate.

It was already dark, the temperature had dropped, and the atmosphere, combined with the dilapidated state of the abandoned school, became somewhat eerie.

However, all four were players who had witnessed bloodshed and killed people, so they were not intimidated by the simple environment.

Mercury looked around and said, "It seems the other players haven't arrived yet."

"How do we test if we can get out?" Jinna asked, looking at the gate. "Wouldn't it be too dangerous to just go up by ourselves?"

“Of course we can’t go in ourselves,” Mercury guessed. “I suspect the gate is a trap. After going through the gate and climbing over the wall, we might end up directly in the monster’s stronghold.”

Jinna did not refute this claim.

No matter what, Hope Middle School is a D-level dungeon. If the second mission condition—escaping Hope Middle School—could be achieved simply by walking through the main gate and climbing over the wall, then it would be an insult to D-level players!

"From the outside, everything looks quite normal."

Jinna looked at the surroundings outside the gate and said, "I wonder where the edge of this dungeon is... By the way, do you think the dungeon might try something unexpected?"

"For example, simply going through the gate is enough to escape the instance. The method is that simple, but because we are all cautious, doubtful, and afraid to do it, it has become an obstacle?"

"This design makes no sense."

Fan Xiao said, "Players' talents, genes, and items can achieve all sorts of strange functions, so it's not difficult to verify whether they can escape."

At this point, he looked at his three companions in turn and asked, "I happen to have this kind of prop, but testing it alone might lead to some oversights. Does anyone else have this type of prop or ability? We can test it together and fill in the gaps in each other's knowledge."

Mercury and Kinna shook their heads.

Luo Hao said, "I'll go with you."

After saying that, he took out a knife and cut off a piece of his own flesh without hesitation.

"..."

Fan Xiao and Jin Na were both speechless.

So, flesh and blood are a panacea?

Mercury, however, remained calm and unsurprised.

I bet you've seen it many times already.

As the flesh that Luo Hao had cut off fell to the ground, it began to wriggle like a worm, moving towards the gate at a moderate pace.

Seeing this, Fan Xiao moved slightly away from his three companions.

After they had moved a certain distance apart, he murmured, "Prince Rabbit."

The next second, a giant rabbit doll, four meters tall and dressed in luxurious clothes, appeared in the spacious area in front of the gate.

The materials used to make the Rabbit Prince are significantly better than those used to make the Rabbit Grand Duke. The Rabbit Prince looks much more robust, and some parts of his body are covered with armor. His demeanor can be described as both noble and heroic.

This time, when Prince Rabbit appeared, he didn't immediately start dancing the bunny dance as usual. Instead, he stood with his hands on his hips in a very smug manner, looking arrogant and haughty.

Mercury and Ginna cast intrigued glances at Prince Rabbit.

Both of them seemed to have little resistance to cute things, and they showed expressions that made them really want to get close to the bunny, hug it, and rub against it.

It has to be said that this truly exemplifies the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder."

If they actually get close, and are affected by the power of the props, they won't be thinking about hugging and rubbing against each other anymore.

They would join forces to brutally beat the rabbit.

Ignoring the two who were charmed by the cuteness, Fan Xiao gave the order to the Rabbit Prince: "Charge out."

After evolving, Prince Rabbit has gained a certain degree of autonomy.

It is no longer a doll that can only do the bunny hop.

If attacked, it will retaliate.

It can move.

Therefore, it will also obey some simple commands from its owner.

After Fan Xiao finished speaking, Prince Rabbit assumed a sprinting posture and then ran off with his short legs.

It was much faster than a normal person, and in just a few seconds it rushed to the school gate, overtaking the "flesh worm" that Luo Hao had created, and left the school through the gate first.

It disappeared the moment I stepped out the door.

Fan Xiao's eyes narrowed as he sensed that Prince Rabbit's summoning power had been restored.

"Is the outside environment... fake?"

He began to reason.

Once the Rabbit Prince is summoned, it does not require consuming his power to manifest in the world, so it is feasible to keep him in his manifest state indefinitely.

However, it is not without limitations.

The biggest limitation is distance—Prince Rabbit cannot stray too far from him.

The summoning will automatically end once the distance becomes too far.

Once it ends, the summoning right will be restored.

"The school gate may seem to connect to the outside world, but it actually connects to another place that is very far away?"

Fan Xiao made a guess.

At this moment, Luo Hao's "flesh worm" also crawled out of the door.

Like Prince Rabbit, the "flesh worm" disappeared the moment it crossed the door.

Luo Hao frowned.

Fan Xiao then went to the wall far from the school gate and summoned the Rabbit Prince again.

He flew into the air, pointed at the wall, and gave a new command: "Get over it."

Prince Rabbit mustered all his strength and started running, then climbed over the wall in a very clumsy and laborious manner.

The next second, it disappeared again.

At the same time, Fan Xiao sensed that the summoning power had been restored.

He didn't draw a conclusion immediately, but instead tried it out in other corners of the wall.

Luo Hao also began circling the wall, occasionally cutting off pieces of flesh and throwing them over the wall.

About ten minutes later, the two returned to the spot in front of the gate and reunited with Mercury and Gina.

Fan Xiao cut to the chase: "The environment outside the school that we see with our naked eyes is not the real one."

"Or rather, the environment is real, but as soon as you go out, no matter where you go out from, you will be teleported to a very far place."

"Perhaps what's connected to the outside is another space."

"I've come to roughly the same conclusion."

Luo Hao chimed in, "As soon as you leave the school, you'll be teleported to an unknown place. That place is very dangerous. The flesh and blood I sent there lost their vitality in a very short time, which means they were destroyed."

Fan Xiao asked, "What will happen if your flesh and blood are left unattended?"

"It will absorb nearby energy and biomass and begin to split, forming new life with simple instincts and consciousness," Luo Hao said. "At that time, the new life will no longer be under my control."

Fan Xiao then asked, "What is the limit of your control over flesh and blood?"

“Any distance within one kilometer is fine, that’s the control range,” Luo Hao replied. “If it’s the active sensing range… I haven’t detected the limit yet.”

"After you throw the flesh and blood over the wall, can you still control them?"

"No, we can only sense whether they have lost their activity."

"So, the place that connects to us outside is more than a kilometer away from us as the crow flies, or rather..."

Fan Xiao concluded, "It's simply another space."

"Is it unlikely that it's in another space?"

Mercury cautioned, "Luo Hao's tests on the perception of flesh and blood were all conducted within the same space. Based on this, the limit of the perception distance has not yet been determined."

"But if it's across space... he tried leaving his flesh and blood in the instance, but by the time he returned to the real world, he could no longer sense it."

"Another space is just a metaphor; it doesn't necessarily mean two completely separate and unrelated spaces."

Fan Xiao pointed to the outside of the gate and explained, "Just like now, the outside is always connected to that space. There is a 'connection' between there and here."

“Since there is a ‘connection,’ it’s not surprising that Luo Hao’s flesh and blood activity sensor can connect to that side.”

"So to say."

Jinna concluded, "If we want to escape Hope Middle School, our only option is to go to the unknown space that connects to the outside world and investigate clues there?"

“That must be it,” Mercury sighed. “That’s probably the enemy’s main base, and Yan Jun must have been moved there.”

He looked at Fan Xiao and said, "Your previous guess was correct."

At this moment, Luo Hao asked Fan Xiao, "Should we go over there?"

“In the past, that would be called recklessness, and there is no ‘must be achieved’ restriction on the second condition of the mission.”

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "And don't forget, we haven't even finished the first day yet. We've only been in the dungeon for a few hours."

"Generally speaking, survival-type dungeons become more dangerous as you progress."

"If we stay at Hope Middle School, we might not even be able to handle the dangers ahead, let alone charge straight into the monster's stronghold."

"It seems... I can only apologize to Yan Jun."

Jinna made a praying gesture.

As a clergy member, she naturally has no shortage of a kind heart to help others.

But she's not lacking in intelligence either; she wouldn't risk her life for someone she's just met.

"Don't be so pessimistic."

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "Since it's a survival-type dungeon, the difficulty must be quite high."

"Who knows if the game's suggested methods for avoiding danger cover all the risks?"

"If not, if an unexpected danger occurs, we might not be able to stay at Hope Middle School forever. We might be transferred to the monster's stronghold without warning, and then we'll be able to meet Yan Jun."

"...Mr. Fan, you're making things even more pessimistic!"