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The bus left the roadside and drove into the distance, quickly disappearing from Tanya and the others' sight.

Chapter 533 Big Sister Tanya

Tanya turned around and looked at her eight teammates behind her. Apart from the five who had teamed up with her at the beginning, the other three were players from the G02 node and had been left on the bus with them.

Yes, from their perspective, it was Fan Xiao, You Guo, Ou En, and others who disappeared, not them.

Before the strange incident occurred inside the bus, Fan Xiao stood up and went to the driver's seat to check on the driver's condition, seemingly trying to confirm his gender... From this action, they deduced that there were two drivers and two buses.

Players entering this instance will be sent to two different locations.

It wasn't until they arrived at White Village that Tanya finally realized that Red and White Villages were not a single entity, but rather represented two separate villages.

Looking at the huge sign at the entrance of the village that read "White Village," Tanya looked thoughtful.

She belatedly recalled that when she was still at the bus station, the announcement that came on when the bus arrived mentioned the word "guests".

The guests... they weren't here for tourism, but rather invited to participate in some event?

White Village... White... Could this event be a funeral?

Someone in the village has died?

"Captain, shall we go in now?"

A tall female player standing next to Tanya reminded her, "We haven't encountered any danger along the way, but things might be different once we enter the village."

“Our identities should be that of guests invited to participate in some event,” Tanya said. “We didn’t encounter any danger before because we were in the car and hadn’t reached our destination yet, and the event hadn’t officially started.”

She glanced at everyone and said in a slightly serious tone, "This is probably just the beginning of the real crisis. Staying outside will likely be very dangerous. Those five cannibalistic players who didn't get on the bus earlier might already be dead."

"Cannibalistic players... It's a pity we can't monitor what those five people encountered, otherwise we could know in advance what dangers were lurking outside the village." A male player sighed softly, "That way, we could make better choices."

"Those five people... Come to think of it, the guy who instigated those five cannibalistic players to take the risk seems to have a way to monitor them?"

The tall female player recalled Fan Xiao, whom she had spoken with Tanya.

The other person's expression and emotional reaction were normal; their face looked sincere and they didn't seem to be lying.

It seems that he was too excited and accidentally let slip the plan he had come up with on the spot, which was overheard by the cannibal player.

However... the tall female player trusted Tanya's judgment more than her own.

Tanya suspected the other party was a fraudster, so she immediately incorporated this information into her thinking.

She continued, "It would be great if he would cooperate with us. Now that the items are blocked, his monitoring ability is very valuable and could make this dungeon run much easier for us."

“Even if he’s willing to cooperate, it’s hard to say whether it will be a blessing or a curse.” Tanya shook her head and said, “A guy who likes to play dumb and stab people in the back is not trustworthy. You can never predict when he will stab you in the back.”

At this point, she brought up the player panel and glanced at the time.

Half past four in the afternoon.

There should still be several hours before it gets dark.

Judging from the current situation, this instance is clearly a bizarre and supernatural instance.

In dungeons like these, dangers usually manifest at night.

Tanya immediately said to her eight teammates, "We definitely have to go into the village, but... everything in the village is unknown, so I'll go in first to investigate and figure out the basic situation before you all come in."

"Isn't this too dangerous?" the tall female player asked worriedly. "If it's just you alone, Captain..."

“I’m very confident in my ability to survive,” Tanya said nonchalantly. “If something really happens, and you guys are with me, I’ll most likely be distracted and hesitate about whether to take you with me, which will affect my performance.”

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed with the suggestion.

Tanya's willingness to risk her life to explore the map for them is certainly a good thing.

Just as Tanya was about to enter the village...

"who……!?"

Her gaze suddenly shifted to the distance along the road.

Two figures came running frantically from the bend in the mountainside in the distance, like antelopes being chased by a cheetah.

As they got closer, Tanya recognized them.

They are two of the five cannibalistic players from before.

She immediately showed a slightly surprised expression.

The fact that the cannibalistic players returned was actually within her expectations.

After all, not taking the bus means taking risks, and it's normal to run back in case of a crisis.

She was surprised that only two people had returned.

The other three are dead?

How long has this dungeon been open?

Tanya silently increased her vigilance.

On the other side, Mongo and the bearded man, panting heavily, both showed surprise and delight when they saw Tanya and the others standing at the entrance of the village.

"Great!"

Overwhelmed by his excitement, Mengo temporarily disregarded the fact that the cannibalistic player was annoying and took the initiative to approach him, saying, "Finally caught up with you!"

"Stop!" Tanya snapped. "Don't come any closer. If you have something to say, just stand there and talk."

“…We mean no harm,” Mongo said helplessly, “You have no idea how many monsters are in this dungeon! Now is not the time for infighting…”

“You may not mean any harm,” Tanya said, “but who knows if you’re still the same people you used to be?”

"Okay, I'll just stand here and say it. Don't get agitated, don't make a move."

Mongo quickly waved his hand, trying to appear harmless.

Then, he quickly recounted what had happened...

……

"In other words, players who try to run out during this time period will be trapped by the fog, and no matter which way they go, they will return to their starting point. Moreover, there are a large number of monsters lurking in the fog, so players are constantly at risk of being attacked..."

The tall female player looked at Meng Ge with suspicion and asked, "You said you lost two teammates in a short period of time. If it was so dangerous, how did you escape?"

"Our Captain Gray Wolf has reached the B-level evolution rate and possesses a second form specifically for combat."

Without hesitation, Mongo revealed the captain's information: "We managed to escape thanks to the cover provided by her second form."

"Of course, the reason this guy saved us was to test us for danger and to let us step on landmines and pitfalls; he didn't have any good intentions!"

"In addition, we found that the further we went... or rather, the closer we got to the village, the fewer crises we encountered, and the weaker the monsters became."

"If not..."

He said with lingering fear, "We probably would have died in the fog long ago! That fog was terrifying!"

Upon hearing this, Tanya and the others looked around, their expressions turning serious.

There's no fog here yet, but... I reckon the fog will rise as soon as the players start to escape.

They had previously thought that escaping against the direction the bus was going was a viable way to get through the situation, albeit a bit riskier than the normal route.

Now it seems... this is clearly a dead end!

Based on Mongo's description of the monster in the fog, it's impossible for a C-rank player who has lost their items to overcome all these dangers and successfully escape outside.

Even if you have the powerful talent of being fearless of monsters, or the talent of being good at running away... under the "ghost wall" effect of the fog, players simply cannot escape and will be forced into a battle of attrition.

Under the relentless attacks of the monsters, dying from exhaustion is the inevitable end.

Tanya rejected this plan outright.

"Where did the Azure Wolf go?" Tanya suddenly asked.

Both Mongo and the bearded man shook their heads.

Mongo replied, "After we left the bus station, we ran for about five minutes and encountered three monster attacks."

"After escaping the third attack, the gray wolf disappeared."

"Disappeared?"

Tanya suddenly remembered Fan Xiao and the others who had disappeared on the bus.

If even Mengo and the bearded man were able to escape to White Village alive, there's no reason why the stronger Canglang would be killed in the mist by increasingly weaker and fewer monsters.

The wolf... if nothing unexpected happens, it should have been sent to another place as well.

Or rather, they were sent to the "Red Village".

Yes, it just disappeared!

Mengo said with some fear, "We were holding hands at the time, but in the blink of an eye, our hands were empty, and the wolf had disappeared."

“We dare not linger here to search for her; we can only continue to follow the road and catch up with you.”

"You cannibalistic players are a bunch of scum!" the tall female player sneered. "Your teammates have gone missing three times in a row, and you just abandoned them without a second thought... Hmph, there's no way you can clear the game like this!"

"Don't talk nonsense when you're not the one suffering the consequences..." Mongo wanted to yell back, but outnumbered, he had to suppress his displeasure.

At this moment, Tanya said, "It seems that escaping by cheating is not going to work. The many dangers in this instance will force us to move closer to the village."

She looked towards the entrance to White Village and said, "The correct way to escape should be hidden in this village; we need to find it ourselves."

After turning her gaze away, Tanya looked at Mengo and the bearded man and recounted her conjecture about the "two villages".

After learning of the danger lurking in the fog outside the village, she felt a sense of urgency.

If the area outside the village is so dangerous, then... what about the area inside the village, which is the main stage of the instance?

With that in mind, she temporarily accepted Mongo and the bearded man into the team.

She hadn't considered that as long as the two of them didn't run around or cause trouble, they would be fine.

Of course, she did not completely let her guard down around the two of them.

These two might be some kind of dungeon monster in disguise... This possibility cannot be ruled out.

So she directly warned the others to be careful.

"Alright, it's getting late, it's time to explore White Village."

Tanya said to everyone, "Let's proceed according to the previous plan. I'll go explore the map first, and you all wait outside for me to return and share the information. If I haven't come out after more than half an hour, you can decide for yourselves whether or not to enter the village."

"If fog appears outside the village during this period, do not hesitate to enter the village directly."

"Captain, please be careful."

The tall female player offered this advice.

She and Tanya have known each other for a long time; their relationship is not simply that of teammates in a dungeon.

However, contrary to her size, Tanya is the leader of the team.

Tanya nodded and then entered the village.

As everyone watched his figure disappear from sight, their hearts were in their throats.

Mongo and the bearded man were almost moved to tears!

Someone is actually willing to go out of their way to explore the map and even share the information with them for free... Compared to that bastard Canglang, this guy is the real captain!

To everyone's relief, Tanya returned quickly, and it seemed there was no danger in White Village.

But... isn't this a bit too fast?

Tanya stood at the entrance of the village and waved to them, signaling them to follow.

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone's eyes glazed over, and they subconsciously took steps forward, gradually entering the village.

……

After Tanya entered Bai Village, she found that the village was very backward.

The villagers who came and went dressed very simply... or rather, they were very poor; coarse cloth and linen clothes were the norm.

She even saw rows of thatched huts scattered around.

She had only ever seen houses like this in historical photographs.

The villagers all had white cloths wrapped around their heads, and their faces were all somber. The whole village was shrouded in a mournful atmosphere.