Chapter 288 Comedic Talent

After the nuclear explosion dealt with that gigantic female ghost, several small objects fell where it had vanished—fragments of sealing artifacts.

While the others were resting, Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan went over to clean up the fragments, totaling five pieces, one of which was a fragment of the golden round disk.

“What the heck is this?” Tiger Ba Tian, sitting nearby, noticed what they were holding and couldn’t help but ask.

“Sealing fragments,” Ling Mo replied without hiding it from them, “these are the items we’ll need to clear the dungeon this time.”

Xia Xinyan suddenly turned to Murong Yue: “Did you receive the main quest prompt when Mo Mo sealed the Golden Formation Center earlier?”

Murong Yue paused: “There was a prompt?”

She thought Ling Mo’s success just meant that it lit up or something.

“Then it seems there’s another possibility,” Xia Xinyan pondered, “This golden fragment is about the same size as the one we got earlier. If I’m guessing correctly, a complete sealing disk must have shattered into five pieces, with each formation eye being the same.”

After a moment, she continued, “Then each team only needs to perform a sealing at each of the five elemental formation eyes to complete the task… this means that the progress of different teams on the main quest is independent.”

If her guess holds, one Golden Formation Eye requires five fragments for a complete seal, which implies there should be a total of five teams in this dungeon.

Hmm… Looks like we’ve all met each other already.

“What do you mean?” Murong Yue realized something was off, “So I have to go back and seal it again?”

So her leading this round only completed the task for Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan’s team?

What was in it for her?

“No… I was confused when I told you that,” Tiger Ba Tian scratched his head, “What exactly do you mean? Are you saying each of our teams has to find a separate fragment to seal the formation eye to finish the task?”

“It should be this way.” Xia Xinyan tossed the golden fragment to Murong Yue and threw a spare earth fragment to Tiger Ba Tian with a slight smile, “So what’s your plan?”

This dungeon design seems to intensify conflicts between players. The dungeon’s difficulty increases over time, and based on earlier situations, if every sealing results in a horde of ghosts, then teams progressing slower would be at a disadvantage. Thus, aside from fighting over the soul-fixing mirror, the competition for sealing fragments has also become a source of conflict.

Clearly, Tiger Ba Tian and Chicken Head realized this as their expressions changed almost instantly.

However, after two seconds of silence, Tiger Ba Tian still held Chicken Head back and said solemnly, “We’re all adults here, so no backstabbing. Let me be frank—we’ve already lost a member in our team. I have my eyes on your fragment, but you saved our lives just now. I, Tiger Ba Tian, won’t betray my lifesavers. If you’re willing to continue this alliance, then we are friends.”

“Sounds good,” Ling Mo clapped his hands with a smile, glancing at Xia Xinyan before focusing back on Tiger Ba Tian, “We’re actually quite a friendly team. As long as others don’t attack us, we are more than happy to welcome outsiders. You can totally trust us.”

As the fat guy said, having one more ally is always better than one more enemy. Plus, given what they know so far about this dungeon mechanism, it’s not a good idea to squabble among themselves. The soul-fixing mirror and the sealing fragments—one is necessary for survival and the other for clearing—double the fight, and just one more opponent can worsen the entire situation.

Ling Mo really hopes to complete the dungeon soon. Not to mention making friends, forming alliances would at least minimize the time and difficulty in clearing it.

Xia Xinyan scrutinized Ling Mo for a moment.

This guy… is getting more opinionated…

Though that was also her initial aim—to nurture him into an independent individual.

But now, seeing Ling Mo grow to this point, she felt inexplicably uneasy.

It’s hard to put the feeling into words.

Shaking her head to shift her focus, Xia Xinyan brought the topic back to the main issue, looking at Tiger Ba Tian and asking, “Did you guys get separated from the others? What happened?”

“We ran into some trouble,” Tiger Ba Tian got up from the ground, wiping his face, “Old Cheng was our priority target. After we got separated from you, we were attacked multiple times. Chicken Head and I encountered a ghostly wall. After finally getting out, we heard Old Cheng calling over the intercom, and by the time we reached him, he had been killed—too late.”

Chicken Head looked a bit upset: “Andong Xing is the Water Mirror and the next target, he said he would split off to distract that female ghost—turns out it ignored him and came straight for us, which is just ridiculous.”

Murong Yue paused: “Did you guys go find that person? Did you see Fatty and the others? They went over to save him after hearing his call for help.”

“Huh? No.” Chicken Head shook his head.

“Then they must be in trouble.” Ling Mo rubbed his chin and turned to Xia Xinyan, “What should we do now?”

“Let’s focus on the main quest and seal the formation eyes.” Xia Xinyan suggested, “These fragment pieces should drop after defeating the ghosts, but the ghosts will actively seek us out, so there’s no need to search for them. Our priority is to locate all formation eyes first.”

“Speaking of formation eyes, we encountered one while escaping.” Tiger Ba Tian interjected, “It’s not far from here, but we didn’t get a good look, so I don’t know which it is.”

Xia Xinyan pondered for two seconds and decided, “Let’s go back to the Golden Formation Eye to check the situation, and let Murong Yue complete her sealing task. Since the three of us are cooperating, there’s no need to rush each group. After completing the sealing at the Golden Formation Eye this time, let’s collect sealing fragments together and seal them once we have enough. That’s the best approach.”

“Sure, we have no objections.” Tiger Ba Tian nodded.

However, just as the words finished resonating, a furious voice suddenly shouted from not far away: “You dare run after setting me up?!”

Everyone instinctively looked over to see Yan Qiu rushing over at breakneck speed.

Ling Mo immediately positioned himself in front of Xia Xinyan, ready for a confrontation.

However, it seemed this dungeon was determined not to let them fight—

Yan Qiu collided halfway with a female ghost in white that suddenly appeared in the street.

Then, they both rolled together, crashing for several circles.

The spectators nearby: “…”

Is this person really here for comedy?