Seeing him agree, Bai Yuan's tone eased up quite a bit.
“She's a friend I met recently, also a Human-Specter Symbiont. She left the training base over thirty years ago. This attempt at a battle royale is actually to prepare for upgrading to a Regional Dungeon later.”
Zuo Lin'an was somewhat surprised to hear this.
“What do you mean? A Regional Dungeon? Isn't her dungeon only Two-Star right now?”
Bai Yuan scratched his hair.
“Oh, right, you don't know about this yet. Actually, it's not some big secret. Let me explain it to you briefly.
“You should know that the minimum difficulty for a Regional Dungeon is Three-Star. In other words, when your dungeon upgrades to a Three-Star dungeon in the future, you can go in one of two directions.
“First, it can naturally become a Three-Star Daily Dungeon. The second path is to become a Three-Star Regional Dungeon.”
“She chose the second path.”
Zuo Lin'an was astonished.
“So you mean she has already gathered enough Contribution points, and only needs to go to Sin Hunter City to obtain her third rule for her dungeon to upgrade to Three-Star.
“Yet she gave up the Daily Dungeon path and chose to make her dungeon a Regional Dungeon instead!”
Bai Yuan replied, “Exactly!
“By trying out the battle royale mode this time, she wants to test whether her dungeon is suited for the Regional Dungeon path.
“If the results are good, once her dungeon upgrades to a Regional Dungeon, she'll temporarily transition with a battle royale format before developing something better in the future.”
Zuo Lin'an finally understood her plan.
“What if the results are bad? Will she give up on making it a Regional Dungeon?”
Bai Yuan hesitated. “That? I wouldn't know. Maybe she'll just force her way through, or maybe she'll change her mind. No one can say for sure.”
Zuo Lin'an sighed inwardly and didn't press any further.
“Alright, send me her contact info.”
Bai Yuan tapped away on his phone.
“I've sent you her contact card. You can chat with her directly from here on out. I won't interfere with the specifics.”
Zuo Lin'an replied, “Okay.
“By the way, has Youyou contacted you recently?”
Bai Yuan paused.
“Him?
“No, but he seems to still be in Sin Hunter City. I heard he's working on a highly complex Death Rule, and he probably won't be out for another ten days to half a month.”
Zuo Lin'an was very surprised. “It takes that long?”
Bai Yuan agreed, “Yeah.
“I also heard it from the people at the training base. No one knows the exact rule, but Instructor An Wen definitely does. You can ask him.”
Zuo Lin'an had no intention of doing so.
“He said he wanted to give me a surprise, so he must have made an agreement with Instructor An Wen before entering Sin Hunter City. Even if I ask, Instructor won't tell me.”
Bai Yuan said, “True.”
The two chatted idly for a few more moments before ending the call.
Zuo Lin'an opened his private messages and saw the contact card Bai Yuan had shared.
“Fang Tang?”
The avatar was likely her photo—a very beautiful woman.
However... for some reason, her hair was dyed a bright dragon fruit pink.
Zuo Lin'an tapped the contact card and sent a friend request.
Whatever color it was had nothing to do with him anyway. It wasn't his hair.
The other party accepted the friend request almost instantly.
【Fang Tang: Hello, Zuo Lin'an. I'm Fang Tang.】
【Zuo Lin'an: You know me? Did Bai Yuan tell you about me?】
【Fang Tang: Yes, he mentioned a few things about you earlier and specifically told me about your Death Rule. I felt like your rule could act as a safety net for me, so I asked him to put us in touch.】
【Zuo Lin'an: As long as you think it's fine. However, there's one more thing I need to tell you.】
He then proceeded to tell her about the gold hairpin specter item in his possession.
Particularly its special effect.
【Zuo Lin'an: Once a Two-Star Daily Dungeon opens, only one permanent specter item can exist inside. Do you want to use mine or yours?】
【Fang Tang: Woah!】
Seeing those words, Zuo Lin'an knew the deal was sealed.
【Fang Tang: I didn't expect you to have such an amazing specter item. That's badass! But then again, you probably didn't design a specter item like this yourself, did you?】
【Zuo Lin'an: Of course not, though I won't go into detail about how I got it. Why don't you tell me about your dungeon's situation, your rules, and so on?
【Zuo Lin'an: By the way, do I need to head over early?】
【Fang Tang: No need, no need. You just need to come over a few hours early to get familiar with the place. I'll send you my dungeon's location first. Jot it down.】
Zuo Lin'an looked at the detailed address she sent over.
【Abandoned Mine Zone Five】
A mine?
Zuo Lin'an narrowed his eyes slightly.
His own place was the Withered Forest and Barren Mountains, while this Fang Tang's side was an abandoned mine.
“Makes sense.”
After all, these were specter dungeons.
The places assigned to Human-Specter Symbionts like them were bound to be abandoned, desolate, uninhabited areas. Since nobody lived there anyway, it was a good way to recycle useless land.
After noting down the address, he continued messaging Fang Tang.
【Zuo Lin'an: Got it. Once you're mostly ready, let me know and I'll head out.】
【Fang Tang: No problem!】
She was a woman, after all. Since he was a grown man heading over, she would definitely need to make some preparations first.
【Zuo Lin'an: Is your dungeon just the mine? Or rather, inside the mine shafts?】
【Fang Tang: Yes, the abandoned mine shafts. Let me send you some files first. Take a look.】
Zuo Lin'an saw a data package sent by her and tapped to open it.
Inside were photos of the abandoned mine, the entrances and exits of the mine shafts, detailed information about the mine, structural diagrams, and so on.
“These mine shafts...”
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the abandoned mine shafts went as deep as a thousand meters. The surrounding tunnels crisscrossed in every direction, looking like a tangled mess at first glance, completely without any pattern.
Zuo Lin'an felt that no matter how many times he looked at it, he probably wouldn't be able to memorize such a complex route.
Besides, in such complex mine shafts, tossing in a few hundred people wouldn't even make a splash.
No wonder she was so confident about taking the Regional Dungeon path. This was why.
【Zuo Lin'an: The mine shafts are this chaotic?】
【Fang Tang: I couldn't help it. If it were too simple, those players might easily escape by utilizing their talents, specter items, and all kinds of bizarre spell abilities.
【Fang Tang: To play it safe, on top of the original mine shafts, I later paid a construction team to come and do some remodeling.】
Zuo Lin'an figured she must have spent a fortune.
【Zuo Lin'an: Are you sure it won't collapse after being remodeled like this?】
【Fang Tang: Under normal circumstances, it definitely would collapse. After all, I don't know the first thing about mine shafts. The construction team does, but this is a specter dungeon, not an actual mining operation.
【Fang Tang: So they just followed my instructions. After finishing, they told me the mine shafts would one hundred percent collapse, but I have my specter body.
【Fang Tang: I can use my specter aura to reinforce all the underground mine shafts. As long as I exist, the structure will remain perfectly fine, no matter how unreasonable it is. Don't you agree?】
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