As for how Xia Qingxue was injured...

No matter how much Xia Chuhe asked, she couldn't get any answers. Xia Qingxue simply said she had forgotten and dismissed her.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the five of them arrived at the coordinates of Bird Island.

There were two men and two women lingering near the coordinates. The men were tall and strong, and the women were pretty and charming.

At first glance, the four of them were a very pleasing group to the eye, but the occasional glances they gave Xia Chuhe made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Bu Yi secretly activated his supernatural ability, but the result was not ideal.

She wasn't familiar with the other three members of the team and was afraid that saying it would affect morale, so she whispered in Xia Chuhe's ear, "Boss, I asked about this dungeon, and the result is that it's a minor inauspicious one."

"For reference, have you ever encountered a minor misfortune before?"

Bu Yi thought for a moment: "When I asked for auspicious omens for people before, I would sometimes ask if it was possible to do the job before accepting the order. The first time I asked, the result was slightly inauspicious, but I didn't pay attention and still did the reading for the customer..."

Bu Yi pouted, clearly unhappy: "That person didn't give me any points after calculating, and then ran off with the money. I can't beat him anyway."

Xia Chuhe: "..." No problem.

However, if Bu Yi is present in every instance from now on, wouldn't we be able to rest easy?

Xia Chuhe didn't necessarily have to run the Bird Island instance, especially since these few people who made her feel very uncomfortable were constantly lingering around her.

Just as Xia Chuhe was about to suggest changing the instance, Bu Yi's expression suddenly changed: "Oh no, going into an instance is a minor misfortune, not going into an instance is a major misfortune!"

Xia Chuhe sighed, feeling that Wenji's superpower was unscientific and unreliable.

It seemed there was no way to avoid the "evil" situation. Xia Chuhe tapped his wristwatch a few times: "Let's go, be careful this time."

The five of them entered the instance together. After that, the two men and two women immediately followed them into the instance.

...

The scene shifts, transforming from a wasteland filled with yellow sand into a magnificent golden palace.

At the very top of the main hall sat a beautiful woman whose gender was indistinguishable, showing neither sorrow nor joy.

To say that He was a human being is inaccurate.

His eyes were slightly closed, and he remained motionless. A gust of wind passed by, but it could not stir the hem of his clothes or the strand of his hair.

It resembles a statue.

Inside the hall, a flock of birds nestled, along with a person meditating. The birds were plump and round, and the person was chubby. They were worshipping the statue of a beautiful woman.

Xia Chuhe and the others looked around. The hall was empty, with only a few incense tables and nowhere to hide.

Xia Chuhe winked at the group and looked outside the hall, signaling them to leave.

As they moved lightly, the fine sand clinging to their clothes fell to the ground with a soft rustling sound.

The beauty in the palace slightly raised her eyes, instantly coming to life. Those eyes held a mixture of reproach and coquettishness, seemingly concealing a myriad of emotions. Because of those eyes alone, the statue gained a soul.

Xia Chuhe's breath hitched, and he felt that the words "peerless beauty" had become a tangible reality at that moment.

Just then, the strange quartet that had followed Xia Chuhe and the others into the dungeon appeared out of thin air in the main hall.

The four men were stunned when they saw the beauty in the hall, and then a strange fervor appeared on their faces.

The beautiful woman frowned slightly: "It's filthy, make sure it's cleaned properly."

Several people with blank expressions quickly stood up from the group of meditators. One of them walked out of the main hall and soon brought back a lot of branches.

The man distributed the branches to the others, and the group approached the evolved individuals who had just entered the instance, raising the branches and whipping them violently.

Xia Chuhe tried to dodge, but was horrified to find that he was frozen in place and unable to move.

The branches fell on me, but it didn't hurt.

Xia Chuhe then discovered that the fine sand on his body and the ground gradually disappeared under the whipping of the branches, and other dirt and stains on his clothes also disappeared.

These people's actions appear to be a cleanup operation.

The one-sided "beating" only stopped when the beauty called for it to cease.

The beautiful woman gracefully stepped down from the altar and pointed into the air: "You unfortunate souls, may the gods bestow their grace upon you, and grant you a peaceful and tranquil life on Bird Island."

Xia Chuhe felt a chill run down his spine as he regained his freedom, as did the others.

The beauty returned to her altar, looking listless: "Disperse."

Xia Chuhe followed the flow of people and flocks of birds out of the main hall, and seemed to hear the whisper of a deity: "Boring."

Walking among the flock of birds, Xia Chuhe felt an intense sense of unease. After a while, she finally understood the source of her strangeness—

These birds actually walk on their claws instead of soaring with their wings.

Xia Chuhe secretly noted this down and quickly rejoined his teammates.

Just as the group was about to investigate the situation outside, a person and a bird approached.

The newcomer smiled and said, "Welcome to Bird Island, new friends! God has arranged a seven-day welcome ceremony for you. I am your guide, please follow me."

Xia Chuhe immediately grasped the key words—seven days and a welcoming ceremony.

It seems the welcoming ceremony on Bird Island wasn't a good thing.