Meow~

Jiang Ran had to admit that, at certain times, cats were more noticeable than people.

When a person walks down the street, most people will probably not even glance at them because the street is full of people. But if a cat walks down the street, you'll find that it gets a surprisingly high number of people turning their heads to look at it.

Jiang Ran lightly leaped onto the roof and disappeared from the sight of passersby. He arrived at the town gate of Tianguang Town and compared the situation at the town gate with the situation on the first morning. It was indeed different from the situation on the first morning. It could be basically confirmed that this was a new save point.

After being assimilated, Rusger became a dog, and after being assimilated, Shan Shang became a parrot. One of them was tied up by Mali, and the other was trapped in a cage by the noodle shop owner. Neither of them had the right to move freely.

In comparison, Jiang Ran's current situation is already quite good. He came to the edge of Tianguang Town and stretched one leg out.

An invisible barrier blocked him.

Residents of Tianguang Town are not allowed to leave Tianguang Town without the town mayor's permission. This is not only an inviolable rule, but it also means that the roads leading to it are blocked.

They couldn't leave Tianguang Town on their own, the [miracle] was sealed off, they couldn't even speak, and there were three guys watching them from the shadows. It was extremely difficult, if not impossible, for them to escape on their own!

"Hey, Wips, can you hear me?"

Jiang Ran chose to call the help hotline. Fortunately, Weipus's talent effect was not sealed. Although calling others was also very dangerous, it seemed to be the only way to break the deadlock in the short term.

"Jiang Ran? How's your exploration going? If it's really too troublesome, why not just give up? You don't have any reason to explore this place anyway."

"It's troublesome, and our current situation really is quite troublesome..."

Jiang Ran could only smile helplessly. This scene was witnessed by a resident, who went back and wrote a "Laughing Cat Diary" overnight. Of course, that's another story.

"Holy crap! Are you guys playing this aggressively over there?" After hearing Jiang Ran's words, Wips was stunned for a few seconds. Although their search area was gradually expanding, they were only dealing with some ordinary strange creatures. Even [Elite] level creatures were rare. He didn't expect Jiang Ran to be fighting against the other side's God-substitute.

Although Weipus didn't know what the God-Substitute was, the name itself sounded powerful. How could something with "god" in its name not be awesome?

So, originally—cough cough—we'll not start it for now.

Weipus immediately relayed the message to Yucheng. Jiang Ran was able to breathe a sigh of relief once he was able to contact the outside world. From the first time Rusger and Alansta were assimilated, to the second time Aisha on the mountain was assimilated, the other side did not directly target the assimilated creatures during this period.

Jiang Ran didn't believe that the other party couldn't be found, so there was only one possibility left: they couldn't take action because they were subject to some kind of restriction.

While waiting for reinforcements to arrive, Jiang Ran moved around on the rooftops like an ordinary cat. He first went to the noodle shop he remembered and, sure enough, heard that awful singing. In the end, that kid on the mountain couldn't escape after all.

At the entrance of the noodle shop, Jiang Ran saw another familiar figure: the dog tycoon, Marid.

He was holding five dogs on a leash. One of the dogs seemed to sense something and turned around. The eyes of the cat and the dog met in mid-air, filled with awkwardness.

Rusger? Wasn't he already dead? Jiang Ran hadn't even had a chance to revive him, yet he was automatically revived in the cycle? That's a good thing.

The loop in Tianguang Town is really interesting. Other loops involve time reversal and fixed save points, but this one can loop from the second day to the third day, it's like time is reversing...

"This is really..."

At the outpost, Yu Cheng was somewhat distressed. He had thought that Jiang Ran and the others would be safe this time, but they had all lost. It was not as good as the last time.

Jiang Ran, Arceus, Alansta, Gwen, Alice, Rusger, Yamashita, Aisha—all of them are in Tianguang Town. She feels like everyone who can go has gone.

Yu Cheng thought about who else they could use. She was one, Ye Ye was one, and besides that, Dragon Kingdom only had a bunch of ghost storytellers left. So many days had passed, and most of the ghost storytellers who could return had returned. Some had fought their way back from the streets, and some had been discovered by the search team. Apart from them, they were either hiding somewhere or had probably died at the hands of the supernatural.

"Well... Su Yu, Chen Qiuran, and Ye Ye, I'll have to ask you to go and rescue Brother Jiang Ran." Yu Cheng gave a wry smile. "Although I really want to go, someone has to stay behind and keep watch."

Su Yu and Chen Qiuran are both SS-level ghost story masters. Yu Cheng felt that it would be useless for a ghost story master of a lower level to go and it would be difficult to help. Planck also spoke up: "I'll go too."

Ye Ye shook his head: "That's not appropriate. Yu Cheng's mental energy is often depleted. The stronghold must be overseen by someone with absolute strength."

“Another day of holding the fort.” Planck shrugged. “Let Alice take over when she gets back! I need to get some fresh air!”

Will Alice leave Jiang Ran to oversee the base? Yu Cheng thinks Planck is overthinking it...

Yu Cheng then handed some items to Ye Ye: "This is the currency of Tian Guang Town, and these are items for restoring mental strength. Just eat them."

To create items that restore mental energy, the program itself must also expend more mental energy, and it is impossible to infinitely stack these items. Once the number of such items in the outside world exceeds a certain limit, the program will no longer be able to create them.

No miracle can have an unlimited impact on the world.

Be careful...

Yu Cheng didn't know what to say, so she could only say that she felt uneasy for some reason.

"Hey! Is this how you plan to rescue Jiang Ran? Are you going to save her or just deliver her to her death?"

Yang Hai pushed open the door and entered, but his words displeased the others. Su Yu replied, "At least we are prepared to rescue people, unlike some people who only make sarcastic remarks!"

"You're making me really sad!" Yang Hai clutched his chest. "I was planning to go with you guys to rescue people!"

"You?" Su Yu looked him up and down, then shook his head. "Let's forget it. You're only an S-rank after all. That place is too dangerous for you. We're all prepared to die. You're not from our Dragon Kingdom, so just stay at the base. Let us handle this."