As time passed, the sapling that Mo Shuwan was holding gradually withered and was about to die. She thought for a moment, took out a flashlight from her storage space, found the monster that looked like Wen Zuo, and smashed it on the back of its head.
It hit perfectly.
"Roar!!!" The monster that was fighting with other monsters was hit by Mo Shuwan and immediately turned around angrily and charged at Mo Shuwan. Without its obstruction, the other monsters also rushed over, and this was the opportunity she had been waiting for.
As the monsters rushed to her side, Mo Shuwan suddenly stood up and snatched the sphere from one of the monsters' arms. She was also severely injured in the process, with at least half of the flesh on her shoulder being ripped away by the monster, and her blood mixing with the surrounding lava.
Although she had suffered a lot while trying to steal the monsters' treasures, Mo Shuwan wasn't worried about her safety at all. She sat down on a rock, put a leaf in her mouth, and quietly watched the monsters around her.
We must win!
Once her injuries had mostly healed, Mo Shuwan immediately continued downwards. She didn't dare waste any time and moved much faster than before. And she didn't know if it was just her imagination, but the further she went, the easier it felt.
When she stood at the finish line, she was still a little dazed, "Is this... where I am?"
Mo Shuwan stood there dumbfounded for half a minute, but nothing unusual happened. There were no black text prompts, and nothing strange occurred. Even the monsters had disappeared.
Lin Guaiji also quickly reached the finish line. He didn't react much when he saw Mo Shuwan. He walked over and looked around the two or three-meter-wide area.
Congratulations on reaching the finish line.
After the black text disappeared, ten map fragments appeared in the void. Mo Shuwan's body stiffened slightly. She turned to look at Lin Guaiji, who was less than two meters away from her, and found that he was also looking at her. In other words, he had also seen these map fragments.
Her heart sank. If Lin Guai was determined to take it, what leverage did she have to keep him?
Lin Guaiji glanced at the ten map fragments floating in the air, then walked over.
Mo Shuwan was instantly torn. If she stayed, Lin Guaiji might kill her; if she didn't stay, she would still be killed. Thinking about it this way... it seemed there was nothing to hesitate about.
As Lin Guaiji approached, she reached out and took the ten map fragments floating in front of her, throwing them into her storage space. But the next second, Lin Guaiji, who was less than an arm's length away from her, suddenly disappeared. Mo Shuwan, who was ready for battle, took a few steps back.
The cloaked figure standing in the lava looked down at the paper in his hand, and finally raised his hand to add a question mark after the "X" following Mo Shuwan's name. He counted the string of checkmarks and "X" before it, and with the question mark, it was barely equal to the "X".
Having obtained the map fragment should have been a cause for celebration, but with Lin Guaiji's inexplicable disappearance, Mo Shuwan dared not relax. She watched her surroundings warily until she saw the cloaked figure suddenly appear in front of her. She took a deep breath, picked up the small tree that was not yet completely withered, and plunged headfirst into the lava.
Why……
A very soft sigh rang out, and Mo Shuwan, who had rushed into the lava, reappeared at the finish line. She looked at the cloaked figure in front of her and felt a chill run down her spine.
"You barely passed the test."
"Who are you?"
The cloaked figure was silent for a moment, then said, "You will naturally know who I am in the future."
Hearing the cloaked man's words, Mo Shuwan breathed a sigh of relief. Since he mentioned the word "future," this mysterious person in front of her should not attack her. After calming down, she realized the information contained in his words.
He quickly asked, "A test? What test? This time there's this reward game, and the previous gambling game where you made the passengers target me, was that all your doing?"
The cloaked man did not answer. The paper and pen in his hand disappeared, and a black jade pendant appeared in his hand. The jade pendant was not large and its shape was very ordinary. Apart from a light red character in the center, there were no other patterns.
"Take good care of this jade pendant; it will be your stepping stone in the future." The cloaked figure handed the jade pendant to Mo Shuwan, then hid his hand back inside the large cloak. "Don't disappoint me. I hope I can see you again in the future."
"Who exactly are you...?"
The cloaked figure disappeared, and Mo Shuwan reappeared on the round platform. Zhou Quansheng, who was behind her, sat up abruptly when he saw her appear, but the movement aggravated his wound, and he collapsed back down, panting. He weakly called out, "Wake up, everyone else is gone."
Mo Shuwan reflexively tossed the jade pendant into her storage space, looked up at the four broken bridges above, and saw that there was no one there. The lava and monsters below had also disappeared, leaving only the two of them in this place once again.
When did they disappear?
"A few minutes ago."
That must have disappeared with Lin Guaiji just now. She pondered for a moment, then looked down and opened her phone, seeing that the progress bar had reached fifty percent. "What do we do now? How can we leave?"
Zhou Quansheng shrugged. "I don't know."
The two remained silent. Fortunately, they didn't need to worry about how to leave, because the four broken bridges above suddenly descended and eventually connected to the round platform. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the ends of the four broken bridges led to a passage, which should be their exit route.
Mo Shuwan bent down, picked up the nearly withered sapling at her feet, plucked a few leaves, and handed them to Zhou Quansheng. "Let's go our separate ways."
Zhou Quansheng grinned and said, "Thanks."
He stuffed a few leaves into his mouth, and the huge blood hole in his stomach was visibly healing. Zhou Quansheng stood up and walked directly towards the bridge in front of him. He looked relaxed, but his body was actually slightly tense, probably because he was worried that Mo Shuwan would attack him from behind.
Only after entering the passage did Zhou Quansheng relax a little, click his tongue, and mutter to himself, "It's been a long time since I've met such a trustworthy guy. It's really a bit strange."
After Zhou Quansheng left, Mo Shuwan saw that the progress bar had reached 100%, and knew that the mission was completed. She took out the jade pendant that the mysterious person had given her earlier. She had come here immediately after receiving the jade pendant. There were other bus passengers behind her, and they didn't have time to read the words on the jade pendant.
Two light red characters are engraved on the front and back of the jade pendant, respectively.
The front side reads '监' (jian), and the back side reads '察' (cha).
"Inspection?"
She examined the jade pendant repeatedly, but couldn't find any clues on it. Thinking of the mysterious person from earlier, Mo Shuwan pondered for a moment and then put the jade pendant into her storage space.
The mysterious man just said that he would naturally find out his identity in the future, and that the jade pendant would be his stepping stone in the future. Although he did not explain the function of the jade pendant, he at least knew that the jade pendant had no use at this stage.
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