Chapter 1623 As expected of you!
However, Lu Li did not respond.
After its figure disappeared into the orange light, it was as if it had vanished from this world.
Evelyna hurriedly followed.
The moment his head emerged from the hole, Lu Li's urging voice reached his ears:
"Hurry up, we don't have much time."
Before Evelynn could react, she felt her wrist being grabbed.
The entire person, along with the flying carpet beneath their feet, was pulled out of the hole.
"Huh? Why are you in such a hurry all of a sudden..."
Evelina asked, puzzled.
Then they noticed that the light inside the cave had faded and darkness had returned.
The previously solidified orange color around them began to sway rapidly.
"Look at the torches around us, they're almost all out." Lu Li put away the flying carpet and casually pointed to the ceiling.
While explaining, he kept scanning his surroundings, searching for the entrance he had come from.
"So what if the torch goes out... We've been in this quiz game for so long, it's normal for the torch to run out of fuel and go out, right?"
Evelina did not understand Lu Li's meaning and asked in confusion.
"Have you forgotten the rules engraved on the armor statue when we first entered the quiz game space?"
Lu Li located the entrance and immediately pulled Evelyna toward it.
“Rules? I’ve almost forgotten them…” Evelyna blinked, replying as she quickened her pace:
"It seems to say something about 'to leave alive, you must complete the loyalty and betrayal game inside the mausoleum'? We've already completed it, so we should be able to leave alive..."
"That's the second rule you're talking about." Lu Li's brisk walk had turned into a jog.
If the passage ahead weren't narrow and unsuitable for using the flying carpet, he wouldn't have chosen to walk with Evelina.
To urge Evelina to speed up, Lu Li continued to explain:
"The real danger lies in the first and fourth rules!"
"The first rule is that the mausoleum passage is one-way, with no way back."
"The fourth rule is: [When all the flames are extinguished, that is when judgment will come. Please seize the time to discuss countermeasures and do not waste your life in hesitation.]"
"Do you understand now?!"
Evelyna also started running, but her expression remained blank.
"I don't quite understand... If there's a danger in these two rules, wouldn't running back now be suicide?"
"We've already violated the first rule; we're going back to the wrong path!"
"We're not going back the way we came." Lu Li's jog had turned into a brisk run, and his speech had become rapid:
"If we go back the way we came, then the path we took will never appear again!"
"Have you forgotten? When we came here, a stone gate fell at the entrance of the passage, blocking our retreat!"
"Oh right!" Evelina realized belatedly.
"Now that the stone gate is gone and the tunnel entrance has reopened, it proves that the path we're taking isn't the way back..."
"As expected of you! You managed to see through such a convoluted set of rules at a glance!"
"Then what danger is there in the fourth rule, which is to extinguish all the fire..."
As she spoke, Evelina began to scan her surroundings.
Then, her face turned pale instantly.
I hadn't noticed it at all before.
Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the orange light illuminating the entire underground plaza comes from a few scattered, swaying torches at the top.
Upon closer inspection, there were only five left!
In the blink of an eye, one of them was extinguished!
"When everything is extinguished, that will be the time of judgment?"
"Oh my god!"
"Run!"
Lu Li, who was still running ahead, suddenly felt the pulling force on his hands disappear.
The next instant, a beautiful figure passed by him and darted forward with incredible agility!
"Holy crap? Does it really need to be this fast?!"
……
at the same time.
The entrance to the ruins, next to a stone wall inside the roots of a giant ancient tree.
Kil'jaeden leaned back in his chair, bored, watching the strangely dressed Gobelins perform in front of him.
The program features the kind of exciting, action-packed shows that Kil'jaeden usually enjoys.
The pacing is tight, the plot twists are frequent, and there's not a single dull moment!
For a low-level monster, this is already considered a masterpiece.
But for some reason, Kil'jaeden just couldn't muster any interest.
Even though there was nothing else in his surroundings to attract his attention, he could never fully immerse himself in the story.
Finally, as Gobelins passionately proclaimed on stage, "Reborn, I will reclaim everything I have lost," Kil'jaeden could no longer contain himself and called for a halt:
"Hey, stop, stop! Stop acting!"
"What kind of fucking garbage plot is this?"
"Didn't you think before you wrote this story?"
"I'll be given a second chance at life, and I'll definitely take back everything I've lost?"
"With the protagonist's idiotic personality, he'll still fall into the same trap even after being reborn!"
The Goberlings, who were forcibly stopped, all looked fearful and dared not utter a sound.
After all, Kil'jaeden was a high-level monster.
With a mere flick of a finger, I could crush those low-level monsters like ants!
If people say the plot is garbage, then it is garbage.
refute?
What a joke!
Just accept it obediently!
Otherwise, your life will be in danger!
But Gobelin, who previously played the lead role and delivered impassioned lines, perhaps became too immersed in the role...
After Kil'jaeden finished venting his frustrations, he actually dared to retort:
"Sir, while our plot may not be the most exciting, it's still quite a classic overall, isn't it?"
"Many plays follow this formula. We've been working overtime for seven or eight cycles without much sleep. We've done our best to achieve this level of performance..."
"You did your best?" Upon hearing this, Kil'jaeden's already somewhat irritated heart suddenly flared with anger:
"It seems you've forgotten what the duty of low-level monsters is. I need to emphasize it to you again!"
Gobelin, who played the lead role, shrank back, as if finally snapping out of his daze, and timidly tried to make amends:
"M-Sir, I know that the duty of low-ranking monsters is to unconditionally obey the orders of higher-ranking monsters..."
"But we really did our best. If we had a little more time, we could have done even better and made the storyline even more perfect."
"I swear, at most three cycles!"
"With three more cycles, we'll definitely be able to present a storyline that satisfies the adults..."
Kil'jaeden looked at Gobelin's serious expression on the stage and scoffed:
"What if the plot is still a pile of crap after three cycles?"
"If swearing an oath were effective, then the noble Holy Lord should immediately unleash divine punishment and strike you, you idiot, to death on the spot!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud bang came from behind Kil'jaeden!
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