Zhang Sanfeng and the other three had faces as pale as death, staring at the humanoid creature's black mist head dotted with flickering lights, as if they were truly standing amidst a nebula.

Immediately after, they noticed something strange: at this very moment, looking at the humanoid creature, they no longer felt that indescribable sense of panic.

The humanoid creature must have done something to ease their pressure.

This guy's actually pretty nice.

"What were you chanting earlier? It sounded quite interesting," the humanoid creature lowered its head, looking intrigued.

"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, it means wishing you boundless happiness every day," Zhang Sanfeng blurted out without hesitation.

"Then why did you attack me?" the humanoid creature asked.

The four of them were left speechless.

With your esteemed appearance, you don't look like a neutral NPC at all!

"Don't know, we were just really scared," Zhang Sanfeng scratched his head, pretending to be confused.

He was testing this monster's intelligence.

The humanoid creature didn't press further, saying, "Alright, I also wish you Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun. Now quickly lead me out."

The four immediately exchanged glances, frantically communicating with their eyes.

Zhang Sanfeng: What do we do now, brothers? Should we become guides?

Zhang Sifeng: Have you noticed, this monster's voice has become more pleasant, and we can actually understand its ancient god whispers now!

Zhang Wufeng: Quick, quick, quick, do as it says!

Zhang Qifeng: Aba aba, okay, let's do as you all say. When do we start the team fight? I'll follow instantly!

The four of them had a completely useless eye conversation, none of them understanding what the others were thinking, but they didn't dare whisper.

They were still under its control right now.

"Sir, Zhang Liufeng was supposed to meet us outside, but we can't contact him now. I'm afraid we can't get out..." Zhang Sanfeng took a deep breath, saw the black mist around the humanoid creature's neck suddenly solidify, immediately got goosebumps from fright, and hurriedly added, "But I can tell you where the tunnel... the entrance is."

The four held their breath and waited for a long moment, but the humanoid creature didn't respond.

Zhang Sifeng had a sudden inspiration and said, "Did it fall asleep?"

"Seems like it, I think I heard snoring...?" Zhang Wufeng replied.

The four immediately huddled together, wanting to whisper something, when the humanoid creature suddenly shuddered, as if waking from a nightmare, and said, "Sorry, sorry, fell asleep. Quickly lead me out, I'm too lazy to find the way myself."

You really are that lazy... lazy enough to die!

Zhang Sanfeng cursed inwardly, then quickly gestured to show the way.

Arriving at the spot where they had dug the tunnel earlier, the humanoid creature pressed a single hand against it. That section of the wall immediately dissolved, revealing a narrow, cramped hole.

The humanoid creature leisurely walked out, its body emitting ghostly lights that illuminated the path.

Not long after, it arrived at a somewhat larger space. This was a rest stop along the tunneling route.

A disheveled, almost wild-looking man in Taoist robes was slumped here, looking utterly exhausted.

"Liufeng, you're still alive?!" Zhang Sanfeng was overjoyed.

Zhang Liufeng lifted his head, saw the humanoid creature's head, and the last bit of breath he was holding nearly scattered!

The humanoid creature moved a finger, and Zhang Liufeng also rapidly shrank down to the size of a mustard seed, landing in its palm.

"Sir, just a bit further and we'll reach the surface," Zhang Sanfeng wanted to perform well, to secure a chance for the five brothers to survive.

The humanoid creature nodded, its voice clear, sweet, and pleasant, hard to distinguish as male or female: "Very good, very good. Once I reach the surface, I'll let you go."

One minute later...

"Sir, what are you doing? Why aren't you moving forward?" Zhang Sanfeng asked, puzzled.

The humanoid creature sounded equally puzzled: "Haven't I been moving forward this whole time?"

Does this monster have some serious issue?

Zhang Sanfeng fell into deep confusion and said, "But in our eyes, you've been marching in place the entire time!"

The humanoid creature immediately fell silent, released Zhang Sanfeng, and said, "You try walking forward."

Zhang Sanfeng took off running. The humanoid creature tried to follow behind, but found the former getting farther and farther away.

This left it silent once more.

"Isn't the game time thirty days?" the humanoid creature asked.

"It ended early! The game ended early!!!" Zhang Sanfeng cheered and jumped for joy. Just thinking about seeing sunlight again made him want to cry tears of happiness.

The humanoid creature fell silent again.

So you're saying the task the Mad King gave me... failed before I even got to complete it?

If it had a circulatory system, its surface temperature right now would definitely be hotter than scorching iron sheets!

...

[Dormitory Broadcast: This round of optimizations has concluded. Optimization details are as follows]

[New special building added - Pioneering Hall. The Pioneering Hall will display player pioneering progress in real-time and issue corresponding pioneering tasks]

[Supermarket optimization - Increased product diversification]

[Dormitory building optimization - External volume increased]

[Player permissions optimization - Players can inspect more item information]

[Game difficulty optimization - Games generated will be more suited to player levels, increasing challenge]

[Supplies optimization - Quality of supplies refreshed in Safe Zones significantly improved]

[Scenes optimization - Three new forbidden lands added: "Rust Lake," "Astrological Platform," and "Garden Corridor." Super-standard items exist within forbidden lands]

[Punishment mechanism optimization - Number of elimination slots for dormitories at the bottom of the Points Leaderboard increased to 10]

[Points Ranking Leaderboard rewards will be distributed after the dormitory building's second characteristic is confirmed]

[In three days, "Dusk Dormitory Building" will relocate to the "Mad King Dormitory Building" Safe Zone. The two will form a community ecosystem, pioneering and facing challenges together]

[The seventh round of the game will begin at 6 PM seven days from now. Please look forward to it!]

[When the Mad King travels, ten thousand buildings retreat. Respected Mad King Dormitory Building players, please vote for the dormitory building characteristic]

[One, Mad Judgment: During game time, players can vote to damage monsters, dealing 30% to 60% true damage. The worse the enemy's condition, the higher the damage. After a target is killed by Judgment power, voting can occur again. Maximum initial Judgment chances per game round is 1. Current votes (0)]

[Two, The King's Eternal Servitude: New monster market added. After winning each game round, players can purchase monsters that appeared and died in the previous round, with no purchase limit. Current votes (0)]

[Three: Blood Retribution: After a player dies, inflicts curse damage equal to 3% of the killer's maximum HP. Current votes (0)]

[Four, Mad Rewards: All players receive three hundred thousand Copper Coins and one Level 15 equipment, rarity random. Current votes (0)]

[Five: Happiness Supreme: Skip three game rounds, redeem three rest periods in advance. The next game round directly jumps to ninth-cycle difficulty. Current votes (0)]

[After the dormitory building's second characteristic is selected, the Mad King Building will gain a new SAN value attribute, with a maximum of 100 points. For every 1 point decrease, base attributes decrease by 1%. The top three players with the most stable SAN value each game round will receive "Old God - S???" Sequence residue. This Sequence residue will integrate into the player's backpack and cannot be plundered or taken out of Safe Zones]

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!"

In Dorm 170, Pandora, holding her black and white long-eared bunny plushie, coughed violently.

She only has a C-rank Sequence; she really can't handle hearing this!

S-rank Sequence?

Is the Mad King Building insane?!

They can actually give this out? Once this gets out, won't every dormitory building player try everything to get into the Mad King Building?!

A-rank Sequences are considered world-ending level sequences, while S-rank Sequences are called God Sequences!

And the names of these God Sequences are themselves forbidden information. Ninety-nine percent of players don't even know the names of S-rank Sequences, let alone their serial numbers.

The Mad King Building also didn't explicitly state the Old God Sequence's serial number.

"A Sequence where even knowing its information invites misfortune and disaster... the Mad King Building actually dares to offer it as a reward! This so-called SAN value is probably not simple at all!"

Pandora's heart pounded wildly as she speculated frantically in her mind.

This information absolutely must not leak!!!

"There's only one person who might possibly leak S-rank information, and that's Xu Lang. He has the most Core Facilities!"

"What if he has a Radio and then runs his mouth? That would be disastrous!"

The later the game goes, the more monstrous player strength becomes, the less bound they are by dormitories. Crossing the Blood Mist might not be impossible.

For example, the Lord of Dawn of the Golden Dawn, Pandora strongly suspects he has the powerful ability to cross the Blood Mist.

She hurriedly sent Xu Lang a private message, but Xu Lang didn't reply.