It goes without saying which three people they are.
After all, there were only five people in the cave opposite, and they had already known the shadow forms of Lu Chenfei and the kidnapped person.
After hearing Song Yang's words, Xia Jing did not respond for a moment.
He looked at the void in front of his vision, as if thinking about something.
Song Yang didn't say anything else.
In the darkness, all sounds are easily amplified.
At some point, they suddenly became aware of a very faint whistling sound of the wind.
The coldness began to seep into the skin silently.
Xia Jing tilted his head, looked towards the outside of the cave, and said softly, "This position seems to be very close to the ground."
Song Yang: "Yeah."
Xia Jing leaned lazily against him and said, "The progress of this instance should be almost at the end."
Song Yang tightened his grip on his hand.
They will soon have the final result.
Life or death, they always get an answer.
But at this moment, Song Yang was suddenly no longer as tense as before.
Perhaps it was because the two of them were leaning against each other, and this intimacy made him realize again that no matter what the outcome would be, he would always be by Xia Jing's side.
Of course, in order not to make his family in the real world sad, and in order to prevent the young man in his arms from ever having the chance to return to the real world, Song Yang will do his best to rush towards the ending they want.
Xia Jing suddenly grabbed his hand, played with his slender fingers, and asked, "Do you have any ideas on how to solve this copy?"
Song Yang thought for a moment and whispered, "Actually, I think 'ground' is probably just a simple destination, and this destination doesn't mean victory."
Maybe they can reach the ground successfully, but that doesn't mean they will have solved the main monster by then.
If they do nothing along the way, they may even lose the chance to completely solve the main monster the moment they reach the ground.
This idea has no evidence to support it, it is just Song Yang's empirical intuition after running through so many copies.
However, the act of "climbing all the way to the ground" must have some deep meaning, and this deep meaning can help them solve the main monster of the dungeon.
"The god is most likely the main monster. Although he represents the will of Jiang Ying, his true form is definitely not that NPC. There must be some way to make him reveal his true form, just like in the dungeon 'How to Kill Him'. Or maybe he has another entity, hiding in a corner of the dungeon world."
Speaking of this matter, Song Yang suddenly became curious.
"Back in Shadow City, was your last dungeon also a similar one?"
Xia Jing raised an eyebrow and said, "No, Jiang Ying's concept and construction of Shadow City were actually very crude. Although he set the '5,000 points' threshold, he didn't fully grasp everyone's progress. So when I was about to reach 5,000 points, he was completely unpredictable. The dungeon he gave me that day, while certainly difficult, didn't have any special meaning."
Song Yang was stunned. Thinking back, Xia Jing's score at that time might have been transferred to his soul by him.
Even if Jiang Ying tried his best, he would not be able to find out how many points Xia Jing had.
Song Yang couldn't help laughing.
"When you were still human, you were a bug-like existence, right?"
Xia Jing just smiled at this comment.
Song Yang asked, "What happens after reaching 5,000 points?"
Xia Jing said lazily, "Back then, we didn't have such a thing as per-person points. Jiang Ying probably never thought that anyone could actually meet the requirement of 5,000 points."
Each copy only has 10 to 30 points for clearing the level.
Jiangying allows them to enter the dungeon once every seven days, but if they really only enter once every seven days, then when will the players be able to accumulate 5,000 points?
But if the player is more diligent and enters the dungeon once a day, then without getting enough rest, the player will only die faster.
"So in essence, Jiangying had no intention of letting any player leave from the beginning."
But in order to fool the players, he has given the condition that "you can leave Shadow City after meeting 5,000 points."
So if there really is a player who meets this condition, what should he do?
Jiang Ying is not a smart person.
His usual approach is to avoid problems.
Back then, on this important issue, he still subconsciously chose a very ambiguous approach.
——If there is a player who reaches 5,000 points for the first time, then bring that player to him first.
That player cannot be left in Shadow City anymore, otherwise all players will know that the "five thousand points" is a scam, and then all players will no longer actively challenge the dungeon.
They couldn't just let the player go, either. Jiang Ying was absolutely unwilling to let any prey go.
Then he can only put the prey next to him first.
As for what to do next, we'll see when the time comes.
He incorporated this idea into the autonomous settings of Shadow City.
Once someone triggers the condition, the setting will automatically start.
Song Yang was stunned.
He didn't expect to hear such an answer.
He said, "So Jiang Ying was completely unprepared when he met you?"
Xia Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled: "That's right."
Song Yang was suddenly speechless.
...For Jiang Ying, the moment he suddenly saw Xia Jing was probably the most terrifying moment in his life.
It was also at this time that Song Yang finally vaguely realized how Xia Jing had destroyed Jiangying in the past.
For a moment, he wanted to ask more carefully.
Xia Jing had a full eighteen years of past, but he never understood it and never participated in it.
Ever since Xia Jing regained his memory, Song Yang has always been eager to understand him.
But he also did not forget the environment they were in.
The mysterious man is still in this copy, so it is better not to talk about some important things at this time.
So Song Yang moved his lips, but finally held back his words.
Xia Jing seemed to be able to sense his frustration and chuckled.
He reached back and touched Song Yang's face in the dark.
Song Yang grabbed his hand and bent down to kiss his cheek.
The wide-brimmed hat on Xia Jing's head was a bit of a hindrance. Song Yang pondered, "What kind of creatures live underground?"
"Is the hat just used to convey the voice of the gods?" he analyzed. "The NPC at the beginning of the dungeon said that the hat is the ship where the gods rest."
...What kind of creature would use something the size of a hat as a boat?
NPC also said that if players are obedient enough, they may welcome the arrival of gods. In what form will this "arrival" be presented to the players?
What does it take to be considered a "sufficiently obedient" player?
Xia Jing said softly, "Tomorrow we may be climbing the last section of this dungeon map, so keep an eye out for other clues."
Song Yang nodded.
*
The nights when I can't sleep peacefully are long.
Xia Jing closed his eyes and rested, but his mind remained clear.
As time passed, he could clearly feel that the temperature in the copy was gradually dropping.
Song Yang silently tightened his arms and hugged him tighter.
The man's body temperature was very high, and Xia Jing followed him into a warm bed.
Suddenly.
A soft ticking sound was heard.
It started with just one sound, and then quickly became a continuous sound.
It started raining in the copy world.
The rain wet the soil, giving off a scent that only rains.
Xia Jing opened his eyes.
He sensed a ray of light out of the corner of his eye and turned his head to look outside the cave.
Li Mian was leaning against the edge of the cave opposite, holding a flashlight and looking down.
Noticing Xia Jing's gaze, Li Mian signaled him to look down with his eyes.
Xia Jing lowered his eyes.
——In a short period of time, the heavy rain had accumulated water in this underground world, and it was rising visibly from the bottom of the tunnel.
If the rain continues like this, by the time they get up tomorrow morning, the water will probably reach their level.
However, it was inconvenient to move in the dark, so they could only wait and see if the rain would stop.