Yin Xiu turned and glanced at him, then handed him the note in his hand. "Looking for Yin Xiu."
Ye Tianxuan quickly took the slips of paper, casually slipped Yin Xiu's into his palm, and then pointed to one of the less crowded passages, "I'll go explore on my own first, see you later?"
"Mm." Yin Xiu nodded.
They have different styles of doing things, so they won't stay together in the instance. It's most convenient for them to explore separately.
"Are you sure you can manage on your own?" Before the other person left, he remembered the mechanics of the dungeon and casually asked.
After all, someone like Ye Tianxuan, who emerged from a group of villains, was easily attacked by other players. In the early stages, without any items, Ye Tianxuan was no different from a lamb to be slaughtered at will in their eyes.
"Don't worry, I have your reputation protecting me." Ye Tianxuan waved his hand with a smile, then grinned and revealed the purple emblem on his tongue. "Besides, I have this too."
Yin Xiu nodded thoughtfully, watching Ye Tianxuan leisurely walk away.
He wasn't too worried. Given Ye Tianxuan's personality, if he went out with his top name, it might make his already bad reputation even worse.
On the contrary, he needs to find a way to get the props back as soon as possible and remove the handcuffs.
Yin Xiu raised his hand, looking at the black handcuffs on his wrist. He was very unhappy. He wouldn't feel comfortable wearing these restrictive things for even one more day.
Once the crowd had mostly dispersed, Yin Xiu unfolded the note and glanced at the location where his props were stored.
[Fifth Floor, Storage Room 303]
It's in a middle-of-the-road location, so it'll take some time to find it.
He wasn't sure which passage was closer to the fifth floor, so he simply chose the one closest to him and went straight in.
Most players had already entered the next area, and the dark passage was completely deserted.
The moment Yin Xiu stepped into the dark passage, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled, and the entire passage spun around, catching him off guard and almost leaving him unable to react.
Yin Xiu quickly pressed himself against the wall and moved step by step in the direction the passage was rotating, waiting for the rotating passage to stop.
Elysium Walkthrough Rule 2: Elysium is quite complex, with each floor representing a different area. However, all floors will be shuffled every half hour, so please remember your destination.
He had been waiting in the lobby for quite a while for the crowd to disperse, and he figured that as soon as he came in, the floor layouts had been shuffled, and he didn't know which floor he would be randomly assigned to.
Generally, players will randomly wander between the seventh and sixth floors. If they don't reach the first floor within half an hour, they will be unlucky and immediately thrown back to the seventh floor, going back and forth repeatedly. Just getting to the first floor where the warden is located requires a bit of luck.
It's the final location of the dungeon, so it won't be randomly assigned to that location so easily.
The rumbling sound stopped abruptly a few seconds later, and Yin Xiu also calmed down.
He groped his way along the wall in the dark passage, and as he walked, he found a heavy, classical door.
With a creak, he pushed open the door, and the light from the corridor outside fell on Yin Xiu's fair hands, which were clad in handcuffs.
He cautiously peeked out through the crack in the door and immediately noticed another door in the narrow corridor outside, with a sign prominently displayed on it—Warden's Office.
Yin Xiu: ? ? ?
What's going on with this instance?
Asking him to fight a boss with nothing to his name? Isn't that a bit too hasty?
Yin Xiu cautiously peeked out into the narrow corridor, which led to a small hallway that was almost like an entrance hall. The floor number "1" was marked on one side of the wall.
And he actually ended up randomly at the warden's door on the first floor?
Yin Xiu stood at the entrance of the passage, somewhat questioning his existence. He had cleared so many dungeons, but this was the first time he had encountered something so novel.
He glanced down at the handcuffs on his wrists. There were no props or knives, and his hands were still bound. He was thrown to the door of the final boss in this state. This instance had no intention of letting him live at all.
Wait half an hour, then come back later?
Yin Xiu hesitated, deep in thought.
The chat was filled with astonishment: "This dungeon is terrifying! What boss would camp out at the entrance of the starting village just to kill people?! That's so despicable!!"
"The main problem is that I noticed all the other players were sent to different floors, so why was Yin Xiu the only one thrown at the boss's door?"
"It was intentional! They confiscated his tools, removed his weapons, and even carefully handcuffed him to restrict his movements before he dared to provoke Yin Xiu. This boss is a coward!"
"Fortunately, the floors change every half hour. Yin Xiu just needs to wait in the corridor, go to another floor, retrieve his things, and then come back."
"That makes sense, but I'm afraid..."
Before the comments had even finished, the door to the warden's room, which was carved with classical patterns, opposite Yin Xiu suddenly opened in the video.
The viewers in the live chat were taken aback, and Yin Xiu was also surprised.
A man dressed in a black robe, holding a prison grimoire, and with many keys hanging from his waist stood in the open doorway.
The other person noticed that Yin Xiu's expression was somewhat complicated, but he quickly suppressed it and forced a smile, "Yin Xiu, it's been a long time."
Does this person know him?
Yin Xiu stared at him without responding, his brows furrowed as he racked his brains, trying hard to recall this somewhat familiar-looking person.
Which dungeon boss did he kill?
He stared intently at the face, scrutinizing it closely.
An awkward silence fell between them. After a few seconds of silence, Yin Xiu stared at him, his eyes suddenly lighting up. "Aren't you the jailer from before?"
The warden looked at Yin Xiu with a complicated expression. It was surprising that it had taken him so long to remember. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be happy that Yin Xiu still remembered him.
"Yes, I used to see you coming out of the instance all the time, but that was six years ago. I'm the warden of this instance now..."
"Oh…" Yin Xiu narrowed his eyes meaningfully, "So it's an acquaintance."
Faced with Yin Xiu's composure, the other side became somewhat unhappy and snorted, "I know you are extraordinary, but this instance is not the same as it was six years ago, and I am no longer the jailer I used to be. Now that you have entered this instance, I will not let you leave so easily."
"You're just unlucky to have met me at this time."
The monsters inside the instance started discussing their plan as soon as they learned that Yin Xiu would be coming. The plan was simple: restrict Yin Xiu, restrict him drastically, and then kill him before he could make a move!
Only in this way can the monsters in the dungeon survive; this is the best result they came up with after three days of discussion.
"Oh? So you want to kill me now?" Yin Xiu coldly curled his lips, his smile more sinister than a monster's.
"Yes." The warden felt a chill run down his spine for no reason, but he still nodded with a forced smile.
Yin Xiu's eyes grew even colder in an instant. He said in a sinister tone, "You've only ever met me after I cleared a dungeon, but you probably haven't seen how I cleared it, have you?"
The warden's psychological trauma was stirred up again by the memory of seeing Yin Xiu covered in blood every time he came out.
To be honest, he didn't seem to have seen how Yin Xiu cleared the dungeon, but he had heard other monsters mention it, and by the time it reached him, the descriptions had become quite terrifying. He didn't dare to confirm whether it was true or not for a moment.
But the chill emanating from the man before him made him inexplicably believe that the terrifying methods he had heard about were real.
"Actually, I've always wanted to put into practice the idea of dismantling a monster with my bare hands, but I haven't had the chance. Now that I see you… it seems perfect." Yin Xiu smiled, slowly stepped forward, and said in a gentle voice, "Would you like to give it a try?"
Perhaps it was instinct, but when faced with Yin Xiu, who was tightly bound by both hands and had no weapons, the warden almost instantly took a step back and shrank back into his room in fright.
He stared at Yin Xiu nervously, his breathing rapid, his brows furrowed, and he stammered for a long time, "Maybe...maybe now is not the time for you to come here, you, you should leave."
"Since we're already here, why can't I even try? We'll have to make a move sooner or later anyway, right?" Yin Xiu pressed his advantage, wanting to take another step forward.
"Don't come any closer!!"
The moment he moved slightly, the warden recoiled as if in response, and pulled out another pair of silver handcuffs from his pocket, throwing them out.
As soon as the handcuffs flew out, they automatically landed in Yin Xiu's hands. With a snap, another pair of white handcuffs appeared under the black handcuffs.
"..." Yin Xiu looked silently at his hands, which were becoming even more inconvenient, and was very unhappy.
But when he looked up, the warden had already hurriedly closed his cell door.
The next second, the world spun around him again. Yin Xiu's hands were injured and he was knocked off balance. After the environment calmed down, he stared blankly at the corridor that extended out to the side.
He seemed to have been thrown onto another floor by the panicked warden.