Chapter 78
Chapter 78
Wei Sen carefully went over the information displayed on her watch.
Perhaps because the Instance difficulty had increased, the information shown in the main group chat this time was different from before.
The group chat was called: Snowy Night Traveler (30).
After tapping into the member list, she found that everyone’s names appeared in five colors: red, blue, green, purple, and black. Clearly, members of the same small team shared the same name color.
The ten of them were all green.
There were five red names, seven blue names, seven purple names, and only one black name. His name was Zhong Lingkun, and he was not the Lone Wolf Legend Lin Ze.
“Come on, come on. Let’s stand by color and see who our brave Lone Wolf is!” the tall, skinny man said, dragging his suitcase forward first. “I’m Purple Team.”
At that, five other people in the crowd went to stand behind him. Purple Team had two men and five women in total.
Five striking, tall girls in the crowd automatically gathered together. It was obvious they had already been teammates before this, not a temporary team.
The curly-haired girl among them spoke up. “We’re Red Team.”
“Ah! You’re the KPI Girl Group!” someone exclaimed, recognizing the five girls as members of a girl group that had recently gained some fame.
The curly-haired girl smiled at everyone. “That’s right. We’re KPI Girl Group. I’m the captain, Meng Zhenzhen.”
“Wuwu, I can’t believe I’m meeting my idol here! I like Sister Yang Yan the most~~” Lin Xiaoxue said excitedly, her gaze locking onto the girl in the group with long, straight black hair and refusing to move away.
Yang Yan gave Lin Xiaoxue a bright, easygoing smile. At that moment, however, Meng Zhenzhen’s expression darkened slightly.
Immediately after, a burly middle-aged man and a pair of twin sisters who looked about Lin Xiaoxue’s age also stepped forward.
The burly middle-aged man said, “We’re Blue Team.”
After he finished, two more men and two women walked out of the crowd, indicating they were also Blue Team.
Wei Sen and the others had already been standing together. Now, it was obvious that only one man over 1.8 meters tall remained standing alone in the snow. He was the Lone Wolf of Black Team.
Aside from the tall, skinny man, everyone else had not split up to see who the Lone Wolf was. It was just that many of them had been randomly assigned to teams, so they wanted to identify their teammates first.
None of them were newbies entering an Instance for the first time. They knew that the Clearance Condition for an Instance was not necessarily the same for every team. Only teammates could be considered temporary allies.
“Yo, yo, yo, little brother. What’s your background that you dare to be a Lone Wolf?” The tall, skinny man looked the solitary man up and down.
Wei Sen also glanced at Zhong Lingkun without making a sound. Anyone who dared enter an S-Rank Instance alone was either a ruthless character or an idiot.
So which one was the man before them?
For now, it was hard to tell.
Judging by appearance alone, the man wore a black outdoor jacket, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and an extremely well-proportioned build.
But as for his face, it was far too ordinary. Plain features with no standout qualities, and his eyes looked perfectly normal too. There was no further information to glean.
Zhong Lingkun remained silent, showing no intention whatsoever of responding to the tall, skinny man.
For a moment, the atmosphere turned awkward. Just as the tall, skinny man’s expression began to darken, Huang Xinze’s voice suddenly broke the stalemate.
“Damn! Lao Wang!”
Huang Xinze strode toward the burly middle-aged man from Blue Team.
Hearing him, Lao Wang spotted Huang Xinze as well, surprise appearing on his face. “Xiao Ze, what are you doing here?!”
“Same reason you are!” Huang Xinze said with a laugh.
Lao Wang glanced around. There were too many people here, and some things were not suitable to say out loud. “I didn’t expect to run into you here.”
“That just means the two of us are fated!” Huang Xinze said, tapping his watch against Lao Wang’s.
Lao Wang did not refuse. The two exchanged a look, both understanding what the other was thinking.
Wei Sen watched the scene thoughtfully.
Huang Xinze and Lao Wang were probably old friends who had known each other for many years.
As for Huang Xinze coming from Civilization City, she had not yet had time to ask him what exactly was going on.
But since this man called Lao Wang knew Huang Xinze, he was most likely from Civilization City as well.
Wei Sen quietly swept her gaze over all thirty people present. Perhaps she could properly ask around about where each of them came from. That way, she would know whether they had all come from the same world and the same time!
“Everyone!” Inside the inn, a woman in her early thirties wearing a yellow puffer jacket hurried over, white mist puffing from her mouth with every breath. “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you had already arrived. I’m Meiya, an employee of Aurora Inn. Please take your luggage and follow me.”
“Aurora Inn? I don’t see a sign,” Yang Yan said, blinking her clear almond eyes as she questioned Meiya.
Meiya smiled. “Aurora Village only has this one inn, so we never made a sign. But when you booked online, you should have seen the inn’s name, right?”
“Yes, we did,” Meng Zhenzhen quickly chimed in.
Clearly, their identities in this Instance were tourists who had come to visit Aurora Village.
But for now, they had no idea what the Killing Rule of this Instance was, nor did they know how to clear it. It was best to proceed with caution in everything.
Meiya led everyone into the first-floor lobby. On the left was a lounge area with a long table, large enough to seat thirty people for a roundtable meeting.
On the right was the dining area, with seven wooden tables. Each table could seat up to eight people.
“Please bring your ID cards to the front desk to register. Our room types are limited, and each room can accommodate no more than two people,” Meiya reminded them, then turned and headed toward the front desk.
The group did not immediately follow. Instead, they all remained where they were, each team beginning to discuss the matter of accommodations.
“Listen, based on my experience, there are ten of us, so the safest arrangement is two people per room!” Liu Shuang stepped forward, acting as if he had the whole situation under control.
He Xu looked at him and deliberately raised her voice. “That makes sense. As expected of someone who has cleared nine S-Rank Instances.”
The moment she said that, many people looked at Liu Shuang in surprise.
“Heh, keep it low-key, low-key!” A flicker of guilt flashed through Liu Shuang’s eyes.
“Brother Jie and I will share a room.” He Xu placed her ID card together with Zhou Jie’s.
“Sister Xu, what about me?” Xia Susu froze where she stood.
“Susu, Brother Jie and I definitely have to stay together. You can’t possibly stay with us, can you?”
“I…” Xia Susu swallowed the rest of her words.
It was not as if she could not! This was an Eerie Entity Instance, after all. Did anyone really still have the leisure to do anything improper?
But the woman at the front desk had just said that each room could only accommodate two people at most. Xia Susu could not say anything more, so she could only shut her mouth for now and wait to see how things played out.
Guo Lan walked over to Lin Xiaoxue and said, “Stay with me.”
Lin Xiaoxue glanced at Wei Sen and the others. She knew staying with an expert would definitely be safest, but she also could not just abandon Wei Sen and the others.
“Why don’t us girls all stay in one room? What if there are suites or something?” Lin Xiaoxue tried to argue for it one more time.
Guo Lan said sternly, “Don’t take an NPC’s hint lightly. The front desk clearly said each guest room can only accommodate two people at most. Then we can only do as she said.”
Everyone immediately grew wary.
Although no explicit rules had appeared yet, this woman named Meiya was an employee here. That meant whatever she said was most likely part of the inn’s rules.
Since they had checked into this inn, obeying its rules was surely the most basic requirement for survival.
“You should share a room with Guo Lan,” Xu You said, patting Lin Xiaoxue on the shoulder before leaning in and whispering, “You paid for it, after all. Besides, she’s a real expert.”
Lin Xiaoxue did not quite understand what Xu You meant by saying Guo Lan was a real expert. Were there fake experts here too?
“What about you guys?” Lin Xiaoxue asked worriedly.
Xu You’s tone was relaxed. “No problem. The rest of us can split two to a room too. Same thing.”
“All right, then I’ll share a room with Sister Lan.” Lin Xiaoxue handed her ID card to Guo Lan.
Liu Shuang looked at Huang Xinze and said, “Looks like we’re the only two men left. I suppose I’ll just have to make do with you.”
“Ha ha.” Huang Xinze gave Liu Shuang a dry laugh, then turned his gaze between Wei Sen, Xu You, Chen Lin, and Xia Susu. With utter sincerity, he invited them, “Ladies, would any of you be willing to spend a wonderful night with me?”