Chapter 1 Shushan is Actually a Day Guardian's Instance Dungeon?

Zhang Yuanqing's first reaction was surprise. Shushan was a swordsman sect, and its affiliated Nan Yuan was a White Tiger Soldier's gang instance dungeon. Therefore, the main "Shushan" should also belong to the Scout profession.

Then he thought about it, and it made sense that Shushan was a Night Guardian's solo instance. The eerie aura surrounding Shushan was clearly a Night Guardian boss. His second reaction was, what a coincidence!

The S-class instance dungeon was a coincidence, and Shushan was an even bigger one.

It was such a coincidence that Zhang Yuanqing suspected it was Ling Tu's arrangement. Of course, the Lord of Taiyin didn't have that kind of authority.

Then it could only be a coincidence. He looked at Diana, who was sitting in front of the computer editing emails, and said, "No need to contact Elder Chang. My solo instance dungeon just opened."

Foreigners didn't like sending messages. For official matters, they preferred sending emails, which was actually quite inefficient.

Diana was stunned when she heard this. "Such a coincidence? What instance dungeon?"

"S-class instance dungeon, Shushan!" After Zhang Yuanqing finished speaking, he waved his hand and disappeared from the office without leaving any instructions. In his opinion, with his current top-tier equipment and his status as a Tool Grandmaster, clearing an eighth-level S-class instance dungeon wasn't too difficult.

The War of the Gods Instance Dungeon.

As the yellow sand gradually settled, the battle between Order and Evil stopped.

In the first round of formation core contention, the Order camp obtained the cores of three formations, while the Evil camp obtained two. The two sides didn't stop to rest but continued fighting. They fought for three days without rest. As the first formation's time limit expired, the fight became even more intense.

Because the second round of formations was unlocked one by one, unlike the first round, which had a full five formations available for contention.

Each time a formation was unlocked, both sides fought to the point of brains splattering.

The Order demigods were generally stronger than the Evil demigods, but the Order demigods had a more reasonable and comprehensive ability combination, with defense, healing, output, mobility, and three Scholar demigods who could suppress all items.

Therefore, in the second round of contention, Order still occupied three formations, while Evil occupied two.

This time, the two sides didn't fight to the death and finally stopped to recuperate.

The yellow wind stirred up a sandstorm. Old Mike of the Dionysus Club stared at the Fear Heavenly King with an unfriendly expression. "I don't care what grievances you have with Marshal White Tiger. The most important thing in team battles is to follow commands, cooperate, and not be immersed in your own world, ignoring tactics and your teammates' arrangements."

In the previous battle, the Fear Heavenly King of the Soldiers of God Sect neither obeyed arrangements nor adopted tactics. As soon as he saw Fu Qingxuan, he went crazy and fought to the death, but he still couldn't win.

The Fear Heavenly King touched his ear and said with a smile, "It's my freedom to fight whoever I want. If you don't like it, you can attack me. That's your freedom. We free professionals are all about doing whatever we want."

Old Mike looked at Shura, who was single-handedly beating three Order demigods, with a face that said, are you just going to watch your subordinates drag you down? The Fear Heavenly King shrugged. "You don't need to look at Shura. He's even more perfunctory than me."

Ling Tu, with a black crescent moon printed on his forehead, retracted his gaze from the distance. His voice was gloomy and deep. "With the Xie family and the Zhu family's two demigods, the Order demigods can be resurrected even if they die. It's almost impossible to reduce the number of enemy demigods in a short period of time. Fear, it doesn't matter how you fight. The Five Elements haven't merged, and Void hasn't consumed any items. So far, it's all just a warm-up."

The Illusion God of the Southern School made a "mixed sound" effect. "Indeed, I don't see any signs of a life-and-death battle in this instance dungeon mechanism."

"Why don't you merge the Five Elements? Are you all just trying to muddle through?" The Red Flame Fire Gang Leader glared at the Order camp's demigods.

He had proposed merging the Five Elements to suppress Shura several times, but the other four alliance leaders had refused.

"It consumes too much spiritual power. Now is not the time to go all out." The Void demigod patted Gang Leader Jiang on the shoulder. "Don't be impulsive. Impulsiveness is the devil."

Gang Leader Jiang frowned. "Then when do we wait? If we don't kill all the Evil camp's Sovereigns, we'll never be able to seize the core."

The Taiyi Sect Master, draped in a Changpao woven from starlight, said calmly, "No matter how we fight, as long as we don't kill all the Evil camp's demigods, it's impossible to control the five formation cores. But if we need to kill all the Evil demigods, then what's the point of seizing the formation core?"

Gang Leader Jiang frowned and thought for a while, then realized it made sense.

If all the Evil demigods were killed, the Sun Source would naturally fall into the hands of Order. Then what was the point of the formation-seizing mechanism? What was the point of the Spirit Realm changing the instance dungeon?

Doing nothing and letting the demigods of the two camps kill each other was enough.

When one side was completely annihilated, the Lord of the Sun would be born.

Fu Qingxuan concluded, "The formation core seizure battle is just one part of the rally race. If this part can't be won or lost, the instance dungeon will automatically open the second part."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone suddenly heard the Spirit Realm prompt.

[Ding! Side quest activated: Deathmatch Arena!]

[Each camp sends one member to fight, to determine the winner and loser, and to decide life and death. The first battle will be decided by the side with the lower score first.]

[Note 1: The side that seizes the most formation cores in the formation battle gets 1 point.]

[Note 2: Points can be used to surrender and avoid the deathmatch. One point is consumed for one exemption.]

[Note 3: More than six members must agree to use the points.]

[Note 4: The Order camp has 2 points, and the Evil camp has 1 point.]

[Note 5: Each victory extends the winning side's formation duration by one day, and the losing side deducts one day.]

From afar, there was a "rumbling" sound. In the vast and boundless yellow sand, a huge arena rose up, several kilometers long and wide, like a small piece of land.

[Ding! The arena battle will begin in three minutes. Please arrive at the arena before the battle begins and select the first battle members.]

The Void demigod's eyes under the silver mask flashed with a bright light. "See, the mechanism to break the stalemate has arrived!"

Kangyang District Security Department.

Chen Yuanjun, who had just dealt with a street fight, bought two cups of hot coffee from the cafe across from the security department and walked towards his office.

"Team Chen, your face is scratched." The new female police officer, Yin Le, handed him a bandage.

Chen Yuanjun touched his face. It was just a very shallow wound, which could be disinfected with alcohol or iodine. But he still took the female police officer's bandage.

He had to give his subordinates a chance to show their goodwill.

Being unyielding and unresponsive would only make your subordinates drift away from you. Of course, accepting bribes was not okay!

In front of the female police officer, Chen Yuanjun tore open the bandage and put it on the wound, joking with a smile, "The cults are rampant recently, bringing bad habits. Men in Songhai used to be very civilized. They would rather argue than fight. Now they fight at the slightest disagreement."

Amidst the female police officer's smile, he walked into the depths of the security department and knocked on the door of the bureau chief's office.

The bureau chief, with a round face and a plump body, was focused on reading documents. He looked up, paused for a second on the bandage on his face, and said unhurriedly and steadily, "Don't work so hard. Dealing with cults is the job of special departments. We're not the main force, just providing support. If you're so reckless, are you eyeing my position, trying to get rid of me and take over?"

Chen Yuanjun knew that the bureau chief was hinting at the special nature of his enemies, and smiled. "Leader, I will definitely keep your teachings in mind. I won't be on duty today. I want to go on a business trip to Hangzhou and may need the cooperation of the Hangzhou security department. Please sign a document for me."

The bureau chief frowned immediately. "What case?"

Chen Yuanjun said, "A child from my neighbor's house disappeared last year and hasn't been found yet. I investigated for a long time and found that their family had reported the case four years ago. For some reason, our security department actually deleted that file. I thought, the person disappeared in Hangzhou. After the family reported the case to the local security department, the department would definitely suggest that they report the case to the local security department in Hangzhou, or send the case to Hangzhou."

"Hangzhou may have records." For more than a month, he had been busy with official duties and had no opportunity to personally investigate Lei Yibing's case in Hangzhou.

Recently, several cases in a row didn't involve Lingjing Xingzhe. In fact, Li Dongze had given him the documents of the special department. The purpose of this document was to allow the local special department to assist him in the investigation.

But the security department and the special department were not in the same system. If he could get a cross-provincial case handling document from his own leader, why bother contacting the special department?

The bureau chief stared at him and asked, "Is it related to special groups?"

Chen Yuanjun nodded. "There is some connection, but there won't be any danger. I'm just going to the security department to look through old files."

The bureau chief thought for a few seconds and nodded. "Okay."

The picture changed from blurry to clear. Zhang Yuanqing returned to the Shushan instance dungeon, in the substantial Yin Qi. Looking around, black smoke was everywhere, and he couldn't see his fingers. Did he directly descend on the main peak through the barrier?

I thought it would take some effort to enter the main peak? Zhang Yuanqing amplified his senses. The black smoke enveloped everything and devoured all sounds.

He was hesitating whether to directly use the Rising Sun to break the Yin Qi with its hidden effects, or to use the Tortoise Shell Diagram for deduction first, when suddenly a pain struck his chest. He looked down and saw that the clothes on his chest were pierced by a sharp weapon. Apart from the stinging pain, his skin was fine.

He was attacked. The enemy who attacked him wasn't strong, not even strong enough to break his defense, at most a Saint. But the enemy was hiding in the black smoke-like Yin Qi, and he couldn't sense them because they were constantly protected by Taiyin.

"My current state is like a living target. The enemies in the instance dungeon can see me, but I can't see them. This time it's a Saint-realm enemy. Next time it might be a Sovereign."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing immediately activated the Sun God power and condensed a miniature sun behind his head. At the same time, he activated the Fierce Sun God of War skill, causing the sun mark to appear on his forehead, his skin to turn dark gold, and his eyes to turn into golden pupils. In an instant, the vast, blazing, and pure golden light broke through the black smoke that had enveloped the main hall of Shushan for thousands of years. The Yin Qi sizzled like water poured into a hot oil pan.

Those enemies hidden in the Yin Qi had nowhere to hide as they evaporated and dissipated.

The damaged Shushan Immortal Gate was reflected in Zhang Yuanqing's eyes at this moment.