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Chapter 167 They won't suspect anything, will they?
"How so?"
Li Can found a clean spot on the ground and sat down cross-legged.
It will be a while before Feng Tian and her group can actually go to the upper city; they will conduct preliminary experimental simulations in the lower city.
Therefore, I still have time to plan and execute.
In order to gain the trust of his hard-won partner who had turned against him, he needed to make his plan even more reliable.
He planned to break down the ins and outs for Wang Defa, explaining everything in detail.
"What I mean is, we'll secretly teleport to the upper city first. We'll appear above ground, and I have a protective shield that can temporarily resist the corrosion of the dark particles."
"Then, you will use your powers to take me underground. During this time, I will try to act according to circumstances."
"Our main goal is to completely destroy the barrier above ground. Whether the barrier underground succeeds or not will not have a significant impact."
"If everything goes smoothly, in theory, the upper city will become a real plain, the barrier will be completely destroyed, and the NPCs will have no way to repair it."
"The only solution is to find a way to eliminate all the dark particles."
Similarly, without the first buffer of the upper city barrier, the dark particles naturally spread and fell towards the lower city.
"This is the second thing we need to do: then deliberately damage the city's protective shield so that everyone has nowhere to hide, mainly to create panic."
"After this, the people in the lower city will be filled with fear, and the barrier will crack again, which will have an impact on them no less than that of World War II."
"At this point, you can truly step forward and, as someone who has been recruited by me, gather a group of people in the lower city to begin underground excavation work, digging out a temporary shelter that is reasonably adequate."
"This is a boost to their morale after the blow."
"It can't really become chaotic."
After listening attentively to the execution plan that Li Can gave him, Wang Defa felt that it was all feasible and worth trying.
Although it was indeed risky.
"I understand. It's like slapping someone and then giving them a sweet treat. The key is that they're still clueless and don't know who actually slapped them."
Li Can held a black pen in his hand, capped the nib, and tapped it on the paper little by little with a steady rhythm.
He continued, "Yes, at first I thought that as long as I had the exit certificate and left the upper city, I could achieve the dungeon completion ending."
"I believe that when you experienced the first wave of the city exit scam, you all had the same thought process as me."
"But after we went through all that, I realized that SSS-level dungeons are not that simple at all. The tips on the scroll are all essential."
"Even the scroll indications are misleading; it can be flipped more than once."
Wang Defa was also a little tired. Ge You slumped in the corner, facing Li Can.
"What rotation?"
Li Can patiently explained, "It's reversed."
"Let me give you an example. Suppose we destroy the upper city barrier and then have the lower city's exit certificate. Whether we step out of the upper city's area from above ground or jump out underground, the game will not end."
"First of all, there is no mention of the city gate guards' inspection mentioned in the scroll."
"Secondly, the certificate for leaving the city is for the lower city, not the upper city."
"Furthermore, we still have two cities named by humans, and the direction of the scroll is unclear."
"Now I've ruled out the entire process of going down to the city; it's all a trap."
"What does this mean? I've been thinking about this a lot lately, until the slogan that Yang Mo and Shen Yuan, the main NPCs in this dungeon, kept shouting popped into my head, and I was jolted awake."
"Yes, the main quest in the dungeon game is never a simple plan to leave the city. Instead, it requires us players to help the NPCs here build a complete and mysterious labyrinth city."
"There are no longer physical boundaries, no longer a distinction between the two cities as defined by human will."
"If none of the conditions are met, or if there are no options, then we have to create the conditions ourselves, as long as the requirements of the scroll are met in the end."
"Never mind what methods we use."
"Therefore, I say that although our goals as dungeon players and NPCs seem to be the same for the time being, they are actually different and will inevitably have disagreements in the near future."
"The NPCs who have witnessed the terrifying nature of the external dark particles would never agree to let us open the barrier at the outer city gate and leave the city, let alone install any city gate guards."
"They just want to clean up the corrosion, repair the barrier, and then never go out and deal with that thing again for the rest of their lives."
"Of course, this is just an example. People are naturally inclined to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, choosing solutions with lower risks. In short, this is a prediction of future crises."
Wang Defa was dumbfounded. "No wonder it's an SSS-level dungeon. It's too convoluted. If you don't keep up with the changes in the dungeon at any point, you'll be eliminated."
Li Can then summarized: "So, all things considered, this instance is originally named [Mysterious City], but this city doesn't exist right now."
Although there was a period with the same name in the [Mirror of the Past], that was a recollection from the past and doesn't count.
However, Li Can believed that this was an in-game clue given to the players by the dungeon.
When you can't figure things out yourself, you can simply copy and implement these subtle, suggestive hints.
"We must completely eradicate the upper and lower cities, destroy all barriers that divide the human race, and finally, establish city gate guards and new exit certificates belonging to the [Mysterious City] in the new Mysterious City."
"Without destruction, there can be no construction; the two cities have officially merged into one."
"I don't have much time, so I need your help."
"Therefore, we do the opposite and accelerate the historical process."
After Li Can finished speaking, he took his pen and circled the two cities on the paper together, forming a new layout.
The soft scratching of pen tips echoed through the quiet room.
After hearing it, one can't help but feel a little itchy inside.
Wang Defa clenched one fist firmly, then relaxed it with a sense of relief.
"Ugh, I'm not very bright, don't mind me. I can only understand if you explain it to me like this. So, when are we leaving?"
Li Can could tell that Lao Wang was very excited, his adrenaline was soaring, and after hearing his plan, he couldn't wait to make a name for himself.
He observed Yang Mo and the others at the Happy Amusement Park from the perspective of a vulture; everything was proceeding at a rapid pace.
Li Lan was also present to supervise the construction.
I feel at ease leaving my own vulture there as a third eye, so I won't miss anything important.
So Li Can turned to Wang Defa and said, "Now, let's pack up and get ready to leave."
As he spoke, he took out a bunch of items from the gashapon capsules he had assembled and placed them in his consciousness space.
First, two mechs with an external earth element coating were selected, and one was given to each of them to wear, according to their body shapes.
After all the other miscellaneous things were prepared, he summoned the [Coordinate Point] and materialized it in the laboratory.
"If we just leave like this, won't they suspect anything?" Wang Defa looked at the opened portal with some worry.