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Chapter 891 Wildlife Protection Law. It seems like it was only three years ago that it appeared.
"The three groups entered Haolege at the start of the first round and were stuck for one round. They could only act again in the third round after entering Haolege in the first round." Liu Ruyan recalled the situation in the first round. "At that time, the dungeon had just started and the four groups had not yet lost any players. Because the players had just entered the dungeon and were not familiar with it, they were very hesitant to act. The players and pieces of each group almost waited until the countdown ended before they started to act."

In this situation, the operation is suspended for one round...

“Each round, both the player and the pieces have a one-minute countdown timer. In the first few rounds, the hesitation time for each group adds up to one and a half minutes, so four groups per round is six minutes. There is also a one-minute rest period between each round. After the three groups enter the Haolei grid, the time they stay on the grid should be two rounds plus two rest periods, which is fourteen minutes.” Liu Ruyan calculated the time the three groups of pieces stayed on the Haolei grid. “Of course, this calculation is not completely accurate and there will be some errors, but the error cannot exceed four minutes.”

In other words, the pieces in all three groups stayed on the good squares for more than ten minutes at the start of the game, which is different from what is stated in the rules.

The game rules clearly state that pieces are not allowed to stay in the room for more than ten minutes, but the pieces have obviously exceeded the time limit by staying in the good squares.

“Speaking of which, we should have noticed this mechanism of Haoleige from the very beginning.” Liu Ruyan suddenly narrowed her eyes. “The rules clearly state that a piece cannot stay in a room for more than ten minutes, and Group 3 encountered Haoleige in the first round and had to stop for one round. Why didn’t we question the rule that we couldn’t stay for ten minutes at that time? Neither of us are stupid, so why didn’t we think of this?”

Not only did Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan not expect this, but 007 in the initial room also did not expect it.

Liu Ruyan continued, "It's strange. It seems that from the beginning we subconsciously blocked the issue of the ten-minute conflict in our minds. This rule that you can't stay in a room for ten minutes seems to be just a superficial rule, as if it was added on the spot. In fact, there will be no punishment for violating it."

If it's useless, why add it?
“Rules can be added temporarily, but the layout of the chessboard cannot be changed in a short time, so a conflict arises. And the dungeon uses some means to make us subconsciously not think about this conflict.” Liu Ruyan looked around the room they were in.

After observing for a while, she continued, "There's another very coincidental thing: every time we encounter a good square, 007 rolls a two, and we naturally pass through the good square and move on to the next square. It seems the instance doesn't want us... no, it doesn't want you to stay in the good squares;"
"When the second set of chess pieces entered 007's room, another ghost wanted to go into the room to help her. I guess that's because the instance is afraid that if 007 dies, there will be no one to command us. If the player holding the chess piece dies, you will stay in a room for a long time."

"In conclusion, it seems the instance doesn't want you to stay in a room for more than ten minutes. That ten-minute rule was probably written down in a panic after seeing you come in, but it's not very useful and only serves to scare you."

"Did this really scare me?" Gu Mian wondered.

Seemingly sensing Gu Mian's thoughts, Liu Ruyan added, "In short, the purpose of the dungeon is to prevent you from staying in one square for more than ten minutes."

In fact, when the third round of the instance ended and entered maintenance, each piece on the chessboard stayed in its square for more than ten minutes, including Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan.

It seems that the instance used some kind of strong shielding method to cut off all contact between this place and the outside world, and even special items could not be used.

When maintenance was suspended, Gu Mian remembered that there was this sentence in the announcement—

"Game time will also pause when the instance is paused, so please don't worry about the rule that you can't stay in a single room for more than ten minutes."

At that time, all contact with the outside world was completely cut off...

According to this copy, he is allowed to stay in a room for more than ten minutes when he is completely cut off from the outside world, but not when he is not cut off from the outside world.

Gu Mian suddenly spoke up: "I think the evil god might not even be in this instance."

"Have you figured out how to find him?" Liu Ruyan asked.

Just as the two were talking, a door appeared on the wall in the direction they had come from.

This round, four groups can move, and Hao Laoshi has arrived.

Moreover, it seems that the four groups of players did not let Hao Laoshi follow the squares of the two of them completely, but instead chose a shortcut to go directly down and then left into their squares.

As soon as Hao Laoshi came in, he touched his chest, still shaken: "I was so scared! In the round before last, I saw you leave through a door that appeared on the other side of the wall. But this round, our player didn't arrange for me to leave through the door you left through. They chose a different direction for me. I thought I wouldn't run into you. But I moved two squares and there were empty rooms. I'm so lucky!"

When Gu Mian and her companion left Hao Laoshi's room, they first moved one space to the right, then one space down, and then two spaces to the left.

This time, the player from Group Four rolled a two, which allowed Hao Laoshi to move down and then left, taking a shortcut to Gu Mian's room.

"It seems that the fourth group of chess players is a very conscientious person. They don't plan to send their pieces to get the treasure chest before us." Liu Ruyan looked at Hao Laoshi who came into the room.

"Huh?" Hao Laoshi looked at Gu Mian and the other person with confusion.

Gu Mian was just looking for information about the situation in Hao Lei Ge when Hao Laoshi arrived, so he asked directly, "Can you use special items while in Hao Lei Ge?"

However, considering that Old Hao was really tired and didn't need to use any special items, and had no intention of using them, Gu Mian naturally wouldn't take out any special items to try. So she changed the question: "Can you open your game panel inside?"

Gu Mian just wanted to confirm whether other players in Haoleige would be cut off from the outside world, just like during the previous maintenance.

However, Mr. Hao probably never even tried to open his game panel while he was inside...

"Yes," Hao Laoshi replied.

"Can?" Gu Mian was stunned. She didn't expect Hao Laoshi to actually open the game panel in Hao Lei Ge.

"After you left, I was really scared by myself there, so I wanted to look at my friends list to give myself some courage... My family is still on the list. Even though I know the list is grayed out in the dungeon, knowing that there's something there makes me feel a little more at ease..." Hao Laoshi scratched his head.

Gu Mian remembered Hao Laoshi telling her that he still had a family, and that he worked so hard to earn game currency in dungeons for their sake. Now, Hao Laoshi's family should also be with him in that large organization led by Guigu.

"When you stay in a grid for more than ten minutes, the instance will cut off the connection between this area and the outside world, but when other players stay in a grid for more than ten minutes, the instance doesn't care at all." Liu Ruyan looked at Gu Mian, "It seems you're quite special. Staying in a grid for more than ten minutes might attract some monsters. Hmm, is there a message in the group?"

Liu Ruyan looked at the group chat where there was a new message, only to find that it was sent by Gu Mian.

[Gu Mian]: 007, when you take the next round of the designated route, try to delay until the countdown is almost over.
[007]: Okay, now all four 605 squares have been explored. I see you've encountered two more empty rooms. Are there still no evil gods in the new squares?
[Gu Mian]: No, but I roughly know how to find him.
007 didn't say much, but asked them which direction they wanted to go in the next round.

Gu Mian said either way was fine.

“You’re planning to stay in this square for more than ten minutes, aren’t you?” Liu Ruyan saw through Gu Mian’s intentions. “The fact that the dungeon can’t stay for more than ten minutes is obviously a way to deceive you.”

Gu Mian strongly suspected that the evil god was not currently in this instance, but was outside using a special item similar to "big data search" to find her, but that she needed to stop moving for ten minutes for the evil god to find her.

This instance clearly knew about this from the beginning and didn't want to be found by the evil god, so it set a rule that no one could stay in a grid for more than ten minutes, and used some unknown means to prevent them from realizing the unreasonable conflict between the ten minutes and the grid.

Meanwhile, the instance also sends ghosts to help 007 when 007 is attacked by two groups of pieces, just in case 007 dies and the instance stops moving.

During the ten minutes of maintenance, the instance deliberately cut off its connection with the outside world, preventing the evil god from accurately locating it.

However, this instance doesn't seem to have the ability to cut off the connection between here and the outside world for a long time; otherwise, there would be no need to set up that ten-minute rule to confuse people.

Which world's instance is this? Gu Mian frowned.

Is the evil god a member of the lower-dimensional world, or a key figure in the Paradise world? Why would this instance block the evil god, who is also a person from the lower-dimensional world?

Moreover, the evil god can be blocked by this dungeon...

It's supposed to be a "god" by some standards, yet it's been blocked from entering this dungeon for so long. Is the designer of this dungeon some kind of high-ranking figure?

"Huh?" Old Hao looked at Gu Mian from the side. "You're not going to move anymore? You're going to stop? But, but we have a countdown. If we don't leave within a minute after the player gives us the route, something terrible might happen."

Yes, if they haven't left by the time the countdown ends, it's unclear whether the instance will send ghosts to kill them or simply eliminate them.

If it's a ghost, that's one thing, but if it's just annihilation...

Gu Mian wasn't worried that the lower-dimensional world would erase her, but Liu Ruyan and Hao Laoshi might be in danger if they stayed put.

He has been in this room for five minutes since he entered, and half of the ten minutes have already passed.

By the time the next round of four groups begins, about ten minutes will have passed.

I just don't know how the evil god will appear when the ten minutes are up, and whether the dungeon will be immediately shut down after the evil god appears.

Gu Mian thought for a moment and then took a piece of paper out of her pocket.

Liu Ruyan immediately recognized the paper: "Wildlife Protection Law?"

Wildlife Protection Law

[Description: "The moment it was stuffed into someone's mouth, the wildlife protection law came into effect!"]

[Function: Entering a player's name in the 'Wildlife' section of this regulation will immediately add that player to the wildlife protection list. Under the Wildlife Protection Law, all pursuit and harm against that player will be restricted for a short period of time. Each player's name can only be entered once.]

[Additional information: Players who enter other people's names become legislators. The higher the legislator's deterrent level, the stronger the effect of the "Wildlife Protection Law" and the longer its duration.]

This is a special item that Gu Mian obtained in the old human world, and she and Liu Ruyan are from the same hometown.

The "Wild Animals" section allows for a total of ten names to be entered.

When Chu Changge, 007, Xiao Qiao, and the fortune teller were pulled into Ragnarok, Gu Mian had filled in their names in the Wildlife Protection Law. Now, there are only six blank spaces left in the name column of the protection law.

Although there might be empty spaces around, just in case, Gu Mian still took out a pen and filled in Liu Ruyan and Hao Laoshi's names, since no one knew if the ghosts that left nearby had returned.

Gu Mian had just finished filling in her name when a door appeared on the wall in front of her.

Good heavens, the Wildlife Protection Law was last enacted three years ago! No way, watch me roll my face on the keyboard! wfchghbikbjgbdfbddfv