Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

How did you manage to get half the answer right but the whole process wrong?

Upon hearing the first sentence, Fang Jin even thought that the smuggler's identity had been exposed. After all, he was not sure whether smuggling was legitimate in the main world, so he had chosen to conceal it from the beginning.

It seems he was overthinking things, but it was clear that Lu Chen's opinion of him was gradually declining. Both the exposure of the furnace and the display of his intelligence were threatening his leadership position.

"You're overthinking it. It's just simple speculation. If I were a hardcore dungeon crawler, how could my current achievements be inferior to yours?"

Fang Jin waved her hand, presenting a piece of heartbreaking evidence that left everyone speechless, and then continued her unfinished story.

"It's not difficult to figure out the rules. First of all, it's clear that the system can never create a situation where there is no chance of survival. There must be a place where there is a possibility of escape. This is the foundation of a game."

"Assuming that there are no blocks or restrictions on the second layer, then if we encounter a mass of flesh and blood, whether we chase or hide, it will be a dead end, which is illogical."

"Having confirmed that a way out must exist, we are still faced with only two paths: to stay or to leave..."

As mentioned before, going outside is tantamount to suicide. Besides the risk of exposing ourselves to the staff, even if we abandoned our exploration and retreated to the first level, it would still be impossible.

Before leaving, I confirmed that the elevator connection had been burned out when we landed on the second floor. Once we escaped, it was just a closed dining area, where we would still be devoured and killed by countless vampires.

The crowd's expressions changed. Their attention was mostly drawn to Jin Fugui and the environment on the second floor, and they didn't notice this life-or-death detail at all. Their hearts pounded wildly.

"Staying here is the only way out... or rather, after overturning the impossibility of other methods, this is the biggest hint the system can give."

"As for other information, it's just a simple inference based on the factors on site. Anyway, what I say will definitely be confirmed by phenomena later... If I'm wrong, I'll just correct it."

Fang Jin spoke eloquently, drawing a final conclusion to his speculation, as if he had simply answered a multiple-choice question correctly, something not worth boasting about.

But there are other elements, more details, such as the difference between this room and the previous ones that Fang Jin noticed when she entered the room... The atmosphere here is too strong.

The tables and chairs were not arranged neatly, the water stains on the walls or handrails had not dried, most of the usual or frequently used places were not dusty, and even the computer at the very back was still a little warm.

Everything suggests that this room was in use until recently, possibly even during the intervals between their exploration of the first three rooms, just a wall away.

...This was enough for Fang Jin to make a preliminary judgment and speculation about the travel patterns of the second-floor field staff, before the choice that would determine their fate came into play.

He had tried his best to conceal the difference in their thinking and gloss over it, but even so, the rest of the team were still amazed. Lu Chen, almost instinctively, stammered:

"...Who exactly are you?"

"Me? Just an ordinary person."

Fang Jin replied nonchalantly that genius means having an innate talent for learning and creation, as well as a way of thinking that ordinary people cannot figure out even after a lifetime. This is the decisive factor.

Fang Jin didn't possess innate intelligence; during his time on Earth, he was only slightly ahead of his peers... but afterwards, he had near-infinite time, during that dark and tedious interstellar journey.

He analyzed and dissected that colorful period of his life from countless perspectives, and gradually found the clearest and most vivid pieces of the puzzle. With painstaking effort, he made up for the gaps in his thinking and cognition.

Or rather...

"It's just that I've been thinking too much lately, and my mind is a bit neurotic."

"..."

Naturally, no one bought into this explanation, but no one could hold a knife to Fang Jin's neck and demand an explanation, since, in a way, she had saved everyone's lives... to some extent.

Even Lu Chen had managed to adjust his expression during this time. He had suppressed all his unhappiness as much as possible. The most important thing now was still to complete the dungeon and escape the company.

...After he leaves, he will always have a chance to vent his emotions.

"So what do we do now? Go straight to the third floor? Nobody can be sure when the flesh and blood parade will come again, let alone which room they will eventually visit."

Zhou Tongtong asked, "The impact of that evil red tide was too strong. Even if we figured out their movement patterns, most people would still want to get out of that place as soon as possible."

"No, quite the opposite, the exploration must continue."

Fang Jin stated decisively that although his luck was rather poor, he would not hesitate to continue with the original plan.

"This floor is completely sealed off from the outside. Based on our experience meeting our seniors on the first floor, the air barrier also has an isolation effect on the company's internal employees, and they cannot leave through the windows either."

"So, how do the field staff who have to go out to work leave the company on this second floor? And where is the blood tide that just left the first office sent?"

"There's no real exit here, just a lot of rooms lining the floor, with one or a few serving as internal staff exits... Pretty reasonable, right?"

In an instant, everyone's breathing quickened. The Beast Company was far too difficult for newcomers like them, and it would be better to complete the dungeon and leave as soon as possible.

Not to mention that they have already gained a lot, even if they return empty-handed, the evolution points they receive from completing the difficult-level dungeon are already very generous, so even Lu Chen has no regrets about it.

"Then what are we waiting for! We must complete the exploration of the second block as quickly as possible before the next march."

Lu Chen said quickly, and at the same time twisted the bolt off the office door (because the connection had been welded shut by Fang Jin before), and strode out.

Almost the instant he stepped onto the corridor floor, accompanied by a crackling sound of electricity, the ceiling lights suddenly went berserk again! At the same time, a familiar fishy smell filled the air.

"..."

"After all... the intervals between attendance are never fixed."

Fang Jin said this in hindsight, and then a large number of fleshy monsters appeared, turning a corner from the gap between the second and third sections! Countless giant eyes, like light bulbs, were about to sweep over the group...

[Worldview Unveiled: 19% of Attendance Patterns at Beast Corporation Have Been Discovered]

[Deciphered by: Fang Jin, Lu Chen]

[Note: The main world's perception of Beast Corporation's ruthlessness has risen by one level because of this incident.]