Chapter 183: Random Instance

She tried it during the Newbie Protection Period, and now she's still thinking she can get wood.

Just now, once she saw wood, all she could see was wood; she didn't think of anything else at all.

Su Rui looked at the somewhat dimwitted Lao Da, couldn't help tugging at the corner of her mouth; she had truly thought Cheng Shuili knew something she didn't, until she saw this person crash into an air wall with her own eyes.

After so many days together, Su Rui finally confirmed one thing: this seemingly omnipotent Number One is indeed a human.

Cheng Shuili covered her head and got back onto the vehicle; she felt a bit awkward, glanced up at Su Rui a few times, and only relaxed after confirming Su Rui was driving seriously.

The system's broadcast came at that moment.

"Dear survivors! Long time no see!"

Before the system even said a line of text, Cheng Shuili recognized the voice—it was the system that announces Instances.

She furrowed her brows, the red mark from crashing into the air wall still on her forehead; normally the Instance should be on day six, but today is only day four, right?

"Are you surprised to see me today, survivors? Do you remember what I said when the first Instance opened after the Newbie Protection Period ended?"

Cheng Shuili recalled that the system had announced then that after that day ended, the Instance would open randomly. The description was vague; Cheng Shuili only knew there was some trigger condition.

So… now, has someone met the trigger condition?

Cheng Shuili opened the regional channel; most people were still asking what the system had said.

"Isn't it? The system spouts so much nonsense, who the hell knows what it's saying?"

"Yeah, yeah! I listen carefully to everything else, but I just can't take in this voice! Every time it's a bunch of junk, and it loves to pause at critical moments to tease us, and we can't even rate it—this voice's system would have the most bad reviews for sure!"

"I second that! It's literally voicing my thoughts!"

"More idle chatter! More idle chatter! Anything useful said?"

"Come on, if it were useful who would be talking on the regional channel? Anyway, it's definitely time for an Instance now! During the Instance those orc refugees won't be looting, right? That's a good thing! Luckily I didn't buy many of Wu Ya's Designated Player Duel Cards!"

The person downstairs was clearly speechless: "That's a good thing? We're all going to die anyway, might as well die quickly, right?"

Cheng Shuili was also speechless; she refocused on the system, which had just finished a long string of nonsense, arriving at the crucial moment to explain why the Instance opened.

"This Instance is opened directly by player Zhibai de Zhi, only the current sector will run the Instance! After meeting the threshold for the race Instance, you'll be ranked together with players from other sectors! Same for the points Instance! Randomly selecting an Instance now; it will start immediately after selection! All survivors, please wait a moment!"

Zhibai de Zhi?

Cheng Shuili raised an eyebrow; the system actually broadcasts the ID of the player who opened the Instance?

She silently opened the regional channel and, without thinking, knew it was bustling.

"@Zhibai de Zhi! Speak up! How did you open the Instance?!"

That was undoubtedly what everyone was most curious about!

But the regional channel also had many other voices.

"@Zhibai de Zhi, you're a great savior, bro! I felt like I was about to be devoured by orcs, a hair's breadth away! You opened an Instance! I truly… thank you! Even if I die inside the Instance I won't blame you!"

That's luck beyond belief.

Some rejoice while others lament, and there are plenty of voices cursing him.

"@Zhibai de Zhi, I #you%! I've had the duel cards ready for ages, damn it my preparation is flawless! This is definitely the most comfortable disaster I've ever had! Who the hell are you disgusting with this whole Instance? And you random‑open it, opening a super high‑mortality Instance, and we still want to play #&?"

"@Zhibai de Zhi, come out and apologize!"

"Is an apology enough? Who wants to actually kill him! I'm the one who issued the card!"

Cheng Shuili furrowed her brows; she didn't want to meddle in whether to kill or not, but before understanding how this random Instance opens, Zhibai de Zhi cannot die.

Fortunately, there are plenty of smart people on the regional channel.

"Kill #@Kill! Is your &* brain full of crap? If you kill someone, who'll know how the random Instance starts? What about the future?"

"Don't touch him! The random Instance will publicly reveal the player's ID; you killed him this time! Will you kill him again? Will you keep killing?"

"First, figure out how the random Instance begins, okay?"

Both sides kept talking, and no one would listen to the other.

While Cheng Shuili pinched the card, the system notified that someone had already used a Designated Player Duel Card on him.

She clicked her tongue lightly, couldn't help furrowing her brows tightly.

It was the first time she felt that some people truly shouldn't be alive.

"Wait, that's not right? Someone has already used a duel card on Zhibai de Zhi? Who?"

"Damn it, we kept saying don't kill, don't kill! You idiots!"

Cheng Shuili had thought she could only watch Zhibai de Zhi's avatar turn gray, but at the critical moment, the long‑silent Guanghui suddenly spoke again.

"Guanghui Illuminating Blue Star": It was I who used the Designated Player Duel Card.

"Guanghui big boss?"

"Guanghui. After the last failed disaster prediction, he hadn't spoken for ages; I even thought something happened to Guanghui, I've seen his avatar many times."

"If it's Guanghui, Zhibai de Zhi definitely won't have any issues, so I'm relieved."

"I'm from the 1000 sector; I have an innate trust in Guanghui. And lately Guanghui hasn't spoken in the regional channel, so I realized I've been subconsciously relying on him for a long time. After all, his information was truly accurate before, saving many lives."

"Yeah. Back then our sector mostly died inside Instances; the disasters were basically known in advance, really need to thank Guanghui."

"It's moving. Guanghui stayed silent for so many days, yet stepped up again just to protect an ordinary player."

"It's not the 1000 sector; we once resented him because Guanghui's intel was faulty, but now we've changed our view, and he probably didn't want that mistake either."

Of course, the regional channel isn't all normal people.

"Stirring up your mother's feelings! If you're not speaking, don't damn speak! Stepping in now to meddle, you're really damn dead!"

There were many similar remarks, but Guanghui never retorted before, and now he certainly won't.

His action this time was entirely spontaneous; the organization had no clue, and now his private chat is blown up.

But so what?

If not, this little girl would die today.

Zhao Hong sat inside Zhibai de Zhi's vehicle, listening to her recount how the random Instance was triggered.