Chapter 117: I Want to Belong! I Want to Chase My Dream!

The "Wish Fulfillment" dungeon was originally a solo survival dungeon.

Solo survival dungeons are one of the hardest game types at the same difficulty level in the Abyss Game.

If you remove threats from other players in battle royale and deathmatch modes, the dungeon's inherent difficulty alone could be unmatched.

The difficulty of solo survival dungeons lies in their extremely low tolerance for error—one misstep and the player dies, with no teammate to relay information out of the dungeon.

Lack of information means countless later players repeatedly stumble into the same pit over and over.

For instance, right now, a randomly encountered colorful bus carries two resentments, both born from dying in the same pit.

The two owners of these resentments had both stayed in Yifu City for a while, having seen the colorful bus multiple times, and both intended to board it to reach the teleport point.

One chose to blend into the crowd, while the other killed all the dancing dolls on board and drove the bus in himself.

Both, leaning against the colorful bus like the final words of other vanished buses, entered the teleport point and arrived at a place called Dream Square.

Most citizens of Yifu City gather on this square, shouting their wishes for the future under the committee's leadership.

The two players within the resentments were both discovered by the Miracle Committee, and for the exact same reason.

That reason: when passing through the teleport point, a message came from the bus, instructing passengers to silently think, "I want to belong."

Both players witnessed outsiders who wished to belong to Yifu City being manipulated by various dolls under strange forces, and dared not follow the bus's instruction.

Their fate: upon entering the square, they, as those who failed to belong to Yifu City, stood out like candle flames in the dead of night.

Immediately after, amid the Miracle Committee's incitement of citizens chanting "Expel the Isolated," both met their end.

Solo dungeons, unless one possesses a powerful survival skill, have an extremely low error tolerance.

Overly cautious behavior can instead trap one in a dead end.

However, once a solo survival dungeon begins to erode reality, it forcibly transforms into a group dungeon.

Both the lack of survival skills and the low error tolerance are resolved.

Upon hearing Wu Chang's speculation, Shi Ning deemed it highly plausible and selected two players with survival skills; for safety, Shi Ning personally crafted a paper doll for each of them.

The paper dolls were covered in talismans, granting one-time transfer of negative status effects.

If the desire to belong to Yifu City truly caused them to be controlled by the Miracle Committee, they could use the paper dolls to transfer the control and regain their sanity.

After preparing, the two found a colorful bus and drove toward the direction where the dolls and citizens had vanished.

The colorful bus vanished smoothly; two to three minutes later, a message arrived from the two.

Everything is safe.

They reported arriving at a special square, where all captured citizens were gathered; the dolls on the square did not question why fewer people were on the bus, but mechanically instructed everyone on board to make wishes.

After the test succeeded, Shi Ning left four teams outside to continue searching, while the remaining three teams entered the square using the same method to continue pursuit.

Xiang Jianxing and Wu Chang's team—Wu Chang provided the key hypothesis, and Xiang Jianxing, as the highest combat power after Shi Ning, was naturally chosen to enter the square next.

They picked up one mask each from the dancing dolls, put them on their faces, activated the colorful bus, and drove toward the target teleport point.

As they reached the destination, the colorful bus shimmered faintly; the next instant, their vision blurred, and the outdoor road before them became a tunnel.

Inside the tunnel, the colorful bus's intercom emitted a lifeless electronic voice.

"Attention all passengers, the next stop is Dream Square."

"Dream Square is the birthplace of miracles, the core benefit of Yifu City. To ensure your safety, silently think in your heart: 'I want to belong! I want to chase my dream!'"

Wu Chang clicked his tongue—he'd wanted to complain before; this "I want to XX, I want to XX" slogan format was way too heavy.

The Miracle Committee guys must've been in pyramid schemes before. He and Xiang Jianxing recited the slogan as instructed—and you know what? After finishing, the tension inside the dungeon eased, replaced by a relaxed feeling, as if they'd returned home.

As if they'd always been residents of Yifu City.

Wish Fulfillment—this dungeon's ability is interesting.

Through the tunnel, they arrived at Blessing Square. Under the watchful eyes of seven or eight staff members, they parked the bus and followed instructions toward the Dream-Chasing Zone.

Even ten meters from the parking lot, Wu Chang's eyes remained fixed on the staff members, brimming with reluctance.

If he'd tackled this alone, he'd have made sure not a single one escaped.

One person equals forty experience points—watching experience slip away like this is a sin.

On the square, the abducted citizens of Wanghai City were fervently shouting their dreams.

At first, most citizens feared and dreaded the dolls; after being brought to the square and half-forced to make a wish, their attitudes flipped 180 degrees.

Wishes made freely on the square actually came true.

After wishing, back pain vanished, leg pain vanished; many nearsighted people immediately removed their glasses; many women with appearance anxiety suddenly had naturally smoothed skin.

!

Most absurdly, many middle-aged men with thinning hair suddenly had so much hair they needed thinning.

These aren't kidnappers—they're godfathers!

It was said their fulfilled wishes were all trivial matters; as long as one's heart was sincere, no wish was too big to come true.

Upon hearing this, people went utterly mad, screaming the slogan with all their might.

Even the most embarrassing wishes were shouted aloud, terrified that a quiet voice would seem insincere and thus invalid.

Humans are this pragmatic.

No wonder players who didn't fit in, once marked as "isolated" upon entering the square, were instantly annihilated by the collective's wishes.

This immense mental force did not come from the Committee's coercion, but from the people's genuine desires.

Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.

Wu Chang could believe that if he and Xiang Jianxing raised their arms and declared they were official agents come to rescue them from this hell,

They'd be cursed to death by the crowd the next second.

Amid the frenzied crowd, a woman in a suit, wearing a golden mask, moved among them.

She occasionally paused to give a few words of instruction to nearby citizens.

According to the information from the resentments, these individuals wearing golden masks were the managers of the Miracle Committee—all former citizens of Yifu City who had successfully fulfilled great wishes.

When the golden mask was pacing back and forth, he paused for a moment in one corner.

Sitting all alone in that corner was a person Wu Chang found very familiar — it was none other than the fourth roommate whose kinks could frighten away evil gods, the Seed Emperor He Wei.

He gave Xiang Jianxing a look, then waited until the golden mask left before quietly slipping over.

Wu Chang clapped He Wei on the shoulder and teased, "Yo, why are you sitting here all alone? Don't tell me your kinks are too weird and they won't let you join the silver party."

He Wei froze for a moment, then put on a shy expression.

"Boss, did you hear just now?"

Wu Chang: "..."

Holy crap, A-Wei, you're serious?!

(End of chapter)