CHAPTER 239: CHAPTER 224: DO YOU LIKE ME?

Yu Shujun, just less than five hundred meters from the final destination, received a message from Wen Nan.

At that time, Yu Shujun had already regrouped with his members, found a shelter, and was preparing for the final sprint.

The notification sound in his mind distracted Yu Shujun once again.

Bringing up the chat box, there was no message, just a system alert—

["Master-Self-righteous fool" withdrew a message]

Seeing this, Yu Shujun frowned, his expression turning somber.

That fool, even when speaking incorrectly, would never withdraw a message.

Without much hesitation, Yu Shujun sent a message—

[Slave-Jun: What did you want to say]

After clicking send, a red "!" appeared next to the message.

The shadow on Yu Shujun’s face grew even darker—their chat system was bound with the golden emblem, having the highest communication privileges in this game world, no instance map could block their chat messages.

Unless...

Yu Shujun clicked on the red "!" to check the explanatory message—

[Your message failed to send. It was detected that the recipient is in an unknown space. This space has a one-way valve. All signals can only be transmitted outward and cannot be received by the space. Please be informed.]

A one-way valve with privileges so high that even the golden emblem’s messages couldn’t be sent...

Yu Shujun’s heart sank.

The member beside him was still talking about something, but Yu Shujun couldn’t hear anything anymore.

He raised his hand, pulled down the collar at his neck, and turned to look at the golden emblem branded on his back.

Before entering this instance, Yu Shujun had always carefully hidden the golden emblem under his collar, not telling anyone about its existence.

The member beside him saw this golden emblem for the first time, his eyes widened in shock, unable to speak for a long while.

Ignoring the member’s stunned gaze, Yu Shujun pressed his palm against the nape of his neck, feeling for the signal transmitted from the golden emblem—

Nothing, there was nothing received.

The signal of being summoned, being urgently needed, being required to immediately rush to the scene to help, was not received at all.

That fool was obviously in such danger, why hadn’t he summoned him?

Yu Shujun felt a sudden suffocation and anger for no reason.

"President!" The member next to him grabbed the hand Yu Shujun pressed against his nape, eyes red, gritting his teeth, and said, "Which bastard dared to brand such a thing on you!"

As he said, the member swiftly pulled a hidden weapon from his waist, speaking angrily, "Tell me who it is, I’ll kill him for you and remove this emblem!"

Yu Shujun was fully focused on Wen Nan’s issue at this moment, having no intention to explain more to the other party, merely saying calmly, "Do you think you can hurt the person who can brand this emblem on me?"

Hearing this, the member’s momentum instantly wilted, his hand with the weapon dropping down, yet still speaking indignantly, "I can try..."

Yu Shujun sighed, unable to attend to him, awakening his own system in his mind to ask if he could reverse locate the emblem’s owner through the golden emblem.

The system notification quickly sounded—

Junxin: [Detected target Ye Jiu is within a special space; his golden emblem’s signal is rapidly declining, currently remaining signal: 20%, above the minimum detectable signal threshold of 5%.]

Junxin: [The golden emblem signal locating feature has been enabled for you, target position being searched in real-time, please wait...]

Junxin: [Detected target’s real-time location information as follows—]

A blurred map appeared in his mind, with a small golden dot flickering like a firefly, intermittently illuminating.

Yu Shujun quickly inquired if he could teleport himself to the located place, and soon, the system replied—

Junxin: [Detected that your golden emblem contains a special rune "∈", which matches the target location’s one-way valve and can open an exclusive channel for the golden emblem.]

Junxin: [Caution! This one-way valve is crafted by the Creator God of this world, possessing the highest authority. Once entered, you may risk never being able to leave! Please carefully choose whether to open the teleportation!]

A one-way valve, possibly a door that only allows entry but no exit...

The emblem on the back of Yu Shujun’s neck was pulsing with a breathing-like glow.

The member next to him suddenly realized something, gripping Yu Shujun’s arm tightly, "President! At this moment, are you going to respond to that person’s call and leave this instance?!"

Ha, that person hadn’t summoned him at all.

Yu Shujun mockingly laughed at himself inside, raised his hand, and a light sword instantly appeared in his palm, "He’s in danger, I must go."

The member felt desperate, knowing he has no right to stop the president’s decision, yet still attempting to argue, persuading:

"The final destination is right ahead! We just need to defeat the last two teams, and we can get that treasure chest, just one final push, and you want to give up at this moment?"

"If you leave, how can you ensure you return before the mission countdown ends? If you can’t return in time, you’ll be deemed to have failed the mission, and your player account will be permanently deleted!"

This was a fact.

Yu Shujun raised his eyes, looking towards the direction of the destination.

The flickering light from the treasure chest was already clearly visible from Yu Shujun’s current position.