"By the way, what's your rank now?" Hong Ling suddenly asked on the road.

Jiang Che: "Me, Eternal Diamond."

Zhuge Ye: "Me, Order Silver."

Hong Ling: "What???"

Jiang Che: "I'm Eternal Diamond 1, about to reach Star Glory."

Zhuge Ye: "I'm Order Silver 1, can't make it to Gold."

Hong Ling rubbed her temples, half-laughing, half-crying, and said, "I meant your level."

Jiang Che: "I'm level 2."

Zhuge Ye: "What a coincidence, me too."

Hong Ling pursed her lips and patiently explained, "That's the level in the Mystic World, mainly used to unlock certain permissions. The Uncanny Trial this afternoon is D-level difficulty. I was asking about your Mystic Power."

Jiang Che frowned slightly and said, "That, I'll keep secret."

Zhuge Ye: "Then I'll keep it secret too."

Hong Ling rolled her eyes: "You're really taking my good intentions for granted. Never mind, since you can even handle Infinite Terror, I guess I'm overthinking."

"But I still need to remind you of one thing."

"Don't assume this challenge is just a qualification test for the Uncanny Bureau and let your guard down around others."

"Not everyone participating in this challenge genuinely wants to join the Uncanny Bureau. The world is harsh, and people's hearts are treacherous, so stay vigilant."

Jiang Che said in surprise, "Is that so? Shouldn't everyone participating in this challenge be passionate young people?"

Zhuge Ye was even more surprised, "Exactly, shouldn't we be helping each other to overcome difficulties?"

Jiang Che: "Shouldn't everyone be good people?"

Zhuge Ye: "Yeah, shouldn't everyone be good people?"

Hong Ling: "Are you two?"

"……" ×2

"Alright, we're here."

As they spoke, the three arrived outside the operations room.

Rather than an operations room, it was more like an entry device room.

Because in this room, there was only one entry device.

Although Jiang Che and Zhuge Ye both had Mystic Rings, the rings could only allow individual entry and random matching.

But through this specially designed entry device, Jiang Che and Zhuge Ye had a higher chance of entering the same challenge.

Of course, there were various restrictions.

For example, the Mystic Power level couldn't differ by more than one level.

1-150 Mystic Power was F-level, 151-300 was E-level, 301-500 was D-level.

Since the last challenge was completed, Jiang Che's Mystic Power had reached 160.

Now Jiang Che was an E-level challenger.

This time entering, if Jiang Che was the lowest level, he might encounter D-level challengers.

Conversely, if an F-level challenger entered, then Jiang Che, as an E-level challenger, would be the highest level.

This was relatively fair for challengers.

After all, in the Mystic World, there's no such thing as a "smurf" account.

Also, challengers couldn't enter task scenarios lower than their level.

Besides these, there were many other restrictions.

Hong Ling raised her snow-white chin and said, "You two, hold hands."

Jiang Che: "???"

Zhuge Ye: "Huh? Isn't that a bit embarrassing~ Stop it!"

Hong Ling frowned slightly, looking impatient, and said, "This is to ensure you get allocated together, preferably interlocking fingers."

Jiang Che: "……"

Zhuge Ye: "Oh~~~ like this?"

Zhuge Ye grabbed Jiang Che's hand, very proactively interlocking their fingers.

Jiang Che's body shuddered.

What was that electric shock just now?!

"Alright, don't move, countdown started." After Hong Ling adjusted the entry device, she pressed the button on top.

00:00:09

00:00:08……

At this moment, Hong Ling suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Oh no! There's a problem with the entry device!"

"Hurry! Hug each other quickly!"

"Quick!"

Jiang Che: "???"

Zhuge Ye: "Hold me tight."

"……"

"Tighter!" Hong Ling roared, her eyes wide like copper bells.

Jiang Che: "……"

Zhuge Ye: "❤~"

00:00:02

00:00:01……

"Look over here!"

"Cheese~"

At the last moment of entry.

Jiang Che saw Hong Ling take out her pink phone...

"Click!" (Photo taken)

Damn...

My reputation...

……

……

After a moment of disorientation, a chill swept over.

The two re-entered the Mystic World.

Whispers sounded faintly in their ears.

"Eh~~~"

"What are these two doing?"

"Two men?"

"Whoa... so intense?"

"Not even started and it's already this exciting?"

Realizing, Jiang Che pushed Zhuge Ye away and hurriedly explained, "Don't misunderstand, I'm his brother."

"❤~" Zhuge Ye still had his eyes closed, with a look of bliss.

"Slap!"

A crisp slap echoed in the small grove.

Jiang Che: "Damn it, are you awake?"

Zhuge Ye: "Huh? Uh? Oh, uh... uh~ slurp~"

Can't face it, really can't face it.

Jiang Che used his toes to dig out a three-bedroom apartment on the ground.

At this moment, there were about a dozen people scattered around.

Soon, four more people appeared here.

Then, a task prompt sounded in everyone's ears.

"Main Task: Find the missing village chief."

"Challenge Task: Lift the curse of Shiling Village."

"Task Duration: Twelve days"

"Warm Tip 1: Although the villagers are not hospitable, building good relationships with them can provide more clues."

"Warm Tip 2: When in Rome, do as the Romans do, and don't easily break the village's rules."

"Task Comprehensive Difficulty: D"

After hearing the task introduction, everyone was surprised.

Firstly, the task duration was unexpectedly long, twelve days.

Secondly, the challenge task, which should have been hidden, was directly announced this time.

This meant that everyone didn't need to find clues to trigger the challenge task and could directly undertake it.

Find the village chief?

Lift the curse of Shiling Village?

It's just the beginning, and even Jiang Che couldn't deduce anything directly.

However...

I have a cheat!

"Xiaoman, have you heard of this Shiling Village?"

Having left a task scenario once before, Jiang Che knew the Mystic World was a complete world.

If Xiaoman knew some information about this village.

It would undoubtedly be a great help.

However, Xiaoman lazily replied, "How could I know about such a backwater place?"

Jiang Che: "……"

Yeah, once a rich lady with ten billion Mystics, how could she come to such a godforsaken place?

And just then.

Suddenly someone exclaimed, "Whoa! I know the strategy for this challenge!"

"What?!" Everyone was shocked.

Looking towards the voice, it was a lean man.

Although most people usually remember the strategies for Mystic Challenges that have appeared online.

The probability of encountering a repeated Mystic Challenge is actually very low.

Mainly, they remember ways to deal with the Uncanny.

The lean man excitedly said.

"Awesome, hahaha, awesome!"

"This time's reward."

"I, Jiang Zihao, will gladly accept, hahaha..."