In the Godslayer Guild, Ji Xiaoyu scooped up a spoonful of Su Yue’s special dessert, popped it into her mouth, and looked at the tardy Yu Zhun.
"Good morning, Guild Master!"
"Guild Master, you’re late again today," Su Yue teased with a grin, holding up a portion of dessert. "But I saved some for you."
"Sorry, sorry." Yu Zhun smiled as he took it.
Although he had just eaten breakfast in the real world, the rich, tempting, sweet aroma still roused his appetite. He reasoned that eating in reality had absolutely nothing to do with the game.
"Here. This is the information on the Celestial Nether Lone Star Dungeon. It’s a compilation of data gathered by the five major Profession guilds during the first three days of pioneering." Ji Xiaoyu pulled out a stack of printed documents and handed them to Yu Zhun.
Seeing that everyone else already had a dessert and a copy of the documents, Yu Zhun nodded and grabbed the other end of the stack.
However, the wealthy young woman didn’t let go.
"Guild Master, did something good happen today?" Ji Xiaoyu looked at him curiously. Having grown quite familiar with Yu Zhun, she couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something slightly different about him today.
"Is it that obvious?" Yu Zhun touched his cheek and smiled. "It’s nothing much. My younger sister just entered the Divine Revelation World."
"A sister?!" the five of them exclaimed in unison.
The entire Godslayer Guild looked thoroughly surprised.
"To think the Guild Master actually has a sister!" Su Hong’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but glance at Su Yue beside him.
Su Yue simply smiled, an expectant look on her face. She wondered what flavor of dessert the Guild Master’s sister liked.
"What Profession?" Ji Xiaoyu’s eyes sparkled. "Is she a Mage? I kept all my old Equipment; she can use it."
"Same here," Sheila chimed in expressionlessly, taking a bite of dessert with her little dinosaur-patterned fork.
"I appreciate the thought, but she chose to be a Priest," Yu Zhun said with a wry chuckle.
"A Priest, huh?" Salas laughed in surprise. "Not bad. The more Priests we have, the stronger our Healing will be."
Naturally, the Guild Master’s sister would join the guild in the future. He could already envision a future with more and more fellow Priests!
"It’s hard to say." Yu Zhun’s expression suddenly grew a bit complicated. "Even though she’s a Priest, she might be a little different."
Strictly speaking, with her "Extremes lead to opposites" talent, Yu Zhu was more like a Curse Calamity. Yet, she possessed characteristics that a Curse Calamity lacked. She was essentially a Curse Calamity Plus. He realized she hadn’t even reached her First Turn yet. If she did undergo a class change, he wondered which First-Turn Profession for Priests would actually suit her.
"Let’s look at the information first," Yu Zhun said, steering the conversation back. "She’s only Level 1 right now. It’ll be a while before she leaves the Newbie Area and comes to Divine Strategy City.
"When the time comes, I’ll introduce her to you guys.
"Right now, the special Dungeon is more important."
Everyone’s expressions immediately turned serious.
None of them could enter the Red Moon Tide anymore. A Level 40 special Dungeon was crucial for the advancement of everyone present. This was indeed their absolute top priority.
Yu Zhun had originally planned to start recruiting new guild members after clearing the Giant Demon Valley and returning to Divine Strategy City. However, due to the emergence of the special Dungeon, those plans had been temporarily shelved until this new challenge was cleared.
As they flipped through the documents page by page, their expressions grew increasingly grave.
As previously mentioned, the Celestial Nether Lone Star Dungeon was a branch variant of a Mechanism-type Dungeon—specifically, a rule-based horror Dungeon. All Mechanism-type Dungeons shared one core characteristic. The method for a perfect clear was laid out plainly for all to see.
The Cold Ice Silence Realm they had previously experienced was exactly like this. It explicitly told everyone how to achieve a perfect clear, yet no one had been able to accomplish it for years.
The Celestial Nether Lone Star shared this exact trait. Its perfect clear method was clearly defined. But beyond that, it harbored an anomaly that normal Mechanism-type Dungeons did not possess.
There was no "normal clear" in the Celestial Nether Lone Star. One either achieved a perfect clear, failed and left, or... died.
So far, among all the guild expedition teams, nearly ten percent had died, while the remaining ninety percent had simply failed.
"It seems the guy being punished this time is even stingier than the Deep Red Demon Lord..." Yu Zhun couldn’t help but shake his head.
The rewards granted for a normal clear were utterly insignificant to a God-level entity. Yet, the punished existence in this Dungeon wasn’t even willing to part with that pitiful amount. One could only imagine what kind of absurd difficulty they had designed just to preserve their own strength.
Once everyone finished reading through the documents and had a basic understanding of the Celestial Nether Lone Star, Yu Zhun slowly stood up and took out a Teleportation Order.
"Let’s go take a look at the site."
Yesterday, while doing some Equipment Enhancement, Yu Zhun had applied to challenge the Celestial Nether Lone Star along the way. Under normal circumstances, it would be almost impossible for a Three-Star guild’s application for a special Dungeon expedition to be approved. But the Godslayer Guild was naturally out of the ordinary.
Upon activating the Teleportation Order, everyone present was enveloped in a dazzling light and instantly vanished from the room.
A moment later, they arrived at the expedition site.
For a Level 40 Dungeon, the challengers were all First-Turn players, meaning there were far fewer of them compared to a Level 30 Dungeon. However, there were significantly more guilds present at the scene, and the atmosphere was far tenser.
The reason was simple. After the First Turn, the returns from the 3A difficulty of a Permanent Dungeon plummeted, and leveling speed became agonizingly slow. If one wanted to level up quickly, their only option was to risk their lives in a 4A difficulty Dungeon.
But special Dungeons were an exception. Their highest difficulty was still 3A, yet the returns far exceeded those of a 3A Permanent Dungeon. This single fact made it a critical resource that major guilds would fight tooth and nail to secure.