Several hundred meters away, accompanied by the sound of countless shattered steel beams and stone pillars realigning, a massive building, towering several dozen meters high, gradually took shape.
In front of this structure, a large number of mechanical guards and the Pioneer gathered.
"Let’s go!" Xue Wushuang shouted at Zhou Qingqing, who was lost in thought. On the other side, Chen Huan'er, having recovered her strength, regained a healthy flush on her cheeks.
Luo Xi Brother couldn’t care less about anything else; he believed he could conceal his presence and escape. As for those ungrateful individuals, it was no concern of his whether he saved them or not.
As Xue Wushuang spoke, he grabbed each of the two girls and sprinted forward. The more they ran, the more astonished they became; the scene before them was far grander than what they had encountered earlier.
The streets were awash with neon lights, filled with countless designs infused with mechanical elements, and lined with numerous mechanical buildings of all sizes.
What was peculiar, however, was that there were no signs of life here at all; it felt like a dead city.
While Xue Wushuang and his companions bravely ventured into Mechanical Maze City, Lin Han faced his own challenges on the other side.
Inside the Fairy Tale Book Dungeon, before the grand entrance of a classical palace adorned with opulence, a figure dressed as a servant bowed to Lin Han.
"Respected Lin the Mage," the servant said, "the king is currently hosting a banquet. You cannot enter; please allow us to make this convenient for you."
Lin Han furrowed his brow; this was not his first visit here. No matter how he responded, as soon as he attempted to approach the palace, these servants would transform into puppets and attack him in the next moment. More deadly was the fact that it felt as if he were trapped in some kind of loop.
Every time he killed a puppet, everything before him would rewind as if on a tape, replaying or re-experiencing events. The choice would revert to whether to enter the Imperial Great Hall or not.
If he chose not to enter and returned to the designated resting place, Lin Han would encounter an assassination attempt—a curse from an unknown force—leaving him feeling trapped in a dead end.
After countless attempts, Lin Han finally chose to say to the servant those words he had repeated many times before: "I have urgent matters and need to see the king."
The servant paused momentarily; then a sound of gears turning echoed from within its body. Its head slowly and stiffly turned, its gaze becoming hollow.
Resigned to his fate, Lin Han raised his hand, preparing to eliminate it and seek another way out. Just then, an unexpected change occurred.
Lin Han suddenly realized that while wearing the Good and Evil Mask with the Shan Shou status, he had been enveloped in an unprecedented sense of conservatism and steadiness, like a shackle that constantly restrained him.
Was this the downside of the Good and Evil Mask's Shan Shou attribute? He never expected it; he thought only the Punishment of Evil would have side effects.
As Lin Han read the notification, enlightenment struck him. He extended his thin, bony fingers and gently tapped his forehead, right on the gemstone of the Good and Evil Mask.
Instantly, the gemstone shimmered, and dark, ink-like patterns emerged, quickly staining the white surface of the mask with a deep black hue. The mask now exuded a more sinister aura, and the system's voice followed closely behind.
"The Good and Evil Mask has been changed to: Punishment of Evil. The accumulated passive effects of Shan Shou will stack with the effects of Punishment of Evil. Calculation result: You can enhance your attack attribute by 120% and maintain the effects of Punishment of Evil for fifteen minutes."
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