The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Chapter 180 Someone always has to step up

Wei Shanfeng presents "The Apocalypse Begins with a Dungeon Game," exclusively published by Cola Novels!

So he was the only one who was relatively relaxed and able to truly focus without distractions.

The others were all preoccupied with their own thoughts; even after the dungeon ended, they remained worried about the current state of Blue Star that they would have to face upon returning.

Li Lan had already learned about Wang Defa's matter from Li Can; the brother and sister had discussed it.

Compared to the level of attention others were paying, Wang Defa himself was clearly more melancholy.

Zhou Ye remained oblivious, wandering around and observing the strange, labyrinthine city as it was finally completed.

After a long pause, he finally sensed the silence among them. Holding a leaf he had just picked from a roadside tree, he looked at each other and spoke:

"I didn't expect that this mission to the base would be neither particularly difficult nor particularly easy. Fortunately, I was able to get out in the end, so I can go back and report back."

"By the way, what's wrong with you guys? You all look a little unhappy."

Zhou Ye scratched the spot where his nose met his glasses with the stem of a leaf.

"Nothing much, just thinking about how to write the mission report when I get back." Wang Defa irritably rubbed his already messy slicked-back hair, making it even more tangled.

From a distance, it looks like a hastily constructed chicken coop or bird's nest.

"What's so hard about writing it? Just report it truthfully." Zhou Ye was a little confused.

Wang Defa's expression grew even more blank. Was he unsure how to return to the base? Or was he worried about the alien pseudo-humans behind the base?

"Old Wang, don't worry, I'm here for you." Li Lan walked up to Wang Defa, who was half-squatting by the city roadside, and patted him on the shoulder, offering some comfort.

"Let's pack up and get ready, we'll head back later."

Wang Defa didn't say anything, but took out the unfinished pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and lit it.

"Phew... You guys go back first, I want to be alone in the dungeon."

The swirling smoke above my head.

Li Can knew what he was worried about. After the dungeon game came to an end, the problems concerning his own existence were magnified once again.

These threatened lackeys will inevitably be forced to undergo interrogation by the puppets when they return.

Those who didn't encounter Li Can wouldn't have any troubles, and it would be easy to explain.

However, the ending for someone like Wang Defa, who encountered Li Can but ultimately switched sides and helped him escape the dungeon, is definitely not going to be good.

Regardless of how things end, it's hard to hide the fact that this project was reported.

First of all, Li Lan and Zhou Ye, who were sent out of the base on the surface, were unexpected factors besides Wang Defa.

There's no need to worry about Li Lan; he's one of our own. We can just make up a story when we get back.

As for Zhou Ye, he is completely uncontrollable.

If he goes back and reports that he encountered "Peach Blossom" in the [Mysterious City] instance, Wang Defa will definitely have a hard time explaining himself.

Secondly, the pass cards are a valuable strategic resource, and they are only valid for one use. All three passes that the three of them sent out ended up in Li Can's hands, so this matter could not be kept secret.

In other words, if they want to conceal the fact that they encountered "peach blossoms" from the root of the problem, then Li Can can no longer take this pass.

Furthermore, the unexpected factor of Zhou Ye must be completely eliminated.

Only leaving Li Lan and Wang Defa to go back and give their explanations would ensure absolute safety.

As for those college students, we don't need to consider them for now. They're not even in the base; they're just ordinary people who haven't awakened any special abilities and don't even know who Li Can is.

Li Can leaned against a big tree and stood there, silently watching the white clouds in the sky drift away and then re-enter, coalescing into a new shape.

He had more to think about.

Or... to put it another way, he thought.

Under Bai Zhuo's guidance, I downloaded the mobile app, logged into the survivor forum, and then successfully posted my first post exposing my information. No matter how you look at it, it was a very smooth and well-planned route.

If he had acted with the same mindset he had back then, no matter how many times he had to do it all over again, he would still choose to achieve the same result.

The preconditions cannot be changed.

Looking back from his current perspective, Li Can always felt that the white fluid that appeared back then was like the first quest-guiding NPC after he left the beginner village, which inexplicably led him to the main quest.

Without him, I wouldn't have been able to connect with people from ten years ago through the forum, exchange facts, and keep my identity hidden.

He would simply appear alone in the dungeon game, do quests, and then go out to use the quantity orbs to repair Blue Star.

Or perhaps one day a single misstep will lead to total defeat, and you'll die an insignificant, unnoticed death in the game.

Ten years later, Earth collapsed along with the planet.

But things are different now. Through the Survivor Forum, he has come into contact with too many secret information from the outside world. Those alien pseudo-humans hidden in the shadows have also been unearthed by him and exposed to the light of day, leaving them nowhere to hide.

The smooth progress of everything seemed to be his mission, his destiny pushing Li Can through one crucial crossing after another.

No matter how many setbacks occur, in the end they all seem to be telling him one thing.

That is, his existence is so important that it can shake the entire planet and overturn the entire universe.

Although this is not something he is required to do.

He has no obligation to pay for these things.

However, Li Can had something on his mind, and his life was firmly in his grasp. His parents and sister were still alive, in an era ten years ago when humanity had not yet faced total extinction.

Although they are not on the same timeline, the hidden clues and past experiences are the same, and he can solve the mystery through the feedback he receives many years later.

At least it can ensure that family members in another time and space do not die.

It could at least change the overall fate of humanity and allow the blue planet of ten years ago to survive.

If he is fortunate enough to be able to undo all of this on Earth ten years from now, just as Luanma Yun promised, he can send himself to the past...

Li Can gradually became more determined. He was determined to stop the existence of these aliens and fight against them until he finally drove them out of Earth.

He not only wanted his family, his friends, and his compatriots to survive, but he also wanted to survive himself.

He also wants to save Earth, no matter which timeline it is, whether it is ten years ago or ten years later.

He wants to restore the garbled cloud on his side to normalcy, so that it can stand on the same front as him and create the future together.

He wants to unite all people, things, and resources that can be united, and to gather all living forces to jointly protect the home of the Blue Star people.

In times of crisis, someone always has to step forward...

Now that I have revealed myself to the alien imposters of the past and made them aware of my existence.

Then it won't matter if they know about this experience in the dungeon [Mysterious City].

All I need to do is find a way to protect Wang Defa.