Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1276 - 154: Hometown in a Foreign Land

"What?" Xu Shu pretended to be clueless.

"Don’t play dumb, right?" Gu Pan made an OK sign with her left hand and used her right index finger to make a back-and-forth rubbing motion.

"Damn." Xu Shu nearly spat out his drink, saying out loud that the teacher was too perverted, so worldly-wise, how could she know so much; but in his heart, he thought, next time don’t bother, just point to my mermaid and that’ll do.

"Ha, don’t I know you?"

The seasoned "armchair strategist" Gu Pan proudly lifted her chin, then her gaze turned somewhat sympathetic as she whispered, "Sigh, but I do understand, I’ve discovered recently, maybe the Warrior path has these drawbacks, sigh, it’s really hard on you."

"Uh~" Xu Shu was rendered speechless by her words.

Could it really be that the Curse Seal was causing psychological changes?

At this moment, even Xu Shu himself began to faintly believe his usual cover-up excuse—that oppressing female ghosts wasn’t because he was perverted, but because the Warrior path had too terrible side effects!

[How about you just let her go, Tai Chu has already seen enough bloodshed, I’ll introduce you to a better one the next time.] Perhaps Gu Pan was too pure, as even Tai Chu silently supplemented the subtitles.

Ten seconds later.

Seeing Xu Shu not speaking for a long time, Gu Pan glanced downward sheepishly, quickly withdrew her gaze after seeing clearly, and sighed: "Forget it, teacher won’t talk about this, did you run out of what I gave you before?"

Xu Shu was stunned: "Ran out of what? Money?"

"Sigh, you don’t have to be so shy, right? No student should shy away from their teacher. I might not have eaten pork, but I’ve seen pigs run..."

Gu Pan continued talking to herself as she stuffed a rather hard, about half-brick-sized paper box into Xu Shu’s hand.

"? Wait a sec..."

"Anyway, be careful, take care of yourself!"

Before Xu Shu could finish, Gu Pan bowed her head, sped up, and dashed ahead with a swoosh.

"Wow, could it be..." Xu Shu was puzzled, and lowered his head to take a closer look.

Goodness! As expected, Gu Pan delivered a brand new, unopened family planning kit!

"Stunned! What’s wrong with you all? Xie Xiaochan also gave me this..." Xu Shu was at a loss for words, thought for a moment and decided to keep the gift.

During this, the mermaid seemed to notice something, looked up at Xu Shu, with eyes full of anticipation.

"Not for you." Xu Shu heartlessly refused.

[Truly a twisted and somewhat absurd camaraderie, it’s amazingly powerful.]

Tai Chu silently offered evaluations for both Gu Pan and Xu Shu.

What followed was an uneventful journey.

With the "Butcher" serving as a radar, the route occasionally meandered before returning to its original track, so there were no further encounters with any bizarre creatures attempting to fight back, making the notoriously dangerous Death Report Ridge ruins exceptionally safe.

Safe to the point of being monotonous, even.

Finally, after nearly an hour of long trekking, they entered a town with architecture distinctly different.

The buildings here were clearly completed through meticulous planning, with ring corridors, skywalks, and abutments everywhere, connecting in a way that seemed to lead to every direction of the town, dazzling with an extreme 3D aesthetic.

Of course, this was when they were still intact.

Nowadays, over 80% were ruins, severely compromising this aesthetic, which was regrettable.

Nonetheless, upon arriving here, Xie Xiaochan excitedly said: "Great! The challenger duel arena entrance should be around here!"

The group’s spirits lifted, but instead of getting careless, their focus and vigilance heightened.

Without hesitation, Ning Xin was ready to keep guiding the way, but Xie Xiaochan pulled her back: "Hold on Ning, there’s no rush to the entrance. This place is a special labyrinth, as mentioned before, the trigger to enter the duel arena allows for monster summoning to aid in battle."

"Yeah." Everyone nodded in agreement as she spoke.

Xie Xiaochan chuckled and said: "But this monster can’t be summoned from thin air, it has to be found in this town. Teams who’ve rushed into the secret realm without seeking an aid monster didn’t make it, ultimately watching helplessly as the countdown in the arena hit zero, ending for naught."

"What?"

"Such a thing exists?"

"What should we do?"

Several people were baffled, clearly as unfamiliar as Xu Shu with this niche "labyrinth within a labyrinth."

"Hence my say to hold on. From the moment we entered this place, the trigger has already activated, guiding us to locate the support target!" Xie Xiaochan confidently took out a half-broken sword hilt, spinning it in her hand.

Ding! Ding ding!

As it spun, the damaged sword guard emitted metallic clinks whenever it passed the 70-degree angle towards the south.

Xie Xiaochan promptly put it away: "Found it, follow me."

"So the trigger can be used as a compass~"

The group suddenly realized, and followed her.

Meanwhile, Xu Shu, still trailing behind, displayed his usual behavior without attracting teammates’ attention.

However, in reality, Xu Shu continued observing the surrounding ruins, somewhat amazed as he murmured: "It could actually be here! What a coincidence!"

Ever since entering the town ruins, Xu Shu felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.