Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"Of course I want to help you!" Anne blurted out. "It's not that I don't want to leave the system. It's just that I have already died once. I'm afraid that if I return to the real world now, it might disturb the world's equilibrium," Anne confessed. She had to disclose her qualms to Zachary, so he could understand her situation.

"Don't worry. Since the system did not stop you from leaving, it means you have the permission to put yourself out there without creating a dramatic impact on the real world. Take me for example. You know I don't belong in this world, too! Since I'm fine, I'm pretty sure it will be fine for you, too. Please, Anne, trust me on this one," Zachary begged. He wanted to reassure her that everything was going to be fine.

"Really?" Anne remained skeptical. After all, in her mind, no one could be brought back from death—it was against the law of nature.

"We'll know whether it's true or not once we get out. If anything bad happens, we can ask the system to fix it. You know how powerful it is," Zachary urged matter-of-factly.

Anne breathed in and sighed loudly, as if mustering all the courage she had. "Then, okay! Let's do it!" Finally, with a firm resolve, she agreed to his proposal.

"Let's go." Zachary nodded and smiled. He he

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the moment Fabian left to look for rescue to the moment Zachary sacrificed himself to make them escape. After hearing what had happened, Timothy, Weston and Fabian looked at the gigantic beast standing in the distance first and immediately recognized it. They were absolutely dumbfounded. They had never expected that the Poisonous Viper, which was rare to see, would suddenly appear. Moreover, it appeared just when Sharon and the other disciples were in trouble. How could this just be a coincidence!

"It's not easy to deal with! At this point, we don't know whether Hodge is dead or alive, but the Poisonous Viper is a formidable enemy. We can't afford to provoke it..." Weston frowned.

"Yes, I think the best course of action would be to inform the leader of the situation as soon as possible. He should be the one to make the decision!" Timothy nodded and then informed Weston, "I'll stay here with Sharon and Fabian to look for Hodge. You'd better go back and report this to the leader..."

"Be careful!" Weston didn't say anything and immediately turned into a light shadow again before disappearing without a trace.

"Let's circle around the beast in case we can stumble upon Hodge," Timothy suggested as he began to look for Zachary with Sharon and Fabian.