Yes, the official evaluation and name were given for this bonus instance from the very beginning.
Previously, players only learned the dungeon's level after being selected. To find out the dungeon's name, they had to enter it first. Experienced players could glean a lot of useful information from the dungeon's name.
"Has this ever happened before?" Ren Yifei asked Saman. He had only been in this place for less than three months and didn't know much about the welfare instance.
"No, but I haven't been here very long, so I can ask other people." Saman opened the high-end player forum and high-end player group.
The high-end forums are buzzing right now. This instance called 'Deep Blue' is really out of place. Among a whole bunch of mysterious and rewarding instances, it's the only one with its own name.
Players were buzzing with discussion, all wanting to know why it was so peculiar. But when they asked other players, they were just as confused, and when they contacted the official channels, the officials kept ignoring the issue.
Ren Yifei watched from the sidelines for a long time, only to see them arguing and fussing without offering a single useful suggestion. He didn't believe that none of the high-level players had noticed anything amiss; they were all just pretending to be ignorant.
"Since this has never happened before, and the official response has been consistently refusing to provide an explanation, it means that this instance is also outside the control of the Desolate Corner," he speculated.
Saman agreed with his guess: "The more players die in the Desolate Corner, the better. Why would it remind us that this is a high-end dungeon? Or even tell us its name?"
There must be some uncontrollable force that has intervened in some desolate corner.
Saman realized the plan the Desolate Corner had against them: to have high-level players surround and kill them, and then obtain immunity.
This uncontrollable instance is actually a great opportunity. However…
High-end dungeons, especially those involving hundreds of players, will be exceptionally difficult. If it's a high-skill dungeon, it will be extremely disadvantageous for Ren Yifei, who relies on disguise.
At this moment, Ren Yifei suddenly turned to look at him and asked, "Do you have the contact numbers for the other top ten? I'd like to create a group chat for them."
"What's wrong?" Saman asked, puzzled. Ren Yifei wasn't a sociable person.
"Aren't they planning to kill me? I'll ask them how they plan to kill me." Ren Yifei smirked. "If they haven't figured it out yet, I have a good idea."
His finger pointed to the 'Deep Blue' instance, a welfare instance: "A hundred-person raid group is enough to accommodate them all. Instead of waiting for an unknown instance, why don't we all go and explore it together?"
Samantha was both surprised and pleased: "We're on the same page."
Hearing this, Ren Yifei was also very happy, although he didn't show it on his face, only a slight trace was revealed at the corner of his mouth.
Using the name of Black Rabbit, he quickly gathered all the top ten people that Saman could contact into a group chat, making a total of six people.
The tenth-ranked player was newly added and hadn't passed the challenge yet, so he was excluded from the established top ten. The number one ranked player, 'Junzilan', wasn't interested and didn't accept the invitation. There were also two other players who were playing solo and didn't contact anyone, and they couldn't be found immediately.
In fact, Shan Chuan is also a rare find, but since Ren Yifei invited him, he reluctantly agreed.
"The fact that you were able to invite six people into a group shows that they have recognized your abilities." Although Saman could contact them individually, many people might not agree to putting them all into a group.
Ren Yifei, also known as Black Rabbit, proved with his outstanding achievements that he deserved to sit in the highest row, so his invitation could attract people.
Friendships in the desolate corner require qualifications; they rarely make friends with ordinary people.
Of the six people, he recognized three: Chen Shen, who smelled of strong liquor; Ke Bei, who smelled of poppy fruit; and Shan Chuan, who smelled of sandalwood.
"Only powerful souls can be sensed by me." Ren Yifei couldn't help but wonder if this was because his unlocked form was a demon that fed on souls, so it had a special way of identifying its prey?
Ren Yifei had never smelled such a distinct scent before.
Of course, apart from filming, he rarely interacts with people, his social circle is relatively simple, he meets few people, and it's difficult for him to meet any truly remarkable people.
Or perhaps he had encountered it before, but he didn't recognize the scent because it was mixed in with other perfumes of the same kind.
It can only be a perfume of the same type. For example, Chen Shen has a mature rose scent on her body, and this perfume scent highlights the domineering and intense aroma of wine.
"Guan Yue is also in the first row." Ren Yifei rested his chin on his hand and looked at Saman, who was filled with a bitter aroma, and suddenly wondered: If he were in his demon form, I wonder what it would taste like to bite him.
Samantha felt a chill run down his spine from Ren Yifei's glare, as if he was about to be torn apart.
"Is anyone interested in 'Deep Blue'?" Ren Yifei sent out the first message.
"Does the rabbit want to try gnawing on this bone?" Chen Shen sent a second message, referring to Ren Yifei as 'rabbit' in an intimate tone, as if they were friends.
"I'm somewhat interested," Ke Bei replied.
At this moment, Wenli sent a message: "You know about the official invitation, right? Are you preparing to turn the tables and take the initiative?"
She directly exposed Ren Yifei's plan.
"Isn't that good? We'll settle things on a battlefield beyond the control of the authorities." Ren Yifei continued typing. "You haven't gathered all these members at once yet, have you? Aren't you curious?"
It's impossible not to be curious, but most daily dungeons are for nine or twelve people, and even squeezing in two top-ten players feels cramped, so inexplicably it has become a state of 'kings not meeting kings'.
"Wait a moment, I'll invite someone," Shanchuan said. Shortly after, it showed that 'Butterfly' had joined the group.
"I heard you guys want to go to one instance together? I'll join you." Butterfly threw out a bombshell as soon as she arrived, "Trying to kill people."
Okay, as everyone knows, this guy is a bloodthirsty fanatic.
Knowing there was a chance to face off against top players, he easily let Shanchuan pull him in? Ren Yifei didn't care; after all, this guy was killing aimlessly, so it wouldn't affect him much.
"It's so lively, can I join?" The previously silent 'General Store' spoke up. This player, whose nickname was 'General Store', had a childlike charm.
As more people went, others also found it interesting, and gradually they all agreed.
It's rare to find a high-level dungeon with a hundred-person team, especially one that the Wasteland can't control. They themselves were actually quite keen to participate. So when Ren Yifei brought it up, they readily agreed.
"Little rabbit," Wenli called to him, "now I only have one question. Are you and Samantha really together?"
Ren Yifei: ...
Why are the top ten topics so gossipy?
"Really." Ren Yifei typed, head down. "He's my boyfriend."
"I have one more question, one last one," Wenli replied almost instantly. "What did you do? This is the first time the authorities have personally intervened to break the rules."
Ren Yifei thought for a moment: "Probably because I slapped its face, several times."
"Hahaha, well done!"
Although they were about to enter the next instance to fight, and perhaps a few more people would die, neither Ren Yifei nor the other players cared much about this impending hostile stance.
They even complained together about the damn 'Desolate Corner', and their interactions were remarkably harmonious.
"These people are quite interesting. To be precise, they've only been away from the normal world for three or four years." Ren Yifei chatted with Saman after closing the group chat.
Saman remained in the group chat, but didn't post anything. Many people in the group had business dealings with him, but the group was created by Ren Yifei and the discussions revolved around Ren Yifei; Saman didn't want to come out and steer the conversation away from the main topic.
Although his time on the scene has been short, Saman's virtual game has already established partnerships with numerous groups. His previous ambition to be among the top ten was solely due to his need for status to intimidate others, not because he enjoyed the game.
Saman probably prefers doing business; he feels secure watching the numbers in his account rise rapidly.
He's not as obsessed with numbers as he used to be, probably because the person he likes has everything materially and doesn't need his money.
Oh, besides the food.
Samantha is already considering learning to cook; one needs an attractive quality for a relationship to last.
After signing up for 'Deep Blue', Ren Yifei and his partner once again fell into a state of staying at home. The only time they went out was to review the editing of the 'mini-game'.
In the editing room, Saman once again faced the test of social death.
Others may not know, but doesn't he himself know? He's the one buying points, he's the one selling intelligence, and he's also the part-time hacker.
"Work hard to earn money to buy me props, okay?" Ren Yifei asked, tilting his head. Under the light of the screen, his eyes shimmered with tears, as if he were smiling.
After a long silence, Saman turned and smiled, "I never thought we would meet even across the internet. Ah Fei, we are truly destined to meet, even though we are thousands of miles apart."
He forcibly ignored all the details of how he made money off Ah Fei, and ruthlessly destroyed these transactional relationships with the phrase "telepathic understanding".
Yes, it wasn't because he was working hard to make money in multiple fields that they met; they met because of fate.
Saman's confidence was so strong that Ren Yifei was almost convinced by his argument. At this moment, the editing happened to be in the second half of the scene, where he and Nian Tianxi had finished their competition and found Saman, who was barely alive, at the amusement park.
Ren Yifei instantly solidified his conviction: there might be some connection, since they had met twice in the dungeon. But their being together was definitely not due to fate; it was all thanks to money (buying companion items) and other items.
So Ren Yifei gestured with the word "money" to Saman: "Fate is bought with money."
Samantha made a heart shape with his hands: "It told me what to do."
The two of them weren't watching the film carefully; they were exchanging glances, oblivious to the fact that their boss, Ah Jin, and the editor behind them were completely absorbed in the plot.
Even though they had only seen it once, they were still deeply fascinated by the scene where Ren Yifei's wings of light enveloped Saman.
A short while later, Saman, who had been waiting to die with his eyes closed, sat up in the video, with no visible injuries on his body.
"My God." Boss Ajin was amazed every time he saw it. The scene was too beautiful, especially when the light feathers swirled and scattered, it was as beautiful as a miracle.
I don't know if this is a skill or an item, or if it's a one-time use or continuous effect.
If it's a skill that can be used multiple times... capable of instantly restoring the health of a critically injured person to a healthy state, I'm afraid Black Rabbit would be in high demand.
"After this movie airs, a lot of people will definitely come looking for Afei. Even the top ten will be tempted." As long as they want to live, as long as they are afraid of death, Afei, who has similar skills to being at full health, is the partner they want most.
Ren Yifei leaned back lazily on the single sofa: "But the only one I want to save is you."