94: The petty-minded boss heard you saying bad things about him behind his back!

Cheng Zhen endured and endured, but not one of them got excited enough to beat up the chapter-breaking dog.

"Dungeons naturally hide all sorts of clues, there's nothing to be angry about," Lizi comforted him.

Brother Tian nodded, looking a little disappointed.

The NPCs seemed so fearful, perhaps they had already been controlled by the dungeon's Boss. And the place the Scholar mentioned, the one not under control, was very likely related to escaping this place.

Although it was a pity they didn't get any information, at least they had a direction.

Even if Cheng Zhen was aiming for a special ending, these clues should still be helpful.

Cheng Zhen no longer bothered with the Scholar, who had already shut down, and led the others to check out other places.

But when they went out, they found that it wasn't just the Scholar; the others also had that 'frozen' reaction, as if they were no longer people but statues.

Brother Tian mustered his courage and reached out to touch them, but the NPCs didn't react, as if their consciousness had truly left their bodies.

"There's no point in staying here any longer."

Cheng Zhen didn't spare the NPCs another glance and walked away.

"So, where do we go next?" Brother Tian asked.

"Just like before," Cheng Zhen said calmly, "We'll walk the path we've walked before."

They stepped out again, just like the first time they got Map 1, heading towards the next location.

Then, for the sixth time, the group saw a familiar scene: another snow house, and 'living people'.

This time, they unhesitatingly went to the Scholar's location.

In this situation, you can't possibly continue to be a chapter-breaking dog, can you?

They approached menacingly, but to their surprise, hey, he actually could!

The Scholar wasn't reading at all; he was completely on his knees begging for mercy—

"P-Please forgive me, please pardon me…"

"I was wrong, I won't dare again…"

"You are the master of this place, no one can deceive you, no one dares to disrespect you…"

"We will obey, all of us will listen to you…"

He wailed for a long time, but it was all meaningless nonsense, just frantic crying on the ground.

Cheng Zhen and the others had planned to wait for him to give them some clues, but this crying Scholar cried for half the night and then froze up again.

The group: "… … … …"

This feeling was like a Hunter fan, who had been eagerly waiting for a new chapter of the manga, finally seeing an update, only to open it and find a pile of rough sketches. Then, upon a closer look, they realized that old scoundrel had gone off to play mahjong again…

In summary: wanted to hit someone.

With a strict and rigorous attitude, they ran through the nearby houses again, finding that the other NPCs were still in a frozen state, making it another wasted trip.

"Let's go…"

Cheng Zhen said expressionlessly, "Next location."

Walking into the familiar house for the seventh time, the few people were already numb.

They numbly watched the crying Scholar get tired of crying, pray, and then fall asleep, and that was that.

What's next? There was no next!

Brother Tian wished he could give him a sandbag right then and there.

I chased you for half a day for this?

Cheng Zhen had long anticipated that the dog game wouldn't act like a human, so he no longer dwelled on it and simply turned to look at the family of three.

"There doesn't seem to be any problem here?" Lizi watched the family of three pray before bed, then fall into a deep sleep, and everything nearby quieted down.

"Just wait," Cheng Zhen shook his head, "They haven't frozen yet."

Sure enough, a while later, as the child's cries rang out, the couple hurriedly changed the baby's diaper, sang lullabies to coax him back to sleep, and only then did they close their eyes, exhausted.

From then on, the vicinity became quiet again. Unlike before, there was no even snoring, only complete silence.

"Uh, should we go to the next location then?" Brother Tian asked, "That should also be the same as before, where we'll be chased, right?"

"Not 'should be', but 'will be'."

Cheng Zhen said calmly, "Perhaps, to put it another way is…"

"If you go there, you will certainly die."

Brother Tian & Lizi: "?!"

"Certainly die?" Brother Tian asked in surprise, "Could it be that the dungeon's Boss is there?"

"It doesn't even need to be there; it just needs to arrange an endless stream of snowmen like before and block the escape routes."

Cheng Zhen pointed to the box in his hand: "This time there's no map or retreat; no matter how good your stamina is, you can't run forever."

"Could it be…"

Lizi pondered, "Is it the 'four' that the Scholar said couldn't appear?"

"Just like the fourth time we encountered snowmen before, we were attacked. And in this castle, if we enter again, it will also be the fourth time we've gone, so we'll encounter danger?"

"Something like that, but it's not entirely because of us."

Cheng Zhen sighed, "The main reason is their 'disrespect' that caused the Snow King to get angry; we can at most be considered innocent unlucky people passing by."

"Uh," Lizi was stunned, "'Disrespect'? Is it what the Scholar said, that they absolutely must pray? That woodcutter went to sleep without praying, so the Snow King got angry?"

For such a small reason? That Boss's heart must be smaller than a needle's eye.

"No, it's not."

Cheng Zhen looked at the sleeping family of three beside him: "It's that the Boss doesn't accept four instances of disrespect, so he directly brought on the deep winter."

"Four instances?" Brother Tian was puzzled, "This family clearly prayed, didn't we just watch them?"

Cheng Zhen held up a finger: "Please note, it's 'praying before bed'."

"They only prayed once just now, but they fell asleep twice, and they didn't pray the second time."

Cheng Zhen then looked at the baby who couldn't even speak: "Adding this one, there are four people who didn't pray before bed, so the dungeon's Boss exploded."

Brother Tian's eyes widened: "No, does this toothless child count? Is that Snow King out of his mind?"

"It's not the first time this dog game has been unreasonable."

Cheng Zhen spread his hands: "But it is quite impartial; it treats us like less than human, and it treats NPCs the same way."

Brother Tian: "…" This kind of fairness doesn't seem to have any meaning, does it?

"If it were a normal clear, we would need to find a way to leave before the fourth time, which is the 'place not under control' that the Scholar spoke of."

"Conversely, it can be inferred that all these places we are in are controlled by the 'Snow King'."

Cheng Zhen looked at Brother Tian, a playful smile on his face: "So, what you just said to scold him…"

"That narrow-minded guy will very likely hear it ~"

As Cheng Zhen's words fell, Brother Tian's expression changed, and immediately after, he saw the three people lying 'asleep' on the bed suddenly open their eyes.

They had no pupils, only snow-white eyeballs.

Then, like melting soft-serve ice cream, their outer shells cracked and slowly peeled away from their faces, revealing a snow-white core.

They, oh, they, put on fake smiles again and then moved towards the group.

"No need to bother."

Cheng Zhen said to the snowmen, "Although that broken place can be found, it's too slow. So, let's just be simple and crude."

"For example, face me directly, how about it?"

Then, he pushed the immobile Mba towards the snowmen.

[Beep, your warrior 'Mba' has received 98 stacks of 'Chilling Curse' !]

[Beep, your warrior 'Mba' has received 99 stacks of 'Chilling Curse' !]

[Beep, your warrior 'Mba' has received 100 stacks of 'Chilling Curse' !]

As 100 stacks appeared, Mba was completely enveloped in ice and snow, and then an extremely terrifying chill emanated from his body.

Unlike the brief appearance of 100 stacks last time, the bone-chilling coldness almost froze everything around him!

[Beep, upgrade conditions met!]

[Dungeon - Misty Snow Ice City, dungeon upgraded! Difficulty increased! ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ → ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ !]

[Clear objective: — — (Frozen!)]