Yang Genshuo had to admit, No. 9’s judgment and action were very precise, and successfully earned a reward.

It seemed like a textbook answer.

But Yang Genshuo always felt something was slightly off.

"Why does this result feel too... perfect? Like a happy family reunion making dumplings."

"It doesn’t quite fit the style of this story..."

"Did I miss some information?"

Yang Genshuo felt a sense of unease; did the Mouse Servants just suddenly awaken, bow, and then decide to solve the mouse problem themselves?

"Was all that happened at this inn just caused by a mouse infestation? What does it represent in the story of ’White Grain Warehouse’?"

Yang Genshuo couldn’t help but ask.

But this question seemed to have few other answers; whether in progress or gains, it seemed to be a perfectly resolved situation.

"Maybe I’m overthinking... I know too little about the Legendary Land, perhaps there will be new stories and developments later...this is just a puzzle set by a group of mice."

Yang Genshuo reviewed this visit to the inn.

There were three main difficulties:

First, those who entered this place had begun to feel tired, thirsty, and sleepy. Food and rest were necessary—without food, their status would decline, and if they fell asleep at night... they’d be attacked by Mouse Servants, so finding food and taking turns sleeping at night was essential to avoid danger.

Second, the locked room in the backyard was actually a trap. Although it hid the secret to solving the puzzle... if you broke in on your own, you’d be attacked by the Mouse Servants and the man-eating mice inside, possibly resulting in total annihilation. This could be a death sentence.

Third, it was extremely dangerous outside the inn; if someone chose to leave out of fear of the Mouse Servants... they might disappear like Puzzle Solver No. 18 did.

They had to stay in the inn, be careful, not act recklessly, and solve the puzzle precisely to receive the Token...

"Seems like there’s nothing wrong... am I overthinking?"

After replaying the events, Yang Genshuo didn’t find any suspicious points, so he shared the ’checkpoint strategy’ with everyone.

The teams that had left the inn returned to repeat the process, rescuing the meat Ganoderma Government Officials from the mouths of the man-eating mice.

Some unexpected things happened, but mostly they just ended up fighting the mice, with the fire-cultivating teams easily burning the man-eating mice into scattering away.

There were some minor incidents, but they didn’t affect much.

Very soon, each group received a Token that could later be transformed into a treasure.

"Hey~ Ancestor, who do you think invented this thing? It’s just wonderful... no wonder people in the past believed in it. They took me through challenges and treasure hunts every day, and I believe it too! I believe in the Undying!"

Yang Zhushuang continued with his remarkable performance.

Yang Genshuo was already indifferent.

He wasn’t even bothered to slap him.

After finishing this task, they continued their journey, which was rather monotonous, and Yang Genshuo glanced at his fellow Yang Minke.

"Still growing crops... not bad."

Then he stopped paying attention inside and turned his gaze towards the people outside.

Yang Qiangjing, although she wanted to know the progress of the Ancestor’s side, found herself too busy to see the bigger picture at the moment.

Eighty percent of the Yang Family had been swept into the Legendary Land!

There were also a large number of collateral personnel and a battalion of the Sky Dragon Army!

All of these were cogs in the massive machinery of the Danai Empire, holding important positions, with many tasks relying on them.

With this happening, the Empire was in a semi-paralyzed state.

Many things could not be advanced.

The immediate task for Yang Qiangjing was to get this Empire operational again.

So after dispatching the Puzzle Solvers yesterday, she fully devoted herself to solving this sudden national management crisis event.

"Hmm~~ seems quite good, Yang Qiangjing seems to have stabilized the situation."

Just after a day, Yang Genshuo noticed that the overall situation had started to stabilize.

He took a cursory look at yesterday’s records and found that Yang Qiangjing had made a key move...

Directly promoting the directors and team leaders from the departments where people had left to take charge, temporarily delegating power to them, allowing them to lead large numbers of grassroots Empire members to keep working.

After a hundred years of development, the current Danai Empire now had a very rich personnel pool, no longer completely relying on the Yang Family members to do everything personally, even with so many people gone, they could still temporarily pull together a capable team.

Moreover... the people below were quite willing!

The ones often in second-in-command roles could understand; who wouldn’t want their first-in-command to suddenly go missing?

Their only difficulty at work today was... how to suppress the upwardly curling corners of their mouths.

This act of delegating power seemed simple but actually required significant courage.

"Not bad, not bad, stabilized the situation, and the people below will support Yang Qiangjing’s work, after all..."

Yang Genshuo sighed.

Although no one said it outright, Yang Genshuo knew that in their hearts, they were probably hoping that their superiors wouldn’t return from the Legendary Land, allowing them to legitimately continue to maintain their current status.

This was human nature, regardless of how well the Yang Family treated them.

Everyone wanted to climb higher.

Meanwhile, Yang Qiangjing also initiated emergency measures, implementing a temporary city lockdown, with the Great Array activated all day to prevent any accidents.

Yang Qiangwei quickly returned to the Sky Garden Dynasty to mobilize the Feng Family’s troops, providing military aid to help Bright City hold out until everyone returned from the Legendary Land.

Yang Genshuo was somewhat surprised by... Yang Minrui.

This scheming and dual-faced fourth-generation member of the Yang Family was thriving in the Empire’s officialdom, and whether by coincidence or accident... not many of Yang Minrui’s people ended up going inside...

Yang Minke and his army were almost all inside together.

The fourth-generation Yang Min also proactively entered to help others.

Outside, besides Yang Qiangjing’s few people, almost all were Yang Minrui’s trusted ones.

This meant that the Yang Family personnel Yang Qiangjing could currently use, were all from Yang Minrui’s faction. Whether her policies could be implemented depended on Yang Minrui’s support.

To Yang Genshuo’s surprise... Yang Minrui was quite the action-oriented talent, actively discussing strategies with Yang Qiangjing and quickly executing them.

In just one day, they’ve stabilized the broader situation.

"This Yang Minrui guy... turns out to be quite capable."

Yet having all the Yang Family members outside from his faction made Yang Genshuo somewhat uneasy...

"Xiao Jing, they’ve already gone through part of the story... one of your people is currently missing."

"Which number?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"18."

"Hmm... Ancestor, could you tell me what happened inside?"

"Sure."

After briefly recounting yesterday’s events to Yang Qiangjing, she slightly furrowed her brows.

"Ancestor... something seems off."

"Oh? You feel that way too?"

Yang Genshuo thought he was the only one with that feeling, as the other Puzzle Solvers, including the Yang Family, were quite satisfied with the current progress.

Especially No. 9, who had already made a significant contribution. As long as he could survive and come out, he would certainly receive rewards beyond his expectations.

When it came to rewards, the Yang Family was never stingy.