Chapter 1183: Chapter 1179: Comparison Is Fearsome

An inexplicable terror crawled up the man’s back, making his throat tighten as he opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

However, the words that came out were just a few: "You, you..."

Even though he had never seen that legendary bird with his own eyes, anyone with a bit of information had heard about its ’achievements.’

Now, like meat on a chopping board, this large bird stood beside him, tilting its head to look at him.

Anyone facing such a situation wouldn’t be able to stay calm... right?

The expressions of the other people who woke up weren’t any better; obviously, they also recognized Er Dan, the famous bird.

No one rushed to speak up because someone took the lead.

They were also wondering how this bird got in. It seemed completely unaffected?

Especially as they felt their bodies being suppressed by a strong pressure.

Seeing Er Dan’s particularly relaxed demeanor, a sense of jealousy slowly overflowed from the depths of their hearts.

As for Ginsengfruit, he stood behind Er Dan, but was not immediately noticed by the others.

Instead, Er Dan attracted all the envious and hateful eyes.

Seeing the situation becoming awkward, Ginsengfruit stepped out from behind Er Dan.

He lightly coughed: "Ease up your gazes, my mount is just curious, it didn’t intend to do anything to you, relax~"

The crowd: ...

Good heavens!

A person so big was standing there, and they didn’t even see him!!!

Even though they couldn’t stand up due to the strong pressure, it didn’t stop them from being curious about the young lady who could stand and talk to them.

However, the curiosity was only momentary.

They clearly saw that ’Yun Ran’ was clean with no dust on her.

Which means, the young lady in front of them didn’t experience what they did.

Not to mention now, they were still technically competitors. Compared to ’Yun Ran,’ they seemed like embarrassed beggars.

This realization left these geniuses who always felt superior since childhood feeling very uncomfortable.

But, people fear comparisons.

Although they couldn’t compare with ’Yun Ran’ now, when they turned to look at others who showed no signs of waking up. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

They suddenly felt okay, not the best but not the worst either, at least they weren’t at the bottom.

The first young man to wake up wiped the dust off his face, managing not to look so disheveled.

With his mindset adjusted, a warm smile could naturally spread across his face.

"Fellow Daoist Yun, have we successfully passed the preliminaries? What’s the next step?"

Ginsengfruit now understood why the Host liked rolling eyes before.

Right now, he also wanted to roll his eyes at these people. If he knew what to do, would he still be waiting here?

Truly oblivious!

Didn’t they see he hadn’t moved at all and was just quietly standing here?

"Naturally, we wait. Unless you have a better idea?"

Listening to ’Yun Ran’s’ retort, the few who had woken up suddenly felt their faces flush.

It was at this moment they seemed to finally realize that ’Yun Ran’ might also not act freely.

Only that bird was unaffected, able to look at them back and forth.

An awkward atmosphere quickly spread, making their previous small-mindedness seem evident.

Fortunately, the awkwardness didn’t last long because a change suddenly occurred.

A barely perceptible spatial fluctuation appeared, and everyone’s gaze turned toward it.

If it weren’t for the pressure affecting them, making movement difficult, they would have rushed over to investigate.

Ginsengfruit glanced at Er Dan beside him, and Er Dan immediately understood.

Er Dan boldly walked toward a black hole forming due to the air fluctuation, quickly appearing due to the distortion.

Er Dan walked so effortlessly, it gave the others a fleeting illusion that they could approach as easily.

But reality harshly slapped them.

Those who tried to stand not only failed but found the pressure on them even greater.

Even breathing became difficult.

Until the black hole, formed by air turbulence and distortion, stabilized, and Er Dan disappeared into the black hole.

Only then did the pressure on them start to fade, and a feeling of relief returned.

Ginsengfruit didn’t care for those lying on the ground; he stepped toward the black hole.

His intuition told him the Host might be behind the black hole.

Seeing Ginsengfruit’s back also disappearing, the others hurriedly got up, not minding their mess anymore.

They rushed in, and as for those lying unconscious on the ground.

As the black hole disappeared, blood suddenly trickled from their mouths, and even if they weren’t dead, they were seriously injured.

Er Dan hesitated to place its claws down, seeing many white bones around.

It felt that stepping on those bones could bring bad luck for a long time.

The barrier where the black hole was had a very short opening time.

Those chosen felt an intense, piercing cold as soon as they entered.

Fortunately, Er Dan itself was a bug; most illusions or barriers didn’t affect it much.

Not to mention, it was covered in fur, rendering the cold ineffective against it.

Ginsengfruit followed closely, activating his scanning function to quickly understand the situation.

However, his scanning function seemed blocked, completely unusable.

Just like before, when he tried to scan the space below the library and met resistance.

In almost an instant, Ginsengfruit was sure.

The barrier behind this black hole was made of the same material as the one below the library.

Upon reaching this conclusion, Ginsengfruit’s lips slightly curled up.

His previous intuition was correct; the Host must be here, too.

Unfortunately, his scanning function was temporarily unusable, so he couldn’t quickly find the Host.

At that moment, he heard heavy footsteps behind him but didn’t turn around, knowing who it was.

Immediately, surprised voices reached his ears.

"Hiss! What is this place, why is it so cold, colder than the Snow Mountain!"

"Look, why are there so many white bones? Could it be... could these all be..."