"You're finally back!"
Yuan Yuan looked at the two people who had finally returned, his eyes filled with extreme vigilance.
Because he wasn't entirely sure if the people who had returned were his true teammates.
But he had no choice but to trust them.
Besides, he wasn't without a way to discern.
Yuan Yuan took out a gun. The gun was entirely black. He held the gun at Duan Chen and fired without a word.
Black flames erupted from the muzzle, like an emissary from hell's funeral. With a bang, the bullet pierced through and headed straight for Duan Chen's head.
Yuan Yuan's shooting ability was decent.
His attack had no trajectory or warning sign.
It was as if he had suddenly turned into an enemy.
However, facing the sudden attack, Duan Chen didn't even blink. He dodged the attack with a swift movement.
His body only swayed slightly before reappearing in his original spot.
The bullet, missing his shadow, shot forward and exploded into a black firework in mid-air.
Seeing this, Hill, standing nearby, showed no change in his expression.
Duan Chen then reached out and took the gun from the stunned boy.
He took the muzzle into his hand and smiled.
"Well done, you haven't failed my trust."
Yuan Yuan was also startled, but now he regained his senses, let out a sigh of relief, and a relaxed smile returned to his face.
"It really is you, Captain. You scared me to death. I almost thought I wouldn't have a captain anymore."
"What are you talking about?" Duan Chen couldn't help but feel speechless.
Yuan Yuan chuckled sheepishly.
He knew he wasn't very good at talking, and he was well aware of it.
But he still felt a sense of worry.
He couldn't help but complain.
"Captain, you scared me to death. What if, by any chance, my hand trembled, or you were a bit slow to react and couldn't dodge, then I really wouldn't have a captain."
Yuan Yuan's complaints made Duan Chen chuckle.
He smiled slightly and shook his head.
"Don't worry, if someone can't dodge, it won't be me. I can definitely dodge your shot."
He reached out and gently patted Yuan Yuan's shoulder, comforting him.
"You were still playing with mud when I was playing with guns, so don't worry, I am absolutely confident I can dodge it."
"That's why I let you do this..."
Duan Chen paused for a moment at the last sentence, then turned his head to look at Qin Nanyuan, who was standing nearby.
Qin Nanyuan was still seriously injured and tried not to move as much as possible.
Sensing Duan Chen's gaze, Qin Nanyuan looked up.
"Is something wrong, Captain?"
Duan Chen first shook his head, then nodded.
"There are a few things I need to ask you, but not many. I hope you can compile everything you encountered with those monsters while you were out on your own, and the rules you discovered, and tell them to me."
"Is that a problem?"
It was just a small matter. Qin Nanyuan shook her head as a matter of course, with a relieved smile on her face...
"These are trivial matters. Captain, just you wait and see. I'll organize my thoughts for a moment and then tell you about those things, okay?"
"No problem."
Duan Chen nodded.
He was naturally happy that Qin Nanyuan was willing to cooperate like this.
Their understanding of this broken place was too limited.
Therefore, they needed more powerful information to keep them invincible.
Only by understanding the enemy well could they find ways to defeat them.
Duan Chen knew very clearly that if they continued to rely on exploration like players in a trial, they would never succeed.
Conversely, they had to break free from their original concepts and ideas and look at this small secret realm with a completely new perspective.
Only then could they successfully escape and ascend.
Or, they could find a way to destroy this small secret realm.
Up to this point, Duan Chen's heart had become completely calm.
He had been meticulously calculating the time, and when he felt the time was right, he made a gesture with his hand.
Instantly, stars shifted, and time and space seemed to change.
Suddenly, another Duan Chen appeared in his original spot, but his eyes were tightly closed.
With his eyes tightly shut and his pale skin, this other Duan Chen looked like a mannequin.
In fact, it was a mannequin, without any thought or concept.
It merely existed as Duan Chen's body.
Under Duan Chen's control, the clone beside him began to change its appearance.
His psychic energy was controlling this change, making the clone beside him slowly take on the appearance of Jun Ci.
This transformation was terrifying!
Because no one had ever been able to control their clone to transform into someone else's appearance.
It was simply astounding.
However, Jun Ci's appearance truly manifested under Duan Chen's hands. He truly achieved it.
After a long time, perhaps not much time had passed, Duan Chen panted slightly, a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
And finally, as he wished, the other Jun Ci beside him was completely formed...
The moment this Jun Ci was completely formed, Duan Chen's hand clenched fiercely, and a teleportation array appeared at Jun Ci's feet.
In just a second, or perhaps less than a second, Jun Ci, standing on the array, seemed to blink.
This was not an illusion.
Because in the next second, Jun Ci opened his eyes, and his entire body looked extremely disheveled, falling heavily to the ground and gasping for breath.
Upon clearly seeing his current location and the people around him, he let out a fierce sigh of relief.
Lying on his back on the ground, Jun Ci looked up at the sky, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and felt utterly exhausted.
He said weakly.
"It was really tiring. Fortunately, you successfully swapped me back at the last critical moment, otherwise, I might have been buried there."
Duan Chen reached out and pulled him up, neither blaming nor mocking him.
He gently patted Jun Ci's back, his tone somewhat somber.
"Good brother."
But Jun Ci immediately brought up another matter.