Inside the tent of the Healing Station, the darkness gradually faded away.

However, everyone inside the tent was surprised to find that the overall brightness of the Healing Station remained at a relatively low level.

The reason was also quite simple.

"The Furnace Fire... is extinguished!"

Fern was the first to notice the most significant change within the entire tent.

Beside Fern, Lin Yu also spoke up in astonishment.

"Really, what's going on?!"

"I heard gunshots just now," Fern said with a grave expression, "If I'm not mistaken, someone... a Player took advantage of the darkness earlier to attack that Monster."

"And, it's very likely they've already killed it."

Fern stood up, no longer bothering to continue pretending to be a severely injured patient, and walked straight towards the center.

"We need to go check it out!"

Not just Fern, everyone else in the tent who could move also hurriedly gathered around the extinguished furnace.

The darkness Lin Yu created earlier didn't block out too much sound. Although the water droplets and mist could also hinder sound transmission, the "Social Anxiety Paradise" currently focused more on restricting vision.

So, everyone in the tent could hear the Furnace Fire's scream and the loud bang that abruptly silenced it.

All the Players could tell that the loud bang represented...

gunshots!

During the darkness, no one dared to act recklessly—at least, no one dared to actively approach the obviously mutated Furnace Fire in that darkness to pick a fight.

But now, with vision restored, seeing that everything over there had settled: the Furnace Fire was extinguished, and there was no trace of any "murderer" nearby.

Only Stiller still stood not far away, looking dumbfounded—but also completely unharmed.

Judging by Stiller's demeanor, the area around the Furnace Fire should be safe as well.

Naturally, everyone wanted to see what exactly had happened as soon as possible!

As for the two Barbarians, although they didn't know what the sound was, they were aware that the Furnace Fire was extinguished and the Players had gathered around.

They could also sense that a "major incident" had occurred... perhaps even realizing something was wrong more clearly than the Players.

As the two Barbarians reached the furnace side, they pushed past the Players and saw the truly extinguished furnace and the scattered crimson crystals at the furnace's base. Their expressions drastically changed.

"This is bad, the arbitrator in the Healing Station is actually dead?!"

"Will the Healing Station even continue to exist then... can this Glory Festival even go on!"

The panicked voices of the two Barbarians also reached the Players' ears.

Among the Players who had already regrouped near Stiller, the middle-aged man spoke up in shock.

"What? Why wouldn't the Glory Festival be able to continue?!"

If the Glory Festival couldn't proceed normally, how would they obtain the Warrior Credential and complete the game to return to reality?

The Barbarians looked at them in astonishment: "You don't even know this? No one told you this when you came to participate in the Glory Festival?" 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The Players looked at each other.

Of course not!

The Black Marsh world was even more of a slapdash affair than ordinary worlds. Because most intelligent lifeforms were extremely irritable and savage, the cultural level of this world was relatively low, and the rules and regulations of various organizations were very poorly formed.

Many things were simply passed down through word of mouth between tribes, transmitted through empiricism.

They, as outsiders, naturally couldn't know.

Just like what the two Barbarians were saying now.

"Every session of the Glory Festival has three arbitrators: one stays in the Healing Station, one patrols inside the venue, and another monitors and stands by outside the venue."

"These three are responsible for monitoring whether any violations occur during the entire Glory Festival. Once a violation appears, the participant's qualification will be revoked—now that the arbitrator in the Healing Station is dead, this is definitely someone violating the rules!"

"And since the Glory Festival began, there has never been an incident where an 'arbitrator' died!"

"Moreover... it's only the first day now!"

"We will definitely all be investigated!"

The two Barbarians spoke one after the other.

The Players also understood.

Over at Stiller's side, the "bounty hunter" who joined later finally couldn't hold back and spoke indignantly.

"Damn it, who the hell did it?! To actually do something like this!"

"Who's so stupid, wanting to ruin everyone's chance to pass!"

His words, which indiscriminately suspected everyone else, naturally caused widespread dissatisfaction.

"Don't just spout nonsense, how do you know it was definitely one of us!"

The male Player with slightly less hair from the two-men-one-woman trio said angrily.

"Idiot, do you think these Blood Rakshasas, Barbarians, and other natives would have guns?!"

The bounty hunter retorted indignantly.

The other, shorter and stockier male Player from the two-men-one-woman trio also immediately spoke up: "It might not necessarily be gunshots either... after all, if it was a Player, there's no reason for them to do that!"

"If they did this, they wouldn't be able to pass either."

Listening to the discussion over there, Fern interjected: "What if they didn't know the consequences would be this severe before doing it?"

"How many of you only realized the possibility that killing this Furnace Fire might prevent everyone from obtaining the Warrior Credential after listening to the two Barbarians' explanation just now?"

Fern's rhetorical question left everyone present speechless.

And the other solo Player who had been silent in Stiller's team very logically added a sentence.

"Moreover, even if they knew the purpose, someone might still do it."

As he said this, Fern immediately looked at him.

"You mean..."

"Creating a desperate situation, increasing the difficulty, doesn't that sound exactly like something the 'Psychological Society' would do?"

That guy who had been silent all along said calmly.

And as soon as the words 'Psychological Society' came out, all the Players simultaneously felt a sense of absurdity mixed with reason.

Those appearing in a dungeon of this intensity were definitely not novice Players. The formidable reputation of the 'Psychological Society' organization was something everyone had heard of to some extent!

Not only heard of it, but some had even dealt with its members.

And if all this was done by the lunatics of the 'Psychological Society', it indeed made sense!

"Is there someone from the Psychological Society among us?"

Someone murmured incredulously.

Fern let out a sigh.

"Very likely... but regardless, we need to find the culprit as soon as possible."

"Yes, time is running out," Lin Yu reminded calmly from the side, "The extinguishing of this Furnace Fire will definitely draw the attention of the Glory Festival organizers... don't forget, just within this venue, there's still another 'arbitrator'."

Although he appeared very calm while reminding the other Players, Lin Yu was practically laughing out loud inside.

Stirring the waters indeed has its benefits.