"Prison Mountain, huh?"

Looking at the message Shen Bingmiao sent, Lin Yu fell into deep thought once more.

For most Players, among the Ten Realms, the ones they commonly come into contact with are basically the six realms: Black Marsh, Wasteland, Prison Mountain, Pure Abyss, Misty Islands, and Night Valley.

Among these, the ones Lin Yu is most familiar with are naturally Misty Islands and Wasteland, followed by some understanding of Black Marsh and Night Valley.

So far, the worlds Lin Yu has never been to at all are only Pure Abyss and Prison Mountain.

This time, after all, he had accepted a mission, and it was a mission to guide a Second Tier player through.

Originally, going to a world with no foundation, completely unfamiliar, was already quite a headache for Lin Yu, let alone having to worry about the "employer."

Fortunately, his current strength was indeed strong enough—coupled with Li Nian's help and his senior's intelligence, although Lin Yu felt slightly troubled, he didn't think this dungeon was really all that difficult.

He began to carefully read the information his senior sent about the "Prison Mountain Realm."

This was a world with extremely complex and harsh environments, teeming with demons, monsters, and ghosts. At the same time, most humans here also practiced various esoteric arts to resist the extreme natural environment and the demons, monsters, and ghosts.

The overall development level and world atmosphere were close to the ancient times of his own world.

And those common market items like talismans, elixirs, and mechanical-type items mostly originated from "Prison Mountain."

Simultaneously, the "Prison Mountain Realm" also produced relatively high-quality cold weapons and armor.

In short... among the commonly encountered six realms, the Prison Mountain Realm was considered a relatively less friendly type.

In the Prison Mountain Realm, the most commonly encountered things were those demons and monsters that fed on human flesh and blood, or ghosts interested in human essence—encountering these things in the wild, of course, directly required a life-or-death struggle.

But even when encountering humans capable of communication, one still couldn't let their guard down.

Because the "humans" encountered in the Prison Mountain Realm had a certain probability of being those evil, corrupt creatures in disguise.

Even if they were truly human... the friendliness level of humans in this world was definitely the lowest among the Ten Realms.

After all, living in such a world, humans who could survive and often move about outdoors usually took their own "life" as the first principle.

After all, they also couldn't guarantee whether the "fellow humans" they encountered were disguised by demons or monsters.

Therefore, "strike first" and "rather kill by mistake than let go" were the universal codes of conduct in the Prison Mountain Realm.

"Trying to protect someone in this kind of world is indeed adding difficulty to difficulty."

Lin Yu sighed with emotion again.

But since he had already accepted the mission, he had to do his best.

Of course, as Zhu Ming, he was, after all, still a First Tier.

As the saying goes, when the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up. Lin Yu hadn't forgotten his current identity.

Frankly, on this mission, his position was still to assist Li Nian.

"Perfect chance to also observe just how strong Li Nian is as a Second Tier..."

Although Li Nian hadn't been promoted for too long, as a member of the Free Alliance, she definitely shouldn't be considered weak!

Last time on the train, because they ran into the Designer, Lin Yu didn't get to see Li Nian go all out.

So this time, Lin Yu was actually a bit looking forward to it!

With this anticipation, Lin Yu packed some personal items and left home.

After wandering around outside, he found a suitable place and once again changed his appearance to that of Zhu Ming.

Afterwards, Lin Yu took a taxi to a hot spring hotel located in the suburbs.

He had booked a high-end room here—the reason for choosing this place was because its rooms came with private hot springs and a sauna room.

Lin Yu planned to use the "sauna room" to quickly achieve a state of high-temperature dehydration.

Although to achieve this, an electric blanket or a charcoal stove plus not drinking water for a few hours in advance would be enough.

But since he had a choice, Lin Yu still wanted a more comfortable method.

After soaking in the hot bath, Lin Yu entered the sauna room, turned the power to maximum, and then sat quietly inside.

The high temperature quickly made Lin Yu's head feel somewhat dizzy and muddled. In his daze, he felt as if he were in a desert under a scorching sun.

He glanced at the time; it was almost midnight.

His parched throat and dry lips felt a tight, tearing sensation, and a faint taste of blood filled his respiratory tract.

Simultaneously, the high temperature made his head and internal organs feel heavy, and intense soreness came from his muscles and joints.

"This really is quite unpleasant..."

Lin Yu sighed, and then...

The hour and minute hands both returned to the zero mark, midnight arrived.

At that moment, the familiar yet intense feeling of weightlessness struck.

At the same time, the Blood Text prompt, appearing like an old friend who is never late or absent, appeared before Lin Yu's eyes.

[Entering Game—]

[Game Name: Escort the Darts]

[Clear Condition: Reach the destination "Willow Town."]

[Number of Players in this Game: 6]

Afterwards, when Lin Yu regained consciousness and came to his senses, he found himself in a crimson valley.

The scorching air was intensely hot, as if every breath would burn a little lung tissue.

Three bright suns hung in the sky, their golden-red sunlight dazzling.

The dark red rocks underfoot and at his side looked incredibly hot—but even so, fiery red vines still stubbornly clung and grew among them.

The continuous rocky mountains converged upwards into cliffs, and the cliffs converged into majestic, sheer mountains as if carved by axes and knives—all the way to the distance, where a colossal, sky-propping mountain spewed black clouds and flames.

All of this indicated Lin Yu's current location.

"Two mountains, six hells... looks like I'm in the Fire Hell area."

Lin Yu exhaled and said.

The structure of the Prison Mountain Realm was very special. Two giant mountains were located at the very center of this world, dividing the entire world into six regions.

Each of the six regions had an extremely extreme environment. Based on their respective extreme directions, they had different names.

And Fire Hell, as the name suggests... was the hottest region!

Lin Yu felt that the perceived temperature here was at least over 45 degrees Celsius.

And this was with Lin Yu currently in the relatively cooler part of the valley—looking up, Lin Yu could easily guess that at the top of these cliffs, the temperature might have long exceeded 50 degrees!

And lingering in this shaded area at the foot of the cliffs was naturally not just Lin Yu alone.

Shifting his gaze down from the sky, Lin Yu soon saw his two teammates.

Li Nian, wearing sunglasses and with a student haircut.

And another person, a young man with extremely heavy dark circles under his eyes who looked somewhat over-thoughtful, wearing a pure blue shirt and with a crew cut.

Lin Yu smiled and greeted the two.

"Yo, A Nian."

"And this one... must be our employer, right?"