This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 912 - 439: Restore Order from Chaos

Stepping over the carcass of the Steel Warhorse, Mu You continued forward.

After traversing a dark corridor, a set of ascending stairs appeared ahead.

"Finally, it looks a bit like a tower..." Mu You breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he was about to step onto the staircase to ascend to the second floor, a ghostly blue shadow suddenly attacked from beside him, like some kind of beast, acting later but arriving first, dashing up the stairs before him and disappearing into the darkness above.

"What was that?" Mu You looked towards the staircase, puzzled. The shadow had passed too quickly, hardly giving him the chance to get a clear look.

"I have finally found you!"

At that moment, a familiar voice rose from behind Mu You.

Mu You instinctively looked back, but there was nothing there; the voice seemed to be coming from the surrounding walls.

"Don’t be nervous, it’s me!" The voice came through again, this time Mu You was certain it was Bard’s voice.

"Lamp God?"

"It’s me," Bard’s voice said.

"What’s going on? Where are you? What about Frog and Cola?" Mu You asked eagerly.

"As you see, this passageway is the trial scene designed by the Pen of Order for trialists, but this is just the first level. There are many more levels above, and you must pass through all the levels to reach the top of the tower to see the Divine Pen..."

Bard spoke, "As for me and your pets, we were trapped in different spaces after entering the tower, invisible to each other, but we’re safe, you don’t need to worry."

"Also, I was able to briefly contact you by using up some oil from the Divine Lamp, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on for too long. I’ll try to keep it short."

Relieved to hear that Cola and Frog were safe, Mu You asked, "What do I need to do next?"

"Do the same thing you’ve just done, continue to use the Pen of Order to deal with all the monsters along the way, and familiarize yourself with the Law of Order during battle. Keep killing until you reach the top of the tower..." Bard advised.

"How many floors does the tower have?"

"I don’t know."

"You don’t know?"

"The original lighthouse only had fifty floors, but this place has been completely transformed by the Pen of Order, so I can’t be sure how many floors there are now..."

"What was that shadow that rushed past just now?" Mu You asked.

"That was Caesar."

"Caesar? He can also participate in this trial?" Mu You was surprised. Wasn’t it said that the Pen of Order was rejecting Caesar? How could he be allowed to enter the trial as well?

"The Pen of Order only designed the trial scene, but it cannot specify the participants. All humans who enter the tower from outside automatically qualify for the trial," the voice said.

"So, I must reach the top of the tower before Caesar does?"

"Yes, and moreover, Caesar once possessed the Divine Pen for a while, so his understanding and use of the Law of Order far surpass your current abilities. Whether you can overtake him later depends on how quickly you can grasp the Law of Order..."

Bard’s statement immediately instilled a sense of urgency in Mu You; not only did the trial have a competitor, but also one whose foundation far exceeded his own...

"Don’t worry, the flow of time here differs from the outside world. Even if you stay here for a year, it would only amount to a few breaths of time in the outside world..."

Bard spoke again, his voice becoming intermittent: "Additionally, I can’t accompany you to the next level. From now on, you’re on your own... Remember, the Divine Pen in your hand is your strongest weapon... With that pen, theoretically, you can do anything here... Learn as quickly as possible... how to... use it to kill enemies..."

The voice ceased abruptly.

Mu You waited for a while, but Bard’s voice did not rise again; it seemed the connection had been cut off.

Mu You exhaled and looked towards the staircase ahead, then stepped onto it.

"Snap!"

The seemingly endless staircase turned out to be terrifyingly short to climb.

With just one step, Mu You reached a new corridor.

Stone walls flanked both sides just as before, and the way behind was still sealed, almost identical to the previous level.

The only difference was the monster ahead.

Amidst the sound of gears moving, two mechanical spiders clad in iron armor climbed rapidly from both sides of the walls, each more than two meters in length.

"Two this time, huh..."

Mu You frowned, knowing the difficulty would increase substantially when dealing with two monsters at once.

Fortunately, the weaknesses of these two monsters were more pronounced.

Grasping the mystical pen tightly, Mu You looked through the perspective of Order, and the discordant points within the two spiders turned into two locations: one beneath the abdomen and another at the joint of the left forelimb.

"Hiss!"

While observing, one of the spiders hissed sharply and lunged at him with raised forelegs.

Mu You rolled away in haste, then, taking advantage of the moment when the spiders were apart, he quickly counterattacked.

He was not worried about whether he could handle these two spiders, but how to do so without worsening his injuries. Without the option to backtrack, he could only be as careful as possible.

Mu You struck with the pen, precisely piercing the disharmonious rune beneath the spider’s abdomen. Like a sharp knife, he penetrated the rune, turning it into dust.

However, to his surprise, the spider that was hit on the ’weak spot’ let out a wild howl, its entire body turned red, and it charged at him even faster.

Mu You dodged hurriedly but still underestimated the spider’s speed after it went berserk; he was bitten on the left arm and his left hand was completely bitten off by the spider, which also knocked him flying over ten meters away.