Clue To the Eternal Archives

"It's just a little over a day until the event is over. What should we do now?" Princess Leah asked in slight annoyance.

As a matter of fact, it was not just her—almost every first-rate Player who managed to get inside Steel Earth were left in a troubling limbo.

Indeed, they were stuck.

After Edward's party had destroyed Iron Commandment, the Boss of the fourth stratum, the teapot automatons reverted to neutral units (with Xi Wei taking control of the stratum). In fact, when Players entered selected buildings, they would stick to offering their services, making the fourth stratum a place to rest for the Players as well.

But that was also the reason why the Players lost the clue to proceed into the fifth stratum.

At first, there were Players who had suggested that the clue must be hidden somewhere in the city and therefore strolled randomly around, but even they were becoming desperate now that things had come to this.