The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 1071

Chapter 1071: Beyond the Boundary

What, where, when, why, and how?!

He had so many questions, but in the end, they all converged into one horrifying thought:

Were they actually going to die from this?

Luca, whose pupils had dilated so much that his reaction alone was enough to send everyone else into a panic, could hardly believe what he was seeing.

With only those inexplicable words as warning, a massive progress bar appeared before all of them and steadily inched closer and closer toward completion with every passing moment.

"D-29!" Luca called out frantically while searching through the interface that he knew wouldn’t really budge. "There’s still no tooltip? No explanation? Nothing?!"

The little system sounded equally distressed.

"Host, I apologize! There’s still no information regarding this ’bridging’ in particular!" D-29 cried out. "But actually, aside from the upgrades shown earlier, the only other thing currently pending is a firmware update!"

"Huh?" Luca blinked rapidly. "A firmware update this time?"

"Yes, Host! But we absolutely cannot initialize it right now because there’s a possibility of temporary downtime during installation! I couldn’t risk triggering that while this is happening!"

Not that it would probably even allow itself to activate in the middle of this.

Still, Luca somehow understood why they might currently be missing information.

Normally, after every major dungeon upgrade, D-29 would take time to synchronize with the dungeon before emerging with greater access to the manual and newly unlocked systems.

But this time, the little system had not even been given the opportunity to do that yet.

Now, admittedly, that was not a definitive explanation. But even before synchronization, most things had still come with at least basic descriptions, which made the current situation difficult to ignore.

But this prompt...

Not only had it appeared far more forcefully than the others, but it also sounded deeply ominous to someone who actually had a better understanding of dungeons.

Luca was still spiraling internally when he suddenly felt a hand settle firmly on his shoulder.

It was Xavier. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Luca," the Imperial Prince said calmly, "it only says ’bridging,’ correct?"

The panicked chipmunk immediately perked up.

"If so, and if it means exactly what it usually does, then at the very least, we can probably expect a connection rather than an overlap."

Luca froze slightly after hearing that.

Because his husband understood exactly what he was afraid of: the possibility that another dungeon might suddenly rip space open directly in front of them again.

And while it might sound like a slim possibility—or even an overreaction—to those who similarly believed they would never win the lottery, for the people who had already experienced it once, it was very much a reality.

Everyone watched as the progress bar crept closer and closer toward completion.

Xavier simply tightened his hold on Luca slightly before saying, "We don’t know what’s about to happen next, but everyone should stay grouped together and hold onto someone just in case."

Unfortunately for them, running away from this simply wasn’t an option. Knowing that dungeons could eventually break when left unconquered, they would have no choice but to deal with it.

And because D-29 currently couldn’t fully control itself, leaving the space wouldn’t be wise either. Who knew whether they would even be able to return afterward?

So, the best they could do was brace themselves and hope all their emergency preparations would hold.

Now, some people honestly did not even require the reminder for grouping up.

One particular proactive blonde practically looked fused to his husband already.

Then again, this was also the same person whose second name might as well have been "Prepared," considering he had traveled with an unreasonable number of space buttons just in case disaster struck.

[DUNGEON SELECTION COMPLETED]

[PREPARING ACCESS POINT...]

Ah, shit.

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