Chapter 723: 482
Other people also relied on strange objects to temporarily possess the ability for low-level flight, and there were some who, despite not looking very impressive, had combat abilities that should not be underestimated.
The surprise attack by the Mysterious Ship was different from the encirclement and suppression battles that had been encountered before. Because of the Mysterious Ship’s special characteristics, even if the enemy was prepared to win by numbers, a clever leader wouldn’t fail to realize the seriousness of this situation.
It was because these leaders had realized the gravity of the situation that they were recruiting survivors at all costs, having the Martial Artists on board look for opportunities to first eliminate the micro Mysterious Ships.
These micro Mysterious Ships were actually like fleas attached to some kind of top-level creature. Although the analogy might not be entirely accurate, the principle was not wrong.
Theoretically, these micro ghost ships were fragile enough to shatter upon contact, but in numbers, they could suppress the enemy indefinitely.
It was like a swarm of ants overcoming an elephant, but in such a scenario, even the strongest of survivors, no matter how careful, would be dragged into the Mysterious Realm, and no matter how fragile the micro Mysterious Realm was, entering and exiting would always take some time.
If Zachary wasn’t mistaken, those Mysterious Ships approaching on the water surface were preparing to attack at full capacity.
To put it bluntly, the masterminds behind these Mysterious Ships intended to use a multitude of micro ships to trap the Martial Artists on the Platform, then have the remaining Mysterious Ships carry out kamikaze strikes, attempting to rescue the Martial Artists with these micro Mysterious Ships.
Although more and more survivors dove into the water and obtained some valuable metals and jewels, some survivors no longer hesitated and disregarded the Mysterious Ships that were approaching closer and closer, typical of choosing wealth over life.
After seeing through the true intentions of others, Dong Tianyu didn’t think too much about it and continued to stay on the ship, enjoying the leisurely evening breeze and observing the situation below.
With more and more micro Mysterious Ships approaching, although those Martial Artists who rushed over solved one Mysterious Realm very quickly, when they emerged, they noticed that their surroundings had already been occupied by numerous micro Mysterious Ships.
At this point, the vast majority of Martial Artists deep in the fray had barely escaped one Mysterious Realm only to be immediately pulled into another.
Watching as the Martial Artists struggled deep within, but the distance between the micro Mysterious Ships and the water Platform continued to decrease, the security personnel originally standing on the deck received instructions from their leaders and arranged for the guards to get into the water, determined to protect the water Platform.
Zachary at that moment actually felt a certain itch in his hands to join in. Moreover, his Companion Spiritual Treasure’s upgrade required a significant number of Mysterious Cores, and the emergence of such a large number of Mysterious Ships was the perfect opportunity to collect the necessary Mysterious Cores to upgrade the level of his Companion Spiritual Treasure.
Faced with the illusions created by the micro Mysterious Ships in the Mysterious Realm, Zachary had no patience to entertain them and instead chose to violently destroy the entire Secret Realm.
This method of violent dismantling had already become second nature to Zachary.
But just as Zachary was thoroughly enjoying himself, the micro Mysterious Ships that had been emanating a black aura suddenly turned red without anyone noticing.
Before the others could react, some of them were directly pulled into the Bloody Mysterious Realm.
Actually, Zachary had the chance to leave safely from there, but considering that the Bloody Mysterious Realm was the only one that, upon completion, could provide materials to enhance a Companion Spiritual Treasure.
In the end, Zachary did not give up and dove headfirst into the Bloody Mysterious Realm.
Upon entering the Mysterious Realm, Zachary first surveyed his surroundings to confirm that everyone had been separated before he relaxed, as he had previously been tricked and was wary this time.
The rule of this Mysterious Realm was a survival game, where one had not only to fend off the pursuit of monsters but also be wary of sneak attacks by other Martial Artists.
This time, the number of contestants reached an astonishing six hundred. Right after everyone had heard the rules, in the blink of an eye, Zachary appeared in an area resembling an estate from before some great disaster.
With the experience from last time, Zachary opened his Divine Sense immediately to confirm whether he was again under the influence of illusions in the Mysterious Realm.
Confirming that he wasn’t under the spell of illusions this time, Zachary used his Divine Sense to survey the surroundings and found nothing amiss. Inside the rooms of the estate, besides the usual fruit knives and kitchen knives for daily life, there were no other weapons with high lethality.
After checking that his cultivation level was not sealed, Dong Tianyu felt something was off. Dong Tianyu simply couldn’t believe that the big escape game in the Mysterious Realm wouldn’t impose any restrictions on the survivors.
Just as Dong Tianyu was about to leave the mansion, a supplementary rule for the contest suddenly emerged in his mind.
Motion and Stillness: Participants must switch between motion and stillness every half hour, being able to move freely when in motion.
When in stillness, they can choose to transform into any object.
Every time participants are in motion, they receive 5 shock bombs, which, if they hit the body, will directly expose even those who are in stillness.
Every time participants are in stillness, they randomly receive five different objects to imitate, and while in stillness, they also gain ten seconds of absolute defense.
Seeing this introduction, Dong Tianyu finally remembered a similar game from before the calamity, which was the cat-and-mouse game.
However, this time the number of people participating in the cat-and-mouse game was much larger, and it was uncertain whether there would be a shrinking circle feature in the future.
The map was so vast that even with six hundred people arriving here at the same time, it was extremely unlikely for them to encounter one another at the start,
Dong Tianyu initially chose stillness, and when five different objects appeared before him to choose from, a strange expression immediately surfaced on his face.
A chicken, an excavator, a cow, a tractor, a halved street lamp post.
Looking at these five objects and now without the nuisance of others’ "reminders" by his side, Dong Tianyu pondered for a while and eventually chose the tractor.
To be honest, the chicken was not welcomed in the mansion. In the mansion, chickens were at the bottom of the food chain, occasionally ending up on the dining table, although only shock bombs could revert survivors back from their transformation.
But chickens are such that people passing by might sometimes kick them out of boredom.
Dong Tianyu did not wish to suffer that fate, so he abandoned what seemed like the easiest and most cost-effective choice among the options.
Actually, choosing the excavator wasn’t too bad either. In the game of hide and seek, there’s a rumor that the bigger the object, the more plausible it is, and the more noticeable an object is to others, the less they tend to suspect it.
Frankly, Dong Tianyu thought the cow was much the same as the chicken, but owing to the fewer number of cows present, there would always be a vet conducting checks every day, and any discrepancy in their numbers was very obvious.
In Dong Tianyu’s view, the tractor and the halved street lamp post were like shining beacons of hatred, only fitting into specific scenes; otherwise, they were very conspicuous wherever they were placed.
Left with no better options, Dong Tianyu reluctantly chose the chicken.
Although there were a thousand reasons not to choose the chicken, once Dong Tianyu found the location of the chicken coop, he simply turned himself into a chick and blended into the mansion’s flock of chickens.
When he first entered the flock, Dong Tianyu worried whether he hadn’t disguised himself correctly and might be stirring unrest in the chicken coop.
But as the chick that Dong Tianyu had transformed into hid in a nest behind a lightbox and pretended to sleep, he suddenly heard human footsteps nearby.
Dong Tianyu was just about to get closer to see what was happening when unexpectedly someone rushed over to this area.
When Dong Tianyu saw that the person was holding something resembling a locator, he knew he was in trouble now.
