Chapter 1419: Chapter 368: Players Are Living the Dream! (Monthly Ticket Request)_4
He retracted his external spiritual power, allowing his body to be propelled forward by the flow of energy transformed from the materials within the channel. A thin barrier of silver-gray mist formed around him, isolating the violent spatial energy outside the channel.
The end of the transmission channel grew increasingly bright, with vague images beginning to appear.
Life Throat squinted, locking the final wisp of spiritual power completely within.
Then he relaxed his body, letting himself fall like a kite with a broken string towards the light.
The silver space channel rapidly disintegrated behind him, turning into countless star fragments, while his figure, accompanied by a violent sense of weightlessness, plunged into the multicolored space channel of the Youlu Council that transported external prey.
Raising his head, he could see many other captured creatures like himself tumbling in the channel like falling leaves caught in a storm.
There were beings with six wings, monsters covered in molten scales, and a few hunched figures huddled in the corners of the channel, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
Their forms and auras varied, yet all carried the same near-hopeless panic.
Clearly, they all understood what they were about to face.
Occasionally, creatures attempted to struggle, trying to go back against the space current.
But as soon as they gathered a trace of energy, they were struck by purple arcs emitted from the channel walls, collapsing instantly in convulsions, emitting silent wails.
The light ahead grew increasingly dazzling, and at this moment, a beam of light suddenly descended.
Life Throat knew this was the scanning process of the Youlu Council for selecting "game participants."
It was used to assess the target’s specific life strength.
If the target belonged to a blacklisted faction, they would be sent back immediately.
For example, capturing a newly descended Black Tide Evil Spirit, which is a forbidden entity in the eyes of Youlu Council members, needs to be returned swiftly.
This is one of the ways that the Youlu Council isolates risk.
The space exit was near.
Following a blinding flash of white light, there was the heavy sensation of landing after sudden weightlessness.
Life Throat landed steadily and looked around, finding himself in an entirely mysterious environment.
Beneath his feet wasn’t solid ground, but a translucent membrane composed of energy, below which dark purple energy was seen roiling.
The dense mist around carried a luminous splendor, with fine particles floating within. To the left stood a towering spire entwined with chain-like light bands, and to the right was the vague sight of a broken stone bridge, while further in the mist, a massive pattern resembling a chessboard was seen slowly rotating.
Looking up, a rotating black hole with hundreds of meters in diameter hung overhead, clearly a stable space transmission channel crafted by the Youlu Council.
Every few seconds, a Liu Guang fell from the black hole; some landed beside him, some were enveloped by energy clusters and sent back to the space channel before they could touch the ground, while most were delivered to the energy grinding disc at the edge of the black hole and instantly disintegrated into blood mist.
Life Throat glanced over the newly arrived creatures, some of whom slumped on the ground, some howled at the black hole, and others tried to escape through the mist, only to collide with invisible barriers and retreat.
At that moment, the surrounding space began to warp and fade.
A circular table emerged in the center of the scene, segments of rule-effect information appeared in Life Throat’s mind.
Displayed were the rule descriptions related to the game of strategy.
He already had a detailed understanding of the specific content from the forum.
The strategy game here is not solely about luck but also wisdom and strategy.
It operates on three basic principles.
First, after the game starts, members of the rule-controlling Youlü Council cannot directly kill participants to achieve victory, as it produces no rule-derived energy.
Secondly, Youlu Council members cannot set unsolvable game traps; there must be at least one way to clear the game, and it must align with the game setting.
The final restriction is that any hidden rule modifications by the rule controllers cannot be detected by the participants. If deciphered, the participant wins.
On the surface, these rules seem to leave an escape route for participants, but in actuality, they are not fair at all.
Members of the Youlu Council can modify a hidden rule setting before the game starts, setting traps.
Excluding strategic advantages, the victory odds for Youlu Council members are significantly higher than those of the participants.
But this rule effect under Guidance is merely a façade.
As long as the opponent sets up rule traps, the player cannot lose.
They can immediately explain the mode of cheating through Guidance, directly winning that round.
The reason why players posting in the forum ultimately failed was that members of the Youlu Council realized their traps could be easily seen through, so they gave up cheating and relied on their strength to compete with the players.
As a result, the players were too weak and were eliminated out of competition by the members of the Youlu Council.
The victory and defeat rules of the game are simple; players start with 5 Life Points, and winning five rounds secures final victory.
Each lost round deducts 1 Life Point, and losing five rounds results in death.
Now the game officially begins; Life Throat completely lets go of pretense.
For the upcoming game, he plans to start reaping.
First, earn money, then acquire the rules.
As the scene reconstructed, a vague ghostly blue figure sat opposite at the gambling table.
Life Throat opened decomposition and scanned, and relevant information presented itself in his mind.
