Chapter 262: Chapter 148: Entering the Secret Realm, the Reaping Show Begins, the Shura Field Appears
WHOOSH.
In Qing City, under the watchful eyes of Li Yunlong and the others, all the players who had inherited game abilities vanished in an instant without a trace, led by Shen Fei.
WHOOSH.
All the Ability Users were gone. Ordinary people like Li Yunlong couldn’t help but feel a pang of envy. They had just watched thousands of people vanish in an instant as if they had teleported, leaving no sign behind. Even the tracking devices that had been deliberately placed on some of them went silent immediately. Li Yunlong guessed that everyone had truly been transported to another world.
"Report! Observation Post 1, monster activity has decreased by ninety percent!"
"Report! Observation Post 5, monster activity has decreased by ninety percent!"
"Report! Observation Post 9, monster activity has decreased by ninety percent!"
...
With the players gone, a stream of reports filled Li Yunlong’s ears. These came from the monitoring systems deployed around Qing City, which were operated by ordinary people to track monster movements in the vicinity.
Just as the previous notification on the personal panels had stated, with the players’ entry into the Secret Realm, all monster activity dropped by 99%. This brought a small measure of relief to Li Yunlong. He had activated the cannon system—its effectiveness already greatly diminished—the moment the players left, and he now felt a little more at ease.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
A scene like the one in Qing City was playing out all over the world. After two days of planning and rehearsals, organizations, nations, and groups of all kinds were waiting to make their mark in the Great Chaos Secret Realm and obtain its powerful reward items.
Some rubbed their hands in anticipation, some made solemn vows, and some were ready to show everyone just how powerful their hidden abilities truly were. Then there were others who were even preparing to poison every other player in the Secret Realm, intending to monopolize all the rewards for themselves.
...
Outside, ordinary people waited anxiously, with no idea what the outcome would be.
Meanwhile, the well-prepared players who were instantly teleported into the Secret Realm felt their vision blur. When they opened their eyes, they found themselves on a sunny island with blue skies and white clouds.
WHOOSH.
Inside the Great Chaos Secret Realm, Shen Fei found himself on a massive transport plane. Looking out, he could see other people in the distance on hot air balloons and other aircraft. The howling wind whipped past his ears as he gazed down at a vast, seemingly endless island below. From his high altitude and thanks to the clear weather, he could faintly make out the island’s outermost edge, where it met a turbulent sea. This so-called Great Chaos Secret Realm was a massive island in the middle of the ocean.
Turning his head to look around, Shen Fei saw that he was completely alone. Everyone who had entered with him from Qing City had vanished. His parents, Shen Yue, Xiaohong, Yu, and the others—who had all deliberately held hands with him as they entered—had disappeared without a trace.
’PUBG?’ ’Parachuting?’
As the transport plane sped across the sky, he looked at the parachute on his back, and a strange theory popped into his head. In his past life, he had inherited abilities from a battle royale game. The current scene, no matter how he looked at it, felt just like the beginning of a match.
WHOOSH.
Shen Fei tried to access the Forum, his phone, and other devices, only to find all signals had vanished. He had no connection at all. He took out his two Divine Artifacts, hoping to use the Divine Artifact Link to connect to someone else, but discovered that both were unusable.
However, after a quick inventory of his belongings, he found that his Tower Master equipment and Defense Towers were still usable. Without a second thought, Shen Fei immediately equipped his ten pieces of gear.
Suddenly thrown into a Secret Realm, separated from everyone, and with all communication channels down, the only thing Shen Fei could do now was figure out the rules and objective of this place.
WHOOSH.
Almost the instant Shen Fei finished equipping his gear, a thick fog suddenly appeared before his eyes. In less than two seconds, the previously bright and sunny world was completely shrouded in a fog so dense he couldn’t see his hand in front of his face.
CLICK!
Just as Shen Fei was trying to figure out what was happening, his personal panel clicked open. Lines of text scrolled into view:
[Global Great Chaos Secret Realm First Stage: Individual Competition Has Begun!]
[Objective: Within six hours, find the ancient final arena located on the island.]
[Only players who enter the arena’s perimeter will be qualified to participate in the individual competition finals!]
[The individual competition is a no-holds-barred free-for-all!]
[Every other person will be your enemy!]
[Upon death, your participation in the individual competition ends immediately, and your score will be finalized.]
[Note: Island area is 2000 km x 2000 km.]
[DING!]
[For communication purposes, the languages of all contestants will be automatically translated.]
WHOOSH.
The text finished scrolling, and Shen Fei saw that a minimap had also appeared on his personal panel. Right now, the minimap was completely dark and unexplored, save for a small, bright dot representing his position. Above the minimap, there was also a "score counter." As time passed, the number on the counter was slowly increasing.
’So direct? The individual competition starts the moment we arrive?’ ’The first part is a survival challenge? Only those who stay alive can enter the finals?’
Looking at the simple rules, Shen Fei hadn’t expected the individual competition to have already begun, and in such a simple, brutal fashion. It gave him absolutely no time or space to prepare.
