Free Web NovelChapter 61: Chapter 29: Pure Humans Don’t Screw Over Other Pure Humans_2
"Are you just going out for fresh air, bro!"
As the broadcast came through, the players in the same channel couldn’t help but laugh out loud, reveling in 98’s misfortune.
#98 had just broken out of prison, only to be betrayed by Contestant 99.
"Put two locks on, hahaha."
Ree Shil couldn’t help but snicker.
The footsteps of the guards quickly faded away. He waited a bit longer before cautiously stepping out from behind the door.
After hesitating for two seconds, he finally entered into Area Zeta-Three’s channel.
The layout of Zeta-Three’s channel was like his own, with a row of seven prison cells on one side.
Not wanting to attract attention this time, he crouched down and moved slowly along the side of the prison cells.
As he passed each window, he heard the roaring sounds of battle projections from the card tables above him.
It seemed everyone was working hard to break the codes.
Click!
"Lucky me! I’ve unlocked it!"
At that moment, he suddenly heard cheers from one of the cells ahead.
The prison door slowly cracked open, and an octopus head peeked out through the gap.
"Ah!"
Upon seeing Ree Shil crouched right in front of the door, the creature let out a soft gasp.
"Shh."
Ree Shil made a hushing gesture, then casually glanced towards the other end of the channel, feigning terror!
Because at the other end of the channel—there was nothing.
But with the octopus’ limited perspective, it couldn’t see that direction.
So, it was baffled, wondering what this guy had seen?
"Go back in, close the door, hurry!"
Ree Shil anxiously lowered his voice and gestured for the creature to retreat inside.
"Ah..."
With a flash of wise insight, the octopus head understood.
It threw a grateful glance at Ree Shil and closed the door again immediately.
Click.
"Whew..."
Behind the door, the octopus head let out a sigh of relief but quickly realized something was off.
It tried to push the door again...
[Clang!]
The card table was set, and a new magical lock appeared.
"Fuck, I have to break the code again?!"
The octopus head’s expression changed instantly. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
At that moment, Ree Shil had already skillfully moved to the next exit.
After passing through three or four prison cell channels, he finally arrived in a different environment.
The abundant sunlight warmed his body, driving away the damp cold from the channels.
This was an open-air, large-scale garden, with mountains, water, and green plants.
In the middle of the garden, a miniature courtyard model was placed on a scaled-down imitation stone mountain.
A stream of water as thick as an arm flowed from the stone mountain like a waterfall.
This water looked much cleaner than the one in the prison cells.
Above the garden, there was an endless sky.
However, if you looked closely, you’d occasionally see a streak of light passing through the sky, looking like runes.
It was most likely a barrier seal. In Instance-language, it was an Air Wall.
At this time, a six-person Guard Team was patrolling around the imitation stone mountain.
However, with boulders and trees as cover, Ree Shil hid himself well.
He crouched behind an irregular, monument-like large stone with a fist-sized hole in the middle.
Through the hole, he could observe the guards.
Just as he had seen before, they were all dressed in full armor.
Only their heads were exposed, three cat heads and three dog heads.
In their hands, they carried weapons like crowd control forks, shields, and chains.
He watched them for a few minutes, but there were no other guards to be seen.
So, Ree Shil decided to dodge this team of guards and head to the other side of the garden.
He started holding his breath as he saw the guards following their patrol route, walking towards him.
10, 9, 8...3, 2, 1!
As the 10-second countdown ended, the guards conveniently turned around and headed back.
Ree Shil dashed quietly at the sound, aiming for a peculiar stone 10 meters away that served as concealment.
However, just halfway there, he was drawn to something beneath a large tree.
There was a fist-sized, shining light group half-buried in the mud.
With his hand quicker than his mind, he adjusted two steps, bent over, grabbed the light group, and then leaped forward.
He somersaulted and landed behind the large stone.
[Huh?]
One of the cat-headed guards at the back seemed to have heard something, stopping and looking towards the large stone.
But before he could investigate, the broadcast sounded.
[Ding-dong!]
[Area Zeta-Six, rune disturbance detected!]
[Area Zeta-Six, rune disturbance detected!]
The Guard Team hesitated for a moment, then rushed away from the garden.
Area Zeta-Six was close to their location, so they needed support.
"Have they left?"
Upon hearing the sound of their departure, Ree Shil was no longer in a hurry.
He picked up the Light Group and examined it closely.
It was a spherical glass-like shell that lost about eighty or ninety percent of its glow once it was in his hand.
Inside, he could see two beautifully written characters: Breaking Seal.
"It seems this should be the Breaking Seal curse."
"I remember the mission mentioned that after obtaining it, you have to release it."
Thinking about it, he applied some force with his fingers.
Crack!
The spell was not as tough as imagined and suddenly shattered.
A clear light spilled out of his hand and quickly floated away into the distance.
[Ding!]
[There is a rune fluctuation in the Garden of Heaven!]
[There is a rune fluctuation in the Garden of Heaven!]
"Damn it!"
Hearing the broadcast sound, Ree Shil guessed what was happening.
He hadn’t expected crushing the curse would trigger an alarm.
He quickly slipped away while the Guard Team hadn’t returned yet.
He swiftly passed through the garden and randomly entered a door.
The interior of the building was still stone-built and spacious.
The alarm triggered by the spell went on twice during his journey, and he encountered a few guards. He escaped just in time before they could find him.
In the end, Ree Shil did not know what route he took, but he ended up in a relatively hidden room.
This room looked like a reading room, filled with bookshelves and books.
Sitting in a chair, he caught his breath for a while before his breathing steadied.
He opened the mission panel and looked at his task progress.
[Current number of spells released: 1]
At the bottom, there is a dropdown list. Clicking to open it, he found it to be a ranking of everyone’s spell releases.
However, the leaderboard only showed sequence numbers, not names or codenames.
Contestant 25, Contestant 45, Contestant 78, Contestant 99.
Including himself, so far, a total of 4 people have successfully released spells within this short time.
All of them had 1, tied for first place.
The rest of Contestants 5 through 98, were tied with a number of 0.
"It seems that releasing the spell does trigger an alarm, there’s no doubt."
There were a total of 4 spell alarms, with 4 people ranked first on the leaderboard.
"But the spell is much harder to find than expected."
He ran all the way here without finding another Light Group.
"Could it be that we have to start targeting our competitors, isn’t it too early for that?"
While he was muttering to himself, the door of the room suddenly opened.
"Huh?" x2
Clearly, both sides didn’t expect to meet anyone.
The person who entered was a girl, wearing the number 7.
Her skin was fair, with delicate features, a pointed chin, and a swan-like neck.
Just looking at her face and temperament, she was absolutely unforgettable.
But what was even more eye-catching was her severe disproportion to her age - she was hunchbacked.
At first glance, she seemed to be a pure human like Contestant 98.
Both of them silently scrutinized each other without speaking.
"Uhm... quick question, what’s your superpower? 3, 2..."
Eventually, it was the hunchback girl who suddenly broke the silence.
Also, her way of asking was testing the other party’s flexibility from the get-go.
"When I die, I can specify a target and take them down with me."
Without waiting for her to finish counting down, Ree Shil nonchalantly made up a lie.
"..."
As she listened to his answer, the hunchback girl stared at him the entire time.
She felt that either he was a simple guy or a master.
Quick resolute response and natural, smooth tone didn’t seem like lying at all.
"What about your superpower?"
"No comment!"
"Oh."
"Well... do you want to form an alliance?"
Hunchback Girl asked tentatively again.
"An alliance? Pure humans don’t betray pure humans?"
"Yes, pure humans don’t betray pure humans."
The hunchback girl nodded vigorously, while secretly thinking to herself:
But I am not a pure human.
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