Chapter 79

Apart from the first trial world, the city of Miracles stipulates that the time for entering the mission world every day is at noon. To prevent adventurers from being late, they are usually reminded three hours in advance. Of course, it is also possible not to enter the city of Miracles after being reminded, but the interval for entering the mission world is one week, and there is only one opportunity to enter each week. Therefore, if an adventurer is too late and misses the teleportation time, they will have to give up one mission world and accept the punishment. Of course, for some adventurers with higher permissions, the specific time arrangements will be more flexible, and the cycle of the mission world will also change.

Ma Le entered three hours in advance, as per the rules. After leaving his personal space, he headed straight for the Miracle Square. Since the world was about to open, most adventurers were preparing for battle, so there weren't many stalls in the square. However, Ma Le wasn't there to buy anything. After being fined 500 points in the real world, he only had 1034 credit points left, which he wanted to save for emergencies.

The true purpose of Ma Le's visit was to watch the crystal ball news. As Li Xinlin had said, the incident where Kukulkan fought twenty people should have caused a stir. Although this news was currently spreading only among senior adventurers, such a big event couldn't be ignored by the crystal ball news. While most of the information submitted here was trivial, the video from the crystal ball was more direct. For true powerhouses, even the most elaborate words and detailed descriptions sometimes couldn't match the vividness of a silhouette. Such direct information often made people feel the terror from the depths of their bones.

The large crystal ball did not disappoint Ma Le. After half an hour of browsing, the relevant information was finally broadcast. The system character responsible for the broadcast introduced, "In last week's large-scale intercity conflict against the Dark City, the City of Miracles was overwhelmingly defeated. Eighteen senior adventurers and two elite adventurers, only eight people returned alive, and the cause of all this was just one senior adventurer from the Dark City... Please watch the video footage provided by the adventurers who were present."

There were two video clips, neither of which was long. The first one was about ten seconds long, and the perspective seemed to be from a senior adventurer. The videographer was walking with two companions in a dark forest when a scream suddenly came from the side. The perspective shifted, and a black shadow darted into the darkness, leaving behind the body of a companion. The videographer, who seemed to be a magic user, immediately channeled his magic to release flames, hoping to expose the black shadow. However, the trees seemed to be enchanted with a peculiar magic, and the flames went out after a few seconds. When the camera turned again, the other companion was already beheaded. At the end of the video, the black shadow pounced on the videographer, and the video stopped.

As for the second clip, the perspective was very low, as if the videographer was lying on the ground. The camera showed two groups facing off. One group had eleven people, all looking confident, while the other had six, all injured and dejected. In another direction, two black shadows were fighting intensely, moving so fast that even Ma Le, with over forty agility points, couldn't see clearly. After a few seconds of fighting, one of the shadows jumped out of the battle and summoned an item. As soon as the item appeared, it emitted a golden light that filled the entire screen! When the golden light dissipated, the other shadow and the group of eleven had disappeared, presumably having left. According to Li Xinlin, this was the rare golden item, and the black shadow was likely one of the summoned elite adventurers. The six injured people were probably the surviving seniors, and the lying videographer was likely another injured elite.

The two videos combined were only a few dozen seconds long, and they never showed Kukulkan's face, but for some reason, the adventurers who watched them all felt a chill down their spines, as if the blurry black shadow was a highly venomous king cobra, staring at them with its tongue flicking...

Ma Le couldn't help but draw a sharp breath after watching. If these videos were judged by the standards of special effects movies, the shooting techniques were clumsy, and the special effects were not spectacular. But when you realized that the scenes were real, the eerie feeling was indescribable. For higher-level adventurers, it was one thing, as they had seen stronger ones before, but for lower-level adventurers, it was different. In Ma Le's current experience, the black shadow in the video was the first true powerhouse he had encountered! Watching the video, he felt a mix of reverence, excitement, and anticipation: "One day, I will also be able to..."

"Again with this video, how many times can it go on, my eyes are getting tired!" A vendor's complaint interrupted Ma Le's thoughts. Ma Le turned to look at him and asked, "This video has appeared many times?" The adventurer snorted and said, "I've been here for eight hours, and I've already seen it six times! I heard about the incident in the video last week, and it has been on a loop ever since!"

Ma Le looked at the crystal ball and smiled, "Maybe they're short on news, even the crystal ball can run out of ideas!" The vendor shook his head, "It's definitely a high-level adventurer's request for a loop. I suspect it's the elite adventurer who shot the video, hoping to warn other adventurers. The Dark City has produced such a genius, and with such a big stir, it won't just stop at killing a dozen seniors."

Ma Le was puzzled, "What's the point of not stopping? No matter how strong that guy is, he's just one person. With so many city-states and adventurers, as long as you don't run into him, you'll be fine, right?" The vendor was taken aback, looked Ma Le up and down, and laughed, "Kid, you're a newbie, right? Ordinary or beginner level?"

Ma Le thought there was no need to hide it and honestly answered, "Beginner level, a new rookie!" The vendor sneered, "A rookie, you'll understand the cruelty of the city war system when you reach senior level!" He looked at the time, "Oh, it's not early, my time is up, goodbye, little rookie!" With that, the vendor quickly packed up his goods and left the Miracle Square.

From the vendor's words, the city war system seemed more complex than just running dungeons, but Ma Le wasn't interested in the details. That was something for senior adventurers to worry about, not a beginner like him!

With over two hours left, Ma Le went to the Broad Hearing Tower on the commercial street. As soon as he logged into the city of Miracles' information system, a message came in, informing him that 19 adventurers had read his information since he last left, earning him 190 credit points.

"Being an information peddler is quite profitable!" Ma Le happily accepted the small surprise and opened the search engine, starting to search for information related to the Kukulkan incident.

The search results were overwhelming, showing hundreds of entries. As the recent hot topic, this information was naturally very popular and not expensive, costing only a dozen points. After all, the city war system treats everyone equally, and no matter how strong Kukulkan was, he was just an ordinary adventurer in the system's eyes, and information about ordinary adventurers wasn't very valuable.

Out of interest, Ma Le opened two entries but tragically found them to be a scam. The information was completely off, and much of it was pure speculation. Ma Le even suspected that the author hadn't even watched the video in the crystal ball! This was a drawback of new information. Kukulkan had just become famous, and all the information about him was uploaded within a week, lacking the time for verification, so there were many false reports. To prevent others from falling into the same trap, Ma Le left a false evaluation after reading the two entries and didn't bother with the rest. As he often said, let the senior adventurers worry about senior-level issues.

Just then, the system informed Ma Le that another adventurer had read his information, adding another 10 points to his account. Curious, Ma Le looked up to see who was sending him money, but everyone was in the same position, making it impossible to tell.

Thus, with 1204 credit points, Ma Le left the Broad Hearing Tower and wandered around aimlessly before returning to the teleportation square. He waited until noon, when the countdown appeared, and all the adventurers were teleported into their respective mission worlds...

After a moment of dizziness, Ma Le found himself in a dilapidated house, with a girl wearing glasses and twin tails standing beside him. The girl, like Ma Le, was enveloped in white light, clearly also an adventurer.

Taking advantage of the white light not disappearing, Ma Le began to check the contents of the Miracle Emblem:

Plot World: The Hunger Games

Entry Time: Before the 74th Hunger Games

Entry Location: District 12

World Difficulty: Beginner Level

Mission Mode: City Competition Mode. In this world, adventurers from twelve city-states will compete. All adventurers will compete for the same main mission. The twelve city-states are: Surprise City, Holy City, Miracle City, Destruction City, Cloud City, Rock City, Hope City, Agile City, Heaven's Punishment City, Frost City, Underwater City, and Sun City. Each city-state sends two adventurers to compete.

Attacking adventurers from the same city-state will reduce damage by 50% with a priority level of 5. Killing adventurers from the same city-state will result in a penalty, deducting 1000 credit points and 5 honor points.

Killing adventurers from enemy city-states will result in rewards and the appearance of a killing key.

The death of an adventurer killed by another adventurer will be immediately notified to all adventurers.

Main Mission: Participate and complete the 74th Hunger Games. Due to the participation of adventurers, the rules of the Hunger Games will be slightly modified. Each district will have four participants instead of two, and the number of winners will be increased to two, provided that the two winners are from the same district. Completion reward: 5000 credit points, 5 free attribute points, and 5 merit points.

*Introduction: In the future North America, a nation called Panem was established on the ruins after a war. This nation is divided into thirteen districts, which surround the capital, Capitol—a city full of pampered and arrogant rich people. The Capitol almost controls the entire economy, military, and everything else in Panem. The luxurious and extravagant lifestyle of the Capitol people contrasts sharply with the laborers in the districts, leading to a rebellion in District 13.

The rebellion was suppressed, and District 13 was completely destroyed. To intimidate the remaining twelve districts, the Capitol enacted a law requiring each district to contribute two boys and two girls to participate in a live broadcast program: The Hunger Games. In this game, the teenagers are placed in a vast outdoor arena with complex terrain and numerous traps, where they fight to the death until only one or two survivors remain.

And you, unfortunately selected, can you survive this game?

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