CH 472

472: Great Escape

Ink didn’t have time to wonder why they weren’t running into anyone else because an unfamiliar voice rang out from the sky.

“Attention all contestants! Great Escape mode will start in half an hour. Contestants need only survive until morning to pass to the next map area. The top ten will be entered into a lottery drawing.

The drawing is very important for the next area, so all students are encouraged to try their best to enter the top ten. Announcement end!”

The voice fell to silence.

Were all the contestants enemies now? Great Escape mode? What hell was that?!

“Pack up and prepare for battle!” Ink yelled out.

The challenge was crazy so this new mode wouldn’t be anything easy to deal with.

Everyone readied their weapons as soon as they finished packing away their tents.

Ink led the two girls to the remains of a large nearby beast. Who knew how long it had been there, but it was so old that only the skeletal remains where left. They quickly hid inside.

The giant white bones were huge and gave them adequate cover so they couldn’t be seen from the outside.

The half hour passed by quickly. Everyone wondered what the mode entailed when it finally activated.

“Kill. . . ”

“Roar!”

“Hoowooo!”

“Kill, kill, kill. . . ”

Fierce murderous aura filled the arena and the entire desert came alive with activity. A great number of zombies and low-level monsters rushed out from out of nowhere and ran rampant across the desert. Their eyes were red and their mouths looked ferocious.

It was terrifying!

“Crap!” Ink took a deep fortifying breath and stayed silent after that.

“That’s insane!” Melis was scared. She clapped her hands over her mouth and didn’t dare make another sound for fear they would be discovered.

“So many.” Feng Wu frowned. There were so many monsters. What should she do?

It was a good thing they thought ahead and found a good place to hide inside the skeleton. The original monster’s aura still clung to the carcass, so the advancing monsters outside wouldn’t be able to detect them for a while. They didn’t dare make a sound and risk discovery.

Feng Wu hid obediently with her mouth shut. She couldn’t feel any sentience from the monsters.

The monsters outside appeared in groups and acted on instincts alone so it didn’t look like they had any sense of self. Feng Wu was disappointed. If she could have talked to them, then they could have been friends and she wouldn’t be as afraid.

Virtual Space God: In your dreams! They’re specifically guarded against you!

Sister Alpaca stood beside Feng Wu and peeked out through the gaps in the bones at the scene in the desert.

So many monsters! Poor baby girl was going to be scared half to death! Terrifying! Terrifying! Woo. . . woo! Baby girl was so scared she wedged her body tight into Feng Wu.

The display screen outside showed the entire desert area. The audience could see the contestants desperately running away from the large amount of monsters on the map, but it was no use. Those standing in the open were quickly chased and killed.

Had Feng Wu’s group been unlucky and not found a place to shelter, they would have been out there now, targeted by the siege and surely dying a horrible death!

Ming Xi and Tian Ya were among the few people at the forefront of the group. Without exception, everyone picked the more dangerous, narrow path.

Powerful monsters came out even in the day time to block their way. But unfortunately for the monsters, Ming Xi and Tian Ya were so ridiculously strong, the monsters faced a guaranteed death.

Both Ming Xi and Tian Ya hid in the desert before the Great Escape mode was activated. On top of that, Ming Xi sprinkled both of them with powder to cover their smell so they remained hidden from the first wave of monsters.

Ai Lin hid inside a box. The box was something she found in one of the chests she opened. It gave complete immunity to all dangers and could even hide a person’s smell.

It was a unique item, but Ai Lin had been disappointed at its uselessness. Such a box wasn’t for her. She would have appreciated something to increase her attack of magical abilities more. What was she supposed to use the box for? Hiding away when someone said mean things to her?

She had refused to hide in the box initially, but when the announcement about the Great Escape was made, she knew what was going to happen.

It was when she looked around and failed to find anything to hide in that she remembered the box. She took it out and went inside without hesitation.

She was certain the challenge mode would be terrifying so hiding was the safer action to take.

Zi Cheng and Yifu hid in between two large rocks and carefully eliminated their smell. The demon wolf was a magical beast, but for the sake safety, she used some on the beast as well.

Once the mode was activated and the two girls saw the scene outside, they were quite grateful for their quick wits and action. Had they been foolish enough to hold their weapons and wait to fight, they would have been completely overwhelmed.

Zhu En, the girl who recently held a grudge against Feng Wu, was wearing a red cloak. It was a unique item that made the user invisible, however, the stealth function ceased the moment the user attacked or suffered an attack. So unlike Ai Lin’s box that was immune to all attacks, the cloak made Zhu En invisible, but it did not protect her.

Zhu En was careful to not touch anything as she tried her best to avoid the monsters.

Those who didn’t get special items, couldn’t find a place to hide, or didn’t think to hide were in poor shape. The display screen showed a large number of contestants being killed. Only a few managed to escape. But even with a successful escape, they still had to be careful because they could still get killed by other romaing monsters.