Chapter 5: C005—Exclusive Zone (2)
"Every new player should start at the Training Zone, it's ridiculous that I got trapped by this invitation." I looked deeper into the Exclusive Zone map, its size is very absurd for a place that the player doesn't enter, 'too broad!'
I tried clicking on the symbols for a forest, rivers, and mountains, hoping to get some idea by knowing the places, because the invitation was vague, I shouldn't have been here in the first place, "At least I'm gonna keep some secret information for my self!" I started to collect the name, features, and how the land goes by looking at the map.
[ Voo'ga Forest ]
[ Simala River ]
[ Guan Mountain ]
[ Land of Heroes ]
....
After a few seconds I managed to remember all the names and locations in my head, everyone said it was photographic memory, but I said to them that was called remember something you see.
"I don't know if this will increase or decrease, but for now there are 27 locations on the map, without clear details, and my goal is ..."
[ Lord Mansion ]
"Let's put hope it's not a supervillain..." without hesitation, I began my journey to the Special Quest rendezvous.
Being in the air, and flying will make this journey to the center of the map faster, It was different from when I slid from space to the planet and now inside the Exclusive Zone. Now, I'm able to move my own body while flying, but the speed has decreased by 100 times.
As I flying, I could feel the wind blowing at me, 'This is too real!' this was the same experience as when I'm raiding a motorbike at 180 km/hour, but the flying speed right now is above that, the wind, the texture was different, and the important things are no bad driving skill people around me.
....
Time becomes fast if you fly through the air and consumed them at the same time, I'm burping a couple of times because of the air in my stomach, but all around me is full of nature and no pollution. The river, the lush forest, and anything around me were amazing to experience.
It's as if this place is only made up of forests and rivers!
"Wait! How long this river was?!"
I looked at the map and realized I've traveled 189.000 meters from the first position to the Lord Mansion, yet when I looked at the description of the river, it is indeed the same river.
[ Simala River ]
This means, I still have another 217.000 meters to go, "Simala River gonna be more than 20,000,00 centimeters, that's not a very average of you, Bro."
Again, as I continued my journey, I've only seen green trees, the sounds of insects, and the simala river. Because of this, I began to calculate the possibilities in the Exclusive Zone.
"If there are insects present, it stands to reason that there must be other creatures here as well, don't you think?"
Although I am happy that my brain can get an analysis like that, I also regret it at the same time, becoming level 0 and exploring the area by flying hundreds of thousands of meters is terrible, it's the same as you don't have any provisions, but dare to walk in the desert and hope there is an oasis coming to you.
'You just make me anxious now, thank you!'
My heart is racing as I think about the real threat that exists in the Crossof Realm.
"The Beasts!"
The land was still filled with lust trees, and the ground was completely obscured from view. I had no idea what was behind them, my eyes couldn't grasp any form of life, only green, "There's no way a big lizard come out from it, right? I don't want to die just after I come back to virtual reality and make zero progress toward my Avatar!"
I clenched my hands like I'm holding a weapon, yet I have none, 'I could only rely on my hands.'
I kept turning my head left and right so nervously, my eyes become sharp that I could see the wind blowing hard into the trees. Then, my eyes caught something undeniable, nature was proving itself to me, a weird-looking object ...
'What is that?'
I can realize it from this distance if it is a large object and it should also be displayed on maps such as forests, rivers, and other things. Then the object stretched randomly and made me shudder in an instant because what happened next was my eyes caught ...
"That's... High-Level Beast, isn't it?"
I'm not just randomly mentioning random things, my brain just connected the dots, when the object started to transform into a tail-like shape. It had become a long tail, and not only that, the object was mutating itself and becoming another tail.
I stopped and blinked my eyes nonchalantly then looked at the object again. No one gonna believe what I say, but they just become nine-tail all of sudden. Now it's clear to me, it was the Nine-Tailed Beast moving at the top of the hill.
"The Mythical Creature ones?! Hell no!" Instantly, my instincts told me to get out of there.
[ (!) You will miss major events ]
"I know! I just want to live! The Special Quest wasn't there!"
I flew away from that hill, the Exclusive Zone is so vast that I don't think my presence gonna bother the Nine-Tailed Beast, "I just have to go, another 10,000 meters added to my journey is okay rather than dying without gaining something!"
As I tried to back away from that things, I gradually felt the weather around me changing. At first, I thought it was just the cold air from the Exclusive Zone blowing at me, "Are the clouds coming down?" I said as I remembered how cold the clouds are.
However, my thought was simply destroyed by the notification that popped up ....
[ Affected by Silence Season ]
[ Temperature will continue to decrease until it reaches (-1000 C) ]
"Welp! Gotta go~"
I speed up my movement in the air and give all my strength to get out of this place, Although it didn't reduce my Health, this dropped temperature made it difficult for my joints to move.
"This shouldn't have happened!' I exclaimed in disbelief, my brain couldn't wrap around this situation, "If this is Nine-Tailed Beast skill, who's the target? I was only staring from hundreds of meters away!"
[ (!) Body temperature keeps dropping ]
[ (!) Movement (-30%) ]
'PLEASE!'
[ (!) You won't be able to move an inch if this keeps up! Find something warm! Fast! (1,000) meters from here! ]
"Don't make me panic! Turn it off!" I said in a state of hurry, feeling out of breath as I saw the notifications.
[ ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO TURN OFF THE SUVICE FEATURE? ]
"Don't threaten me with the caps lock!"
[ CHANCE OF LIFE WILL BE REDUCED BY 99%. 9.9 OUT OF 10 PLAYERS DIED DUE TO DISABLED SUVICE FEATURE ]
"Uh, DON'T!" I almost fell when I found out about this strange fact.
[ ACCEPTED ]
"What the hell?! 99% of players die just from disabling it? Either the players are too lousy or there are indeed many terrible threats on the Crossof Realm!" I exclaimed in shock, new information from Crossof Realm that I never heard before.
Humans are always like that.
"I have to ask her these things too! I want to know if she ever dies because of ignoring Suvice!"
I had flown away from where the Beast was, but my movements were getting slower and it felt like my body was unable to withstand the effect of the Silence Season.
[ Body temperature keeps dropping ]
[ Movements (-50%) ]
My flying altitude is also starting to decrease and I could fall into the trees at any time.
[ (!) The temperature around you drops to (-50 C) ]
[ (!) The temperature around you will continue to drop to a maximum of (-400 C). You have no counter attribute, so the chance of death is (100%) ]
[ (!) 372 meters left to the safe place! PUSH YOURSELF! ]
"I can't believe I've only covered 600 meters. My breath is getting heavier. Is this the end? What a shame ...."
"Rein will not reign!"
—Whoosh-swoosh—shesh
Rein stumbled through the air, his body unable to withstand the cold any longer. He decided to go down and wait for death to come.
These medieval-style clothes seemed to be designed to torture him in the game and offered no protection against the Silence Season skill. He also thought strangely about the system in Crossof Realm, thinking that was too specific for that feature to exist in a game.
"Suvice," said Rein while staring blankly at the sky, trying to ignore the extreme weather by rubbing his palms which were starting to go numb.
"A unique feature, even the players have become extremely dependent on it."
[ Movements (-90%) ]
"Ha—ha—ha ...." No one could find out what he was doing, he was either laughing or struggling.
Nonetheless, it was written on the universe ....
[ (!) You will die in (25) seconds ]
Rein had given up and was enjoying the pain inside of him. He could only muster the strength to draw in the oxygen to his lungs.
Nevertheless, an absurd circumstance occurred....
[ Telepathy connected ]
" ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!! "
Rein heard a shout from inside of him. Although he didn't know what it meant, when he opened his eyes and saw the notifications about telepathy, only one thing came to his mind: speaking with his mind.
'Who are you?' Rein asked
" IT'S A FATE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE! I ACCIDENTALLY TURN IT ON, SORRY! "
'What are you talking about?' Rein couldn't catch the person's phrase as he was struggling to stay alive, it become heavier for his chest.
" HOW MANY PEOPLES ARE THERE?! "
'What do you mean? I'm alone and lonely here ....'
A moment of silence comes after Rein said that, just in split second his inner self realized what he said before, 'Hello? I actually have some friends—'
" SS-SOLO?! THERE'S NO ONE BESIDE YOU?!! "
Rein felt glad that someone behind this telepathy has a memory of fish.
" ARE YOU THE STRONGEST HUMAN OF THESE AGES?!!! "
'Me? Are you joking?'
" NO! I AM NOT! YOU'RE— "
'BUT! If today is the reverse day, then it is TRUE! I AM THE STRONGEST HUMAN EVER ALIVE THAT WILL DIE IN 25 SECONDS!'
" HUWAAAAAA! YOU'RE SO STRONG! "
" .... "
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