Chapter 21: Strange Mystic Realm
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Qi Chen: ???
What the heck? Black Dragon King?
Qi Chen had never thought that a character that was supposed to be the ultimate antagonist would appear in front of him.
Furthermore, he even had this kind of amusing personality.
Could it be that he saw that the egg was the protagonist and came to play the emotional card in advance?
Good lord, this was a path that he had never thought of.
But wasn't the Black Dragon King long dead?
The voice that seemed to be the Black Dragon King saw through Qi Chen's confusion. "My original body has already died for ten thousand years. The current me is only a soul fragment."
"I see."
Qi Chen came to a realization.
"Hoh, I truly didn't expect that the Inheritance Tower would only open after ten thousand years. Truly a great irony."
The Black Dragon King laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Alright, kid, let's go. We'll go to the inheritance tower to search for the opportunity that belongs to you."
"If you can find my skeleton, you might as well swallow it as your first step in evolution."
"Thank you for your guidance, senior."
Qi Chen said respectfully.
"Hehehehe…"
The Black Dragon King's wretched laughter echoed in Qi Chen's mind.
"As expected, he's still very wretched."
Qi Chen could not help but complain as he jumped towards the inheritance tower.
…
After spending nearly an hour, Qi Chen finally reached the tower.
The entrance to the tower was not a door in the traditional sense. Instead, it was like a teleportation circle. Rings of distorted halos covered the entire bottom level.
Qi Chen jumped in without hesitation.
After a wave of nauseating weightlessness, he appeared in darkness.
A virtual screen filled with sci-fi style lit up in front of Qi Chen.
Qi Chen: ???
Why would such a thing suddenly appear in this fantasy world?
Before Qi Chen could think further, a mechanical female electronic voice sounded around him.
"To protect the trial-taker's privacy, the trial-taker has a chance to customize your body in the mystic realm. Do you want to customize?"
"Attention, after the customization is completed, this design would be used in all the mystic realms in the future."
"Customize."
After Qi Chen confirmed that it was used, another screen popped up.
He took a closer look, there were countless options on this screen, from race to appearance, everything could be customized.
Qi Chen didn't do anything else after he changed the coiling cloud pattern on his body to an earthy yellow color. He didn't even look at any of the appearance options.
Although he had been an egg for a few days, he was already used to it.
"The design has been set. Are you sure you want to use this design?"
"Confirm."
"Begin teleportation!"
The light screen in front of him turned into tiny light particles and surrounded Qi Chen.
Qi Chen felt as if he was stepping on air as he fell.
Then the darkness faded.
Blinding white light came towards Qi Chen, causing him to instinctively close his eyes.
When he got used to the white light, he opened his eyes and saw a dry desert.
However, the spiritual energy contained in this desert made Qi Chen light up.
After Qi Chen stepped into the realm of a level eight, he could already faintly feel the spiritual energy in the air.
However, when he tried to move his body, he realized that he was trapped in midair by an invisible force and could not move.
"First! I will not let my emotions affect my decisions!"
"Second! I will not miss out on any bad things!"
"Third! The absolute fairness of the judgements!"
The Black Dragon King's powerful voice echoed in the desert.
"Let us welcome the second trial-taker!"
In the sky, the number [1/100] changed to [2/100] when Qi Chen arrived.
"What the hell?"
Qi Chen was stunned.
"This trial will officially begin after the number of people reaches 100!"
Qi Chen was dumbfounded at the Black Dragon King's words.
In other words, it was meaningless for him to enter earlier.
No wonder this old man would help me conceal my aura and let me enter ahead of time. He was already prepared.
Qi Chen was helpless. After all, the older the wiser.
As for the trial-taker before Qi Chen, needless to say, it was definitely Liu Xingchang.
This Liu Xingchang was probably the most devastated person.
He was the one who killed his fellow clansmen to seize the token, and he was the one who had to search for the blood sacrifice.
In the end, everyone was on the same starting line. As the person who opened the trial grounds, Liu Xingchang did not gain any benefits in advance.
Thinking of this, Qi Chen felt much better.
After an unknown period of time, the number of participants in the sky finally reached a hundred.
The Black Dragon King's voice sounded again. "Then! After ten thousand years, the Dragon King's inheritance has finally opened! Are all the trial-takers ready?"
"The theme of this trial is—The Great Escape!"
"In this mystic realm, all trial challengers' strength will be limited to level-five!"
"One hundred people will be randomly assigned into teams, and four people will form a team. They will gather resources in this desert and fight to their heart's content until only the last team is left!"
"Everyone, please rest assured. If you die in this mystic realm, you will only be forced to leave!"
"Now! The trial begins!"
In the vast desert, twenty-five pillars of light descended randomly from the sky.
Qi Chen landed in the center of the map with three teammates beside him.
There were two humans, a man and a woman, and a leopard-shaped demon beast.
The two humans exchanged looks before looking at the leopard demon.
Both sides spoke different languages, but they could understand each other.
After some discussion, they all came up with their own code names.
The man was called Goldy, the woman was called Snowy, and the leopard demon was called Blacky.
"Why do all of them sound like names for dogs?"
Qi Chen secretly roasted them himself.
"Wasn't it stated that there are four trial-takers in a team?"
Goldy frowned. "Why are there only three in our team?"
"Damn it, am I not?"
Qi Chen was furious and immediately jumped up.
"Eh?"
The two humans and one demon glanced sideways.
"It's over." Snowy sighed helplessly when she saw that her fourth teammate was an egg. "Our teammate is actually an egg."
Blacky was silent for a moment. It wanted to say something, but in the end, it couldn't.
What could an egg do?
Goldy stood up and glanced at Qi Chen before walking out without looking back.
His thoughts were the same as the other two. What could an egg do?
He might as well set off early to look for resources.
Snowy and Blacky followed Goldy's footsteps and left the spawn point, leaving Qi Chen the egg alone on the spot.
"Sigh… truly acting like snobs. No wonder the code names used are similar to dog names."
Qi Chen sighed helplessly.
However, for him, having no teammates might be more beneficial for his actions.
Qi Chen didn't stay any longer and left in the opposite direction of his three teammates.
[Prompt: Nine hundred meters ahead, one level-two supply pile has appeared!]
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