The King of Black Fog

In front is a jar-like cylindrical world, like a petri dish, in which countless bubbles float, with some bubbles containing players.

When Li Changzhou steps out of the Light Gate, he appears inside one of the bubbles.

A holographic-like projection pops up.

[Please wait for the first level to end]

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The 'Ability' hardly consumed at all is completely replenished. Li Changzhou's gaze leaves the countdown, and he looks towards the nearest bubble.

The nearest bubble is three meters away from him, inside floats a beast resembling a deer, with gentle eyes.

The deer looks over, nodding once towards Li Changzhou, its movements and gaze full of humanity.

After nodding back, Li Changzhou looks around; densely packed, countless bubbles float everywhere.

No sound can be heard. Attempts to use "Life and Death", "Bond Summon", "Teleportation" have no response.

After simple probing, Li Changzhou no longer wastes effort. He looks at the "Rooted" in his hand.

There are already two Flat Peaches, every time a level is cleared, the game restores players' 'Ability' and heals injuries, two are enough.

In the upcoming battle, all nutrients should be used to grow Eternal Sand World Fruit.

Actually, it has always been extracting, including now inside the bubble, the roots of the Divine Tree are also extracting nutrients from the air within the bubble.

But relying on air, fabric-like low nutrient roots, it might take ten million years, or even one hundred million years, to bear one Eternal Sand World Fruit.

Still, daily effort cannot be neglected, it's beneficial to cultivate habits.

Li Changzhou closes his eyes and completely falls asleep. This is the safest place in the universe, where he can fully relax and quickly recover spirit.

Four hours later, he wakes up on time. The previously empty surrounding bubbles are now filled with players.

As the countdown ticks away, it soon reaches its end.

In a bubble filled with seawater, bubbles rise in succession, while the player exhaling them disappears.

As the view pulls back, the players present a second ago are now all gone.

Nameless Land, only countless air bubbles remain floating.

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From the sky, the trenches across the vast land appear like seed holes waiting to be buried, with soldiers inside as seeds.

Indeed, they are waiting to be buried.

Boom!!

Dozens of bomber planes resembling giant birds fly across the sky in parallel, like thunder rolling overhead.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The bombs dropped by the bombers explode on the ground, creating sparks mixed with smoke and flames.

Li Changzhou keeps his head low, dirt scatters like breadcrumb over him, as if to bury him alive!

He raises his head, gazing at the departing bombers and the gray-white trails these deathly steel birds leave behind.

A cold wind blows, twisting the trails into text.

[Current level: Low Level Hot Weapon Warfare]

[Clear condition: Obtain Military Soul approval]

[Tip: Players cannot use superpower or items in this round]

"Always unable to use superpower and items, then what's the point of having them!" a woman with flame-like hair shouts from a nearby depression.

Li Changzhou lowers his head, checking the Equipment he is carrying.

A fully equipped rifle, using 5.8mm ammunition, with a total of three full magazines including the one in the chamber, all 30 rounds plastic magazines.

A pistol, with only one magazine, totaling 17 bullets.

Three egg-shaped grenades.

One bulletproof vest, a steel helmet, a radio on his shoulder, and nothing else.

He raises his hand, twisting left and right on the radio, finding the direction to amplify signal, and twists it to the end.

"Shh—shh—"

The only thing transmitted is noise.

"Zza zz... order... hold the position... zza zz"

Li Changzhou quickly presses the call button: "Request support! Request support!"

"Zza zz... shh—"

Furious curses come from alongside several neighboring trenches, evidently, he is not the only one receiving one-sided command instructions.

Li Changzhou's expression turns cold as well.

Inhale, breathe, regulate heartbeat.

Boom!!

Under shadow cover, the bomber fleet sweeps overhead again, dropping numerous bombs.

The ground trembles, dust flies, with one bomb falling right into the next trench beside Li Changzhou's, with a loud thump, the player bursts into a mass of blood and flesh.

"Damn it! Ah!!" someone grabs a light machine gun, angrily firing at the bombers in the sky.

Rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat!

The muzzle spews flames, the surface of a bomber erupts with scattered sparks, and one bomber suddenly explodes amidst a series of sparks.

Bang!

Raging flames bloom like flowers in the dust-filled sky.

The player instantly disappears.

Everyone stares for a moment, then with wild joy.

"He cleared the level!"

"Damn! It's so simple!"

Everyone starts to fight back, the sound of gunfire beats the bodies deprived of superpowers like a hammer.

"What's happening? Why haven't I been teleported away!"

"The first! Because he was the first!"

Boom!!

The bombers dive again, this time the bombing is very accurate, almost half fell into the trench where gunfire erupted before.

As the bomber fleet departs, Li Changzhou swiftly leaps out of the trench. He sees dozens of players making the same choice as him—they also fired before, staying in the original trench poses an extremely high risk in the next wave of bombing.

At this time, except for Li Changzhou, dozens of players receive system prompts.

[You found the target: 'King of Black Fog', 'Main']

[Do you want to initiate a challenge?]

Shush!

Everyone looks towards Li Changzhou.

In the brief moment of their gaze, Li Changzhou has already figured out how to persuade them to abandon the challenge.