As soon as the main system notification sounded, all the trainees called out to their companions and chose an area to stand in.
In order to prevent the safe house from being unable to accommodate more people, the different organizations tacitly chose different areas to stand in.
Zong Jiu led a few Class 9 teams to be stationed in the first area. Although the first area was filled with bad ghosts, it was still a good area. It was right in the center of the entire amusement park, so no matter where they went, they would have enough time to react.
As they stood there, many people secretly looked over.
Zong Jiu's team's attire was too strange. They wore sportswear with leg guards, but the main thing was that everyone was carrying a large backpack.
In addition, Zong Jiu's team was basically made up of newbies. Other than him, the only veteran trainee was Tokumon.
Tokumon also joined the team after boarding Zhuge An's pirate ship. The African Grand Onmyoji chuckled as he gave each trainee a Spirit Charm, telling them to use it before they were caught by the ghosts. It would provide a certain amount of resistance.
Although Tokumon was unlucky, the things he made were not unlucky. For the newbies who naturally lacked tools, it was simply a timely help. Thus, everyone thanked the Onmyoji with tears in their eyes.
In addition, they also considered the issue of their physical fitness.
The Class 9 trainees who participated this time used all the survival points they earned in the group dungeon to strengthen their physical fitness. Their legs had to be strengthened to the point where they could easily run a few thousand meters. If they were exhausted after running eight hundred meters, then there was no need to participate. It was better to wash up and go to sleep, so they wouldn't be sending themselves to death.
Under the night sky, the colored lights in the amusement park were all changed to dark yellow. Together with the burning pumpkin lanterns floating in the sky, everyone's shadows were elongated, making it difficult for them to adapt to.
In the past, the colorful amusement park was decorated with lanterns and colored banners as if it was daytime. It was not like tonight, where there was a serious lack of light. As far as the eye could see, only gloomy spider webs and white cloth could be seen. Even the cheerful music had been changed to an ear-piercing background music.
Xu Su rubbed his hands together. "Why, why haven't we seen any ghosts yet?"
He looked calm, but the trembling in his voice betrayed him.
He was not the only one. A few of the rookies who had sworn to follow Zong Jiu in the Barren Village felt their legs go weak.
A Halloween event was not like a horror dungeon. In a horror dungeon, there might only be one ghost, but this Battle Royale would release several hundred ghosts at once. Who knew what the faces under those cute dolls would look like? Just the fact that they were being hunted down was enough to make them tremble with fear.
Tokumon smiled encouragingly. "Don't be afraid."
Zong Jiu patted Xu Su's shoulder and said earnestly, "Think about your determination."
When Xu Su heard this, he slowly clenched his fists and said seriously, "I understand, Ninth Brother!"
In the beginning, he was just a D-level trainee. After going through a group dungeon, he was promoted to C-level. However, his friend from the same batch, Xu Sen, had achieved a meteoric rise from C-level to A-level. He became the A-level boss that everyone admired.
Under these circumstances, as a friend, Xu Su naturally gave Xu Sen his blessings from the bottom of his heart.
However, even though he gave him his blessings, he could not help but think of catching up.
Xu Su was not old before entering the infinite loop. He was still a university student preparing to take the entrance exam for graduate school. Xu Sen was only a year older than him. However, after entering the infinite loop for more than a year, he had a quiet personality. After entering the infinite loop, he became even quieter.
Xu Su was lively and mischievous, while Xu Sen was steady and taciturn. Their personalities complemented each other very well. Previously, in the barren village dungeon, Xu Sen took care of Xu Su as an old man. That was how they became friends. After they got to know each other better, Xu Su insisted on dragging Xu Sen to participate in the King's Game. However, he did not expect that Xu Sen, who was implicated, would not even think of taking his ribs. Instead, he resolutely stuck the knife into his own chest.
This scene was forever engraved in Xu Su's mind.
He had nightmares for many nights. He would be awakened by the sight of Xu Sen's pale face and the blood flowing from his chest.
In the dead of the night, Xu Su clenched his fists and could no longer sleep. He would also think that he was too weak.
If only he could be stronger, just a little bit stronger, that would be great.
For example, during this Halloween event, Xu Sen had advised him several times not to participate.
The normal rewards were all A-level blind boxes. One could imagine how difficult it would be. At least for a C-level trainee, it was definitely as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
However, Xu Su still participated. Because of this, Xu Sen ignored him for several days. He was even willing to become the leader of another team.
However, Xu Su did not regret it. After all, Brother Jiu took care of him, his number one underling, and assigned him to the Personal Guards.
Zong Jiu did not tell him that this was the result of Xu Sen privately asking him to take care of Xu Su.
After seeing Xu Su's spirit, he looked away.
Two minutes before nine o 'clock, the main system announced a few rules.
[Three rules are announced below. Rule 1: The location of the safe house will not be announced five minutes before every hour.]
The members of Class Nine exchanged solemn glances with each other.
If the location of the safe house was not announced five minutes before, it meant that they would have to run around the amusement park for five minutes. Not to mention that after the safe house was announced, they would have to run around to find it. This also eliminated the possibility of the trainees immediately entering the next safe house after exiting one safe house.
[Rule 2: Every ghost has its own hunting range. After leaving the hunting range, you will not be pursued by them. There is a "Ghost King" in the entire park that can ignore the hunting range and can hunt in any area.]
This rule was absolutely beneficial to the trainees.
They had already considered the possibility of provoking any of the ghosts and monsters. Wouldn't they be chased all over the park? Now that there was this rule, they could at least escape the pursuit of a ghost by running fast. Although they did not know if they would enter the hunting range of the next ghost, it was still a good thing.
As for the Ghost King that could ignore the hunting range, there were more than two thousand trainees in the park. There were only three hundred ghosts in total. If they were so unlucky as to encounter it, there was no way to avoid it.
Tokumon's heart thumped.
[Rule 3: The special clearance mission will be activated in the last hour of the Halloween escape. Those who complete it will receive an S-level blind box draw.]
This was also a rule that was written in the manual long ago.
To be honest, other than the S-level and the A-level who coveted the throne of No.9, no trainee would overestimate themselves and try to complete the special clearance mission. They did not want to die.
Soon, after the rules were announced, the main system began the countdown.
[10,9,8,7.....]
Along with the countdown, gloomy shadows loomed around the street where jack-o '-lanterns floated in the distance.
The trainees all took out their own special items, lowered their bodies, and prepared to run at any time.
Zong Jiu gave a direct order. "Get ready!"
This low shout attracted the attention of many trainees from other organizations.
In the end, everyone was flabbergasted by what they saw.
The white-haired magician took out a white skateboard as if he was performing a magic trick and stepped on it.
Some of the people in the small team behind him took out skateboards, and others took out simple skates from their bags and tied them to their legs. There was a button next to the skates so that if the skating became a burden, they could take it off at any time and use their feet to run.
This was an item that they had redeemed from the main system in advance, waiting for today.
At the same time, they praised Zhuge An who had provided them with the plan.
As soon as they connected, the bullet screen in the live broadcast room exploded.
[F * ck, what a genius! Who came up with this idea? The escape can be f * cking played like this?]
[Awesome, I'm sorry. Everyone was thinking about the map and the route. Even if they were thinking about it, they were thinking about the special items. Who would have thought that they could use skateboards and skates???]
[Actually, they were not the only ones who thought of it … I saw people in District Seven pushing bicycles in, but they were stopped by the main system, candle.jpg]
[Bicycles will definitely be stopped. The rule book states that transportation is not allowed, but the problem is, uh, skateboard shoes and skateboards are not considered transportation.]
"F * ck …"
Many of the trainees who were watching were stunned. They immediately followed suit and applied for an exchange from the main system.
"Hurry, let's go and exchange too."
"Hurry, hurry!"
Some who were lucky managed to exchange for skateboards and skates in the last thirty seconds.
For those who were unlucky, the main system shut down the exchange channel after announcing the start of the event. They could not reopen it until the end of the event.
[4, 3, 2, 1. The Halloween escape event has begun.]
In an instant, a few double shadows appeared in the huge amusement park.
All the space doors that could immediately teleport to the trainees' dormitory flickered and were all extinguished. As far as the eye could see, a cold iron fence slowly appeared from the void, completely sealing off the area, like a closed birdcage.
"Don't be in a hurry to run."
The safe house was not announced in the first five minutes, so they did not have a destination to go to.
The more people there were, the braver they would be. Being alone would make it easier to die. Since no one was leaving, the trainees were happy to stay in groups.
A group of people surrounded the square in District One, looking around vigilantly.
Everyone wanted to see who the first ghost to appear would be.
In the end, after waiting for a while, there was only eerie Halloween music around. There were a few ear-piercing screams in the distance, but not even a ghost could be seen.
Tokumon scratched his head. "It can't be that there aren't any ghosts in this area, right?"
He was a No.10 Yin Yang Master who specialized in dealing with ghosts and monsters. Since he said so, the others were much more relieved. They were even in the mood to joke around.
"Hahaha, we might be afraid of ghosts, but maybe ghosts are afraid of people too. There are so many of us, they must be scared."
A trainee immediately echoed with a relaxed smile on his face. "Why don't we wait until the main system announces the safe house in five minutes? It won't be long anyway. It's better to act together than alone."
Unfortunately, he was only halfway through his sentence.
Because something was tugging at his foot.
The trainee suddenly lowered his head. A bone hand with rotten flesh hanging from it was clasping his ankle tightly. The pale fingertips were stained with black blood. In this moment, it pierced into his flesh unceremoniously, leaving a deep bloody mark.
"Ahhhhhh —"
The D-level trainee who had his ankle grabbed screamed. He raised his other hand in time to pick up a talisman and stick it down.
This action effectively restrained the bone hand from moving any further, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that he had almost lost the ability to run.
"Leave from the flower bed!"
Zong Jiu shouted, and everyone ran after him.
After they left the flower bed and ran to the center of the square, Tsutomon touched his nose. There was a hint of caution in his eyes. "I didn't sense any aura just now."
It wasn't just him. Even the other psychics in the other trainee teams didn't sense it.
The teams looked at each other and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
If all senses lost their function, then these ghosts could be said to be impossible to guard against.
No wonder the safe house was set up. No wonder it was called the Great Battle Royale. They were all waiting here.
[You thought you were on the fifth floor, but in fact, you are on the first floor. Main System, amazing.]
[If psychics lose their senses, then it's too bad … The hand at the flower bed really scared me. It was impossible to guard against.]
[Go to the second zone's livestream and take a look. They are the same. They were standing perfectly fine when someone suddenly patted them on the shoulder. When they turned around, their head rolled to the ground. Their senses are useless.]
While the livestream was in full swing, the main system finally announced the safe house's location for the first hour.
[First safe house: Wheel of Fortune. Effective time limit: 50 minutes.]
[After 50 minutes, the safe house will lose its effect. Trainees, please be careful.]
Wheel of Fortune!
There were a few wheel of fortune in the entire amusement park. The central wheel was in the first zone. It was a huge wheel that could accommodate almost a thousand people.
Without needing Zong Jiu to speak, the three teams prepared themselves.
"Let's go!"
Magician raised his arm, and the skateboard spun in the air before landing firmly under his feet. With lightning speed, he charged forward.
The combination of Magician and the skateboard did not match, but Zong Jiu's movements were very agile. It was as if he was glued to the skateboard. Even with his hands in his pockets, he was able to maintain his balance.
They charged from the main road to the other gate at almost the same time.
The lights here were dim, and there was only a pumpkin lamp floating up and down in the middle of the street. The mailbox at the corner of the street had been splashed with a bucket of thick, scarlet blood. The corner of the mailbox was still dripping with blood, creating a flower of blood.
Halfway through, Zong Jiu suddenly stepped on the skateboard and stopped.
The trainees stopped as well. They stood back to back and looked around.
In the silent night sky, there was a sudden squeak that sent chills down their spines.
"Careful! Lower your head! "
This time, it was Tokumon who shouted.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of black figures flapped their wings and flew down from the sky. They were like wandering shadows. In the dark night, their eyes emitted a terrifying green light.
Zong Jiu's gaze turned cold. He immediately lit the fire starter in his hand and waved it towards the sky.
The bats that wanted to fly down immediately felt the pain and let out a shrill cry. Some of their wings were on fire. They did not dare to provoke them anymore. Instead, they flew further into the darkness.
"Nine, Brother Nine …"
Xu Su held the paranormal camera in his hand that he had painstakingly obtained. The lens was aimed at the corner of the street, and the sound was erratic.
It was no wonder that he looked frightened. The black figure that appeared from the corner of the street was elongating on the tiles.
The first thing that appeared was a rotating gear. Following that was the grinding sound of the machine starting up.
"Vroom vroom vroom vroom —"
Soon, everyone knew why the chainsaw made such a sound.
This was because the tail of the chainsaw had cut the throat of some pitiful person. Not only had the throat been cut in half, but the owner of the chainsaw had also pressed the person's head against the chainsaw. The chainsaw had cut the person's scalp and skull open, revealing the red and white contents inside.
Apparently, the big guy with the chainsaw in the shadows had also looked over because they had just chased away the bat swarm. It let out a sinister laugh and suddenly threw away the head of the unlucky trainee. Then, it raised the chainsaw and ran towards them.
"It's the chainsaw monster. Run!"
This road was the most convenient way to the big turntable in the middle of the square. If they wanted to take a detour, they would have to go further.
Zong Jiu stomped his foot, and the skateboard quickly made a turn on the spot, heading toward a small path on the side.
At the same time, he did not know if there were any ghosts on this path. He simply raised the Soul-Sucking Bell that he had obtained from the Deserted Village Instance Dungeon. As he shook it in his hand, he rushed into the darkness.
Behind him, the trainees were on roller skates. One skated faster than the other. In an instant, they were thousands of miles away from the chainsaw monster.
After a while, the chainsaw monster's roars could no longer be heard. They must have left the hunting area.
The bullet screen was filled with awe.
[F * ck, this team is too fast! Other teams are humans who can't outrun ghosts. This team is skating. Which ghost can catch up to them?!]
[I can now tell who is from the magician team. I just need to see if they have a skateboard or roller skates.]
[Chainsaw Maniac: You guys are using tools. How dare you bully an old man like me who has to run with a chainsaw. You have no morals. Rat's tail juice!]
The path was not guarded by any ghosts. They were lucky enough to reach a shop.
The lights in the shop were off. Everyone knew that there was a problem there, so they all chose to walk around the shop.
The path on the other side of the shop was even darker. It was so dark that they could not see the path clearly.
In a trance, everyone felt something sweep over their heads. It was numb and itchy. There was also a chill.
Xu Su stuttered, "What … what is this?"
As if in response, a cold laugh came from above. It was sharp and sad.
Tokumon frowned. He formed a spiritual seal on his fingertips and shone it above him.
The bright blue light rushed up and illuminated the shadow above his head.
The woman's withered legs were hung from the tree. Her head was lowered. Her long black hair fell like a waterfall and turned into thousands of ropes.
Her face was hidden behind her black hair. Only a pale eye that was bleeding could be seen through the gap in the middle of her hair.
[F * ck! This female ghost is obviously a big boss. She used a hair AOE skill. We're dead.]
[Don't be afraid. There's still Tokumon!]
[Bullet screen, bullet screen, bullet screen. We're out of the horror dungeon. I don't want to see ghosts that hurt my eyes!]
"Don't fight, don't fight. We're on the same side."
Zong Jiu called out and waved his hand. He skillfully took out a music box from his pocket and switched to the Kun Opera channel.
A mellow Kun Opera voice sounded in the night sky.
The black hair that was about to greet everyone's necks immediately stopped and retracted like weeds.
The female ghost that was hanging on the tree twisted her body in midair and stood on the tree trunk. Facing the night sky, she cleared her hoarse throat and began to sing along with the music box. She no longer cared about the trainees standing under the tree.
The bullet screen was speechless.
They were stunned.
[Magician, you're good.]
[Magician, thumbs up.jpg]
.....
Just as Zong Jiu's team was running toward the big prize wheel in the center, the other teams of trainees from other organizations were having trouble.
First was a team under the Holy Sanctum.
Everyone knew that the leader of the Holy Sanctum, the Holy Sanctum, was a kind person who loved to help the weak.
Many of the low-level trainees were new and had not shown enough strength. Naturally, they would not be recruited by organizations.
Therefore, these trainees had to form their own teams. However, they were not as strong or experienced as the veterans. They could not extract enough information from the rulebook, let alone organize everyone to draw a map.
Faced with such a predicament, the Holy Sanctum would not sit idly by.
Thus, Messiah specially allocated a group of high-level trainees from the Holy Cathedral to help these newcomers.
But helping was one thing. They did not have the heart to help others to the end. It was good enough that they could save their own lives and lead the way for the new trainees.
In the process of leading the way, some of the new trainees accidentally got lost in the dark. When they heard a bell-like laughter coming from the shadows, they were all scared out of their wits.
Unexpectedly, it was Little Red Riding Hood who walked out with a strawberry basket.
Seeing that it was Little Red Riding Hood, everyone was relieved.
Many of the trainees knew Little Red Riding Hood and liked this little loli.
"Brothers, are you lost?"
Little Red Riding Hood tilted her head, her cute little face showing a sweet expression. "I can help lead the way."
No one saw that in the brightly lit house in the distance, the cellar was filled with people who had died with their eyes open.
.....
At this time, there were already teams that had arrived at the big wheel.
The teams led by Zong Jiu also passed through the Dark Forest safely, and stood on the big turntable in the center.
He didn't know if it was because he was infected by the Earth Imperial Gate, but there was only one S rank Dark Sorcerer on the central roulette wheel. The Dark Sorcerer even smiled at him from afar.
The Dark Wizard, who was completely controlled, was not in the range of Zong Jiu's puppet lines. Zong Jiu only had one target today, and that was No.2 Fan Zhuo.
The other S-class puppets were deeply controlled.
No.1, No.5 Azan in Black, No.8 The Dark Wizard, and No.7 Son of God. All of them were known to be deeply controlled puppets.
Only No.2 Zhuge An, No.4 The Exorcist, and No.10 The Onmyoji were left.
Only No.6 Poseidon was left. This was the Incompetent Advisor's mission, and he would most likely be tricked into joining the organization.
Getting Fan Zhuo was very important to them. It was equivalent to turning a 50-50 situation into a 40-60 chance.
But after 50 minutes, Zong Jiu was unlucky.
What no one expected was that in the first round, as soon as they came out of the safe house, they would encounter the only Ghost King that the main system had mentioned.
Moreover, the Ghost King was only chasing after Magician.