Volume 1, Chapter 53: Main Quest 2, The Giant Asylum

The players, trapped in a desperate situation, scurried and fled through the horde of monsters like frightened mice, trying to find a path to survive and escape from this hell.

However, those who managed to succeed were few and far between.

Fortunately, the suddenly appearing giant monster showed no distinction between friend and foe, crushing countless Disease Reapers to death at the same time as it flattened players.

Gaohan, together with the freckled girl, hid within a patch of white mist and quickly fled along the edge of the wall.

Donghe Liushui and Zhao Gao Pointing at a Deer boldly ran following the monster's anchor, because no matter how densely packed the monsters were, wherever the anchor swept through became a complete vacuum.

In its wake, a massive amount of equipment and gold coins were left behind.

"Ah!"

Willow Waist followed closely behind a powerful assassin, trying to break through the encirclement together with him.

Suddenly, a scythe thrust out from behind the assassin, viciously piercing into her lower abdomen.

In an instant, her HP plummeted wildly.

Liu Haizhu desperately pushed away a Disease Reapers, using a dash skill to reach the edge of the battlefield. Just as he saw a glimmer of hope for survival, a colossal shadow directly loomed over him.

Looking up, the blood-stained anchor was already right before his eyes.

[Ding! Arena Quest 1: Survivors of the Colosseum! Completed.]

[Stage, lights, cheers, blood! Fortunate players who have survived until now, please persevere through wave after wave of hunting until the very end!]

[Current Fortress Colosseum Remaining Arenas: 10/20]

[Quest Rewards Obtained: Silver Coin x500, EXP x2000, Intermediate HP Recovery Potion x5, Intermediate MP Recovery Potion x5, Evolution Core (Blue) x1, Silver Treasure Chest x1.]

[Ding! All surviving players, please enter the white circle. Teleportation will begin in ten minutes.]

Li Chuan only felt his vision blur, and the distant, swarming, ugly-faced monsters determined to slaughter all players completely vanished!

Lin Yaoyao poked her little head out.

"It's over?"

Li Chuan hurriedly stood up and dashed toward the battlefield like a streak of black light.

"It's over! Go loot the gear!"

Though Li Chuan was the furthest away, he reacted the fastest and moved the quickest. He charged into the battlefield like a gale sweeping autumn leaves. Relying on his inventory being several times larger than anyone else's, he grabbed whatever he saw and snatched anything that glowed.

Donghe Liushui and Zhao Gao also snapped back to reality at this moment.

The quest was successful; time to grab the spoils!

Because she was far away, Lin Yaoyao could only scream at the top of her lungs as she charged over.

The rest of the surviving players:

"Holy crap! I thought I was a goner for sure."

"Thank the heavens."

"Thank my ass, hurry up and loot the items before they're gone!"

...

"Don't grab those, we're comrades, let's split them evenly, okay?"

No one paid any attention to this naive player.

Ten minutes later.

[3, 2, 1 Countdown ended. Teleportation initiated.]

[You have unlocked a new region, Aman Forest - Giant Asylum. The current region chat channel and region leaderboard functions have been unlocked.]

[Congratulations to all players of Batch F4083. 38 of you survived the arena quest. Quest completion: Excellent, Ranking: 2nd place. Rewards obtained: Silver Treasure Chest x1, EXP x1000, Gold Coin x500, Daily Quest Exemption Scroll (Advanced) x1.]

[Main Quest 2 Issued: The Secret of Giant Bloodline]

[I cannot see its full picture; the wonders of species are all buried in ruthless history. Enter that giant palace and collect a vial of bloodline factor with a purity of over eighty percent for me, please!]

[Current Bloodline Factor: 0%]

[Quest Rewards: Gold Coin x100, EXP x2000, Advanced HP Recovery Potion x5, Advanced MP Recovery Potion x5, Evolution Core (Blue) x5, Promotion Class Transfer Book (White) x1, Treasure Chest (Chest grade linked to quest completion) x1.]

[Quest Penalty: Deprivation of player status]

[Remaining Quest Time: Ten Days]

Above the endless, rolling yellow sands stretching for tens of thousands of miles, a figure clad in a full set of black cloth armor abruptly appeared on the sand dunes.

"What the hell! Is this a desert?"

The sun was scorching and the yellow sands burned his feet. This terrible environment made Li Chuan curse in exasperation.

"Why is there a desert inside a forest?! This makes zero goddamn sense!"

Li Chuan knitted his brows and looked around. Wherever his sight reached was boundless yellow sand, without a single soul in sight.

"Did it teleport only me into the desert?"

Arena Quest 1 was finally completed before a total party wipe, and Main Quest 2 had finally appeared, but where was the palace mentioned in the quest description? Could it be buried beneath the sand?

Carrying numerous doubts, Li Chuan opened the region chat channel.

Giant Asylum Region Chat Channel.

Current Region Surviving Players: 999/1000

What is this situation? The number of survivors is already full? Just how many batches of players are there here?!

Sorrow or Smile: "What the heck is this situation? I barely crawled my way out of a monster pile, only to be dumped into a desert?"

Flowing Water Without Ruthlessness: "Does anyone know where the palace is? Batch T3099 players, are you still there?"

Li Broadsword: "Water, I'm still here, but my location seems a bit better than yours. I was dropped inside an oasis, right next to the palace."

President Liu of Shenneng: "An oasis? Damn it! Why couldn't I appear in the oasis? Someone send me the coordinates quickly, my photosynthetic cabin is running out of time."

...

As Li Chuan climbed a very, very high sand dune, he stared at the light screen before him.

Judging by this, it seemed that players from many different batches who completed the arena quest were indeed grouped together.

It was just that all players had been dropped separately at different locations.

[Beep beep, beep beep, beep beep,]

In the friends interface, Lin Yaoyao sent a video call request.

"Brother Chuan, where are you? Come on over, care to join me for a swim in the oasis?"

The scenery on the screen formed a sharp contrast with Li Chuan's surroundings.

Behind Lin Yaoyao was a green lake, and further in the distance stood a massively huge, earthy-yellow, magnificent palace.

Li Chuan was furious.

"Ah! Why are you in an oasis while I'm stuck in a desert?"

The little beauty leaned against a tree branch beside her.

"You don't understand this, do you? Fate always shows a bit of favoritism toward cute people."

Li Chuan curled his lip.

"Hurry up and send me your coordinates, my photosynthetic cabin is only of blue grade, and I only have two hours of remaining time left."

Lin Yaoyao shared a coordinate with Li Chuan.

Over nine thousand meters away!

"Damn it! No wonder I couldn't see it, it's freaking miles and miles away."

"Save a nice spot for my little greenery!"

Lin Yaoyao waved her hand.

"Huh? That doesn't seem possible, but I can pick a good spot for you to come and conquer it yourself later."

"I forgot that her plant spirit has practically no combat capability."

"That works too!"

Leap!

With a direction set, Li Chuan activated the Leap skill, shooting out across the desert like a streak of black light.

On the sand dune he had just left, a gust of wind blew away some yellow sand, exposing a patch of white skin stained with dried blood.

...

Running all the way, Li Chuan checked the various interfaces one by one.

He needed to check if any places had been modified or updated.

Although he didn't have the patience of that saintly Gaohan to organize all the data, having a grasp of the most basic information was still necessary.

The items sold in the system store remained the same with no new additions. It seemed blue equipment and props were already the limit of the system store.

The map function, quest log, character attribute panel, and so on showed no changes either.

The auction house function had slight modifications; its name was changed to the Giant Asylum Auction House, while everything else, including prices and commissions, remained unchanged.

The only newly added function was this 'Region Leaderboard'.

"I'm so strong, I should definitely have a spot on the region leaderboard, right?"

Filled with anticipation, Li Chuan opened the region leaderboard.