Chapter 245 Died at the First Level

"Pathology..."

"Pathology..."

Around Alice's body, energy tremors exploded ring after ring. A chaotic halo woven from dozens of different pathologies formed a scalp-numbing noise!

She stood at the very center of that chaotic vibration, her dark green long hair floating upwards, her skirt snapping in the shockwaves: "How—dare—you—!!!"

Chen Yu stood within the protection of the golden body card.

One could even see fine cracks beginning to appear in space.

"We agreed on one minute, but it's been over three minutes!"

Chen Yu muttered,

but after the tremors lasted for five seconds,

on the Arena, the entire giant blood-red net disintegrated into countless tiny points of light at the same instant.

The darkness receded, and gray-white light once again bathed the ruins of the entire Arena.

[Current survival time: 10 minutes 08 seconds]

[Exit application submitted]

[Exiting]

[One]

Alice tucked the booklet back under her arm and glanced in the direction where Chen Yu had disappeared.

"We will definitely, definitely meet again!"

"You will live in pain and illness forever, never to be liberated for eternity!"

...

...

When Chen Yu opened his eyes again, he was standing at the edge of a coastal forest, with an interlocking tropical broadleaf canopy overhead, through which a few rays of gray-white daylight leaked.

The air carried the salty, fishy scent of the sea breeze.

Not far ahead, the shadows of the trees were sparse, and further on was a wide coastline.

The iron-gray seawater stretched as far as the eye could see, connecting to a blurred horizon at the edge of the sky; in the distant sea mist, a slender silhouette could be vaguely seen, like a lighthouse piercing the heavens.

Chen Yu took a deep breath...

The experience just now was truly too perilous!

He had used a full 88 golden body cards just to barely survive!

88 cards!

A full 88 cards!

What an exaggerated number!

He only had 62 left!

Chen Yu sighed helplessly and snatched Water Bubble out!

However, there were benefits to the first stage...

The first benefit:

Alice helped him slaughter the Fake Lin Yue and the Stitched Monster, allowing him to gain free attribute points for nothing.

His current status panel was now the cream of the crop.

[Basic Attributes]

constitution: 104 (1+3)

Agility: 41 (28+3)

Perception: 18 (5+3)

charisma: 23 (10+3)

spirit: 19 (6+3)

luck: 23 (10+3)

Including the 3-point temporary bonus from the highway rankings, Chen Yu's Agility broke the 40 mark!

It was already quite terrifying!

Besides that, there was a second benefit...

Chen Yu looked down at the ribbon in his hand.

Previously on the Arena,

he hadn't noticed what exactly this black ribbon that bound him was.

But now...

As the daylight shone down, he finally saw what it looked like clearly.

The ribbon was about a finger wide, its length no more than an arm's span by eye, with extremely fine dark patterns woven into the edges.

The Fabric felt ice-cold to the touch, and there was a subtle sense of age on its surface.

And most importantly, he hadn't even noticed when a piece of information had surfaced.

[Alice's Hairband]

Description: A seemingly ordinary black hairband, but it once wrapped around the hair of the Old Day Calamity. Her aura remains on the hairband—the aura of pathology, possessing eternal tenacity.

Effect: Consumes a large amount of stamina to allow it to be extended, shortened, and manipulated at will.

Note: Automatically retracts to its original length when not in use.

Warning: Alice's residual mark detected. Do you wish to erase this mark immediately?

Chen Yu was stunned: "Nonsense, of course erase it!"

[Erasing the mark requires Low-grade Energy Core × 100, Fabric × 100]

Chen Yu: "..."

100 units of Fabric was easy enough to handle.

But it also required 100 units of Low-grade Energy Cores?

An ordinary person, even if they got the hairband, would probably just stare at it helplessly.

Not to mention whether they could gather so many energy cores; even if they pooled the strength of an entire car to gather them, whether it was worth using them on a hairband was a big question.

But Chen Yu was not an ordinary person.

Without even hesitating much, he directly chose to confirm.

[Erasure beginning—]

[Consuming Low-grade Energy Core × 100, Fabric × 100]

[Erasing mark—]

[Erasure complete]

The hairband in Chen Yu's hand lit up slightly at that moment.

With a thought, one end of the hairband lifted slightly.

With another thought, the hairband's length extended forward a small section.

"Hmm?"

Chen Yu felt his stamina consumption again and felt somewhat helpless.

He had just extended the hairband by less than twenty centimeters, but the stamina consumed was extremely exaggerated.

On the contrary, manipulating the hairband to fly in the air required a perfectly acceptable amount of stamina; as long as he wanted, he could manipulate it for a long time.

"My current constitution is more than ten times that of an ordinary person."

"But my limit is only extending it about three meters... Is it because the hairband's material is too good?"

Chen Yu could only comfort himself this way.

If he wanted to use this hairband to fight,

he could only throw it out and wrap it around someone's neck.

After all, a person's neck is very fragile, and the required hairband length is also the shortest.

But what if his constitution was released?

What if it underwent an explosive growth?

Could the hairband become like the mythical "Sky-Muddling Ribbon," integrating offense and defense?

It just seems like it's still a long way off for now!

"Gulu?"

Water Bubble gave a prompt on the ground!

Only then did Chen Yu react; he still didn't know what the current situation was!

He pushed aside the greenery and walked toward the coastline...

On the open ground,

everyone from the Huaxia Haicheng team seemed to be there.

Han Cheng stood on a reef, arms crossed, talking to Ding Shouchang nearby.

Zhang blazing sun sat on a fallen tree trunk in the distance.

Chen Muqing leaned against a tree, and Song Xingmian sat on a flat rock beside a patch of low shrubs.

Scattered around were several other Awakened from the same team whose names he couldn't call out.

"It's been ten minutes."

"We've already seen three nearby teams head out to sea with our own eyes."

Han Cheng's voice carried a hint of helplessness.

Ding Shouchang also spoke: "Captain Han, we can't wait any longer. The rules for the second stage haven't been stated yet. If it's a race to see who reaches that lighthouse first, we'll fall behind others!"

"No!"

Song Xingmian shook her head: "We are a team, theoretically complementary. The situation at sea is unknown; one more teammate means one more chance of survival..."

Han Cheng narrowed his eyes: "Mianmian, you're very clear on this, aren't you? The interval between adjacent doors is constantly shortening, and the strength of the monsters is growing exponentially. There's simply no time to catch our breath."

Song Xingmian turned her head: "What are you trying to say?"

Han Cheng shrugged: "I'm saying, he was just too conceited and pressed it too late, dying in the first stage..."