566: Mr. Xu was busy preparing Easter eggs when a sudden change occurred in the game world, terrifying all the players who were lying down.

"I wonder if the Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate event will affect us players. Please, please don't let it affect the immortality mechanism! I don't care about anything else!"

"Exactly! As long as we can't die, that's all that matters. Otherwise, this Martial World would truly be too dangerous."

"I originally thought those Demon Sect members were already strong, but I didn't expect there to be a Great Power capable of executing the Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.

Speaking of which, if a person like that existed, why didn't they come out to stop the Demon Sect's invasion before? It's very confusing..."

"Maybe they don't treat this Martial World seriously at all. Both the Demon Sect and the Righteous Path are just ants to them."

..."We have seven days. We must rush to the Ascension Platform. We can't miss a grand event like this."

"That's right. Even if we can't Ascend to the Heavenly Realm with them, maybe we can still get some other benefits.

Last time I failed to grab the heavenly gods remnant fruit, which was a huge loss for me. This time, I have to go all out."

"Since it's such a huge event, all the top experts in the entire Martial World should show up.

Speaking of which, what benefits did they actually gain from the heavenly gods remnant fruit? Why are they all being so secretive about it..."

...Numerous players were discussing rapidly in the channels displayed on their Information Panels.

Having been in this world for six years, they were quite familiar with this game world.

Although only a very small number of people could become top experts, the rest were ordinary people, surviving only in the middle tier.

But there was one advantage here: they could never be truly killed.

This was also why the common heroes fiercely resisted the Demon Sect invasion back then.

Since they couldn't be killed anyway, why not fight the Demon Sect to the death? They could even gain Experience Points.

Six years passed, and unexpectedly, they encountered the opportunity of the Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate. Countless hero players rushed from all corners of this world toward the 'Ascension Platform'.

In fact, no one knew the location of the so-called 'Ascension Platform' at first.

However, everyone soon noticed a small golden dot flashing on their Information Panel, and the characters for Ascension Platform were also very conspicuous.

And as soon as you started moving, the Information Panel would also display your position relative to the small golden dot.

If an ancient person saw this device, they might not understand it right away.

But the hero players here are all 'Transmigrators.'

Everyone took one look and realized, 'Isn't this just a simple map navigation system?' It was too easy... As soon as the game announcement was released, most players rushed toward the location of the Ascension Platform.

As for their primary jobs in this world, they all abandoned them.

Fortunately, this unusual movement did not baffle the NPCs.

In fact, as soon as the players disappeared, the NPCs also vanished completely.

After all, these NPCs were essentially created to serve the players.

Now that the players were gone, why keep them around?

Not only did the NPCs disappear, but even things like the Demon Sect vanished completely.

Most players who were on the road couldn't perceive this change.

But for some of the 'lying flat' guys—the players who weren't planning on joining the fun at the Ascension Platform—this was shocking enough.

Because they found that everything around them was disappearing: NPC characters, residential buildings, streets, mountains, and rivers... everything was vanishing, as if wiped away by something.

Eventually, their world turned Pure White Space, a discovery that terrified these players to death.

Yet, by this time, they had no chance left to escape.

Because no matter which direction they ran, the world remained only a pure white tone.

They didn't even have the ability to make a commotion anymore.

After all, Our CEO Xu was currently busy creating the 'closing ceremony' for the Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate, which was an Easter egg prepared for the majority of players.

As for these uncooperative fellows, he couldn't be bothered with them.

He decided to confine them for a while first.

Anyway, once the 'closing ceremony' was finished, he could just release these guys.

Thus, the Lying Flat Players were all scared witless within the Pure White Space.

They originally thought that this 'Great Power executing Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate' event was just like the emergence of previous Rare Treasures and Divine Artifacts—no need to compete for it.

But what they didn't know was that this 'Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate' was the 'closing ceremony' meticulously designed by Our CEO Xu.

In other words, this was the finale of the game dream. If they didn't participate, what else was there to say?

Just confining them was already good enough.

As for whether these guys would be scared to death, Xu Lu wasn't worried.

After all, they were in a dream. Once they woke up, these guys would at most feel like they had a nightmare.

They would naturally recover after two days of low spirits.

As for whether it would cause any psychological trauma, that was outside Xu Lu's scope of consideration... Days passed, and soon it was the final day mentioned in the game announcement.

By this time,

except for a few unlucky souls locked in the Pure White Space, 'calling to heaven but receiving no answer, calling to earth but finding no aid.'

All the remaining player heroes had gathered near the 'Ascension Platform.'

This was a genuine high platform, constructed entirely of White Marble.

What shocked the players was that they couldn't find any trace of carving or assembly.

Some heroes, relying on their good Qinggong, tried to jump onto the Ascension Platform to get a closer look.

Unfortunately, before they could jump up, they were struck down by invisible lightning.

After several unlucky individuals were struck by lightning, the others dared not try again.

However, by this time,

the 'transmigrated' players finally realized how many fellow travelers there were in this world.

Hundreds of thousands of players densely packed together near the Ascension Platform—it was an incredibly shocking sight.

In fact,

aside from Feng Xiaoxia and a few others, the remaining players didn't know there were so many Transmigrators in this world.

At this moment, Feng Xiaoxia, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, and Wang Zuxian, among others, gathered together again.

Three more years had passed since the last heavenly gods remnant fruit incident.

But no traces of time were left on the faces of the four people, as if those three years had passed in an instant.

"Brother Feng, did you see Big Brother Xu?"

Younger Cousin Yang Mi was still as energetic as ever, and this was the first question she asked upon meeting them.

Hearing this, Feng Xiaoxia immediately shook his head and said:

"I was just about to tell you about this. That 'Dream Scholar of the Martial World' we met last time might just have a false reputation.

The questions he answered were all nonsense, because I never ran into CEO Xu."

"Ah? It was fake!"

Younger Cousin was shocked.

But she suddenly thought of something, pointed at the Ascension Platform ahead, and said:

"But at least he got this one thing right! There really is a Great Power about to execute the Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate!"