480: There is also a trial server!

“Done talking? Why did it take so long?”

Liu Shihhan asked curiously.

“What’s wrong? Why the serious expression? Did something unexpected happen?”

Seeing Xiao Yun remain silent, Liu Shihhan asked with some concern.

“No, it’s just… the answer I got was quite unexpected.”

At the entrance to the Eternal Night Dam restricted area, Xiao Yun had been frowning ever since he returned from his conversation with Song Qiuyun, looking worried.

About five hours had passed since he and Song Qiuyun began discussing things, and by the time Liu Shihhan and Xia Ming were called over, it was already 1 PM.

Additionally, Song Qiuyun had gone off to do other things, leaving after a brief word.

“Can you give us a general idea? I’m very curious too.”

Xia Ming also expressed a strong desire to know about the special reward for breaking records.

Although he hadn't broken any restricted area records yet, as the top operative in Malai Country, he believed he still had a chance.

“Sigh, how should I put it… I’d advise you not to claim this reward.”

Facing Xia Ming’s confusion, Xiao Yun still maintained a worried expression.

He remembered how Song Qiuyun had called this reward from GTI Headquarters a curse. At first, Xiao Yun found it amusing; it was clearly a reward, so how could it be a curse?

However, after learning the details of the reward, the smile vanished from Xiao Yun’s face.

Because the special reward for breaking a restricted area record was to allow the participating team to experience new restricted area content in advance!

In other words, this reward for breaking restricted area rules was essentially similar to an experience server in a previous life’s game.

It allowed one to experience new maps, new equipment, and new big red that were about to appear on Blue Star, but in another world.

If this were in his previous life, access to an experience server would be an opportunity players would fight tooth and nail for.

But in this world, it meant entering a new restricted area and having to be constantly on edge, exploring this completely new region.

The most important thing was…

Entering these new restricted areas cost real money!

And this was why Song Qiuyun called it a “curse”!

According to her, after going to another world ruled by three factions, the experience at GTI Headquarters was a snow-type restricted area.

At that time, GTI required 800,000 battle preparations per match for a top-secret difficulty restricted area, and a minimum of 50 matches had to be experienced.

The Hafk and Asala forces in the map were the same as those in the real-world restricted areas.

However, the operatives entering the restricted area were operatives from another world!

This meant that the operative skills currently used by Blue Star operatives corresponded to operatives who genuinely existed in another world.

Luna, Red Wolf, Dragon, Hacker Claw…

In reality, the opponents operatives faced were just Blue Star people who possessed these operative skills.

However, upon arriving in that world, they would have to fight against those well-trained, real GTI superhumans!

Therefore.

After experiencing 50 matches, Song Qiuyun directly lost nearly 100 million in assets, and she never managed to extract even once during the process…

What was even more infuriating was that the map she experienced at the time still hadn't appeared on Blue Star, and instead, something like Black Night Dam had appeared.

However, on the flip side.

Song Qiuyun’s fifty consecutive losses did help her hone her restricted area skills.

It was just that her Dao Heart was quite shattered for a while after she returned…

“Oh, right! Xiao Yun, on our way here, we passed a newly developed Aerospace restricted area. It seems there’s a special ‘knife-running’ event there. Want to go check it out together?”

Seeing Xiao Yun’s worried expression, Liu Shihhan quickly suggested going to a new restricted area to clear his head.

“Something like that exists?”

Xiao Yun raised an eyebrow, and just as a question formed in his mind, Liu Shihhan handed him a promotional poster she had just received on the way.

“Grand Opening Benefits for the Restricted Area! Participate in the event for a chance to win the grand prize: saieds pocket watch!”

Following that were the specific details of the event.

Simply put, the administrator of this newly opened restricted area had invited a strong GTI Professional Team to be a permanent player, essentially acting as a “BOSS” that other teams needed to challenge!

In the match, whichever of the other five teams could kill this BOSS team would get a chance to draw a prize.

Additionally, if one could find red-quality supplies within the restricted area and successfully extract them, they would receive double GTI rank points.

Rank points were currently not very useful for Xiao Yun and his companions, but they were very attractive to other ordinary operatives.

It was imaginable that many skilled amateurs from the public would participate in this event in the restricted area, aiming to earn enough points for the GTI Professional assessment.

“A bit interesting… It feels similar to the previous Treasure Shu Shu event, where you had a chance to get a big red if you fought.”

“Oh, oh! Treasure Shu Shu, I remember that event too.”

“Indeed, for Brother Xiao Yun, the team invited by this new restricted area is probably just like that Rocket Soldier…”

To Xiao Yun’s surprise.

Upon hearing the name, Liu Shihhan and Xia Ming were not confused; instead, they knew what Xiao Yun was talking about.

“You guys know about that event?”

They weren't confused, but Xiao Yun, on the other hand, felt a bit puzzled.

Treasure Shu Shu was an event from his previous life when he played Delta.

Rocket Soldiers wearing Level 5 self-isolation helmets would randomly appear on the map, and after killing them, one could find good loot in their backpacks.

Logically, this world shouldn't have those events from his previous life’s game, but judging by Liu Shihhan and Xia Ming’s reactions, it seemed they had also participated in similar events.

“Hey! Of course we know! Do you really take us for idiots?”

Seeing Xiao Yun’s suspicion, Liu Shihhan seemed a bit angry.

And then, a string of information about this world appeared in Xiao Yun’s mind.

Treasure Shu Shu was a special event that had appeared in the restricted areas for a period of time.

Just like the game in his previous life, Rocket Soldiers carrying high-level supplies would appear all over the map, and by defeating them, there was a chance to find big gold or even big red in their backpacks.

As his memories of this world recovered, Xiao Yun gradually realized that there were quite a few similar special events in this world.

And some of them had corresponding versions in the games of his previous life.

Other events, however, didn't even exist in the games of his previous life.

And these were only the special events that appeared within the restricted areas.

Besides these, there were also special events organized by GTI, just like the opening of the new restricted area today and the event being held there.

However.

For skilled operatives, these events were all opportunities to get rich.

But for ordinary people who already struggled to extract from the restricted areas, encountering a special event in the restricted area was simply a disaster!

“So, what do you think? Want to check out this new restricted area?”

“Well, I don’t think we should participate. What if people say we’re bullying others?”

Xiao Yun gave an awkward smile, indicating his lack of interest.

After all, this kind of event was meant to give ordinary operatives more chances to become professionals. If someone of his level went, wouldn't it be like 'fishing in a barrel'?

“Captain, he’s over here!”

Just as Xiao Yun was about to lead Liu Shihhan and Xia Ming back into the Eternal Night Dam, a team dressed in full six-piece gear and fully armed approached them.

“Brother, I finally found you!”

Xiao Yun looked closely and felt that the three people seemed a bit familiar.

Weren’t they the team he had encountered in the restricted area before, rumored to be the number one team on the GTI leaderboard?