101: Chapter 101: The Three-Eyed Mother Goddess proactively reveals the conditions for clearing the third act of the divine drama!

"Son, the Gods Game your father and I participated in back then ended at the second act. We don't know what the next act of the Gods Game will be. From here on out, you must not be careless, otherwise, you might capsize in the gutter!"

Lu Sen and Chen Rou warned.

"Don't worry! Dad, Mom, I can easily find the way to clear it!"

Lu Chen was incredibly confident about this. As long as the gods didn't participate personally, he had absolute confidence in winning.

The scene changed once again.

Lu Chen saw countless greyish-white stone statues frozen in expressions of terror all around—this was a dungeon of sculptures made of screams!

The surfaces of all the buildings were covered with snake-scale textures.

Twelve ruined garrison cities were arranged in concentric circles, and in the center, on a high platform, coiled a throne of the Gorgon made of obsidian.

Fluorescent, snake-shaped mists floated in the air, causing localized paralysis whenever they touched the skin.

[Ding, Third Act of the Gods Game—Petrified Demon City begins!]

[The rules for this act of the Gods Game are as follows:

① Time Hourglass: 2-hour countdown. If the hourglass runs out before clearing, everyone will be petrified!

② Law of Sight: Direct eye contact with the Gorgon boss Shakara will result in immediate petrification!

③ Snake Hair Domain: Every 15 minutes, a snake hair trap (poisonous stone snake spikes protruding from the ground) will be randomly activated in one of the garrison cities!

④ Team Contract: At least three people are required to trigger the boss battle; approaching the throne alone will result in instant petrification!

⑤ Redemption Mechanism: Shattering stone statues has a 5% chance to drop a Petrification Removal Potion (limited to one use per person)!]

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Just like the previous two acts of the Gods Game, the third act only provided the rules. As for how to activate the Gorgon boss or what the clear conditions were, there were no hints, and one had to explore it themselves. This was the insidious nature of the Gods Game.

The limited time to clear was only 2 hours; under normal circumstances, there wouldn't even be enough time to explore the clear conditions.

Lu Chen suddenly felt that the god of the hidden map in the Blood Forest was a conscientious god. At least the Gods Game they formulated was simple and clear—it was basically trading lives for a clear. Unlike the Three-Eyed Mother Goddess, who was full of malicious schemes.

However, this third act of the Gods Game couldn't stump Lu Chen. Don't forget, the profound mystery of the Eye of the Ringed Heavens lies in its ability to perceive the rules of the game. Surely, the clear conditions for this act of the Gods Game would be no problem—this was the biggest trump card Lu Chen had for winning with such great confidence.

Just as Lu Chen was about to activate the [Eye of the Ringed Heavens] to perceive the clear conditions of the Petrified Demon City, the clear conditions for the act of the Gods Game were proactively prompted:

[Clear Conditions:]

[1. Obtain three Petrified Eyes and go to the throne to embed them in the corresponding positions. Doing so will trigger the Gorgon boss Shakara. Destroy Shakara's snake hair core (the emerald scales located on the back of the neck).]

[Hint ①: Killing the petrified snake guards has a certain probability of dropping a "Petrified Eye".]

[Hint ②: During the boss trigger, someone must endure its "Instant Death Gaze" (100% petrification), otherwise, the trigger fails and the three Petrified Eyes must be collected again to trigger it.]

[Hint ③: Shakara has no health bar; only by attacking its snake hair core can it be killed!]

[2. After killing the Gorgon Shakara, place its head, body, and heart into the three altars in the Demon City simultaneously.]

[3. The number of survivors must not be lower than 50% of the initial team.]

Besides this, a hidden mechanism was also prompted:

[When a member of the team is completely petrified, the remaining members gain a 30-second Absolute Reflection Shield, which can grant immunity to petrification, with a 15-minute cooldown!]

"This..." Lu Chen was shocked.

Wasn't it said that the gods hide the clear conditions and that one needs to explore them on their own? Why were they prompted like this? And it's very detailed, with hidden mechanisms—what's going on?

"Dad, is it possible that the clear conditions prompted by the gods are fake?" Lu Chen asked.

"It shouldn't be. These hints are pre-set, and under the permission of the rules, even the gods cannot falsify information within the act of the Gods Game. At most, they can mislead participants before the act starts."

Lu Sen was very certain about this because the rules are greater than the gods, and even the gods cannot defy the rules!

"What is the Three-Eyed Mother Goddess's intention in revealing all the clear conditions for this act of the Gods Game? It can't be that she has taken a liking to Chen'er's talent and potential and intends for us to clear it, right?" Chen Rou spoke up.

"That's impossible! Chen'er has already offended her. Given her evil and cruelty, it's impossible for her to take a liking to him because of his performance."

"If I'm not mistaken, she probably wants Chen'er to clear the third act as quickly as possible. Perhaps she is waiting for Chen'er in the fourth or fifth act of the Gods Game, wanting to deal with Chen'er personally!"

Lu Sen displayed extraordinary wisdom. Although he didn't have the legendary insight ability, he could analyze the most accurate guesses from the smallest details. When he participated in the Gods Game back then, it was entirely thanks to his wisdom that he analyzed all the clear conditions for the first act.

Hearing his father's analysis, Lu Chen's eyes turned cold. "She wants to deal with me personally? That suits me just fine. Then I will kill this god myself and reclaim justice for Mom and Dad from back then!"

Killing a god! Since the dawn of the Human Race class-transfer era, this was something no one had ever done!

Lu Sen and Chen Rou were deeply shaken. If their son could truly kill a god, it would become a feat that would rewrite history and completely shatter the eternal myth that "gods are invincible"!

Immediately, Lu Chen began to take action. A million Red Falcons launched, attacking the snake guard Invading Monsters within the twelve garrison cities with lightning speed!

To quickly farm the three Petrified Eyes, Lu Chen also directly used a Legendary-grade Lucky Charm to increase the luck drop rate!

After knowing the clear conditions, the Gods Game was indeed much simpler. Of course, this didn't mean that knowing the clear conditions would make it easy to complete.

For example, triggering the boss required sacrificing one person. You have to know, ordinary class-transferers don't have a resurrection ring; if they die, they die. Who would be willing to be this sacrifice? Only Lu Chen could easily handle such a certain-death situation.

[Ding, you have obtained a Petrified Eye!]

[Ding, you have obtained a Petrified Eye!]

[Ding, you have obtained a Petrified Eye!]

Before long, Lu Chen successfully obtained the three Petrified Eyes.

The three of them arrived at the obsidian throne and together embedded the three Petrified Eyes into the corresponding positions on the throne.

The Gorgon Shakara was triggered. Seeing its eyes release thick petrification rays, Lu Chen had his beast pets take his parents to a safe area while he faced the petrification himself!

Crack! Lu Chen was petrified on the spot.

The Gorgon boss Shakara seemed to break the Seal, its body twisting, baring fangs and brandishing claws, while raspy hissing sounds came from its wildly dancing snake hair.

[Name: Gorgon · Shakara · World-Lord Rank BOSS]

[Talent: Eye of Gorgon (SSS)]

[Rank: Fifth Rank LV150]

[Health: None]

[Mana: 18164300]

[Attack: 22650000]

[Defense: 0 Physical Defense / 0 Magic Defense]

[Special Status: Power of the Mother Goddess (Attack X5), Snake-fication Aura (all targets' hair begins to turn into snakes and automatically attacks the target; every 5 minutes, a paralysis resistance check is required, failure results in snake-fication.)]

[Skills: Wild Snake Hair Dance, Summon Stone Statue, Gaze of a Thousand Eyes, Molting Berserk... Snake Hair Resonance, Snake Split Differentiation, Echo of Lament]

"The cracks in the Seal are the fragrance of flesh and blood."

The scales on Shakara's body scraped against the rock wall, splashing a string of eerie green sparks.

"Kneel! Ants, your eyes cannot block the curse of the Eye of Gorgon!"

Shakara's grey-green snake body suddenly stiffened, and the mucus dripping from its fangs corroded the ground, emitting white smoke.

"You shall turn into eternal screaming stone statues; this is the most beautiful art in the world!"

The next second, Lu Chen resurrected on the spot, the petrification was lifted, and with one glance, he perceived the location of Shakara's snake hair core.

[Holy Spear: Oath of the End!] Holy Light condensed into a spear! One shot pierced through Shakara's snake hair core.

Never expecting that someone who had petrified and died could resurrect and break the petrification, Shakara turned around and looked at Lu Chen in disbelief.

Its voice gradually became raspy, accompanied by the sound of rocks shattering: "This... impossible! My petrification... was actually resisted... by a mortal body. I curse you... to... turn into... stone statues... along with... this land..."

Crash! The powerful World-Lord Rank boss Gorgon Shakara's body shattered all over the floor, leaving only its head, heart, and a piece of its torso behind.

Lu Chen immediately had his beast pets place the parts of Shakara into the three altars, following the clear conditions.

Suddenly! The three altars emitted a dazzling brown light, the light concentrated at one point, forming a teleportation portal to clear the stage.