43: Chapter 43 Entering the Challenge

Chu Yaoyao was greatly surprised. 'You... you must be the Sister Yuling my sister often mentions, right?'

To be someone her sister often brought up, she was naturally no ordinary person...

'Going round and round... so we're all acquaintances.' Lu Yuxuan was also completely taken aback.

Her own sister... actually knew Chu Yaoyao, and judging by the tone, their relationship seemed rather unusual.

'Alright, alright, let's save the reminiscing for later. This place isn't very safe, let's just enter the challenge competition first!' Mu Cheng had no patience for listening to this.

Peppa suddenly chimed in. 'Kid, relax! With that girl here, as long as it's not a ninth-tier problem, it's manageable.'

These words left Mu Cheng momentarily stunned, not to mention him... everyone present except for Lu Yuxuan.

thought they had misheard.

'Well, well, so it's you, Little Piglet.' In an instant, Lu Yuling directly lifted Peppa up.

Her speed was so fast... even Mu Cheng couldn't react.

'Such fast speed.' Mu Cheng was inwardly astonished.

But he still couldn't believe that this woman before him, with only fifth or sixth-tier strength at most,

could be strong enough to handle anything below the ninth tier...

'You... what do you want to do?' Peppa was trembling with fear.

Lu Yuling wore an evil expression. 'What do you think... I remember clearly all the wicked deeds you committed back in the day.'

After saying that, she began punching and kicking, her speed increasing until it was too fast for the naked eye to see...

'As expected of someone my sister knows, so strong!' Chu Yaoyao had initially been a bit skeptical.

But seeing this speed, she could now be one hundred percent certain that she was truly invincible below the ninth tier.

Others might not know, but having read countless books since childhood, she had a clear understanding

of people with special physiques...

This Lu Yuling was clearly one of those with a special physique, and it could be said with certainty that it was related to speed.

In less than thirty short seconds, when Lu Yuling reappeared... she looked utterly refreshed.

'Alright, let's start the challenge competition!'

Peppa, however, was in a sorry state, not only covered in bumps on the head but also beaten beyond recognition on the face. Even its own mother coming now

probably wouldn't recognize it...

'Did you have to hit so hard? Besides, Grandpa Peppa has long since turned over a new leaf. I'm one of your people now, don't you know how to hold back?'

Despite Peppa's complaints... no one paid it any attention.

Meanwhile, except for Mu Cheng, everyone else had already entered the Trader Space.

'Hurry up and follow, if you don't want to go in, then go back and chat about life with the young ladies!' Mu Cheng called out impatiently.

'Coming right away.'

Peppa felt bitter but couldn't express it... but now there was no other way, so it quickly returned to Mu Cheng's shoulder.

The moment Mu Cheng stepped into the Trader Space, Lu Yuling's voice immediately came through.

'So slow, couldn't you be faster?'

It was just banter on her lips; in reality, she had already started operating the Trader interface to begin matching.

Soon, digital screens appeared before everyone with a prompt.

[Matching successful. Primary Challenge Arena. Difficulty: Legendary. Automatic teleportation in thirty seconds.]

'My dear sister, having you is such a blessing, getting Legendary difficulty right away.' Lu Yuling was overwhelmingly envious.

Baiyi beside her was a bit puzzled. 'This Legendary difficulty... it can't be easy to match, right?'

'One in ten thousand chance, what do you think?' Chu Yaoyao retorted.

Lu Yuxuan, blessed by the goddess of luck, was something Mu Cheng had long since gotten used to... so he remained silent.

'Alright, remember we need to regroup as soon as possible.' Lu Yuling had just finished speaking...

when everyone was immediately teleported into the primary challenge competition...

Mu Cheng was teleported into a City Ruins... Baiyi was beside him, but there was no sign of anyone else.

'It seems the positions are random. Let's hurry... and head to the Central Area!' Baiyi wasn't flustered at all.

He looked extremely calm...

'Let me study the rules first!' Even in his past life, Mu Cheng had never participated in a Trader's primary challenge.

Naturally, he needed to operate the high-tech bracelet first to understand the rules...

[Trader Primary Challenge Competition. Participants: 60. Teams: 12. Time: 48 hours.

[The arena is divided into three parts: first City Ruins, second Forest, third Central Area... Rewards: Unknown.]

'This feels a bit like playing a game? The map gradually shrinks... the team with the highest points wins.' Mu Cheng got the general idea.

He also gained some understanding of the so-called Trader primary challenge competition...

And above his head was the character 'Ling'. Of course, Baiyi also had it above his head... That's right, it was their team.

The name was Ling.

'Our team should have a stable win, right?' Baiyi knew he was definitely along for the ride this time, so he didn't worry.

Sure enough... soon a large screen appeared in the sky, displaying the team point rankings.

First Place: Ling 18888

Second Place: Wolf Team 6644

Third Place: Han Family Team 5612

Fourth Place: Liu Family Team 5523

...

'It hasn't even been... a minute since the start. Isn't this too fierce?' Mu Cheng expressed great shock.

There were two ways to obtain points: first, by eliminating all other teams; second, by killing zombies and wild animals.

First-tier yields 1 point, second-tier yields 2 points, third-tier yields 4 points, fourth-tier yields 8 points... and so on.

Getting 18888 points all at once was indeed quite terrifying...

Baiyi was also quite shocked. 'It really is fierce. Looks like we can just quietly coast along.'

'Don't make a fuss, okay? It's third-tier Black Giant Rats. You'll encounter them soon enough.' Peppa wasn't surprised at all.

With Lu Yuling's speed, no matter how many Black Giant Rats she encountered, she could instantly annihilate them...

Mu Cheng simply didn't believe it. 'Black my foot, third-tier Black Giant Rats? According to you, that would require killing nearly five thousand. In such a short time, do you think I'm easy to fool?'

'Hey, kid, your brain must be waterlogged. Let me ask you then... besides the Black Giant Rats I mentioned, how else would you explain these points?'

At this moment, Team Ling's points had already soared to nearly thirty thousand, while other teams didn't even have ten thousand yet.

'This... even if it were Black Giant Rats, it's impossible, right?' Mu Cheng stammered.

Clearly... he was feeling guilty.

If he had to give a reason for these points... it was very obvious that only third-tier Black Giant Rats could allow such a massive point gain in such a short time.

'Alright, even without Black Giant Rats, we still need to be careful!' Baiyi always felt something strange about their surroundings.

If they could leave quickly... he naturally wouldn't hesitate!

'Here they come, be careful!' Peppa gave another warning.

Mu Cheng's temper flared. He had endured enough and needed to endure no more. He grabbed Peppa and threatened.

'You'd better behave, or don't blame me... for being impolite.'

No sooner had he finished speaking than pairs of red eyes emerged from the surrounding City Ruins.