69: Chapter 69 Li Fan lays the trap, waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump!

As for Li Fan.

At the entrance to the Secret Realm.

Li Fan had already arrived inside the Secret Realm.

Before Li Fan was a vast swamp,

The area around the swamp was densely covered with green algae vegetation, and one could occasionally see giant creatures stirring in the mud pits.

The environment was quite gloomy.

Judging by the auras of the beasts,

a rough estimate suggested that the fierce beasts inside were generally around Level 40.

Li Fan did not start killing immediately; instead, he first examined the score token in his hand.

This token was different from the one used during the Beidi's entrance examination.

This token clearly showed one's own ranking, and even the ranking of the school one represented could be seen.

Of course, he could only see his own rank; who was ahead or behind him remained completely invisible.

Currently, his score was zero, so his rank was somewhere beyond the tenth thousandth position.

As for the school ranking, the Beidi was currently ranked first.

"Killing fierce beasts to gain points is not slow, but robbing is faster if one wants to speed up," Li Fan mused softly while thinking about the scoring rules.

This time,

he did not plan to spend too much time collecting fierce beast meat but was prepared to fully dedicate himself to acquiring points.

Based on his rough judgment of this seed program,

as long as he could join the program, resources would likely not be an issue.

Therefore, he only needed to pull far ahead and secure first place in the individual competition.

And to gain a lot of points quickly, robbing was naturally the fastest way!

Having made up his mind, Li Fan already had some plans in mind.

However, for the moment, hunting fierce beasts was still the priority.

After all, this was only the first day.

Thus,

in the next second, Li Fan uprooted a nearby giant tree and hurled it toward the swamp below.

Boom!

The massive sound landed.

Mud and water, mixed with shredded flesh, instantly splashed up waves tens of meters high.

Li Fan's score also began to climb rapidly.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side,

most of the footage was still locked onto the six S-Rank Talent Holders.

Although some shots occasionally featured students with relatively high scores, they were quickly swept past.

From the footage,

the performance of the six S-Rank Talent Holders had not disappointed the audience at all.

What shocked everyone the most currently was He Wenguang!

While others were encountering fierce beasts around Level 30 or 40,

He Wenguang faced a fierce beast as high as Level 50 right at the start.

This level was challenging even for ordinary students to resist in a team, let alone fight solo.

Yet, that fierce beast turned to charcoal in just one move before He Wenguang!

Compared to this, the visual impact was immense.

This caused He Wenguang, whose initial support wasn't the highest, to show signs of surpassing Lin Youwei.

Of course,

this was only the beginning.

Who was stronger or weaker, and what the limits of the six S-Rank Talent Holders were, remained unclear, as they were currently all instantly killing any fierce beast they encountered.

Outside the Secret Realm,

the examining officers watching this scene were all somewhat surprised.

"The difficulty of this year's Freshman Cup is not small. They arranged so many Level 50-plus fierce beasts? It seems like there are even Level 60 and Level 70 fierce beasts. Isn't the danger coefficient raised a bit too high?"

"I think it's fine. Generally, it's still dominated by Level 30 and 40 fierce beasts. The density of those high-level fierce beasts isn't very high."

"In my opinion, it's a good thing they arranged it this way. Look at those individuals, how high their levels have been pushed for the sake of the seed spots. If the highest-level fierce beasts were all Level 40 or 50, there would be no excitement to watch at all."

...

Time passed until the afternoon.

Li Fan's luck wasn't very good.

He hadn't encountered any particularly noteworthy fierce beasts throughout the entire time.

So, his current score ranking was only over 3,700th.

This position was truly somewhat insulting to his title as the top New Student of the Beidi.

Not only did he encounter few fierce beasts,

but he also ran into very few Examinees.

After some robbing, the opponent's score only amounted to a meager few thousand points; it was truly dull.

"Finding fierce beasts seems to be a skill in itself," Li Fan thought.

Li Fan crossed the swamp, shaking his head, and arrived at the foot of a towering giant mountain.

Just as he was about to rush up to the highest point to observe the terrain of this Secret Realm,

his gaze was suddenly drawn to an area emitting a faint golden glow.

"Could there be some treasure?" Li Fan frowned, then quickly headed over.

But the result left him very disappointed.

Upon approaching, there was only a large, narrow cave. The golden fluorescence was merely the reflection and refraction of sunlight off the spring water inside the cave.

Li Fan was just about to leave.

Suddenly, looking at the cave, an idea struck him.

This place seemed like an excellent fishing spot!

Of course, what he was fishing for wasn't real fish, but people!

Thus,

Li Fan immediately took out some glittering colored lanterns and began setting them up around the cave.

In a short while,

the cave, viewed from the outside, had become extraordinarily mystical.

Even if people didn't think there was treasure inside, they would have to stop and take a look!

After setting up the bait, Li Fan began his next operation.

He found a huge stone wall and carved a line of text on it:

"Examinee Notice: Entering the cave together with five hundred Examinees simultaneously will activate the Exotic Treasure Switch. Afterward, it can be freely contested. However, be warned: attempting to proceed with fewer than five hundred people will fail to activate the Exotic Treasure and will result in being hunted by the Gatekeeper!"

That's right,

Li Fan directly pulled off a 'false imperial edict' maneuver.

With this notice,

any overly clever Examinee who saw it would likely assume it was a Secret Realm Easter egg and want to give it a try.

At that time, he only needed to put on his stealth suit and play the role of a Gatekeeper.

Once all five hundred Examinees were inside, he would spring the trap!

As for why it had to be five hundred people,

there was no other choice; the space inside this cave seemingly could only accommodate five hundred people moving freely at most.

Soon after everything was prepared,

Li Fan changed into his stealth suit and began waiting for his prey.

...

About an hour passed.

A small team of five people arrived outside the cave entrance.

"Good heavens! There really is treasure in this cave! Look at this stone tablet!"

"Wow! It really seems like it! But why don't I remember the Secret Realm having treasure Easter eggs?"

"Easter egg, Easter egg, they said it's an Easter egg, so we definitely have to discover it ourselves!"

"That makes sense! But this requirement is a bit excessive, needing five hundred people to activate it. When that many people show up, will we still have a chance to grab it?"

"Actually, it's not too bad. The ten schools combined have over ten thousand people. Only needing five hundred to activate it is quite good. Five hundred isn't too intense."

"I think we should be cautious. It's hard to confirm if this is really an opportunity Easter egg. The writing on this stone tablet looks quite new."

"What's so hard to confirm? Didn't it say there's a Gatekeeper inside? We can send one person in. If we really meet them, then it's real! The new writing just proves it—this Secret Realm is new, so what else couldn't be new?"

"That makes sense!"

...

Five minutes later,

Li Fan rushed out, instantly defeating one person until they automatically withdrew from the competition, and then calmly returned to the cave. The entire process completely ignored the other members of the team,

as if he were just an emotionless NPC.

And this scene,

undoubtedly confirmed the team's suspicions.

"Good heavens! It seems to be real!"

"Five hundred people, that's a bit hard to gather."

"No problem, we'll split into three groups; it shouldn't take long to gather them!"