"Hello, hello?"

"Stop saying 'hello,' the signal is bad, you can't hear me." Yi Beixuan couldn't help but remind Su Qiluo, who kept saying "hello" into the communicator.

Hearing Yi Beixuan's words, Su Qiluo sighed helplessly and put the communicator back into his sleeve.

"She said she would give me an answer today."

"What reply?" Yi Beixuan asked as he stuffed a compressed biscuit into his mouth.

"We're not together yet, I'm still pursuing her." Su Qiluo lowered her head, broke off a piece of biscuit, put it in her mouth and chewed it a few times. It had little taste, like chewing wax.

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Beixuan's mouth dropped open in surprise. So they weren't even together yet. "Then you're doomed."

Su Qiluo turned her head to look at him in confusion, but didn't say anything, waiting for him to tell her what happened next.

"Look, you two aren't even together yet, but you've only spent a few days with her in the past few months? If you're still pursuing her, you haven't even been pursuing her for very long. No one would be with someone who's never home."

Yi Beixuan frowned and gave him a thorough analysis.

Although Mu Qingyun seemed to like Su Qiluo quite a bit, he felt that no one could tolerate their partner coming home for a day and then leaving for a month.

After hearing his analysis, Su Qiluo felt even more panicked.

Looking at the communicator in his hand, which only crackled with electricity, he really wanted to smash it in a fit of anger.

"Help! It's happening again."

The voices of villagers could be heard in the distance. The two exchanged a glance, and Su Qiluo put away the communicator in his hand and went outside with Yi Beixuan.

......

"Let's go, I'll take you to the trial entrance." The doctor handed her a storage bag, "I've put some necessities here, all of which are allowed to be brought in."

“No need,” she shook her head, not reaching for the storage bag. “I’m ready.”

oh?

Upon hearing this, the doctor looked at the storage bag in his hand.

That's right. She's not like those two brats, Su Qiluo and Yi Beixuan. Those two are always causing trouble. Even when they go to play in the trials, they have to have others prepare things for them.

"Wait for me at the door, I'll go get the car."

The doctor glanced at her before leaving.

Mu Qingyun was dressed in men's clothing. She even made her skin tone as dark as before and added a few freckles to her face, still looking ugly.

The doctor pointed to her throat and said, "Look at your Adam's apple. People online are scrutinizing you like you're under a microscope these days. You'll be exposed if you're not careful."

"It's alright, so what if we get exposed? We'll get exposed sooner or later anyway." Mu Qingyun didn't care at all. In her opinion, it didn't matter if it was a man or a woman. In her previous life, because of the inequality between men and women, she was not a man and had no chance of getting the throne.

The doctor led her to the trial entrance, which was already packed with people, with almost every contestant bringing their families.

"Go ahead, and I wish you success in getting out. Qi Luo and I will prepare your favorite wine and wait for you at the exit." The Doctor turned his head to look at the crowded trial entrance, raised his chin, and gestured to her.

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun fully accepted his kindness, thanked him, and headed towards the trial entrance.

Seeing that everyone was traveling light, she marveled more than once at how amazing the technology of this era truly is.

In the past, she would probably have had to carry a bunch of things around, struggling to squeeze through the trial entrance.

"Please enter in an orderly manner and do not crowd."

As the loudspeaker announced, all the contestants immediately moved toward the trial entrance in an orderly fashion, and their families also moved aside to make room for them.

"Go for it, baby! You're the best, you have to beat the game!"

"Keep it up! Mom will be watching you on the live stream!"

The shouts all around were cheers for their children or friends.

Mu Qingyun listened to their shouts without feeling anything.

She had experienced many things like this before, and was already used to it.

However, just as she squeezed into the trial entrance, a tingling sensation suddenly came from her wrist.

Looking down, the button-shaped communicator on his wrist was flashing green.

"Hello?"

If you put your ear close, you can only hear a crackling sound; you can't make out a single complete sentence.

"Add, sizzle, add, oil, sizzle, sizzle."

It was Su Qiluo's voice.

He was encouraging himself.

"Come back quickly." She smiled and whispered, then tucked the communicator into her sleeve.

This communicator was made by the doctor and can block any detection equipment; she can take it with her into the trial.

Upon entering the second trial center, she was placed in a live-streaming room, seated in a spacecraft, and then randomly dropped off somewhere.

Ah, Brother Mu, we meet again.

I miss you so much, Brother Mu! I'll be able to watch you conquer the challenges again!

She glanced down at the comments that had appeared on her wrist, then lowered her hand and looked around at her surroundings.

She was in a ruin, surrounded by broken walls and debris, which looked like a bombed-out building.

"Beep beep beep—Please be aware."

Suddenly, a mechanical female voice came from the live stream: "Now, the rules for the second round will be announced."

"Contestants, you are in ruins. Wild insectoids and various hidden dangers may appear in the ruins."

"In this level, a raw stone is hidden in some places. Finding it will be difficult, and obtaining it will also be difficult."

"After finding the original stone, the contestants need to find the exit of the trial on their own. Only those who have the original stone on them can successfully exit."

"There are fifty raw stones in total. There are five trial exit locations. First come, first served. Those who come later can try to grab them."

"We're about to deploy the fog of war. Please remember the terrain and find a place to stay while we have this time. Just a reminder, the fog of war will be deployed during the day and withdrawn at night, and the live stream will be turned off."

Hope to see you at the exit! Keep it up!

The robotic female voice abruptly stopped, and the live stream was shut down.

Mu Qingyun frowned as she listened. Raw stones? Looking for raw stones in a place like this?

The problem is that they didn't say what the raw stone looks like, so how are we supposed to find it?

She took out some protein powder from the storage bag, ate some, drank some water, and started walking along the ruins.

It's not safe here. The ruins are crumbling and you absolutely can't live down there. If it collapses and you get crushed to death, that would be incredibly frustrating.

However, there isn't much open space here, and besides, open spaces are exposed to the wind and sun. This kind of terrain is simply unsuitable for setting up tents or even simple structures.

Not only was there limited accommodation, but the only food available was a limited amount of protein powder. There was plenty of water, but you couldn't fill your stomach just by drinking water.

Moreover, this place is a wasteland with no water source, and it is currently unknown whether there are any other edible animals besides the Zerg.

Most importantly, they'll soon release a fog, making it virtually impossible to move an inch under its cover.