Another large classroom.
Lin Nai, Fang Wu, Hua Lingze, Meng Feifei, and the others suddenly opened their eyes and woke up from the illusion.
It felt like waking from a long dream.
Although Fang Wu, Hua Lingze, Mu Xun and others left the illusion first.
But they woke up at exactly the same time as everyone else.
The contestants in the classroom all looked horrified, clearly not yet fully recovered from the illusion they had just experienced.
Some players, even after waking up, remained immersed in the world they had just experienced, as if they had woken up from a nightmare and hadn't yet escaped it.
"Aaaaaah!... Help! Get away from me! What do you want?!"
"Hey, wake up! We're back to reality! Are you still going crazy?"
"What...what just happened?"
How did we get here?
Was that just a dream...?
"Idiot! Obviously not, we're out of that illusionary world!"
Linnaeus also woke up.
However, he did not return to reality immediately.
Instead, it sank into its own sea of the dead.
In the dark and boundless Sea of the Dead, Linnai stood on a lone boat, watching as undead creatures were chained to the rocks.
But those undead creatures were all rather strange.
They had no physical form; they appeared as a mass of gray light.
Lin Nai thought to himself, "These must be the spirits of the townspeople I just harvested in the town."
But why does it look so strange?
Linnaeus reached out his hand.
I touched it with my finger.
Upon being touched, the humanoid ball of light immediately dissipated.
It was as if a water-filled balloon had been punctured, scattering and then being absorbed into the Sea of the Dead.
Lin Nai scratched his chin.
Could it be because they are spirits in an illusion... different from spirits in the real world?
"Hey! Brother Nai!"
A voice came.
Linna slowly opened her eyes and returned to reality.
Sitting next to him was Meng Feifei, who was shaking Lin Nai's shoulders vigorously.
Seeing that Lin Nai had finally woken up, Meng Feifei breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh my god, you scared me! I thought you were going to sleep forever."
Lin Nai acted as if nothing had happened and casually asked him, "How did you do in that last challenge?"
"Ugh, don't even mention it." Meng Feifei looked miserable and leaned back. "After I came out of that mountain forest, broke through the maze formation, and arrived at that town, it was already past midnight. As soon as I entered the town, I was chased by a group of crazy townspeople who were emanating black energy... My god, it scared me to death! I thought everyone in the town had gone mad and been invaded by demons! Later I found out that it was a damn illusionary world!"
After a pause, Meng Feifei asked again, "Nai-ge, how's it going on your end? Have you reached the 'finish line' yet?"
Linna thought for a moment, then shook her head: "Oh, no."
He remained in that illusory world until the very moment the illusion collapsed.
It shouldn't be considered that we've reached the finish line.
“Even you, Brother Nai, couldn’t reach the finish line…” Meng Feifei sighed, “This level was really too difficult… But what exactly happened in the illusion just now? Why did the illusion suddenly collapse?”
Linna remained silent and did not speak.
Hua Lingze and Fang Wudu sat in the seats in front of Lin Nai.
Fang Wu was completely dumbfounded.
"Hey... Little Flower, did we just... reach the finish line? Did we pass the test?"
Fang Wu was still somewhat dazed, rubbing his face.
Having spent so much time in the illusionary world, now that I'm back in reality, I'm starting to doubt whether I'm even in an illusion anymore.
"..." Hua Lingze looked resentful and helpless.
Little Flower? What kind of nickname is that?
"I think so, we really did escape the illusion just now—but could you please not call me that again?"
"Oh, sorry..." Fang Wu scratched his head and chuckled, "When I was little, there was a really handsome little boy in our compound. He had delicate skin like a little girl, and he also had the surname Hua, just like you, so I just called him Hua without thinking..."
Hua Lingze: "......"
Hua Lingze didn't speak to him anymore. She turned around and took a deep look at Lin Nai sitting in the back row.
Surprisingly, he was right...
To escape this illusion, one must die!
Hua Lingze sighed inwardly.
He should have realized this when he was captured by those townspeople!
"So, we should be considered among the first two hundred to reach the finish line, right?"
Fang Wu was still worried about whether he had made it into the top 200, and said in a low voice, "Looking at the people around me, it seems like not many of them have passed the test."
Hua Lingze crossed her arms and said calmly, "I reckon there aren't even two hundred people who can pass this test."
"Huh??" Fang Wu was taken aback.
Hua Lingze said, "The difficulty of this illusion is far beyond the ability of a first-year student to solve."
Then he added, "Also, haven't you noticed? There are over six hundred people participating in this round of the competition, but there are only about two hundred students in this large classroom right now. I estimate that those who are sitting here have all passed the test."
Upon hearing this, Fang Wu turned around and counted carefully.
Sure enough, there were only two hundred people!
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