Challenge Competition·Buzhou Mountain Arena (Part 3)
Congratulations to challenger Lin Bai for completing the hidden dungeon "Power of Chaos" and receiving the reward "Memory of the Chaos Beast." All challengers will also regain their senses and will not be able to complete the dungeon again.
All the contestants' senses were restored, the sounds of wind and breathing could be heard again in their ears, their vision was no longer blurred, their sense of touch returned, and the world came alive again.
However, all the contestants' attention was not on themselves, but on the name on the display screen - Lin Bai.
The thin but straight-backed black-haired girl stood quietly, as if she had just walked out of a storm, with a mysterious aura unique to the Oriental people lingering around her.
Barrages and comments were not allowed during the live broadcast, and the shocked, puzzled, and fanatical discussions about Lin Bai on Xingbo were overwhelming as soon as Lin Bai passed the first level.
[Are you kidding me?! That pure-blooded human?!]
[How did she do it? A human was the first to clear the hidden dungeon?!]
[There are actually hidden copies. Has there been any before? ]
What did she just go through? Can someone replay the video?!
[Wait, did she just briefly merge with the god's spirit?!]
[I just noticed her. Both she and her classmate Chen Wen can summon two gods. Did they learn from each other offline? I suggest making this public.]
Countless exclamations and doubts swept across the Star Network, and major media outlets rushed to capture Lin Bai's images. In an instant, the Federation's social platforms, news sections, and event forums were all occupied by Lin Bai's photos.
Gu Ping, the level designer who was in the core studio of the event, frowned slightly and stared at the screen with deep eyes.
Her original design was to plunge all the contestants into chaos, struggling in endless loss and self-doubt, until the giant pushed down the pillar of heaven and the chaos would temporarily cease, thereby affecting the contestants' strength and stimulating their potential.
The core test of this level lies in psychology. She is confident that her design is sophisticated enough to make most of the players fall into despair. Although someone broke through first, it did not affect the overall operation of the field.
But she never expected that the one who would break this trial would be Lin Bai, a pure-blooded human.
Gu Ping's eyes flickered slightly, and he tapped the tabletop with his fingertips, muttering to himself, "I need to pay close attention to this Lin Bai."
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Lin Bai appeared calm on the surface, but the memories of the Chaos Beast came flooding back, as if all the information in the universe since the explosion was poured into her mind.
Those vast memories slipped away from her mind like quicksand. When she finally woke up, she found that she had retained almost nothing.
She slowly raised her gaze, gazing into the distance. She still saw the towering outline of Mount Buzhou, stretching across the sky and earth. Yet, she felt something was amiss, as if her perception had been magnified countless times, and the world had become a completely different place.
She clenched her fists lightly, trying to adjust herself. At this moment, a strange aura emerged from her body, seemingly a remnant of the Chaos Beast's memories. She could sense some unknown power lurking within her, but she couldn't control it for the time being.
She frowned, temporarily suppressing her inner anxiety, and looked around. At this moment, all the contestants had regained their senses and were adjusting their states.
Lin Bai frowned slightly and looked down at the ground beneath his feet. The tremors became more and more violent, as if something huge was beating.
On the distant horizon, dark clouds rolled, and a chilling atmosphere suddenly rose between heaven and earth. Then, a gigantic figure, obscuring the sky and sun, slowly emerged, accompanied by heavy footsteps, like a moving mountain.
It was a giant, radiating a violent aura. His eyes were as deep as the abyss, emitting a cold, dark light. In his hand, he held a halberd that resembled a surging wave. Every step he took shook the heavens and the earth.
And directly opposite the giant, another towering figure appeared.
He was tall and majestic, with lightning swirling around him, as if the power of heaven and earth was gathered in one body.
Lin Bai watched from afar, the scene before him vaguely familiar. In a flash, he realized the giant holding the halberd was Gonggong, the ancient water god who controlled the raging torrents. Legend has it that he possessed immense strength, powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth when enraged.
Opposite him was Zhuanxu, the legendary Emperor of Heaven, who controlled order and thunder.
The two men confronted each other, and the air was filled with suffocating pressure.
"Zhuanxu! Why can you be the emperor, but I can't!" Gonggong roared, his voice like thunder, shaking the earth and cracking.
Zhuanxu's eyes were calm. He slowly raised his hand and pointed at Gonggong: "The way of heaven is orderly, and chaos must not return. Gonggong, you have crossed the line."
Before he finished speaking, thunder suddenly struck and headed straight for Gonggong!
Gong Gong roared, brandishing his halberd. Raging waves surged upward, and the water and thunder collided violently in mid-air, emitting a deafening roar. The world shook violently under the fierce battle between the two, as if it would collapse at any moment.
Lin Bai stood in the distance, feeling the tremors between heaven and earth, and steadied her body. She stared at the distant battlefield, and had a vague ominous premonition in her heart. This is Mount Buzhou. Gonggong would not crash into Mount Buzhou!
The battle became more and more intense. Gonggong was furious and the violent torrent swept across the sky and the earth. Zhuanxu suppressed it with thunder and lightning struck down one after another.
At this moment, Gonggong suddenly let out a terrifying roar. His figure grew several times larger and he thrust the long spear in his hand forward fiercely, colliding head-on with Zhuanxu's thundering long spear.
boom--
In an instant, the sky and the earth cracked, and violent shock waves swept in all directions. The whole world seemed to collapse under this blow.
However, after this attack, Zhuanxu remained standing, while Gonggong's figure shook violently.
His eyes suddenly locked onto a towering mountain in the distance - Mount Buzhou!
"Mount Buzhou..." A hint of madness flashed in Gonggong's eyes. He suddenly changed direction, stomped his feet on the ground, and his huge body rushed straight towards Mount Buzhou like a meteor!
"Not good!" Lin Bai's heart tightened. She had already realized what Gonggong was going to do.
At this moment, the eyes of all the contestants and all the audience followed Gonggong's figure and turned to Mount Buzhou.
Zhuanxu's face changed slightly, and he was about to stop him, but in the end he was a step too slow.
Gonggong roared angrily and slammed into Mount Buzhou!
boom--
The sky collapsed and the earth split, and the entire world seemed to be completely overturned by this blow!
Mount Buzhou collapsed!
Heaven and earth crumbled, and pitch-black cracks opened across the sky, like ferocious beasts tearing through the heavens. A violent storm surged from the cracks, carrying with it countless debris and turbulent currents, devouring everything. The entire world was plunged into unprecedented disaster.
Lin Bai stood in the storm, watching Mount Buzhou collapse with a roar, her heart pounding like a drum. She guessed this was all part of the competition.
Lin Bai knew she had to do something. Countless ancient myths and legends flashed through her mind, and finally, almost instinctively, she whispered, "Nuwa, holding a rope in her left hand and an axe in her right, created humans from the earth, patched the sky with stone, and had the power to move mountains and fill the sea."
Behind Lin Bai, a towering figure slowly emerged—a deity with a human head and a snake body, eyes lowered, gentle yet solemn. Her aura was vast, as if she had existed since the beginning of the world, sacred and inviolable.
However, the price of this summoning was extremely tragic. Lin Bai felt her blood surge through her body, a mouthful of blood gushing out, and scarlet beads of blood seeped out of her pores. Her face instantly turned as pale as paper. She gritted her teeth and held on tightly. Even though her body was on the verge of collapse, her will did not waver.
Behind her, Nuwa slowly raised her hand, and colorful divine stones emerged in her palm. The dazzling streams of light intertwined, as bright as the stars. The next moment, these divine stones turned into meteors and flew towards the broken sky.
As the heavens and earth shook, multicolored stones embedded themselves in the cracks of the sky, mending the shattered heavens. The void, which had been endlessly collapsing, gradually stabilized under the influence of this divine power.
However, Lin Bai was covered in blood and trembling, her spiritual energy nearly depleted, her mental strength stretched to its limit. Just as she drifted off into a trance, a solemn and distant voice echoed in her ears: "Fellow Chinese, are you willing to carry my spiritual consciousness with you, journey through the heavens, and help me restore the world? I will grant you a strong body and repair your now shattered shell."
Lin Bai's consciousness was blurred and she couldn't even determine the source of the sound. She didn't have the strength to answer and could only rely on her last bit of willpower to prevent herself from falling.
Time slowly passed, the damage to the sky gradually healed, and the entire world finally returned to stability. However, the two giants had long been frozen in place, not moving for a long time.
Lin Bai could no longer hold on, his knees gave way, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Just as she was about to lose consciousness, a golden light emerged from behind her. The shadow of Nuwa slowly descended, gazing down at her. Her voice was gentle and ancient: "You have heard my voice. Will you agree to my request?"
Lin Bai then realized that the one who had called her was none other than the ancient deity Nuwa, who had repaired the sky and created humans.
She tried her best to raise her eyelids and nodded with a slight tremor.
"good."
Nuwa slowly extended her hand. She adjusted Lin Bai's body like kneading mud. Lin Bai felt a warm power flowing into his body. The fatigue and pain in his limbs were instantly dispelled, and the damaged meridians were repaired bit by bit. Even his mental strength became unprecedentedly broad and clear.
However, what truly shocked her were the miraculous changes in her body. She could clearly sense that her physique had been completely reshaped, as if it had been sculpted by the hands of a god, with every inch of flesh and blood, every bone polished to best suit her.
This is...the gift from the God who created man.
Soon, Nuwa stopped, her eyes gentle and deep.
"This is your limit. In your current terms, summoning ordinary gods will not harm you. However, you must not use my power recklessly."
She paused for a moment and didn't continue speaking, but Lin Bai knew that she was still too weak, and Nuwa could only try her best to improve a little.
Nuwa slowly withdrew her hand, her expression calm: "I hope you will be careful."
After she finished speaking, her figure gradually dissipated and turned into a ray of warm golden light, and finally condensed into an undetectable spiritual consciousness in Lin Bai's body, quietly staying beside the memory of the chaotic beast.
Lin Bai lowered his eyes slightly and remained silent.
At this moment, she clearly realized the significance of being the last pure-blooded spark of the human race.
At the same time, in the competition among other players, no one could directly patch up the sky like Lin Bai.
Innately trained, they reacted well. For example, the mechanical Rock used the "City Wall" Gabaka ability to shield himself and protect himself, while the more agile players dodged the rubble falling from the sky.
After all, there is no contestant without strength. However, among the live broadcast images seen by the stars at this time, only Lin Bai's live broadcast image has a sky, and the sky of others is nothingness.
A system box also appeared in front of everyone.
Congratulations to challenger Lin Bai for completing the second level perfectly. Congratulations to challengers Chen Wen and Rock... for completing the second level - "Giant's Wrath."
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