Chapter 2: Gate of Trial



Amid the shouts of fully armed soldiers holding guns, Li Xiu and others came out of the room and walked along the narrow and cold passage in the dim light.

There were many similar rooms on both sides of the passage, and the people inside were all driven out and moved slowly towards the end of the passage.

After turning a few corners, the scene in front of him suddenly became clear, and a huge underground space with bright lights appeared in front of Li Xiu.

The steel frame and wooden beams serve as the main support for the underground space. Through the steel frame, you can see irregular gray-black rocks above your head. There are damp water droplets hanging in many rock cracks, and there is even moss growing on the rocks.

In the place where the light is most dazzling, a blue stone gate more than ten meters high is embedded in the stone wall. The natural rock wall and the stone gate carved with various exquisite and mysterious patterns form a strong contrast. Against the backdrop of those strange symbols, grooves and patterns, it looks particularly weird and terrifying.

"Is this the gate of trial?" Li Xiu muttered to himself as he looked up at the blue gate.

"It should be called the Devil's Gate." The burly man following Ah Fei sneered, "Boy, you are so unlucky. I don't know why those guys are crazy. They opened the Devil's Gate in advance. You just came here and you don't even have a day of training time. You have to die. It's really pitiful. But even if you have time for training, it's useless. You should pray for the goddess of luck to bless you."

"Shut up!" A cold shout came from the loudspeaker, and soon everyone fell silent. In the huge underground space, it was so quiet that even the sound of dripping water could be heard.

On a wooden platform, a man was holding a loudspeaker. Beside him stood two guys who looked like Iron Man, their bodies covered with a strange shell.

That is the magic armor master wearing magic armor, a war machine that can compete with evil spirits, and the top combat power of mankind.

In the eyes of Li Xiu, who is also a magic costume master, these two magic costume masters are second-rate characters. However, to ordinary people, the deterrent power of these two magic costume masters is no less than that of nuclear weapons.

"Some of you know me, and some don't. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Lao Gu, and I am in charge of this place. I won't waste any more time. You know better than anyone why you came here and what you want to get from here. I am waiting for you to come back here. Come out of the trial gate alive and give the things to me in exchange for everything you want. This is your only way out." After Lao Gu finished speaking, he shouted at the blue stone door without waiting for people to answer: "Open the door."

Following Lao Gu's order, several soldiers carrying boxes came to the blue stone door, placed the boxes in front of the stone door, took out blue gems from them, and stuffed them one by one into the grooves of the blue stone door.

When all the grooves on the blue stone door were filled with gems, those gems seemed to be activated by some force. They did not need to reflect any external light, but emitted a strong blue light.

Snap! Snap!

Amid the shining blue light, the blue door opened little by little, and a mysterious and eerie white light shone from the gap in the door.

Without Lao Gu giving any orders, someone had already run towards the open blue door.

Experienced "old men" like the bandit and the strong man were all running forward, only some newcomers were still standing there in a daze.

Snap! Snap!

The sound of soldiers pulling the bolt of their guns came from behind. The newcomers turned around and saw that all the soldiers around them were pointing their guns at them.

"Before the trial gate is closed, anyone who remains outside... will die..." Lao Gu's gloomy voice sounded again.

This time no one hesitated, including Li Xiu, and they all swarmed towards the gap in the blue stone door.

The blue stone door was not even half opened when the blue light on the door began to weaken and the stone door began to slowly close.

People ran towards the stone gate even more desperately, and when the stone gate was about to close completely, everyone had already entered the stone gate.

Boom!

The stone door was completely closed, and the underground space returned to its previous coldness and silence.

In the crowd, Li Xiu looked around. Although he had heard about some things inside the Trial Gate, this was his first time experiencing it personally.

The place where these more than one hundred people were located was actually inside a huge building that looked like a stadium. It was surrounded by layers of rising circular stone steps and had an oval-shaped venue in the middle.

There is a goal in the center of the field. About ten meters away from the goal, there is a cross mark. In the center of the cross mark, there is actually a football.

Li Xiu looked at the people around him, then at himself, and found that no matter what they were wearing when they came, they were now wearing the same white tights wrapped around their entire bodies. The other things on their bodies had also disappeared, and there was a red bracelet on his left wrist with a number on it.

Li Xiu took a look at his bracelet and saw the number on it was 49.

"Bad luck, it's a C-level test!" The sturdy man who had been following Ah Fei looked up at the sky above the stadium and cursed in a low voice.

Li Xiu looked up and found a huge screen floating there, with a big "C" displayed on it.

"Welcome to the Haitian Trial Field. The trial difficulty is C level. The trial rules are as follows..." Some words appeared on the big screen, and a voice like an electronic synthesized sound was heard at the same time.

After listening to the trial rules, some people showed excitement, but most people's faces turned ugly.

The rules of the trial are very simple. All participants are divided into groups of two. One person stands in front of the goal and guards the goal, while the other kicks the ball. There are two chances in total. One point is scored, and one point is also scored for keeping the ball. As long as one point is scored, the trial is completed. Everyone has one chance to guard the goal and kick the ball. If you get one point, you can save your life, and if you get zero points, you will die.

But there are two rewards in total. If one person can get two points, he can take all the rewards.

But if one person gets two points, the other person must get zero points, which means he/she has failed, and the result is death.

No matter how you look at it, this rule is somewhat similar to the penalty shootout rules in football, where one goal determines life or death.

"Now you can start choosing your teammates. Just shake hands and exchange each other's wristbands. You must find your teammates before the countdown ends." The electronic synthesized voice sounded again, and a six-hundred-second countdown appeared on the display.

People were looking around, some seemed confused, some seemed confident, some looked desperate, and some were hesitant.

"According to this rule, as long as two people cooperate, they can both get the reward alive. But if my teammates don't cooperate, then it's hard to say. Choosing teammates is the key to this trial." Li Xiu thought to himself.

In fact, everyone understands this truth, but human hearts are hard to predict. In a place like this, who is worthy of trust?

"Boy, do you want to team up with me?" When Li Zhengxing was thinking, he suddenly saw the strong man walk up to him, smiling and stretching out his hand with a red bracelet.


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