CHAPTER 637: CHAPTER 637: ICE EMPEROR IN DANGER!

Zhang Yue’s words instantly left everyone speechless.

Everyone hoped Zhang Yue would admit he was the "ghost."

But when Zhang Yue really admitted he was the ghost, what came in return was everyone’s silence.

At 11 o’clock in the morning, a system announcement descended from the sky—

["Ding~ Congratulations to the Dragon Nation contestant [Zero] for being the first to reach the 5-Star Arena King rank!"]

Zhang Yue’s ranking once again soared to number one on the leaderboard.

After clearing the Arena Level-4, the system clearly stated: The Arena Level-5 would only open after 3,000 people reached the 5-star rank, and the number of battlefields in the Arena Level-5 would be compressed to 30.

The further you go, the fiercer the competition becomes.

But no one knows when it will end.

To ensure that his number one position would no longer be shaken by Elfa, after reaching the 5-Star Arena King rank, Zhang Yue spent over an hour, maintaining a 10% return rate, to grind out 300 points of contribution.

He had just logged off and eaten lunch.

Ouyang Ling’er suddenly came looking for him, "President, there seems to be a pretty serious matter."

Zhang Yue glanced at Ouyang Ling’er, "What is it, did Little Raccoon get overwhelmed with orders again?"

"It’s not that..."

Looking at a tablet in her hands, Ouyang Ling’er sat across from Zhang Yue and analyzed, "It’s about the situation of disappearing contestants. Right now, across the entire world, the number of mysteriously vanished contestants has already exceeded three thousand."

"I switched through the perspectives of major streamers and analyzed every arena from Level 1 to Level 4, and found that they were definitely not eliminated by the arena’s system mechanism, but died under unnatural circumstances."

"A perfectly fine living person suddenly disappeared. This is too strange!"

Just as Ouyang Ling’er was explaining the situation to Zhang Yue, Zhang Yue suddenly received a voice message from Ice Emperor, ["I have an important discovery."]

Zhang Yue replied, ["What discovery?"]

However, after the message was sent, there was no follow-up from the other side.

Zhang Yue frowned slightly, with a vague sense of unease.

He immediately said to Ouyang Ling’er, "Search for Ice Emperor’s livestream room."

"Huh? Why search for him?", Though puzzled, Ouyang Ling’er still followed Zhang Yue’s instructions and searched for Ice Emperor.

The result was, "Ice Emperor isn’t live. It shows he ended the stream ten minutes ago."

As if realizing something, Ouyang Ling’er said, "Wait, I’ll contact Elder Moon Mark."

After a moment, Ouyang Ling’er widened her eyes, "Moon Mark says Ice Emperor hasn’t logged off. He’s still in the Hell Gladiator Arena."

"Ice Emperor couldn’t have...", Ouyang Ling’er said in shock, "No, according to his last stream, he closed it himself. His stream wasn’t forcibly interrupted like the others."

After a pause, Ouyang Ling’er sent a message in the Heavens Hall guild group, ["Brothers, did anyone watch Ice Emperor’s stream just now? Speak up."]

Soon, Wu Haotian stepped forward, ["I did. These past two days I’ve been in Ice Emperor’s stream, since we’re both knights, I was hoping to learn some combat techniques from the pro."]

To avoid panic, Ouyang Ling’er privately messaged Wu Haotian, ["What was Ice Emperor doing before he went offline?"]

Wu Haotian thought for a moment and replied, ["He was grinding mobs in the Arena Level-4 to farm contribution. Then he said he was tired and going offline to rest."]

["But, just before he logged off, someone in the chat said that in the same battlefield as Ice Emperor, near his location, a streamer disappeared."]

Seeing this message, Ouyang Ling’er became even more convinced of her suspicions, "Could Ice Emperor really have encountered the ghost?"]

"With his strength, if he ran into the ghost, could he even escape?"

"Could he already be in trouble?"

At this moment, Zhang Yue said, "Whether that’s the case, we’ll know by testing it."

Ouyang Ling’er, "How do we test it?"

As they spoke, Zhang Yue finished his meal and immediately logged in.

He entered the World 33, found a secluded place, and took out a Resurrection God Stone from his storage space.

He engraved Ice Emperor’s ID on the God Stone, then activated the Resurrection God Stone.

In the next moment, the Resurrection God Stone floated in mid-air, emitting a silvery radiance and began to take effect.

This scene caused Zhang Yue’s heart to tremble.

At this time, Ouyang Ling’er sent a message, ["How is it, President? What about Ice Emperor?"]

Zhang Yue informed Ouyang Ling’er, ["Immediately notify Moon Mark and Seraph, have them come to the World 33 at once!"]

Even though Zhang Yue didn’t answer directly, Ouyang Ling’er could infer from his words that Ice Emperor was already in trouble.

She didn’t dare delay, and quickly notified Moon Mark and Seraph as instructed by Zhang Yue.

Three minutes later, Moon Mark and Seraph arrived at the World 33 and met up with Zhang Yue.

Upon seeing the Resurrection God Stone glowing before Zhang Yue, engraved with Ice Emperor’s ID and currently taking effect, both of them were shocked.

"What?"

"How could this happen? Just a few minutes ago, I contacted Old Ice and asked him to come down for a meal. He agreed, how could this..."

"He encountered the ghost," Zhang Yue looked at the active God Stone and said, "The Resurrection God Stone can only be used once per person. Fortunately, he hadn’t died in another world before. Otherwise, he’d be beyond saving."

"Bastard!", Moon Mark clenched his fists, "Who was it? They dared to touch Old Ice. If I meet them, I’ll make sure they don’t even have a grave!"

"Don’t talk big," Beside him, Seraph said, "Even Old Ice wasn’t a match. If you meet the ghost, you’ll probably die too."

Moon Mark looked up at the Resurrection God Stone reviving Ice Emperor and murmured, "I really want to know... what exactly did you encounter..."

"We’ll know once he’s revived," Zhang Yue said, "I called you here to guard the God Stone."

After using the Resurrection God Stone, it takes effect over a 24-hour period. Only after 24 hours is the revival complete.

If destroyed in the meantime, it would be equivalent to the revived person dying a second time.

"You two stay and guard it. I have more important matters to attend to."

Seraph nodded and said, "Alright, leave this to us. You go ahead."

Before his death, Ice Emperor had sent Zhang Yue a message saying he had made a major discovery.

This meant he was not like the other vanished contestants who had no idea what was happening before they died.

He had likely already discovered the killer.

What Zhang Yue wanted to know was not the killer’s identity.

After all, he had already guessed who it was.

What he wanted to know was the ghost’s purpose.

And the answer to that question might already exist in Ice Emperor’s mind.

Only when Ice Emperor is revived can the truth be revealed.

And before that, the "more important matter" Zhang Yue referred to, was to stop the "ghost".

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