The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle
Chapter 564: 340: Black and White Bear! Extreme Punishment for Anyone!_2
Chapter 564: Chapter 340: Black and White Bear! Extreme Punishment for Anyone!_2
It was like chains clashing against each other.
The next moment.
Su Qi’s vision returned to normal, and he stepped into the world inside the door.
Five followers also followed Su Qi, arriving here.
“This is…”
Su Qi looked at the space in front of him, the giant display screens, and the several hidden spray devices, like a disinfection room sealed off from the world.
When he turned to look at the door, behind it was a mass of chaotic darkness, where the Old Days churned terror, eager to swallow everything.
It seemed that if he regretted his decision and wanted to go back, it was already too late.
“Venerable sir, be careful,” the followers didn’t rush to summon the projection of the Dark Scripture, as it needed time to cool down.
“Please wait for us to probe first.”
Su Qi nodded slightly.
And in his heart, he heard the voice of Luo Shenfu.
“To be honest…”
Luo Shenfu frowned slightly and said, “I never expected to appear in a room like a disinfection chamber.”
“Furthermore, these displays, wiring, digital clocks, and so on, it’s as if we’ve come to a very ordinary world.”
“What appears ordinary, when placed here, becomes quite abnormal.”
Luo Shenfu: “In any case… be very careful, after all, this is where beings greater than the extraordinary lie dormant.”
Su Qi actually looked at the scene, his brow twitching slightly, as it reminded him of… the hospital in the Anxious Land.
On the surface, it appeared to be an ordinary hospital housing several patients.
But everything was just a facade, the patients inside were all Gods, and the doctors and nurses were Demigods, with the first and second floors being areas completely devoured by the Old Days, leaving no trace.
Su Qi looked back.
Now it was all too similar to that time, he really was ahead of the curve.
Time passed by the minute.
The followers had already discovered that the room was sealed shut, and even using Spiritual Energy, they couldn’t break through.
Su Qi didn’t bother with futile efforts, as he had already seen the lock on the door of the exit, displaying a message.
[The door is locked, it cannot be destroyed by anything.]
And the only thing moving,
was the door behind him, which was slowly closing as time ticked by.
It seemed like they were now just waiting to be matched, with players continuously entering, and once the Ripple Gate behind them was completely closed, that would mark the real beginning.
Su Qi also noticed something else, the flow of time in this space was different from the outside.
[An hour here is a day in the outside world.]
As the Ripple Gate inch by inch drew shut, two hours had passed when it was finally sealed tight. Perhaps a large number of… beings had already entered here, just in different rooms?
And it was at this moment.
The display screens flickered slightly.
Inside, a mass of pixel blocks slowly emerged.
Under Su Qi’s watchful eye.
They slowly gathered together to form a pixelated figure of a Black and White Bear that wasn’t very clear.
Su Qi’s eyebrows raised.
This Black and White Bear, on one side white… with a gentle smile, and on the other side pitch black, the smile beneath the pixels devilish, revealing red sharp fangs.
“Hee hee hee.”
It let out a grating and sharp voice, accompanied by a weird laugh that seemed to rise from the soul, bringing an immediate chill.
“For so very long, we haven’t seen this many people.”
“Regardless, welcome to the Old Execution Ground!!”
These words echoed through the room via the broadcast, drilling into everyone’s ears!
Luo Shenfu also felt a chill, and he even had an inexplicable feeling that he was included in ‘you all’!
What in the world was this?
Su Qi’s expression subtly shifted. He didn’t know why he felt a sense of familiarity, but after thinking it over again and again, he had no memory fragments of a Black and White Bear.
“Although I know you have many questions, they are not important. As soon as I open the door, you will quickly understand what you need to do.”
The Black and White Bear, seemingly playing the role of a guide, struck a gentlemanly pose, its eyes whirring around: “Of course, there are a few small steps before you can leave this door.”
“First step.” It twisted its mouth into a sinister smile, “That is to kill the other people, because… only one person can leave alive!”
With those words,
The atmosphere in the other rooms probably became unbearably heavy in an instant!
Several… followers’ eyes hardened, their gaze immediately showing a crazed resolve to die.
This group of madmen had just decided on their fatal course.
But as if noticing that beings from other rooms were already preparing to strike,
The Black and White Bear narrowed its eyes and bared its teeth, “Hey, just kidding!”
“I won’t allow any acts of violence against one another!”
“Even if you are enemies, bearing grudges and scores to settle!”
“After all,”
“the only thing that can determine your fate here is… the death penalty.”
It delivered this with a sinister smile; it was just a black and white, pixel art style bear, yet its laughter unnerved countless people.
“First step!”
“Let’s cleanse you first!”
It snapped its fingers.
The room’s sprayers began to emit a mist that seemed ordinary, but it made everyone, whether in terms of spiritual energy or physical body, feel as if they were rejuvenated.
Everyone’s condition was more or less exhausted from braving the Black Rain and the Old Days, having been stained by a lot of the Black Rain from the Old Days.
Now, however, they have all been restored to optimum condition.
Luo Shenfu muttered, “Why can I even feel my soul recovering.”
“This substance being sprayed out… is extraordinary.”
Su Qi moved slightly; he didn’t need to recover anything, but the mysterious blue mark on his palm was quietly absorbing the vapor being sprayed out, which concerned him a bit.
To be honest.
When he discovered the blue mark, Su Qi was surprised, not knowing when he had acquired it, and no matter how he tried to activate his spiritual energy, he couldn’t use it, so he had to set it aside.
Unexpectedly,
it had now started to absorb on its own.
However, the absorption was as quick as it was fleeting; soon the sprayers ceased their operation.
“Second step.”
The Black and White Bear extended its pixelated finger with sharp tips, even having exaggerated white light special effects:
“I’m giving you all something!”
A giant gear noise echoed in the room; the walls retracted like fans, revealing a multitude of gears turning within.
Everyone felt metal objects slowly appearing in their pockets.
“Everyone starts with a white key, which can open any door; no matter the person or their state of being, once the door is opened, the key is considered used up.”
“Anyone who leaves the room without getting a new key will undergo execution punishment!”
“As for what the execution is, you’ll understand once you experience it.”
It laughed evilly.
“But don’t hurry, there’s still the final third step.”
“And that is…”
“Surprise boxes.”
“I’ve left many surprise boxes in different rooms, consider them Easter eggs. They might contain various dangerous extreme punishments, or you might receive unimaginable treasures.”
“In any case, everything is now introduced.”
“So,”
it rasped with a sinister chuckle:
“Welcome to… this ‘nonexistent world’!”
At that moment,
Su Qi paused, seeming to know why the welcome felt familiar; it wasn’t because it somewhat resembled the greetings at Paradise every time you entered.
It was the strange art style, laced with pixelated curiosity and bemusement!
It instantly reminded Su Qi,
of that afternoon he first returned from the Investigation Bureau when he first saw the massive screen advertisement for “Abyssal Paradise.”
The strange figure wearing a sinister mask that appeared on the screen.
“Click!”
The indestructible door opened on cue, revealing the pure white corridor inside.
Su Qi pulled out his white key, holding it in his hand.
“Do you have your keys?”
“Yes.”
The followers nodded seriously, each taking out a key, as it said.
“It seems we all start with a white key.”
“But, Venerable Sir, there is no need to worry.” They revealed a bloodthirsty, cruel smile: “We’ll get more from others.”
“Good.”
Su Qi smiled faintly and stepped toward the room’s doorway.
He also had three steps.
The first step.
That would be… exploiting a bug.