CHAPTER 206: CHAPTER 3: SKY PIT (PART 3)

Li Shuning only felt her body becoming lighter and lighter, and suddenly, she seemed to see the blue sky.

The next moment, her speed of ascension suddenly increased, and when Li Shuning came back to her senses, she found herself standing at the edge of a giant pit.

And beside that giant pit, there were countless people standing there.

Some seemed to recognize each other, and those people hugged and began to weep bitterly.

Gradually, people dispersed. Li Shuning looked around and found a mall, which was empty at the moment. She went inside, her spiritual power still detecting her surroundings. After confirming no one noticed her, she entered the restroom, retrieved some items from the Qiankun Ring, and jammed the cubicle door. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and began to receive the storyline.

This world is quite peculiar. It was originally a modernized world, but on New Year’s Eve a year ago, while everyone was immersed in joy, the sky suddenly turned blood-red, and the entire land became red.

At that time, people thought it was a spectacle and hadn’t noticed anything unusual. After that blood-red color enveloped the entire planet, everyone fell into a deep sleep.

Upon awakening, they discovered that a pit had appeared in every city.

In sparsely populated areas, the pits were smaller; in populous cities, gigantic pits appeared.

Back then, people didn’t know what those pits were and thought they were sinkholes, attempting to fill them, but no matter how much soil they poured, the pits couldn’t be filled.

Then someone thought of entering the pit for a look. Ultimately, no one was allowed to go down due to the unknown danger, so they sent down a detector equipped with cameras.

However, those detectors didn’t find anything unusual; it was all pitch black, and no bottom was visible.

Back then, there were all sorts of speculations online, but none reached a conclusion. Following the phenomenon on New Year’s Eve, these pits became known as Sky Pits.

It was only when one day everyone involuntarily moved towards the Sky Pit that people began to panic.

No matter your identity, no matter which city you were in, everyone would move toward the city’s Sky Pit.

Even if you locked the door or tried all sorts of ways to keep yourself inside, it was useless. Mysteriously, those locks or confinements would fail, and people would come out.

People who reached the Sky Pit’s edge would automatically jump into it.

No one knows what kind of existence these Sky Pits are, or who is controlling them. Watching a group of people jump into the pit, one may find themselves alone upon standing, with not a soul around.

Alone in a gloomy environment, anyone would feel terrified.

If you stay still, you’ll find that unidentified objects gradually approach you.

Unknown animals, ordinary-looking flowers and plants, motionless trees, and rivers, all hide lethal danger. Something that seems ordinary could take your life in the next moment.

Li Shuning was born into an Ancient Martial Family, living in seclusion. Her family members practiced martial arts from a young age, and she was always a talented lady in the family.

In this world, the strength levels of ancient martial arts are divided into six levels. Li Shuning, at a young age, had already reached the Third Rank.

If this world continued to develop steadily, Li Shuning would become a true martial arts master, perhaps even the pillar of her family.

However, with the advent of the Sky Pits, everyone was dragged into the pit. Surviving in the pit for seven days would result in automatic transportation back outside, just like how Li Shuning had soared into the air and was transported back to the ground earlier.

The emergence of the Sky Pits led to many deaths, for there were the elderly and children, and the pits did not spare anyone.

After surviving seven days in the pit, returning to the ground would grant three months of rest.

This directly led to the collapse of world order.

Ancient Martial Families began emerging, slowly assuming a dominant position.

However, the number of deaths due to the Sky Pits continued to grow.

Ancient Martial Families began recruiting people, offering their family’s secret manuals and martial arts training to those willing to join.

Those reclusive families all came to light, and gradually, the structure of the world also changed.

The Li Family’s power was all in Jiang City, naturally placing Jiang City under the Li Family’s control.

As an outstanding core member of the family, Li Shuning did not disappoint her family. During the year, she survived in the Sky Pit with tenacity and even improved her strength.

Before Li Shuning came to this world, she had encountered a woman who was also part of the Li Family, though a lesser-known branch member. At that time, the woman seemed to have attracted a swarm of bees. Seeing someone from her family, Li Shuning naturally went to help.

With Li Shuning’s help, the bee swarm dispersed.

However, just as they were about to leave, more bee swarms appeared.

The two fled frantically, escaping from there.

On the way, Li Shuning learned the woman had dug up a yellow crystal, which attracted the bee swarm.

The bee swarm continued to chase them. Li Shuning suggested the woman throw the crystal away, but she insisted it was valuable due to the bees’ attention, refusing to discard it.

Li Shuning was helpless. She helped as much as she could, but the woman’s stubbornness threatened to drag her down too, prompting her to leave.

However, the woman clung to her and even rubbed the yellow crystal onto Li Shuning’s body. They were standing near a deep ravine, and the woman then pushed Li Shuning down while wrapping the crystal tightly and fled quickly.

Being pushed, Li Shuning fell. With her skills, she should have been fine, but with the crystal’s scent rubbed onto her body, the bee swarm pursued her.

As Li Shuning fell, she was careful not to hit any rocks and quickly shed her scent-laden clothes, but ended up twisting her ankle and scraping her knee.

If Li Shuning hadn’t arrived, she could have been killed by other beings in the ravine.

But then the storyline ended.

Li Shuning couldn’t help but scratch her head, wondering what she should do next.

Could that woman even survive, let alone seek revenge if alive?

In the previous task worlds she’d entered, the storylines were often altered, and as long as she corrected them, it was straightforward and purposeful.

Gradually, now some tasks don’t involve storyline reversal, meaning the tasks required of her are no longer simple as before.