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Chapter 458: The Illusory Duel (Part 1) - Temple Escape
Chapter 458: The Illusory Duel (Part 1) - Temple Escape
Su Yu couldn't help but feel exasperated as he read the two options in front of him.
What's the difference between "Yes" and "Participate"? This is clearly forcing me to join, isn't it?
And the countdown for the choice was incredibly fast.
Three seconds later, without making a choice, Su Yu's consciousness was forcibly separated from his body and teleported into the illusory dungeon. His physical body slumped limply onto the cold floor of the third level of the Mage Tower.
Morning Star, the cat, was still on the table, enjoying her snacks.
She was startled when she saw Su Yu collapse.
"Hey, Arch Nemesis, what's wrong with you?" Morning Star leaped from the table to Su Yu's head, pawing at him frantically.
But Su Yu remained motionless, as if he had turned into a vegetable.
From Su Yu's perspective, the world around him began to distort and change.
After about five seconds, his consciousness arrived in a gray, oppressive space.
There was nothing around this gray space, giving it an especially suffocating feel.
The only thing he could see was a signboard-like object in front of him. The board was semi-transparent, with a high-quality appearance, and it displayed the number "27/100" in pale blue.
The number "27" kept increasing, and after about five seconds, it reached "100." The signboard stopped at "100/100."
A clear, cold female voice echoed in Su Yu's ear, "This illusory duel is now full. Please prepare, all participants. The duel will begin in 10 seconds."
"10, 9, 8..."
Hearing this voice, Su Yu was slightly taken aback.
He was 100% certain that this voice belonged to Bernina Tide!
Why is Bernina here, narrating the illusory duel?
But he didn't have time to dwell on it.
The 10-second countdown quickly ended, and the gray space in front of Su Yu shattered like glass, replaced by a dark, dry passageway.
The passageway was about two people tall and one person wide, with walls made entirely of earthy yellow mud bricks.
Sunlight filtered through a hole in the ceiling, allowing Su Yu to barely make out his surroundings.
The passageway ahead was pitch black, leading to an unknown destination. However, gold coins were floating upright on the ground.
"Roar!"
A loud, monstrous roar echoed from behind him.
From the shadows at the end of the passageway, a furry, terrifying creature resembling a giant gorilla emerged, brandishing a wooden club that whistled through the air as it aimed for Su Yu.
Su Yu quickly assessed the situation and found that this gorilla had about a third-tier strength, while the human body he controlled was only second-tier, with very weak defenses. If he were hit by that club, it would be certain death!
The moment the gorilla appeared, his body began to run uncontrollably down the passageway.
At the same time, Bernina's voice echoed in his ear, "Welcome, adventurers, to the random dungeon, Temple Escape."
"You are an adventurer who has come to an ancient temple to seek treasure but has encountered a monster's pursuit."
"Your body is running uncontrollably forward. The only actions you can perform are turning, jumping, making small lateral movements, and crouching backward. You cannot use any skills."
"During the run, you will climb over ancient temple walls, scale steep cliffs, and can make small lateral movements to collect gold coins on the track. If you fall off the track or are caught by the monster, you will be disqualified."
"The run will last for 10 minutes. At the end, the player who collects the most gold coins will be declared the winner and advance to the next round."
“Temple Run,” Su Yu’s lips twitched as he ran.
In his past life, he had played this kind of mini-game before. The challenge lay in quick reflexes, timely turns, and dodging various obstacles. Players with slow reactions might not turn when they should, leading to collisions with walls or running off the track, resulting in elimination.
Su Yu never expected such a mini-game to be the first illusion. However, since he had experience, he navigated the track with much more ease compared to other players.
Left turn, right turn, jump, right turn. After leaving the corridor, Su Yu ran orderly along the temple walls, adjusting his path to collect more gold coins.
The number of participating players gradually decreased. After running 200 meters, the number of participants dropped from "100/100" to "78/100."
Su Yu didn’t pay much attention to the player count, focusing on completing the race at his own pace.
The number of players continued to dwindle.
By the time he had run about 600 meters, the number of participants had dropped to "50/100."
Just then, Su Yu’s field of vision was suddenly flooded with blinding red light, which kept flashing.
"Warning! Warning! Entering second stage in 3, 2, 1, 0."
As the countdown ended, the "gorilla" chasing Su Yu from five meters behind suddenly threw a wooden stick.
The stick, whistling through the air, flew toward Su Yu’s legs.
"Damn!" Su Yu cursed in C language.
He quickly adjusted his position to the right, calculating the speed of the next ground obstacle and the approaching stick. With two consecutive jumps, he dodged both the obstacle and the stick, followed by a risky turn. He narrowly avoided leaving the track, turning a dangerous situation into safety.
"Phew, that was close!" Su Yu wiped the sweat from his brow, still a bit shaken.
Thankfully, his quick reflexes and sharp senses allowed him to detect the danger from behind in time, or he might have crashed!
Glancing at the remaining player count, it had dropped to "33/100." Clearly, several players hadn’t passed the previous challenge.
However, before Su Yu could catch his breath, the red light flashed again!
"Warning! Warning! Entering third stage in 3, 2, 1, 0."
Su Yu’s heart tightened as he focused all his attention on his surroundings, especially on the "gorilla" behind him. Was it going to throw something again?
To his surprise, after the countdown ended, no sudden event occurred. The gorilla didn’t throw anything; instead, his character’s running speed doubled within five seconds!
Now, Su Yu’s character had left the temple walls and was running along the ridge of a small mountain.
The sudden acceleration almost caused him to lose his footing and fall off the ridge!
Fortunately, Su Yu’s strong mental fortitude allowed him to quickly adjust his rhythm, preventing his character from losing control due to the chaos.
However, other players weren’t so lucky. The doubled speed made it impossible for many to react in time.
Within the short 20 seconds of entering the third stage, the player count rapidly dropped from "33/100" to "10/100," with almost one player per second running off the track.
When the number hit "10/100," the blinding red light flashed once more.
"Warning! Warning! Entering fourth stage in 3, 2, 1, 0."
(End of Chapter)
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