Absolute Choice 5
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"Next, you will be teleported to the world of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower's first level. There will be a hundred teleportation waypoints there. You would be randomly split into a hundred ten-person teams and arrive at different locations. The other nine might be strangers to you, or there might be partners for you. That will require a bit of luck, so, I'm wishing you the best of luck."
"You can always cooperate together or viciously compete against each other. In short, by completing the mission and completing the mission faster than the other 90% of survivors is the most important goal. Oh, forgive me for using the term survivors, but this term is very apt, isn't it? Heh heh..."
"Alright, enough of nonsense. I wish...for all of you to return alive."
"Teleportation, begin!"
Before the skinny elder was done with his speech, beams of golden light shot out from all the golden runic patterns of the nexus. Before the rookies managed to digest the elder's long and strange speech, they were enveloped completely by the golden light and disappeared.
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At the moment the golden light enveloped them, their consciousness went hazy. Immediately they felt a sense of weightlessness, as though they had stepped into empty air, but for some reason, they did not fall through.
Shi Xiaobai activated 'Unleaking Turtle Aura' to curb the stimulus on his senses. Opening his eyes, he saw the color of gold flooding his vision.
Moments later, the golden color gradually dissipated, as other colors began appearing in his hazy vision.
His deafened ears gradually recovered their sense of hearing, and he heard a slight noise in his ears.
Shi Xiaobai closed his eyes tightly before opening them wide once again. Finally he could see his surroundings clearly. He was surrounded by a golden screen that extended up into the sky. However, this golden screen was much smaller. The former golden screen was able to encircle more than ten thousand people, but the current golden screen could only encircle area the size of a soccer field.
Shi Xiaobai surveyed his surroundings and saw a few people standing around him in a scattered fashion. These people still had their eyes shut, but their mouths were subconsciously mumbling.
He did a count, and there were a total of ten people including him being enveloped in the golden screen.
From the looks of it, they had arrived in the teleportation waypoint in the first level the skinny elder had mentioned.
Shi Xiaobai took a closer look, but none of the other nine were people he knew. They were all strangers.
"Dong!"
At this moment, a deafening gong of a bell echoed throughout the sky!
The nine other rookies immediately opened their eyes.
As they tried to adjust their eyes, they surveyed their surroundings and looked at others, before speaking.
"This is...inside the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower?"
"We have arrived. Teleportation waypoint?"
"Sigh, I don't know a single person."
"Me too. I don't know anyone."
"After all, it's a random selection of ten people out of a thousand. The chances of being with an acquaintance is just too low."
"..."
A few began having simple exchanges.
At this moment, a youth with glasses came to the middle of the waypoint and loudly said, "Everyone, quiet down and hear me out."
The rookies on the waypoint settled down.
The bespectacled youth pushed his rim and said, "Firstly, we are very lucky to be grouped with Tu Dahei!"
With this said, the rookies immediately looked around and concentrated their gazes on Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai nodded and said, "Your luck is indeed good to have the opportunity to witness This King's charm."
The bespectacled youth immediately gave an awkward smile as he turned to say to the rest, "If I'm not wrong, we are currently having a valuable preparation time. Once the golden screen disappears, the trial will begin officially. I think we should use this time to decide on...a cooperative relationship!"
The youth scanned the expressions of everyone and before anyone reacted, he immediately said, "Cooperation definitely has more advantages than nasty competition! The strength of ten people is definitely better than a single person fighting alone. Furthermore, the other 990 people on other waypoints are our true opponents. And the other people present here should be opponents of our opponents, which means we are friends!"
The youth's words made the rest lose themselves in thought for a while before they responded.
"Yes, this brother is right. We should become friends!"
"Yea, cooperation is indeed advantageous."
"We need to talk over the details of cooperation."
"Everyone, let's work together!"
"..."
The eyes of the bespectacled youth flashed a look of glee before he said to everyone, "To sum it up, I believe we should form a ten-person team. Furthermore, I suggest letting Brother Tu Dahei be our team leader!"
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Chapter221 None of you are qualified!
"To sum it up, I believe we should form a ten-person team. Furthermore, I suggest letting Brother Tu Dahei be our team leader!" the bespectacled youth said.
Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised.
The bespectacled youth was suggesting for him to be leader?
The other rookies turned to look at Shi Xiaobai and frowned for a moment. They finally understood the intent behind the bespectacled youth’s speech!
If Tu Dahei was the leader, it was equivalent to being in the same boat with Tu Dahei. If that was the case, Tu Dahei had the responsibility and obligation to protect them!
This was equivalent to clinging onto Tu Dahei's leg!
"I think it's reasonable!"
"Tu Dahei as leader, I'm fully in favor!"
"I'm willing to join the team led by Tu Dahei!"
"Leader Tu Dahei!"
"Leader!"
"..."
The rookies began to echo the bespectacled youth's suggestion, and even began addressing Tu Dahei as leader loudly.
The bespectacled youth was extremely pleased. If they formed a team and clung onto Tu Dahei, they could then use the newly forged relations to ensure that Tu Dahei would help them complete future missions more easily.
A thirteen-year-old teenager would usually have some silly concept of heroism, even more so for a youth with eighth-grader syndrome who addresses himself as king. Sucking up to him would naturally make him develop a silly sense of responsibility.
The bespectacled youth clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, quiet down. Let our leader speak a few words!"
This sort of false leadership speeches would easily lead a person into thinking that he was truly in charge.
Everyone looked at Shi Xiaobai and waited for him to speak.
"This King refuses!" Shi Xiaobai said with a cold look, "This King refuses to form a team with all of you, and refuses to be your leader!"
The bespectacled youth’s eyebrows twitched before he immediately said with a laugh, "Brother Dahei, is there something you are not satisfied with?"
The other eight rookies frowned.
Shi Xiaobai looked at everyone and said solemnly, "Sorry, none of you are temporarily qualified to become This King's subjects."
With that said, Shi Xiaobai quietly walked towards a corner, leaving them staring at a cold back.
For Shi Xiaobai, the relationship between a leader and a team was equivalent to the relationship between a king and his subjects. As king, he had to be responsible for every subject! And the nine people on the waypoint were strangers to him. He would not establish a relationship of king and subjects with them easily!
This was because once this relationship was established, Shi Xiaobai would do many things that they would never expect. As king, he was even willing to sacrifice his life.
And as strangers, t
hey were temporarily unqualified to receive this!
However, Shi Xiaobai's qualifying words and mental activity was not something the other nine rookies knew of. Hence, what Shi Xiaobai said sounded harsh to their ears.
"Heh heh, this fellow actually thinks of himself as a king?"
"Unqualified? What a joke. Letting you be the leader is just giving you face. Do you think we need it?"
"Fuck, does he truly think he's that good? Your tricks have long been exposed by Fang Zhouzi. To think you think of yourself as some mighty figure."
"Fuck it, I want to say that such a person is unqualified to be our teammate."
"..."
The rookies on the waypoint began a cynical derision as a result of their rage.
The eyes of the bespectacled youth flashed coldly as he said, "Everyone, since he belittles us, why should we think highly of him? With the nine of us forming a team, we'll let him see that we are equally as strong even without him!"
The bespectacled youth decisively gave up on Shi Xiaobai. There was a need to form a cooperative team, and using the common hatred that permeated the atmosphere was perfect.
Indeed, the few rookies did not have a second thought due to their wrath. They immediately went to the bespectacled youth's side and soon, all nine were gathered together. There were a few who proposed for the bespectacled youth to be the leader. After pretending to refuse the role, the bespectacled youth eventually took up the leadership of the nine-person team. They began looking angrily and nefariously at Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai did not speak, nor did he turn around. He only left them watching his silent back.
Suddenly, a resounding gong echoed throughout the sky!
Following that, a majestic and divine voice, from which it was impossible to distinguish its owner’s gender, reverberated through every corner of this tiny world.
"Welcome everyone to the first level of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental World—Nightmare Terror Island!"
Everyone pricked up their ears.
"The clearance requirement for Nightmare Terror Island—Killing a hundred Darkness Nightmare Terrors!"
"The Nightmare Terror Level Lord will arrive in five hours!"
"In a while, the final thirty seconds of protection will begin. When the countdown ends, the trial will officially begin!"
"I’m wishing you all the best of luck!"
The moment the sacred voice finished speaking, the golden screen that surrounded the waypoint faded away, turning transparent!
Once the gold barrier disappeared, from the waypoint where Shi Xiaobai was rang out numerous sounds of terror.
"Ah!"
"How could this be?"
"Holy shit..."
"..."
Outside the transparent barrier was a horrible sight. Dense clouds of smoke that were constituted of thousands of black Nightmare Terrors were floating around the waypoint. They surrounded the entire perimeter of the waypoint!
Pairs of deep blue eyes were watching the people on the waypoint. The scene appeared as though darkness had enveloped the entire world. It was as if there were countless stars adorning the sky, but most frightening of all, the blue stars contained ruthless killing intent.
The black Nightmare Terrors blotted out the sky and land, surrounding the entire waypoint. Once the transparent barrier disappeared, they would tear the rookies in the waypoint to shreds!
The bespectacled youth cursed angrily, "Fuck! Why are we so fucking unlucky! We have been sent to the only death waypoint!"
A rookie trembled while asking, "What...what is a death waypoint?"
Immediately, someone answered, "Among the hundred waypoints in the first level, there is one waypoint located in the demons' nest. It's known as the death waypoint. Trial-takers who are unlucky enough to be sent to the death waypoint have only two choices—dying or escaping!"
Several rookies immediately turned frantic!
"Ah? Then what should be done? We can only escape?
"Fuck, why are we so unlucky?"
"Leader, quickly think of something. Leader!"
"Leader, speak!"
"Leader, quickly think of something!"
"..."
The eight rookies had looks of indignation.
The bespectacled youth's expression was gloomy, but after a moment of silence, he motioned for everyone to gather together. He said in an extremely low voice, "Now the only method is to escape. Firstly, we shall use Tu Dahei as bait to attract a portion of the Nightmare Terrors and then open up a route to escape. If we can't escape, try to use the exit command as soon as possible!"
The rookies immediately nodded as they looked coldly at Shi Xiaobai's back.
At this moment, the sacred and solemn voice resounded again.
"Ten seconds of protection left. Ten, nine, eight..."
The nine rookies gathered into a circle, while Shi Xiaobai stood quietly at a corner of the waypoint.
"Three, two...one!"
The transparent barrier disappeared completely as the overwhelming number of Nightmare Terrors howled. The nine rookies turned pale in the face, and were unsure of their actions. At this moment, a figure charged out from the waypoint!
The figure was as fast as lightning, and instantly, it was in the middle of the crowd of Nightmare Terrors!
Following that was a series of screams, the screams of Nightmare Terrors!
The nine rookies watched in despair as the Nightmare Terrors gradually gathered around. They immediately looked in shock when they heard the series of screams!
Yet, they saw Tu Dahei dancing amidst the Nightmare Terrors!
Yes, in their eyes, it was a dance!
However, it was a cold but gorgeous dance of death!
They saw Shi Xiaobai holding a short knife constructed out of white Psionic Power, and as though he was slashing through straw, he danced among the Nightmare Terrors with devilish footwork. A series of screams resounded as one Nightmare Terror after another dissipated like a vanishing mist!
A single strike took a few, or at least one Nightmare Terror!
In a second, there could be several or even more than a dozen of Nightmare Terrors being ruthlessly killed!
Therefore, in just slightly more than ten seconds, a whole cloud of black Nightmare Terrors had been cleared!
Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai stopped and turned around. He looked at the nine rookies who were about to be flooded by the black Nightmare Terrors and waved.
The nine rookies were taken aback but they only heard Shi Xiaobai say a single word.
"Goodbye!"
Even before his voice disappeared, Shi Xiaobai's body transformed into a beam of light and shot out into the sky, vanishing from their vision.
At the same time, a sacred voice filled with authority resounded through the entire world, entering the ears of every rookie!
"The first person to clear Nightmare Terror Island has appeared. Participant, Shi Xiaobai, has been sent to the second level!"
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Chapter222 An Earthquake amongst Rookies
"The first person to clear Nightmare Terror Island has appeared. Participant, Shi Xiaobai, has been sent to the second level!"
This resounding voice filled with authority entered every rookie's ears. Nearly everyone was dumbfounded.
How long has it been?
He killed a hundred Nightmare Terrors in less than twenty seconds!?
Furthermore, the person who finished first was Shi Xiaobai, who did not enter the official forecasts!
At that moment, many rookies recalled of the recent rumor. Immediately, all sorts of heated discussions broke out around Nightmare Terror Island.
"Holy shit, in just over ten seconds? I just fucking killed three and Shi Xiaobai has already killed a hundred? I'm kowtowing to Shi Xiaobai!"
"I'm kowtowing too! I have to apologize for my words from before. The person, Shi Xiaobai, trul
y exists. Furthermore, he is as awesome as Tu Dahei said!"
"Tu Dahei said that Shi Xiaobai can defeat Speechless, and defeat Pulp Farmer in three seconds. I was originally just heh heh-ing over it, but now I feel like there's a smack smack smack on my face. In less than twenty seconds, even Speechless can't do that!"
"Shi Xiaobai is another hidden super rookie. No, he's a monster more terrifying than a super rookie."
"Man, no wonder Tu Dahei touted Shi Xiaobai so highly. From this moment forth, Shi Xiaobai is the name noone would dare to ignore!"
“If Tu Dahei is said to be a mudslide amongst the rookies, then Shi Xiaobai is probably an earthquake. To complete the first level in less than twenty seconds. Did he break the record!?"
"..."
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At the waypoint Shi Xiaobai was at, the nine rookies were speechless and filled with horror!
This Tu Dahei was actually Shi Xiaobai!
Fuck, how shameless was he!?
But then...
He was so powerful!
The nine rookies simultaneously thought of what Shi Xiaobai had said. They were not qualified to become his subjects, and from the looks of it, they truly lacked the qualifications!
He had jumped into the middle of thousands of Nightmare Terrors and brandished his psionic knife in a dance of death. A single step of his made ten perish!
The scene was too astounding. Having witnessed this scene with their own eyes, they could not even use words to describe their feelings.
The bespectacled youth had a wry smile. "We are indeed not qualified to cling on to such a large pillar."
The other rookies fell silent and nodded their heads silently.
At this moment, the black swarm of Nightmare Terrors had surrounded them completely and with a fearsome cry, they were about to pounce at them!
"Open Sesame!"
A rookie finally could not resist it and shouted out the exit command. Immediately following that, the others also shouted out the two words.
The nine rookies were immediately shrouded in a golden light and disappeared, leaving behind Nightmare Terrors that filled the mountain as angry roars reverberated throughout the lands.