The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 851 - 533: The First Victim

Tower of Trial.

Third Floor—Cloud Peak.

A majestic large circular fortress stands proudly atop the mountain.

Clouds gently float around the fortress, tenderly enveloping it in a misty white fog, dreamlike and illusory.

In the spacious central hall of the fortress, a colossal energy creature is roaring deafeningly.

This creature stands eight meters tall, and its pale grey energy body exudes a mysterious and dangerous aura.

Its body is covered with pieces of metal fragments, skillfully pieced together to form a solid outer shell. They also constitute the enormous nail hammer weapon it holds, emanating a terrifying deterrent.

Seduced by the world, it came prepared, yet it was still relentlessly bound by the rules here, trapped within the fortress.

For such powerful evil beings of the same level, the Tower of Trial provides appropriate information prompts upon their arrival.

After all, not all evil existences are easily drawn by this world. Apart from demons, other sinister entities from evil worlds always act cautiously. They only dare to come when they confirm there’s a profit to be made here.

Just like this creature, when it arrived, it knew it would be trapped here waiting for challengers to arrive, and the challengers would certainly be of the same level of strength as it.

Of course, it has the freedom to leave, but if it does, it will return empty-handed.

Opportunities like this are extremely rare.

The Tower of Trial adheres to a principle of near-equal exchange, allowing these powerful evil beings to stay here as targets for the Night Watchers to hunt.

At this moment, this powerful evil energy creature is besieged by three Night Watchers.

"You tiny ants! You dare challenge the mighty War Undead!" The evil energy creature roared while furiously and violently swinging its broken nail hammer.

"Careful!" A Night Watcher shouted, but it was too late.

The attacked Night Watcher was instantly slammed away, his already dire blood volume instantly reduced to zero.

His body hit the fortress wall heavily, leaving a deep dent from which blood gushed out.

Soon, the Night Watcher’s body shattered like a broken light shadow, gradually turning into faint particles of light, dispersing on the spot.

Some of the energy flowed into the body of the War Undead, whose face—pieced together from broken metal—showed a look of enjoyment.

"Does this even qualify as a challenger? The harvest is less than I expected, but—it’s still acceptable."

...

Special interlayer in the center of the Tower of Trial

"Ah!"

Accompanied by a scream, the Night Watcher who just died in the Tower of Trial fell from the air and slammed into the floor.

"Congratulations, you have become the first deceased trialer." Bobo said with a smile, his tone containing a hint of mockery.

The Night Watcher stood up in a panic, hurriedly pats his own body, and only after confirming that he had no major problem, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"I...I’m not dead?" He looked incredulous.

"Of course you’re not dead. It’s called the Tower of Trial, not the Tower of Death. Those pesky demons don’t have to pay the price of life here, so why should we?" The Skeleton swayed over from the side, saying slowly.

Bobo nodded approvingly and looked at the Night Watcher saying, "However, it’s not completely without cost, check your information."

Upon hearing this, the Night Watcher hurriedly opened his system panel to check.

"I...I’ve dropped a level?" He widened his eyes.

"That’s right, after all, death is not without consequences. Even those demons have to pay a corresponding price when they die elsewhere. Trading a level for a life, pretty fair, huh?" Bobo explained with a smile.

The Night Watcher nodded helplessly: "You’re right, if I can still live, losing a level is reluctantly acceptable." Looking at his level dropping from Level Eight to Level Seven, he could only smile bitterly and shake his head.

Then, he noticed a special status appear on his body.

[Rebirth Weakness: Survived death through special means in a special area. Though narrowly escaping, it doesn’t come without cost.

All Attributes -2, this status will gradually recover over the course of a month, until it vanishes.]

"Get a good month’s rest, and focus next time in battle." Kana’s voice came from beside him.

The Night Watcher straightens up upon seeing Kana, and respectfully salutes: "Leader!"

Kana walked over and patted his shoulder: "Don’t be nervous, do your best next time!"

The Night Watcher nodded excitedly yet sheepishly, and then left with the guidance of others.

Until his figure disappeared, Bobo, who had been watching, exclaimed in surprise: "It really succeeded! What kind of process achieved this? To actually be able to resist death once!"

Despite Bobo appearing calm and composed just now, in reality, she was even more shocked than the resurrected Night Watcher.

During the planning and construction of the Tower of Trial, resurrection functionality was integrated within.

Bobo spearheaded the architectural planning, directing the scholars and mages among the Night Watchers to meticulously engrave the entire tower; the Skeleton, relying on previous experimental results, successfully mirrored the instance and used special methods to allow the demons to descend.

However, the crucial resurrection function was entirely completed independently by Kana. So, upon learning that this function truly materialized, even though they were full of trust in Kana, it still seemed simply incredible.

"The facts are right in front of us." Kana responded with a smile, his joy overflowing.

The successful operation of the Tower of Trial confirms to Kana that his concept is feasible. Although enabling all Night Watchers to possess the ability to resurrect outside, notably the most powerful attribute of a player, is highly difficult.

But at least there is hope for success.

"Alright then, continue observing. I’m going to leave first."

Since the tower’s completion, they had been here for three days and nights, observing every trial taker entering the Tower of Trial with keen eyes and meticulously studying various data.

After these three days of monitoring, everyone basically confirmed the Tower of Trial has stabilized, with no obvious loopholes.

Kana turned to leave, but he didn’t exit the tower, instead stepping into a deeper space.

As soon as he entered this space, a piercing cold wind rushed towards him, carrying a strong sense of death, making one feel as though they were in the Land of the Netherworld.

In the dim environment, bones rubbed against each other, emitting an eerie sound, as an Undead Dragon slowly emerged from the darkness. Two burning soul fires in its hollow eye sockets glowed dimly, fixating on Kana.

"Savior, you once again amaze me. Perhaps...you truly have the ability to save this world." This dragon, once entrusted with a mission to save the world but ultimately failed, spoke with words tinged with admiration.

"From your tone, don’t you want to leave? Planning to join me in combating the upcoming void crisis?" Kana quipped with a smile.

The voice of the Undead Dragon slightly rose: "No, I’m just saying there’s a possibility, though extremely slight. In the face of the formidable power of the void, any arrogance is meaningless. But your concepts and capabilities did surprise me greatly."

With that, the Undead Dragon slowly shook its head. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Yet under the shadow of the void, everything seems to lose significance..."