The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle
Chapter 483 - 301: Speedrun Trend Reappears!

The so-called Dark Zone.

The moment Su Qi stepped into the Ripples, he felt a sense of familiarity.

"Personal Space, shrouded in Darkness, as if falling into the Abyss..."

"It feels similar to the time in the Anxious Land, everything must be connected somehow, otherwise it wouldn't make sense."

However,

Su Qi had also learned a great deal about the Ancient Paradise from the black-haired youth and naturally knew there were vast, hidden connections behind it.

At the same time,

Su Qi also had information about the Paradise in front of him.

[Entering the Extremely Evil World]

[Please note, the Extremely Evil World is enveloped by countless mysterious Space Fragments. The ultimate goal of all players is to reach the core area.]

[The thread of the Extremely Evil World will change over time, progression is driven by all Life.]

[Current progress is 1%, reaching 100% will trigger the final event!]

[Please note: All rewards vary according to player's contribution in the progression. Players making significant advancements will receive special awards during the process.]

[Please note: Paradise players who account for more than 5% in the overall progress will have the opportunity to meet an ancient God statue.]

"?"

A question mark popped up in Su Qi's mind.

"What is this?"

Not, bro?

Counting the time, it's been half a year since this started, and we've only progressed to 1%?

Is it because the project funds haven't arrived? Reluctant to start work?

However,

Su Qi just casually made this commentary.

He quickly understood why the progress was so slow.

1, The Dark Zone is indeed immensely vast; the energy outburst over the past half year has made it almost impossible to delve deep, only now it's gradually calming down.

2, The real major powers have not invested much; they seem to be waiting, waiting for a mass of worlds to be drawn in, merged, waiting for a large number of life forms to gather.

The more life forms that gather and the longer they stay, the more benefits these powers gain.

Or perhaps, there are other special reasons.

"Anyway, this progression is too slow."

Su Qi also noticed another point, which was that the Present World and players pushing forward together reminded him of the content revealed by the black-haired youth; there seemed to be some connection... Su Qi felt it vaguely.

Soon,

The surrounding Ripples seemed to be recovering from their twisted, frenzied state, and the vast Darkness started to recede like a tide.

Su Qi slowly opened his eyes and saw the surroundings filled with city ruins and scorched earth, a red moon like blood spreading across the sky, and everywhere were corpses, heavy weaponry, and marks of battle.

He could smell a strong scent of blood.

"A No Man's Land? A Cruel Land?"

Su Qi stretched out his hand and there was a message on the wristwatch.

"Brother Su." It was a message from Bai Yilin.

"I'm here."

"That's good, I've sent messages to Jiang Zhi and Long Xun, and we have all received replies. It seems we have indeed entered the same place."

Entering Ripples could scatter people. Long Xun gave each of them a special Communicator which could be used in most spaces within the Dark Zone.

"Where are you?"

"We're all quite close and in a safe area, this one's a Survivor Center, and people here are not surprised by our appearance." Jiang Zhi also replied.

Long Xun's voice also slowly came through: "After entering each Space Fragment, you will encounter some strange incidents or ancient races that have never been heard of, but don't worry about these."

"There's only one thing we need to do."

"En?"

Long Xun paused: "That is to find the key of this world, which allows us to open new spaces and make further progress."

"The form of the key may vary, but there will be significant energy fluctuations, usually controlled by the higher beings of that world."

"Of course, in addition to the key, there are other items here that you can take and sell."

Long Xun explained the process of entering this place based on his own experience.

"But..."

Long Xun gently said: "Valuable items are either very rare or have already been taken by others. After all, as long as the key hasn't been taken, this space remains accessible to others."

Bai Yilin mused: "I see."

Su Qi stroked his chin: "It feels like playing Underground City, there should be treasure chests then."

"Play fewer games," Jiang Zhi teased, "How could there be such things..."

Long Xun: "Actually, there are."

"???"

"But it's not a treasure chest, it's within this ancient boundary, there will be some very special entities, they can be foes, friends, or neutral, very quirky and mysterious, not much information about them, but if you encounter them, you will receive special gifts from them."

"Gifts? You mentioned there are hostile entities, right?"

"If you provoke them, they will release a Curse on you," Long Xun said solemnly. "Even if you leave the Dark Zone, that Curse will persist."

Bai Yilin: "Understood, we will be cautious. For now, we'll gather information at the Survivor Center, regroup, and then consider looking for the Space Key."

"Alright."

Su Qi watched as all three logged off and fell silent: "..."

"Although I know that Communicator... has its limits." He looked around at the dark, eerie streetscape: "But nobody checked with the Sect Hierarch whether I was also in a safe place, is that polite?"

"I don't think this looks like a Survivor Center either."