The people on the platform did not have to wait too long. Suddenly, a familiar mechanical voice was heard in the sky. The voice was neither loud nor soft, but it was clearly heard in everyone's mind.

'Hello, fellow gamers.'

'Welcome to the team competition, there are endless survival points and precious treasures waiting for you to grab.'

"However, to reap these rewards, wisdom, luck, and courage are indispensable."

‘Now introduce the rules of the game. ’

'The first rule is that unless the game rules explicitly allow it, it is strictly forbidden to use force against others under any circumstances. Violators will be punished by direct annihilation.'

'Secondly, this competition is divided into six stages, the first of which is a moving maze. Only the 32 teams that find the exit of the maze first are eligible to enter the subsequent draw and elimination round.'

'Please note that after each level you pass, if you are eliminated in the subsequent levels, the penalty survival points you need to pay will be halved.'

'Therefore, the team eliminated in the final will only have 250 survival points deducted.

'In addition, in the first level moving maze, as long as the team can find the exit within 24 hours, even if they fail to rank among the top 32, their penalty survival points will still be halved.'

Hearing this, Yunshan carefully observed the expressions of the other team members and noticed that everyone was unusually calm.

She couldn't help but whisper to herself, "More than half of the teams will be eliminated in the first round. Do they really have the ability to bear the 4000 survival point penalty?"

Cecily laughed softly, shook her head and said, "You can't use us as a reference. You know, when we came back from the last game, except for the little man who reached L5, the rest of us were still at L4+."

"In terms of team strength, we are naturally not inferior to them, but in terms of resources, those teams that are steadily rising are definitely much stronger than us."

"That's right." Xingmei nodded in agreement, "If we also level up gradually by participating in the game again and again, then it won't be difficult for each of us to accumulate a few thousand survival points."

"But the reality is that we are all penniless paupers." Dongmen Qiansha covered her mouth and chuckled, jokingly saying, "If we were to rank the teams with the fewest survival points, we would definitely be ranked first."

At this moment, Yun Shan seemed to suddenly remember something and said with a worried look on her face, "Isn't this very disadvantageous for us? Even if we make it to the finals, we won't be able to get 250 survival points if we lose."

“So…” Cecily’s eyes flashed with a cold light, “Our only way to survive is to go all out and win the championship!”

"It's indeed very difficult, but we have no way out. The only way to break out is to climb to the top!" Dongmen Qiansha said with a firm expression.

Yunshan seemed to be infected by this atmosphere and couldn't help but shout, "Since one team is destined to win the championship, why can't it be our team!"

Her voice was exceptionally loud, instantly attracting the attention of everyone around her.

Li Ming, who had been concentrating on listening to the rules of the game, had a frown on his face. He said speechlessly, "The situation is not as bad as you think. According to my experience, every time you pass a level, you will get a certain number of survival points as a reward."

"So if you get eliminated at a later stage, you don't have to worry about not being able to pay the penalty points."

At this point, he added lightly, "Of course, if we can't even pass the first level, then everything else won't be possible."

"Eh? Is that so?" Yun Shan lowered her arms, which she had been waving excitedly just now, with a bit of embarrassment. She scratched her head and muttered, "Why do I feel like the system settings have become much more humane this time?"

"It may be related to the level." Xingmei took over the conversation thoughtfully. She speculated: "When the level is low, the system doesn't care about the life or death of the player."

"But on this platform, most of the players are high-level awakeners who have integrated different attribute energies, so even if they are eliminated, they will basically be given a way out."

The mechanical voice still echoed in everyone's mind.

'Next, I will introduce the rules of the first level of the moving maze.'

'First of all, during the game, it is forbidden to use force against other team members. Anyone who violates this rule will be immediately eliminated.'

'At the same time, it is strictly forbidden to use any means to destroy the movable wall. Violators will also be punished by obliteration.'

'In addition, to motivate all players, all teams that enter the semi-finals will receive scoring rewards, and the winning team will win a special mysterious prize.'

'The rules have been explained, and the game will begin immediately...'

Before he finished speaking, the huge crystal platform suddenly flashed with mysterious light.

Then, a column of white light suddenly emerged from under everyone's feet, like a giant pillar reaching the sky, surrounding everyone.

Li Ming only felt a flash before his eyes, as if he had traveled through a tunnel of time and space.

When he came to his senses, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar space.

Although the light was not dim, his vision was severely disturbed, and the scene more than twenty meters away became blurry and difficult to distinguish.

Looking around, there were only Cecily and four others with them. Apparently, each team was randomly teleported to a different location, but members of the same team were not separated.

They seemed to be in a dead end, surrounded on three sides by walls as smooth as white porcelain, and the ground was covered with dark red crystal sand.

Ahead, a corner exit stands quietly, which is the only exit of this dead end.

Yun Shan looked around and muttered, "No wonder they say this game requires a bit of luck. If a team happens to be teleported to the exit of the maze, wouldn't it be easy for them to advance to the top 32?"

"That shouldn't be the case." Dongmen Qiansha expressed her doubts. "The system is trustworthy in maintaining fairness. How could it possibly open a backdoor for a certain team?"

At this moment, Cecily looked up at the translucent light blue ceiling about five meters high and noticed a striking red number 100 displayed on it, which was particularly dazzling.

She couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Look, there is a number 100 on it, what does it mean?"

Yunshan looked up along her line of sight, her expression gradually becoming serious. "This number must be an important clue. We must remember it."

"So, what does it mean?" Dongmen Qiansha frowned slightly, and her eyes unconsciously turned to Li Ming, "Captain, do you know?"


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