Unknown City

"Indeed, the final rule had to be imposed. Otherwise, once the Jailer Ministers connected to their own consciousness, if someone in their own group who had long harbored resentment against them launched a sneak attack, the consequences could be disastrous."

Zhang Chen could not help glancing at the troublesome figure in his team, Yu Ming.

As Zhang Chen looked at him, Yu Ming actually noticed his gaze and met Zhang Chen's eyes with an unsettling look.

"The following broadcast can only be heard by your Team X."

Suddenly, a broadcast made everyone in Zhang Chen's group focus their attention.

"Because your team displayed formidable strength during the preliminaries, in pursuit of balance, the first two rules have been disclosed to you in advance for this round. (Other teams will receive full points and additional bonus points for killing Team X members, while Team X will receive no points for killing members of other teams.)

"Furthermore, your team's overall strength is excessive. Therefore, when the competition begins, all members of your team will be scattered. If a single member of your team dies, ten points will be deducted from your team. The other thirty teams will not face such a condition."

"There are ten minutes until the selection round officially begins. Please prepare to connect your consciousness and complete the Soul Stone replication within the final two minutes."

"What?!" Zhang Chen was inwardly shocked, though his face still wore a calm, unflustered expression.

Scattering everyone at the start meant that Yu Ming would be free to act.

That bastard! Could he have known about this from the very beginning?!

Recalling his earlier conversation with Yu Ming, Zhang Chen realized that this guy seemed to have deep connections within the Jailer organization.

Zhang Chen did not immediately put on the consciousness transmission