The Trial Ends

[Longevity Island Perimeter, Beach Landing Point]

The salty sea wind swept up fine sand and lashed it against Chen Kong's Tactical Suit boots, their edges worn through.

He supported Isabelle, whose face was still tinged blue, while the limping Liu Ma followed behind them.

The poison in that guy's body had only just been suppressed, yet he was already restless again. He tugged hard at the collar shredded by vines and cursed under his breath as he complained.

Clearly, he was deeply dissatisfied with this trial.

"Everyone, it seems you have all undergone no small change."

Just as they arrived at the beach landing point before the ship, a familiar voice came from the vessel moored in the shallow waters.

Following the voice, they saw the Otter Administrator crouching at the bow of the ship's deck.

Its round body was wrapped in its signature suit. It toyed with a golden bell in its paw, while its tail lightly patted the deck behind it, splashing tiny droplets of water.

Unlike when they had first landed, when there had been well over a hundred people, fewer than forty trainees had returned to the landing point this time.

Among the crowd, Isabelle's hair tips were still dusted with ash and smoke from the pyramid's summit, a crack ran across Mi Yao's Game Console casing, and even Vivian's Smart Machine arm bore several obvious scratches.

Other than a very few, every one of these survivors carried injuries.

It was clear just how difficult these seven days on Longevity Island had been for them.

At the same time, Chen Kong and the others vividly remembered just how brutal this trial had been. Their emotions, and the atmosphere around them, were visibly heavy.

After all, in their eyes, this trial had not been a trial at