Unsealing

Following Han Dong's example, his teammates killed themselves one after another.

Their consciousnesses successfully returned to their main bodies.

Because they had not carried any "tokens," the teammates did not wake up immediately.

A groove opened beneath their respective flesh pods, transporting them to the competition settlement area within the Black Gold Pyramid to receive their rewards for clearing the competition and the promotion of their Slave Statuses.

That was right.

The entire Ascension Competition had been conducted through "consciousness transmission."

When all contestants fell unconscious in the Preparation Area, the chief judge in charge of this competition used Facehuggers to "connect" them to his terrifying world. Using his body parts as foundations, he created Source of Fear Monsters on every floor that could evoke each individual's primal fears.

He had never expected that, within the fear space he created, there would be an external slave capable of resisting fear and directly killing a Source of Fear Monster representing a "finger."

"Anubis's death attribute was crucial. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to kill it.

"Of course, more importantly, your willpower surpasses that of every slave I have ever seen. I am very curious—why did you think of killing the source of fear instead?

"Before the competition, I planted thoughts of escape within your subconsciousness.

"Other than you, virtually every other team followed their subconscious instinct to flee. None of them ever considered killing the Source of Fear Monsters."

Han Dong knew exactly why.

With the support of "Mad Laughter" and the unique nature of his brain, it was difficult for external subconscious thoughts to be implanted in him... In fact, from the very beginning of the competition, Han Dong had been considering whether the Source of Fear Monsters could be killed. He simply did not dare gamble with the