It was unclear when it had begun.
But within the Northern Heavens Realm, a piece of inside information had suddenly started spreading.
There were two Forbidden Grounds in this examination!
One was in the outer area.
The other was in the central region.
Every examinee who had reached Level Four received one message through this inside information—head to the center of the Northern Heavens Realm immediately, at top speed, unless they wanted to be eliminated!
As for those Unlucky Ones who had not received the news...
Or those Unlucky Ones who had received it but refused to believe it...
They had silently vanished as time passed!
It could not exactly be called vanishing.
After all, this was not a horror movie.
Their so-called disappearance simply meant elimination.
According to the principle that anyone with seven friends could indirectly know the entire world, although these examinees were hostile toward one another, they actually belonged to various groups.
Naturally, they also had their own channels of communication.
Today, a living person stood before me.
Tomorrow, that person's place would be empty again.
And this happened at such a critical time.
No one dared to gamble with their future.
Moreover, according to the subsequent statistics, all those examinees who had mysteriously disappeared—those eliminated from the competition—either possessed Level Four marks or had been attempting to advance to Level Three marks. From another angle, this also proved the authenticity of the intelligence sent out by those geniuses who were said to have reached the core region, survived by luck, and been forced to battle even more elite examinees.
Who could possibly remain completely calm?
At first, there were still people unwilling to accept it.
If walking alone was unsafe, then why not bring a few friends along? That should make it safe, right?
Even