After passing through the vast white gateway, the scene before Gu Ding finally became clear. He looked to either side, but there was no one else in sight.
Before him stood a city that had been abandoned for ages. Looking at the enormous buildings, Gu Ding guessed that it had once been inhabited by giants.
Even the collapsed city walls, broken and incomplete as they were, stood several thousand meters tall. Gu Ding even saw several broken load-bearing stone pillars in front of a ruined building in the distance, each thousands of meters high. Even a random shattered brick nearby was dozens of meters long and wide. Without a closer look, one might have mistaken it for a naturally formed boulder.
Just as Gu Ding was still surveying the terrain, an adult woman's voice suddenly rang out from the sky.
"There are 3,328 Higher Planes participating this time. As usual, each Higher Plane has sent 30,000 contestants for the Selection Tournament, bringing the total number of participants to 99.84 million. Since the number of participants is simply too enormous, I will eliminate most of you in the first round."
"For this first round of selection, I have chosen Giant City as the venue. The 30,000 contestants from each plane are all within the same Giant City. Anyone who leaves the boundaries of Giant City without authorization before the Selection Tournament ends will be considered to have forfeited automatically. Fifteen people have already been teleported out for that reason... So, until I finish explaining the rules, I suggest that everyone stay where they are."
"Now, let me explain the rules for the first preliminary round. I will only say them once. Those who fail to understand will just have to live with it."
"First: in Giant City, all detection abilities are