"Fuck!"
At a campsite somewhere in the wilderness outside Yunhua City, a young man blurted out a curse the moment he heard the rules.
The instant he shouted, everyone else in the camp turned to look at him in unison, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
The man himself realized something was wrong and blurted out again, "Wait, why did I—"
He hurriedly raised a hand to cover his mouth, but it seemed it was already too late.
The others in the camp looked at one another, several of them anxiously gesturing back and forth.
The meaning of their gestures was obvious—two words: danger!
The rules clearly stated that speaking meant failing the challenge, and that one would also be attacked by a Sound Hunter.
What was a Sound Hunter? How would it attack?
No one knew, but they all knew one thing: it had to be extremely dangerous!
The camp's leader, a middle-aged woman, pointed anxiously at a car parked beside the camp and gestured for the young man to hide inside first.
The young man had also realized that he had already failed the challenge. He simply stopped covering his mouth and asked the middle-aged woman, "Sister Yu, you want me to get in the car?"
Sister Yu nodded.
This woman called Sister Yu was the Adapted One from the Blood Plague Rules. During the Rules, quite a bit of her blood had been drawn to extract serum, but the officials had also compensated her with a considerable amount of Ascension Coins.
After the Blood Plague Rules ended, Yunhua City had asked whether she wanted to join the Official Department. She had refused, still preferring to remain with the members of her camp.
The young man immediately ran into the car, climbed into the back seat, and