First Checkpoint, Hide-and-Seek

Welcome to Playground Number Six!

Main Quest: Open the Treasure Vault

Mission Time Limit: twelve hours

Mission Type: Cooperative Challenge

Mission Level: Rank A

Mission Description: Playground Number Six consists of three levels. Each level is a cooperative Game that requires multiple players. If you successfully complete the Game objective, you will receive a Treasure Vault Key. There is no penalty for failing the Game.

After completing all three challenges, participants can use the key to open the treasure vault and claim the prizes inside. The treasures inside vary depending on the number of keys inserted.

Inserting a key opens Low-Level Treasure Vault, where each person can choose one treasure blind box, with the highest possible reward being Rare Treasure Item.

Inserting two keys will open the Mid-Level Treasure Vault, where each person can choose one treasure blind box, with the highest possible treasure being Epic Treasure Item.

Inserting three keys unlocks High-Level Treasure Vault, where each person can choose one treasure blind box, with the highest reward being Legendary-level Treasure Item.

No key obtained, mission failed, no prize.

The Game may be dangerous; death during the game is a real death, so please be careful.

Mission Description: There is a mole among you, not a human, but a Mimic Person who has replaced the contestant who was supposed to answer the call.

If the traitor is not identified within three attempts and the traitor gains access to the treasure vault, then no one will be able to obtain the treasure. Therefore, it is imperative to find the traitor before the treasure vault is finally opened!

"Looks like we've made it through safely." Cui Zheng Hai smiled, his gaze sweeping over everyone's faces. "Compared to the level-based Game, this mole is the real problem. I'll be keeping an eye on you all!"

The girl's current state is quite different from the Senior Sister Miao he remembered. In Luo Jun's opinion, Senior Sister Miao is the most suspicious person in order to find the mole in disguise.

It's the type of mission where you won't die even if you fail; such easy missions are rare in Rank A. Although there might be dangers during the levels, theoretically, as long as you don't do anything reckless, you can just lie down and get through without any problems.

"Watching us?" Zheng Ji curled his lip. "Uncle, you can't rule out suspicion either!"

During the mission, participants are prohibited from using force to fight each other.

As for Luo Jun, he glanced at Lao Miao Miao.

"Okay, Uncle," Zheng Ji said casually.

Side Mission: Find the mole.

Note: The real mole is very cunning!

The mole doesn't want you to get the treasure, so he'll sabotage the levels and even frame other participants. After each level, you'll have a chance to vote and expose the mole. The person with the most votes will be locked in a cage, unable to participate in subsequent missions or enter the treasure vault.

After reading the instructions, the group's expressions relaxed considerably.

Each successful completion of a level will grant you a clue about the mole.

"How rude!" Cui Zheng Hai tossed his long hair. "You're not that much younger than me, calling me 'brother' isn't too much to ask, is it?"

However, it's too early to draw conclusions before the official mission begins.

Amidst the laughter and chatter, the writing on the wall disappeared, and the wall split open to reveal a corridor, presumably leading to the First Checkpoint of the Game.

The group walked through the corridor, pushed open a large door, and were greeted by a huge room.

This room looks like a typical bedroom, with a bed, table and chairs, a wardrobe, bookshelves, a computer, a pen holder, etc... It looks like a student's bedroom. But as described before, this room is extremely... huge.

It's not just the space that's huge; the beds here are over ten meters high, the desks are like skyscrapers, the bookshelves and wardrobes are like High Mountain, and even the mineral water bottles lying on the floor are as big as a bus...

This is a Giant's room... or rather, the contestants who enter this room have all turned into tiny people only about five centimeters tall, and the entrance they enter through is a rat hole in the corner of the wall. Moreover, the hole closes as soon as they enter, making it impossible to leave.

What's going on?

As everyone wondered what was going on, semi-transparent text suddenly appeared on the wall.

First Checkpoint: Hide-and-Seek

Level Description: After the level begins, the room's owner will return to the room. After noticing the anomaly, he will try to find you hidden "Little Elves" and lock you in his Toy Box.

Hide yourself and don't get caught. The level lasts for one hour. If four or more people are caught by the room owner, the level is considered failed.

Do not try to hide in the Toy Box. No matter how you get into the Toy Box, it will be considered that you have been caught and will not be able to get out.

The room's owner cannot be killed, recovers quickly from injuries, and possesses three skills:

Skill 1: Vital Energy Dissipation: When activated, the room owner can eliminate energy or energy-based creations within a specified area. Participants affected by this skill will be unable to use their abilities. The skill effect lasts for ten seconds and has a one-minute cooldown.

Skill 2: Prey Marking: When activated, the room owner will receive a hint about the location of the hidden contestant. The skill effect lasts for fifteen seconds and has a twenty-minute cooldown.

Skill 3: Summon Rats: Once activated, the room owner will summon ten rats to help search for the contestants. The rats will remain permanently after being summoned and will only disappear upon death. Cooldown Time: 10 minutes.

The level will open in ten minutes.

"It's Hide-and-Seek..." Cui Zheng Hai frowned. "Judging from the room's furnishings, the owner must be a Giant, and he also has the ability to eliminate vital energy. Once we're caught, we're basically powerless to resist."

"My abilities are pretty useless for Hide-and-Seek..." Zheng Ji stroked his chin. "Is there any expert who can carry me?"

"I can create something to confuse him!" Elisa raised her hand and said, "Those who aren't good at hiding can come with me."

"Staying together isn't a solution..." Du Jincai said, "The room's owner has the ability to detect our location, so it's best for everyone to hide separately and change locations frequently."

"Instead of discussing this here, we should hurry up and hide." Lao Miao Miao coughed lightly. "Ten minutes isn't enough time." With that, she walked towards the space under the bed.

Seeing that there were less than eight minutes left, the others also began to find places to hide.

Everyone present was a master of the Heart Refining Realm, and with the support of their inner energy, their mobility was extraordinary. The high-rise-sized beds, tables, and chairs could not stop them at all. They leaped and bounded, disappearing from the room in a moment.

As for Luo Jun, after a brief moment of thought, he walked towards the wardrobe.

Presumably for easy hiding, most of the wardrobe drawers were left half-open, so the contestants didn't have to move the huge doors themselves. Luo Jun crawled into the wardrobe, saw a row of clothes inside, and with a leap, grabbed a jacket and hid it in the pocket.

While hiding, he also tore at the material of his clothes with his hands. The fibers were coarse and much tougher than normal clothes, but they were still as fragile as toilet paper in the face of his superhuman strength. Even if the room owner discovered him, he could tear open the pockets and escape from underneath.

Not long after he hid, the Countdown ended, the door opened precisely on time, and a "little" boy walked in.

(End of this chapter)