"Everyone's first challenge is called 'Ghost Town,' a puzzle-solving exploration game."
The man wearing a bearded mask waved his hand, and a round stone table formed in the stream inside the cave. Five mysterious cards lay on top, each with a different design and pattern on its back.
"Pass through the cave passage ahead, and you'll arrive at a seaside town on the edge of a grand canyon.
The town has been driven to the brink of destruction by a terrible incident... Five completely different identity cards have been placed on the table. Later, before heading to the town, you'll each draw one card at random, assume the identity printed on it, and go to the town to uncover the root cause of the terrible incident."
The man pointed at the cards on the table and continued:
"What everyone needs to know is that all five cards you draw will be 'Light Identity' cards. You'll investigate the truth behind the town's destruction while assuming righteous identities.
"At the same time, five volunteers from other regions will answer the call and join you in your first major trial, obstructing your investigation. They will play the town's personnel with 'Dark Identities' and oppose you, concealing the town's truth... This challenge will be your first encounter with competitors before the 'Survival Grand Operation.' Their Core Abilities have also been sealed, so give it everything you've got."
Yu Jing stroked his chin. "Competitors, Light and Dark Identities... It seems that there are other people of the same level around the world undergoing similar adventure games at this time. Since the setting has been chosen as this secret realm of ours, the five people playing the 'Dark Identities' should have been randomly selected from the more vicious elites, right? I wonder who they'll be."