[Detected that you will undergo a "Rank Advancement Trial" in this game. Loading special missions now.] [Rank Advancement Mission 1: During this game, join at least three "faction" powers and obtain legitimate identities. Your identity in each faction must maintain a good reputation until the game ends.] [Rank Advancement Mission 2: Complete a "grand" performance.] [Complete both missions to obtain the "Exclusive Item Blueprint." After completing the crafting of the "Exclusive Item," this "Rank Advancement Trial" will officially be completed.] [The missions are not mandatory.]
As usual, after the blood-red text of the normal entry prompt, the [Instance] opened for the "Rank Advancement Trial" also contained information about the [Rank Advancement Missions].
After that...
Lin Yu formally entered the Black Marsh World.
"Crackle—"
The sound of flames burning dry wood and snapping it apart came from all around him. A vast sea of fire surrounded him.
The restless, rolling orange-red flames and upward-drifting black smoke occupied nearly his entire field of vision. Lin Yu sat up and quickly formed a rough judgment.
He seemed to be inside some burning wooden structure.
More precisely... a cluster of wooden structures. It was a large complex built on a gentle slope. Judging from the density and scale of the buildings, it should have been some exceptionally prosperous village or camp. Now, however, it had been swallowed by a vast sea of fire.
The burning flames carried a peculiar greasy smell. Looking at the crisscrossing charred "fire trails" on the sandy ground, Lin Yu reached a conclusion.
"Arson... Someone poured lamp oil inside the buildings and in various places to feed the flames." He slowly climbed to his feet and adjusted the [Fusion Memory Metal Respiratory Tract] to filter out the choking harmful gases. "But it seems I've landed on a battlefield