It was a city built from white metal. Hundreds-of-stories-tall buildings stood tightly packed around its outskirts. Looking through the gaps between them, they could see the city center's buildings rising and falling into the distance. The place seemed full of life.
Everyone was surprised. Who could have imagined there were so many people at the heart of Challenge Island? Had those who cleared the challenge not left the island, but chosen to live here instead?
Could it really be that nice...? The same thought occurred to everyone at once.
They hurried to the city's outskirts, only to be stopped in the distance by a barrier. Just then, their personal interfaces all appeared:
"Requirements for entering the central area challenge:"
"1. More than 10,000 points."
"2. The player with the highest score in the team."
"Players with at least 10,000 points, please cross zones within two hours. Only one member of each team may cross every half hour."
The interface changed. A progress bar appeared in front of everyone. Xu Huo and Ding Xiang's bars were full. Xu Huo's prompt read "Cross zones?" while Ding Xiang's said, "There is 1 person ahead of you."
Old Duan and the others' bars weren't full, but they were ranked by score, with Old Duan coming in seventh.
The white-haired man's group was in the same situation. However, more than half of them had at least 10,000 points, so over half could cross zones.
Seeing this, it was clear what was going on: the challenge was forcing players to turn on one another. Those with fewer than 10,000 points couldn't cross, while those above that threshold could only cross one at a time every half hour, ranked by score. The rankings were based on each player's own team. In other words, even if someone killed