Ruins of Sunset, Player Plaza.
The players watching the Beast Arena Instance livestream saw the big screen flicker twice before going black. At the same time, new text appeared on the record stele, accompanied by a broadcast throughout the plaza:
[Beast Arena Instance True End—"Gods' Gamble" has been recorded] [MVP player: **(This player has not set a display nickname)] [The Beast Arena Instance has been permanently closed due to force majeure] [Final player to Clear: **(This player has not set a display nickname)]
The Beast Arena Instance had long drawn the attention of tens of thousands of players, fueled both by forum debates and the in-game private booking.
Now that the game's ending had finally been set in stone, the spectators were abuzz with discussion.
"What happened? Does anyone know what happened afterward? All I saw was Lin Crow enter the temple, and then, just a few minutes later, the temple collapsed."
"At least you got to see the end of the Instance. I was following Lin Ye's stream, but Fan Zhanwei killed me halfway through. I searched around before finding out that someone had booked out Ruins of Sunset. I'd barely gotten here when it was already over."
"Who was that MVP player? Lin Crow? Why was there only one final player to clear? Did everyone else get wiped out?"
"Impossible. I watched the whole time and didn't see any sign of a total wipe. Don't tell me they all got crushed to death by the temple?"
"I get it. Although they were in the same Instance, the players cleared it at different times. One group came out first and got the NE ending; only one person stayed until the very end and cleared it with the TE ending."
At that moment, several players who had just