The Awakened

Having fully regained his senses, Lu Li has come to understand this instance. It is now the 44th instance. Previously, more than 30 players participated in this instance, but now only a dozen or so are still alive, of whom only seven are conscious.

This is indeed a competitive instance. In the first life, no one was awake. At that time, the Heavenly Secrets Continent was much more chaotic than it is now. More than thirty players either hid in the Heavenly Secrets Continent, looking for a spokesperson, or created various incidents to find other players.

After all, the second objective of the dungeon is slaughter. Killing any other player will grant additional rewards. Niu Dingtian, whom Lu Li supported, is just one of many warlords. Various wars are constantly raging. Players are playing a battle royale game, and they all want to be the last one standing.

In fact, the second objective is a trap. The fewer players there are, the less resistance they will have when the Big Fish Event finally arrives.

Then the protagonist of the Heavenly Secrets Continent was killed by a subordinate trained by the player, and time began to rewind, returning to the state shortly after everyone entered the instance, that is, when the protagonist was announced. Before that, it was just preparation time.

Having reincarnated more than thirty times, more than thirty main characters and more than ten players have died. These players' deaths are real and will not reappear with the passage of time. Lu Li looked at his records and saw two heads on each of them. He guessed that in some incarnation, he had tricked and killed two players.

In the 33rd century, the first awakened individual finally appeared. Lu Li looked at the player before him, a refined man wearing glasses and a black suit, who appeared to be a successful person. He called himself Yemo, a transliteration of a word, the exact language of which Lu Li did not know, but he could glean some kind of awareness of the end of time from the information he received.

Yemo's research on time was the most in-depth. He accumulated inspiration from more than thirty lifetimes and had a great burst of inspiration. In the 33rd lifetime, he seized the Heavenly Secret Stone, captured the protagonist, and conducted in-depth research on the Heavenly Secret Stone.

Then, when the protagonist in the 33rd incarnation died and time rewound, this guy preserved his memories and backed them up in a preparation time that would not be reshaped. From then on, Yemo was conscious in every incarnation. After so many incarnations of research, Yemo is estimated to be able to break through the limits soon, provided that he can survive the Big Fish Event.

In the days that followed, Yemo began to work hard to clear the dungeon. Yemo's method only suited him, but he also stopped the players from killing each other further. After so many reincarnations, the players vaguely sensed that something was wrong. With Yemo's reminder, they began to study how to get out of this quagmire, and soon the second awakened one appeared.

Wu Youlan, a girl who looks like a middle school student, broke through her own limitations in her 35th life and created a world barrier. Her own body is always covered under the barrier, and time can no longer affect her. This space, which is independent of the Heavenly Secrets Continent, is her masterpiece.

In her 37th incarnation, Hao Ran made a breakthrough. This perfect being evolved a more advanced sense of time. Time was no longer about going back or going forward, but simply about turning a corner. She was no longer affected by time reversal.

In his 39th life, Wu Jianguo condensed the ultimate martial arts will, a will that even time travel could not shake.

In the 42nd incarnation, two people made breakthroughs: Xu Xuanwen and Qiu Cao. Xu Xuanwen completed his ultimate curse, cursing himself to never suffer the torment of time and achieving immortality, while Qiu Cao completed her own Great Void, escaping the cycle of reincarnation.

This is now the 44th incarnation. The 43rd incarnation was the previous world. Yang An brought about his own demise by using the Heavenly Secret Stone to kill himself, transmitting his memories back to the previous world and thus beginning the 44th incarnation.

Hu Wenxu, who studied information memes, elevated one of his Madness Meme into one of the rules of this world. No matter how the world rewinds, the rules will not change. Thus, Hu Wenxu, who wielded these rules, successfully transcended this quagmire of time.

All of the above are various technical approaches, but only Lu Li successfully transformed himself into someone that even time reversal had to avoid, using brute force to overcome skill.

"Actually, there is an even simpler method." Lu Li squinted as he read the various information, but judging from the expressions of the others, most of them understood the method. That was to cultivate the path of this world, break through the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow, reach the Divine Rank, and establish contact with the Big Fish through the Life Soul Space to keep himself from being changed.

However, this method has two drawbacks. One is that, as Niu Dingtian said, a flat continent cannot lead to the mountain peak, so those who use this method cannot achieve a breakthrough.

The second downside is that their contact with the Big Fish not only fails to help the Awakened Ones fight the Big Fish Event, but may even exacerbate Big Fish Event. Therefore, the Awakened Ones have never passed on this method.

"The Divine Mystic Seal broke through to the Divine Rank, established contact with the Big Fish, and, with the help of Yang An's Heavenly Secret Stone, successfully reincarnated as Yang An in this life, becoming the protagonist. It seems the Big Fish Event is truly unstoppable," Wu Youlan said expressionlessly.

"I think it's not that they can't stop it, but that they don't want to," Hu Wenxu replied with an equally blank expression.

Players are forbidden by the game from killing the protagonist, but in the 43rd era, Divine Mystic Seal had just broken through and was not yet the protagonist. These enlightened beings had a way to kill Divine Mystic Seal, or rather, to prevent Divine Mystic Seal from possessing Yang An, but they did not.

Clearly, those who have regained their senses are no longer prepared to participate in this cycle of reincarnation. As for those who have not yet regained their senses, this 44th reincarnation is their last chance; otherwise, they will perish along with the Big Fish Event.

Wu Youlan glanced at Hu Wenxu but did not refute him. For those of them who were clear-headed, continuing the cycle of reincarnation was completely meaningless. If it weren't for dealing with the final Big Fish Event, they probably wouldn't have waited this long.

On the Heavenly Secrets Continent, Niu Dingtian slowly withdrew his hand. He had already devoured Qi Lanshan's existence. Then, Niu Dingtian directly tore apart his own Divine-Demon Body, causing Divine-Demon Body to evolve directly.

In fact, besides Avatar into Black Star, Lu Li had other ways to escape this quagmire, namely, using Niu Dingtian as the experimental subject to condense a demon king status that transcends time and space. This method is now close to success.

Niu Dingtian initially needed more than ten years to break through the barrier and discover Lu Li's alteration of his memories. Then, in the 42nd incarnation, which was Yang An's previous life, Niu Dingtian still needed several more years to break through. In the 43rd incarnation, Niu Dingtian broke through after defeating the Demon-Slaying Alliance. And now, in the 44th incarnation, Niu Dingtian can break through the blockade by defeating Qi Lanshan.

Given enough time, this Demon King status would be enough for Niu Dingtian to break free from the quagmire of time.