Taking the front entrance was basically gambling with his life. The sinister aura on the mask might trigger Mask Rampage. Since he had no idea what Mask Rampage actually entailed, he should avoid it if possible. If Lu Li had been in good shape, he might have been interested in finding a few people to test it on. But now, with his own life hanging by a thread, he would have to see how things went.
Lu Li was just about to head for the VIP entrance when a nauseating roar came from somewhere behind him in the distance. It sounded like metal scraping across a blackboard, or countless bugs crawling and shrieking.
The sound drew the attention of most people. Lu Li turned to look at the elevated road in the distance behind him. A huge black silhouette loomed there, with a blurry, indistinct mask on its head.
At the sight of the silhouette, people around him began discussing all sorts of things. Terms like Mask Rampage, psychic void, Giant Species monster, and Divine Power Mask came up repeatedly. Listening in, Lu Li slowly began to understand how the natives of this world worked.
The natives could only see the masks on the fronts of people's faces. They didn't even know a second mask existed. According to them, Mask Rampage occurred when certain Masked Men underwent specific circumstances, such as death or extreme anger, causing the masks on their faces to go berserk.
The masks would transform into something else, and their owners' bodies would rapidly change as well, turning them into different kinds of phantom monsters. Based on their appearance, condition, and abilities, these monsters were divided into seven categories. The one on the elevated road was a Giant Species.
When phantom monsters first appeared, they were usually