After the Puppeteer's voice faded, the system's voice, which had been silent for so long, rang out in every player's ears once more.
"Welcome, players. You are about to enter the large-scale group apocalypse instance: Uncontrolled Evolution." "Survival instances have no fixed main quest. Please respond to situations as they arise and survive for seven days." "The teleportation passage will open in ten seconds."
This seemed to be an instance that dragged everyone into playing a game with the Puppeteer. He was also making an unspoken show of power: even though the Infinite Channel no longer belonged to him, he could still toy with the players in the palm of his hand.
It was a mandatory game, an instance with more participating players than any in history.
When the notice of forced entry arrived, some players let out cries of despair. The Puppeteer's appearance shattered what little hope they still held for a peaceful life.
They had thought they had escaped the system's control, only to find that they were still trapped in a cage after all.
But for players who wanted to destroy the Puppeteer once and for all, this was also a good opportunity.
No one's abilities could be inexhaustible. Especially now that they knew instances relied on malice to operate-the larger the instance, the more energy it required, and the more effort it took to maintain. Perhaps the Puppeteer was not as comfortably in control as he appeared.
Rather, Shen Ru's provocation in the previous instance and the video Mo Yu had sent in return had both served as catalysts for this instance's creation.
The more fully realized the instance's world was, the less power the Puppeteer would have left.
Shen Ru was certain the Puppeteer would accept his invitation and appear in the instance.