Chapter 84: Reaching the Summit! Is This the End, or the Beginning of a Nightmare?

——Da Luo Shan prompt:

——You have completed 6000 steps of exercise. We wish you physical and mental health and a pleasant workout! ——1200 steps ahead is the featured scenic spot, Longkou Dong.

This was the content carved into the wooden sign, and it was different from all the wooden signs Fude Kaier had seen before.

There were no longer any prompts regarding rules here; it simply told the Chosen One the fitness step count and about the new scenic spot 1200 steps ahead.

"Strange."

The strangeness of the wooden sign made Fude Kaier frown slightly.

After the absence of a series of rule prompts, he vaguely saw through the wooden sign the deepest contradiction in the rules.

——You have completed 6000 steps of exercise! ——1200 more steps ahead! Do not look at these two prompts as having nothing to do with the rules; in fact, they reminded the tourist of the mountain climbing step count once again! ——Do not silently count the mountain climbing steps! Yet, in many signs, it clearly warns the Chosen One not to silently count the mountain climbing steps! "The rules clearly tell the player not to silently count the mountain climbing steps, so why do the signs make the Chosen One keep the mountain climbing step count in mind at all times?"

"This must be the Guiyi's bewitchment of the Chosen One, right?"

After reaching this conclusion, Fude Kaier felt slightly nervous, because he understood one thing.

That is... humans are very complex creatures; the more they do not want to forget something, the more they will keep it in mind!

Without knowing anything, he could easily walk to the 6000-step area, but once he knew the signs would remind him of the mountain climbing step count over and over, causing him to violate the rule of not silently counting steps.

It became difficult for him to easily walk the remaining 4000 steps.

Because.

His brain could no longer easily forget this matter.

He put away his thoughts.

Fude Kaier continued to climb toward the summit.

However, this time.

The difficulty of climbing had clearly increased.

That chill coming from behind, and the Guiyi mist shrouding the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao, became even denser.

Every step he took.

His thoughts would be dragged by these two factors into thinking about the rules.

And once he thought about the rules.

He would uncontrollably want to silently count the mountain climbing steps to see how much distance he still had until the 10,000-step End Point of the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao. Under the gaze of countless viewers in the Xianshishijie, Fude Kaier finished the 1200 steps upward.

It was also at this time.

A mysterious and ancient cave appeared in Fude Kaier's field of vision.

From the previous prompt, it could be determined that.

It was Longkou Dong!

"It is 7200 steps now; I have 2800 steps left until the End Point!"

In Fude Kaier's mind, this sentence suddenly and uncontrollably emerged.

He was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly.

He hurriedly tried to cast this terrifying sentence to the back of his mind.

But, how could it be possible to easily forget something unforgettable? The more one tries not to think about it, the more the brain will think about it!

"7201 steps!"

"7202 steps!"

"7203 steps!"

Fude Kaier felt somewhat desperate.

Because he could clearly feel that as he silently counted, the eerie chill behind him became more obvious! Now,

he could even feel something terrifying blowing air behind him! "No, no!" "I must rely on other things to distract myself!"

Thinking this, Fude Kaier ran quickly toward Longkou Dong; he wanted to find the sign that appeared fixedly in every area.

To distract himself through the content on the sign! ——Da Luo Shan prompt!

——Longkou Dong notice!

——Due to special reasons in the scenic area, the special scenic spot Longkou Dong is now closed!

——To the families of all missing persons, the scenic area understands your anxious feelings, but after investigation by professional search and rescue personnel, no traces of any missing persons have been found inside Longkou Dong! ——Please wait for the scenic area's continued investigation; during this period, do not cross the warning line to head into the depths of the cave to avoid accidents! ——If you have any doubts, you may contact the duty personnel for help by dialing the following number.

Watching the prompt above.

Fude Kaier's thoughts were successfully diverted.

No longer thinking about the mountain climbing step count, he could clearly feel the sense of Guiyi behind him beginning to decrease.

He let out a sigh of relief.

He continued to look down at the lower part of the Longkou Dong notice.

No, rather than a notice.

It was more like a small note specifically prepared by the investigators.

——Because of the multiple missing tourist cases in the Longkou Dong area of the Da Luo Mountain Scenic Area, an investigation department has now been established! ——Tourists arriving here, please continue forward! ——After advancing 800 steps, dial the help hotline and wait for staff to pick you up at the End Point (approximately the 2800-step area)! Fude Kaier did not discover the problem with the two signs.

Because,

the previous notice had already paved the way for this.

This made the Chosen One feel that it was only reasonable for these prompts to appear here.

"If I walk 800 more steps and make a help call, and then charge to the summit, will I be rescued?"

The content on the notice made Fude Kaier overjoyed.

He thought to himself: This crazy ordeal is finally coming to an end! He will achieve victory in the 【Da Luo Shan Rule Gui Tan】 on behalf of the Nu Hai nation!

At that time!

The Blood Curtain will reward the Nu Hai nation with a mysterious reward! From then on, he will become the first hero of the Nu Hai nation to clear a Rule Gui Tan, looked up to by countless citizens, and he will go down in history! The more he thought, the more excited Fude Kaier became.

Su Qiu cast all reason to the back of his mind and charged headlong toward the final End Point (2800 steps away)! He watched Fude Kaier's performance as he struggled to reach the summit.

Some were pleasantly surprised, while others were worried.

The vast majority of the Nu Hai citizens, just like Fude Kaier, did not realize there were any problems with the two notice boards.

They could not wait to see Fude Kaier complete his ascent! To achieve victory in this Gui Tan! Yet some sharp-eyed spectators saw the Guiyi of these two notice boards, and upon seeing Fude Kaier struggling to charge forward, the terror in their hearts grew! 【Something is wrong! Something is not right!】

【There is something wrong with these two notice boards!】

【First, that wooden notice board—the emergency number for duty personnel it mentions is completely different from the one at the starting point!】

【Although it is said that a scenic area might have different duty personnel, this situation clearly would not happen on Da Luo Shan, because everything here is governed by rules!】

【A wrong phone number means the ending might be wrong!】

【But isn't walking another 2800 steps the End Point of Da Luo Shan? Once you reach the End Point, you can achieve victory in the game, right!】

【That is what we cannot figure out.】

【Reaching the End Point is a successful strategy! By all logic, it should try its best to stop the Chosen One from reaching the summit during this final stretch, but it didn't!】

【Instead, the two different notice boards here are both signaling for the player to hurry and reach the summit!】

【Reaching the summit might not be the end, but the beginning of a nightmare.】

【I think so too; this final notice acts far too urgently, which, for it, is very inappropriate!】

(End of this chapter)