There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

But whether the next player to come to this map will be killed by a trap is hard to say.

The Arena Master's strength isn't too high; Tuberculosis Rabbit, with just a C-grade prop pistol, could kill it in one shot.

As long as you're not too weak or deliberately provocative by delaying the kill, you basically won't give the opponent a chance to start doubling their strength.

...

Soon, the 6th and 7th ruins were successively cleared by Chen Yi and his companions.

Now they were just one condition away from a perfect clear.

Trigger a special event!

As long as they successfully triggered a special event, they would receive a unique reward, starting from B-grade; the rewards were indeed very generous.

Chen Yi and his two companions stood on the official road, gazing at the wasteland beside it. After a brief pause, they resolutely stepped into the Wasteland!

Stepping off the official road and into the Wasteland would trigger a special event.

The next second—

A prompt sounded in their ears.

"Ding, special event triggered—Hundred Demons Peach Garden!"

As the words ended.

They found their vision shift, and by the time they realized what was happening, they were already in a peach garden.

Dark clouds above, mud underfoot.

All around were peach trees without fruit, without leaves, just barren trunks.

The only strange thing was.

Some peach trees were brown, others black, looking somewhat out of place.

"This is a deserted Hundred Demons Peach Garden, no ghosts come here to collect fruit anymore, but before they evacuated, they left behind some dangers."

"Those dangers will arrive in an hour."

"You need to solve the crisis and escape successfully before then."

"Beneath each peach tree, there are some props hidden; you can use these to confront the impending dangers."

"PS: This Peach Garden cannot be exited by force, nor can flying props or vehicles be used."

"Clearance condition: Escape from the Peach Garden within one hour."

"Looks a bit like Destiny's Adversary," Sword Without End observed as he circled the surroundings and didn't find anything special, then looked towards the nearest peach tree, "Except that map was about getting props in the House of God and fighting the enemy after ten minutes."

"This map is about getting props from under the peach trees and fighting the enemy after an hour."

"We're given even more time here, so it should not be too difficult."

"What a pity."

Tuberculosis Rabbit shook his head in regret: "The special event we triggered last time in Destiny's Adversary was so nice, the Lin Yin Foot Bath Shop, no dangers just rest easy for an hour."

"I thought this special event would allow us to trigger something good like that again."

"So what do you think, Yi, should we start digging at the trees?"

"How about we split up and dig? To get rich, first cut down trees."

"Hold on."

Chen Yi's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the rules given for this special event.

This special event seemed similar to Destiny's Adversary, but there was one significant difference, and that was the pass condition.

The condition to pass Destiny's Adversary was either to survive 24 hours or to kill all the monsters.

However, the condition to pass this special event was to escape the map within one hour.

No further conditions for resolving a crisis or killing a crisis-related entity were added.

This meant that... even if they killed that unknown danger after an hour, they still could not leave the map because it did not meet the clear conditions.

The only condition to clear was to leave the map within the time limit.

As for any props buried under the peach tree specific to that map, they were useless, because once the crisis came, whether they resolved or killed the crisis, they could not leave the map.

Chen Yi, suddenly thinking of something, commanded Tuberculosis Rabbit and Sword Without End to rapidly dig out the nearest peach tree beside them.

And sure enough, there was a Prop Chest hidden in the tree pit.

"Ding, congratulations on discovering a Prop Chest."

"Please recite the numbers 1-100 out loud, without missing any number, and without pausing for more than one second."

"Successfully meeting this condition will allow you to open the chest and obtain an exclusive prop that can be used on this map."

"This prop has an extremely powerful suppressive effect on the unknown danger."

"This is the simplest Prop Chest unlocking condition I've ever seen."

Sword Without End, somewhat eager, spoke up, "How about I try first?"

"Don't bother."

Chen Yi glanced at the Prop Chest in the tree pit without the slightest nostalgia, then walked away toward the distance, holding a piece of paper and a pen in his hand, casually speaking as he walked.

"Do you know what the biggest difference between men and women is?"

"Ah?"

Sword Without End, standing beside the tree hole and not understanding why Chen Yi abandoned the chest and left, glanced regretfully at the Prop Chest in the tree pit before quickly following behind Chen Yi, speaking with a tone of confusion.

"Yi, why are you suddenly asking this?"

"Most women, when they receive a confession from an extremely handsome and wealthy stranger, have many thoughts such as whether this man is the one, how quickly their own shining points have been discovered, or how there are indeed discerning people who can truly appreciate them."

"Whereas most men, when they receive a confession from an extremely beautiful and wealthy woman, have only one thought in their minds."

"What?"

Sword Without End asked blankly out of reflex.

Tuberculosis Rabbit, standing next to him, couldn't help but grin and said, "Of course it's 'damn scammer, get lost.' What normal man would believe that a beautiful wealthy stranger would confess her liking for them out of nowhere?"

"Seems right, haha."

Sword Without End scratched the back of his head in a bit of disarray, following the steps of Chen Yi and the others, "But what does this have to do with that chest just now?"

"Of course, it does."

Tuberculosis Rabbit patted Sword Without End's shoulder with a bit of pity, "Only a woman would believe that good fortune could favor her, men never believe in pie falling from the sky."

"A girl, from childhood to adulthood, if she is rather attractive, will receive lots of preferential treatment. These treatments can create a delusion that there are unearned gains in this world."

"As for a boy growing up, any wealth he has comes from his own hard work. For men, something for nothing is the stupidest scam."

"Just like you said just now, the condition to unlock that Prop Chest was extremely simple."

"Doesn't it feel like pie falling from the sky?"

"That's clearly a trap!"

"Yi means to say you lack a man's self-restraint, he's scolding you, don't be dumbfounded, you can't even understand when you're being insulted."

"You're hopeless."

With a look of speechlessness, Tuberculosis Rabbit glanced at Sword Without End, then continued, "Have you forgotten what Jiaye said when he left?"