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But he didn't lay out everything at once—trust between people has to be built through continuous adjustment and interaction, so revealing one's representative props and skills should be sufficient.

"As for me."

Tuberculosis Rabbit shrugged his shoulders, lit a cigarette, popped it into his mouth, and tossed another one to Sword Without End: "My name is Tuberculosis Rabbit."

"Before we descend into the map while there's nothing obstructing overhead, we'd better smoke as many as possible since we don't know what the environment below will be like or if we'll even be able to smoke."

"My skill ceiling is very high; I can say that in many instances where Yi can't sort something out, I can."

"But in most cases, I serve a default role; of course, you can also understand that I'm not of much use in most situations." Explore new worlds at empire

"..."

Sword Without End glanced at Tuberculosis Rabbit somewhat speechlessly, carefully scanned the surroundings before finally lighting a cigarette and taking a drag, then, after a moment of thought, he spoke: "My main abilities come from a title and a prop."

"My title, which is what you see now, allows me to control all sword-type vehicles and sword-type props."

"Even the sword-type props in the hands of enemies can be controlled by me, but I can't activate their special effects, only use them as swords."

"Another prop I have is... I can turn the visual effects of any character action into a real, damaging area attack, but the cost is that the character's action must be an attack animation, and that character action will be consumed, never to be regained."

"At present, these two things are the main source of my damage."

"Turning character actions into real and harmful attacks?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit, in contemplation, began: "So the attack that dealt nearly ten thousand damage during the world boss event was done using this method?"

"That wasn't the case."

Sword Without End shook his head and denied: "In the world boss event, that damage was due to a skill effect of mine. As for the special effects animations at the time, they were a combination of twelve character actions and effects activated simultaneously to create that scene."

"For example, the effect that made the blade of the sword turn red was one of the activated weapon effects; used alone it's not particularly stunning, but combined with other character actions, it creates a very cool image that looks great."

"Impressive..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit silently raised a thumbs-up; no wonder Sword Without End's effects always looked so impressive, and why each action was always different and never repeated—it was his own combination.

"Made your choice—"

Meanwhile, Chen Yi had chosen from the numerous D-level maps: "Let's go with this map."

A map information display appeared in front of the group.

「Map Name」: Destiny's Adversary.

「Map Level」: D-level.

「Map Introduction」: Heaven has a road, yet you do not travel it; Hell has no gate, yet you break in. Pick up the weapon in your hand, and kill those noisy enemies before you.

"This map is most likely a team versus team map. Upon entering, we should face off against other squads, which is a map that works to our advantage."

"With our combined strength, we should be able to breeze through regardless of the squad we encounter."

"Okay."

Sword Without End nodded, indicating no objections. Although Tuberculosis Rabbit's self-deprecation was extreme, he did not really take Tuberculosis Rabbit for granted.

After all, during their first meeting, that one slash from Tuberculosis Rabbit had stunned him.

Perhaps the cooldown on that attack was long, but once deployed, its power was immense—it was akin to a strategic nuclear weapon.

The next second—

A flash of white light engulfed them, and when they next opened their eyes, they found themselves in a corner of a white space.

It looked like a giant cubic white space with 10 meters on each side, the vast whiteness giving an impression of emptiness, with walls all around showing a countdown timer of ten minutes.

「00:09:59」

「00:09:58」

"A countdown is indeed the most effective means to impose a sense of urgency."

Tuberculosis Rabbit glanced around casually, saying that although it was unclear what would happen when the countdown ended, just the existence of a countdown induced a subconscious pressure on people.

Just then—

A voice sounded in their ears.

「Ding, team leader Chen Yi of the team 'Rabbits Do Not Kill' has chosen to enter the D-level map 'Destiny's Adversary'. Each player in the team must submit 2000 Points as a deposit.」

「Team players are: Chen Yi, Tuberculosis Rabbit, Sword Without End.」

「Following are the map's content and specific rules, please read carefully and bear them in mind.」

「Long, long ago, Heaven and Hell waged a huge battle, during which countless angels and demons fell into eternal slumber. At this moment, you stand in a corner of Hell, surrounded by a dense mass of demons.」

「The moment the House of God vanishes, you will meet an onslaught like the tide. Should you withstand for 24 hours, you will be victorious.」

「Map Clearance Rules: Survive for 24 hours OR eliminate all demons.」

「Map Rules」:

1: Within this map, all titles, skills, props, vehicles, etc., can be used without any restrictions.

2: Inside the House of God secret props unique to this map are concealed; unearthing normal props will be advantageous for clearing the map.

3. All demons are unable to cross over the tops of their companions' heads or stand on their companions' heads.

4. If the challenge is failed, 2000 Points will be deducted from the player, but if it is completed successfully, they will be returned via the original path.

5. Before the House of God opens, players cannot step on the white tiles, or they will be immediately deemed to have failed.

The map rules are pretty simple, with just four easy ones.

Chen Yi's brows furrowed slightly in confusion. He had guessed wrong; the content of this map wasn't about team combat but rather resembled an Insect Race attack map they had previously encountered.

It belonged to a tower defense genre.

The information given before entering the map was too scarce, and the map's name had misled his thinking.

"Look at the ground."

Tuberculosis Rabbit squatted on the ground, gazing complexly at a black tile: "This must be the hidden Prop mentioned in the map rules."

This immense white space was the House of God referred to in the prompt.

A pure white cubic space, with nothing inside but the crimson countdown on the four walls and the floor covered in white and black tiles.

The group's location was in the bottom left corner of this white space.

They were standing on nine red tiles, which likely served as the starting point.

Adjoining this red square beneath their feet were two black tiles, one directly in front, the other directly to the right.

The black tile in front had several lines of text on it.

'1+1=?'

'A.1, B.2, C.3, D. Infinity.'

'Answer correctly to step on this black tile and receive a Special Prop.'

The black tile to the right also had two lines of text.

'In right triangle ABC, ∠C=90°, BC=a, AC=b, and 3a=4b, then ∠A's degree is approximately=?'

'A.53.7°, B.53.13°, C.53°13', D.53°48'.'

'Answer correctly to step on this black tile and receive a Special Prop.'

"Quite the Worded Book," Tuberculosis Rabbit muttered as he stood up, hands in his pockets, staring down at the mathematical problem on the black tile: "I've said before that we absolutely must have a mathematician in our team. Look, now we need one, don't we?"

"Anyway, I can't solve this. See if any of you can."

Sword Without End sighed heavily, his face serious as he scanned the surroundings and spoke earnestly, "The situation is now quite clear; we have ten minutes in the House of God—that is, in this white space—to dig up sufficiently powerful Props."

"After the countdown ends, this seal will be lifted, and we will face a deluge of demon attacks. If we can't dig up powerful enough Props within these ten minutes, we definitely won't be able to hold out for 24 hours."

"We are now in the bottom left corner of the white space; these nine red tiles are the starting point. With only ten minutes, we don't have enough time to dig up all the Props, so we must make targeted choices."

"Choose either the path made by the black tiles directly in front or the path made by the black tiles to the right."

"Personally, I prefer the path to the right. The difficulty of the math problem on the black tile to the right is much higher than the one in front about what one plus one is. The higher the difficulty, the more powerful the Prop should be."

"What do you think?"

"I think you make sense,"

Tuberculosis Rabbit nodded in agreement: "So what do you think is the answer to the black tile to the right?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know? Aren't you a college student? Don't tell me you can't even solve this problem?"

"I returned that knowledge to my math teacher long ago."

"..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit rolled his eyes at Sword Without End speechlessly and turned his head to look at Chen Yi, waiting for Yi's instructions.

Chen Yi stood calmly in place, not making an immediate choice, but instead looking at the paths following the two black tiles. The black tile in front had three junctions after it, adjoining 12 black tiles.

The black tile to the right had seven junctions, adjoining 32 black tiles.

In other words,

Theoretically, choosing the black tile in front would yield at most 12 Special Props, whereas the path to the right could yield up to 32 Special Props.

Without much thought,

He glanced at the countdown—now only nine minutes—calmly stepped onto the rightmost black tile.

'Ding—'

A sound echoed in the ears of the small team.

'Player Chen Yi's answer is B.53.13°, correct, this black tile may be stepped on.'

The next second—

The black tile under Chen Yi's feet suddenly turned bright red, and a Prop floated up from below ground, gently hovering midair, its panel appearing before everyone.