“Glitch Corridor: Consists of an infinitely extending hallway with doors stretching out on both sides. Want to know what’s behind the doors? Go take a look. PS: Survival Difficulty is Class 2. PS2: It’s not dangerous here.”
“Huh?”
That didn’t seem right.
Chen always felt there was something fishy about this Survival Difficulty, because it wasn’t detected directly but was added by the system.
It was extremely suspicious.
But he had no choice but to continue exploring.
The further he walked, the more monochrome the hallway became, even carrying a sense of distortion, and the atmosphere grew increasingly eerie.
Until a person in a black suit blocked Chen’s path.
The impression this person gave Chen was indescribable.
Chen realized he couldn’t describe any features of this person other than the black suit.
It was as if it were restricted by some rule or will.
“Uh, hello! Could you point the way out for me?”
Hearing this, the man in the suit stiffly twitched his head and looked at Chen:
“You want to leave?”
Isn’t that obvious?
Then, the man in the suit slowly extended a hand, signaling Chen.
This- what is this?
Chen thought for a moment.
Could he be asking me for something?
Seeing that Chen made no move, the man in the suit impatiently shook his hand, signaling Chen to take something out.
Chen still didn’t move.
The man in the suit became even more impatient.
When he shook his hand for the fourth time, Chen suddenly heard an angry shout: “Are you going to take it out or not?!”
“No, you should at least tell me what you want!”
“Oh, right. Hand over your Warp Berry. Warp Berries are not allowed here.”
?!
The only Warp Berry Chen had was a system reward, and it was currently sitting in his inventory.
This guy could actually detect that I have a Warp Berry?!
Chen was dumbfounded.
“Hurry up. If you don’t take it out after five seconds, then keep it and eat it yourself,” the man in the suit said impatiently.
What does that mean?
While Chen was still contemplating the meaning of these words, he heard the man in the suit counting down: “5, 4…”
The moment he counted to one, Chen saw him transform instantly into a huge monster, much like Gnar when his rage bar is full, and then pounced toward Chen.
Damn!
Chen hurriedly ran, with the monster in hot pursuit.
The monster’s movement speed seemed to be just a hair faster than Chen’s, causing the distance between them to remain constant.
“Brother, I was wrong, I’ll give it to you right now!”
As the monster said this, a stone flew toward Chen.
Wait, where did that Q come from?
Chen did a roll, narrowly dodging the stone.
The stone hit the wall with a loud bang.
Damn!
“System, what kind of Entities is this exactly?”
“Detection successful: Nuchasha, here to help you escape this level.”
You call this help?
This is bad.
Chen looked at that Warp Berry.
The only option now is to use this thing.
The Warp Berry produced by the system had an editable origin.
Originally, Chen wanted to test if this thing could get him to The Frontrooms.
System, edit origin, Level 11!
“Please wait in place for five seconds to edit.”
…
Forget it, I’ll just drop the Resurrection Armor.
Seeing the monster swipe its claw over, Chen dodged to the side.
“System, what happens if I eat a berry without editing the origin?”
“It will randomly teleport you to a level that can theoretically produce berries.”
“Oh?”
There’s a chance!
With things having come to this, Chen ate the berry in one bite.
Feeling the sweet taste of the berry, a ripple occurred.
Before Gnar’s next Q could fly over, a dark, gaping hole suddenly appeared on the ground.
Chen fell into it uncontrollably and was successfully teleported.
Opening his eyes again, he saw a forest of red maple trees.
Beside him, there was the sound of rushing water; right next to the maple forest, there was actually a large waterfall.
Various pieces of trash were floating in it.
“Where is this?” Chen, who had fallen flat on his face, slowly climbed up.
Looking at the eerie maple forest and waterfall before him, he couldn’t help but shiver.
He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but the maple tree just now seemed to have moved.
“No, why does my head hurt so much? Did I hit it?”
Chen felt a stabbing pain in his temples.
At the same time, a system prompt sounded.
“Detected mental pollution and mental control in this level; has been blocked for you (no usage limit).”
After the system prompt sounded, Chen’s headache suddenly vanished.
The maple trees before him also transformed into grotesque, indescribable things with bloody, gaping maws, surrounded by countless rotting corpses. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
One of the maple tree’s branches even reached down to try and bind Chen, but after being spotted by him, the tree froze, as if playing Red Light, Green Light.
“Damn, it’s alive!” Chen was terrified.
Looking at the rotting corpses all over the ground, this was the most shocking scene Chen had ever seen.
“Where is this? System, hurry up and detect it.”
“Due to unknown circumstances, level detection was interfered with; it has now been corrected.”
“Secret Level: Blood-Stained Maple Forest. Survival Difficulty: Unknown Class. Very unsafe. Very unstable. Go to sleep quickly.”
Chen was already used to the system’s detection acting up, but he was still speechless.
“What about the introduction? Hurry up and show it!”
“Stop nagging, it’s still loading, I’m tired,” the system prompt popped up.
“?”
Did this system become sentient?
Chen had long realized the system was acting strange, and now it wasn’t even bothering to pretend anymore.
“Are you alive too?”
“Don’t worry about that nonsense; hurry up and run, or you’ll lose your Resurrection Armor,” the system responded.
Looks like it’s become a spirit.
Although Chen was shocked, the priority was to figure out the situation first.
“Hurry up!”
“Don’t be impatient, it’s loaded.”
“True Level: Blood-Stained Maple Forest. Masked Level: Level 14: Paradise.”
“This level possesses strong mental pollution. It will correct the cognition of every Wanderer who enters, making them perceive this place as Paradise, and it exerts strong mental control, preventing them from leaving and turning them into nourishment for these living maple trees.”
“Those who manage to escape by luck will also be branded; the influence of the mental control will cause them to do everything in their power to lure more people here.”
“It’s worth mentioning that the Blood-Stained Maple Forest has put on the skin of Paradise to usurp the original Level 14. If you’re lucky enough, you might be able to see the real Level 14.”
“Holy crap, Level 14 is here?!” Chen remained in shock.
In the information he found at the M.E.G.
Library at the time, the introduction for Level 14 was: Serene, Perfect, Paradise.
Are you kidding me, bro?
So that’s how it was?
Chen had said the file looked weird at the time; it turned out it had been tampered with.
But at the same time, he felt cold sweat dripping down.
The mental control here could actually make files change along with it?!
He hadn’t seen any exits in the Level 14 file.
“System, can you find the exit for this level?”
“Sure, hurry up and knock yourself out with a hammer, and you’ll be out when you wake up.”
“Then I’ll be eaten as beef jerky, unless I’m lucky for being skinny. No, stop joking, I’m tired,” Chen said speechlessly.
“Who’s joking with you? Seriously, although Level 14, which is the Blood-Stained Maple Forest, doesn’t mention an exit, I’ve pieced together intelligence from many scattered reports. If you pass out here, you will be teleported to a less dangerous level.”
Like I’d believe that!
“If you don’t believe it, then stop running. Anyway, I’ve blocked the mental control for you, so you might as well beat this level,” the system prompted.
“Huh?”
That actually sounds like it makes sense?