PNB Chapter 588: Isolated Island (1)
Chapter 588: Isolated Island (1)
Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was time for the Five Palaces Joint Competition. Pei Yun stood in a square behind the Dao God Palace. The square was surrounded by groups of people. Pei Yun and his five companions stood in an inconspicuous corner, and there were thousands of groups in sight.
However, Pei Yun didn't know almost any of these people. The only acquaintance he could talk to was Yin Yanyue. People like Duanmu Xu and Ling Ziyan from the Lingyao Sect didn't come.
The temple attached great importance to this competition, as it was the first time it had been held. All the temple masters of the five temples were present. Pei Yun saw Temple Master Lu sitting at the very front of the square, and even Vice Temple Master Jin, City Master Wei, and several other elders of the Dan Shen Temple were also present.
Pei Yun quickly learned the reason, because these palace masters and elders were also the judges in this case.
This competition is mainly a challenge-based event. The hall masters and elders of the five halls will select the three best teams based on their performance during the challenge. The first-place team will receive 20,000 points, the second-place team will receive 10,000 points, and the third-place team will receive 5,000 points.
At this moment, a "gate" hundreds of feet high and tens of feet wide appeared before everyone's eyes. This "gate" engraved with golden inscriptions looked ancient and mysterious...
"...This treasure is called the Gate of Trials. Within the Gate of Trials are countless 'gates.' Each team has three chances to choose which 'gate' to enter. The challenges within each 'gate' are different... Before entering a 'gate,' each person must wear the badge of a temple disciple on their chest..."
After the rules were announced, the teams in the square began to whisper among themselves, most of them looking confident.
As the temple elder who announced the rules gave the order, the mysterious trial gate slowly opened on its own. Inside, a thick fog enveloped the area, and the various teams began to enter in an orderly fashion. Pei Yun and his group of five followed the flow of people in, their figures quickly swallowed up by the white mist...
Upon entering, they felt as if they had arrived above a thick layer of clouds, with countless "doors" stretching out in all directions, seemingly without end.
These "doors" vary in size and height, and even the light emanating from them differs, as do their strengths and weaknesses.
"Look!" someone suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the sky not far away.
A huge light screen appeared in everyone's sight, and the text on the screen read: Different trial gates have different difficulties, divided into three levels - easy, normal and hard.
Each team has three chances, meaning they can enter three "gates".
Once the prompt appeared on the screen, the level of each door was displayed above it.
At the same time, another message appeared on the screen: The badge is the participant's identification. Once the badge is removed from the participant's person during the challenge, the person will be immediately teleported out of the current challenge and will be considered to have failed the challenge.
Finally, the competition officially began!
The screen disappeared after displaying the last line of text.
Seeing this, all the teams perked up, but they didn't act rashly. They started discussing intensely which level of "door" they should choose.
Seeing that Pei Yun still looked a little dazed, Fu Lingchen couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong with you?"
"This method seems strangely familiar..." Pei Yun sighed softly.
These four people had never been to the Void Realm or Blue Star, so they naturally didn't know that this Trial Gate was permeated with the style of Ancestor Qin Meng.
"Senior Pei, which level should we choose?" Before entering, everyone had agreed to follow the captain's instructions.
“Naturally, it’s the difficult level. The more difficult the trial mission, the more opportunities there are to perform. Our goal in participating is to strive for the top three and win the reward.” Without hesitation, Pei Yun led the four of them to find the gate to the difficult level trial.
A moment later, they arrived at a "door" emitting a red glow. The five of them exchanged glances, took a deep breath, and went inside...
Unexpectedly, after entering the door, the five people were teleported to a round table, surrounded by a blood mist, making it impossible to see anything.
A light screen appeared above the center of the round table: This trial mission requires the participation of five teams to be activated.
Pei Yun and his group of five could only sit at the round table and wait. As time passed, more and more teams came in. After an unknown amount of time, all five teams were finally gathered.
Pei Yun secretly observed that she did not recognize the people in the other four teams, nor did she recognize Fu Lingchen and his group of four.
The five teams sat facing each other at the round table. Just as someone was about to say something, a line of text appeared on the light screen above the table: This trial mission—Escape the isolated island.
Before anyone present could react, a cloud of blood mist suddenly filled the air, engulfing all twenty-five people in the room...
When Pei Yun woke up, she found herself lying on a clean white bed. She smelled disinfectant and heard a "drip, drip" sound. Her hand felt slightly stinging. She raised her hand and found that there was a needle sticking into the back of her hand, and she was receiving an IV drip.
At that moment, a man wearing a mask and a white coat walked in. He took out a syringe and injected the medicine into the IV fluid she was receiving.
This is... a hospital on Earth?
Pei Yun gradually regained consciousness. The scene before her was not unfamiliar to her, because she had been to a hospital when she was on Blue Star, and the surrounding environment and facilities were very familiar to her.
The man's gaze behind his glasses was extremely cold, like a monster staring intently at its prey. He then picked up a syringe and stabbed it into her arm.
Pei Yun was not afraid at all. She was about to raise her hand to restrain the other party when she found that her body was very weak and her spiritual power and divine sense were sealed. She could only lie limply on the bed and let the person in front of her control her.
The man took a vial of her blood and then left. The door to the ward was closed, leaving her alone in the room.
Wearing a hospital gown, Pei Yun immediately pulled out the needle from the back of her hand. With her limbs weak, she went to the door of the ward and tried to open it, but she found that she couldn't open the door. She was trapped here and couldn't get out.
The ward had walls on all four sides, and the bathroom had no windows. The door was the only exit, so she had no way to escape. She also couldn't contact the other four people for the time being.
Pei Yunzai carefully observed her surroundings but found nothing unusual. She could only lie back down on the bed and wait for the other four to contact her.
At noon, when the clock on the wall showed twelve o'clock, the door to the ward suddenly opened, and a man pushed a food cart in. When he saw Pei Yun lying on the hospital bed, he looked pleasantly surprised and took off his mask: "I've finally found you!"
Pei Yun was overjoyed to see Fu Lingchen in front of her and quickly inquired about the situation.
Fu Lingchen was also confused about the situation. After all, he had never been to Blue Star. He only felt that the style around him was completely different from that of the Vast Universe Continent. The clothes and behavior of the people around him, as well as the surrounding environment, were all very strange.
"...When I woke up, I found myself in the middle of a group of people in white. They were pushing carts, seemingly delivering food to people in the rooms. I imitated their movements and took the opportunity to search each room one by one. Finally, I found you..."
Seeing that she was pale and looked seriously ill, Fu Lingchen stepped forward to support her and asked with a frown, "What's wrong?"
"Did you meet anyone else?" Pei Yun asked.
"I haven't run into the rest of my team, but I just ran into someone from another team who was also delivering food. We glanced at each other, but didn't exchange a word..."
"Your spiritual power and divine consciousness have also been sealed?"
"That's right, I'm just like an ordinary mortal now."
"It seems we're all being restricted..."
"Where is this place? The people and things around here are very strange..." Fu Lingchen saw that Pei Yun seemed not surprised at all.
Pei Yun explained, "...This is the style of Qin Meng's hometown...This place should be a hospital, a place for treating and saving lives, and my current identity should be that of a patient. As for you, you should be a staff member of this hospital, which means you can move around freely, but I am restricted. In my current condition, I cannot go out, nor can I open the door to the ward. I can only rely on you to contact the others. Find the other three people and find out the situation around here. If you can, come and meet them here..."
As she was speaking, the ward door opened again, and a woman who looked like a nurse walked in indifferently and said to Fu Lingchen, "The patient needs to rest, please leave."
Fu Lingchen frowned, but Pei Yun beside him gave him a wink, signaling him to leave as requested. He didn't say anything more, pushed the food cart, glanced at Pei Yun, and left the ward.
After Fu Lingchen left, the nurse also left. Pei Yun tried to open the door again, but as expected, it still didn't work, so she could only lie back down on the bed.