【Feng Bujue, Level 57】
【Si Yu Ruo Li, Level 54】
【Wang Tanzhi, Level 55】
【Bei Ling Xiao Gu, Level 54】
【Shi Shang Hua Jian, Level 54】
【Xu Huai Shang, Level 55】
【Please select the game mode that your team wants to join.】
【You have selected Team Survival Mode (Nightmare). Please confirm.】

After everyone finished preparing, Feng Bujue still served as the captain, leading the team into the scenario queue.

【Your team is joining Team Survival Mode (Nightmare). The team size has reached the maximum limit: six players.】
【Your team has entered the queue.】
【Coordinating nerve connections, scenario generation in progress...】
【Loading, please wait.】

As the system voice lines appeared one after another, everyone in the login space simultaneously experienced that familiar feeling of weightlessness and fell into darkness.

Teleportation... has begun.

"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." A dry, hoarse male voice uttered this opening line.

【Loading complete. You are currently in Team Survival Mode (Nightmare).】
【This mode provides a scenario introduction and has a chance of triggering side hidden quests and special worldviews.】
【Scenario Completion Reward: Optional Puzzle Card*4】

When they saw the completion reward this time, the members of Hell Frontline were all shocked. They should know... even "Random Puzzle Card*4" was already considered a very rare reward, but this time the completion reward was actually four "Optional Puzzle Cards"?

In the current version with the puzzle card exchange, every player's storage space always has three to five cards that they can't use. If they were given four "optional" cards, they only need to match them with their original cards, and then exchange them at the exchange, and they are very likely to put together a set of puzzle card combinations that are very large and very difficult to assemble. In other words... this is equivalent to giving a powerful legendary equipment.

"Although I had a premonition when joining in the form of a six-person team..." Feng Bujue immediately thought, "But judging from the content of the reward, perhaps this scenario will be more difficult than I expected..."

【An error has occurred.】
【Reloading introduction...】

In the next second, an unprecedented abnormal situation confirmed Brother Jue's premonition.

【An unknown error has occurred in the scenario. Disconnecting...】
【Encountered unknown data stream traction, starting emergency procedure...】

The last part of the system voice stopped as if it had been interrupted by some force.

And the players... were not disconnected.

…………

Chaotic scorched earth, blood and baleful aura everywhere.

Dark clouds covered the sky, and ashes covered the ground.

At this moment, on this killing ground full of demons and monsters, a teleportation array surrounded by dozens of magical reliefs was emitting a radiance that was incompatible with the surrounding environment.

Buzz buzz buzz—

Accompanied by a burst of buzzing, three figures appeared in the array.

Those... were three players: 【Feng Bujue】, 【Wang Tanzhi】 and 【Xu Huai Shang】.

"Finally succeeded once..." When Brother Jue and the others appeared, a boy who looked fifteen or sixteen years old, but had a mature face, muttered beside the array.

"Lao Wang?" Feng Bujue looked towards the sound, and immediately recognized that the other party was "Dian He Wang".

"Long time no see, Feng Bujue." Dian He Wang was obviously too lazy to complain about Brother Jue's address to him, he just pretended not to hear it and greeted him directly.

"Oh, you've grown a lot in a while." The last time Feng Bujue saw Dian He Wang, the latter's appearance was still that of a child. "Speaking of... that... is that part of your new look?" As he said that, Brother Jue turned his gaze to a strange bird standing on Dian He Wang's shoulder.

It was a brown-backed, white-bellied owl-like creature, its body was larger than an ordinary owl, and its head was completely cat-like. It was truly a veritable "cat-headed" owl.

"It's me." Unexpectedly, a second later, the cat-headed owl actually opened its mouth and responded to Brother Jue.

"[Beep—]" Feng Bujue blurted out an exclamation that was blocked, and then recognized the strange bird's identity, "Lord Zun?" (Respect)

"Yes, it's me." Zhuan Jie Zun continued, "A lot has happened during this time... In short, I can only exist in this form now, and my strength... is much weaker than before."

"Although I don't want to interrupt your reminiscing..." At this time, Xu Huai Shang suddenly interjected, "But I must remind you that something seems to be coming..."

She deserved to be a top-notch expert; her perception of danger and hostility was very敏锐 (minrui; keen).

Just as she finished speaking, a monster with bat wings suddenly burst out from mid-air about twenty meters away from the crowd, raising its claws and pouncing.

This monster was shaped like a gargoyle, but its entire body was purple and extremely thin; it should have the ability to be invisible and fly silently, because before Xu Huai Shang spoke, its figure was still in a cloaked state, and the sound of its flight was hidden in the wind and extremely difficult to detect.

Whoosh—

It was too late, but in that instant!

As soon as the monster's pouncing action started, the sound of a sleeve arrow piercing through the air also screeched out.

Immediately afterwards, they heard a "噗" (pu) sound...

Xiao Tan's attack using [Altair's Touch] accurately hit the monster's head, and just happened to be stuck in the center of its brow.

Even if the monster was very strong, there was no saving it after its brain was penetrated by an arrow. A few seconds later, it fell diagonally with the force of inertia, and fell heavily to the ground. Its twitching body and the brain matter spilling on the ground declared its death.

"Well... there's no 'safe time' to adapt to the environment after entering the scenario..." Xiao Tan was now used to all kinds of situations in the game, and was used to casually complaining after calmly dealing with this kind of sudden crisis...

"Heh..." Dian He Wang chuckled when he heard this, "Being in the chaotic scorched earth, what safety is there to talk about? Even breathing is unsafe here."

As he spoke, Zhuan Jie Zun silently flew down from his shoulder and quickly landed next to the monster that had just died, lowered his head and licked the brain matter on the ground twice.

While licking, Lord Zun also said, "These teleportation reliefs are indeed too conspicuous. Let's talk somewhere else."

"I won't ask you what you want to do by summoning me here with the teleportation array..." Feng Bujue did not express any opinion on the other party's behavior of eating brains. He knew that Zhuan Jie Zun's behavior must have its reasons, so he directly asked about the main issue, "I'll just ask... why are you two doing this in the chaotic scorched earth? Wouldn't it be better to set up an array in the Reasoning Club?"

"Good question." Dian He Wang looked at Brother Jue with a cold face and said a shocking piece of news, "Let me first tell you a piece of news that is no longer a big deal at this stage—the Reasoning Club has been destroyed."