Chapter 1050 - 435: Jupiter Surpasses the Celestial

Chapter 1050: Chapter 435: Jupiter Surpasses the Celestial

Accompanied by the sound of the clock ringing in their ears, regardless of whether they obtained the World Dungeon qualification, the players all entered the Crimson Courtyard.

The World Dungeon is coming next. Even if you don’t have the qualifications to participate, it’s still worth joining the crowd.

Wu Chang and Sword Star, along with others, entered the Crimson Courtyard simultaneously, appearing in the public square.

The square was crowded with players, packed so densely that there was hardly any place to stand. It seemed that all players of the Desolate Realm had gathered here at the square.

The most prominent clock tower in the public square had its countdown reach zero at this moment. Not only did the countdown reach zero, but even the dial on the clock tower stopped moving.

The players looked at the clock tower, unable to suppress their whispers.

Curiosity is human nature, witnessing the emergence of the World Dungeon is a phenomenon-level topic. What’s more, the chatterboxes from the public square tavern have all come to witness it up close.

Not only the tavern’s gossipers and intelligence dealers, but also the leaderboard analysts and merchants from the trading area were gathering at the square.

The crowd was filled with various topics, like the difficulty of the World Dungeon, who might achieve legendary status through the World Dungeon, why the Four Major Organizations have been acting nervously...

Moreover, some people seized the opportunity to sell items and medicines, shouting that Rotten Silver Coins are not meant to be taken to the grave, and they should all be converted into battle power instead.

As people’s voices grew louder and noisier, just when Wu Chang’s ears were about to be filled with these buzzing whispers, the clock tower rang.

Bong.

The heavy and solemn sound of the bell spread around, as if it traversed from ancient times, imbued with the unique weight of time.

Where the sound of the bell passed, people’s voices seemed to be muted, instantly falling into an exceptionally quiet state. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

Even the players who were at the final stages of price negotiation and preparing for a trade held their breath and looked up at the clock tower.

Unknowingly, the clock tower, which was usually taken for granted on ordinary days, appeared particularly grand and magnificent in the players’ eyes.

Bong.

The bell rang again, causing a slight tremor on the square’s ground. People looked around and realized that the square, where people had to stand shoulder to shoulder, now had at least a person’s space between them.

They looked back at the clock tower and realized that even if they raised their heads, they couldn’t see the top of the tower.

The previous feeling that the clock tower had become taller was not an illusion; the tower was indeed growing!

Not only the clock tower, but the entire square was expanding with the tower as its core.

Before the players could recover from their surprise, the third bell rang.

Bong.

The barrier surrounding the city district opened, revealing the full view of the Mist Plaza, as seen during the qualification dungeon, once more in front of all players.

However, this time was different from before. This time, the public area where the players were located became the core of the Mist Plaza, instead of a corner.

After twelve bell rings, the public square’s area became comparable to that of a small city, and the clock tower turned into a massive structure reaching the sky.

Every Desolate Realm player had seen the clock tower in the square, but neither the Four Major Organizations nor the players’ forum had anyone who entered the clock tower’s interior.

The clock tower had no entry point, and it couldn’t be accessed through teleportation or other methods, as if it was not open to the public.

At this moment, a door appeared on each of the four walls of the clock tower, and all players with World Dungeon qualifications saw words appear simultaneously before them when they noticed the doors.

"Do you want to enter the World Dungeon?"

The typeface asking the players was the same as when asking if they wanted to enter the Abyssal Game, but this time, the Abyssal Game gave players the power to refuse.

The invitation to the World Dungeon was non-transferable, but it could be forfeited.

Since the qualification to enter the World Dungeon was issued to the top ten thousand performing players in the qualification dungeon, if a player gave up their qualification, it would automatically pass to the next ranked player in the standby area, ensuring that the total number of entrants to the World Dungeon remained at ten thousand.

Like the Totem Organization, which was purged by the Four Major Organizations, many players within had qualifications to enter the World Dungeon, and their qualifications were passed on to the later ranking players.

Wu Chang looked at the familiar typeface before him. When he first entered the Abyssal Game and saw these words, he searched all over the screen to find the option to refuse. Now, seeing these words, he feels that only a fool would choose to refuse.

Is it because he has grown, understanding the importance of evolution?

No, he has simply boarded a pirate ship and can only continue on one path until he’s devoured by darkness.

He sighed, approached the large door at the base of the clock tower, and chose to enter the World Dungeon.

As he made his choice, the barrier on the clock tower’s door dissipated, and he stepped inside.

At the moment of entering the clock tower, he felt a sense of dizziness followed by a sensation of weightlessness.

Once his vision stabilized, the players who entered the clock tower with him had all vanished, leaving him alone on the staircase.

In front of him was a spiraling staircase leading upward, guiding him to unknown heights.

However, these are all surface perceptions. His keen sense of space allowed him to discover that everything inside the clock tower was upside-down.

The enormous clock tower reaching the sky and the continually ascending stairs ahead all hinted to the players that they were heading into the sky.

The truth is quite the opposite. In fact, they are heading deeper underground.

Wu Chang recalled Kristen explaining the structure of the Abyssal Game to him using the example of an upside-down big tree, to illuminate the entire game’s architecture.