Bai Ye pressed onward.
Traversing the red soil swamp was no easy feat, but for Bai Ye, it was not a problem.
In his previous life, the red soil swamp was an area where Bai Ye had spent a considerable amount of time, and it was here he ultimately obtained his spiritual body, making him intimately familiar with the swamp. He knew the distribution of spiritual monsters and even understood the habits of many of them.
After about an hour, Bai Ye had crossed the red soil swamp, and structures began to appear ahead of him.
These buildings possessed a strong Gothic style, exuding an aura of gloom.
As he continued forward, the buildings gradually became more numerous.
In fact, the red soil swamp area was once a small town, a place of quiet and peaceful life. This changed twenty-four years ago when an incident occurred at the amusement park outside the town. A group of town children were murdered in the park's haunted house. Subsequently, the enraged townspeople, ignoring the warnings of the town police, stormed into the amusement park, killed the staff, and set the park ablaze.
This event shattered the once quiet and peaceful town. Some residents were arrested and imprisoned, while others moved away from the town that held such painful memories. Ultimately, the town was completely abandoned.
And the forbidden zone within the red soil swamp was perhaps one of the easiest forbidden zones to find: that amusement park!
However, Bai Ye believed this had a certain relationship with the red soil swamp. If one were to enter the swamp for the first time, it would be quite dangerous, as evidenced by the massive spiritual monster that had swallowed Dr. Hard. Therefore, whether the forbidden zone was hidden or not was of little consequence; the difficulty lay in safely navigating the red soil swamp.
Of course, for Bai Ye, the forbidden zone was now within easy reach.
Upon entering the town, everything became eerie.
The sky was perpetually overcast, a dull gray hue, with no sun or moon, making it impossible to distinguish day from night.
After passing through the abandoned town and continuing for about half an hour, Bai Ye looked up and saw a giant Ferris wheel. As he got closer, he also spotted the broken tracks of a roller coaster in multiple places.
Soon, Bai Ye arrived at the main entrance of the amusement park.
It was a massive iron gate. As Bai Ye stepped through it…
"As a participant has discovered and entered the Death Amusement Park, all participants currently in the red soil swamp area will be teleported to different locations within the Death Amusement Park in three minutes."
"The rules of the Death Amusement Park will be announced in three minutes."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 1: Successfully escape the Death Amusement Park. Reward: Tarot Card of the Evil Spirit x1."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 2: Find the murderer of the haunted house killing incident. Reward: Crucifix of Pollution x1."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 3: Kill the evil spirits and burn down the Death Amusement Park. Reward: Spiritual Body x1, Shard of God's Stone x10."
"Gentlemen, to survive, please dance with grace."
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As the discoverer, Bai Ye had the advantage of not undergoing the random teleportation like others. In other words, Bai Ye had three minutes of priority action.
However, within the Death Amusement Park, three minutes of priority action was not very significant. This was because the Death Amusement Park was not an exploration-type forbidden zone like the Umbrella Corporation's underground base, nor was it a challenge-type forbidden zone like the Tomb of the King of Huainan.
One notable difference between the Death Amusement Park and those two forbidden zones was that the rules of the Death Amusement Park would be announced to everyone entering after three minutes, something neither the Umbrella Corporation's underground base nor the Tomb of the King of Huainan possessed.
Therefore, Bai Ye did not venture far. He found a tent-like structure, entered it, and drew the curtain, waiting silently. He needed to first confirm if the rules of the Death Amusement Park were the same as in his previous life.
Three minutes later, everyone in the red soil swamp area was sent into the Death Amusement Park, and a light screen appeared before all of them. Soon, lines of small text began to appear.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park One: Once the Death Amusement Park is activated, supervisors will appear in non-architectural areas to hunt down all humans.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Two: Upon activation, each person will receive a card, divided into Human Cards and Ghost Cards. Every hour, the cards held by survivors will be randomly replaced.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Three: Holders of Human Cards cannot kill other Human Card holders. Doing so will result in punishment: being pursued by a vengeful spirit for three minutes. Holders of Ghost Cards can freely kill humans with Human Cards, and also kill other Ghost Card holders, and can act freely without being hunted by supervisors. Three Ghost Cards will be generated each round.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Four: Ghost Card holders who accumulate seven human kills will receive a Shard of God's Stone. Human Card holders who kill one ghost will receive a Shard of God's Stone.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Five: The Death Amusement Park is open for twelve hours. After twelve hours, the Death Amusement Park will close. The next opening will not occur for another 44 days.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Six: Under normal circumstances, once the Death Amusement Park is activated, no one can leave within twelve hours. Attempting to leave forcibly will result in punishment: being afflicted by vengeful spirits and dying instantly.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Seven: When the Death Amusement Park closes, the Ghost Town will open. If one wishes to participate in the next Death Amusement Park, they can rest in the Ghost Town. All participants who have experienced the first Death Amusement Park will receive a permanent 20% discount on all consumption in the Ghost Town.
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Bai Ye only skimmed through the rules, as he knew from the start that reading them would merely confirm whether his memories from his previous life were accurate. And he received good news: the rules of the Death Amusement Park were exactly the same as in his previous life.
The rules were not difficult to understand. On the surface, it was a hunt between humans and ghosts. This time, rather than acting alone, humans would need to cooperate, and ghosts would need to cooperate. However, it was not that simple.
The reason was simple: although cooperation was implied by factions, the rewards were individual. Therefore, it was inevitable that subtle calculations would occur during cooperation, and the rewards for hunting were Shards of God's Stone…
This was a tremendous temptation!
However, Bai Ye knew it was not as simple as it appeared. Within the rules regarding Human Cards and Ghost Cards, there was a very important point: Ghost Cards allowed free movement in non-architectural areas without being attacked by supervisors.
And the core of this rule was what?
It was very simple!
Those who obtained Ghost Cards had an easier time completing the forbidden zone missions.
The Shards of God's Stone were highly tempting, but it was crucial not to forget that the rewards for the forbidden zone missions were even more enticing, and they also included ten Shards of God's Stone.
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