559 Night Sky Map! (2/2)
”Look at the sky on the screens… it's turned black!”
”There's starlight in the night sky!”
As the spectators gasped in shock, inside the array formation, a myriad of emotions descended upon the participants as they lifted their heads and saw what was going on in the sky.
At that moment… the light around them had dimmed considerably. The change was minute but still perceivable to a cultivator's eyes. The sky above their heads had transformed from a bright and clear one to a dark, night sky!
It wasn't exactly a night sky. The light shining upon the land had dimmed, but it wasn't completely pitch-black as night would be. The only change was to the blue skies, which had now turned black.
It might seem like a contradiction, but this was indeed what had happened. The lands continued to give off light under the black sky. The source of this light was unknown. It seemed as if everything in this world could become a source of light. This was one of the things that made the Endless Possibilities Array Formation unique.
Wang Baole and his team had been traveling when the skies suddenly turned black. They stopped in their tracks immediately and lifted their heads, alarm flashing across their faces. The black sky was undergoing a gradual transformation, and a map formed from starlight began to emerge in the sky!
It was a clear map of the entire world where the trial was taking place, and numerous key-shaped symbols appeared on the map!
They weren't all stationary!
Some of these keys were shown in isolation, others were shown clustered in groups of three to five. There were also dozens of keys clustered together. Each key-shaped symbol… clearly corresponded to someone who was holding onto a key!
Wang Baole's and his teammates' hearts sank when they found their location as well as their corresponding keys in the aerial map.
They did a test. The keys shifted slightly as they moved. They finally concluded that the aerial map was synced with whatever was going on in the trial on a real-time basis!
Secrecy was thus no longer an option. The possibility of seeking a safe hideout and hiding away somewhere was also eliminated and no longer a realistic plan. The appearance of this aerial map eliminated their previous doubts and confusion.
”This is just too vicious! There's no way for anyone to hide here. Our every move will be exposed!” Kong Dao gasped. His eyes looked solemn. He could predict that the appearance of this aerial map would heighten the intensity of this trial to the extreme.
”That's not entirely true!” Zhao Yameng said suddenly. Her eyes flashed as she whispered.
”The map is not completely to our disadvantage. It might seem to expose everyone's location. However, what it does is add an implicit rule to this trial… Before the next teleportation, those without keys will become… completely invisible on the map!”
Wang Baole frowned as he listened to their conversation, and something flickered in his eyes. Zhao Yameng's spirits were clearly soaring, intense interest flashing in her eyes. She seemed to believe that the rules of this trial and this array formation were an opportunity for her to enhance her proficiency in array formations. She spoke again quickly.
”This world is quite fascinating. It will activate a teleportation once every twenty-four hours. That means a teleportation will take place every day… Those with a key will escape teleportation, and those without will be sent away and eliminated from the trial!
”What's even more interesting is that even if one uses his or her key to evade teleportation the first time, without any additional keys, he or she will have to snatch keys from others in order to escape the subsequent teleportation. Everyone has a day to do that. During that time, they will be hidden, and their location won't be displayed on the map. Those with keys, though, will be shown clearly on the map. They are forcing us to fight and to battle it out for keys!
”Based on my judgment, the most intense fights and the highest number of casualties will take place on the first day, and many participants will be eliminated. This is because the number of keys is fixed. There are only six hundred of them. If there is no intense battle on the first day, and most of the keys aren't consolidated in a few participants' hands, after the first teleportation, many keys will be consumed to avoid elimination. Without keys, those who have become invisible on the map and wish to stay in the trial will have to fight fiercely for another key. However, at that juncture, there would be too few keys left. Keys will become extremely precious. The fight for keys will intensify and reach its climax!”
Zhao Yameng's eyes shone more brightly as she spoke. She was clearly proficient in array formations and deduction. Her mind moved incredibly quickly, and she managed to distill the key points of this trial with a few words.