At this moment, Waldo hesitated for a moment and inquired about his exclusive unlimited resource system. He asked whether the system could continue to level up after reaching level 100 and if there was room for improvement in abilities after reaching their maximum level.

These were Waldo’s recent questions, as he wasn’t sure if he could continue to progress. The evolution points and experience points on him had accumulated to a terrifying extent, particularly the experience points, which he had no idea how to use.

Soon, the system provided a response:

[Reply to Challenger Waldo, you are currently a level two challenger and one of the only ten level two challengers among all current challengers. You can advance to a level three challenger by consuming ten units of Super Source stones. Note that Super Source stones come from powerful monsters.]

[Currently, Challenger Waldo, you possess one unit of Source stones and thirty-one survival points (ten survival points as a reward for completing system tasks, and the remaining twenty points are accumulated from your previous activities).]

[Survival points can be used to exchange for various items. The system store is not yet updated, stay tuned!]

[Regarding abilities, you can choose to consume the corresponding Source stones or evolution points for upgrades.]

Indeed, both levels and abilities can be continuously improved. However, Waldo noted a slight difference this time - to advance from level two to level three, he needs to consume ten units of Super Source stones, which is a bit different from before.

"Super Source stones seem to be quite important!" Waldo muttered as he looked at the purple Super Source stones in his backpack.

Apart from that, he was interested in the system store, but it hasn’t been opened yet. He believes that when it does, he can exchange his accumulated survival points for some valuable items. In this regard, Waldo trusts that the system is generous enough.

After learning this information, a fierce ambition burned once again in Waldo’s heart.

This feeling, he hasn’t had it for a long time. What he remembers most vividly is the ambitious spirit he had while dealing with zombies in City 25. Now, that same feeling has returned. Waldo feels his blood boiling, filled with enthusiasm and ambition!

"Why not give it another shot! I will defeat all opponents, crush every challenger beneath my feet, reclaim the pinnacle, and attain supreme glory!" Waldo’s ambition surges, brimming with confidence.

He indeed has that confidence because he can earn survival points. Utilizing these points in the future’s opened store, he can exchange them for various items.

This is his trump card to surpass everyone. In this world, no one else can earn survival points, let alone exchange them for supplies.

In the following days, Waldo didn’t rush to leave the safe house. Together with Tristan, they explored and cleared the houses where the safe house was located.

During this time, Waldo once again killed a monster hidden in the basement. It turned out to be a child, with blood flowing and emitting a terrifying, frenzied energy. At that moment, Waldo and Tristan arrived at the basement together.

It was close! Tristan almost got killed by this child. It wasn’t a child at all but a full-fledged monster. In an instant, it transformed into a fleshy ball covered in tumors, like a meteorite that almost crushed Tristan.

Fortunately, Tristan’s physique was robust, and he promptly activated his bloodline power, enhancing the strength of his body to an unprecedented level. This allowed him to endure. Otherwise, it would have been certain death.

Even so, he was still not lightly injured. Three days passed. Waldo had already cleared the building where the safe house was located. It was a three-story villa, and the safe house was just one room in the villa.

After Waldo explored the entire villa and completed the task, the system soon rewarded him with a chest. Opening the chest, Waldo once again obtained 30kg of food, allowing them to sustain themselves for a few more days.

Also on this day, Waldo, Tristan, and all the other challengers received an announcement from the system.

"Attention to all challengers, the system will soon activate the public chat system and open a trading platform. All challengers can communicate and trade with each other, support each other, and complete the assessment tasks together! Good luck to you all!"

After the announcement, Waldo saw his system interface dazzle for a moment. When everything returned to normal, two new features, the chat channel, and the trading platform, appeared.

Originally, these two features were present but were disabled when Waldo became a challenger and entered the Dark Land. Today, they were finally reactivated.

Out of curiosity, Waldo opened the chat channel!

"Hahaha, the chat channel is finally open! Damn it, I’ve been alone for so many days, no one to talk to. If the chat channel didn’t open, I’d really go crazy!"

"Finally, the chat channel is open. Not easy!"

"Hello, everyone!"

"Hello, nice to meet you!"

"Are you all challengers in the trial land?"

"Yes!"

"What’s your number? I’m 381!"

"Hahaha, while there’s no one around, I’m an idiot."

"Upstairs, supporting every dream!"

"I can’t stop laughing, there’s really an idiot here!"

"Supporting every dream, you’re welcome!"

As soon as the chat channel was opened, Waldo saw a flood of messages. It had been three or four days in the Dark Land, and these challengers were on the verge of going crazy.

Waldo didn’t rush to leave the channel. He stayed for a while, wanting to see if he could gather some information from others.

At present, Waldo has limited knowledge of the Dark Land and little understanding of the strength of other challengers. To complete the assessment task, it is essential to gather more intelligence.

Waldo is confident that there are many people with the same goal as him. Each challenger comes from the strongest group in different trial lands. They are all sharp individuals with rich experience, well aware of the importance of information.

Soon, various messages caught Waldo’s attention. Gradually, Waldo learned from the exchanges that many challengers had arrived in the Dark Land, with a minimum estimate of at least three thousand.

This conclusion was drawn when someone revealed their number as 3321, currently the highest known number. In other words, there are at least three thousand three hundred and twenty-one challengers in the Dark Land.

To be honest, this number greatly exceeded Waldo’s expectations.

Are there really this many challengers in the trial land?

Keep in mind that in one trial land, at most, only one challenger can appear. With over three thousand challengers, does this mean there are at least three thousand different trial lands? Perhaps even more?!