"Any of you brothers finished the blind jump yet? Report your coordinates, where are you now."

Before Li Zheng was the dazzling chaos of the Space Channel, and in the team channel, he curiously asked while in the shuttle pod.

Chi Tu’s voice came through first.

Poor: I’m still in the Space Channel, hoping not to arrive at a Black Tide Node, otherwise it might end the blind jump trial prematurely.

Family Shared Godfather: Why, what’s there to fear about the Black Tide? Though it’s a random blind jump, the Reverse Tide Army must have roughly investigated the arrival locations, and even Black Tide Nodes are generally places where new Evil Spirits come—the chances of us ending up at a king’s node are slim.

Poor: Foolish, I’m not referring to the strength of the Black Tide Node. Have you forgotten God of Wealth? The mission objective at Evil Spirit Nodes is to kill the Evil Spirit to obtain Evil Crystal. Back in the day, God of Wealth met us to collect Evil Crystal... The problem is that we players absorb directly when killing Evil Spirits, not even a residue remains, so how to obtain Evil Crystal?

Heart Killing: Hey, you might be onto something. If we encounter a Black Tide Node, the trial could directly be deemed a failure.

Game Working Party: Guys, feeling nervous now?

Zero Charge Leopard Head: Not nervous... just kidding, I’m most worried about those beasts now and hope Brother Emperor Zhao blesses them to pass the blind jump trial smoothly.

Fun without paying: The last hurdle of the training camp stage, come on brothers, lots of people watching in the live stream, don’t embarrass our Liver Emperor Group.

...

In the midst of idle chat, a faint light appeared at the end of the Space Channel in Li Zheng’s eyes, gradually becoming a dazzling silver-white expanse.

The shuttle pod broke through the light membrane at this moment, the engine’s tail flame dragged three faint blue trails in the air, then an invisible force drew it toward the fog-covered earth below.

As it passed through the thick cloud layer, the pod shook violently, and the scene outside turned from chaos to clarity.

Dark green swamp bubbled on the surface, dark purple vines entwined like giant snakes around exposed rock columns, the distant mountain contours were stained by crimson glow, faintly visible rusted weapons embedded in the rock.

Eventually, the shuttle pod crashed into the ancient forest entangled by vines.

Li Zheng suddenly pushed the control lever at that moment.

Sizzle!

White mist rose, and the shuttle pod’s door slowly opened.

Walking out the door, Li Zheng first opened the world map, finding himself at the southernmost part of the Pale Continent Region, the map was shrouded in unexplored mist, without any navigational references.

He closed the map and looked up at the sky.

Through the dense leaves, the view was of a sky covered with dark clouds.

No Evil Moon, proving that this is not a Black Tide Node.

Looking back at the shuttle pod, the first thing he did was store it in the Space Bag.

A lesson learned from others’ mistakes.

Back then, God of Wealth’s shuttle pod was stolen, enabling players to unexpectedly earn massive sacrificial power rewards, causing a stir on the forum.

He certainly didn’t want to repeat the same mistake.

Surveying his surroundings, it was a dense jungle.

The giant tree branches broken by the shuttle pod still trembled slightly, sticky dark green sap seeped from the break, the canopy of towering ancient trees blocked the sky, interwoven branches created an almost impenetrable canopy, only sparse light dots leaked through gaps, illuminating pale purple spores in the air resembling fireflies.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of rotten leaves, sinking a leg half a meter when stepped on, a foul stench permeated the air.

Every rock in sight was covered with dark yellow moss.

"Where are you all now?" Li Zheng did not rush to act and instead asked in the team channel.

Instantly, messages poured in from the Liver Emperor Group brothers.

Poor: Prize contest, I just took a photo of the moon, see how big and red it is, what do you think, where am I? (Explorer wipes tears.jpg).

Fun without paying: I don’t know where I am either, opened the map to find darkness, saw a small village in the distance, too scared to go over, worried about being caught and eaten by Cannibal Clan (Explorer doubtful.jpg).

Heart Killing: The place I arrived has pretty scenery (screenshot), a scene focused on Plant-type Life, at least when Plant-type Life dies, there’s a corpse for evidence. Planning to temporarily switch to extracting Life Soul for slaughter, should complete the trial requirements soon.

Zero Charge Leopard Head: Just out of the shuttle pod and landing, damn... landed in a monster group, preparing to run, catch up with you guys later.

...

Realizing his brothers had already begun trials, Li Zheng squatted down at that time, started detecting energy fluctuations from nearby plants, and checked the soil environment.

Using this to judge the current region’s energy intensity, and therefore estimate the probability of encountering strong monsters.

Pinching up a pinch of dark soil mixed with dead leaves, he sniffed at the tip of his nose.

Besides the earthy smell, there was a faint metallic rust smell, digging deeper, he found many metal fragments in the ground.

After a quick scan around, initial judgment suggested this place was perhaps once an Ancient Battlefield, the soil filled with weapons and equipment fragments almost assimilated by the earth.

But Li Zheng didn’t see any problem with this.

Monster World’s warfare never ceased, every inch of land soaked in blood, discovering an ancient battlefield was nothing unusual.

And the jungle underfoot was obviously regenerated over long years after the war ended.

Just then, the vine behind him suddenly swung violently.