Chapter 120: Clearing the Second Floor?
Xu Han glanced at the Gourmet Encyclopedia.
The progress on the Gourmet Encyclopedia had reached 91 out of 100.
He was very close to collecting 100 different exotic beasts.
Rubbing his hands together, Xu Han was filled with anticipation.
What exactly was this mysterious grand prize?
He closed the Gourmet Encyclopedia and turned to the virtual screen on the wall.
Beast Tower, second floor, wave seventeen.
Countdown: fifteen seconds.
Fourteen seconds.
Thirteen seconds.
Twelve seconds...
When the countdown hit twelve seconds, the large screen suddenly flickered.
Xu Han stared at the screen, puzzled.
Could it be his eyes playing tricks on him?
Was the virtual screen malfunctioning?
Surely he must have misread it.
How could the virtual screen possibly break down?
The next second,
The virtual screen flickered again.
Then, like an old television, static snowflakes appeared.
The snowflakes multiplied until the entire screen was filled with static.
Xu Han was filled with frustration.
Now this thing was broken too?
The quality was simply terrible.
And it was supposed to be a legendary-grade device.
The next moment,
The large virtual screen went completely black.
A cold, eerie aura began to seep out from the cracks in the surrounding walls,
Filling the entire space with a chilling, sinister atmosphere.
Xu Han frowned slightly.
He sensed something was wrong.
This cold, eerie aura was extremely familiar to him.
It was as if it were...
The aura of the Void!
Xu Han's eyes narrowed sharply.
How could the Beast Tower harbor the aura of the Void?
At that moment,
A deep voice resonated throughout the area.
“Safety mode has been deactivated.”
...
At the Dragon Nation University Beast Research Institute,
Inside Laboratory No. 1,
A young girl dressed in a dark purple princess dress was operating on a massive bear head mounted on the instrument.
Her petite frame was clad in a custom white lab coat, and she wore small protective goggles on her head.
She looked remarkably professional.
Ye Die carefully cut a small piece of muscle tissue from the Void Giant Bear for close examination.
Though the Void Giant Bear was already dead,
The chilling, eerie void aura still continuously spread from its skull.
Ye Die gently prodded the bear’s muscle tissue with a scalpel.
There was no reaction.
Just as she was about to delve deeper into her research,
She suddenly sensed something and sharply lifted her head to look out the window.
Through the glass, she could see an ancient, austere tower standing tall in the distance—
The Beast Tower.
She furrowed her brows slightly. “Is that... the aura of the Void?”
Having spoken, her body transformed into a streak of dark purple light and swiftly flew toward the distance.
As Ye Die departed,
The cluster of muscle tissue slowly extended like octopus tentacles,
Then wriggled as it crawled toward the nearby beast corpse.
...
Meanwhile,
Outside, the spectators began to stir.
“Huh? Why did the virtual screen shut down? Is it broken?”
“Look, there’s black smoke coming out of the cracks in the walls—really creepy.”
“What’s going on? I’ve never seen anything like this when entering the Beast Tower before.”
“Could it be that Xu Han is too strong, and the Beast Tower is summoning even stronger beasts to deal with him?”
While everyone was confused,
Zheng Gang suddenly widened his eyes, his expression turning grave.
A dark purple glow appeared beside him.
As the light faded, it revealed a little girl in a white lab coat—
Ye Die.
Ye Die frowned deeply and said in a low voice, “How could the aura of the Void be inside the Beast Tower?”
Zheng Gang glanced at her and shook his head.
“No one has approached the Beast Tower since this began.”
He too was filled with puzzlement.
What was going on?
If no one had come near the Beast Tower, why was the void aura emanating from within?
It was impossible for a powerful individual to have come near.
Otherwise, he would have detected it.
Ye Die looked at Zheng Gang with discontent.
This big oaf didn’t even know when the Beast Tower was infiltrated by the void aura.
She said, “Get the people inside out first!”
“The safety mode in the Beast Tower has been deactivated; staying inside is too dangerous.”
Zheng Gang’s expression darkened.
Safety mode deactivated?
That so-called safety mode was designed to prevent student deaths.
Once it was off, any student who died inside would truly die—no resurrection.
He nodded immediately. “Alright, I’ll contact Xu Han now!”
...
He picked up the communicator and spoke in a deep voice, “Xu Han, can you hear me? This is Zheng Gang.”
Staring at the large screen with a grave expression,
Xu Han, inside the Beast Tower, heard Zheng Gang’s voice and asked in confusion, “Dean Zheng? What’s going on?”
Zheng Gang said gravely, “The safety mode in the Beast Tower has been deactivated.”
“You need to exit immediately. If you die inside, it will be permanent.”
Xu Han was momentarily stunned.
So that was what safety mode meant?
He wasn’t afraid of being killed by a beast, but now that the void aura surrounded the place,
Anything could happen.
To be safe, it was better to leave first.
He nodded and prepared to exit the Beast Tower.
However, after waiting a moment,
Nothing happened.
Xu Han was stunned and tried again, but still no response.
His expression darkened. “Dean Zheng, I can’t exit the Beast Tower.”
Zheng Gang’s face changed.
He had never heard of such a situation before.
Ye Die frowned deeply and said solemnly, “This is serious.”
“The principal isn’t on campus, so he can’t directly control the Beast Tower.”
“If you can’t exit midway, there’s only one way to get out.”
Zheng Gang frowned. “Clear the second floor?”
Ye Die nodded slightly.
At present, that was the only solution.
She grabbed the communicator and spoke, “Xu Han, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?”
Xu Han was surprised.
The teacher was here too?
Without hesitation, he said, “The bad news.”
Ye Die said expressionlessly, “The bad news is, you must clear the entire second floor before you can exit the Beast Tower.”
Hearing this,
All the spectators were stunned.
“What?! You have to clear the second floor to exit the Beast Tower? That’s way too harsh!”
“Clearing the second floor of the Beast Tower? For a freshman, that’s practically impossible!”
“Yeah, after wave twenty, all the beasts are boss-level. Not just one person—even a hundred freshmen would be wiped out.”
“The later challenges aren’t meant for freshmen at all. Forcing Xu Han to clear them before coming out is basically sending him to his death.”
...
Xia Ling and the others heard Ye Die’s words as well.
Worry flooded their eyes.
“How could it be like this? Clearing the second floor... this is way too difficult,” Qin Xuan murmured, clenching his fists.
Xia Ling gripped her longsword tightly, staring intently at the big screen without a word.
But the worry in her eyes was unmistakable.