Bai Ye continued forward.
Crossing the Red Soil Swamp was not an easy task, but for Bai Ye, it was not a problem.
In his past life, the Red Soil Swamp was a region where Bai Ye spent a considerable amount of time, and he eventually obtained his spiritual body here. Therefore, Bai Ye was very familiar with the Red Soil Swamp, understanding the distribution of spiritual monsters and even knowing the habits of many of them like the back of his hand.
After about an hour, Bai Ye had traversed the Red Soil Swamp area, and buildings began to appear before him.
These buildings had a strong Gothic style, exuding a somber atmosphere.
As he moved further, the buildings gradually increased in number.
In fact, the Red Soil Swamp was once a small town, with a quiet and peaceful life. Until twenty-four years ago, an incident occurred at the amusement park outside the town. A group of children from the town were killed in the haunted house of the amusement park. Subsequently, the enraged townsfolk, disregarding the town police's advice, rushed into the amusement park, killed the staff, and set the park ablaze.
This caused the once quiet and peaceful town to completely collapse. Some residents were arrested and sent to prison, some moved away from the town that brought painful memories, and eventually, the town was completely abandoned.
And the forbidden zone of the Red Soil Swamp might be one of the easiest forbidden zones to find, which is that...
Amusement park!
However, Bai Ye believed this was somewhat related to the Red Soil Swamp. If it was one's first time in the Red Soil Swamp, it would be quite dangerous, as evidenced by the giant spiritual monster that swallowed Dr. Hyde whole. Therefore, whether the forbidden zone was hidden or not was of little significance; the difficulty in reaching the forbidden zone lay in safely traversing the Red Soil Swamp.
Of course, the forbidden zone was now within Bai Ye's reach.
Upon entering the town, everything became eerie.
The sky was always overcast, a dull gray, with no sun or moon, making it impossible to distinguish between day and 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 saw several broken roller coaster tracks.
Soon, Bai Ye arrived at the main entrance of the amusement park.
A massive iron gate. And 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."
"In three minutes, the rules of the Death Amusement Park will be announced."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 1: Successfully escape the Death Amusement Park, Reward: Tarot Card of the Malevolent Spirit x1."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 2: Find the killer of the haunted house murder incident from that year, Reward: Cursed Cross x1."
"Forbidden Zone Mission 3: Kill the malevolent spirit and burn down the Death Amusement Park, Reward: Spiritual Body x1, Shard of God's Stone x10."
"Gentlemen, to survive, please dance gracefully."
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As the discoverer, Bai Ye had the advantage of not being randomly teleported like others. In other words, Bai Ye had a three-minute priority to act.
However, within the Death Amusement Park, a three-minute priority to act was not very important, because the Death Amusement Park was not a purely exploratory forbidden zone like the Umbrella Corporation's underground base, nor was it a level-clearing forbidden zone like the Tomb of King Huainan.
It could be noted that the Death Amusement Park had a significant difference from those two forbidden zones: the rules of the Death Amusement Park would be announced to everyone who entered after three minutes, something that neither the Umbrella Corporation's underground base nor the Tomb of King Huainan had.
Therefore, Bai Ye did not run too far. He found a building that resembled a tent, went inside, and pulled the curtain down, waiting silently. He needed to first confirm if the rules of the Death Amusement Park were the same as in his past life.
Three minutes later, everyone in the Red Soil Swamp area was sent into the Death Amusement Park, and a luminous screen automatically appeared before everyone. Soon, lines of small text continuously appeared.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park One: Once the Death Amusement Park is opened, supervisors will appear in non-architectural areas to hunt down all humans.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Two: Once the Death Amusement Park is opened, 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 holders of human cards. If they do, they will be punished and hunted by a vengeful spirit for three minutes. Holders of ghost cards can kill humans holding human cards at will, and can also kill ghosts holding ghost cards, and can move freely without being hunted by supervisors. Three ghost cards will be produced each round.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Four: Holders of ghost cards who accumulate seven human kills will receive a Shard of God's Stone. Holders of human cards who kill one ghost will receive a Shard of God's Stone.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Five: The Death Amusement Park will be open for twelve hours. After twelve hours, the Death Amusement Park will close. The next opening will be in 44 days.
Rule of the Death Amusement Park Six: Under normal circumstances, once the Death Amusement Park is opened, no one can leave within twelve hours. Forcible departure will result in punishment, being entangled 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 been to the first Death Amusement Park will receive a permanent 20% discount on all purchases in the Ghost Town.
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Bai Ye merely skimmed through the rules, as he had known from the beginning that reading them would only confirm whether his memories from his past life were accurate. And Bai Ye received good news: the rules of the Death Amusement Park were exactly the same as in his past life.
The rules were not difficult to understand. On the surface, it was a hunt between humans and ghosts. This time, it was less about going solo and more about humans needing to cooperate and ghosts needing to cooperate. But in reality, it was not that simple.
The reason was simple: although cooperation was encouraged from a factional perspective, the rewards were individual. Therefore, it was hard to guarantee that there wouldn't be selfish motives during cooperation, and the rewards for hunting were Shards of God's Stone...
This was a huge temptation!
However, Bai Ye knew it was not as simple as it appeared. Within the rules concerning 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 what was the core of this rule?
It was very simple!
Those who obtained ghost cards had an easier time completing forbidden zone missions.
The Shards of God's Stone were very tempting, but don't forget, the rewards for forbidden zone missions were even more enticing, and they also included ten Shards of God's Stone.
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