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Chapter 186: Another Question.
【Ding!】
Across the entire Douluo Continent, every person, every sentient being, heard a ding in their minds simultaneously. Having experienced this many times before, everyone knew that the Q&A had begun.
【Q&A Commencing!】
【This Q&A is an open-format session. All living beings are participants and may answer the questions freely!】
【Those who answer correctly will receive a generous reward!】
【Those who answer incorrectly will receive a corresponding punishment!】
【All participants, please proceed with caution!】
After the ding.
Everyone who heard the ding felt their consciousness being pulled into a strange space. Immediately after, they began to watch the video playing in the Live Broadcast Room from a peculiar god's-eye view.
The first thing that came into view was a scene of a living hell!
Yes, to all in the audience, what they saw in the video was a living hell!
The sky, once blue with white clouds, was now completely covered by an evil cloud mass of black-gray and mottled scarlet!
The entire world was dim and gloomy. Streaks of crimson lightning flashed continuously within the cloud mass. Amidst the dense flashes of crimson lightning, the most eye-catching feature was a massive Space Rift.
This Space Rift appeared abruptly in the center of the cloud mass! It slowly opened, growing wider and wider, like a world-destroying fiend baring its fanged maw at Heaven and Earth!
An aura filled with chaos, evil, and corruption seeped out from the rift in the sky, rapidly eroding this world.
It was visible to the naked eye.
The space began to tremble, the ground began to boil. A powerful and evil power had descended upon this land, silently and swiftly tainting and corroding it...
The people in the Live Broadcast Room were stunned.
【What... what is this?】
【How did the Douluo Continent become like this?】
【What in the world is that Space Rift?】
【It looks so terrifying!】
【Hiss!】
【Why does it feel like the world is about to be destroyed?!】
Bullet comments flew across the screen as the people in the Live Broadcast Room discussed animatedly.
Far away in the God Realm, the five God Kings who were also paying attention watched the same video broadcast by the Q&A. Their divine senses, residing in the bodies of five God Officials, also observed it synchronously. They all frowned involuntarily.
The Asura God said gravely, "This is clearly a space doorway. Some entity has established a passageway and is about to descend upon the Douluo Continent."
The Destruction God said, "The one opening the doorway in this scene is clearly an existence beyond our jurisdiction. And upon arrival, it immediately begins to wantonly erode the Douluo Continent. It simply has no regard for our God Realm!"
The God of Evil frowned and said, "Strange. If something this significant were to happen, there's no reason our God Realm wouldn't notice. But why haven't we responded? Could it be that we are wary of this mysterious Q&A? So we chose to stand by and watch?"
The God of Good said, "That's impossible! Even if we were wary of the mysterious Q&A, we would never allow a plane under our command to be invaded."
The Life Goddess said, "Let's keep watching. Perhaps our questions will be answered."
The other God Kings nodded and refocused their attention on the video.
...
In the sky, the Space Rift that nearly filled their entire field of vision suddenly shot out countless rays of red light. The dark red radiance dyed the entire world the color of blood!
And these rays of red light, truly innumerable, landed on the ground. The red light dissipated, revealing their true forms.
Most were humanoid creatures in appearance, but with ferocious faces. They had horns on their heads, snake-like tails, and bat-like wings. Their skin was either bluish-purple or vermilion, and some were covered in scales or other horny growths. With mouths full of fangs, their forms were ugly and evil… They came in all shapes and sizes, but one could tell at a glance that these creatures were not human.
【What... What are these things?!】
【So disgusting!】
【Are these things invading our world?】
【They're even eating people! Even Soul Beasts are being eaten!】
A torrent of bullet comments streamed past as waves of shock crashed through the hearts of countless people.
In the video, after these obviously non-human creatures descended from the Space Rift in the sky, they immediately began their endless destruction!
These bizarrely shaped creatures seemed to have been born for slaughter. Any creature that appeared before them, whether human or Soul Beast, would be attacked. The corpses left behind after the slaughter would then be devoured by these monsters!
After being caught completely off guard, the Human Faction quickly regained its composure and responded.
Large numbers of Soul Masters began to hunt down these Extraterrestrial Invaders!
But unfortunately, there were simply far too many of these creatures!
It was as if they were an inexhaustible tide.
The Human Faction retreated again and again, finally managing to erect city walls to contain these entities outside the city, barely gaining a moment's respite.
As for the humans outside the walls, they naturally could not escape and became sustenance for these monsters.
Just then, the screen froze!
【Question: In the future, who acts as a lackey for the Abyss Master, proactively opening the Gate of the Abyss and guiding the Abyss Demons to invade the Douluo Continent?】
【Option One: Tang San.
Option Two: Qian Renxue.
Option Three: Bibi Dong.
Option Four: Ye Cheng.
Option Five: Neptune.
Option Six: None of the above.】
【Note: Only one answer may be chosen! A correct answer will earn a generous reward, while an incorrect answer will result in a terrible punishment! All participants are advised to answer with caution.】
【Answer time is 60 seconds. The answer will be revealed directly when time expires!】
After seeing this round of Q&A in the Live Broadcast Room, the entire audience immediately erupted into a clamor of discussion.
The vast majority were not focused on the reward, but on the question itself.
【So those monsters are called Abyss Demons!】
【And from the looks of this question, the reason these things are invading us is because some damn scoundrel actively led them here?!】
【Damn it! Don't let me find out which bastard it is, or I'll kill him myself!】
【A guy like that doesn't even deserve to be called human!】
【Just from the video, you can tell how tragic the invasion of the Abyss Demons will be. And this scoundrel actually let them in on purpose.】
【Forget it, we'll know the answer soon enough.】
【And besides, out of all these answers, other than Ye Cheng, Neptune, and Bibi Dong, who are the rest? I don't recognize them at all.】
【If there was no punishment for getting it wrong, I'd definitely just pick one randomly. What if I got lucky? But since there's a punishment, I'd better not.】
【Indeed...】
Time ticked by, second by second.
After the answer time ended.
The Live Broadcast Room paused for a moment before formally announcing the answer.
【Correct answer: Option One, Tang San.】
Upon seeing the correct answer, all the audience members in the Live Broadcast Room became collectively incensed! They immediately unleashed a torrent of curses.
【So it's this Tang San!】
【That despicable scoundrel who deserves no peace! He should be put to death by a thousand cuts!】
【Does anyone know where this Tang San is?!】
【Wait! Isn't this guy the son of that Haotian Douluo?!】
【Could it be someone with the same name? Is it really him?】
【Not sure, but he's highly suspicious. And based on that guy's performance in the previous video, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he did something like this!】
Many people immediately recalled Tang San, the son of the Haotian Douluo, who had been shown in a previous video. Countless people clamored to find Tang San.
The two great empires, Star Luo and Heaven Dou, as well as many other factions, also publicly declared that Tang San would be stripped of his humanity and must be killed!
(end of chapter)
【Ding!】
Across the entire Douluo Continent, every person, every sentient being, heard a ding in their minds simultaneously. Having experienced this many times before, everyone knew that the Q&A had begun.
【Q&A Commencing!】
【This Q&A is an open-format session. All living beings are participants and may answer the questions freely!】
【Those who answer correctly will receive a generous reward!】
【Those who answer incorrectly will receive a corresponding punishment!】
【All participants, please proceed with caution!】
After the ding.
Everyone who heard the ding felt their consciousness being pulled into a strange space. Immediately after, they began to watch the video playing in the Live Broadcast Room from a peculiar god's-eye view.
The first thing that came into view was a scene of a living hell!
Yes, to all in the audience, what they saw in the video was a living hell!
The sky, once blue with white clouds, was now completely covered by an evil cloud mass of black-gray and mottled scarlet!
The entire world was dim and gloomy. Streaks of crimson lightning flashed continuously within the cloud mass. Amidst the dense flashes of crimson lightning, the most eye-catching feature was a massive Space Rift.
This Space Rift appeared abruptly in the center of the cloud mass! It slowly opened, growing wider and wider, like a world-destroying fiend baring its fanged maw at Heaven and Earth!
An aura filled with chaos, evil, and corruption seeped out from the rift in the sky, rapidly eroding this world.
It was visible to the naked eye.
The space began to tremble, the ground began to boil. A powerful and evil power had descended upon this land, silently and swiftly tainting and corroding it...
The people in the Live Broadcast Room were stunned.
【What... what is this?】
【How did the Douluo Continent become like this?】
【What in the world is that Space Rift?】
【It looks so terrifying!】
【Hiss!】
【Why does it feel like the world is about to be destroyed?!】
Bullet comments flew across the screen as the people in the Live Broadcast Room discussed animatedly.
Far away in the God Realm, the five God Kings who were also paying attention watched the same video broadcast by the Q&A. Their divine senses, residing in the bodies of five God Officials, also observed it synchronously. They all frowned involuntarily.
The Asura God said gravely, "This is clearly a space doorway. Some entity has established a passageway and is about to descend upon the Douluo Continent."
The Destruction God said, "The one opening the doorway in this scene is clearly an existence beyond our jurisdiction. And upon arrival, it immediately begins to wantonly erode the Douluo Continent. It simply has no regard for our God Realm!"
The God of Evil frowned and said, "Strange. If something this significant were to happen, there's no reason our God Realm wouldn't notice. But why haven't we responded? Could it be that we are wary of this mysterious Q&A? So we chose to stand by and watch?"
The God of Good said, "That's impossible! Even if we were wary of the mysterious Q&A, we would never allow a plane under our command to be invaded."
The Life Goddess said, "Let's keep watching. Perhaps our questions will be answered."
The other God Kings nodded and refocused their attention on the video.
...
In the sky, the Space Rift that nearly filled their entire field of vision suddenly shot out countless rays of red light. The dark red radiance dyed the entire world the color of blood!
And these rays of red light, truly innumerable, landed on the ground. The red light dissipated, revealing their true forms.
Most were humanoid creatures in appearance, but with ferocious faces. They had horns on their heads, snake-like tails, and bat-like wings. Their skin was either bluish-purple or vermilion, and some were covered in scales or other horny growths. With mouths full of fangs, their forms were ugly and evil… They came in all shapes and sizes, but one could tell at a glance that these creatures were not human.
【What... What are these things?!】
【So disgusting!】
【Are these things invading our world?】
【They're even eating people! Even Soul Beasts are being eaten!】
A torrent of bullet comments streamed past as waves of shock crashed through the hearts of countless people.
In the video, after these obviously non-human creatures descended from the Space Rift in the sky, they immediately began their endless destruction!
These bizarrely shaped creatures seemed to have been born for slaughter. Any creature that appeared before them, whether human or Soul Beast, would be attacked. The corpses left behind after the slaughter would then be devoured by these monsters!
After being caught completely off guard, the Human Faction quickly regained its composure and responded.
Large numbers of Soul Masters began to hunt down these Extraterrestrial Invaders!
But unfortunately, there were simply far too many of these creatures!
It was as if they were an inexhaustible tide.
The Human Faction retreated again and again, finally managing to erect city walls to contain these entities outside the city, barely gaining a moment's respite.
As for the humans outside the walls, they naturally could not escape and became sustenance for these monsters.
Just then, the screen froze!
【Question: In the future, who acts as a lackey for the Abyss Master, proactively opening the Gate of the Abyss and guiding the Abyss Demons to invade the Douluo Continent?】
【Option One: Tang San.
Option Two: Qian Renxue.
Option Three: Bibi Dong.
Option Four: Ye Cheng.
Option Five: Neptune.
Option Six: None of the above.】
【Note: Only one answer may be chosen! A correct answer will earn a generous reward, while an incorrect answer will result in a terrible punishment! All participants are advised to answer with caution.】
【Answer time is 60 seconds. The answer will be revealed directly when time expires!】
After seeing this round of Q&A in the Live Broadcast Room, the entire audience immediately erupted into a clamor of discussion.
The vast majority were not focused on the reward, but on the question itself.
【So those monsters are called Abyss Demons!】
【And from the looks of this question, the reason these things are invading us is because some damn scoundrel actively led them here?!】
【Damn it! Don't let me find out which bastard it is, or I'll kill him myself!】
【A guy like that doesn't even deserve to be called human!】
【Just from the video, you can tell how tragic the invasion of the Abyss Demons will be. And this scoundrel actually let them in on purpose.】
【Forget it, we'll know the answer soon enough.】
【And besides, out of all these answers, other than Ye Cheng, Neptune, and Bibi Dong, who are the rest? I don't recognize them at all.】
【If there was no punishment for getting it wrong, I'd definitely just pick one randomly. What if I got lucky? But since there's a punishment, I'd better not.】
【Indeed...】
Time ticked by, second by second.
After the answer time ended.
The Live Broadcast Room paused for a moment before formally announcing the answer.
【Correct answer: Option One, Tang San.】
Upon seeing the correct answer, all the audience members in the Live Broadcast Room became collectively incensed! They immediately unleashed a torrent of curses.
【So it's this Tang San!】
【That despicable scoundrel who deserves no peace! He should be put to death by a thousand cuts!】
【Does anyone know where this Tang San is?!】
【Wait! Isn't this guy the son of that Haotian Douluo?!】
【Could it be someone with the same name? Is it really him?】
【Not sure, but he's highly suspicious. And based on that guy's performance in the previous video, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he did something like this!】
Many people immediately recalled Tang San, the son of the Haotian Douluo, who had been shown in a previous video. Countless people clamored to find Tang San.
The two great empires, Star Luo and Heaven Dou, as well as many other factions, also publicly declared that Tang San would be stripped of his humanity and must be killed!
(end of chapter)
