Above the sea of sin, numerous fragments of Evil Land float, each with a unique shape, and upon entering the fragments, their contents vary entirely.
According to those who have previously landed, some discover that they enter a primeval forest. Some land on the island and find themselves in a vast desert that shouldn't belong to a maritime island.
Others find themselves entering a city.
Not only is the architecture of the islands different, but even the identity of the people landing on the island can change.
Wen Xishu increasingly feels—
Island jumps and tower climbs have similarities.
He wonders, could every shelter's fate be the same as the Bunker?
Could it be that those experiencing the Three-Tower game are not only the Bunker People?
But this idea was quickly dismissed by Wen Xishu.
Because he was in the Deceit Tower, in the world of obsession, in other words... the Ark is part of the Three Towers, but the Bunker is not.
Compared to all shelters, the Bunker exists in a higher dimension.
A bizarre blood-sea beast is chasing the Ark underwater, its body just partly revealed and already felt massive.
The Ark is approaching the island.
At this moment, many people inside the Ark have already entered a state of hallucination.
Soldiers wearing helmets are unaffected by the blood-colored sea fog, but the old men, women, and even robust men like Russell in the dining hall have vacant eyes.
Wen Xishu can feel a powerful spiritual force attempting to invade him.
The third stage has begun.
The terrifying beast starts attacking the Ark; the strange blood fog plunges countless people into hallucinations.
This scene is somewhat horrifying.
The once brightly lit dining hall is suddenly enveloped in crimson, and the people around immediately become dazed and motionless.
But you suddenly hear a sound, which turns out to be soldiers with helmeted masks, lacking any facial features or emotional expressions, walking around holding guns.
"Sir, you can still move, right? As far as I know, Ability Users are better at resisting this fog than ordinary people," the soldier commander suddenly speaks.
Wen Xishu nods:
"I can hold on for a while."
The soldier commander says:
"Alright, these ordinary people have no resistance to hallucinations; they have already entered a restricted state. Next, I will arrange for soldiers to lead them to the transfer portal... you too."
Wen Xishu has no objections, but he has a question:
"After landing on the island, is there any way to contact the other seven people?"
The soldier commander says:
"Yes, but you may not be able to remember. Simply put, after landing on the island, many difficulties will emerge, one of which is the loss of identity anchors. You may adapt to a new identity, thus forgetting your original identity."
"For example, you might no longer consider yourself our crew on the island, but rather a local native, and you'll believe it."
"Though you carry a micro communicator linked with others, you might not even remember... what it is."
Wen Xishu is slightly moved:
"So, the reason why many people never return after landing on the island is because they don't know they need to return?"
The soldier commander nods:
"That's 54%, meaning half will be unable to distinguish their true identity..."
"Of course, it's said that on the island, there might be a more comfortable living environment than reality. Some people may recognize but choose to stay on the island willingly."
Wen Xishu understands.
The soldier commander's description of the Evil Land fragments looked strikingly like the Desire Tower?
It's like a Desire Tower without the seven-day forced return rule. If in the Three Towers, the Desire Tower loses the rule, numerous people would willingly stay in the Desire Tower.
It's too similar, the Ark and the Bunker are too similar.
Wen Xishu originally thought the soldier commander would bring them to the deck. The deck of the Ark is huge, equivalent to dozens of football fields combined.
He was wondering if walking from one end to the other would require a long time.
So landing on the island, whether it would take a lot of time?
But what surprised him was—the Ark actually has a transfer portal.
Wen Xishu had to admit the Ark's scale was astonishing. He also had to admit numerous mysterious forces working inside the Ark.
It wasn't technology.
Wen Xishu's strong sense could clearly feel the sequential powers flowing.
So the transfer portal wasn't a scientific application of spatial barriers but an authentic sequential power transfer portal.
Under the soldier commander's lead, a group of people quickly arrived at the gigantic transfer portal elevator.
Wen Xishu was once again astonished, this scene was strikingly similar to the Bunker.
The elevator would carry including Wen Xishu eight people to the energy vortex at its peak. Those entering the energy vortex would directly land on the island.
"The ability users' development is unprecedented. This... truly deserves the 60 or more levels, the post-apocalyptic era maturity."
Wen Xishu was marveling at the timing of this adventure.
Unbeknownst to him, the surrounding soldiers had left.
Russell, the feeble old man, two female couple, black muscular man, wheelchair-bound child, middle-aged man with military bearing, all had vacant expressions.
They seemed like wax figures, devoid of vitality. The elevator was eerily silent.
But they were indeed alive.
Wen Xishu felt an unprecedented eerie sense, was it really a monster invasion? Really landing on the island?