No one paid attention to them.
The lounge was lively, with all sorts of bizarre creatures communicating, most of them being "rare species" or "common species."
The Pure Heart Cockroach seems to have touched the threshold of being an elite species.
Compared to elite species and leaders, most of the creatures here are quite weak. Wen Xishu also found it strange; what kind of competition is this?
It seems... there isn't any interesting entity to encounter.
Wen Xishu looked at Zheng Zai:
"Old Zheng, if... if we win this strange tournament, but I end up getting the rare sequence or item and you don't, would you feel unwilling?"
Zheng Zai shook his head:
"Don't say that, little brother. Just climbing the tower with you, I'd be fine with all the rewards going to you. As long as I can stay alive, that's enough."
Zheng Zai was being honest, as he felt that climbing the tower mainly relied on Wen Xishu.
This time was no different; over two hundred initial points, competing against those seven or eight hundred, eight or nine hundred monsters... he was at a great disadvantage, not to mention the physical differences.
You must know, currently he has no sequence. He truly cannot stomach those strange things.
Wen Xishu felt somewhat relieved.
Actually, rationally speaking...
The effect of coincidence allows him to snatch the fruits of his opponent's labor. Snatching is snatching; there shouldn't be any psychological burden.
After all, he is confident that in the Deceit Tower, he is definitely the most pivotal existence.
However, facing Old Zheng, Wen Xishu still felt guilty, thinking he must let Old Zheng gain some benefits.
Soon—
All discussions ceased, all the strange creatures saw a huge platform appear at the Celestial Essence's location.
A figure wearing a gray suit and an exaggerated large mask, seemingly the host, appeared.
It held a microphone in its hand.
"Wow, this really is the largest strange tournament in recent years, with nearly a thousand participants in this zone alone."
"Hello, minions, welcome to the strange tournament! This is the most-watched show in the Three-Tower World!"
"Let me hear your cheers first! Get hyped!"
The host pointed the microphone towards the audience, as if the contestants were fans attending its concert.
The key is, all the strange creatures genuinely cooperated and got excited.
The deafening cheers made Wen Xishu feel his eardrums shake.
Especially the bread van with centipede legs, emitting the sound of a horn, exceptionally piercing.
"Very good, very enthusiastic. I believe there will be one person in your division, or even more, standing on the final award stage."
"You must be eager to achieve higher evolution, eager to possess greater talents! And the strange tournament is the stage of dreams we've provided for you!"
"It's not just Bunker humans who have the qualification to progress as if they're cheating! You can too, as long as you pass the various tests of the strange tournament, ultimately win! Then congratulations, you are no longer the cannon fodder in the Three Towers War; you will become a significant existence!"
"Of course, if you perform excellently enough, you won't just become an elite species; you can even become a leader! Then, the doors to domination will no longer be closed!"
After listening, Wen Xishu roughly understood. This is probably an opportunity for the vast group of common and rare species in the Three-Tower World.
Even a few elite species are among them.
These creatures originally cut down without match in the Three-Tower World, their massive desire to become stronger, to evolve… have constructed a special Obsession World—
The strange tournament.
Ironically, the host mentioned that Bunker People could progress by climbing towers, and Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai, who are Bunker People—
Have actually mixed into the strange tournament.
At this moment, Wen Xishu remembered… this is almost only qualified for Old Zheng to come.
Because Old Zheng's guide said that Old Zheng's bizarre way of killing made the mechanism mistake Old Zheng for a creature.
Old Zheng likes solving problems by eating, this special method led to him being judged as non-human.
This is why Old Zheng received the entrance ticket to the strange tournament.
Moreover, it was even a pair ticket.
Wen Xishu found it amusing; if they won... would they, as humans, also gain the qualifications of elite species leader level?
In any case, this tournament made Wen Xishu very interested.
Coincidentally, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai are also about to face their first challenge.
"Although everyone has a bright future, our elimination phase is brutal. Are you ready~ The first round, the punishment of ten mirrors. There are nearly a thousand people in this zone, the same goes for other zones."
"And you thousand people will be divided into ten groups. Each group consists of a hundred people."
The host emitted an eerie laugh:
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the first round will eliminate ninety percent of the people, with approximately only ten people surviving per group."
"However, all of you can draw cards, and the cards you draw might help you survive the first round of elimination, even if you make a wrong choice."
"So next, the first round is about to start, everyone has three minutes to draw cards."
A giant 180-second countdown appeared above the host's head.
Simultaneously, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai noticed red boundary lines beginning to appear around them.
These boundary lines, also known as borderlines, suddenly appeared and divided the hall into ten areas.
Zheng Zai broke into cold sweats:
"The first round... is almost a nine-deaths, one-survives scenario, roughly one in ten survives. Luckily, little brother, luckily we're in the same area, not separated by the boundary lines."