60: Do even the gods enjoy playing PUBG?

Darkness.

Boundless, infinite darkness.

It felt like being shoved into a drum washing machine.

The dizzying sensation of weightlessness lasted for who knows how long!

Immediately after, it felt as if ten thousand bees were buzzing inside his brain!

"Ugh..."

Chen Du snapped his eyes open.

He reached for his knife, but his hand grasped only air.

There was no seawater flooding in, no feeling of suffocation.

Above him was an eerie purple starry sky, with stars arranged in twisted, grotesque patterns.

They looked like eyes peeking at the mortal realm, filled with mockery.

"Where... where is this?" A weak voice came from nearby.

Chen Du performed a kip-up and sprang to his feet, his muscles tensed.

Fortunately, everyone was there.

Xia Mo, Li Yaozhi, An Nuonuo... including those girls who had fainted from fright, were lying scattered across a bronze platform.

The platform floated in the void, its perimeter covered in glowing characters that looked like gibberish.

"My ship!! That's my ferry no. 0819!!"

A scream pierced the silence.

Tang Ran pointed upward, her expression as if she had seen a ghost.

Everyone looked up and gasped.

A hundred meters above, ferry no. 0819 looked like a specimen sealed within a translucent bubble.

The scars on the hull and the wet bloodstains on the deck were clearly visible.

"What's going on?!" Chen Du muttered, attempting to summon the ferry interface.

However.

What responded to them was a grand, majestic, and ethereal voice.

The voice exploded directly within everyone's minds!

[Welcome, survivors! All players who encounter Abyssal Devourer and survive will be marked!]

[If a marked person is swallowed by the Abyss, they will be forcibly teleported to the God-Forsaken Land, triggering a hidden Battle Royale mission!]

As soon as the voice finished speaking.

A holographic projection rose from the center of the bronze platform with a swish.

It was a map of a lonely island shrouded in mist.

The island's terrain was bizarre, resembling a severed skeletal palm.

[To escape, all players must follow these rules!]

[Rule One: Ten-Group Hegemony.]

[A total of 10 survivor teams have entered this round, with a limit of 10 people per team.]

[At this very moment, other survivors can watch your feast of slaughter through the Firmament Screen.]

[Rule Two: Sole Winner.]

[24-hour Battle Royale mode. When time expires, only one team is permitted to survive.]

[For the losers, total annihilation of all members!!]

[Rule Three: Naked Start.]

[To ensure fairness, all external equipment, vehicles, and supplies are sealed! Only personal talents are retained.]

Before the voice could even fade.

Several pillars of light descended from the sky, enveloping everyone.

"Oh no! My recurve bow!" Xia Xin cried out as the alloy bow in her hand dissolved into specks of light.

"thug one! Give me back thug one!" Xia Lai watched her beloved mechanical arm vanish into thin air, rolling on the ground in a panic. "Without it, I'm just an ordinary repairman! How am I supposed to play?!"

Even the lighter in Chen Du's pocket, his last cigarette, and even the half-pack of tissues in his pants were stripped away cleanly.

Truly, penniless!

Chen Du's expression turned grim.

Now that everyone was at the same starting line, it was a test of talent and who was more ruthless!

[Rule Four: Death Circle Shrinkage.]

[0-12 hours: The entire island is covered in a mildly corrosive toxic mist; 12-18 hours: The safe zone shrinks to the Bone Forest and the Golden City; 18-24 hours: The final battle at the Golden Altar!]

On the map, three bright red skull icons were exceptionally eye-catching.

The Corrupt Swamp Zone—a basin of bubbling, highly toxic sludge.

The Bone Forest—strewn with white bones, looking like it would make one's SAN value plummet.

The Golden Ruins City—located at the center of the map, golden and shimmering yet deathly silent.

"Look over there!" Ye Qiu suddenly shouted.

As the mist cleared, the figures of several other teams were revealed at the edge of the platform.

Chen Du narrowed his eyes.

Enemies meet on a narrow path!

At the two o'clock position, a group of muscular men were swearing as they stood up.

That Brother Shan, wearing the bone necklace, hadn't died!

Though he had lost more than half of his lackeys, his bulging muscles still made him look like a gorilla in the crowd.

As if sensing the gaze, Brother Shan whipped his head around.

Seeing the flock of beautiful women on Chen Du's side, he was stunned for a moment!

Then he stuck out his tongue to lick his thick lips and made a throat-slitting gesture.

His mouth clearly formed the words: "Wait to die!"

"Lingering flies," Xia Mo spat coldly, her fingers reaching for nothing, her brow furrowing slightly.

"Don't worry about those meatheads; they won't last three episodes."

Chen Du withdrew his gaze and quickly counted heads.

Li Yaozhi, Ye Qiu, The three Xia sisters, Tang Ran, An Nuonuo, Lin Keke, Xiao Ai.

Exactly a ten-person main team.

As for the remaining girls, they were clearly left in the bubble above as spectators.

"Listen up, everyone!"

Chen Du lowered his voice, speaking rapidly: "This isn't a game. If you die, there's no reloading a save."

"Without equipment, Xia Lai and Tang Ran, you're squishy. Don't go head-to-head. Nuo Nuo, hide yourself immediately after landing. Don't show your face! Be a bush camper!"

"Xia Mo, you're an assassin; you can kill even without a knife. If you find someone alone, don't hesitate—kill them!"

Just then, the grand voice spoke again.

[Teleportation Countdown: 10 seconds!]

[Detected that players' clothing is severely damaged and unsightly; the Heavenly Dao will perform a cleanup...]

Buzz—!

A soft white light swept over them.

The bloodstains and machine oil on everyone instantly vanished.

It was indeed clean, but the system's judgment was clearly a bit messed up.

"Eek—!!!"

An Nuonuo suddenly let out a high-pitched scream.

The trench coat she had wrapped around herself was judged by the system as an external object and was wiped away!

The little girl now...

...was left with only her white lace panties, without even a bra.

Two fair, chubby little legs trembled in the cold wind.

Fair with a hint of red, like carved jade.

"Waaa... system, you big pervert! Give me back my clothes!!"

An Nuonuo was so ashamed she wanted to find a hole to crawl into!

Her hands tried desperately to cover herself, but as she covered her front, she exposed her back!

Lin Keke wasn't much better off.

The holes in her cosplay outfit weren't just unpatched; they were larger, making those flashes of snowy white even more dazzling.

If this were being broadcast, the perverts of the entire universe would probably be giving the Heavenly Dao a thumbs up.

Tsk.

Chen Du's gaze lingered on the women for a second,

Then he quickly looked away, his face full of righteousness.

For the sake of team cohesion, it was perfectly reasonable for the captain to check the physical state of his members!

"Stop screaming!"

Chen Du pulled An Nuonuo behind him, using his tall frame to block the greedy gazes coming from afar.

"First thing after landing: grab clothes! Or... strip them off dead people!"

Countdown: 5 seconds!

The bronze runes beneath their feet began to flash wildly, and a suction force emerged.

This was the precursor to teleportation!

Everyone would be forcibly scattered and randomly spawned across the island.

"Yaozhi!"

Chen Du grabbed the back of Li Yaozhi's head.

Li Yaozhi's beautiful eyes widened in shock: "Chen Du, you..."

Mmph!

Chen Du leaned down and kissed her lips fiercely.

This kiss was heavy and fast!

Extremely domineering!

Li Yaozhi felt a flexible tongue pry open her pearly teeth.

Immediately after, a hard metal disc was pushed into her mouth.

A coin?!

It was the one used for divination!

"Hold it in your mouth!"

Chen Du released her lips.

In the clamor of the final two seconds, he whispered into her ear:

"Luckily, the Heavenly Dao can't scan things inside the mouth!"

"This is for you! Use it to find me after we land!"

"Don't anyone die!"

Boom—!!!

Light exploded.

An intense dizziness swallowed everyone.

Ten teams, a hundred humans,

Like scattered meteors trailing long tails of fire, were ruthlessly cast down toward the island of death below.