Venerable Chapter 24: Chapter 24: The Special Event begins

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"Where the hell am I?" After suddenly disappearing from the dungeon, Dustin appeared in a place he did not recognize. He was completely alone. Arina and Gareth seemed to have been teleported somewhere else. The place he was teleported to looked much different from the previous tutorial ground he had been exploring. This new place had a forest, but the forest only existed on one side. The other side looked exactly like a barren desert. Whoosh. Hot winds were carrying sand from the desert area towards the forest. The place where the two completely different lands joined together looked totally destroyed. The ground there was split by huge, jagged cracks. "Damn it," Dustin cursed. First, he could not do anything to help when Boj and Mark died, and now this happened. The system was just playing a game with them. They could not do anything except follow whatever rules it decided to enforce. After a few minutes, Dustin finally calmed down. He started exploring the nearby area to see if other people also got teleported here just like him. DING. [ While the preparations for the Special Event 'Choose A Cicada' are being made, each participant must read these informations. ] [ First, why is this special event happening and what is it about? Due to very poor performance across many tutorial grounds, the administrator has decided to arrange special events to filter out the absolute garbage. ] [ This event is to be held in all 5 tutorial grounds that have just been merged together. The same goes for other badly performing tutorial grounds across the system. ] [ This special event will greatly help all participants improve their strength while taking much greater risks. In return, they will get great rewards if they are lucky enough to survive. ] Dustin frowned deeply as he analyzed the information in front of him. He scrolled the screen to read more. [ This event called 'Choose A Cicada' is special because it will not only test your physical strength, but also your mental strength and mindset. It will teach you many things that will be very important in your future life, assuming you manage to survive this. ] [ Further information about this event will be given to participants when the event officially starts. ] [ Now for the other part. As you were just told, five tutorial grounds have been merged together to make a much bigger arena. As of right now, the current tutorial grounds contain a total of 1638 participants, excluding the ones who are already dead. ] [ The 5 tutorial grounds that have been merged are: The Forest Tutorial Grounds, The Desert Tutorial Grounds, The Ocean Tutorial Grounds, The Grasslands Tutorial Grounds, and The Clouds Tutorial Grounds. ] Dustin scrolled the screen again, and a large map appeared. It showed the current layout of the newly merged tutorial grounds. "They did not even bother to give these places creative names," Dustin said as he started memorizing the map. [ As you can see on the map in front of you, the Forest Tutorial Grounds is in the southwest with a total area of roughly 5,000 square kilometers. The Desert Tutorial Grounds is situated in the southeast side with an area of roughly 9,000 square kilometers. ] [ The Ocean Tutorial Grounds covers the northeast part with an area of roughly 5,500 square kilometers. The Grasslands Tutorial Grounds covers the northwest part with an area of roughly 4,800 square kilometers. ] [ The remaining Clouds Tutorial Grounds will be situated high in the sky with a maximum area covering over 16,000 square kilometers. Its place is not fixed and it will be constantly moving. ] "There is nothing up there right now," Dustin looked up into the sky but could not find a single cloud. He just had to squint his eyes against the bright sun. "It must be somewhere else at the moment," Dustin noted before scrolling the screen once again. [ During the event period, the number of dungeons on each tutorial ground will be significantly increased. The rewards for those dungeons will al