"Want me to be the final boss?"

When Lin Zichen heard Qin Chuan's request, his eyebrows twitched, surprised by the suggestion.

After thinking it over, he found the idea quite interesting and decided to go along with it.

The first step, smash the signboard in front of the cage.

The second step, lock oneself inside the cage.

With just these two simple steps, Lin Zichen, a contestant just moments ago, had transformed into the final boss.

Having done this,

Lin Zichen sat cross-legged in the cage, using "High-Level Spirit" to strengthen his spiritual power.

When his spiritual strength peaked, he immediately dispersed his spiritual power, expanding his spiritual coverage as far as possible to search for Shen Qinghan.

1000 meters.

2000 meters.

3000 meters.

4000 meters.

5876 meters...

Lin Zichen continuously expanded his range of spiritual power coverage.

At a radius of 5876 meters, the dispersed spiritual power could not spread any further.

This was the limit of its expansion.

Within this range, Lin Zichen sensed the presence of those seven Alien Human Level Geniuses.

But Shen Qinghan was nowhere to be found without even a trace.

What was going on?

'Dirty' biological level is as high as Fifth Order high level, her strength is not at all inferior to those seven geniuses. Logically, she should be at a similar stage as those seven by now. Why is there still no sign of her?

Could something have happened to her?

At this thought, Lin Zichen immediately became worried.

But then, considering that the City Lord of City No. 1 had been monitoring this test, as a contestant, 'Dirty' shouldn't be in any danger.

Not being able to see 'Dirty' now might just mean she was slow in her progress.

Well, hopefully that's the case...

Lin Zichen thought to himself.

...

Outskirts of the forest.

Exotic Plant Level.

At this moment, Shen Qinghan stood curiously beside a stream, watching the water droplets continually hopping on the surface and changing shapes, listening to the mysterious whispers constantly echoing around her.

"God..."

"The great... God... revive..."

"Embrace the light..."

"..."

"What exactly are you, why do whispers always arise beside my ears, is there something special about me? Can you tell me?"

Shen Qinghan asked gently as she faced the stream.

From previous experiences, she had concluded that the source of the voice bore no malice toward her, which gave her the courage to squat by the stream and inquire.

Unfortunately, the source of the voice was like a brainless robot, only capable of issuing fixed-content whispering programmed sounds, and it didn't respond to her questions.

"If you don't answer me, then I'm leaving."

After waiting a while without any response from the source of the voice, Shen Qinghan had no choice but to leave this message and walk briskly toward the Exotic Beast Level of the second checkpoint.

The moment she turned to leave, the droplets that had been floating in the stream instantly clustered together at a visible speed, forming various bizarre figures that knelt respectfully towards her as she departed.

From afar, this scene was strikingly similar to the murals she had seen in the underwater ruins.

...

Deeper into the forest.

Qian Yifei, covered in scales and appearing rugged like the masked knights of Sakura Sea Country, crossed the boundary line at full speed and rushed into the Exotic Beast Level.

Within two seconds, Nangong Liuyun with eight wings on his back and Bai Jie with a single horn on his head, nearly simultaneously, plunged into the Exotic Beast Level.

"Cloud Friend Nangong, Mrs. Bai Jie, you two are too slow."

Qian Yifei looked back at the two who had lagged behind him by two seconds and boasted cheekily.

Nangong Liuyun calmly said, "The real contest starts now, you are being prematurely proud."

Bai Jie didn't speak and took advantage of the conversion to dash ahead, trying to gain every second to pass the second checkpoint and be the first into the third.

"That's not playing fair!"

Qian Yifei cursed and abruptly boosted his speed, racing toward the center of the forest.

Nangong Liuyun did likewise.

The three of them sped silently forward.

Soon after,

The trio noticed something off about the second checkpoint.

The promised Exotic Beast Level, yet on their way, there were hardly any exotic beasts to be seen.

Instead, the air was filled with the stench of blood, a deadly aura permeating the area.

With this doubt, the trio directly rushed toward the center of the forest, quickly entering the third checkpoint.

They almost entered simultaneously, the difference being less than three seconds.

Since there were no exotic beasts on the way, just unimpeded high-speed progress, the three couldn't create any significant distance between them.

"Such a strong scent of blood, even thicker than what was in the second checkpoint..."

Nangong Liuyun smelled the lingering scent of Hell Demon Ape Blood in the air, his brows slightly furrowed, a bad premonition rising in his mind.

Not far away, Bai Jie, seeing Lin Zichen in a cage ahead, calmly said, "As expected, I knew the final boss would be an alien, and I guess I was right."

Qian Yifei, intriguingly eyeing Lin Zichen, raised his eyebrows and muttered, "This guy looks kind of handsome, almost on par with me."

Nangong Liuyun laughed, "Your face can't even compare to mine, and you dare compare yourself to him?"

Qian Yifei ignored the comment, his gaze still fixed on Lin Zichen, shaking his head, "This guy in the cage looks about 18 years old, arranging such a young alien to be the final boss, how little must they think of us?"

As an Alien Human Level Genius, who had frequently faced aliens in the years since becoming an adult,

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