Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 573 276: How to Enter the World Dungeon

Crimson Courtyard Public Area, Central Square, in front of the Clock Tower.

Wu Chang looked up at the large screen above the clock tower, where the number 36 was displayed.

There are 36 days remaining until the World Dungeon begins.

The time is a bit tight, but if preparations are made quickly, it should still be possible.

Ding ding.

The temporary message on Wu Chang's Attribute Panel lit up, with a message from a player named Killing Intent Wave.

"I have arrived at the designated location."

Wu Chang walked halfway around the clock tower, and on the other side, he saw a disheveled vagrant dressed in a sleeveless combat outfit.

He walked up, waved his hand at the person, and said:

"I am Peace."

Killing Intent Wave sized up Wu Chang and said, "Pleasure to meet you. You look much more ordinary than I imagined."

At this moment, Wu Chang was dressed in a standard player uniform, not much different from a newbie player who just joined the Abyssal Game, and compared to the wildly attired players around the square, he appeared to lack personality.

Of course, the player uniform on Wu Chang indeed lacked personality, but on an ordinary player, it would only indicate the wearer is a newbie.

To have personality, you need resources; only equipped armor appears in an aesthetic form within the Crimson Courtyard.

The players in the public area dressed extravagantly, often not just out of preference, but to display strength.

Without even managing to gather a complete set of the lowest-level armor, it's hard to gain respect in the public area.

Wu Chang shrugged and said, "Would it be better to stand out a bit more?"

Killing Intent Wave answered honestly, "In terms of viewership ratings and topic relevance, yes. Including myself, everyone is curious about what the monster rookie really looks like. Being too ordinary will not meet the audience's expectations."

Wu Chang stroked his chin. He joined the program this time precisely for the popularity and to attract enough viewers; Killing Intent Wave's suggestion made sense.

He asked, "How high-profile should it be?"

Killing Intent Wave slightly tilted his head, his eyes looking at a gigantic stone golem five meters away, "The more high-profile, the better. Ideally, more so than even that."

Wu Chang replied effortlessly, "No problem."

He took off his outer jacket, and his body started to grow. As he became taller and more muscular, large patches of metal-textured scales began to emerge on his back, transparent webs grew between his fingers, and his skin became smooth yet resilient, as if akin to whale or dolphin skin. Upon closer inspection, the surface of the skin showed scale structures similar to a shark's dermal denticles, numerous small shield-like spiky protrusions.

Within a few breaths, Wu Chang's height surpassed twenty meters, matching the height of the clock tower beside him.

His enormous physique, combined with the aesthetically armor-like scales, made him resemble the Sea God descending to earth.

Desolate Realm players had never seen such a sight; they flocked around him like mad, frantically photographing Wu Chang's Sea Giant form.

Wu Chang looked down at Killing Intent Wave below, and in a voice deep as if from the deep sea, said:

"Is this enough? If not, I can continue to grow."

Killing Intent Wave looked up, mouth agape, incredulous at the giant before him.

This can't be eight years old?

No, this can't be 64 days?

Training in the Abyss for sixty-four days to become this, how many dragon shields are guarding within, he couldn't even imagine. Was he not afraid that he would become the starring disaster in the next bodybuilding circle news?

Killing Intent Wave swallowed hard, asking: "What's the largest you can grow?"

With the Sea Giant Talent bonus, Wu Chang's current Strength Attribute reached 115 points. To avoid appearing too earth-shattering, he could only humbly say:

"This square can't contain me."

Hiss.

Killing Intent Wave was convinced.

He immediately said, "Big enough, let's head to the studio in your current status."

Killing Intent Wave granted Wu Chang entry permissions, informed Wu Chang of the studio's coordinates, and before leaving with Wu Chang, he shouted to those around:

"Today's star of 'Each Issue's Hotspot' interview is Mr. Peace here beside me. Such an interview with a big name is hard to come by, so don't miss it, everyone!"

The 'Each Issue's Hotspot' studio is a semi-private space rented by United Information from the Crimson Courtyard. During the contract period, United Information has management authority over the space, and only players granted entry permission can enter.

To interview Wu Chang, the studio was specially expanded to scale.

The original interview mode for 'Each Issue's Hotspot' was two hosts sitting behind a long table, chatting about recent hotspots in the Abyss while eating and drinking and doing some promotional selling.

But with Wu Chang's participation, the two hosts had to stand on a gigantic long table, as if they themselves were dishes on the table. To forcibly be in the same frame with Wu Chang, each had a camera team in front of them, projecting their actions onto a giant screen.

Whether by coincidence or not, the two interviewing Wu Chang this time were, in fact, Divine Tongue and Killing Intent Wave, whom he had met before.

Due to Wu Chang's urgent timing for cutting in, upon entering the studio, there were only three minutes remaining before the live broadcast began.

The director only had time to tell Wu Chang the camera angles and how to control his positioning; he barely managed to exchange a few words with the hosts before the director started the countdown for the broadcast.

Elsewhere, in the private club Wu Chang had just left, a dozen high-ranking members of the Management Bureau's Order Sect gathered. They looked at the information sent back by Xu Dejun, their expressions dark and frightening.

The Realm of Reason and the Desolate Realm had disconnected without warning, the group had sensed something was wrong, and they had prepared for the worst-case scenario.

But upon seeing the intelligence Xu Dejun sent back, they realized their rationality had restrained their imagination. Reality was worse than they had anticipated.