Chapter 440 - 179: The Allure of the Beauty Snake, Speedrunning the Secret Path

Zhang Qiqiang gave Shen Fei five Multi-Person Secret Realm Refresh Scrolls. According to the Secret Realm’s rules, each person could only enter one multi-person Secret Realm and three single-person Secret Realms per week. The Qing City players Shen Fei was leading had kept track of their entries, and estimating that Shen Fei couldn’t take everyone through in one go, they had prepared scrolls for him long in advance. These scrolls would allow him to enter the Multi-Person Secret Realm multiple times.

The scrolls, of course, originated from the [Ninth World]. Over the past three days, some players had managed to clear a Multi-Person Secret Realm, obtaining a Scroll as a reward and gaining the ability to enter the [Ninth World]. Sun Yu had then purchased all of these available items.

You guys really thought of everything, huh...

Looking at the scrolls in his hand, Shen Fei couldn’t help but smile. He nodded to Zhang Qiqiang, telling him to divide everyone into five teams, then strode closer to the Heaven-Reaching Tower, which now resembled a Secret Realm entrance.

WHOOSH!

As Shen Fei’s hand touched the Secret Realm entrance to the Heaven-Reaching Tower, lines of text floated before his eyes:

[Special Secret Realm: Heaven-Reaching Tower (Multi-Person/Special Type)]

[Enter? Yes/No]

[Secret Realm Keywords: Binding, Group, Damp, Confined...]

[Note 1: This is a Special Secret Realm. If a level is not cleared, the monsters from that level will manifest in 10,000 times their original number near the Secret Realm entrance!]

[Note 2: Monster strength will be enhanced in direct proportion to the number of entrants!]

"Let’s start with a hundred people!"

After checking the Secret Realm’s prompts, Shen Fei nodded, planning to bring in one hundred people to test the difficulty.

SWOOSH!

The moment Shen Fei spoke, countless people surged forward, crowding in to stand behind him. Eventually, with Zhang Qiqiang’s coordination, everyone was organized into five groups.

Once the groups were formed, Shen Fei stood before the Secret Realm entrance with the first hundred people and confirmed his decision to enter.

VRIIIP!

As Shen Fei confirmed his choice, the floating, chrysanthemum-shaped Secret Realm entrance instantly expanded, opening wide and swallowing the first group of people whole.

FLASH!

After a disorienting flash, Shen Fei and the others arrived in a huge indoor space several kilometers long and wide.

It’s no different from the Heaven-Reaching Tower in the game *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms*! Shen Fei thought, looking at the [First Floor] display revealed at the top of the space.

Even though this place had been brought into reality, the monster-spawning environment and rules seemed almost identical to the game. This Secret Realm, inherited from the game *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms*, had overall gameplay and scenery that were very fitting for a tower defense game. Shen Fei saw that near where the group was standing, there were circular markings, clearly designated spots for towers. In the distance, several kilometers away, was a cluster of spatial wormholes—clearly the monster spawn points.

Furthermore, next to the [First Floor] text display overhead, a one-minute countdown until the monsters spawned was also displayed. Shen Fei also saw that he didn’t have to wait for the countdown to end for the monsters to spawn automatically; he could trigger the wave manually beforehand.

"Let’s do this!"

Seeing that there were only ten tower slots on the first floor, Shen Fei waved his hand, summoning ten Defense Towers, including an Ice Tower, a Vine Tower, and a Blizzard Tower. Then, without waiting, he immediately chose to start the wave manually.

ROAR!

At Shen Fei’s command, the clustered spatial wormholes ahead burst open, and streams of monsters poured out.

"There are 101 spatial wormholes up ahead!"

"That’s exactly how many of us there are!"

While Shen Fei was controlling the Defense Towers and preparing to attack, someone behind him had already counted the number of spatial wormholes. Clearly, because one hundred and one players had entered, the number of monsters here had increased to 101 times the original amount.

The number of monsters increased after it was brought into reality? Shen Fei mused, watching the monsters pour out of the 101 spawn points. In the game, this first floor was a freebie with only 20 monsters in total. Now, although the spawned monsters are clearly weak, there are a lot of them.

KZZT!

Facing the 101 streams of monsters, Shen Fei, without hesitation, waved his hand and directed the Defense Towers to attack.

[Ding!]

[First Floor Cleared!]

[Ding!]

[Entering Second Floor in five seconds!]

[Ding!]

[Mandatory Secret Realm Quest Complete!]

[You may exit the Secret Realm immediately without triggering the second-floor monster spawn!]

Shen Fei one-shotted the first floor’s monsters. Everyone’s personal panels opened, flashing with lines of text.

No one had expected that this single, simple attack would complete the Mandatory Secret Realm Quest. Clearly, each floor of the Heaven-Reaching Tower was an exit point. As long as they didn’t proceed to the next floor, the rule that spawned a 10,000-fold monster tide wouldn’t be triggered.

This is a good rule... We don’t have to fight all the way to the 99th floor in one go!

Everyone’s hearts warmed toward the Heaven-Reaching Tower. However, after they exchanged glances, no one showed any sign of leaving. It was obvious that after finally getting a chance to be carried by Brother Chongtian, none of them were going to leave so easily.

[+0.01 Experience]

[+0.01 Experience]

[+0.01 Experience]

[+0.01 Experience]

Unlike everyone else, Shen Fei’s panel displayed countless experience notifications scrolling by, in addition to the floor clear alert. After entering the Secret Realm, his once-locked Experience Bar was now active, allowing him to gain experience again. Although the experience from this first floor was practically nonexistent, there were still higher floors to come.

WHOOSH!

The five-second countdown ended.