"Huh?" Upon hearing this voice, Huang Yi almost jolted and imdiately opened his eyes.
In front of him was a courtyard filled with the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers. There were clear springs, artificial mountains, green trees, and red blossoms; the air was fresh. In the center of the courtyard, next to a clear spring, was a stone table, and a middle-aged man was leisurely playing chess.
This place was the Courtyard of the Pantheons, and that middle-aged man was none other than the president of the Era of Corporation— Mr. Huang Sha.
"How did I end up here?" Huang Yi stared at Mr. Huang Sha, asking in surprise.
Mr. Huang Sha looked up at Huang Yi, smiled slightly, and said, "Co over and finish this ga of chess with ."
Huang Yi pursed his lips and couldn’t help but walk over imdiately, sitting down in front of Mr. Huang Sha.
At this mont, Mr. Huang Sha was playing chess, but it was already halfway through with only a few pieces left, divided on either side of the Chu River and Han Border, forming an endga.
Mr. Huang Sha reached out, picked up a "cannon" from the chessboard, and placed it in another area.
Huang Yi glanced at the endga on the chessboard for a mont and found that his pieces had the upper hand. Finally, he moved a horse and checked Mr. Huang Sha, saying, "Wasn’t I in an SSS-level secret realm? Why am I here?"
"Because the SSS-level secret realm is rather special, it requires to personally arrange a secret realm for you." Mr. Huang Sha said as he stared at the chessboard, appearing graceful and refined.
However, Huang Yi knew that in the real world, Mr. Huang Sha was actually an elderly person, but in this virtual world, he had fabricated the image of a middle-aged man.
"So what kind of secret realm are you planning to set up for ?" Huang Yi asked expectantly.
Mr. Huang Sha extended his hand to the palace on the chessboard, moved the "General" a step, and said, "Look at this chessboard, before the opening, all the pieces battle each other, crossing the Chu River and Han Border. Now, the ga has reached its final stages, most pieces have been eliminated, and the situation becos clearer. The ’General’ and ’Marshal,’ the two most crucial pieces, start to stand out. You now have a lead, so you can propose a condition. What information would you like to obtain in this trial?"
Huang Yi pondered, knowing that while the trial was akin to a dungeon, important information could be obtained through it.
For example, during his last Second Transformation, he went to the childhood place of Bloodhoof the Ascendant, Blood Town, and gained so information about Bloodhoof the Ascendant.
Additionally, during his Hero Trial, he learned about the historical grudges among the three great Dragon Clan God Sealers — Holy Giant Dragon Georgia, Golden Holy Dragon Jin Shenglin, and Dark Demon Dragon Mo Li.
After thinking for a while, Huang Yi had a brainwave, staring at Mr. Huang Sha’s "General" on the chessboard, and said solemnly, "I want to know so secrets about Sharp Sword."
Then, he moved a side cannon, checking Mr. Huang Sha again.
Mr. Huang Sha raised an eyebrow, "As expected, you ntioned Sharp Sword. Sharp Sword is indeed in an unfavorable position now." Saying this, he maneuvered the "General" slightly within the palace.
Huang Yi stopped his hand, staring fixedly at Mr. Huang Sha, and said, "I wonder if you can fulfill my request? I want to learn so secrets about Sharp Sword in the secret realm."
Mr. Huang Sha nodded, "Of course! However, this makes your secret realm very special. It will have nothing to do with The Second World and will exist outside of this world. Once you enter that secret realm, you will travel to an ancient era. Moreover, obtaining so secrets about Sharp Sword will be very difficult, as this secret realm reveals things about him very obscurely. In short, this Secret Trial Realm is very bizarre and will surely exceed your expectations. Are you sure you want to proceed with this trial?"
"I’m sure," Huang Yi stated firmly.
Mr. Huang Sha smiled slightly, pointing to the round door in the courtyard, and said, "After finishing the ga, go through that door, and you’ll be directly teleported to the Third-tier Secret Trial Realm I’ve prepared for you."
"Thank you!" Huang Yi imdiately stood up, turned around, and strode towards the courtyard exit.
"Young man, why are you leaving? This ga isn’t finished yet!" Mr. Huang Sha called out aloud, watching Huang Yi’s back from afar.
"Chariot two moves to flat seven." Huang Yi said four words, not looking back.
As soon as his words fell, the chessboard imdiately operated according to his command, and a "Chariot" moved horizontally to another point.
Mr. Huang Sha was taken aback, as if suddenly recalling sothing, and imdiately lowered his head to stare at the chessboard for quite a while.
Ultimately, he helplessly realized that no matter how he moved his pieces, that red "General" was inevitably dood within three moves!
...
Huang Yi stepped through the round door of the courtyard.
Suddenly, everything before him turned black, and everything vanished.
This state lasted for a very long ti, far surpassing any teleportation he had experienced before.
He even had an illusion that this didn’t seem like a teleportation, but another unprecedented journey.
It seed like a long ti had passed before strong light began to appear in front of Huang Yi’s eyes. He couldn’t help but raise his hand to block his eyes, and when the light beca gentler, he finally opened his eyes.
In the next mont, Huang Yi’s pupils contracted and his mouth opened wide!
He just stood there dumbfounded, staring at everything before him in disbelief!
No wonder Mr. Huang Sha said this was a strange trial, unrelated to The Second World!
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t have imagined being teleported to a place like this!
At this mont, before him was a cent road, bustling with cars spewing black exhaust, roaring past.
Across the street was a road lined with various shops. The warm, blazing sunlight filtered through the roadside green trees. The shop signs were dilapidated and dirty, with "Shaxian Snacks," "Changdejin City Beef Rice Noodles," "Guilin Rice Noodles," written on them, but there were few custors inside. The shop owners were dozing off over the tables.
At the end of the street was a middle school, and so backpack-carrying students continuously walked out from inside, walking in groups, seemingly having just finished school.
Huang Yi stood there like a transmigrator, helplessly in a modern city.
"Young man, you almost got hit!" At this mont, a heavy local accent sounded from behind Huang Yi.
He turned around and saw a motorcycle was just a few centiters behind him, ridden by a middle-aged man in a vest, with a cigarette in his mouth, looking at him with a hint of criticism, his hand firmly gripping the brake.
It turned out that Huang Yi was standing in the middle of the road, blocking the path of this motorcycle.
"Sorry." Only then did Huang Yi realize his mistake, quickly apologized, and hurriedly dashed off the road and onto the opposite street.
"What is this place? Why teleport here?" Huang Yi gazed at everything before him, murmuring dumbfoundedly.
The city before him was evidently modern, yet not quite like the modern city Huang Yi rembered. Because everything seed so outdated, the cars were spewing out thick black smoke, which was evident of fuel cars from over a hundred years ago!
Although Huang Yi had been captured and held in Rose Prison by the World Federation for several years, not seeing the outside world, there was no way the world could have changed into what it was now. Because all the world’s oil resources had been depleted decades ago, fuel cars had long been consigned to history. Nowadays, cars used solar energy, and it was impossible for them to still burn fuel.
Huang Yi looked down at himself and was stunned. At this mont, he was wearing a T-shirt and jeans; all his armor, helt, and other equipnt were gone, and the storage ring on his finger was also gone. He looked no different from the other people on the street.
At this ti, Huang Yi saw a few boys with backpacks running hurriedly past and quickly grabbed one of them, wanting to ask about the situation.
"What’s up?" The boy seed to be in a hurry to do sothing with his companions, stopped by Huang Yi, reluctant but halted.
"Hi, classmate, can you tell what place is this?" Huang Yi politely asked.
"This here is Chenzhou!" The boy imdiately said. His accent was heavy, but barely understandable, "here" ant "here."
"What? Chenzhou?! The Chenzhou where Era of Corporation is located?" Huang Yi was surprised and blurted out. Everyone in the world knew that the famous Era of Corporation was located in Chenzhou City!
"Era of Corporation?" The boy frowned at these words and shook his head, saying, "Never heard of it!"
"Lin Xiao, hurry up! There won’t be any computers at the internet cafe later!" The boy’s companions suddenly urged him from the front.
The boy ignored Huang Yi and imdiately ran over, turning into a staircase next to the street with the companions and heading to the second floor. Besides them, there were many other students rushing toward that staircase, each trying to get ahead of the others.
Outside that staircase hung a sign—"Urban E Station Internet Cafe." Next to it was a giant poster featuring three beauties, paired with two conspicuous logos, one of which was "Coca-Cola" and the other "World of Warcraft."
"World of Warcraft? This... it’s indeed over a hundred years ago!" Huang Yi stood motionless in the crowd on the street, staring at that poster, forming a stark contrast with the students eagerly running to the internet cafe.
"World of Warcraft," a very classic ga in the history of online gas, Huang Yi had heard of it. It was a ga from over a hundred years ago, probably popular circa 2005, 2006, and was once the hottest online ga in the world.
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