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Speed Trial! High Failure Rate?
Qin Feng looked towards the sound and saw a very long purple electronic snake, its entire body wrapped in purple electric light. Its body was not made of flesh and blood at all, but rather mechanical components. He wondered if it was purely natural or artificially manufactured?
The electronic snake's head was a large eye, with a golden circular pupil in the center and purple lightning around it…
To be honest, it looked a bit dazed and lacked any deterrent.
"Are you?"
Out of politeness, Qin Feng still used a respectful form of address and posed his question.
The electronic snake, over three meters long, swayed over to Qin Feng, then coiled its body and looked at Qin Feng with its golden pupils: "I am the Guardian of the Tomb's… electronic pet. You can call me 'Golden Lightning.'"
The Guardian of the Tomb's electronic pet?
Guardian of the Tomb?
Qin Feng keenly caught these three words, then felt a little confused.
Then he saw a humanoid creature in the void not far away, lying on something resembling a lounge chair, drifting leisurely in the void…
That must be the 'Guardian of the Tomb'.
What he was guarding, naturally, was the Primal-level creature's remains, which were many times larger than a planet!
However, the 'Guardian of the Tomb' clearly didn't pay attention to Qin Feng.
He lay there leisurely, with long white hair piled on top of his head in a pointed spiral, like a soft-serve ice cream cone. He wore colorful clothes and a small black mask resembling sunglasses on his face, as if he were on a beach vacation.
Moreover, this guy had his eyes closed.
He was clearly not interested in Qin Feng's arrival and simply sent his electronic pet to deal with it.
Qin Feng had no objections to this.
After all, he was a Primal-level existence. Qin Feng could only see the words 'Guardian of the Tomb' above his head; all other information was question marks.
"Good heavens, a pointed soft-serve hairstyle? This is truly a first."
Qin Feng muttered to himself.
Then he looked at the electronic snake: "Alright, Golden Lightning, what are the rules for this Path to the End level?"
Golden light quickly emanated from the electronic snake's golden pupils, 'printing' out a series of challenge rules in front of Qin Feng:
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[The following are the rules for Path of the End IV!]
[Speed Challenge: Please pass through the Dragon God Remains as quickly as possible!]
[Rule 1: You need to race against another challenger in a best-of-three format. The winner's performance will be recorded, and they will gain permission to challenge the next Path to the End level… The loser will have no record and will be permanently barred from challenging subsequent Path to the End levels.]
[Rule 2: The speed challenge involves entering the Dragon God Remains and passing through it more quickly. During the official race, both challengers will be subjected to identical slowing and blocking obstacles (there are no forks in the road within the Dragon God Remains, but the path is winding and not straight).]
[Rule 3: Before the official race, you can have one practice run. During this practice run, no slowing or blocking obstacles will be set. Your base score for this level will be determined by your practice run performance. During the official race, the base score will be adjusted based on your win/loss performance.]
[Since your level is 60, which matches the challenge level, your score in this challenge will not be increased or decreased due to level. The final score will only be affected by 'time spent in God Forsaken Game'.]
(If your competitor's level is higher, their final score will be appropriately reduced to ensure fairness in this speed challenge!)
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Speed challenge?
Qin Feng checked the rules for this level and was quite surprised.
It seemed that this Path to the End challenge didn't require combat?
Just then, the Scarlet Elf on Qin Feng's body suddenly sent him a reminder: "Shadow, be careful with this challenge. The failure rate is extremely high. You must be cautious, cautious, and then cautious."
"Extremely high failure rate?"
Qin Feng keenly noticed that this challenge seemed a bit off…
Because previous challenges had never featured a live competition mode.
This time, there would actually be another challenger racing against him?
Qin Feng directly asked the electronic snake: "Golden Lightning, can I know who my competitor is?"
Hearing this question, the electronic snake mechanically replied: "No. Your competitor… has been waiting for you for some time, but to protect both parties' privacy, neither party will meet."
"Your competitor is in another independent space, but the racing environment and conditions will be exactly the same as yours. The final win or loss will be determined by the clearance time, and then scores will be adjusted according to each level… Please believe in our fairness and regularity."
"Once you have completed one practice run and obtained a base score, your race will officially begin."
Qin Feng understood.
First, a practice run without obstacles, then three races with obstacles, best of three wins, the winner's score is calculated, and the loser is eliminated.
He was level 60, so his final score would not be adjusted.
However, if the competitor's level was higher, the final score would be adjusted based on their level to ensure fair competition.
And his competitor seemed to have waited for some time before he arrived, and was now in another space…
This explanation seemed quite reasonable.
But Qin Feng always felt a bit strange.
Combined with the Scarlet Elf's reminder, was the failure rate of this challenge extremely high?
"If according to the rules stated by the electronic snake, a two-person speed challenge, then the failure rate and success rate must be fifty-fifty."
"How can a 50% failure rate be called an extremely high failure rate?"
Clearly, the Scarlet Elf was reminding Qin Feng that there was a trap in the rules of this challenge!
But Qin Feng couldn't figure out what the trap was.
He wanted to ask for more clarity, but the confidentiality of Path to the End content was no less than information like the 'Blueprint World'. Even Calamity Elves couldn't tell Qin Feng directly…
If they could tell him, they would have already, so why such a vague reminder?
"Wait, could it be…"
At this moment, Qin Feng suddenly thought of a possibility, and his heart rate quickened.
If that were the case… he could only say that this challenge was too insidious!
After considering it for a moment, Qin Feng finally decided on a countermeasure.
Regardless of whether his guess was correct,
Before starting, Qin Feng asked the electronic snake one last question: "After the practice run, can I wait for some time before starting the official race? For example, wait an hour and a half?"
The electronic snake was a bit surprised by his question but still replied mechanically: "Yes, but the preparation time for each race cannot exceed 3 hours, 8 minutes, and 24 seconds."
With over three hours of preparation time, that would be fine.
But why such a specific time limit?
Qin Feng quickly did a conversion and found that the time limit given by the electronic snake was 3.14 hours!
"The usage interval for the book of divine empowerment's time-space sand is 3.14 days."
"And this is 3.14 hours. This number seems to have special significance at the ancient god level…"
Qin Feng shook his head. This didn't seem important at the moment.
It was just a standard for time division, probably some ancient god's way of timing, converted into Blue Star's timing, resulting in a specific numerical ratio.
Just then, Qin Feng selected a Mythic Sublimation Scroll, 'Profit and Loss Field', from his Greedy Space.
Then, he applied the Sublimation Scroll to his 'Bone Authority' ring!
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