Chapter 4:Zone 7 and Beast

The environment around the Wasteland was foul, and with each step, the ground crumbled beneath Aris's feet.

**Ping Ping**

The Echoer rang out as a new message appeared on his private forum.

**[New game server update]**

**[Zone 7 has appeared. All players deemed unfit to remain in Zone 6 will be transported to Zone 7.]**

After the announcement, Aris checked the Public Forum to see if anyone had commented on the situation.

**[Liao Yu: How could the Gods unleash another Zone, as if the other Zones weren't enough for their amusement 😠😠.]**

**[Gandervought ⚔️: Calm down, Liao Yu, all is not lost. We can still start afresh, at least.]**

**[Hilda: I heard that this Zone is going to be special, and the Gods are planning to set a special Quest in this Zone.]**

Aris chuckled as he scrolled through the forum. It seemed that the players sent to Zone 7 were angry at the Gods for their fate.

**[Game Announcement:

After observing Zone 7, God has decided to give all the players in Zone 7 a big gift.]**

As soon as Aris read this, a bad feeling crept into his mind.

That bad feeling quickly came to fruition when he heard a growl.

**[And the gift is… death by certain beasts.]**

Immediately, in various areas of the game, two beasts appeared, attacking players.

In one area, a player named Vladmir stared at the two beasts growling at him.

"Hehe, this is going to be interesting," Vladmir said, cracking his neck.

In another area, a mature woman with a figure-eight silhouette, known as Succubus, licked her lips sensually and said, "Ara~Ara, how should I torture them?"

Back to our main character, Aris, who looked at the monsters. One word came to his mind: **RUN.**

Aris immediately dug his foot into the ground and, using the momentum, propelled himself into the air, flying 20 meters before landing and starting to run.

The beasts looked at each other and smiled cruelly as they watched Aris run off into the distance.

One of the beasts dug its hand into the dirt, fished out a ball of sand, and threw it at Aris.

Aris, having already seen the ball coming, ignored it, thinking that sand could easily crumble.

But his assumption proved wrong as the sandball hit his back, making him feel as if a huge mountain was pressing down on him.

"Fuck!" Aris shouted as he spat blood from his mouth and fell to the ground, trembling.

The beasts slowly approached their prey, smiling cruelly.

Aris, coughing up blood, suddenly knelt down, the beasts probably wondering how he could cough up so much blood.

Then he dropped to the ground, lying flat, wide open. The beasts looked at him, and one nudged him as if to say, **"Boy, how come you're dead? We've only just started."**

When he still didn't respond, the two beasts drew nearer, bringing their faces close to his.

In a flash, Aris threw sand in their eyes, momentarily stunning them.

While the beasts were trying to regain their sight, he sprinted away, causing one of the beasts, who had quickly recovered, to chase after him.

As the beast chased him, Aris ran with all his might. When he neared the edge of a cliff, a sense of elation surged through him.

His plan had three parts:

1. Play dead and then throw sand in the beasts' eyes to temporarily blind them.

2. Run to the edge of the cliff he had noticed earlier.

3. Perform a super high-risk backflip that would allow him to stay on the cliff while the beast fell.

Executing his plan, Aris jumped and performed a super backflip mid-air, landing where the beast had been while the beast plummeted down the cliff.

The other beast, witnessing its brother's death, roared in anger and charged at Aris. Knowing he couldn't outrun or outfight the beast, Aris devised another plan.

He threw a small rock behind him, which hit the wall and echoed. The beast, already cautious and frightened, shrank back and covered its head with its paws upon hearing the sound.

This gave Aris enough time to sprint to a boulder. Using his remaining strength, he pushed the boulder, causing the ground beneath the beast to give way. As the beast struggled to maintain its footing, Aris seized the opportunity and sent it to its eternal death.

Finally, Aris sat down on the ground, exhausted.

"Interesting," a voice chuckled. On a screen, three figures appeared: Vladmir, Succubus, and Aris. "It seems we'll have some talented people in this new Zone."