A green screen cascaded down, and as it disappeared, the furnishings in everyone's surroundings had vanished, replaced by a military camp.
In an instant, a torrential downpour ensued.
The sky overhead was bleak, with dark clouds covering all the starlight. Raindrops the size of beans slanted down noisily, bringing with them a chill that enveloped everything around.
It was already nighttime, and with this downpour, visibility was practically limited to no more than thirty meters beyond the nearby tents. Although one could see the tents continuing into the distance, it was impossible to discern where other participants were.
At the same time, everyone received a prompt in their Personal System.
[System Prompt: You have entered instance SD9502. There are 156 participating teams and 95 independent participants, totaling 1902 people.