Chapter 17

"Thank you, Mr. Steve!" Lily hurriedly took this opportunity to say her thanks, "If it weren't for you, I would have been burned to death by now!"

"No need to say thank you to me." Steve looked around, "But there is no way out of here either, what is this place?" Steve said with confusion.

"This is the playing field of the boundless stream of the world!" Lily carefully sat down, "While at the resting point earlier, I received a warning announcement from the forum on my cell phone. The forum said that monsters in that world appeared in this real world of ours, and a terrible playground. It came along at the same time as the Survivors were playing!" Lily explained.

Steve leaned against the wall with his eyes slightly down. He remembers the Survivors who fell from the sky after the earthquake that time, and if he remembers correctly, didn't he hear the sound of ceramics shattering before the earthquake?

'Is that the Paper Man?' Said Steve in his mind.

"What else did the announcement say besides that?" Steve asked Lily.

"I didn't finish reading it, the internet signal on the mountain wasn't good and I was in a hurry to find a toilet at the time, but I managed to take a screenshot of the announcement, Mr. Steve have a look at this!" Lily rummaged through her pockets for her cell phone and finally pulled it out of her trouser pocket. She handed it to Steve and there was a screenshot of the announcement Lily had told him earlier.

'At this time, it can be proven that after the collapse of the boundless stream of the world, not only the Survivors arrived here, but the terrible monsters that exist in the boundless stream of the world have also appeared in this real world of ours. '

'The location of these monsters and the playground is uncertain. Most of them are monsters brought along by the Survivors who are participating in the game. The officials are re-investigating if this was caused by the Survivors returning at the time. It was in the playground. However, due to the large number of Survivors, the opening time of this playground is uncertain, so dangerous areas can only be announced after the stats are verified.'

Steve handed the phone back to Lily, "The Survivors are very strong people, they must have noticed the movement here." Steve confidently.

"Mmm!" Lily nodded in agreement, "If what the announcement says is true, and the places where the Survivors return may have monsters and playgrounds, then this place is one of them. This has been advertised by your tour company before because one Survivor has fallen here." Lily said.

Lily cupped her head on her knees, "It's all my fault, I should have gone to the toilet first before climbing up the mountain. What's more, I shouldn't have gulped down a full bottle of juice and then gone out alone. If it wasn't for Mr. Steve's sudden appearance , I'd probably be scared to death under that table." Lily said slowly.

Previously, Lily had only thought about finding a place to go to the toilet. He went through the back of the rest point in order to avoid the three guides. It was very windy outside, and only when she finished peeing did she realize that she could not find her way back to the rest point. Her cell phone signal was very poor and the GPS on her phone was not accurate. In the end, she could only choose a direction to walk, and ended up seeing a wall after a while of walking.

She, of course, thought that this was a resting point wall, so Lily had rushed over. In the next second, the wind stopped blowing, and the surroundings in front of Lily changed.

How can this place be a resting point? This place is clearly a devil's lair!

"Don't blame yourself, neither of us knew beforehand that this was going to happen." Steve is soothing. Steve leaned against the wall with a slight sigh of relief, "Besides, maybe you'll be able to get superpowers when you come out later."

"What?" Lily froze slightly at Steve's words.

"Survivors are graded by how many times they enter a playground, the highest being S-Rank and the lowest being D-Rank, but there's no denying that every Survivor has some magical abilities as well." Steve's voice sounded flat, "If that ability is obtained from the playground, then you might be able to get it after we get out of here."

Lily was taken aback by Steve's theory, and after a while she looked at her hands that had turned into ceramic with a bitter smile, "If I could choose, I wouldn't want any strange abilities at all." Lily said in a resigned voice.

"You don't want it, but should anyone else want it?" asked Steve skeptically. Steve looked up at the ceiling above them, which was also made of white ceramic porcelain, glistening gleamingly.

"Is there someone who would want to come to such a terrible place for the sake of a power that might not exist?" Lily asked in surprise.

"Of course there is." Steve nodded, his voice sounding calm, and although his voice wasn't particularly cold, his voice was filled with extreme coldness, "Why do you want to sign up to climb the mountain? For the sake of attracting the attention of the Survivors who landed on the top of a mountain or for the possibility that I might be the center of attention? Young people's curiosity about the Survivors will always piss them off." Steve to Lily.

Lily opened her mouth, looked at Steve with a somewhat blank look, before finally slowly retracting the words she was about to say, "In other words, for the first time this will continue to happen, and even if people mark dangerous territory, it feels pretty useless, since there will be some people who will try every possible way to avoid the caretaker to jump into that dangerous territory, don't you think?" Lily said in disbelief.